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Indofuturist • Author • Artist • Disability Advocate • Sindhi-Bengali writing queer SFF set along the Silk Roads • she/sir • 🏳️🌈 #DECOLONIZE #BIPOC #ActuallyAutistic #hEDS♿
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Whew, I’m not gonna lie: I’m still in recovery mode from running the GenCon Writers Symposium and I’m taking it easy this week. I haven’t processed the weekend yet and I’m shocked by how few pictures I took. But I wanted to share a few thoughts:
August 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Whew, I’m not gonna lie: I’m still in recovery mode from running the GenCon Writers Symposium and I’m taking it easy this week. I haven’t processed the weekend yet and I’m shocked by how few pictures I took. But I wanted to share a few thoughts:
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If you could use a short burst of joy right now, might I suggest my recent fairy-tale retelling in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow"? :)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fine...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fine...
Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow - Uncanny Magazine
For Leanna Renee Hieber, a choker jewel Once upon a time, so long ago that streams ran thick with silver, and the sun shone in rays of molten gold, an old woman squatted on the green, flower-choked ...
www.uncannymagazine.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you could use a short burst of joy right now, might I suggest my recent fairy-tale retelling in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social, "Finer than Silk, Brighter than Snow"? :)
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fine...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/fine...
there will be GenCon photos once i am caught up on things that must be done l upon returning to a residence I'm responsible for—as opposed to the lovely respite of a vacation in a hotel where i don't have to clean, cook, stock a fridge, hang laundry....
August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
there will be GenCon photos once i am caught up on things that must be done l upon returning to a residence I'm responsible for—as opposed to the lovely respite of a vacation in a hotel where i don't have to clean, cook, stock a fridge, hang laundry....
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If you think A.I. will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you don't understand your problems.
August 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you think A.I. will solve your problems, you don't understand technology and you don't understand your problems.
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Today is International Owl Awareness Day and I had a hoot putting together this thread of international owl phrases, starting with this one…
A colloquial way of telling someone to mind their own business in Punjabi is apna ooloo sidha rukh. It means “keep your own owl straight.”
A colloquial way of telling someone to mind their own business in Punjabi is apna ooloo sidha rukh. It means “keep your own owl straight.”
August 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Today is International Owl Awareness Day and I had a hoot putting together this thread of international owl phrases, starting with this one…
A colloquial way of telling someone to mind their own business in Punjabi is apna ooloo sidha rukh. It means “keep your own owl straight.”
A colloquial way of telling someone to mind their own business in Punjabi is apna ooloo sidha rukh. It means “keep your own owl straight.”
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A brutal Hindi insult for someone who has vexed or wronged you (greatly) is ullu ka patta. It means “you’re a son of an owl.”
August 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A brutal Hindi insult for someone who has vexed or wronged you (greatly) is ullu ka patta. It means “you’re a son of an owl.”
5 days of socializing at GenCon didn't drain my social battery at all
amazing how feeling comfortable, welcomed, being accessibly located, and surrounded by my kind of people talking about my favorite hyperfixations can do that
(also sleeping 8 hrs a night and acquiring safe foods for breakfasts)
amazing how feeling comfortable, welcomed, being accessibly located, and surrounded by my kind of people talking about my favorite hyperfixations can do that
(also sleeping 8 hrs a night and acquiring safe foods for breakfasts)
August 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
5 days of socializing at GenCon didn't drain my social battery at all
amazing how feeling comfortable, welcomed, being accessibly located, and surrounded by my kind of people talking about my favorite hyperfixations can do that
(also sleeping 8 hrs a night and acquiring safe foods for breakfasts)
amazing how feeling comfortable, welcomed, being accessibly located, and surrounded by my kind of people talking about my favorite hyperfixations can do that
(also sleeping 8 hrs a night and acquiring safe foods for breakfasts)
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@therisingtithes.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social @hanawrites.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social @kozeniewski.bsky.social @lomush.bsky.social @sandratayler.bsky.social Olivia Sailor @otherworldsofem.bsky.social
Saturday night with the #gencon writers!
Saturday night with the #gencon writers!
August 3, 2025 at 5:34 AM
@therisingtithes.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social @hanawrites.bsky.social @arleysorg.bsky.social @kozeniewski.bsky.social @lomush.bsky.social @sandratayler.bsky.social Olivia Sailor @otherworldsofem.bsky.social
Saturday night with the #gencon writers!
Saturday night with the #gencon writers!
the photo is drunk, we are not!—with @arleysorg.bsky.social at GenCon BarCon
August 3, 2025 at 5:18 AM
the photo is drunk, we are not!—with @arleysorg.bsky.social at GenCon BarCon
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Always a delight when friends stop by the booth. @hanawrites.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Always a delight when friends stop by the booth. @hanawrites.bsky.social
How do we meet & cultivate relationships with creatives who embrace resistance & diversity especially when so many industry space & cons seem to prefer keeping marginalized individuals out of sight?
🗣️📢 @arleysorg.bsky.social asking the real questions @ Diverse Writing As Resistance panel #GenCon
🗣️📢 @arleysorg.bsky.social asking the real questions @ Diverse Writing As Resistance panel #GenCon
August 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How do we meet & cultivate relationships with creatives who embrace resistance & diversity especially when so many industry space & cons seem to prefer keeping marginalized individuals out of sight?
🗣️📢 @arleysorg.bsky.social asking the real questions @ Diverse Writing As Resistance panel #GenCon
🗣️📢 @arleysorg.bsky.social asking the real questions @ Diverse Writing As Resistance panel #GenCon
If you're writing a super complex villain but your hero is vanilla you're writing an anti-hero.
—Jeri 'Red' Shepherd
hmmmm much to think about...🤔
—Jeri 'Red' Shepherd
hmmmm much to think about...🤔
July 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you're writing a super complex villain but your hero is vanilla you're writing an anti-hero.
—Jeri 'Red' Shepherd
hmmmm much to think about...🤔
—Jeri 'Red' Shepherd
hmmmm much to think about...🤔
"What if we won" is a worldbuilding cheatcode
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social @ Afrofuturism 2.0 panel #GenCon
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social @ Afrofuturism 2.0 panel #GenCon
July 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"What if we won" is a worldbuilding cheatcode
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social @ Afrofuturism 2.0 panel #GenCon
@mauricebroaddus.bsky.social @ Afrofuturism 2.0 panel #GenCon
Write the antagonist just like the protagonist; they're just not the protagonist of *this* story.
poorly paraphrased wisdom on writing antagonists from @scalzi.com at #GenCon
poorly paraphrased wisdom on writing antagonists from @scalzi.com at #GenCon
July 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Write the antagonist just like the protagonist; they're just not the protagonist of *this* story.
poorly paraphrased wisdom on writing antagonists from @scalzi.com at #GenCon
poorly paraphrased wisdom on writing antagonists from @scalzi.com at #GenCon
ok friends. there are 17 MARRIOTTS on the GenCon hotel page, WHICH one is the Writer's Symposium in???
asking for a friend who can't walk half the time and needs to book the correct one aka me 😮💨
asking for a friend who can't walk half the time and needs to book the correct one aka me 😮💨
May 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ok friends. there are 17 MARRIOTTS on the GenCon hotel page, WHICH one is the Writer's Symposium in???
asking for a friend who can't walk half the time and needs to book the correct one aka me 😮💨
asking for a friend who can't walk half the time and needs to book the correct one aka me 😮💨
fashionably late to the butterfly realm, yes it is I, that Hana among Hana's, the #hEDS having, #disability advocating, queer #BIPOC #SFF writing Hana who also draws things. it took me a minute, but I'm finally here!
time to find all of my people again 🏃♀️
time to find all of my people again 🏃♀️
April 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
fashionably late to the butterfly realm, yes it is I, that Hana among Hana's, the #hEDS having, #disability advocating, queer #BIPOC #SFF writing Hana who also draws things. it took me a minute, but I'm finally here!
time to find all of my people again 🏃♀️
time to find all of my people again 🏃♀️