@apottern.bsky.social
Speculative writer, reader, reviewer, marketing coach, tea drinker | SFWA | VP '23 | Stories in Strange Horizons, Haven Spec, Trollbreath, Ghastling |
Digging: lemongrass tea, sentient ships, pb pretzels | she/her #specfic #sff
@apottern.bsky.socialWhat an incredible review; congrats! This sounds like just the thing I need this fall. Requesting my library to stock it!
@montecookgames.comReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialCalling for Indigenous Artists for Between Earth & Sky: the Roleplaying Game! Help us illustrate the Meridian, setting of Native author Rebecca Roanhorse’s bestselling and Hugo Award-winning Black Sun trilogy!
Seems like you’d be a good fit? Apply here → www.montecookgames.c...
@rykaaoki.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialIf you’re an editor looking to edit, Andy is really cool!
@apottern.bsky.socialI loved the book and Mrs. Frisby but the bad guys in the movie… shudder
@clpolk.comReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialToday is my birthday! Please buy my books, I'm so broke
@apottern.bsky.socialThe Secret of NIHM gave me nightmares (the red eyes of Nicodemus especially! 😱)
@beijingpalmer.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialthis would be an incredible film if you started it with all the normal serial killer hunting tropes
@reactorsff.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialThe best middle grade fiction can be loved by everyone! @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social recommends curses, human-shark hybrids, quest fatigue for your fall reading list!
@tenebrouspress.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialIt's October🎃 which means, SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN FOR BRAVE NEW WEIRD Vol. 5!
**This is our yearly Best-Of Weird Fiction anthology, only eligible REPRINTS will be considered**
Get the full submissions details here, and check out the full cover reveal! tinyurl.com/4474xej6
@maris.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialI am a cynical person but I am pretty earnest when it comes to literary prizes. Books need all the help they can get these days, and prizes are one way for unheralded books to get their due. lithub.com/in-defense-o...
@strangehorizons.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialStrange Horizons Fiction Submissions are open now!
Check out our website for the fiction guidelines including the link to our Moksha submission portal ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...
(The window closes when we reach 1,000 submissions. Stories must be 5,000 words or less.)
@undertow.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialAnnouncing a new, occasional journal - PALE GREY IDOL. I hope you'll come along with us on this new venture.
Info:
@gothgreenwitch.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialAnd it's October! Still trying to figure out where the last $600 of October's rent is coming from. Couple possible jobs didn't pan out, so still working away at this.
If anyone has work to pass along, or has something of their own I can take on, my rates, etc. are at: mathesonfreelancing.com
@melissacaruso.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialDiscoverability for new SFF books seems way down these days, especially outside of bestsellers and certain subgenres. I'm noticing this as both a reader and a writer. Great stuff is in danger of sinking without a trace. Please post about new/recent books you love or are excited for!!! I'll start:
@havenspec.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialHaven Spec Magazine is open this month to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds only!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and others whose voices must be heard!
@mruthrobinson.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialOh! And speaking of guidelines and policies: WE OPEN TO SUBMISSIONS FOR ISSUE 4 AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN ‼️ Please send us the stories and poems only you could write! We can’t wait to read your work!
@mercwolfmoor.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialWE FUNDED!! AHH! Thank you, everyone!!!
Now, with about 24 hours left, any additional monies means I CAN BUY MORE TIME LOOP STORIES. 👀⏳
(And subs will open in two weeks!)
@apottern.bsky.socialLet's get it over the line! Time loop stories! You know you love 'em!
@apottern.bsky.socialThis sounds very cool! Sending good pitching vibes!
@apottern.bsky.socialReposted by @apottern.bsky.socialSometimes we have to break the industry rules to make our voices heard. In this Book Marketing Now interview, author Peter Watts lays bare the faults of a degenerating publishing industry and his unorthodox approach for reaching readers.
