jocelyn allen (revising and editing!)
@wordsbyjocelyn.bsky.social
writing novels is hard.
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hi there!! i make words happen, like the newest draft of BY BLOOD & SALT
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what happens when an artist in a semi-cyberpunk city accidentally awakens a 700-year-old statue of a paladin, who claims the age of magic is returning and he needs to find his heart *now.*
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what happens when an artist in a semi-cyberpunk city accidentally awakens a 700-year-old statue of a paladin, who claims the age of magic is returning and he needs to find his heart *now.*
the thing is that she’s not WRONG
Described a book of hours as ‘catholic bullet journal’. My wife is offended.
Only one of us is catholic and it is NOT her.
(But she is into journaling)
Only one of us is catholic and it is NOT her.
(But she is into journaling)
August 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
the thing is that she’s not WRONG
tfw ur suspicions of ur own revision conclusions that a chapter is strong and doesn’t need much work. anxiety and the protestant work ethic are a toxic combination…
August 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
tfw ur suspicions of ur own revision conclusions that a chapter is strong and doesn’t need much work. anxiety and the protestant work ethic are a toxic combination…
we had to come to an agreement about how to refer to him
she originally called him “unproblematic griffith from berserk”
she originally called him “unproblematic griffith from berserk”
ASMR a man so beautiful you started crying tells you that you're right to be furious at that guy you hate without needing any context and provides meditation prompts to visualise their funeral
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
we had to come to an agreement about how to refer to him
she originally called him “unproblematic griffith from berserk”
she originally called him “unproblematic griffith from berserk”
do u see this
Reading over wife's first draft of a kissing book as an ace girl-liker: this is the hottest thing your love interest does
My wife: you're pointing to the paragraph where he tells her to imagine the graves of people she hates is detail
My wife: you're pointing to the paragraph where he tells her to imagine the graves of people she hates is detail
August 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
do u see this
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Everything is bad and stupid and eye-bleedingly infuriating, so here are some photos I like from when I was in countries other than the US:
(all photos by me)
(all photos by me)
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Everything is bad and stupid and eye-bleedingly infuriating, so here are some photos I like from when I was in countries other than the US:
(all photos by me)
(all photos by me)
and now looking forward to a lovely day at the british library!
August 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
and now looking forward to a lovely day at the british library!
it’s almost tiiiiime :3
August 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
it’s almost tiiiiime :3
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Many of these are debut authors. Please check out their books also.
Mass revolt from queer authors in the UK after a major LGBTQ+ writing prize longlisted a self-proclaimed TERF.
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
11 authors and 2 judges have withdrawn from the Polari Prize. One of those withdrawals, that of June Thomas, is newly confirmed by our reporter, @evanurquhart.bsky.social.
Read more here:
Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — Assigned
A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...
www.assignedmedia.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Many of these are debut authors. Please check out their books also.
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respect truth in advertising
January 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
respect truth in advertising
man
i wish american idiot wasn’t aging so well
i wish american idiot wasn’t aging so well
August 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
man
i wish american idiot wasn’t aging so well
i wish american idiot wasn’t aging so well
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Abbot is now threatening to illegally remove the 30 lawmakers, who broke quorum, from office.
This is absolute chaos.
This is absolute chaos.
August 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Abbot is now threatening to illegally remove the 30 lawmakers, who broke quorum, from office.
This is absolute chaos.
This is absolute chaos.
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Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Remember that NASA was only able to *start* because the rich were being taxed at 90+% marginal rates.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
Now, *you* pay a greater percent of your income as taxes than any billionaire.
You're just not gonna get NASA back without billionaires paying taxes again.
note to self: explore more of cristina bacchilega’s work
August 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
note to self: explore more of cristina bacchilega’s work
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Protest movements that stop as soon as they start seeing results fail.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
Visa employees clearly told to deescalate ASAP
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
MasterCard employees more than familiar with the issue
Stripe feeling the pressure
ACLU put out a statement
CBC covered all this
What you are doing is WORKING
You are getting RESULTS
KEEP CALLING
KEEP WRITING
WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!
August 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Protest movements that stop as soon as they start seeing results fail.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
Protest movements that keep going until your whole squad is across the finish line win.
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Oh LMAO Brit MPs after voting through identity restrictions on adult sites are using VPNs to avoid it
And billing this in expenses..
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
And billing this in expenses..
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
Britain’s MPs charge VPNs to expenses as minister urges caution
Technology Secretary Peter Kyle appeared to suggest that VPN use could put children at risk.
www.politico.eu
August 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Oh LMAO Brit MPs after voting through identity restrictions on adult sites are using VPNs to avoid it
And billing this in expenses..
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
And billing this in expenses..
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
having a lovely #StationeryStoreDay with my partner at all things analogue in eastbourne!!
August 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
having a lovely #StationeryStoreDay with my partner at all things analogue in eastbourne!!
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And so it begins...
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling
(RNS) — ‘We think that it’s not a matter of if, but just a matter of when, the Supreme Court will overrule Obergefell,’ said Mathew Staver, head of Liberty Counsel.
religionnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And so it begins...
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
Evangelical legal group asks Supreme Court to overturn same-sex marriage ruling [Obergefell v. Hodges]
my reread is going slow but my sense of what i need to fix and how to do it is going fast #amwriting
July 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
my reread is going slow but my sense of what i need to fix and how to do it is going fast #amwriting
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lol let me tell you something about the publishing industry:
It's very white. Like VEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRY white.
It's very white. Like VEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRY white.
Opinion | Just How White Is the Book Industry? (Published 2020)
New data shows the extent of the race problem in the publishing world.
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
lol let me tell you something about the publishing industry:
It's very white. Like VEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRY white.
It's very white. Like VEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRY white.
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This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
🗃️
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
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If we really want to settle on other worlds and turn humanity into a spacefaring society, we need to spend at least as much on poets as we do on physicists.
July 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If we really want to settle on other worlds and turn humanity into a spacefaring society, we need to spend at least as much on poets as we do on physicists.
hello from england!!! christ it’s humid
am in this country rn to work out wedding stuff!!
am in this country rn to work out wedding stuff!!
July 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
hello from england!!! christ it’s humid
am in this country rn to work out wedding stuff!!
am in this country rn to work out wedding stuff!!
found a friend at local writer workshop today :3
July 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
found a friend at local writer workshop today :3