On one hand, I do think it’s a good thing that people are starting to be more skeptical about believing everything someone in a position of authority tells them.

On the other hand I saw someone refer to Orwell as “poorly written propaganda slop” and I worry we’re losing the plot a little bit.

I wanted to try something a little different in my reading and discovered A Rival Most Vial by R. K. Ashwick! It was a delightful read with a full cast of well-rounded characters that I highly suggest for anyone looking to dip their toes into cozy romantic-fantasy 💜 www.goodreads.com/book/show/86...

It’s the last day of #ICFA and this was the best first conference I could have had! Everyone was a treat to talk to and all the panels were amazing. I can’t wait for next year!

Just finished reading Thirteen Storeys by @jonnysims.bsky.social and it was absolutely fantastic! Incredibly relevant themes and stories and extremely cathartic. I also can’t more highly suggest listening to the audio version as well, as the full cast truly breathes life into it!

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Special Submissions Call! Disability Pride & Magic!

The Castle gates are open for an extended special submissions call from 7 January to 31 March, and we are looking for stories celebrating disabled authors, character and themes for this event.

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It’s odd how frequently my writing blocks get lifted by seemingly small things. All it took was making a wrong guess about the direction a story was going to remind myself what I enjoyed about writing in the first place 😅

Though I suppose that’s more thanks to reading than anything else

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