Sheila Jenné
@jennelikejennay.bsky.social
Science fiction author & copyeditor. BLACK SAILS TO SUNWARD, THE SEA OF CLOUDS, and BISECTION out now. Support small presses and indie authors. 🚫 AI.
Find my work at https://sheilajenne.com/works
Find my work at https://sheilajenne.com/works
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I was reminded that this is a thing people do 😅
Invasive is out December 15th and you can preorder it now!
books2read.com/u/mdJM5R
Invasive is out December 15th and you can preorder it now!
books2read.com/u/mdJM5R
Re: the piracy discussion, if you recommend a book, and someone comments with a link to it on a piracy site, you can make that disappear!
Tap the three dots under the post and pick "hide for everyone." It's not deleted, but it will no longer appear on your thread.
Just had to do that 😛
Tap the three dots under the post and pick "hide for everyone." It's not deleted, but it will no longer appear on your thread.
Just had to do that 😛
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Re: the piracy discussion, if you recommend a book, and someone comments with a link to it on a piracy site, you can make that disappear!
Tap the three dots under the post and pick "hide for everyone." It's not deleted, but it will no longer appear on your thread.
Just had to do that 😛
Tap the three dots under the post and pick "hide for everyone." It's not deleted, but it will no longer appear on your thread.
Just had to do that 😛
Summoning anybody who knows where the non-English indie book deals are hiding
I don't know a lot about the book market outside the US or languages other than English, so I would love to hear ideas (this is what it sounds like when I ask for advice) about sourcing discounted books elsewhere.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Summoning anybody who knows where the non-English indie book deals are hiding
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
As an author, I don't make a whole lot of money, but at the same time I need to read a lot of books to stay aware of trends and support my fellow authors. Obviously if I spend all my profits on other people's books, I'm not coming out ahead!
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
So: ways to read lots of indie books for cheap.
Reposted by Sheila Jenné
You know who needs to be nicer to men? Other men.
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
You know who needs to be nicer to men? Other men.
#sffchat
I don't have anything to share right now, so I'm reposting so y'all can look at the comments and quotes for various other people's things. If you have a trans mutual aid request, please comment it here.
I don't have anything to share right now, so I'm reposting so y'all can look at the comments and quotes for various other people's things. If you have a trans mutual aid request, please comment it here.
#SFFChat Outro: Thanks so much for participating and thanks for thinking about trans people with me today! If you don’t know about the Trans Day of Remembrance, I recommend taking a moment today to look it up, along with Rita Hester & Chanelle Pickett!
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November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
#sffchat
I don't have anything to share right now, so I'm reposting so y'all can look at the comments and quotes for various other people's things. If you have a trans mutual aid request, please comment it here.
I don't have anything to share right now, so I'm reposting so y'all can look at the comments and quotes for various other people's things. If you have a trans mutual aid request, please comment it here.
#sffchat q4
Because it's such a non issue in Imperial Mars, it was hard to see how it would even come up. But I didn't want to be one of those people who was like "oh yeah everyone was secretly queer, I just never mentioned it." So it's mentioned offhand here and there.
Because it's such a non issue in Imperial Mars, it was hard to see how it would even come up. But I didn't want to be one of those people who was like "oh yeah everyone was secretly queer, I just never mentioned it." So it's mentioned offhand here and there.
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
#sffchat q4
Because it's such a non issue in Imperial Mars, it was hard to see how it would even come up. But I didn't want to be one of those people who was like "oh yeah everyone was secretly queer, I just never mentioned it." So it's mentioned offhand here and there.
Because it's such a non issue in Imperial Mars, it was hard to see how it would even come up. But I didn't want to be one of those people who was like "oh yeah everyone was secretly queer, I just never mentioned it." So it's mentioned offhand here and there.
#sffchat q3
I really enjoy RB Lemberg's work. So much fascinating worldbuilding around gender, as well as neurodivergent themes and characters.
I really enjoy RB Lemberg's work. So much fascinating worldbuilding around gender, as well as neurodivergent themes and characters.
#SFFChat Q3: Shout out a trans writer or artist whose work you admire (or a trans character from a trans author's work!).
November 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#sffchat q3
I really enjoy RB Lemberg's work. So much fascinating worldbuilding around gender, as well as neurodivergent themes and characters.
I really enjoy RB Lemberg's work. So much fascinating worldbuilding around gender, as well as neurodivergent themes and characters.
#sffchat q2
It's not a big deal in the world of Imperial Mars. Nobles have a coming out ball where they announce their gender and orientation to the world. Commoners don't usually use labels unless they're necessary.
The Emprex is nonbinary so it's something everyone is pretty used to.
It's not a big deal in the world of Imperial Mars. Nobles have a coming out ball where they announce their gender and orientation to the world. Commoners don't usually use labels unless they're necessary.
The Emprex is nonbinary so it's something everyone is pretty used to.
#SFFChat Q2: What is the status of trans and gender nonconforming people in your world? If you haven’t thought about it yet, use this moment to reflect!
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#sffchat q2
It's not a big deal in the world of Imperial Mars. Nobles have a coming out ball where they announce their gender and orientation to the world. Commoners don't usually use labels unless they're necessary.
The Emprex is nonbinary so it's something everyone is pretty used to.
It's not a big deal in the world of Imperial Mars. Nobles have a coming out ball where they announce their gender and orientation to the world. Commoners don't usually use labels unless they're necessary.
The Emprex is nonbinary so it's something everyone is pretty used to.
#sffchat q1
I have a lot, but Sagan (no first name) is probably my favorite.
They're a valet, allegedly. They're so nondescript they're practically invisible, by design. They have a tiny pistol in their coat pocket. They hate attention, so they use the Prince as a diversion to do some spying.
I have a lot, but Sagan (no first name) is probably my favorite.
They're a valet, allegedly. They're so nondescript they're practically invisible, by design. They have a tiny pistol in their coat pocket. They hate attention, so they use the Prince as a diversion to do some spying.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
#sffchat q1
I have a lot, but Sagan (no first name) is probably my favorite.
They're a valet, allegedly. They're so nondescript they're practically invisible, by design. They have a tiny pistol in their coat pocket. They hate attention, so they use the Prince as a diversion to do some spying.
I have a lot, but Sagan (no first name) is probably my favorite.
They're a valet, allegedly. They're so nondescript they're practically invisible, by design. They have a tiny pistol in their coat pocket. They hate attention, so they use the Prince as a diversion to do some spying.
#sffchat
I don't play many video games, but when I do, I get totally obsessed. No Man's Sky is probably the one that's been the biggest influence. I love puttering around on alien planets scanning things.
I got the solar sail, after hours and hours of trying. But alas it is not a very good ship 😅
I don't play many video games, but when I do, I get totally obsessed. No Man's Sky is probably the one that's been the biggest influence. I love puttering around on alien planets scanning things.
I got the solar sail, after hours and hours of trying. But alas it is not a very good ship 😅
#SFFChat is here!
Intro: Tell us about yourself & share a videogame that’s influenced you! Or, if no games have influenced you, share a less-discussed form of inspiration!
Intro: Tell us about yourself & share a videogame that’s influenced you! Or, if no games have influenced you, share a less-discussed form of inspiration!
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#sffchat
I don't play many video games, but when I do, I get totally obsessed. No Man's Sky is probably the one that's been the biggest influence. I love puttering around on alien planets scanning things.
I got the solar sail, after hours and hours of trying. But alas it is not a very good ship 😅
I don't play many video games, but when I do, I get totally obsessed. No Man's Sky is probably the one that's been the biggest influence. I love puttering around on alien planets scanning things.
I got the solar sail, after hours and hours of trying. But alas it is not a very good ship 😅
If you don't want to write sex scenes, you never have to.
But if there's a sex scene you want to write and you don't know how, consider that possibly you haven't developed the characters and their relationship enough.
When I get stalled on one, that's often why.
But if there's a sex scene you want to write and you don't know how, consider that possibly you haven't developed the characters and their relationship enough.
When I get stalled on one, that's often why.
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
If you don't want to write sex scenes, you never have to.
But if there's a sex scene you want to write and you don't know how, consider that possibly you haven't developed the characters and their relationship enough.
When I get stalled on one, that's often why.
But if there's a sex scene you want to write and you don't know how, consider that possibly you haven't developed the characters and their relationship enough.
When I get stalled on one, that's often why.
Under False Colors was supposed to be The Russet Flag. But it was pointed out to me that it reminded people of a potato and after that I couldn't unsee it 🤣 So for a long time the working title was just "the potato."
#Novmemeber 19
Give us an alternate title to your WIP. Another title you considered, your working title, or a joke title.
Potential examples:
Of Mice and Men was originally Something That Happened
The Da Vinci Code might've been ScavengerHuntWIP
Frankenstein could be How to Make a Guy in 10 Days
Give us an alternate title to your WIP. Another title you considered, your working title, or a joke title.
Potential examples:
Of Mice and Men was originally Something That Happened
The Da Vinci Code might've been ScavengerHuntWIP
Frankenstein could be How to Make a Guy in 10 Days
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Under False Colors was supposed to be The Russet Flag. But it was pointed out to me that it reminded people of a potato and after that I couldn't unsee it 🤣 So for a long time the working title was just "the potato."
I was reminded that this is a thing people do 😅
Invasive is out December 15th and you can preorder it now!
books2read.com/u/mdJM5R
Invasive is out December 15th and you can preorder it now!
books2read.com/u/mdJM5R
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I was reminded that this is a thing people do 😅
Invasive is out December 15th and you can preorder it now!
books2read.com/u/mdJM5R
Invasive is out December 15th and you can preorder it now!
books2read.com/u/mdJM5R
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
This is from INVASIVE.
This is from INVASIVE.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence. Share yours if you want.
This is from INVASIVE.
This is from INVASIVE.
If you had to audit a small press, who would you hire to do it?
I'm learning a CPA can audit, but all the CPAs advertising it are talking about huge business audits and all I really need is for them to log into four or five websites and verify the numbers.
I'm learning a CPA can audit, but all the CPAs advertising it are talking about huge business audits and all I really need is for them to log into four or five websites and verify the numbers.
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
If you had to audit a small press, who would you hire to do it?
I'm learning a CPA can audit, but all the CPAs advertising it are talking about huge business audits and all I really need is for them to log into four or five websites and verify the numbers.
I'm learning a CPA can audit, but all the CPAs advertising it are talking about huge business audits and all I really need is for them to log into four or five websites and verify the numbers.
Reposted by Sheila Jenné
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Have y'all seen the cover for Invasive yet?
I've been quietly uploading it everywhere but this is the official reveal.
This was made by my designer @evensong.bsky.social. She and I worked together to get the Eosian forest looking just as I described it. There are a couple tiny details to find!
I've been quietly uploading it everywhere but this is the official reveal.
This was made by my designer @evensong.bsky.social. She and I worked together to get the Eosian forest looking just as I described it. There are a couple tiny details to find!
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Have y'all seen the cover for Invasive yet?
I've been quietly uploading it everywhere but this is the official reveal.
This was made by my designer @evensong.bsky.social. She and I worked together to get the Eosian forest looking just as I described it. There are a couple tiny details to find!
I've been quietly uploading it everywhere but this is the official reveal.
This was made by my designer @evensong.bsky.social. She and I worked together to get the Eosian forest looking just as I described it. There are a couple tiny details to find!
There would be a hole in the ship somewhere 🤣
Except if we give Sagan a gun. If we give Sagan a gun, they would then have two guns. Sometimes three. At some point additional guns don't make a whole lot of difference.
Except if we give Sagan a gun. If we give Sagan a gun, they would then have two guns. Sometimes three. At some point additional guns don't make a whole lot of difference.
How much would your book/wip change if your MC had a gun #WritingPrompt
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There would be a hole in the ship somewhere 🤣
Except if we give Sagan a gun. If we give Sagan a gun, they would then have two guns. Sometimes three. At some point additional guns don't make a whole lot of difference.
Except if we give Sagan a gun. If we give Sagan a gun, they would then have two guns. Sometimes three. At some point additional guns don't make a whole lot of difference.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Mars is red, of course! Within the Martian Empire, the political parties are named by colors. The Russet party is the populist party, which believes in rights for the common people. By the third book, revolutionaries are carefully wearing red while others avoid it.
Mars is red, of course! Within the Martian Empire, the political parties are named by colors. The Russet party is the populist party, which believes in rights for the common people. By the third book, revolutionaries are carefully wearing red while others avoid it.
#NovemberWorldbuilders 1: something in your world that is RED
One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip
One thing that comes to mind (that isn't something like, say, fire) is the royal colors of Tavarria. One of them is red! Haven't established who came up with this decision... hmm... 🤔
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #writer #fantasy #wip
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
Mars is red, of course! Within the Martian Empire, the political parties are named by colors. The Russet party is the populist party, which believes in rights for the common people. By the third book, revolutionaries are carefully wearing red while others avoid it.
Mars is red, of course! Within the Martian Empire, the political parties are named by colors. The Russet party is the populist party, which believes in rights for the common people. By the third book, revolutionaries are carefully wearing red while others avoid it.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
The Sea of Clouds has a lot of yellow, because the city on Venus is up in the sulfur clouds. Sometimes they're golden, with light shining through; other times they're dull mustard colored.
The Sea of Clouds has a lot of yellow, because the city on Venus is up in the sulfur clouds. Sometimes they're golden, with light shining through; other times they're dull mustard colored.
It's #NovemberWorldbuilders!
We're talking about colors in our worlds! Tell me about something in your world that's YELLOW or ORANGE? I find that these two are often underrated/underused in worldbuilding, so I'd love to hear what you have. Maybe something symbolic of the sun or made of gold?
We're talking about colors in our worlds! Tell me about something in your world that's YELLOW or ORANGE? I find that these two are often underrated/underused in worldbuilding, so I'd love to hear what you have. Maybe something symbolic of the sun or made of gold?
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
The Sea of Clouds has a lot of yellow, because the city on Venus is up in the sulfur clouds. Sometimes they're golden, with light shining through; other times they're dull mustard colored.
The Sea of Clouds has a lot of yellow, because the city on Venus is up in the sulfur clouds. Sometimes they're golden, with light shining through; other times they're dull mustard colored.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
In my WIP, the space station has a special kind of poppy that turns blue if there is a lack of oxygen. Basically a biological warning system.
The hero takes the name Blue Poppy to show that they're from the station, and that they see harm to robots as a serious emergency.
In my WIP, the space station has a special kind of poppy that turns blue if there is a lack of oxygen. Basically a biological warning system.
The hero takes the name Blue Poppy to show that they're from the station, and that they see harm to robots as a serious emergency.
Heya #NovemberWorldbuilders!
Continuing with COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's BLUE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's blue? Maybe an important object symbolic of the sea or sky? Tell me about your blues!
Continuing with COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's BLUE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's blue? Maybe an important object symbolic of the sea or sky? Tell me about your blues!
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
In my WIP, the space station has a special kind of poppy that turns blue if there is a lack of oxygen. Basically a biological warning system.
The hero takes the name Blue Poppy to show that they're from the station, and that they see harm to robots as a serious emergency.
In my WIP, the space station has a special kind of poppy that turns blue if there is a lack of oxygen. Basically a biological warning system.
The hero takes the name Blue Poppy to show that they're from the station, and that they see harm to robots as a serious emergency.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
In Invasive, all the plants are pink or purple! Chlorophyll never evolved there.
8yo Lily doesn't recognize the Eosian trees as plants at first, and she wanders off into the woods looking for green.
In Invasive, all the plants are pink or purple! Chlorophyll never evolved there.
8yo Lily doesn't recognize the Eosian trees as plants at first, and she wanders off into the woods looking for green.
#NovemberWorldbuilders
This week's theme is COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's PURPLE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's purple? Maybe an animal, jewels, a garment, a flower, or something more strange and magical?
This week's theme is COLORS! Tell me about something in your world that's PURPLE. Do you use it symbolically? Do you have anything special in your worldbuilding that's purple? Maybe an animal, jewels, a garment, a flower, or something more strange and magical?
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#NovemberWorldbuilders
In Invasive, all the plants are pink or purple! Chlorophyll never evolved there.
8yo Lily doesn't recognize the Eosian trees as plants at first, and she wanders off into the woods looking for green.
In Invasive, all the plants are pink or purple! Chlorophyll never evolved there.
8yo Lily doesn't recognize the Eosian trees as plants at first, and she wanders off into the woods looking for green.
Reposted by Sheila Jenné
#SFFChat Outro:
My work's part of this awesome bundle (get TETK AND TWoA!). The bundle's done really well and it'd be awesome to see it do even better. Lots of great books.
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
My work's part of this awesome bundle (get TETK AND TWoA!). The bundle's done really well and it'd be awesome to see it do even better. Lots of great books.
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
Trans People Take on the World by Elise Carlson and 32 others
Trans People Take on the World: 32 items for $35.00
itch.io
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#SFFChat Outro:
My work's part of this awesome bundle (get TETK AND TWoA!). The bundle's done really well and it'd be awesome to see it do even better. Lots of great books.
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
My work's part of this awesome bundle (get TETK AND TWoA!). The bundle's done really well and it'd be awesome to see it do even better. Lots of great books.
itch.io/b/3352/trans...
#sffchat
I'd love it if people shared around the link for Invasive, which is now available for preorder!
books2read.com/u/4jJjrj
When a ship of religious pilgrims lands on an “empty” planet, their disruption to the ecosystem may doom them all.
I'd love it if people shared around the link for Invasive, which is now available for preorder!
books2read.com/u/4jJjrj
When a ship of religious pilgrims lands on an “empty” planet, their disruption to the ecosystem may doom them all.
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#sffchat
I'd love it if people shared around the link for Invasive, which is now available for preorder!
books2read.com/u/4jJjrj
When a ship of religious pilgrims lands on an “empty” planet, their disruption to the ecosystem may doom them all.
I'd love it if people shared around the link for Invasive, which is now available for preorder!
books2read.com/u/4jJjrj
When a ship of religious pilgrims lands on an “empty” planet, their disruption to the ecosystem may doom them all.
