Amelia Brown
@ameliabrown.bsky.social
fiction writer | subrights for Laura Gross Literary Agency | book reviewer - I love the weird, the place-obsessed, the translated & small presses https://www.amelia-brown.com/writing.html
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"i just use it to generate ideas"
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"i just use it to generate ideas"
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Delighted to see @allietagledokus.bsky.social's forthcoming LUCKY GIRL featured here, amongst incredible company — thank you Eliana Ramage & @literaryhub.bsky.social!
Eliana Ramage recommends literature about ambitious women by Benedict Nguyễn, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Danzy Senna and more.
On the Literature of Ambitious Women
For two of the twelve years it took to write my novel, I didn’t write. When I returned to it, finally, in the early mornings of the pandemic, it felt like coming home. I had, after all, moved back …
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September 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Delighted to see @allietagledokus.bsky.social's forthcoming LUCKY GIRL featured here, amongst incredible company — thank you Eliana Ramage & @literaryhub.bsky.social!
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This comes out tomorrow!! I can't wait for everyone to finally be able to meet Lina and Relicario (and his donkey) in English. Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for the space!
“I’d been warned that it wouldn’t be easy to go digging up the dead.” Read from Mariana Travacio’s novel All That Dies in April, translated by @willmorningstar.bsky.social and Samantha Schnee.
All That Dies in April
I’d been warned that it wouldn’t be easy to go digging up the dead. I had some new coffins with me, because I’d also been warned the old coffins would be in pieces by now. It was a good thing I’d r…
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September 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This comes out tomorrow!! I can't wait for everyone to finally be able to meet Lina and Relicario (and his donkey) in English. Many thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for the space!
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AI cannot meaningfully edit your papers.
Editing (serious editing, not copy editing) means figuring out what you intended to say.
It means refining your writing to match your intention (and usually changing that intention as you work).
AI does not have access to that intention. Only you do.
Editing (serious editing, not copy editing) means figuring out what you intended to say.
It means refining your writing to match your intention (and usually changing that intention as you work).
AI does not have access to that intention. Only you do.
May 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
AI cannot meaningfully edit your papers.
Editing (serious editing, not copy editing) means figuring out what you intended to say.
It means refining your writing to match your intention (and usually changing that intention as you work).
AI does not have access to that intention. Only you do.
Editing (serious editing, not copy editing) means figuring out what you intended to say.
It means refining your writing to match your intention (and usually changing that intention as you work).
AI does not have access to that intention. Only you do.
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I opened up a random drawing software on my phone I don't use a lot, but was treated to the last thing I put together with it.
March 31, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I opened up a random drawing software on my phone I don't use a lot, but was treated to the last thing I put together with it.
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Babygirl: an edgy, subversive film that empowers women?
No, just another film that uses BDSM to excuse a deeply unethical workplace relationship, leans hard into rape culture, and leaves the female protagonist as powerless as she began.
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galenbeebe.medium.com/babygirl-isn...
No, just another film that uses BDSM to excuse a deeply unethical workplace relationship, leans hard into rape culture, and leaves the female protagonist as powerless as she began.
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galenbeebe.medium.com/babygirl-isn...
Babygirl isn’t edgy, subversive, or empowering. It’s just sad.
Tired BDSM tropes disguise a played-out story of abuse
galenbeebe.medium.com
March 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Babygirl: an edgy, subversive film that empowers women?
No, just another film that uses BDSM to excuse a deeply unethical workplace relationship, leans hard into rape culture, and leaves the female protagonist as powerless as she began.
👎
👎
👎
galenbeebe.medium.com/babygirl-isn...
No, just another film that uses BDSM to excuse a deeply unethical workplace relationship, leans hard into rape culture, and leaves the female protagonist as powerless as she began.
👎
👎
👎
galenbeebe.medium.com/babygirl-isn...
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My biggest needle felt piece so far - a Mari Lwyd for the top of the Christmas tree. Pretty pleased with how she turned out 😁 #NeedleFelt #MariLwyd
December 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
My biggest needle felt piece so far - a Mari Lwyd for the top of the Christmas tree. Pretty pleased with how she turned out 😁 #NeedleFelt #MariLwyd
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We've added lots of great translation and global lit-centric presses and mags to this list since last week! If you think we've missed something, let us know! go.bsky.app/RPkPdAM
November 18, 2024 at 4:12 PM
We've added lots of great translation and global lit-centric presses and mags to this list since last week! If you think we've missed something, let us know! go.bsky.app/RPkPdAM
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November 15, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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use Alt to practise ekphrasis
November 15, 2024 at 10:10 AM
use Alt to practise ekphrasis
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Hi, Bluesky! We're a brand-new small press publishing literature from around the world. We are very much open for submissions and would love to hear from both translators and writers. Come on down! diptychpress.com
November 13, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Hi, Bluesky! We're a brand-new small press publishing literature from around the world. We are very much open for submissions and would love to hear from both translators and writers. Come on down! diptychpress.com
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November 13, 2024 at 7:55 PM
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Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended
November 12, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Libraries are precious and beautiful and must be defended
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If you're new here and looking for SFFH writers and publishers, I've prepared this starter pack. Please feel free to share it.
November 11, 2024 at 4:04 PM
If you're new here and looking for SFFH writers and publishers, I've prepared this starter pack. Please feel free to share it.
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I would like to someday offer a Crash Course on "Rights for Writers" to teach writers both what rights are (which we covered in our contracts course) but also what to do if you retain them and especially how to negotiate them back from a publisher who's not using them to their full potential.
November 11, 2024 at 4:18 PM
I would like to someday offer a Crash Course on "Rights for Writers" to teach writers both what rights are (which we covered in our contracts course) but also what to do if you retain them and especially how to negotiate them back from a publisher who's not using them to their full potential.
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Tante Sarah's List of Things You Should Do Before January 20th, In Increasingly Dire Order (and a shorter list of what not to do):
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November 10, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Tante Sarah's List of Things You Should Do Before January 20th, In Increasingly Dire Order (and a shorter list of what not to do):
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If you're looking for speculative fiction publications (podcasts, zines, publishers) here on Bluesky, I have two starter packs and I keep adding to these, so you might want to check in occasionally for updated lists!
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November 11, 2024 at 4:51 PM
If you're looking for speculative fiction publications (podcasts, zines, publishers) here on Bluesky, I have two starter packs and I keep adding to these, so you might want to check in occasionally for updated lists!
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...