Stina Leicht
@stinaleicht.bsky.social
SFF #author PERSEPHONE STATION, LOKI'S RING she/they Feminist queer ADHD PTSD Dyslexic. Agent: Hannah Bowman Publisher: Saga Press
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
New SF/Space Opera coming soon: HELIX FALLS
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Stina Leicht
@stinaleicht.bsky.social
· May 14
Trump administration fires top copyright official days after firing Librarian of Congress
The Trump administration has fired the nation’s top copyright official, Shira Perlmutter. The move comes days after the abrupt termination of the head of the Library of Congress, which oversees the U....
apnews.com
i’m serious. if you want to fuck over the whole ai business model, support the library of congress. stealing all the books, poems, art, film… every creative thing supposedly copyright protected feeding it to ai for profit? turns out that’s not fair use.
apnews.com/article/copy...
apnews.com/article/copy...
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I cannot wrap my head around how cruel and destructive this is.
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I cannot wrap my head around how cruel and destructive this is.
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
This is what comes of years of rhetoric demonizing and blaming the unhoused on the part of politicians (including big city Democrats) instead of seeing them as neighbors who need help
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My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is a Time Magazine “Must-Read Book of the 2025”, 🥰.
I’m pleased that they at least said the genre is “hard to pin down” (that’s an understatement because the novel contains multitudes).
Full list here: time.com/collections/...
I’m pleased that they at least said the genre is “hard to pin down” (that’s an understatement because the novel contains multitudes).
Full list here: time.com/collections/...
'Death of the Author' Is on the 100 Must-Read Books of 2025
Here's why it made the list
time.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
My novel DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is a Time Magazine “Must-Read Book of the 2025”, 🥰.
I’m pleased that they at least said the genre is “hard to pin down” (that’s an understatement because the novel contains multitudes).
Full list here: time.com/collections/...
I’m pleased that they at least said the genre is “hard to pin down” (that’s an understatement because the novel contains multitudes).
Full list here: time.com/collections/...
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Out today in the UK is a new paperback printing of Children of Time, the 10th anniversary edition, including a brand new in-universe short story ‘Unbearable’ and some other bits and pieces. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adri...
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Find out more about Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
www.panmacmillan.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Out today in the UK is a new paperback printing of Children of Time, the 10th anniversary edition, including a brand new in-universe short story ‘Unbearable’ and some other bits and pieces. www.panmacmillan.com/authors/adri...
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i know yall can live without your sugary milk until this strike is over. don’t cross the picket lines!
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
i know yall can live without your sugary milk until this strike is over. don’t cross the picket lines!
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We're on Zoom now!!!
Tonight, hear from three wildly imaginative writers @olivasthewriter.bsky.social @charliejane.bsky.social @tuck.bsky.social online with @bookswellclub.bsky.social and WeHo Reads www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads...
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
We're on Zoom now!!!
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he's on a mission from god
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
he's on a mission from god
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For those interested, the Hild books (so far) are HILD and MENEWOOD. More info here:
nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/26/h...
#medievalsky
nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/26/h...
#medievalsky
November 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
For those interested, the Hild books (so far) are HILD and MENEWOOD. More info here:
nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/26/h...
#medievalsky
nicolagriffith.com/2014/02/26/h...
#medievalsky
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I'm filling in for @maryrobinettekowal.com at KGB Fantastic Fiction in NYC tonight - and I'll be reading something DEEPLY INAPPROPRIATE.
Come through if you can, New Yorkers!!
Come through if you can, New Yorkers!!
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I'm filling in for @maryrobinettekowal.com at KGB Fantastic Fiction in NYC tonight - and I'll be reading something DEEPLY INAPPROPRIATE.
Come through if you can, New Yorkers!!
Come through if you can, New Yorkers!!
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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.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
The Submission Grinder
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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.
thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com
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and what ICE is doing is not "immigration enforcement"
DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
![U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation that the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its [highlight] antidrug campaign. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn4xekvi4whd2lz5oxc2sg26ofnbyqrhxnsbxaf4j42jnywjpeh4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
and what ICE is doing is not "immigration enforcement"
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Watch out for solicitations from Enlight Women's Magazine offering to feature you on a Top 10 list: it's a pay-to-play scheme (a "nominal" fee of $900). I'm especially tempted by the "personalized digital plaque of honour" (emphasis added in the screenshot below)
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Watch out for solicitations from Enlight Women's Magazine offering to feature you on a Top 10 list: it's a pay-to-play scheme (a "nominal" fee of $900). I'm especially tempted by the "personalized digital plaque of honour" (emphasis added in the screenshot below)
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Delighted to see that @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's deliciously dark horroromance THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is an opening round nominee for Readers' Favourite Horror Books of 2025 in the GoodReads Choice Awards!
Vote now: https://bit.ly/4hX7MaH
Buy: https://geni.us/palbad
Vote now: https://bit.ly/4hX7MaH
Buy: https://geni.us/palbad
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Delighted to see that @isabelcanas.bsky.social 's deliciously dark horroromance THE POSSESSION OF ALBA DÍAZ is an opening round nominee for Readers' Favourite Horror Books of 2025 in the GoodReads Choice Awards!
Vote now: https://bit.ly/4hX7MaH
Buy: https://geni.us/palbad
Vote now: https://bit.ly/4hX7MaH
Buy: https://geni.us/palbad
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Also on sale everywhere you can buy ebooks! Though I believe this is a U.S. only deal. Yay for sales!
#DEAL ALERT! One clickers unite because CANDLE & CROW @kevinhearne.bsky.social is on #sale on #Kindle for a limited time only!
amzn.to/3Xojqlc
#CandleandCrow #InkandSigil #ad
amzn.to/3Xojqlc
#CandleandCrow #InkandSigil #ad
Candle & Crow: Book Three of the Ink & Sigil series
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Iron Druid Chronicles comes the final book in the “action-packed, enchantingly fun” (Booklist) Ink & Sigil series, as an ink-slinging wizard pursues the answer to a very personal mystery: Who cast a pair of curses on his head?
amzn.to
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Also on sale everywhere you can buy ebooks! Though I believe this is a U.S. only deal. Yay for sales!
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Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125
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Super sad that the magnificent @maryrobinettekowal.com can't make it, but I will try my damnedest to fill those shoes.
Excited to read alongside my collaborator and Clarion broodmate @larazontally.bsky.social !!!!
Excited to read alongside my collaborator and Clarion broodmate @larazontally.bsky.social !!!!
UPDATE: Due to a travel snafu, Mary Robinette Kowal had to cancel for tomorrow. The stupendous Sam J. Miller has agreed to read in her place, with Lara Elena Donnelly. Tomorrow! Come one, come all! @maryrobinettekowal.com @sentencebender.bsky.social @larazontally.bsky.social @datlow.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Super sad that the magnificent @maryrobinettekowal.com can't make it, but I will try my damnedest to fill those shoes.
Excited to read alongside my collaborator and Clarion broodmate @larazontally.bsky.social !!!!
Excited to read alongside my collaborator and Clarion broodmate @larazontally.bsky.social !!!!
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This article is required reading.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This article is required reading.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
When I was writing my space opera trilogy a few years ago, I decided never to use the word "race" to refer to alien species. I used "species," "peoples," "civilizations," etc.
I've also tried to stop saying "human race" in casual conversation.
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Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
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Mark your calendars!
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Mark your calendars!
this more nuanced discussion of what the democrats won and the medium term strategy re: healthcare makes me feel better.
also, schumer wasn’t one of the ones that folded. so, i take back what i said.
mostly. i still feel he needs to step down.
www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Item...
also, schumer wasn’t one of the ones that folded. so, i take back what i said.
mostly. i still feel he needs to step down.
www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Item...
You Got to Know When to Hold 'Em, Know When to Fold 'Em
Click on the map for the article
www.electoral-vote.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
this more nuanced discussion of what the democrats won and the medium term strategy re: healthcare makes me feel better.
also, schumer wasn’t one of the ones that folded. so, i take back what i said.
mostly. i still feel he needs to step down.
www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Item...
also, schumer wasn’t one of the ones that folded. so, i take back what i said.
mostly. i still feel he needs to step down.
www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Item...
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They're EXCELLENT amendments, my favorite of which allows creators to defend their books when they're challenged.
An exciting update! Mass Freedom To Read has been working overtime to get amendments filed that substantially strengthen this bill, and all the amendments have been filed! It's time to contact your MA senators to urge them to support the amendment: www.massfreedomtoread.org/news/cta-sup...
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
They're EXCELLENT amendments, my favorite of which allows creators to defend their books when they're challenged.
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“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
Furious Liberals Call for Schumer to Step Aside, Senate Dems Mostly Quiet
After their shutdown surrender, liberal lawmakers are begging their base to unite behind them anyway – as Trumpland celebrates that their opposition is a bunch of 'p*ssies.'
zeteo.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
“If Schumer really wanted to use his considerable influence and leverage to stop this, he could have done that,” a senior Democratic Senate aide tells Zeteo. “He didn’t.”
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8 Senate Dems made this happen. None of them are up for re-election and two of them are retiring.
So instead of bothering to do anything politically, picket their houses, follow them in the streets, call them rude names, refuse them service, anything that makes them regret what they've done.
So instead of bothering to do anything politically, picket their houses, follow them in the streets, call them rude names, refuse them service, anything that makes them regret what they've done.
Senate Dems are out here posting noise like "omg the Senate GOP just voted against healthcare subsidies and are trying to sneak a bunch of terrible shit into the funding bill" — and people are flooding their mentions with "bitch, please, GTFOH"
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
Never seen such a dramatic swing in political momentum
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
8 Senate Dems made this happen. None of them are up for re-election and two of them are retiring.
So instead of bothering to do anything politically, picket their houses, follow them in the streets, call them rude names, refuse them service, anything that makes them regret what they've done.
So instead of bothering to do anything politically, picket their houses, follow them in the streets, call them rude names, refuse them service, anything that makes them regret what they've done.