There’s been a lot of discourse recently about how book editors don’t have time to work on books, want books to arrive to them fully edited, and are pressured to use AI on them once they do. But you know who can polish your MS/proposal and never uses AI? This guy

So glad you liked it as much as I did, Baldur! That @kaeti.bsky.social is a SMART one

gonna tell my kids this was peter o’hanraha-hanrahan

INTERVIEWER: ethan you just broke a two month-long blogging dry spell with the most old-man-yells-at-clouds thing you’ve ever written, how did you do it ME: that’s an excellent question, i guess the first thing i’d say is [plays a single unbroken note on a slide whistle for like two hours]

CHAPPELL THIS IS SO COOL YOU LOOK SO COOL

it’s important that i hiss it though

i’ve learned that hissing “bless his/her/their heart” under my breath is more restorative for me than a thousand social media dunks

Mine just arrived!

absolutely MASHING that download button, thank you matt

absolutely heart breaking, this is so similar to the playbook folks used to try and push against the union at bandcamp

💜

ah hell, this one hurts to read

seems like they’ve been taking cues from the “national design studio” here in the states (derogatory)

Hi Den! My distributor’s sent out an automated signal to various retailers, which *may* get it picked back up by Kobo. They did add that individual booksellers decide whether or not to carry specific books, so this *may* be caused by a decision by Kobo. But I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

EXQUISITE

also, look: this is how you do it

beautifully said. and same 💜

Henry’s essay on the state of tech—and of tech work, and of tech workers—is very good. It’s hopeful, painful, and beautiful all at once, and I think it’s worth your time.