Julia Edinger
@juliaedinger.bsky.social
(she/her) published poet, essayist, storyteller and editor ✨ || opinions are my own, this is my creative writing account || https://t.co/yhc6FrRzuo
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Grateful to my queer internet besties
September 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Grateful to my queer internet besties
This post is discrimination against poets
August 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This post is discrimination against poets
I finished this book in one day, which I rarely do. Helen put a microscope on our society and where it's going. Well done.
#SFF #BookReviews #ScienceFiction
#SFF #BookReviews #ScienceFiction
"I would certainly never, as a writer, use ChatGPT, because writing is my favorite thing I do with my brain."
I chatted with Helen Philips about worldbuilding, AI, and her new novel HUM.
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
I chatted with Helen Philips about worldbuilding, AI, and her new novel HUM.
countercraft.substack.com/p/processing...
Processing: How Helen Phillips Wrote Hum
The author on subtle worldbuilding, artificial intelligence, and the importance of community in the face of dystopia
countercraft.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I finished this book in one day, which I rarely do. Helen put a microscope on our society and where it's going. Well done.
#SFF #BookReviews #ScienceFiction
#SFF #BookReviews #ScienceFiction
Happy gardening season from my right-hand man!
May 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Happy gardening season from my right-hand man!
It's publication day for Evie and Maryam's Family Tree!
If you need a gift for the middle grade readers in your life...
#MiddleGrade #ReadersOfBlueSky
If you need a gift for the middle grade readers in your life...
#MiddleGrade #ReadersOfBlueSky
May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's publication day for Evie and Maryam's Family Tree!
If you need a gift for the middle grade readers in your life...
#MiddleGrade #ReadersOfBlueSky
If you need a gift for the middle grade readers in your life...
#MiddleGrade #ReadersOfBlueSky
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#amquerying authors I have received comparatively few YA romcom queries in the past few weeks and I'd love to receive more!
As of this morning, my query inbox is officially open. #amquerying authors, check out the ASH Literary submission page for more details about what I'm looking for and information on how to submit your work for consideration: ashliterary.com#submissions
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#amquerying authors I have received comparatively few YA romcom queries in the past few weeks and I'd love to receive more!
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"There is no substitute for the state, whose obligation is to redistribute the nation’s wealth for the greater good of the greatest number of people. But when the state is a malevolent kleptocracy, mutual aid—neighbors helping neighbors—starts to look like radical civil disobedience..."
Mutual Aid in the Age of Fascism - Boston Review
As people are being deputized to do violence, building connections is political resistance.
www.bostonreview.net
April 15, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"There is no substitute for the state, whose obligation is to redistribute the nation’s wealth for the greater good of the greatest number of people. But when the state is a malevolent kleptocracy, mutual aid—neighbors helping neighbors—starts to look like radical civil disobedience..."
I finished my first draft of my latest novel project this weekend, now to rest my hands!
The editing process will begin soon. What are your favorite tips to start editing a big project?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmEditing #AmWriting
The editing process will begin soon. What are your favorite tips to start editing a big project?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmEditing #AmWriting
April 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I finished my first draft of my latest novel project this weekend, now to rest my hands!
The editing process will begin soon. What are your favorite tips to start editing a big project?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmEditing #AmWriting
The editing process will begin soon. What are your favorite tips to start editing a big project?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmEditing #AmWriting
"The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
- Maya Angelou
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
- Maya Angelou
April 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
- Maya Angelou
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom."
- Maya Angelou
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How exciting! 🌈✨ The SFF community thrives on diverse voices! I truly hope you get the chance to join. Your unique perspective will shine! #SFF #DiversityInLiterature
Not sure if there's still space, but I'd love to be added if possible! Genderfluid SFF author x
April 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
How exciting! 🌈✨ The SFF community thrives on diverse voices! I truly hope you get the chance to join. Your unique perspective will shine! #SFF #DiversityInLiterature
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We see you! #transdayofvisibility #transdayofvisibility🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We see you! #transdayofvisibility #transdayofvisibility🏳️⚧️
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Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Authors, search your name here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
I'm trying to expand my writing community here. I'm a poet branching into fiction. I love sci-fi and fantasy and all things weird. What's the best thing you've read lately?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #SFF
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #SFF
March 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I'm trying to expand my writing community here. I'm a poet branching into fiction. I love sci-fi and fantasy and all things weird. What's the best thing you've read lately?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #SFF
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #SFF
“I only know that here and now, in this moment of calm between the storms:
I’m so glad you’re here with me.”
I’m so glad you’re here with me.”
I loved this story by @samtasticbooks.com in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. It’s the end of the world but make it funny and cosy (I know right? But Mills makes it work).
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days - Uncanny Magazine
1. There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are fo...
www.uncannymagazine.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“I only know that here and now, in this moment of calm between the storms:
I’m so glad you’re here with me.”
I’m so glad you’re here with me.”
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I loved this story by @samtasticbooks.com in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. It’s the end of the world but make it funny and cosy (I know right? But Mills makes it work).
10 Visions of the Future; or, Self-Care for the End of Days - Uncanny Magazine
1. There is a future in which a hellgate opens off the coast of California. It happens at midnight on the first day of the new year, which is sooner than anyone expected. The waters rise and we are fo...
www.uncannymagazine.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I loved this story by @samtasticbooks.com in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social. It’s the end of the world but make it funny and cosy (I know right? But Mills makes it work).
My fave genres are:
5. Someone's dead and only this woman can solve it
4. Is it just me or does nature seem alive... and mad
3. Seemingly avg women goes on magic-driven quest
2. Female friendships that are complex but all powerful
1. Everything is not as it seems here
5. Someone's dead and only this woman can solve it
4. Is it just me or does nature seem alive... and mad
3. Seemingly avg women goes on magic-driven quest
2. Female friendships that are complex but all powerful
1. Everything is not as it seems here
My fave genres are:
5. child experiences grief for the first time
4. we thought the magic was a metaphor but unfortunately it is real and it WILL kill someone
3. who gave this teenager a sword?
2. young woman is bad at emotional intelligence but very good at knives
1. heists and shenanigans
5. child experiences grief for the first time
4. we thought the magic was a metaphor but unfortunately it is real and it WILL kill someone
3. who gave this teenager a sword?
2. young woman is bad at emotional intelligence but very good at knives
1. heists and shenanigans
My fave genres are:
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
5. Oh no! Something is broken in space!
4. motherhood is fucked up yo
3. books about writers, books, and publishing
2. oh no! you opened the magical thing! now what?
1. It's the first half of the 20C and these plucky women are going to do EXACTLY what you said they should not!
March 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My fave genres are:
5. Someone's dead and only this woman can solve it
4. Is it just me or does nature seem alive... and mad
3. Seemingly avg women goes on magic-driven quest
2. Female friendships that are complex but all powerful
1. Everything is not as it seems here
5. Someone's dead and only this woman can solve it
4. Is it just me or does nature seem alive... and mad
3. Seemingly avg women goes on magic-driven quest
2. Female friendships that are complex but all powerful
1. Everything is not as it seems here
but they won’t stop saying
how lovely the ruins,
how ruined the lovely
children must be in that birdless city.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
how lovely the ruins,
how ruined the lovely
children must be in that birdless city.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
There Are Birds Here
No, I don’t mean the bread is torn like cotton, I said confetti, and no not the confetti a tank can make of a building.
www.poetryfoundation.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
but they won’t stop saying
how lovely the ruins,
how ruined the lovely
children must be in that birdless city.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
how lovely the ruins,
how ruined the lovely
children must be in that birdless city.
www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
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“These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, —
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief…”
—Emily Dickinson
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, —
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief…”
—Emily Dickinson
May 12, 2024 at 1:29 PM
“These are the days when birds come back,
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, —
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief…”
—Emily Dickinson
A very few, a bird or two,
To take a backward look.
These are the days when skies put on
The old, old sophistries of June, —
A blue and gold mistake.
Oh, fraud that cannot cheat the bee,
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief…”
—Emily Dickinson
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Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
March 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Writers! Spread the word! Uncanny Magazine will be open for Flash Fiction submissions (750-1500 words) from March 24-28. www.uncannymagazine.com/submissions/
I was a beta reader for this trilogy and can't wait to see an agent pick it up. Philosophy, politics, imperialism, and more. What else could you ask for in sci-fi?
#SFF
#SFF
February 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I was a beta reader for this trilogy and can't wait to see an agent pick it up. Philosophy, politics, imperialism, and more. What else could you ask for in sci-fi?
#SFF
#SFF
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On C63, they created a cooperative society. Everyone shares the work and everyone shares the harvest. That society and its values endured for almost a thousand years. When the archivist uncovers how the council ensured their success, he will face the test of truth over stability.
#questpit #SF #Q
#questpit #SF #Q
February 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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The archivist is forced to re-examine the beliefs he grew up with, beliefs that shaped the colony. As he digs further into the archives, he uncovers more than just history. He learns the council has preserved the values of the colony through deceit and manipulation.
#questpit
#sf
#Q
#questpit
#sf
#Q
February 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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New from @aprilehrlich.bsky.social and Tony Schick of @opb.bsky.social (and me for @propublica.org): www.propublica.org/article/bide...
"Under Biden, the [BLM] is on track to log some 47,000 acres of public lands, nearly the same amount as during President Donald Trump’s first term in office."
"Under Biden, the [BLM] is on track to log some 47,000 acres of public lands, nearly the same amount as during President Donald Trump’s first term in office."
Despite Biden’s Promise to Protect Old Forests, His Administration Keeps Approving Plans to Cut Them Down
In Oregon’s Coast Range, mature forests can absorb more carbon per acre than almost any other on the planet. Yet logging here continues at a steady pace, putting the environment at risk.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2024 at 7:29 PM
New from @aprilehrlich.bsky.social and Tony Schick of @opb.bsky.social (and me for @propublica.org): www.propublica.org/article/bide...
"Under Biden, the [BLM] is on track to log some 47,000 acres of public lands, nearly the same amount as during President Donald Trump’s first term in office."
"Under Biden, the [BLM] is on track to log some 47,000 acres of public lands, nearly the same amount as during President Donald Trump’s first term in office."
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Today marks 10 years since the start of the Flint Water Crisis.
A decade later, kids are still sick, the city is not done replacing lead pipes and families still haven’t seen a cent from settlement funds
A decade later, kids are still sick, the city is not done replacing lead pipes and families still haven’t seen a cent from settlement funds
Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’
Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice
www.theguardian.com
April 25, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Today marks 10 years since the start of the Flint Water Crisis.
A decade later, kids are still sick, the city is not done replacing lead pipes and families still haven’t seen a cent from settlement funds
A decade later, kids are still sick, the city is not done replacing lead pipes and families still haven’t seen a cent from settlement funds