SJ Groenewegen
@sjgroenewegen.co.uk
SFF author, trans-inclusive feminist, gay, non-binary, autistic.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts every Wednesday on politics and/or writing.
Website: https://www.sjgroenewegen.co.uk - includes links to all my publications.
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/sjgroenewegen - new posts every Wednesday on politics and/or writing.
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They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
#ArmisticeDay
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Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
#ArmisticeDay
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I quite enjoyed channel 5’s adaptation of Murder Before Evensong. Not read the book upon which it was based. Channel 5 really are doing good stuff with these historical dramas.
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I quite enjoyed channel 5’s adaptation of Murder Before Evensong. Not read the book upon which it was based. Channel 5 really are doing good stuff with these historical dramas.
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Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! All That Is in the Earth by
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Pre-order Luna Novella 2026! All That Is in the Earth by
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
@aknighton.bsky.social When Clifford crash lands on the planet of Abaddon, he might as well be dead 🪐
www.lunapresspublishing.com/lunanovella
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Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes the way we live.
This is not one of those times. Here’s five reasons why you shouldn’t buy an iPhone Pocket.
#Apple #iPhonePocket #iPhone #WTAF
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This is not one of those times. Here’s five reasons why you shouldn’t buy an iPhone Pocket.
#Apple #iPhonePocket #iPhone #WTAF
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Apple’s iPhone Pocket: Five reasons not to buy one - Alex Reviews Tech
Apple makes some truly wonderful devices. And now, also, a sock... sorry, the "iPhone Pocket". Here's why you shouldn't buy one.
alexreviewstech.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes the way we live.
This is not one of those times. Here’s five reasons why you shouldn’t buy an iPhone Pocket.
#Apple #iPhonePocket #iPhone #WTAF
alexreviewstech.com/apples-iphon...
This is not one of those times. Here’s five reasons why you shouldn’t buy an iPhone Pocket.
#Apple #iPhonePocket #iPhone #WTAF
alexreviewstech.com/apples-iphon...
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Colin Brush's next step in writing a blurb: writing a beginning that gets--and keeps--a possible reader's attention by considering your opening line.
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5) Beginnings, or How to Get People’s Attention by Colin Brush
It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.’ Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell We’re just over the halfway point in my guide to writing blurbs and you’re probably won…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Colin Brush's next step in writing a blurb: writing a beginning that gets--and keeps--a possible reader's attention by considering your opening line.
milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2025/06/03/5...
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Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.
Pictcon
Off the back of the glorious mayhem that was the World Fantasy Convention down there in windy Brighton, I spent this weekend at an event that was both much cosier and closer to home, spiritually as well as geographically. Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the multi-faceted Scottish genre community. Not just the writers (of which there were many in attendance), but also the artists, the publishers, the book sellers, the academics, the commentators, the crafters and the fans. It was an excellent, chilled affair with many interesting workshops and discussions (the highlight for me being Dr Meg MacDonald's interview with Francesca Barbini of Luna Press Publishing about her incredible career).
neilwilliamson.blog
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Introducing: Pictcon. A celebration of the Scottish genre community.
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky.
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
#ArmisticeDay
ko-fi.com/post/Remembr...
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
#ArmisticeDay
ko-fi.com/post/Remembr...
Remembrance
SJ Groenewegen published a post on Ko-fi
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November 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
#ArmisticeDay
ko-fi.com/post/Remembr...
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Lest we forget.
#ArmisticeDay
ko-fi.com/post/Remembr...
I am so looking forward to reading this book. I was glad to be at the launch during @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and hear Stew read from it.
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
stewarthotston.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I am so looking forward to reading this book. I was glad to be at the launch during @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social and hear Stew read from it.
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Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
stewarthotston.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
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Highly recommended!
Project Hanuman is here. I hope you'll take a look as I think it's a pretty good space opera - no hero's journey here - this is about community, how we build back better and, of course, mind bending space battles in sentient ships.
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
#spaceopera #scifi #projecthanuman #writing #SFF #sciencefiction
Discover Project Hanuman: A Unique Sci-Fi Adventure
Discover 'Project Hanuman', a thrilling adventure of galactic civilizations, survival, and community. Get your copy now!
stewarthotston.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Highly recommended!
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Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the rich and multi-faceted Scottish genre community. This year's event was ace and I heartily recommend signing up for next year.
We've sold 26 tickets for PictCon2! I would love to sell 24 more before I pay the deposit next week.
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A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
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A Scottish science fiction convention about science fiction in Scotland. 🏴
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Pictcon is a brand new convention, celebrating the rich and multi-faceted Scottish genre community. This year's event was ace and I heartily recommend signing up for next year.
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It’s today! 13 months after I started writing it, Daughters of Nicnevin is out in the world! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...
Daughters of Nicnevin
Check out Daughters of Nicnevin - <p>Mairead and Constance, two powerful witches, meet in the early days of the 1745 Jacobite uprising. While the men of the village are away fighting, the villagers fa...
uk.bookshop.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
It’s today! 13 months after I started writing it, Daughters of Nicnevin is out in the world! uk.bookshop.org/p/books/daug...
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I'll be talking tech with Sandra Moon on ABC Radio Goulburn Murray around 8:50am today -- tune in!
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ABC Goulburn Murray Live Audio - ABC listen
Listen live, whenever you want, wherever you are with ABC Goulburn Murray.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'll be talking tech with Sandra Moon on ABC Radio Goulburn Murray around 8:50am today -- tune in!
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...
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Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions?
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
We'll be chatting with indie publisher Bona Books about their journey from reader/writer to setting up a publishing house.
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
@bonabooks.bsky.social was founded by 3 book-obsessed friends to produce high-quality, subversive & unapologetically queer SFFH books.
www.cymerafestival.co.uk/2025-confere...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Do you write genre fiction? Want the inside scoop on the UK's newest queer small press? Keen to ask us awkward questions?
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
Come to the Cymera Writer's Conference, and hear two bona omi-palones cackle about zhushing books.
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New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
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Time to start de-Appling – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky.
November 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky.
Let’s get these edits done.
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Let’s get these edits done.
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Huge thanks to @effjayem.bsky.social for organising Pictcon 1 and asking me to be GoH! I was interviewd by the fantastic @megintransition.bsky.social ❤️ & concluded the day on a fab panel with @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @shoreinf.bsky.social 🏴
November 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Huge thanks to @effjayem.bsky.social for organising Pictcon 1 and asking me to be GoH! I was interviewd by the fantastic @megintransition.bsky.social ❤️ & concluded the day on a fab panel with @neilwilliamson.bsky.social @bethkesh.bsky.social @joannacorrance.bsky.social @shoreinf.bsky.social 🏴
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky.
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky.
Greatly enjoyed the first Pictcon, held yesterday in Perth, Scotland. Fascinating panel discussions and fun barcon. The event fits in nicely with Cymera and Satellite, plus next year’s British Fantasy Convention in Glasgow and Eastercon the year after in the same city.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Greatly enjoyed the first Pictcon, held yesterday in Perth, Scotland. Fascinating panel discussions and fun barcon. The event fits in nicely with Cymera and Satellite, plus next year’s British Fantasy Convention in Glasgow and Eastercon the year after in the same city.
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky… a ceiling in a function room at Pictcon 1.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Today’s noon-time (UTC 0/GMT) picture of the sky… a ceiling in a function room at Pictcon 1.
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A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run!
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
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Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
A Market of Dreams and Destiny Signed Special Edition - PREORDER
The Untermarkt is calling you, now join Deri and his adventure in LitPins&Co's special edition of A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey!
litpinsandco.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A MARKET OF DREAMS AND DESTINY is getting a LIMITED EDITION *beautifully* blinged-out HARDCOVER print run!
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
Only 1000 will be sold! £35 PreOrders LIVE
So if queer boys fighting systemic oppression with fey magic and contractual loopholes is your thing, check out...
litpinsandco.com/products/a-m...
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Want to read a story about bats predicting extreme weather? Of course you do!
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
The Way Out | Future Tense Fiction
Can animal behavior predict extreme weather? Pippa Goldschmidt’s story imagines a future in which analysts anticipate climate catastrophes by monitoring bats.
issues.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Want to read a story about bats predicting extreme weather? Of course you do!
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
With thanks to the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, my story "The Way Out" is here:
issues.org/futuretensef...
Shout out to the brilliant fiction editors I’ve had the joy & privilege to work with: Jacqueline Rayner, @twilightstreets.bsky.social , Andy Frankham-Allen, @unamccormack.bsky.social , Tim Gambrell, & now @trip.bsky.social @robwillb.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Shout out to the brilliant fiction editors I’ve had the joy & privilege to work with: Jacqueline Rayner, @twilightstreets.bsky.social , Andy Frankham-Allen, @unamccormack.bsky.social , Tim Gambrell, & now @trip.bsky.social @robwillb.bsky.social @chrismccartney.bsky.social of @bonabooks.bsky.social
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“Look on my werks, ye bitches, and DESPAIR!” —Aurora Thunder, at the height of her successful debut at the Darkness and Light Ball
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
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…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
Coming soon: The Fall of the House of Valenziaga: A Special Edition Novel
A queer, science fantasy novel featuring a city beyond the edge of time and space, drag magic, and world-shaking family drama!
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“Look on my werks, ye bitches, and DESPAIR!” —Aurora Thunder, at the height of her successful debut at the Darkness and Light Ball
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...
…Aurora swept down the catwalk like an oncoming storm, trains of filmy black fabric trailing her like thunderheads.
Facet gasped…
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tri...