Rachel Gutin
@rachelgutin.bsky.social
Teacher. Author. Accidental collector of books, assorted craft supplies, and a disturbing number of fountain pen ink samples. #Jewish #Queer she/her
Website: rachelgutin.wordpress.com
Website: rachelgutin.wordpress.com
Wrote lots of words on this novel today... and somehow ended the day with a smaller wordcount than I began with. Yes, I've hit that inevitable point where I have to back up and adjust course. And today was a delete and replace kind of day. Still, this is progress.
#amwriting #nanowrimo #novelmber
#amwriting #nanowrimo #novelmber
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Wrote lots of words on this novel today... and somehow ended the day with a smaller wordcount than I began with. Yes, I've hit that inevitable point where I have to back up and adjust course. And today was a delete and replace kind of day. Still, this is progress.
#amwriting #nanowrimo #novelmber
#amwriting #nanowrimo #novelmber
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✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
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GASP!
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!
THREE BUCKS!!!!!
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!
THREE BUCKS!!!!!
November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
GASP!
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!
THREE BUCKS!!!!!
The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World ebook is a Kindle Goldbox Deal on November 9th as part of the Top Rated Books Goldbox. This means that the ebook is $2.99 across all retailer sites (not just Amazon) for the day!!!!!!
THREE BUCKS!!!!!
For anyone trying to write 50,000 words in November, I made a google spreadsheet you can use to keep track. Feel free to make a copy:
#Nanowrimo
#Nanowrimo
Nanowrimo WC tracker blank
docs.google.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
For anyone trying to write 50,000 words in November, I made a google spreadsheet you can use to keep track. Feel free to make a copy:
#Nanowrimo
#Nanowrimo
Flu shot accomplished!
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Flu shot accomplished!
I was just at The Twisted Spine a few weeks ago for @maryrobinettekowal.com and @sentencebender.bsky.social’s book launch. They’re a wonderful brand new store that got hit hard by last week’s storm.
gofund.me
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I was just at The Twisted Spine a few weeks ago for @maryrobinettekowal.com and @sentencebender.bsky.social’s book launch. They’re a wonderful brand new store that got hit hard by last week’s storm.
Went to the library to return two books; returned from the library with four new books to read.
That's how it's supposed to work, right?
That's how it's supposed to work, right?
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Went to the library to return two books; returned from the library with four new books to read.
That's how it's supposed to work, right?
That's how it's supposed to work, right?
This is SUCH a good lineup. I'm very much looking forward to it!
It's November 1... so we're a mere 17 days away from the next BBB readings -- from @maryrobinettekowal.com
@scottedelman.bsky.social @franwilde.bsky.social & @victorpineiro.bsky.social !
Mark your calendar (Nov. 18) for sips, stories and a salon-like atmosphere! 📚🎙️🧉
More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com
@scottedelman.bsky.social @franwilde.bsky.social & @victorpineiro.bsky.social !
Mark your calendar (Nov. 18) for sips, stories and a salon-like atmosphere! 📚🎙️🧉
More: BrooklynBooksBooze.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is SUCH a good lineup. I'm very much looking forward to it!
Not sure which hashtag to use for my November novel these days, but this evening after Shabbat, I wrote... zero words of my new novel.
I forgot how daunting writing those first few words can be.
But at least I have a better outline now.
#novelmber
#nanowrimo
#amwriting
I forgot how daunting writing those first few words can be.
But at least I have a better outline now.
#novelmber
#nanowrimo
#amwriting
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Not sure which hashtag to use for my November novel these days, but this evening after Shabbat, I wrote... zero words of my new novel.
I forgot how daunting writing those first few words can be.
But at least I have a better outline now.
#novelmber
#nanowrimo
#amwriting
I forgot how daunting writing those first few words can be.
But at least I have a better outline now.
#novelmber
#nanowrimo
#amwriting
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Oh hey, did someone say SPOOKY? We've got spooky!
Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here:
smallwondersmag.com/...
1/6
Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here:
smallwondersmag.com/...
1/6
October 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Oh hey, did someone say SPOOKY? We've got spooky!
Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here:
smallwondersmag.com/...
1/6
Not gonna lie, the entire issue for October was pretty dang spooky. It features monsters and ghosts, revenge, eyeballs, curses, and so much more. Read all these fabulous stories right here:
smallwondersmag.com/...
1/6
My first reprint is out in the world at @castofwonders.org! And because it's narrated, it's like a whole new version of the story. I really enjoyed listening to it, and I hope you will too.
www.castofwonders.org/2025/10/cast...
I don’t do much voice work anymore
but couldn’t resist this lovely tale by @rachelgutin.bsky.social about observing Sukkot in space & the courage it takes to embrace change.
Do give it a read/listen.
I don’t do much voice work anymore
but couldn’t resist this lovely tale by @rachelgutin.bsky.social about observing Sukkot in space & the courage it takes to embrace change.
Do give it a read/listen.
Cast of Wonders 660: For Future Generations | Cast of Wonders
Of all the Jewish holidays, Sukkot was the hardest to celebrate in space. Rabbi Greenberg had been a young child when her family boarded the generation ship, but she still had vivid memories of…
www.castofwonders.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My first reprint is out in the world at @castofwonders.org! And because it's narrated, it's like a whole new version of the story. I really enjoyed listening to it, and I hope you will too.
Hey, NYC folks: I just learned the city has a new resource for tracking COVID, flu and RSV:
Respiratory Illness Data Pages
www.nyc.gov
October 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hey, NYC folks: I just learned the city has a new resource for tracking COVID, flu and RSV:
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Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
October 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hello, heist fans! On Nov. 9, Im teaching a virtual heist workshop!
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
I’ve done a terrible job promoting it because of book tour brain - so! If you are interested in writing heists, give it a look! Help me spread the word! (The art was 100% done on the run, btw!)
www.eventbrite.com/e...
Seconding this.
Asexuality Awareness Week is over. I'm still here. Still ace. Still love my fellow ace peeps.
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Seconding this.
Needed two boxes of crayons for my students. Ordered a pack of 3 boxes of crayons online.
And... it's good I ordered 3 because between the three boxes, I have almost two full sets of unbroken crayons. (Two of the packages got a bit beat up. One of those two also got a little melted.)
Sigh.
And... it's good I ordered 3 because between the three boxes, I have almost two full sets of unbroken crayons. (Two of the packages got a bit beat up. One of those two also got a little melted.)
Sigh.
October 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Needed two boxes of crayons for my students. Ordered a pack of 3 boxes of crayons online.
And... it's good I ordered 3 because between the three boxes, I have almost two full sets of unbroken crayons. (Two of the packages got a bit beat up. One of those two also got a little melted.)
Sigh.
And... it's good I ordered 3 because between the three boxes, I have almost two full sets of unbroken crayons. (Two of the packages got a bit beat up. One of those two also got a little melted.)
Sigh.
If my records are correct, I currently own 163 signed books... or is it 164?
The latest addition to the collection is two books in one: Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com and Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social, signed by both authors.
So does that count as one signed book or two?
The latest addition to the collection is two books in one: Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com and Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social, signed by both authors.
So does that count as one signed book or two?
October 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If my records are correct, I currently own 163 signed books... or is it 164?
The latest addition to the collection is two books in one: Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com and Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social, signed by both authors.
So does that count as one signed book or two?
The latest addition to the collection is two books in one: Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com and Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social, signed by both authors.
So does that count as one signed book or two?
2013: an author I like was going to be in an anthology, so I submitted a story
2015: that same author was guest editing Queers Destroy Science Fiction, and I wanted to submit a story. By then, I was in a critique group, and that's when I got serious about submitting.
Before that: Nanowrimo novels
2015: that same author was guest editing Queers Destroy Science Fiction, and I wanted to submit a story. By then, I was in a critique group, and that's when I got serious about submitting.
Before that: Nanowrimo novels
I was thinking about early writing recently and I'm curious—short fiction writers: what is the earliest short story you remember finishing that wasn't for a school project or anything?
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
2013: an author I like was going to be in an anthology, so I submitted a story
2015: that same author was guest editing Queers Destroy Science Fiction, and I wanted to submit a story. By then, I was in a critique group, and that's when I got serious about submitting.
Before that: Nanowrimo novels
2015: that same author was guest editing Queers Destroy Science Fiction, and I wanted to submit a story. By then, I was in a critique group, and that's when I got serious about submitting.
Before that: Nanowrimo novels
New story day!
I finally got to put my fountain pen habits to good use.
I finally got to put my fountain pen habits to good use.
"Ink Reviews", by @rachelgutin.bsky.social, indeed reviews the ink, but there's more revealed than just how well the ink writes.
Ink Reviews - Small Wonders
This ink is perfect for making lists. Use it to jot down what groceries you need, or all the heinous ways your former boss continues to harm his employees.
smallwondersmag.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
New story day!
I finally got to put my fountain pen habits to good use.
I finally got to put my fountain pen habits to good use.
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Want to get (racist, ableist, misogynist, transphobe, eugenicist) RFK Jr out of office? Here's two easy and quick things you can do:
bsky.app/profile/effi...
bsky.app/profile/effi...
Two things you can do to help remove RFK Jr:
1) Call your electeds and tell them he needs to go. There's already drafts of impeachment/removal work in both House and Senate. Tell electeds to support them.
2) Sign the petition that'll go to the HELP Committee in the Senate at firerfk.wordpress.com
1) Call your electeds and tell them he needs to go. There's already drafts of impeachment/removal work in both House and Senate. Tell electeds to support them.
2) Sign the petition that'll go to the HELP Committee in the Senate at firerfk.wordpress.com
seems that RFK is clearing the path for his CDC to do tuskegee syphillis experiments as a matter of course. in other news, RFK is a genuine monster who relishes in the pain and suffering of those he feels he has control or dominion over
October 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Want to get (racist, ableist, misogynist, transphobe, eugenicist) RFK Jr out of office? Here's two easy and quick things you can do:
bsky.app/profile/effi...
bsky.app/profile/effi...
A conversation I had with my dad over the weekend: (paraphrased)
My father: May you get a novel published in my lifetime
Me: From your mouth to God's ears - because it means you'll probably live a very long life!
My father: May you get a novel published in my lifetime
Me: From your mouth to God's ears - because it means you'll probably live a very long life!
October 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A conversation I had with my dad over the weekend: (paraphrased)
My father: May you get a novel published in my lifetime
Me: From your mouth to God's ears - because it means you'll probably live a very long life!
My father: May you get a novel published in my lifetime
Me: From your mouth to God's ears - because it means you'll probably live a very long life!
Happy book birthday to @franwilde.baky.social and @seananmcguire.bsky.social! I’m excited to read both of these.
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Happy book birthday to @franwilde.baky.social and @seananmcguire.bsky.social! I’m excited to read both of these.
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OTHERSIDE'S KICKSTARTER IS HERE IT'S TIME PLEASE GO SUPPORT OUR QUEER MAGAZINE'S KICKSTARTER SO WE CAN EXIST AND MAKE A COOL GAY MAGAZIIIINE ✨
WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hyb...
September 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
OTHERSIDE'S KICKSTARTER IS HERE IT'S TIME PLEASE GO SUPPORT OUR QUEER MAGAZINE'S KICKSTARTER SO WE CAN EXIST AND MAKE A COOL GAY MAGAZIIIINE ✨
This Patreon also includes a lovely Discord community!
if you can help me (oh my god please help me) i have a glorified tip jar patreon (ive been doing co working two hour sessions and a monthly session for questions. this month i was going to play with the story engine so people could meet it) please don’t use the app they will take 30%
September 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This Patreon also includes a lovely Discord community!
In case anyone was wondering, my colonoscopy today got delayed by over 3 hours because I was too dehydrated to give a urine sample until I had 5 bags of IV saline in me, and they couldn’t just take my word for it.
September 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In case anyone was wondering, my colonoscopy today got delayed by over 3 hours because I was too dehydrated to give a urine sample until I had 5 bags of IV saline in me, and they couldn’t just take my word for it.
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So MRM wasted months of authors' time lying that they wanted to create fair contracts, then bailed on the authors?
What a mess. Deeply disappointing to see historic magazines under the control of such people.
What a mess. Deeply disappointing to see historic magazines under the control of such people.
I’ve made an update to this situation.
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
open.substack.com/pub/pacornel...
This is an interesting and important read if you want to know about contracts, negotiations and the ongoing situation regarding MRM.
September 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
So MRM wasted months of authors' time lying that they wanted to create fair contracts, then bailed on the authors?
What a mess. Deeply disappointing to see historic magazines under the control of such people.
What a mess. Deeply disappointing to see historic magazines under the control of such people.