CSPeterson
@cspeterson.bsky.social
Speculative adventurer | writes | juggles | wanders about in the garden
Clarion West ‘19 | she/they
FictionUnbound.com
Clarion West ‘19 | she/they
FictionUnbound.com
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Super cool opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation about your work with an amazing editor!
Rainbow Space Magic is trying something new this year! We’ve lined up some kickass professional editors--myself included!--to give feedback on the opening pages of your queer SFF novel. Submit your opening pages to apply for a one-to-one session. forms.gle/vaqPkKYwM1ex...
#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #QueerSFF
#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #QueerSFF
Queer SFF Opening Pages Consult Application
Submit the first 500 words of your queer SFF novel for the opportunity of a 15-minute consult with a professional editor the week before the Rainbow Space Magic conference.
If you have any questions,...
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September 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Super cool opportunity to have a one-on-one conversation about your work with an amazing editor!
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AI this, LLM that, I'm amped for the counterculture to ignite against this banal mediocrity.
Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
August 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
AI this, LLM that, I'm amped for the counterculture to ignite against this banal mediocrity.
Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
Gimme handmade zines, let's write poems on the back of receipts, a watercolor using found pigments, book clubs on subway cars; let the revolution be not just analog but antiquated, baby. Bring back quills!
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The audio version of "Bunny Ears" is now up for your listening pleasure/terror! @nightmare-magazine.com's podcast team knocked it outta the park, like always. Thanks to Roxanne Hernandez for the tremendous narration.
Bunny Ears - Nightmare Magazine
Hannah’s first impression of Colden Hills Music Camp is that, for a place with “hills” and “music” right in the name, it’s too flat and way, way too quiet, and the one thing she initially thinks must ...
www.nightmare-magazine.com
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The audio version of "Bunny Ears" is now up for your listening pleasure/terror! @nightmare-magazine.com's podcast team knocked it outta the park, like always. Thanks to Roxanne Hernandez for the tremendous narration.
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Had a marketing call with my publisher and told them all I wanna do is pass notes to you in class…
Now till Sept. 18 on StoryGraph, enter for a chance at a signed copy of TELL ME YOURS + a personalized note from yours truly + a wicked tarot card inspired by one of the stories. 🔗 in my bio! 😘🔮💌
Now till Sept. 18 on StoryGraph, enter for a chance at a signed copy of TELL ME YOURS + a personalized note from yours truly + a wicked tarot card inspired by one of the stories. 🔗 in my bio! 😘🔮💌
August 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Had a marketing call with my publisher and told them all I wanna do is pass notes to you in class…
Now till Sept. 18 on StoryGraph, enter for a chance at a signed copy of TELL ME YOURS + a personalized note from yours truly + a wicked tarot card inspired by one of the stories. 🔗 in my bio! 😘🔮💌
Now till Sept. 18 on StoryGraph, enter for a chance at a signed copy of TELL ME YOURS + a personalized note from yours truly + a wicked tarot card inspired by one of the stories. 🔗 in my bio! 😘🔮💌
I had such a great time attending my first Worldcon in Seattle last weekend! At the awards ceremony itself tho there was a moment that made quite sad. Imagine how you would feel, getting nominated for this lovely honor, and then have this happen. With a little thoughtfulness we can do better
There’s nothing like attending Worldcon in-person as team @khoreo.bsky.social's representative, as one of the actual Finalists for Best Semiprozine, only for our masthead to be entirely skipped over, while everyone else’s names and mastheads were read in full, exactly as it was on the program sheet.
Had a great time at Worldcon meeting new and old faces! Thank you @emelkrishnan.bsky.social for letting me be your plus one! Glad we could trauma bond over our masthead being skipped again. I look forward to next year!
August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I had such a great time attending my first Worldcon in Seattle last weekend! At the awards ceremony itself tho there was a moment that made quite sad. Imagine how you would feel, getting nominated for this lovely honor, and then have this happen. With a little thoughtfulness we can do better
Just coming here to shout about @timchawaga.bsky.social’s fabulous debut! Noir in future Florida, diving in drowned cities, corporate shenanigans. Must Read!
August 13, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Just coming here to shout about @timchawaga.bsky.social’s fabulous debut! Noir in future Florida, diving in drowned cities, corporate shenanigans. Must Read!
Definitely brave, incredibly new, joyfully and interestingly weird! Checks out!!
🖤☠️Meet the WEIRDo's🖤☠️
BRAVE NEW WEIRD award winner @emelkrishnan.bsky.social rides a haunted elevator, names my new band, & more, in today's (final!) Q&A!
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/6/...
BRAVE NEW WEIRD award winner @emelkrishnan.bsky.social rides a haunted elevator, names my new band, & more, in today's (final!) Q&A!
tenebrouspress.com/blog/2025/6/...
Meet the WEIRDo's: BRAVE NEW WEIRD Award Winner M. L. Krishnan — tenebrous press
M. L. Krishnan originally hails from the coastal shores of Tamil Nadu, India. She has been awarded Fellowships and Residencies from Tin House, MacDowell, Millay Arts, and the Clarion West Writers Wor...
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June 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Definitely brave, incredibly new, joyfully and interestingly weird! Checks out!!
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I keep seeing reports of non-AI users being told that an AI detector has dubbed their work AI generated, and it makes me insane because:
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
June 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I keep seeing reports of non-AI users being told that an AI detector has dubbed their work AI generated, and it makes me insane because:
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
1) AI detection tools *are themselves AI* and thus entirely bullshit; and
2) if an AI was trained on your works, of COURSE it’ll flag you as sounding “like” AI!
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This should be amplified, so I'm posting to the #science, #astronomy, #physics, and #heliophysics feeds.
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So proud to be part of the SPD Community. We are not sitting around waiting to see what happens. We are standing up, making public statements, and finding ways to push back.
‼️📢 ALL HELIOPHYSICISTS AND SPACE SCIENTISTS: PLEASE READ AND TAKE ACTION!
‼️📢 ALL HELIOPHYSICISTS AND SPACE SCIENTISTS: PLEASE READ AND TAKE ACTION!
A CALL TO ACTION FROM SCIENTISTS (YOU!) - SolarNews
Scientific funding is under threat across both this fiscal year (FY) and next, and both require action from you. The Federal appropriations process for FY2026 is about to begin: the Presidential Budge...
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April 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This should be amplified, so I'm posting to the #science, #astronomy, #physics, and #heliophysics feeds.
☀️🔭⚛️🧪🚀
☀️🔭⚛️🧪🚀
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My @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette formatted as a series of Goodreads reviews is here! It also features probably the longest title in history 😆
It's a story about friendship, queerness, books, fandom, and generally living life and finding ways forward even when things aren't looking great.
It's a story about friendship, queerness, books, fandom, and generally living life and finding ways forward even when things aren't looking great.
The Life and Times of Alavira the Great as Written by Titos Pavlou and Reviewed by Two Lifelong Friends - Uncanny Magazine
The Life and Times of Alavira the Great, #1: The Missing Hill by Titos Pavlou Lefteris_Loves_Fantasy review: 4 STARS 14 November 2013 As always, I’m doing a buddy read with M...
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April 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
My @uncannymagazine.bsky.social novelette formatted as a series of Goodreads reviews is here! It also features probably the longest title in history 😆
It's a story about friendship, queerness, books, fandom, and generally living life and finding ways forward even when things aren't looking great.
It's a story about friendship, queerness, books, fandom, and generally living life and finding ways forward even when things aren't looking great.
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Hey all, this account is impersonating me, block and report them if you can and certainly don't give them any money or anything!
January 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Hey all, this account is impersonating me, block and report them if you can and certainly don't give them any money or anything!
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be the writer that your inner David Lynch... your inner David Lynch... your inner... he's inside you now and you have to let him out. he's hungry and you have to let him out.
January 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
be the writer that your inner David Lynch... your inner David Lynch... your inner... he's inside you now and you have to let him out. he's hungry and you have to let him out.
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The Altadena seed library needs all of the help it can get- if you have native plant seeds to share, please make sure they find their way to this group. Monetary donations are also hugely welcome via gofund.me/6643efc6
January 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Altadena seed library needs all of the help it can get- if you have native plant seeds to share, please make sure they find their way to this group. Monetary donations are also hugely welcome via gofund.me/6643efc6
First writing desk cat of 2025:
January 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
First writing desk cat of 2025:
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Good writing gives the impression of having come straight from the writer's mind in one continuous burst, with no planning or editing. So does bad writing.
December 29, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Good writing gives the impression of having come straight from the writer's mind in one continuous burst, with no planning or editing. So does bad writing.
So excited to see this book out in the world! And this cover! Omg, perfection!
My first bluesky post is a cover reveal!
Just look at it! It's everything I hoped for and more! I am so grateful and excited.
Can any book live up to such a cover? Only one way to find out! Pre-order SALVAGIA now!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Salvag...
Just look at it! It's everything I hoped for and more! I am so grateful and excited.
Can any book live up to such a cover? Only one way to find out! Pre-order SALVAGIA now!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Salvag...
December 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
So excited to see this book out in the world! And this cover! Omg, perfection!
A wondrous collection from Ten of strange encounters with stranger creatures, hubris, temptations, and complicated consequences
Hey y'all! Here's my #AwardsEligibility thread. In this, my first novel-writing year (!), I'm proud of the four original stories I managed to get out. A bit more about them... 🧵
December 6, 2024 at 1:48 AM
A wondrous collection from Ten of strange encounters with stranger creatures, hubris, temptations, and complicated consequences
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Hey y'all! Here's my #AwardsEligibility thread. In this, my first novel-writing year (!), I'm proud of the four original stories I managed to get out. A bit more about them... 🧵
December 4, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Hey y'all! Here's my #AwardsEligibility thread. In this, my first novel-writing year (!), I'm proud of the four original stories I managed to get out. A bit more about them... 🧵
a gigantically beautiful story!
Doing a 2024 short story eligibility award post! It was a slower year; I had just one publication. "Here in the Glittering Black, There Is Hope" also took a long route to end up at GigaNotoSaurus, like it's protagonists, so I feel I owe it a post
giganotosaurus.org/2024/09/01/h...
giganotosaurus.org/2024/09/01/h...
December 6, 2024 at 1:39 AM
a gigantically beautiful story!
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Doing a 2024 short story eligibility award post! It was a slower year; I had just one publication. "Here in the Glittering Black, There Is Hope" also took a long route to end up at GigaNotoSaurus, like it's protagonists, so I feel I owe it a post
giganotosaurus.org/2024/09/01/h...
giganotosaurus.org/2024/09/01/h...
December 5, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Doing a 2024 short story eligibility award post! It was a slower year; I had just one publication. "Here in the Glittering Black, There Is Hope" also took a long route to end up at GigaNotoSaurus, like it's protagonists, so I feel I owe it a post
giganotosaurus.org/2024/09/01/h...
giganotosaurus.org/2024/09/01/h...
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I did a presentation at my church for their adult continuing education series called “We Have Always Been Here” about how LGBTQ history gets erased and people were particularly shook to learn about this guy. even folks who are fine with the gays still think trans people were invented in like 2017
It's not new. Trans people have been around as long as there have been people. And the revolutionary institute that performed the first known gender affirming surgeries, founded by a gay Jewish doctor, was among the Nazis' first targets. Learn more from @bschillace.brandyschillace.com:
The Forgotten History of the World's First Trans Clinic
The Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin would be a century old if it hadn’t fallen victim to Nazi ideology
www.scientificamerican.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:48 PM
I did a presentation at my church for their adult continuing education series called “We Have Always Been Here” about how LGBTQ history gets erased and people were particularly shook to learn about this guy. even folks who are fine with the gays still think trans people were invented in like 2017
Another year of awesome stories from Triantafyllou!
Hello friends! This is an #AwardsEligibility thread! (The previous one had a typo... typical). These are all the stories that I published this year. Let's go:
December 2, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Another year of awesome stories from Triantafyllou!
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This holiday season, why not give the gift of ultimate cosmic destruction?? 💥🌌
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
The End of Everything — KATIE MACK, ASTROPHYSICIST
Information about "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)" by Katie Mack
www.astrokatie.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:58 PM
This holiday season, why not give the gift of ultimate cosmic destruction?? 💥🌌
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
www.astrokatie.com/book
Kirkus Reviews calls it “a delightfully unsettling narrative”! @leebillings.bsky.social raves about my “infectious enthusiasm for communicating the finer points of cosmological doom”!
Love this thread, both because it’s an interesting sub genre vibe that I had subconsciously sought, but never thought about as a grouping before,
And because I’m having waves of nostalgia/joy, remembering these fun conversations from the old blue bird/happy to participate in this experience again!
And because I’m having waves of nostalgia/joy, remembering these fun conversations from the old blue bird/happy to participate in this experience again!
I'm gathering books for a sort of sub-sub-region of fantasy fiction I'm trying to plot out, which City of Last Chances and its fellows belong in. I've realised there's a definite tradition it belongs in, and one I always enjoy reading. In brief, the characteristics seem to be... 1/
November 29, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Love this thread, both because it’s an interesting sub genre vibe that I had subconsciously sought, but never thought about as a grouping before,
And because I’m having waves of nostalgia/joy, remembering these fun conversations from the old blue bird/happy to participate in this experience again!
And because I’m having waves of nostalgia/joy, remembering these fun conversations from the old blue bird/happy to participate in this experience again!