Amanda Kool
@amandakool.bsky.social
Aurealis Award winning SF / Spec fic author.
My stuff: http://linktr.ee/ulakdiscipline
WIP: A weird collection containing many awkwardly sized novellas.
Note: I love rabbits - don't be fooled by my book cover art! 🐰
My stuff: http://linktr.ee/ulakdiscipline
WIP: A weird collection containing many awkwardly sized novellas.
Note: I love rabbits - don't be fooled by my book cover art! 🐰
Voted at 9am (below the line, of course) and feel amazing about our preferential democratic system. Tough going at the end, though. Who to put in *true* last place? The racists? The Trump-lites? The right-wingers?
I earned my #DemocracyMuffin and #DemocracyCoffee today 😘 #AusVotes
I earned my #DemocracyMuffin and #DemocracyCoffee today 😘 #AusVotes
May 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Voted at 9am (below the line, of course) and feel amazing about our preferential democratic system. Tough going at the end, though. Who to put in *true* last place? The racists? The Trump-lites? The right-wingers?
I earned my #DemocracyMuffin and #DemocracyCoffee today 😘 #AusVotes
I earned my #DemocracyMuffin and #DemocracyCoffee today 😘 #AusVotes
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My monthly round-up is hitting newsletter subscribers right now, so check your inbox! You can also read it on my website and subscribe to the newsletter so you never miss a swear-filled rant about evil rich motherfuckers and horror books at www.michaelpatrickhicks.com/blog/marchin.... 💙📚 🩸📚
March(ing) into April: A Look Back — Michael Patrick Hicks
As March began to wind down, The Atlantic published their article about Meta’s massive, wide-scale book piracy ring used to train their generative-AI platform, Llama 3. Just in case you don’t know, ...
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March 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Happy 9th Birthday to this chocolate bundle of manic joy 🎉🎊 Your chin whiskers may be grey, but you're still a puppy at heart 🐶🥹
January 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Happy 9th Birthday to this chocolate bundle of manic joy 🎉🎊 Your chin whiskers may be grey, but you're still a puppy at heart 🐶🥹
I have a decent break coming up - something I haven't had in years. I want to write again, and read. But I also need to think about my existing books.
RESEMBLING LEPUS is out of print (on sale for $2.99 on Kindle! 🐰). TALLWOOD is also out of print. Two more need homes.
Not sure 3 weeks is enough 😂
RESEMBLING LEPUS is out of print (on sale for $2.99 on Kindle! 🐰). TALLWOOD is also out of print. Two more need homes.
Not sure 3 weeks is enough 😂
November 25, 2024 at 12:41 AM
I have a decent break coming up - something I haven't had in years. I want to write again, and read. But I also need to think about my existing books.
RESEMBLING LEPUS is out of print (on sale for $2.99 on Kindle! 🐰). TALLWOOD is also out of print. Two more need homes.
Not sure 3 weeks is enough 😂
RESEMBLING LEPUS is out of print (on sale for $2.99 on Kindle! 🐰). TALLWOOD is also out of print. Two more need homes.
Not sure 3 weeks is enough 😂
A glimpse of Melbourne's skyline on a pre-summer day. First time I've been able to get out and away from the desk at lunchtime in months - and what a sight 😍
#melbs
#melbs
November 20, 2024 at 5:41 AM
A glimpse of Melbourne's skyline on a pre-summer day. First time I've been able to get out and away from the desk at lunchtime in months - and what a sight 😍
#melbs
#melbs
Made me giggle 🤭
Tragically nobody wanted to watch the spinoff, Miami Virtue
November 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Made me giggle 🤭
First sighting of the season 💚 Noisy little buggers, but the first sign that summer is truly on its way.
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
First sighting of the season 💚 Noisy little buggers, but the first sign that summer is truly on its way.
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For anyone following at home, you'll know my books that were with Grey Matter Press are currently out of print. Devouring Dark and the Eli Carver books are looking for a new home, but I'll be reissuing my second collection, Served Cold, independently in the next few weeks. Watch this space!
July 12, 2024 at 7:08 AM
For anyone following at home, you'll know my books that were with Grey Matter Press are currently out of print. Devouring Dark and the Eli Carver books are looking for a new home, but I'll be reissuing my second collection, Served Cold, independently in the next few weeks. Watch this space!
Okay, 2024, let's see how we're going 😬
☠️ Lost 3 trees in a storm - $$$$!
☠️ Severed a nerve in my right arm: had microsurgey. Skin still numb, but have full use of my fingers. Lucky!
☠️ Work this year is a brutal time-suck and mentally draining
🖤 Cat almost 20 (Oct) 🐈⬛
Could be worse, though!
☠️ Lost 3 trees in a storm - $$$$!
☠️ Severed a nerve in my right arm: had microsurgey. Skin still numb, but have full use of my fingers. Lucky!
☠️ Work this year is a brutal time-suck and mentally draining
🖤 Cat almost 20 (Oct) 🐈⬛
Could be worse, though!
June 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Okay, 2024, let's see how we're going 😬
☠️ Lost 3 trees in a storm - $$$$!
☠️ Severed a nerve in my right arm: had microsurgey. Skin still numb, but have full use of my fingers. Lucky!
☠️ Work this year is a brutal time-suck and mentally draining
🖤 Cat almost 20 (Oct) 🐈⬛
Could be worse, though!
☠️ Lost 3 trees in a storm - $$$$!
☠️ Severed a nerve in my right arm: had microsurgey. Skin still numb, but have full use of my fingers. Lucky!
☠️ Work this year is a brutal time-suck and mentally draining
🖤 Cat almost 20 (Oct) 🐈⬛
Could be worse, though!
Krampus hiding in the tree.
Now it's Christmas 😈 🎄
Now it's Christmas 😈 🎄
December 22, 2023 at 7:56 AM
Krampus hiding in the tree.
Now it's Christmas 😈 🎄
Now it's Christmas 😈 🎄
Thousand-yard stare....
November 26, 2023 at 9:54 PM
Thousand-yard stare....
OMFG. I didn't know these existed and now I can have my fav icecream for the first time in over 20 years 😋😋😋😋.
November 6, 2023 at 1:54 AM
OMFG. I didn't know these existed and now I can have my fav icecream for the first time in over 20 years 😋😋😋😋.
X-posting because he's WORTH IT!
He has been with me for almost 2 decades. His eyes are cloudy, his steps unsteady, and his purr-box stutters & skips. He caterwauls, gets lost & pees 11 times a day. But he loves the dogs, the heater (& maybe me). My beautiful bête noire turns 19 today.
HB, Jack 🐈
He has been with me for almost 2 decades. His eyes are cloudy, his steps unsteady, and his purr-box stutters & skips. He caterwauls, gets lost & pees 11 times a day. But he loves the dogs, the heater (& maybe me). My beautiful bête noire turns 19 today.
HB, Jack 🐈
October 6, 2023 at 5:28 AM
X-posting because he's WORTH IT!
He has been with me for almost 2 decades. His eyes are cloudy, his steps unsteady, and his purr-box stutters & skips. He caterwauls, gets lost & pees 11 times a day. But he loves the dogs, the heater (& maybe me). My beautiful bête noire turns 19 today.
HB, Jack 🐈
He has been with me for almost 2 decades. His eyes are cloudy, his steps unsteady, and his purr-box stutters & skips. He caterwauls, gets lost & pees 11 times a day. But he loves the dogs, the heater (& maybe me). My beautiful bête noire turns 19 today.
HB, Jack 🐈
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Friends, I got permanently suspended from Twitter for being mean to rich people and the place is dying anyway. I'm trying hard to rebuild something here, because this place is cool. Please help spread the word that I'm around. I write dark books and I think you'll like them. www.alanbaxter.com.au
September 17, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Friends, I got permanently suspended from Twitter for being mean to rich people and the place is dying anyway. I'm trying hard to rebuild something here, because this place is cool. Please help spread the word that I'm around. I write dark books and I think you'll like them. www.alanbaxter.com.au
One of my dearest friends, @keithgow.bsky.social has his play on in Melbourne right now: "Turn, Turn, Turn."
A wonderful Sci-Fi adventure - a land rush in space - playing with time, complex relationships, and the burdens of tradition.
On until 23 September.
artsreview.com.au/turn-turn-tu...
A wonderful Sci-Fi adventure - a land rush in space - playing with time, complex relationships, and the burdens of tradition.
On until 23 September.
artsreview.com.au/turn-turn-tu...
TURN, TURN, TURN
Anne-Marie Peard takes a look at Turn, Turn, Turn by Keith Gow - which is currently playing at Theatre Works: Explosives Factory until 23 September 2023.
artsreview.com.au
September 17, 2023 at 2:27 AM
One of my dearest friends, @keithgow.bsky.social has his play on in Melbourne right now: "Turn, Turn, Turn."
A wonderful Sci-Fi adventure - a land rush in space - playing with time, complex relationships, and the burdens of tradition.
On until 23 September.
artsreview.com.au/turn-turn-tu...
A wonderful Sci-Fi adventure - a land rush in space - playing with time, complex relationships, and the burdens of tradition.
On until 23 September.
artsreview.com.au/turn-turn-tu...
Reposted by Amanda Kool
Here's me talking about what to expect from TURN, TURN, TURN when it opens soon www.theatreworks.org.au/post/in-conv...
In Conversation with Keith Gow
"I want people to talk about what nostalgia and tradition means to them and how it can hold us back from trying new things." We catch up with 'Shakespeare Aliens' writer and producer Keith Gow about h...
www.theatreworks.org.au
September 1, 2023 at 6:01 AM
Here's me talking about what to expect from TURN, TURN, TURN when it opens soon www.theatreworks.org.au/post/in-conv...
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It's early yet, but we wanna make sure that all Indie Publishers & Writers have time to get their affairs in order because:
🦑BRAVE NEW WEIRD opens for submissions on October 1st🐍
Info on the sub process COMING SOON.
Here's a peek at some cover doodlings in progress🖤☠️
🦑BRAVE NEW WEIRD opens for submissions on October 1st🐍
Info on the sub process COMING SOON.
Here's a peek at some cover doodlings in progress🖤☠️
August 22, 2023 at 4:25 PM
It's early yet, but we wanna make sure that all Indie Publishers & Writers have time to get their affairs in order because:
🦑BRAVE NEW WEIRD opens for submissions on October 1st🐍
Info on the sub process COMING SOON.
Here's a peek at some cover doodlings in progress🖤☠️
🦑BRAVE NEW WEIRD opens for submissions on October 1st🐍
Info on the sub process COMING SOON.
Here's a peek at some cover doodlings in progress🖤☠️
Congrats to all the nominees for the Ditmar Awards prelim. @alanbaxter.bsky.social is killing it! 👏👏👏
I've just been nominated four times in the Ditmar Awards prelim ballot!
Sallow Bend in Best Novel
“Gulpepper Curios” from The Fall in Best Novella or Novelette
The Fall in Best Collected Work
AND
Damnation Games (which I edited) in Best Collected Work
Holy shit! Congrats to all the nominees!
Sallow Bend in Best Novel
“Gulpepper Curios” from The Fall in Best Novella or Novelette
The Fall in Best Collected Work
AND
Damnation Games (which I edited) in Best Collected Work
Holy shit! Congrats to all the nominees!
August 20, 2023 at 12:26 PM
Congrats to all the nominees for the Ditmar Awards prelim. @alanbaxter.bsky.social is killing it! 👏👏👏
🖤
Hello! I wrote a thing. About writers! For writers? Or maybe to... explain writers?? I don't know, but here it is.
Forgive The Writers, For We Are So Tired
I said it a little while ago, but it bears repeating: being a writer right now is both weird and worrisome. And in the short time since I wrote that other thing, it’s only gotten weirder and …
terribleminds.com
August 9, 2023 at 9:23 PM
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No sugar coating in this terrific overview of book publishing today. Keep writing, everybody 🖤🖊️📝 (not you, AI).
🧵 10 years ago, the only advantages of traditional publishing was superior editorial and bigger marketing budgets. But with industry consolidation, what’s left?
August 9, 2023 at 9:18 PM
No sugar coating in this terrific overview of book publishing today. Keep writing, everybody 🖤🖊️📝 (not you, AI).
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So, my plan here is not to do this very often, but I am very supportive of other writers. I read. I review. I post and I do that because I love to read, and I know how tough it is to get noticed. My most recent book is The Devil's in the Flaws & Other Dark Truths... I'd love readers/reviews.
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August 7, 2023 at 3:56 AM
So, my plan here is not to do this very often, but I am very supportive of other writers. I read. I review. I post and I do that because I love to read, and I know how tough it is to get noticed. My most recent book is The Devil's in the Flaws & Other Dark Truths... I'd love readers/reviews.
The DITMAR AWARDS are open for nominations! Any Aussie readers who have a yen to nominate my novella, RESEMLBING LEPUS: my eternal thanks! There were so many terrific works released last year so go vote for all your favs!
Nomination forms and details: https://conflux.org.au/blog/ Closes 14 Aug!
Nomination forms and details: https://conflux.org.au/blog/ Closes 14 Aug!
August 6, 2023 at 4:27 AM
The DITMAR AWARDS are open for nominations! Any Aussie readers who have a yen to nominate my novella, RESEMLBING LEPUS: my eternal thanks! There were so many terrific works released last year so go vote for all your favs!
Nomination forms and details: https://conflux.org.au/blog/ Closes 14 Aug!
Nomination forms and details: https://conflux.org.au/blog/ Closes 14 Aug!
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Calling art “content” is like calling your pets “meat.” It’s technically correct, I guess, but it’s real reductive and kinda gross.
August 5, 2023 at 10:09 PM
Calling art “content” is like calling your pets “meat.” It’s technically correct, I guess, but it’s real reductive and kinda gross.
Minding my own business on a Melbourne park bench at lunchtime and this guy scares the bejesus out of me, almost climbing onto my lap.
You are nocturnal my guy!
(I felt bad because I had no food. Wish I knew what he was trying to tell me.)
You are nocturnal my guy!
(I felt bad because I had no food. Wish I knew what he was trying to tell me.)
August 4, 2023 at 8:16 AM
Minding my own business on a Melbourne park bench at lunchtime and this guy scares the bejesus out of me, almost climbing onto my lap.
You are nocturnal my guy!
(I felt bad because I had no food. Wish I knew what he was trying to tell me.)
You are nocturnal my guy!
(I felt bad because I had no food. Wish I knew what he was trying to tell me.)