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Marie Bilodeau
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SFFH Author. Professional storyteller. Can*Con Chair. D&D player. Caffeinated geek. Repped by Sara Megibow of Megibow Literary Agency. She/her.
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I have said this before in various contexts, and often include it when I teach classes & workshops:

Submission Grinder is one of the best tools for writers out there.

If you run a spec fic/fantasy (etc) mag make sure they know about you.

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The Submission Grinder
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November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Caretaking, writing, life... I don't know what I'm doing anymore, but I'm still doing it (which counts for a lot). 💖☕🤷‍♀️

www.mariebilodeau.com/blog/caretakingandwriting
Artistic image from wildpixel at Getty Images Pro, showing a head-shaped tree with leaves vanishing from the brain, serving as metaphor for dementia.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Many of my books are in Kobo Plus. Check out a lovely non-exclusive reading sub! 💖
quartzen.bsky.social Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 2d
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
Rakuten Kobo
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November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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ourmankoto.bsky.social
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day to all who celebrate
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I started my day by tossing out 12k words that did not serve the story (even though I really wanted them to work).

*rolls up sleeves*

Look out, better words. I’m coming for you. 🏹
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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I just reread this and it once again destroyed me and made me laugh in the best of ways. If you need some excellent feels this morning (which I did!), then do yourself a favour and read this story. 💖💖💖
nathanburgoine.bsky.social 'Nathan Burgoine @nathanburgoine.bsky.social · 4d
Anyway. A funny wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey gay romance about a dying dude who gets the strangest of second chances with the one that got away. (And OMG that cover.)

Link: books2read.com/u/4DW0kQ
The cover of In Memoriam in audiobook, written by 'Nathan Burgoine and read by Jerry L. Wheeler. A man in a red shirt and blank pants faces away from the viewer in the centre of the page, and is staring down into an endless spiral of a distorted, spiral-instead-of-circle clock.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Come join the fun!!
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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One week from NOW!

You can see Can*Con Vice Admiral @brandoncrilly.bsky.social and Certified Brilliant @thescreambean.bsky.social at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social discussing found family, their rad new books, and what else?

WHO KNOWS?

YOU MUST COME AND FIND OUT!
A poster for Avi and Brandon's Bakka Phoenix event. Text: 'Your Best Found Family is Still a Mess, Brandon Crilly & Avi Silver in Conversation. Saturday November 15th, 3pm, Bakka-Phoenix Books, 84 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON'
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Over 60% in the first day or so is awesome, but I would love to see this orchestrated audiobook break the finish line ribbon, please. (Selfish reasons: I want to listen to it SO MUCH.)

#BookSky #Audiobook
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook
Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Breaking the social media avoidance to signal boost Sienna Tristen's Kickstarter for an *orchestrated audiobook* of the first Heretic's Guide to Homecoming novel!

I've heard a sample (you can too, below) and trust me, if you like audiobooks, you need this.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...
The Heretic's Guide to Homecoming: An Orchestrated Audiobook
Help fund the long-awaited audiobook of this cult-classic fantasy novel, complete with musical accompaniment.
www.kickstarter.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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If you’re thinking, hey, I deserve a treat, you’re right! Maybe you want to read about a dog who deserves treats too, and you want it for cheap because dang, this economy. So grab HOUNDED for $2 in Ebook while it’s on sale! All platforms in the US.

Now. About that ice cream sandwich.
Graphic advertising the sale of HOUNDED in the U.S. for $1.99 in Ebook.
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Come one, come all! Join us for the launch of Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 this Saturday, Nov 8 at Bakka-Phoenix @ 3pm. Ten contributors will be doing brief readings from their work and the fine folks at @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social will have copies for sale. See you there and pls share WIDELY.
November 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Reminder.
Black button with white text says "Despite everything, create."]
October 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Oh hello, I am in this 🫣
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 13d
@lindzmcleod.bsky.social's collaborative craft writing book An Honour & A Privilege "offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it."

This is a craft book like no other. It will amaze you and inspire your writing.

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I spent a while trying to figure out how to classify An Honour & a Privilege. Viewed through one lens it might not seem an important question: classification is mostly helpful for shelving decisions. But genre also dictates how one reads a thing. Whether you think of this book as an anthology (many authors), a collection (one common author), or a craft book (the reflective duets) may affect your perception of the whole. I struggle to compare this work to any of those three genres. The project in front of you reveals more about its craft than other anthologies. It's more authentically connected to strong exemplar material than other craft books. It's more heteroglossic than any collection I recall. The best way to think of An Honour & a Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it.
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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When my stepmother was dying, I learned that priests could administer Last Rites several times.

I think about that a lot when I’m naming files FinalFINAL4 and ReallyFinal5b-FINAL.
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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I love David’s words. If you want some seriously creepy stuff, check out his books!
daviddemchuk.com David Demchuk 👻 (he/him) 📚 @daviddemchuk.com · 16d
As Hallowe’en draws near 👻 I hope you’ll check out my first two novels, The Bone Mother and RED X, my essay in Why I Love Horror, The Black Fox in Northern Nights and The Start of Something in Weird Horror 11, as well as The Butcher’s Daughter, co-written with @corinneleighclark.bsky.social
The Bone Mother, RED X, Why I Love Horror, Northern Nights, Weird Horror 11, The Butcher’s Daughter
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Most relatable interview ever.
noethematt.bsky.social Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 16d
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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No thoughts. Just hay.
October 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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An alert yet squishy Guimauve.
Black and white floofy cat oozing off couch while also looking alert toward something to murder in the distance.
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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There's only 5 DAYS LEFT to fund Apex Magazine for 2026, and we just unlocked our 80% goal! 🎉

@lesleyconner.bsky.social will host a LIVE READING of "The Monster Fucker Club" by @avgreenewrites.bsky.social!

Keep weird, wonderful fiction alive and donate TODAY 👽
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80% UNLOCKED! Lesley will be reading “The Monster Fucker Club” by A.V. Greene live on the Apex YouTube channel. “The Monster Fucker Club” was published in Apex Magazine issue 139 and was a finalist for the Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction in 2023. Cow getting sucked into UFO tractor beam. "Kickstarter Countdown: T-Minus 5 DAYS Needed for Liftoff: $3,085 $16,915/$20,000 Click the link in our bio to help us fund the next year of Alex Magazine!"
October 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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This is your last chance to grab 50+ books at a discount! Fill up your ereader with DRM free books to get you through the dark days of winter.

Megabundle: riyati.ink/acepride2025
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Bundle 2: riyati.ink/ace2025-2
The Ace Pride Week Mega Bundle graphic. It depicts all 50+ books offered in the sale for just $50. The blurb in the corner reads: All books are by ace authors/or feature ace characters across a variety of genres.
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Only 180 days left to preorder THE MANY! (OK, so it doesn't sound that urgent, but subtract sleep, work, meals, appointments, doomscrolling, there's really like 5 minutes left if you think about it.) #SuperEarlyPreordersSavePrematureKittens
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The Many – Sylvain Neuvel
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October 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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I was going to wait till Monday to post but I guess there's no time like the present...
Donate to Help Zig Replace His Beloved Galileo, organized by Clarence Young
I'm not someone who gets attached to things a lot, but I liked my car. I fit in it… Clarence Young needs your support for Help Zig Replace His Beloved Galileo
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October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Go get it! I'm Table of Contents mates with a lot of incredible writers.
ourmankoto.bsky.social Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 23d
RELEASE DAY! Year's Best Canadian F&SF Volume 3 is now available! Grab ebooks at all retailers and print via Amazon, with Ingram to follow shortly for bookstore & library sales. Grab your copy today and pls share WIDELY!
#BookRelease #NewBook #SpecFic #fantasy #sciencefiction #canada #Booksky 💙📚🪐
October 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM