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tina connolly
@tinaconnolly.bsky.social
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Hugo, Nebula, & World Fantasy finalist. Escape Pod & Toasted Cake host. Queer. Noms all the cheese. Socials here: http://linktr.ee/tinaconnolly (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈
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tina connolly @tinaconnolly.bsky.social · Feb 25
I've been working on my comics newsletter! If you like random weekly comics about pilling your children or the recurring Mr Darcy head in pride and prejudice, I have just the thing for you!

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backstage with tina connolly
in which we chat about art, life, and pie
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tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Hooray to Caroline for her fabulous fabulous story!!!!
theignyteawards.bsky.social The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · Oct 12
@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social's WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ wins the #2025IgnyteAwards in Outstanding Short Story
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/we-w...
2025 Winner Outstanding Short Story: WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ | WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO READ by Caroline M. Yoachim
October 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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alexshvartsman.bsky.social
The next UFO is about to land! With stories by Alan Dean Foster, @janeespenson.bsky.social, Simon R. Green, @nmamatas.bsky.social, @tinaconnolly.bsky.social and many other fabulous authors.

Reserve yours today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ufo...
Unidentified Funny Objects 10
After a three-year hiatus, a new volume of this iconic anthology series of humorous science fiction & fantasy is finally in the works!
www.kickstarter.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
I'm SUPER EXCITED to have a new flash story forthcoming in UFO 10! I love these funny collections and they are well worth pre-ordering via the Kickstarter!!
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
ICYMI: I had a new story out last week, with @kyliu99.bsky.social!

As humanity moves to the stars, a young woman attempts to preserve the magical forest she fell in love with as a child...
carolinemyoachim.bsky.social Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Sep 10
New story day! "If a Digitized Tree Falls" is my latest collaboration with @kyliu99.bsky.social, an exploration of technologies that bridge the divide between digital and physical, with a focus on environmental themes.

Now up at @reactorsff.bsky.social!

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If a Digitized Tree Falls - Reactor
As humanity moves to the stars, a young woman attempts to preserve the magical forest she fell in love with as a child.
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September 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Woohoo Portland this Thursday!!!
September 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Yesterday had one kid trying to make bean custard at 3am and the other one letting their slugs roam free on yogurt bucket lids while they cleaned the salad-bowl-habitat but TODAY all children are back in school. (Slugs are still at home.)
August 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
This would work well for me as a presenter because I'm always worried I'm going to mess up someone's name, no matter how many pronunciation notes I've made !
carolinemyoachim.bsky.social Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Aug 19
One thing that I think worked extremely well was to pre-record the entire list of finalists for each category, and play that recording for the ceremony.
August 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Brandon's fabulous reading of his gorgeous poem (about at the 1:48:30 mark on the second link) was one of my favorite moments at Worldcon this weekend!
August 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
@carolinemyoachim.bsky.social reading with @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social from her incredible Hugo-nominated story, We Will Teach You How to Read.
August 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Today at #WorldCon! 3:30 reading in room 428.

Gonna read 2 funny things - a bit of my theatre+schnauzer mystery from FutureSF, and a bit of the NEW cozy fantasy I"m working on. It's got handwritten letters, mail-order spells, and pneumatic tubes. 😃 Come on by and tell me if you want to hear more 😃
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
FYI I cleaned out about a dozen Copperhead trade paperbacks from my study and left them on the freebies shelves in the dealers room! You know what to do if you want one!
#WorldCon
August 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Right NOW I'm otw to Seattle, but at 1:00 I will be at the Fairwood Press table with Caroline M Yoachim!!! Come say hi if you're around!!
carolinemyoachim.bsky.social Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Aug 14
Today (Thursday) from 1-2pm I will be at the Fairwood Press table with Tina Connolly! Come say hi!

#worldcon @tinaconnolly.bsky.social @patrickswenson.bsky.social
Dealer room book table with Tina’s collection “On the Eyeball Floor” and my collection “Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World.”
August 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
My #WorldCon schedule! See some of you soon!!!
August 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
In addition to my official programming schedule, I'll also be at:

-The Clarion West party (Weds 7-9pm)
-Thursday 1-2pm: Fairwood Press table (dealer room) with @tinaconnolly.bsky.social
- Saturday night Hugo festivities :)
carolinemyoachim.bsky.social Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Aug 11
I'll be at @seattlein2025.org this week! Want to see me? Here's my #seattleworldcon schedule (thread).

THURSDAY 4:30-5:30pm (room 435-436)
Smile For the Camera!

Interested in the relationship between technology and art? Want to hear me talk about my photography? Come see this panel!
Great blue heron in flight with wings spread wide, holding a small branch in its beak. Blue sky background. Photo by me.
August 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Final hours of the Uncanny Kickstarter and the current stretch goal is supporting raises for the hard working fabulous staff!!! ❤️🦄🎉
carolinemyoachim.bsky.social Caroline M. Yoachim @carolinemyoachim.bsky.social · Aug 6
I've been doing the print interviews for Uncanny since 2018, and I love learning more about our fantastic authors and their stories!

Help support the interviews, and all the hard work the entire @uncannymagazine.bsky.social team puts into every issue!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unc...
uncannymagazine.bsky.social Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Aug 6
The next Stretch Goal in the Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is a 20% raise to the Uncanny Magazine Staff! They are THE BEST STAFF IN THE UNIVERSE and deserve this! We have just 7 hours to make this happen! buff.ly/EkZtcee
August 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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carolinemyoachim.bsky.social
I sometimes use tarot cards as #writing prompts, and I picked up this gorgeous deck when I was at the Locus Awards, with art by featured local artist @spmlaw.bsky.social.

Her website shows off more of her art, which is beautiful and full of whimsy: www.shadowscapes.com/index.php
From left to right, laid out on my coffee table: (1) A small box with a whimsical image of a winged figure wearing a bird crown and a flowing dress, that reads "Shadowscapes Tarot, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law." (2) A booklet with the same text above an ornate grayscale image of a face, with the artist's signature underneath. (3) VII The Chariot, done with a nautical theme and unicorns to pull the chariot. (4) Ace of Wands, with foxes (5) Queen of Cups, in moody dark colors, with turtles (6) King of Swords, a seated figure with dramatic wings surrounded by additional birds, and (7) the Nine of Pentacles, with a seated figure playing a forest piano with a tree growing up through its center.
June 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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devanbarlow.bsky.social
Read this wonderful essay, and read Tina Connolly's books because they're excellent

also: I humbly suggest that if this essay speaks to you, you'll enjoy my fairy tales-meet-musicals series, Curses & Curtains!
Book 1: devan-barlow.itch.io/an-uncommon-... or books2read.com/u/bzKXBj
June 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
I wrote an essay for Uncanny about fantasy musical theatre!!

(Although the essay has many examples and even more links :D the marvelous thing is how many more shows I didn't have space to include. Truly a wealth of amazing theatre out there to talk about!)

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fant...
Fantasy Musical Theatre: Sensawunda, Activate! - Uncanny Magazine
So I recently saw Wicked.1 And by “recently saw” I mean watched at the movie theatre, then bought the second it was available, then watched several more times. I was a huge Oz fan as a kid, and I was ...
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June 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Heck yeah this is gonna rock!!!
May 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Can't wait to read this!!!
devafagan.bsky.social Deva Fagan @devafagan.bsky.social · May 20
Happy book birthday to this amazing-sounding anthology of 🌠speculative🚀 kidlit! I'm so excited to see more MG scifi out in the world, especially based on this thread of first line teasers...
willalex.bsky.social William Alexander @willalex.bsky.social · May 12
Imagine a better future. Lots of them.

STARSTUFF comes out next week.

#Kidlit #Starstuff
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May 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
My latest newsletter, about art fairs:
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a comic about art fairs!
I saw so! much! amazing art this weekend!!
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May 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
This is a lovely story by Steph!!
stephanieburgis.bsky.social Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · May 12
Today is M.E./CFS Day of Awareness. It's also almost exactly 20 years since I first came down with M.E. and my whole life changed.

Really, most of what I want to say about it is in my latest short story (along with griffins & a touch of romance): www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/mail-order...
Mail Order Magic
March comes to you with Sunday Morning Transport stories by Stephanie Burgis, Eric Smith, Sarena Ulibarri, and Leah Cypess.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
There's a lovely and moving essay from Kelly Sue DeConnick live on Uncanny today. <3
May 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tinaconnolly.bsky.social
Go read this absolutely FABULOUS story by Caroline!! I love it so much!!
May 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM