Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) will be at WFC in Brighton
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Prone to a ❤️ of ginger & greyhounds. Writer. Novella | Collection | Lambda finalist | 40+ stories. Publisher & Editor Essential Dreams Press. Newsletter, books, & other things me at linktr.ee/thisjulieday. (she/her)
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All of which is to say, we just crossed the 1000 copies sold mark with Storyteller!!!!! It's available @bookshop.org @weightlessbooks.bsky.social and many other online retailers. Plus directly from Essential Dreams Press at tanithleestoryteller.com.
"Makers" is a glorious story! It opens the set of powerful stories that make you Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology.
It's the final day to nominate stories for the BSFA awards.
Here are my award-eligible works from 2025:
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Here are my award-eligible works from 2025:
@giganotosaurus.bsky.social @thepinkhydra.com @thisjulieday.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"Makers" is a glorious story! It opens the set of powerful stories that make you Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology.
Brandi Carlile - Fairytale of New York (Holiday Livestream 2025)
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December 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hey, my first two (beginner) lamas are now complete! I was quite intimidated. But I still completed the first one and messed with the colors on the second one. And all the mistakes I managed to make along the way? Well, that just made the process feel like writing, personally satisfying.
December 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hey, my first two (beginner) lamas are now complete! I was quite intimidated. But I still completed the first one and messed with the colors on the second one. And all the mistakes I managed to make along the way? Well, that just made the process feel like writing, personally satisfying.
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Wow
I'm now never taking a Waymo
I make automated trains for a living and lemme tell you there is a backup for "the network is down"
I'm now never taking a Waymo
I make automated trains for a living and lemme tell you there is a backup for "the network is down"
a power outage is unusual, but not so unusual it can be waved away as an "edge case"... these vehicles should be pulling over and parking if they can't operate safely, not piling up in intersections and clogging roads
“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
December 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Wow
I'm now never taking a Waymo
I make automated trains for a living and lemme tell you there is a backup for "the network is down"
I'm now never taking a Waymo
I make automated trains for a living and lemme tell you there is a backup for "the network is down"
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I. am. dying. 😂
I don’t know how to identify a bad parent anymore. But sweeties, you’re doing great!
December 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I. am. dying. 😂
Happy solstice eve. I'm off to the library to pick up some hold requests, followed by couch time with the doggo, cats, partner, and my latest zen hack, embroidery. It took a bout of strep followed by flu to discover the satisfaction of creating something other than stories. #silverlinings
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Happy solstice eve. I'm off to the library to pick up some hold requests, followed by couch time with the doggo, cats, partner, and my latest zen hack, embroidery. It took a bout of strep followed by flu to discover the satisfaction of creating something other than stories. #silverlinings
It's time to walk away from my laptop. SFWA declawing itself when it comes to AI is such a betrayal of its membership and all the volunteer hours and years folks have put into the organization, I grinding my damn teeth.
December 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
It's time to walk away from my laptop. SFWA declawing itself when it comes to AI is such a betrayal of its membership and all the volunteer hours and years folks have put into the organization, I grinding my damn teeth.
How could this possibly be the official stance? This feels like an "all sides have merit" stance for what is both plagarism and corporate machinations driven by greed. What the heck is the point of this decision? I do not feel represented or protected.
Very disappointed in the new Nebula Award eligibility information from SFWA that allows partially-generated works to be on the ballot. See 9.11.2.
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This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
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This shouldn't be difficult. #noAI
December 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How could this possibly be the official stance? This feels like an "all sides have merit" stance for what is both plagarism and corporate machinations driven by greed. What the heck is the point of this decision? I do not feel represented or protected.
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the horror of what ICE is doing feels like it is really really really breaking through to people, and it's opening up big overdue conversations on other topics (that prisons have always been this inhumane, that Homeland Security has always been this racist) if we wanted to wedge those cracks open
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
the horror of what ICE is doing feels like it is really really really breaking through to people, and it's opening up big overdue conversations on other topics (that prisons have always been this inhumane, that Homeland Security has always been this racist) if we wanted to wedge those cracks open
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Heads up for those in the US: the Goodreads giveaway for Letters from an Imaginary Country ends in about five hours . . .
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Book giveaway for Letters from an Imaginary Country by Theodora Goss Nov 04-Nov 11, 2025
Enter to win one of 1 free copy available. Giveaway dates from Nov 04-Nov 11, 2025. In celebration of its release, we're giving away 1 copy of World Fant...
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November 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Heads up for those in the US: the Goodreads giveaway for Letters from an Imaginary Country ends in about five hours . . .
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I seem to have regained a writing routine and lost some focus on other things, such as my day job. Feels like I'm back in balance!
As a side note, I've passed the halfway mark on my targetted edits of my novella Meissen Eyes. I think another pass is necessary. I keep slipping into line-level work.
As a side note, I've passed the halfway mark on my targetted edits of my novella Meissen Eyes. I think another pass is necessary. I keep slipping into line-level work.
November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I seem to have regained a writing routine and lost some focus on other things, such as my day job. Feels like I'm back in balance!
As a side note, I've passed the halfway mark on my targetted edits of my novella Meissen Eyes. I think another pass is necessary. I keep slipping into line-level work.
As a side note, I've passed the halfway mark on my targetted edits of my novella Meissen Eyes. I think another pass is necessary. I keep slipping into line-level work.
I've almost finished setting back at home after @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. I'm still getting up hours too early and I still have a stack of books waiting to be shelved. The fact that the shelves are already full isn't helping ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I've almost finished setting back at home after @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. I'm still getting up hours too early and I still have a stack of books waiting to be shelved. The fact that the shelves are already full isn't helping ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
One way I find my writing style consciously changing in the face of AI is my reduced use of the emdash. It sits differently these days.
November 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
One way I find my writing style consciously changing in the face of AI is my reduced use of the emdash. It sits differently these days.
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Reminder that I have a new story in this awesome anthology with awesome writers:
You can also find copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at the book table near the art show (part of the main convention space)!
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reminder that I have a new story in this awesome anthology with awesome writers:
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees and to all those readers who invest their time and attention on wonderful books!
Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists of the World Fantasy Awards!
World Fantasy Awards Winners
The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2024 were presented during the 2025 World Fantasy Convention, held October 30 – November 2, 2025 in Brighton, UK. The Life Achievement …
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November 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees and to all those readers who invest their time and attention on wonderful books!
Goodbye Brighton! Headed home now. It’s been a great trip!
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Goodbye Brighton! Headed home now. It’s been a great trip!
I’m wrapping up my visit to Brighton. @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social has been brilliant! There are still a few copies of Storyteller at the book table by the Art Room. If you want, grab a copy and help me not have to lug them all back to Massachusetts!
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’m wrapping up my visit to Brighton. @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social has been brilliant! There are still a few copies of Storyteller at the book table by the Art Room. If you want, grab a copy and help me not have to lug them all back to Massachusetts!
I had an epic moment yesterday @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. The Remembering Tanith Lee panel was a gem. John Kaiine and I in conversation with participation from audience members like @clhellisen.bsky.social & @theodoragoss.bsky.social. Then a twenty minute wander through the hotel labyrinth w/
November 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I had an epic moment yesterday @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. The Remembering Tanith Lee panel was a gem. John Kaiine and I in conversation with participation from audience members like @clhellisen.bsky.social & @theodoragoss.bsky.social. Then a twenty minute wander through the hotel labyrinth w/
I'm currently in Brighton @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. In classic Julie-style, I'm hiding away for the morning, getting work done and recharging my social batteries. But I'll be in on the Remembering Tanith Lee panel at 4pm in the Edinburgh Panel Room 3! If you're at the convention, come on by!
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm currently in Brighton @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social. In classic Julie-style, I'm hiding away for the morning, getting work done and recharging my social batteries. But I'll be in on the Remembering Tanith Lee panel at 4pm in the Edinburgh Panel Room 3! If you're at the convention, come on by!
@jefferyford8.bsky.social just nudged me into giving more. Pragmatic and actionable and incredibly important. "1 in every 7 children."
SNAP is running dry without govt. funding. If you can afford it, donate to your local food bank. 42 million people in 22 million households are relying on this program to eat. 1 in every 7 children.
October 31, 2025 at 10:42 AM
@jefferyford8.bsky.social just nudged me into giving more. Pragmatic and actionable and incredibly important. "1 in every 7 children."
I'm packing up for my trip to the UK. I'll be visiting in London and then heading on to the @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton for Thursday Oct. 30th.
Friday at 4pm, I'll be on the "Remembering Tanith Lee" panel with #IanWhates and her widower #JohnKaiine.
Friday at 4pm, I'll be on the "Remembering Tanith Lee" panel with #IanWhates and her widower #JohnKaiine.
October 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I'm packing up for my trip to the UK. I'll be visiting in London and then heading on to the @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social in Brighton for Thursday Oct. 30th.
Friday at 4pm, I'll be on the "Remembering Tanith Lee" panel with #IanWhates and her widower #JohnKaiine.
Friday at 4pm, I'll be on the "Remembering Tanith Lee" panel with #IanWhates and her widower #JohnKaiine.
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Muriel Rukeyser
September 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Muriel Rukeyser
Raise a glass. I finished the Meissen Eyes redraft and created a punch list of 11 items I need to cover in targeted edits, the selected the 1st three I'm going to address. I even dug up some notes I wrote in 2023 that and found a gem or two. It's time to stop for the day!
October 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Raise a glass. I finished the Meissen Eyes redraft and created a punch list of 11 items I need to cover in targeted edits, the selected the 1st three I'm going to address. I even dug up some notes I wrote in 2023 that and found a gem or two. It's time to stop for the day!
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ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
October 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
ICYMI, we're open to submissions by authors of historically marginalized backgrounds for this entire month!
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/
We want to read more works by Black writers, Indigenous writers, disabled writers, gay and lesbian and trans writers, and other folks whose voices must be heard!
www.havenspec.com/submit/