Karen Lord
@drkarenlord.bsky.social
Author of THE BLUE, BEAUTIFUL WORLD. Home: Barbados, West Indies 🇧🇧. More info on me and my books at karenlord.wordpress.com
My story ‘Take Three’ is available for your reading pleasure in this free book about the future of the orchestra!
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Sound Systems: The Future of the Orchestra - Center for Science and the Imagination
A collection of fiction, nonfiction, and art reimagining orchestras as vibrant spaces for connection, shared learning, and exploration.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My story ‘Take Three’ is available for your reading pleasure in this free book about the future of the orchestra!
csi.asu.edu/books/sounds...
csi.asu.edu/books/sounds...
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for me at least part of that mindset is having mental space to think about the ideas, times when I'm not streaming someone else's ideas into my head via one medium or another. That's perhaps sort of unusual for a lot of people these days and might be another reason it looks like magic.
It's not a magic ability, it's a mindset. You see or hear something that snags your attention, you calculate how you could use that in a book, much as a driver notices a kid with a ball or a dermatologist notices lumps on people's skin. Mindset.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
for me at least part of that mindset is having mental space to think about the ideas, times when I'm not streaming someone else's ideas into my head via one medium or another. That's perhaps sort of unusual for a lot of people these days and might be another reason it looks like magic.
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I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
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Join EFF at The Booksmith on Dec 2 at 7 PM in San Francisco to celebrate We Will Rise Again, a new collection of speculative stories exploring progressive social change from writers around the world. www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
We Will Rise Again at The Booksmith
The Booksmith is proud to be celebrating the release of We Will Rise Again with Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Reo Eveleth, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, and Vida James.When:Tuesday, December
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November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Join EFF at The Booksmith on Dec 2 at 7 PM in San Francisco to celebrate We Will Rise Again, a new collection of speculative stories exploring progressive social change from writers around the world. www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
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AMAZING lineup for the in-person SF launch of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative fiction anthology about activism co-edited by @annaleen.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social and yours truly!
Join EFF at The Booksmith on Dec 2 at 7 PM in San Francisco to celebrate We Will Rise Again, a new collection of speculative stories exploring progressive social change from writers around the world. www.eff.org/event/we-wi...
We Will Rise Again at The Booksmith
The Booksmith is proud to be celebrating the release of We Will Rise Again with Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, Reo Eveleth, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, and Vida James.When:Tuesday, December
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November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
AMAZING lineup for the in-person SF launch of WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative fiction anthology about activism co-edited by @annaleen.bsky.social @drkarenlord.bsky.social and yours truly!
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Hot damn! Congratulations, Nora; and welcome! So well deserved.
To date, @nkjemisin.bsky.social is the youngest person named Grand Master by SFWA, having earned this honour at the age of 53.
The second-youngest is @nalohop.bsky.social, who was named a Grand Master in 2021 at the age of 61.
The second-youngest is @nalohop.bsky.social, who was named a Grand Master in 2021 at the age of 61.
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hot damn! Congratulations, Nora; and welcome! So well deserved.
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I'm thrilled that @electricliterature.com has published this gorgeous story from the anthology WE WILL RISE AGAIN, which I co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social ... you can pre-order the anthology now, or pick it up at your local bookstore after it drops on 12/2!
Full warning: this story made me cry, because of how accurately and beautifully it peels back the layers of oppression, self-censorship, exile, community, rebuilding. A beautiful representative from the forthcoming anthology We Will Rise Again, out on Dec 2!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm thrilled that @electricliterature.com has published this gorgeous story from the anthology WE WILL RISE AGAIN, which I co-edited with @older.bsky.social and @drkarenlord.bsky.social ... you can pre-order the anthology now, or pick it up at your local bookstore after it drops on 12/2!
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Full warning: this story made me cry, because of how accurately and beautifully it peels back the layers of oppression, self-censorship, exile, community, rebuilding. A beautiful representative from the forthcoming anthology We Will Rise Again, out on Dec 2!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
November 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Full warning: this story made me cry, because of how accurately and beautifully it peels back the layers of oppression, self-censorship, exile, community, rebuilding. A beautiful representative from the forthcoming anthology We Will Rise Again, out on Dec 2!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
Go read this sweet taster from my upcoming anthology with coeditors @older.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social
electricliterature.com/where-memory...
electricliterature.com/where-memory...
In My Homeland Memories Are Forbidden - Electric Literature
“Where Memory Meets the Sea” by Laia Asieo Odo, recommended by Malka Older, Annalee Newitz, and Karen Lord
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November 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Go read this sweet taster from my upcoming anthology with coeditors @older.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social
electricliterature.com/where-memory...
electricliterature.com/where-memory...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Seconding the rec for this series. We reviewed it years ago. The Sparrow is episode 6 (season 1), and Children of God is episode 9 (first episode of season 2) locusmag.com/sf-crossing-...
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Seconding the rec for this series. We reviewed it years ago. The Sparrow is episode 6 (season 1), and Children of God is episode 9 (first episode of season 2) locusmag.com/sf-crossing-...
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Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about this series.
Take some advice from @cadwellturnbull.bsky.social: You should read Mary Doria Russell's The Sparrow. Then you should read Children of God.
Mary Doria Russell’s Children of God Is a Perfect Sequel - Reactor
Cadwell Turnbull on the triumph and tragedy of Mary Doria Russell's first contact novel.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thank you @reactorsff.bsky.social for the opportunity to talk about this series.
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Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
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“THE MERCY MAKERS is well-constructed, with compelling characters, interesting worldbuilding, and a strong voice.” @hawkwing_lb reviews new work from @tessagratton.bsky.social
The Mercy Makers by Tessa Gratton: Review by Liz Bourke
The Mercy Makers, Tessa Gratton (Orbit 978-0-31657-879-0, $19.99, 560pp, tp) June 2025. Tessa Gratton’s The Mercy Makers is a peculiar, meditative fantasy novel. It’s concerned, as many recent fant…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“THE MERCY MAKERS is well-constructed, with compelling characters, interesting worldbuilding, and a strong voice.” @hawkwing_lb reviews new work from @tessagratton.bsky.social
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Our illustrious lineup includes me, @charliejane.bsky.social, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, @reveleth.com, and @vidajames.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Our illustrious lineup includes me, @charliejane.bsky.social, Cindy Cohn, Andrea Dehlendorf, @reveleth.com, and @vidajames.bsky.social
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Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
Me. I said that. ‘alight with glorious epiphanies’, and I stand by it.
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
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The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
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November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Me. I said that. ‘alight with glorious epiphanies’, and I stand by it.
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THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1)
Amazon.com: The Mercy Makers (The Moon Heresies Book 1) eBook : Gratton, Tessa: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
THE MERCY MAKERS is a Kindle Daily Deal today! Only $2.99 for six hundred pages "alight with glorious epiphanies!"
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
www.amazon.com/Mercy-Makers...
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Celeste Rita Baker (1958-2025)
Celeste Rita Baker (1958-2025)
Writer and organizer Celeste Rita Baker, 67, died October 30, 2025. Baker was a Virgin Islander born July 29, 1958. She moved between St. Thomas and the US several times. She published short storie…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Celeste Rita Baker (1958-2025)
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November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We're now down to just over $250 left to get to $6000 and stay on track for November - big thanks to those generous donors! Please contribute if you can: even a small donation helps us to keep producing and publishing fantastic, wide-ranging independent news stories!
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I am totally honored to have a story in here, one that I co-authored with Karen Lord. It is nice to see it is still pertinent, but sort of sad the themes it was dealing with are persistent and always going to be things we deal with.
STARRED review in @libraryjournal.bsky.social for WE WILL RISE AGAIN, the speculative activism anthology edited by @drkarenlord.bsky.social @annaleen.bsky.social and yours truly! Pre-order here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I am totally honored to have a story in here, one that I co-authored with Karen Lord. It is nice to see it is still pertinent, but sort of sad the themes it was dealing with are persistent and always going to be things we deal with.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Huge thanks to the anonymous donor who got us more than a 1/4 of the way to our Nov goal, and to the other 3 donors helping us take it farther! Together, we can do it!
Donate now, & when you read our articles in Nov and Dec you'll know YOU helped make those possible!
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This Go Fund Me to help the church and the neighbouring community is legitimate: www.gofundme.com/f/hurricane-...
Donate to Hurricane Relief for Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, organized by David Reid
Hello, my name is David Andrew Reid. I’m a Jamaican living in Toronto … David Reid needs your support for Hurricane Relief for Lacovia, St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
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November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
This Go Fund Me to help the church and the neighbouring community is legitimate: www.gofundme.com/f/hurricane-...
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Eastercon is the UK's annual science fiction convention for book lovers & writers
Iridescence, 2026's Eastercon will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3-6 April 2026. Tickets on sale now
Guests of Honour include @rjbarker.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
Iridescence, 2026's Eastercon will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3-6 April 2026. Tickets on sale now
Guests of Honour include @rjbarker.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Eastercon is the UK's annual science fiction convention for book lovers & writers
Iridescence, 2026's Eastercon will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3-6 April 2026. Tickets on sale now
Guests of Honour include @rjbarker.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
Iridescence, 2026's Eastercon will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, 3-6 April 2026. Tickets on sale now
Guests of Honour include @rjbarker.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social & @drkarenlord.bsky.social
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still time to pre-order this anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism!
We Will Rise Again
From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer transfor...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:22 AM
still time to pre-order this anthology of speculative fiction, essays, and interviews about activism!