Juliet Kemp
@julietk.bsky.social
Queer non-binary SFF writer in London. https://julietkemp.com
I do like the naval strategy bit. (The drinking ashes less so...)
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I do like the naval strategy bit. (The drinking ashes less so...)
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I asked the two 13yos gaming in my living room right now how often you can launch a rocket to mars and they said "about every 2 years" without even looking up
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I asked the two 13yos gaming in my living room right now how often you can launch a rocket to mars and they said "about every 2 years" without even looking up
I mean also why no backups full stop (a different question arguably unrelated to the specific situation).
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I mean also why no backups full stop (a different question arguably unrelated to the specific situation).
sometimes writing a thing is: deleting a sentence, retyping it, changing two words in it, changing them back again, deleting the whole thing again, then putting it back in nearly the same words but in a different order.
sometimes.
sometimes.
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
sometimes writing a thing is: deleting a sentence, retyping it, changing two words in it, changing them back again, deleting the whole thing again, then putting it back in nearly the same words but in a different order.
sometimes.
sometimes.
ALSO I discovered that the word “mausoleum” comes from the name of the Persian satrap Mausolus for whom the Halikarnassos mausoleum was built!
February 5, 2026 at 1:45 PM
ALSO I discovered that the word “mausoleum” comes from the name of the Persian satrap Mausolus for whom the Halikarnassos mausoleum was built!
Seen in the British Museum today: an Amazon chucking a rock at a Greek soldier (part of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, 353-351 BC); a cup that looks like a friendly gryphon (Apulia, 360-350 BC).
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Seen in the British Museum today: an Amazon chucking a rock at a Greek soldier (part of the Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, 353-351 BC); a cup that looks like a friendly gryphon (Apulia, 360-350 BC).
this is GREAT. (And very short, if you're short on time!)
The latest from Reckoning X is @remedy.bsky.social's "unconventional flood" story, "Antediluvian": reckoning.press/antediluvian/
Antediluvian | Reckoning
Your house isn’t flooded in the conventional sense. It’s an unconventional flood. You knew about the rising seas and that, but this was faster, like the kind of disaster movie that pisses off your mat...
reckoning.press
February 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
this is GREAT. (And very short, if you're short on time!)
I have an occasional newsletter if anyone wants to keep informed (other than on here) of writing things I am up to: julietkemp.com/newsletter/ (this information brought to you by virtue of the fact that I'm currently writing one to go out tomorrow)
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have an occasional newsletter if anyone wants to keep informed (other than on here) of writing things I am up to: julietkemp.com/newsletter/ (this information brought to you by virtue of the fact that I'm currently writing one to go out tomorrow)
Really enjoyed this recent short by
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Really enjoyed this recent short by
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
@clairehumphrey.bsky.social in the January @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
Aim for February: start using my headphones again when I'm working. I know it's the single thing that helps most with getting distracted & yet I keep slipping out of the habit. Today: halfway success in that I had them on but forgot to put any actual music on 😆 Still helped!
February 2, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Aim for February: start using my headphones again when I'm working. I know it's the single thing that helps most with getting distracted & yet I keep slipping out of the habit. Today: halfway success in that I had them on but forgot to put any actual music on 😆 Still helped!
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Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
February 2, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Love novellas? How about two in one book? Wiz Duo Book 1 has wonderfully strange worlds created by David Gullen and Ben Wright.
wizardstowerpress.co...
wizardstowerpress.co...
Enjoy! (or possibly “be somewhat freaked out by”; define your terms as pleases you ;) )
February 1, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Enjoy! (or possibly “be somewhat freaked out by”; define your terms as pleases you ;) )
Things I read this week: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm app.thestorygraph.com/books/107e6a...
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
An antimeme is an idea with self-censoring properties; an idea which, by its intrinsic nature, di...
app.thestorygraph.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Things I read this week: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm app.thestorygraph.com/books/107e6a...
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
Great, compelling, horror SF. I am not good at horror and skipped a few pages in the darkest part BUT it was absolutely worth reading and I'll be thinking about it for a while.
Yeah; the article does rather ignore the difference between a genuinely natural consequence (leave your coat off; do you get cold?) and an adult making a thing happen and calling it “natural” because it’s what they wanted to do. (A failure of distinction I have seen many times before tbh.)
January 30, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Yeah; the article does rather ignore the difference between a genuinely natural consequence (leave your coat off; do you get cold?) and an adult making a thing happen and calling it “natural” because it’s what they wanted to do. (A failure of distinction I have seen many times before tbh.)
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Reminding you that you, too, can own an exclusive ebook on top of REALLY NICE dark Gothic books set in devastated Paris (which don't feature the Eiffel Tower at all, lol lol. I'm a local after all. But they do have Catholic lore & Vietnamese dragons)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Reminding you that you, too, can own an exclusive ebook on top of REALLY NICE dark Gothic books set in devastated Paris (which don't feature the Eiffel Tower at all, lol lol. I'm a local after all. But they do have Catholic lore & Vietnamese dragons)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
Also applies to new UK orders (dec 2025 onwards)
The people who do the kanji website also have excellent (free) pages for katakana & hiragana which got me through way faster than Duo did.
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
Learn Hiragana: The Ultimate Guide
Start reading hiragana today. Most people waste months, but our mnemonics and step-by-step worksheets will have you reading hiragana in a few hours.
www.tofugu.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:00 AM
The people who do the kanji website also have excellent (free) pages for katakana & hiragana which got me through way faster than Duo did.
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
www.tofugu.com/japanese/lea...
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Y'all better get on this because very few people have entered and the giveaway ends Monday! Your chances of getting a free book cover are quite high at the moment, all you have to do is follow on ko-fi 💜
Don't forget that I'm giving away a cover bundle (ebook, paperback, chapter header) to celebrate the launch of Tiny Crow Press! Follow the crows on ko-fi for one entry, then head to the IG post in the next skeet for another entry! ko-fi.com/tinycrowpress
June 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Y'all better get on this because very few people have entered and the giveaway ends Monday! Your chances of getting a free book cover are quite high at the moment, all you have to do is follow on ko-fi 💜
Also I was just reading about Sapporo! The snow festival looks amazing.
January 28, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Also I was just reading about Sapporo! The snow festival looks amazing.
I really really rate Wanikani for what it does. The textbook gives me a good idea of what the Duo sentences are doing, but going through it on my own means I‘m not getting feedback & tbh I am not sure how much is really sticking. A real class would doubtless be better but no time!
January 28, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I really really rate Wanikani for what it does. The textbook gives me a good idea of what the Duo sentences are doing, but going through it on my own means I‘m not getting feedback & tbh I am not sure how much is really sticking. A real class would doubtless be better but no time!
so I am using:
Duo (good for hearing whole sentences, generally in the “better than nothing” bracket)
Wanikani (flashcard type kanji app, brilliant for kanji & some vocab but that’s all it does)
an actual textbook (good for grammar, good for vocab if I tried more, HARD to sit down to regularly)
Duo (good for hearing whole sentences, generally in the “better than nothing” bracket)
Wanikani (flashcard type kanji app, brilliant for kanji & some vocab but that’s all it does)
an actual textbook (good for grammar, good for vocab if I tried more, HARD to sit down to regularly)
January 28, 2026 at 8:38 PM
so I am using:
Duo (good for hearing whole sentences, generally in the “better than nothing” bracket)
Wanikani (flashcard type kanji app, brilliant for kanji & some vocab but that’s all it does)
an actual textbook (good for grammar, good for vocab if I tried more, HARD to sit down to regularly)
Duo (good for hearing whole sentences, generally in the “better than nothing” bracket)
Wanikani (flashcard type kanji app, brilliant for kanji & some vocab but that’s all it does)
an actual textbook (good for grammar, good for vocab if I tried more, HARD to sit down to regularly)
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Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock
January 28, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Have found tumblr user probablyday's #woosterposting series. In shock
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Our ebooks are now distributed by Draft2Digital, which means you can buy them on Apple Books, Smashwords and other platforms. They are also available through BorrowBox and other library platforms. Here's the order page for The Green Man's Heir: books2read.com/u/m2znvd
January 28, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Our ebooks are now distributed by Draft2Digital, which means you can buy them on Apple Books, Smashwords and other platforms. They are also available through BorrowBox and other library platforms. Here's the order page for The Green Man's Heir: books2read.com/u/m2znvd
Some very patchwork-y patchwork. I’m making an iPad Mini case from scraps.
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Some very patchwork-y patchwork. I’m making an iPad Mini case from scraps.
… I am still reading up (= want to go everywhere!) so haven’t made actual decisions yet beyond Tokyo & Kyoto. I kind of want to go all the way NORTH but it would take a while so maybe not feasible.
(BTW, lmk if you‘d like info on the 3 diff varieties of Japanese-learning I’ve tried)
(BTW, lmk if you‘d like info on the 3 diff varieties of Japanese-learning I’ve tried)
January 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM
… I am still reading up (= want to go everywhere!) so haven’t made actual decisions yet beyond Tokyo & Kyoto. I kind of want to go all the way NORTH but it would take a while so maybe not feasible.
(BTW, lmk if you‘d like info on the 3 diff varieties of Japanese-learning I’ve tried)
(BTW, lmk if you‘d like info on the 3 diff varieties of Japanese-learning I’ve tried)