Geoff Habiger Professional Imagineer (he/him)
@tangentgeoff.bsky.social
Writer of #fantasy and #scifi, editor, cat wrangler.
Owner Artemesia Publishing, a small indie publisher in the Land of Enchantment.
www.habigerkissee.com
www.apbooks.net
Owner Artemesia Publishing, a small indie publisher in the Land of Enchantment.
www.habigerkissee.com
www.apbooks.net
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Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
A year of hell for immigrants
In the first Trump administration, cruelty was the point. Now, it is the norm.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Every disturbing news report about a wrongful deportation or military-style raid of an apartment building should come as a reminder that the US government is using its prosecutorial discretion—it is choosing—to normalize casual cruelty and overt racism.
This has been a great event the past 2 years. I have met amazing people and learned a lot even as I teach what I know. Sign up if you can.
Only 6 tickets remain for Sandia Starforgers SFF Writers Retreat, an intimate retreat in New Mexico in April: starforgers.com. I'll be joined by @charliejane.bsky.social @tangentgeoff.bsky.social @marieparks.bsky.social (in-person) and @davering.bsky.social @harrietshouse.bsky.social (virtually).
December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This has been a great event the past 2 years. I have met amazing people and learned a lot even as I teach what I know. Sign up if you can.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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"Hawes of TFTRP (Texas Freedom to Read Project) asked a rhetorical question—“Does the First Amendment apply anymore?”—and speculated that in three out of 50 states, it's in big trouble."
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SCOTUS Denies Petition to Hear Texas Book Banning Case
After the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed free speech claims in Little v. Llano County last May, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition to hear the case, in which a Texas library removed bo...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Hawes of TFTRP (Texas Freedom to Read Project) asked a rhetorical question—“Does the First Amendment apply anymore?”—and speculated that in three out of 50 states, it's in big trouble."
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Any publisher that makes you do this is not a publisher you should work with.
It’s so nuts that some indie publishers make u crowdfund ur own book tho like what service are they providing in that case
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Any publisher that makes you do this is not a publisher you should work with.
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Do you like to read spooky stories during winter months?
Come see why you might love The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights!
#booksky #bookblogger #ghoststories #scarystories #shortstories
Come see why you might love The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights!
#booksky #bookblogger #ghoststories #scarystories #shortstories
Reposted Book Review: The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights
The tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. These twelve stories – authored by some of today’s most loved and lauded writers of historical and gothic fiction –…
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December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Do you like to read spooky stories during winter months?
Come see why you might love The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights!
#booksky #bookblogger #ghoststories #scarystories #shortstories
Come see why you might love The Winter Spirits: Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights!
#booksky #bookblogger #ghoststories #scarystories #shortstories
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I read Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree. To be honest, I was a little disappointed, but not for the reason you might expect. Come see why this might be a perfect book for you despite my tepid reaction.
#bookblogger #booksky #bookreview
#bookblogger #booksky #bookreview
Book Review: Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree
Return to the fantasy world of the #1 New York Times bestselling Legends & Lattes series with a new adventure featuring fan-favorite, foul-mouthed bookseller FernFern has weathered the stillnes…
wittyandsarcasticbookclub.home.blog
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I read Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldree. To be honest, I was a little disappointed, but not for the reason you might expect. Come see why this might be a perfect book for you despite my tepid reaction.
#bookblogger #booksky #bookreview
#bookblogger #booksky #bookreview
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New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one
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UNM Press has nominated six pieces for the #PushcartPrize, including poems by @teoshannon.bsky.social and @moralesjuanj.bsky.social!
Hop over to our blog to see what we chose and to read a brief excerpt from each of the nominated stories and poems.
#booksky #poetry #ShortStories
Hop over to our blog to see what we chose and to read a brief excerpt from each of the nominated stories and poems.
#booksky #poetry #ShortStories
December 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
UNM Press has nominated six pieces for the #PushcartPrize, including poems by @teoshannon.bsky.social and @moralesjuanj.bsky.social!
Hop over to our blog to see what we chose and to read a brief excerpt from each of the nominated stories and poems.
#booksky #poetry #ShortStories
Hop over to our blog to see what we chose and to read a brief excerpt from each of the nominated stories and poems.
#booksky #poetry #ShortStories
Excellent advice. I have been doing this for my writing and I am always amazed how well this works to find problems.
I always tell students to do this. I read my novels aloud (more than once) before they are published. Not only helpful for catching mistakes, but also for finding writing that doesn't flow.
I tell my students the easiest way to catch mistakes is for them to read their papers out loud, and they always look at me like I'm insane.
But look, that's what we do with our own books! Because it works!
But look, that's what we do with our own books! Because it works!
December 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Excellent advice. I have been doing this for my writing and I am always amazed how well this works to find problems.
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Alan is entering his street hooligan era. Better watch out if you see him in a dark alley.
#Dogs #Seattle #Cavaliers
#Dogs #Seattle #Cavaliers
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Alan is entering his street hooligan era. Better watch out if you see him in a dark alley.
#Dogs #Seattle #Cavaliers
#Dogs #Seattle #Cavaliers
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Stop comparing yourself to other authors.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
December 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Stop comparing yourself to other authors.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
Start collaborating with other authors.
Start celebrating other authors.
Start taking community seriously.
A wonderful commentary with Emily and Chris Gregory. Great to hear what went into this amazing season 3 episode.
The first season 3 Directors Commentary is here!
Head to your favourite podcast platform to go behind the scenes on the making of Episode 4… 🎧🔥
Head to your favourite podcast platform to go behind the scenes on the making of Episode 4… 🎧🔥
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
A wonderful commentary with Emily and Chris Gregory. Great to hear what went into this amazing season 3 episode.
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A REAL author warns against book marketing scams...
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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Yes, All Those Author Services and Book Club Emails Are Fake, and No, Don’t Send Them Any Money
If you’re an author, or honestly if you just happen to be standing near an author these days, then you have probably seen a flood of emails in the past couple of months promising you that who…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A REAL author warns against book marketing scams...
#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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#marketingscam #writingcommunity #authors #fiction #author #writing #amwriting #amediting #LateNightWrite #writer #booksky #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory
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I've updated my blog post about Must Read magazines with information about how the Must Read contracts have changed--and the negotiation difficulties that some authors still encounter writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...
Contract Controversy (and Change) at Must Read Magazines - Writer Beware
In a surprise move this past February, a new group called Must Read Magazines acquired five well-known genre magazines: Asimov’s Science Fiction, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, The Magazine of Fanta...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I've updated my blog post about Must Read magazines with information about how the Must Read contracts have changed--and the negotiation difficulties that some authors still encounter writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/c...
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Which authors would you want in your basement...um, we mean for a nice cup of tea and a chat? 👀
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Which authors would you want in your basement...um, we mean for a nice cup of tea and a chat? 👀
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Tomorrow is release day for Maiden Voyage, the new Titanic thriller from Bradley Harper.
Three female thieves aboard the Titanic after a priceless painting. A young Pinkerton agent on his first major assignment. An iceberg. What could go wrong?
#booksky #thriller
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Three female thieves aboard the Titanic after a priceless painting. A young Pinkerton agent on his first major assignment. An iceberg. What could go wrong?
#booksky #thriller
bookshop.org/p/books/maid...
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tomorrow is release day for Maiden Voyage, the new Titanic thriller from Bradley Harper.
Three female thieves aboard the Titanic after a priceless painting. A young Pinkerton agent on his first major assignment. An iceberg. What could go wrong?
#booksky #thriller
bookshop.org/p/books/maid...
Three female thieves aboard the Titanic after a priceless painting. A young Pinkerton agent on his first major assignment. An iceberg. What could go wrong?
#booksky #thriller
bookshop.org/p/books/maid...
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SALE!!!!
All Large pride stickers are just $5!!!
That's the same price as a small sticker!!
All pride prints are 50% off!!!
That's just $3.50!!!
All 23 current pride designs!!!
Come on down to Emma's Dinosaur emporium!!!
www.emmalerae.com/store.html
All Large pride stickers are just $5!!!
That's the same price as a small sticker!!
All pride prints are 50% off!!!
That's just $3.50!!!
All 23 current pride designs!!!
Come on down to Emma's Dinosaur emporium!!!
www.emmalerae.com/store.html
March 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
SALE!!!!
All Large pride stickers are just $5!!!
That's the same price as a small sticker!!
All pride prints are 50% off!!!
That's just $3.50!!!
All 23 current pride designs!!!
Come on down to Emma's Dinosaur emporium!!!
www.emmalerae.com/store.html
All Large pride stickers are just $5!!!
That's the same price as a small sticker!!
All pride prints are 50% off!!!
That's just $3.50!!!
All 23 current pride designs!!!
Come on down to Emma's Dinosaur emporium!!!
www.emmalerae.com/store.html
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Reposted by Geoff Habiger Professional Imagineer (he/him)
Last week: There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from watching an institution abandon its principles in real time. It’s not the dramatic betrayal of a single moment. It’s slower than that.
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don't Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
www.texasobserver.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Last week: There’s a particular kind of despair that comes from watching an institution abandon its principles in real time. It’s not the dramatic betrayal of a single moment. It’s slower than that.
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A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode.
Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Spotify of Engaging in 'Payola' in Discovery Mode
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November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A class action lawsuit accuses Spotify of engaging in “payola” to allow record labels to secretly promote their artists in the streaming service’s Discovery Mode.
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I was interviewed in Artemesia's most recent newsletter! Thanks, @apbooks.bsky.social mailchi.mp/artemesiapub...
Interview with Karen McCoy
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November 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I was interviewed in Artemesia's most recent newsletter! Thanks, @apbooks.bsky.social mailchi.mp/artemesiapub...
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You know that feeling when you finish making something and you hold it and you immediately think, “Yeah, this is beautiful” and are pleased with the work?
That’s what I experienced making this bracelet. The cube beads are just gorgeous. #chainmail #jewelry #handmade
That’s what I experienced making this bracelet. The cube beads are just gorgeous. #chainmail #jewelry #handmade
Picasso Turquoise Ribbon Weave Bracelet — Hoot Owl Creations
This chainmail bracelet is made with bright aluminum jump rings, which are woven into a ribbon-like pattern. Glass cube beads with a Picasso turquoise finish run down the bracelet’s center. This brace...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You know that feeling when you finish making something and you hold it and you immediately think, “Yeah, this is beautiful” and are pleased with the work?
That’s what I experienced making this bracelet. The cube beads are just gorgeous. #chainmail #jewelry #handmade
That’s what I experienced making this bracelet. The cube beads are just gorgeous. #chainmail #jewelry #handmade