Lori J. Torone
@lorijtorone.bsky.social
Fantasy writer, mom, was a middle school English teacher, currently a professor of English and Speech. Formerly Fitzgerald. Loves medieval, Arthurian, and mythic literature.
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A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.
For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
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Ich am not "postinge too much on blue sky," Ich am teachinge an innovatyve open access multi disciplinarye non-linear onlyne course.
August 16, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Ich am not "postinge too much on blue sky," Ich am teachinge an innovatyve open access multi disciplinarye non-linear onlyne course.
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"Some days I think this one place isn’t enough. That’s when nothing is enough, when I want to live multiple lives and be allowed to love without limits. Those days, I walk with a purpose but no destinations. Only then do I see, at least momentarily, that everything is here." - Gretel Ehrlich
August 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
"Some days I think this one place isn’t enough. That’s when nothing is enough, when I want to live multiple lives and be allowed to love without limits. Those days, I walk with a purpose but no destinations. Only then do I see, at least momentarily, that everything is here." - Gretel Ehrlich
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Heartache is an interesting creature. A gentle kind of feral. Longing and loss that is all teeth, a holy reckless howling.
August 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Heartache is an interesting creature. A gentle kind of feral. Longing and loss that is all teeth, a holy reckless howling.
That moment when the book you’ve been hoping for shows up at your local indie bookshop…and your day is so much better once it’s in your hands! (The book is Peter’s S. Beagle’s The Innkeeper’s Song.)
August 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
That moment when the book you’ve been hoping for shows up at your local indie bookshop…and your day is so much better once it’s in your hands! (The book is Peter’s S. Beagle’s The Innkeeper’s Song.)
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Today's Classic Cover is The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley! While this gorgeous illustration by Kirk Reinert isn't the first edition, it's the cover you're most likely to see today
August 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Today's Classic Cover is The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley! While this gorgeous illustration by Kirk Reinert isn't the first edition, it's the cover you're most likely to see today
I was biking and paused to sit on the bridge overlooking the Gorge. Seeing this deer making its way through the stream brought me so much peace and joy:
August 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I was biking and paused to sit on the bridge overlooking the Gorge. Seeing this deer making its way through the stream brought me so much peace and joy:
It’s no coincidence that this sign is near a Free Little Library.
August 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s no coincidence that this sign is near a Free Little Library.
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Mel Brooks gives the Sci Fi Film Club the perfect way to wrap up our month of sci-fi parodies with Spaceballs (1987), featuring Lone Starr, Barf, Dark Helmet, and Pizza the Hutt. May the Schwartz be with you!
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Spaceballs: In Space, No One Can Hear You Smashing the Fourth Wall - Reactor
"Now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is dumb."
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July 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Mel Brooks gives the Sci Fi Film Club the perfect way to wrap up our month of sci-fi parodies with Spaceballs (1987), featuring Lone Starr, Barf, Dark Helmet, and Pizza the Hutt. May the Schwartz be with you!
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This week on Planetside… SPECULATIVE POETICS continues with “Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook” by Wendy Van Camp.
Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social
Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social
Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
by Wendy Van Camp. Learn how to craft your own poetry chapbook—from selecting a theme to designing the cover—with tips to publish, connect, and share your voice.
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July 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This week on Planetside… SPECULATIVE POETICS continues with “Poetry in Print: Shaping Your Own Chapbook” by Wendy Van Camp.
Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social
Want to share your poetry in a personal, tangible way? This guide is your start: www.sfwa.org/2025/07/22/p... @indigoskye.bsky.social
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Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
July 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Sometimes the historical dictionary offers solace through the existence of an obsolete word that is sorely needed now. One of them is ‘respair’, recorded just once, in the 15th century. It means fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.
I’ve gotten so many of those spam book promotion emails lately, but today’s was the first that actually got my book wrong….no, ma’am, I am not F. Scott Fitzgerald.
And why do they all say “Chef’s kiss”?
And why do they all say “Chef’s kiss”?
July 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’ve gotten so many of those spam book promotion emails lately, but today’s was the first that actually got my book wrong….no, ma’am, I am not F. Scott Fitzgerald.
And why do they all say “Chef’s kiss”?
And why do they all say “Chef’s kiss”?
Took a walk by beautiful Lake Minnewaska today. This was my inspiration for “Nymue Rising” in @crowkeys.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Took a walk by beautiful Lake Minnewaska today. This was my inspiration for “Nymue Rising” in @crowkeys.bsky.social
Sometimes it’s a sci-fi pulp mood. #amreading
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Sometimes it’s a sci-fi pulp mood. #amreading
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Just a little forest dragon minding their own business.
July 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just a little forest dragon minding their own business.
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Strange little guy from the church in Cley, Norfolk
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Strange little guy from the church in Cley, Norfolk
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I’ve been blessed with these two beauties in my backyard every evening for the past week. It’s adorable how they run and play with each other. Watching them has been giving me much joy.
July 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I’ve been blessed with these two beauties in my backyard every evening for the past week. It’s adorable how they run and play with each other. Watching them has been giving me much joy.
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns!
Funding to support Year 12 of Hugo Award-winning Uncanny Magazine. We have more stories to tell together!
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July 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I just backed Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
Pond-to-Pool Marathon Summer 2025: in pictures, a thread.
“Mom, we don’t have a pool, we have an ecosystem.” (The cover ripped over the winter…)
Yes, those are TADPOLES
“Mom, we don’t have a pool, we have an ecosystem.” (The cover ripped over the winter…)
Yes, those are TADPOLES
July 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Pond-to-Pool Marathon Summer 2025: in pictures, a thread.
“Mom, we don’t have a pool, we have an ecosystem.” (The cover ripped over the winter…)
Yes, those are TADPOLES
“Mom, we don’t have a pool, we have an ecosystem.” (The cover ripped over the winter…)
Yes, those are TADPOLES
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things change:
authors and wizards are not always to be trusted:
nobody can explain a dragon.
authors and wizards are not always to be trusted:
nobody can explain a dragon.
June 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
things change:
authors and wizards are not always to be trusted:
nobody can explain a dragon.
authors and wizards are not always to be trusted:
nobody can explain a dragon.
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The Sunday Morning Transport rushes towards destiny with a story from T.K. Rex (@tkrex.bsky.social) about facing down monsters and other challenges. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole story!
Banded Iron
In their Sunday Morning Transport debut, T. K. Rex delivers us to a terrific story of science and monsters.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Sunday Morning Transport rushes towards destiny with a story from T.K. Rex (@tkrex.bsky.social) about facing down monsters and other challenges. Read a sample or subscribe for the whole story!
Congratulations @wiswell.bsky.social!!! Loved your novel and loved your acceptance speech!
🎊 And the Nebula for Best Novel goes to... SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN by @wiswell.bsky.social (DAW; Arcadia UK). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳
June 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Congratulations @wiswell.bsky.social!!! Loved your novel and loved your acceptance speech!
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As I keep saying, LLMs are designed to give you *a* answer, not *the* answer.
June 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
As I keep saying, LLMs are designed to give you *a* answer, not *the* answer.
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Thank you all so much for your support! Because of Indiegogo technical difficulties with our page, they have extended us for a week to see if we can hit our goal :)
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Locus Mag: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror 2025
Celebrating and uplifting authors, artists, and story -- the guide to the world's imagination
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June 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Thank you all so much for your support! Because of Indiegogo technical difficulties with our page, they have extended us for a week to see if we can hit our goal :)
igg.me/at/locusmag2025
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