Kate Ristau
@kateristau.bsky.social
Folklorist. Author. Executive Director of Willamette Writers. President of SFWA. Blue hair. She/they. Bi/Pan. Rep Elisa Saphier.
Writing for games or comics? Check out these resources.
We're also delighted to have launched our first-ever Games & Comics Quarterly, alongside our monthly NRN. Have you signed up for e-blasts?
Our Game Writing & Comics Committees teamed up to celebrate SFWA members' work, and establish a new hub for industry chatter.
Check out the first issue today!
Our Game Writing & Comics Committees teamed up to celebrate SFWA members' work, and establish a new hub for industry chatter.
Check out the first issue today!
Games & Comics Quarterly - Fall 2025 - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
SFWA Publications is thrilled to be offering more tools for our authors’ launch campaigns, in collaboration with SFWA’s Game Writing and Comics Committees. It’s a tough gig out there for writer promo...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Writing for games or comics? Check out these resources.
If you’re looking to change the direction, check out your local city boards and committees. You can make a big difference in your hometown.
I recommend the library board;)
www.tigard-or.gov/your-governm...
I recommend the library board;)
www.tigard-or.gov/your-governm...
www.tigard-or.gov
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
If you’re looking to change the direction, check out your local city boards and committees. You can make a big difference in your hometown.
I recommend the library board;)
www.tigard-or.gov/your-governm...
I recommend the library board;)
www.tigard-or.gov/your-governm...
Wrapping up my time at World Fantasy in Brighton by ordering a full English breakfast, of course.
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Wrapping up my time at World Fantasy in Brighton by ordering a full English breakfast, of course.
Some notes on market, fresh from the Agent Panel at #WorldFantasy Will share typed notes on my website next week.
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some notes on market, fresh from the Agent Panel at #WorldFantasy Will share typed notes on my website next week.
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
@worldfantasy2025.bsky.social
Arrived in London (got bear, got coffee, got on another train)!
October 30, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Arrived in London (got bear, got coffee, got on another train)!
On my way to #WorldFantasy in Brighton! See you there, or you’ll see the photos;)
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
On my way to #WorldFantasy in Brighton! See you there, or you’ll see the photos;)
Reposted by Kate Ristau
Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social for spreading the word! We are so excited to keep the spirit of the Nebulas going this November, through events celebrating professional writing communities, *in* community with @sciencewriters.org and @hwany.org!
Grand Master chats & Nebula secrets too! 👀👇 #Soon!
Grand Master chats & Nebula secrets too! 👀👇 #Soon!
October 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Thank you to @locusmag.bsky.social for spreading the word! We are so excited to keep the spirit of the Nebulas going this November, through events celebrating professional writing communities, *in* community with @sciencewriters.org and @hwany.org!
Grand Master chats & Nebula secrets too! 👀👇 #Soon!
Grand Master chats & Nebula secrets too! 👀👇 #Soon!
It’s one of those Tuesdays where the morning has flown by but the inbox has not gotten any smaller. Send help (READ: Coffee).
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It’s one of those Tuesdays where the morning has flown by but the inbox has not gotten any smaller. Send help (READ: Coffee).
Headed up to Write on the Sound in Edmonds this weekend! Can’t wait.
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Headed up to Write on the Sound in Edmonds this weekend! Can’t wait.
Reposted by Kate Ristau
You know what Portland really has way too much of? Literary events. This city is overcrowded with amazing readings and workshops and socials and writers writing excellent stories. I run a weekly newsletter that features all these events and it has gotten really long. Send help. bit.ly/pdxwriteweek
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September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
You know what Portland really has way too much of? Literary events. This city is overcrowded with amazing readings and workshops and socials and writers writing excellent stories. I run a weekly newsletter that features all these events and it has gotten really long. Send help. bit.ly/pdxwriteweek
Authors! Search for your works to see if you can submit a claim in the Anthropic Settlement.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Authors! Search for your works to see if you can submit a claim in the Anthropic Settlement.
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup
Today looks like it’s going to be monster, so let’s sharpen our claws.
September 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today looks like it’s going to be monster, so let’s sharpen our claws.
Reposted by Kate Ristau
Here are a bunch to get you started. If you are unfamiliar with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social it's a digital magazine publishing short stories and poetry by Black SFFH authors for going on *counts on fingers* 10 years? Good lord. Co-founded it. Won a Hugo. Etc. go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
September 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here are a bunch to get you started. If you are unfamiliar with @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social it's a digital magazine publishing short stories and poetry by Black SFFH authors for going on *counts on fingers* 10 years? Good lord. Co-founded it. Won a Hugo. Etc. go.bsky.app/VSHmC2p
Rolling into the morning like something that rolls in cinnamon.
September 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Rolling into the morning like something that rolls in cinnamon.
Advice to myself: Wake up. Pour a cup. Write something.
September 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Advice to myself: Wake up. Pour a cup. Write something.
Reposted by Kate Ristau
SFWA continues to advocate for author rights, from everyday contract defense to bigger legal steps at the Capitol.
We're here for you!
@kateristau.bsky.social @isisasare.bsky.social
We're here for you!
@kateristau.bsky.social @isisasare.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
SFWA continues to advocate for author rights, from everyday contract defense to bigger legal steps at the Capitol.
We're here for you!
@kateristau.bsky.social @isisasare.bsky.social
We're here for you!
@kateristau.bsky.social @isisasare.bsky.social
Reposted by Kate Ristau
OH HIII! 🥰 Don't forget to stop by the SFWA Table at Baltimore Book Festival today - then join @kateristau.bsky.social, @isisasare.bsky.social, & @dayalmohamed.bsky.social at 5 at the Peabody Heights Brewery to chat about the works you love, the work you're doing, and what SFWA's working on for you!
September 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
OH HIII! 🥰 Don't forget to stop by the SFWA Table at Baltimore Book Festival today - then join @kateristau.bsky.social, @isisasare.bsky.social, & @dayalmohamed.bsky.social at 5 at the Peabody Heights Brewery to chat about the works you love, the work you're doing, and what SFWA's working on for you!
Great notes from @maryrobinettekowal.com who has made the Nebulas ✨⭐️✨ year over year. Love the suggestions here to remember next year too.
At Dragoncon, I was absolutely delighted that @robertpicardo.bsky.social was the MC for the Dragon Awards. He was funny and charming, and took great care with the pronunciation of everyone's names.
And he had this really neat trick for when he didn't know how to pronounce a name
And he had this really neat trick for when he didn't know how to pronounce a name
September 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Great notes from @maryrobinettekowal.com who has made the Nebulas ✨⭐️✨ year over year. Love the suggestions here to remember next year too.
Reposted by Kate Ristau
My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
Genre Grapevine on the Anthropic AI Settlement | Jason Sanford
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September 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
My Genre Grapevine analysis of the Anthropic AI settlement with authors. Overall, most authors got screwed with the settlement payments barely covering 7% of the books Anthropic pirated to train their generative AI system. 1/
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
www.patreon.com/posts/138349...
The Anthropic Settlement details are out. Read on…
Some of the authors I follow (like @scalzi.com and @diane.dianeduane.com) have been posting a lot about the upcoming Anthropic settlement. It has now been filed to the docket, and I have looked it over (I do this sort of thing for a living). I’m sure a lot of writers have a lot of questions about it
September 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Anthropic Settlement details are out. Read on…
Just a reminder that writing is labor, and you should get paid for your work. Happy Labor Day!
September 2, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Just a reminder that writing is labor, and you should get paid for your work. Happy Labor Day!
See you on the East Coast soon!
SFWA is going to Baltimore!
Join us at the SFWA Stage for a full day of dynamic panels featuring @charliejane.bsky.social, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, Nicole Glover, @justinaireland.com, and many more!
RSVP for meetup planning today. 👇👀 www.sfwa.org/2025/08/21/p...
Join us at the SFWA Stage for a full day of dynamic panels featuring @charliejane.bsky.social, @somtoihezue.bsky.social, Nicole Glover, @justinaireland.com, and many more!
RSVP for meetup planning today. 👇👀 www.sfwa.org/2025/08/21/p...
August 31, 2025 at 5:04 AM
See you on the East Coast soon!
Why is it so hard to get that little plus button to appear on WordPress? This is my only thought for today. All other thoughts have been deleted.
August 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Why is it so hard to get that little plus button to appear on WordPress? This is my only thought for today. All other thoughts have been deleted.