“We use our words and ritual gestures to imbue our modest beverages with intention and power. The drink in your hand becomes a potion that contains the qualities that matter to you, the memories that define you, the ambitions that grip you by the breastbone and yank you through your life”
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This past weekend, I had the tremendous honor of hosting the 59th annual Nebula Awards. Everyone wanted to know, ahead of time, what I would wear. Here is the full fit breakdown, plus the full text of my opening remarks, which include a new toast for your dinner table.
The Nebula Awards
What I Said, And What I Wore
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June 12, 2024 at 8:40 PM
“We use our words and ritual gestures to imbue our modest beverages with intention and power. The drink in your hand becomes a potion that contains the qualities that matter to you, the memories that define you, the ambitions that grip you by the breastbone and yank you through your life”
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Just bought this in audio and I can’t wait to dive in! An amazing price for an incredible book.
My big queer monster novel is on sale! Audible has it 56% off--just $7.56 for every minute of a shape-shifting monster who's made the mistake of falling on love with the woman who's hunting her. www.audible.com/pd/Someone-Y...
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on mu...
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June 11, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Just bought this in audio and I can’t wait to dive in! An amazing price for an incredible book.
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Honestly I fucking love that the conclusion starts with very simple, basic statements of fact. “Gender identity is real”. More of this
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June 11, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Honestly I fucking love that the conclusion starts with very simple, basic statements of fact. “Gender identity is real”. More of this
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Truly amazing to see the Nebulas open with a tremendously comprehensive land acknowledgment, which I applaud, & hold in stark contrast to SFWA’s truly astonishing commitment to saying not one fucking thing about Palestine in 8 months, BUT ALSO GAILEY IS TOASTING & WEARING A KEFFIYEH WHAT A BABE
June 9, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Truly amazing to see the Nebulas open with a tremendously comprehensive land acknowledgment, which I applaud, & hold in stark contrast to SFWA’s truly astonishing commitment to saying not one fucking thing about Palestine in 8 months, BUT ALSO GAILEY IS TOASTING & WEARING A KEFFIYEH WHAT A BABE
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We’re gonna sing it again
May 26, 2024 at 7:30 PM
We’re gonna sing it again
This is about Sarah Gailey’s SURPRISE new serialized novella!
And also is a whole just….oof.
And also is a whole just….oof.
The purpose of community is not to talk the same shit and like the same shows and hate the same tropes. Community, on the ground and in the world, is about showing up for each other, even when things are impossibly hard and the margins are impossibly narrow.
April 2, 2024 at 8:59 PM
This is about Sarah Gailey’s SURPRISE new serialized novella!
And also is a whole just….oof.
And also is a whole just….oof.
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I worked my whole life to get to this day. My monster has escaped into the world. SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN is out now!
Shesheshen is a shapeshifting monster with a big problem: she's fallen for a human. This human is so kind and thoughtful, but also? This human is hunting her.
Shesheshen is a shapeshifting monster with a big problem: she's fallen for a human. This human is so kind and thoughtful, but also? This human is hunting her.
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell: 9780756418854 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A Most-Anticipated Book of 2024: LitHub, Polygon, Apple, Goodreads ⭐
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April 2, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I worked my whole life to get to this day. My monster has escaped into the world. SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN is out now!
Shesheshen is a shapeshifting monster with a big problem: she's fallen for a human. This human is so kind and thoughtful, but also? This human is hunting her.
Shesheshen is a shapeshifting monster with a big problem: she's fallen for a human. This human is so kind and thoughtful, but also? This human is hunting her.
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SURPRISE SERIALIZED GAILEY?!? Today's an even better new-release day than I knew it would be!!!
It's here!!! Go check out the first installment in my serialized novella HAVE YOU EATEN?, out this week from @reactorsff.bsky.social. You can look forward to a new part of the story every day this week.
We are SO excited to announce the surprise 4-part science fiction story "Have You Eaten?" by @sarahgailey.bsky.social! Each day this week will reveal another part of the story, with part 1 available now! 🧵
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April 2, 2024 at 5:49 PM
SURPRISE SERIALIZED GAILEY?!? Today's an even better new-release day than I knew it would be!!!
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HAVE YOU EATEN has been years in the making, and a huge team of people have worked incredibly hard to pull it off. I couldn't be more thrilled to finally get to share this with you all. I hope you love it as much as I do ❤️🍽️
Have You Eaten? Part 1: Daneka’s Birthday - Reactor
Introducing a new serialized novella from Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Gailey...
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April 2, 2024 at 4:38 PM
HAVE YOU EATEN has been years in the making, and a huge team of people have worked incredibly hard to pull it off. I couldn't be more thrilled to finally get to share this with you all. I hope you love it as much as I do ❤️🍽️
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Darlings, I wish you a sky brilliantly full of stars. (My favorite.)
Quiet that gives peace, not questions.
A kind word, a soft touch. A heart that is lit up by hope and curiosity—a reminder that there is room for expansion.
May you yield yourself to something beautiful. May you receive in turn.
Quiet that gives peace, not questions.
A kind word, a soft touch. A heart that is lit up by hope and curiosity—a reminder that there is room for expansion.
May you yield yourself to something beautiful. May you receive in turn.
March 26, 2024 at 12:56 AM
Darlings, I wish you a sky brilliantly full of stars. (My favorite.)
Quiet that gives peace, not questions.
A kind word, a soft touch. A heart that is lit up by hope and curiosity—a reminder that there is room for expansion.
May you yield yourself to something beautiful. May you receive in turn.
Quiet that gives peace, not questions.
A kind word, a soft touch. A heart that is lit up by hope and curiosity—a reminder that there is room for expansion.
May you yield yourself to something beautiful. May you receive in turn.
Y’all ain’t reaaaadyyyyy
Thought I was going to get to share something today but it turns out we get to let the anticipation build even longer 😈😈😈
March 26, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Y’all ain’t reaaaadyyyyy
A new frame I’m working on: what I’ve been told is “””too much””” is, in fact, a glorious abundance.
Now I’m watching for where that shows up in my life.
Now I’m watching for where that shows up in my life.
Like, I get it. I can be a lot. I have a creative brain, I have a big output.
But I'm not going to keep back the things I'm passionate about, or stop doing things that I enjoy because they make someone else feel less accomplished.
That's a them problem, not a me problem.
But I'm not going to keep back the things I'm passionate about, or stop doing things that I enjoy because they make someone else feel less accomplished.
That's a them problem, not a me problem.
February 23, 2024 at 11:44 PM
A new frame I’m working on: what I’ve been told is “””too much””” is, in fact, a glorious abundance.
Now I’m watching for where that shows up in my life.
Now I’m watching for where that shows up in my life.
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I spent…a lot of years…making myself do more work after I was more efficient, and the end result was that I was negatively reinforcing my own efficiency: if the thing you get for efficiency is always more work, you’re punishing efficiency.
February 23, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I spent…a lot of years…making myself do more work after I was more efficient, and the end result was that I was negatively reinforcing my own efficiency: if the thing you get for efficiency is always more work, you’re punishing efficiency.
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Dear friends, if you would be so kind as to consider "Cold Relations" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for short story award nominations this year, as well as @writingexcuses.bsky.social for the fancast category, I would be so very grateful.
February 23, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Dear friends, if you would be so kind as to consider "Cold Relations" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social for short story award nominations this year, as well as @writingexcuses.bsky.social for the fancast category, I would be so very grateful.
STARTER VILLAIN has come up on my TBR and I am LAUGHING, it’s excellent Scalzi.
“When people name cats, they usually do it in one of three categories: food, physical characteristics, or mythology.”
@maryrobinette.bsky.social does Elsie fit under characteristics because of Queen of the Hurricanes?
“When people name cats, they usually do it in one of three categories: food, physical characteristics, or mythology.”
@maryrobinette.bsky.social does Elsie fit under characteristics because of Queen of the Hurricanes?
February 23, 2024 at 9:50 PM
STARTER VILLAIN has come up on my TBR and I am LAUGHING, it’s excellent Scalzi.
“When people name cats, they usually do it in one of three categories: food, physical characteristics, or mythology.”
@maryrobinette.bsky.social does Elsie fit under characteristics because of Queen of the Hurricanes?
“When people name cats, they usually do it in one of three categories: food, physical characteristics, or mythology.”
@maryrobinette.bsky.social does Elsie fit under characteristics because of Queen of the Hurricanes?
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Plus, btw, although it's fun to do the horserace "what will the result be" thing and get all dressed up, it's also super stressful and maybe you could have the party without it? I know there are awards that do. The Otherwise, for instance, which I've been to and had fun.
February 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Plus, btw, although it's fun to do the horserace "what will the result be" thing and get all dressed up, it's also super stressful and maybe you could have the party without it? I know there are awards that do. The Otherwise, for instance, which I've been to and had fun.
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Telling people in oppressive geographies to "just move" is not organizing and it is not activism, but it *is* the political philosophy of people who misunderstand the value of community, and who devalue the incredible, decades-long work of American resistance movements.
For everyone shitting on people in Alabama (where I live): the legislature/judges are mostly corrupt, evil, and backwards. The humans who live here are complicated, and mostly, this state is full of decent humans gerrymandered and voting rights act cancelled out of turning this state purple. STOP.
February 19, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Telling people in oppressive geographies to "just move" is not organizing and it is not activism, but it *is* the political philosophy of people who misunderstand the value of community, and who devalue the incredible, decades-long work of American resistance movements.
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February 19, 2024 at 8:34 PM
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A thread of the shenanigans that I have gone through to get my ADHD meds this month:
My drs office called a week ago: my mail-order pharmacy told them that Vyvance was on backorder, with no idea when it’d be back in stock. I called a couple of local pharmacies, who all said the same thing.
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My drs office called a week ago: my mail-order pharmacy told them that Vyvance was on backorder, with no idea when it’d be back in stock. I called a couple of local pharmacies, who all said the same thing.
1/
February 19, 2024 at 7:55 PM
A thread of the shenanigans that I have gone through to get my ADHD meds this month:
My drs office called a week ago: my mail-order pharmacy told them that Vyvance was on backorder, with no idea when it’d be back in stock. I called a couple of local pharmacies, who all said the same thing.
1/
My drs office called a week ago: my mail-order pharmacy told them that Vyvance was on backorder, with no idea when it’d be back in stock. I called a couple of local pharmacies, who all said the same thing.
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We're 63% funded! And we use regular people math to count votes and have no interest in capitulating to paternalistic or state-sponsored censorship. Just by the way.
You can always donate to help support the awards! Donations go entirely to operating costs (and now, we hope, to a couple of new support staff): ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/support/
support, The Ignyte Awards
The Ignyte Awards usually cost about $3000 a year to operate.
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February 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM
We're 63% funded! And we use regular people math to count votes and have no interest in capitulating to paternalistic or state-sponsored censorship. Just by the way.
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We're also working to expand the team if you'd like to help out with some of the labor that goes into being an award that doesn't piss everyone off every year.💞
February 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM
We're also working to expand the team if you'd like to help out with some of the labor that goes into being an award that doesn't piss everyone off every year.💞
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It is award eligibility time, and I would be grateful for your consideration of "Cold Relations" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and @writingexcuses.bsky.social Season 18 as you make your nominations. Here is my 2023 eligibility: maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/2023...
February 16, 2024 at 6:27 PM
It is award eligibility time, and I would be grateful for your consideration of "Cold Relations" published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social and @writingexcuses.bsky.social Season 18 as you make your nominations. Here is my 2023 eligibility: maryrobinettekowal.com/journal/2023...
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the star stitcher
(my first new art on bluesky pls be gentle with me)
(my first new art on bluesky pls be gentle with me)
July 18, 2023 at 5:39 PM
the star stitcher
(my first new art on bluesky pls be gentle with me)
(my first new art on bluesky pls be gentle with me)
Look at my fantastic ink caps! They are gross and spooky and I love them
October 26, 2023 at 12:34 AM
Look at my fantastic ink caps! They are gross and spooky and I love them