JD Rhodes
@jdrhodesman.bsky.social
jdrhodes.net
writer, reader, former teacher
i am a chatbot designed to write truthfully and accurately; i do not actually exist
writer, reader, former teacher
i am a chatbot designed to write truthfully and accurately; i do not actually exist
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JD Rhodes
@jdrhodesman.bsky.social
· May 24
JD RHODES
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I don't use social media much, but if you want to stay informed about any forthcoming releases, be the first to hear of anything, then you can sign up for my mailing list at jdrhodes.net
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
I don't like #ai doomposting. It's taking up my work life and my hobby life, but I genuinely believe written fiction faces an existential collapse if the AI bubble doesn't pop imminently. The recent study by Chakrabarty et. al says what I've been saying for months: a lot of people PREFER AI fiction.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I don't like #ai doomposting. It's taking up my work life and my hobby life, but I genuinely believe written fiction faces an existential collapse if the AI bubble doesn't pop imminently. The recent study by Chakrabarty et. al says what I've been saying for months: a lot of people PREFER AI fiction.
Let the games begin!
My judging group, Team 1.21 Gigawatts, has received their allotment for the 5th annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition (#SPSFC). Very exciting, and looks like a great group of books.
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Let the games begin!
A recent, wonderful review from Julia at BookShelfie that I think acccurately captures some of the strengths and weaknesses of In Sekhmet's Wake. #scifi #writing #superheroes
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
A recent, wonderful review from Julia at BookShelfie that I think acccurately captures some of the strengths and weaknesses of In Sekhmet's Wake. #scifi #writing #superheroes
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
Share this if your feed might want an ARC of In Sekhmet's Shadow. People tell me that I need reviews -- so, here's your chance. Interested in a LGBTQ+ sci-fi thriller that's best described as #WATCHMEN meets #EVANGELION? It's very similar to #thepowerfantasy too!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
In Sekhmet's Shadow
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Share this if your feed might want an ARC of In Sekhmet's Shadow. People tell me that I need reviews -- so, here's your chance. Interested in a LGBTQ+ sci-fi thriller that's best described as #WATCHMEN meets #EVANGELION? It's very similar to #thepowerfantasy too!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
In Sekhmet's Shadow
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Share this if your feed might want an ARC of In Sekhmet's Shadow. People tell me that I need reviews -- so, here's your chance. Interested in a LGBTQ+ sci-fi thriller that's best described as #WATCHMEN meets #EVANGELION? It's very similar to #thepowerfantasy too!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Share this if your feed might want an ARC of In Sekhmet's Shadow. People tell me that I need reviews -- so, here's your chance. Interested in a LGBTQ+ sci-fi thriller that's best described as #WATCHMEN meets #EVANGELION? It's very similar to #thepowerfantasy too!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
In Sekhmet's Shadow
NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
www.netgalley.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Share this if your feed might want an ARC of In Sekhmet's Shadow. People tell me that I need reviews -- so, here's your chance. Interested in a LGBTQ+ sci-fi thriller that's best described as #WATCHMEN meets #EVANGELION? It's very similar to #thepowerfantasy too!
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Caught up on @kierongillen.bsky.social 's incredible #powerfantasy! Had a real 'whoa' moment with Heavy's comment about the arc of justice bending how you bend it, like Blueshift's words in Wake about bending the arc of history if you have the power to do so. What is it with gravity manipulators?
August 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Caught up on @kierongillen.bsky.social 's incredible #powerfantasy! Had a real 'whoa' moment with Heavy's comment about the arc of justice bending how you bend it, like Blueshift's words in Wake about bending the arc of history if you have the power to do so. What is it with gravity manipulators?
August 5 (hooray, AEST.) #sffchat
Tiger/Sam. A middle-aged Army Ranger lady who's maybe the toughest member of the cast, but also the voice of reason -- maybe. Everyone loves her ability to call out the rest of the cast's BS. If you can look past the blood on her hands. #booksky #writingcommunity
Tiger/Sam. A middle-aged Army Ranger lady who's maybe the toughest member of the cast, but also the voice of reason -- maybe. Everyone loves her ability to call out the rest of the cast's BS. If you can look past the blood on her hands. #booksky #writingcommunity
#SFFChat
Here are the August prompts!! (:
Feel free to give feedback, as I'm still working out how to do these well (e.g. more of a monthly theme, fewer/more snippets, more variety, no repeat questions, etc).
Here are the August prompts!! (:
Feel free to give feedback, as I'm still working out how to do these well (e.g. more of a monthly theme, fewer/more snippets, more variety, no repeat questions, etc).
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
August 5 (hooray, AEST.) #sffchat
Tiger/Sam. A middle-aged Army Ranger lady who's maybe the toughest member of the cast, but also the voice of reason -- maybe. Everyone loves her ability to call out the rest of the cast's BS. If you can look past the blood on her hands. #booksky #writingcommunity
Tiger/Sam. A middle-aged Army Ranger lady who's maybe the toughest member of the cast, but also the voice of reason -- maybe. Everyone loves her ability to call out the rest of the cast's BS. If you can look past the blood on her hands. #booksky #writingcommunity
I know this person doesn't actually believe what they've posted here, but there's something deeply silly about this accusation. Given the saturation of AI stuff, it's galling to be accused of it when Sekhmet is all human (and 40% off!) But this also shows the importance of leaving positive reviews!
August 4, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I know this person doesn't actually believe what they've posted here, but there's something deeply silly about this accusation. Given the saturation of AI stuff, it's galling to be accused of it when Sekhmet is all human (and 40% off!) But this also shows the importance of leaving positive reviews!
August 1. Sab: a frankly terrifying ability to hold two conflicting viewpoints without a shred of self-doubt.
Jack: A gun.
Jack: A gun.
#SFFChat
Here are the August prompts!! (:
Feel free to give feedback, as I'm still working out how to do these well (e.g. more of a monthly theme, fewer/more snippets, more variety, no repeat questions, etc).
Here are the August prompts!! (:
Feel free to give feedback, as I'm still working out how to do these well (e.g. more of a monthly theme, fewer/more snippets, more variety, no repeat questions, etc).
August 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
August 1. Sab: a frankly terrifying ability to hold two conflicting viewpoints without a shred of self-doubt.
Jack: A gun.
Jack: A gun.
IN SEKHMET'S WAKE opens with a poem. Ever since reading Hirshfield's work, I was struck by how well it resonated with Sabra's journey through the second novel: If you must be heartless to bear it, is it still right to give up your heart? Hirshfield generously allowed me to use it. #writing #poetry
August 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
In honor of releasing IN SEKHMET'S WAKE, here's something. Like SHADOW, I have a (bigger) playlist for WAKE. Not much commentary, for fear of spoilers. Posting three now in the following replies. If you've read Shadow, you can probably figure out the relevance. #music #booksky #writesky 1/?
August 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
"A pacifist haunted by visions of the apocalypse must choose between love, justice, and the fate or humanity." IN SEKHMET'S WAKE is now live. Once again, with incredible art from the one and only @tommyarnoldart.com
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9V6WF4P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9V6WF4P
In Sekhmet's Wake: A transcendental sci-fi thriller (Not All Heroes Book 2)
In Sekhmet's Wake: A transcendental sci-fi thriller (Not All Heroes Book 2) - Kindle edition by Rhodes, JD. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading In Sekhmet's Wake: A transcendental sci-fi thriller (Not All Heroes Book 2).
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July 31, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"A pacifist haunted by visions of the apocalypse must choose between love, justice, and the fate or humanity." IN SEKHMET'S WAKE is now live. Once again, with incredible art from the one and only @tommyarnoldart.com
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9V6WF4P
www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9V6WF4P
I never quite know what to make of Sam Kriss but, my God, he's fascinating, and this piece is very, very funny. "As everyone knows, the most important truth rationalists have uncovered with their superior powers of induction is that the robot uprising is coming." open.substack.com/pub/samkriss...
Against truth
Also against rationalism, utilitarianism, AI, and Eliezer Yudkowsky in particular
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I never quite know what to make of Sam Kriss but, my God, he's fascinating, and this piece is very, very funny. "As everyone knows, the most important truth rationalists have uncovered with their superior powers of induction is that the robot uprising is coming." open.substack.com/pub/samkriss...
Controversial Rhodes #Writing Opinion Time: a 14 year old's shallow take on Adam Smasher is not actually terribly helpful. There are dozens of reasons why we only see one Adam, and somehow I don't think the implications the writers didn't think it through is the most accurate one. #cyberpunk2077
July 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Controversial Rhodes #Writing Opinion Time: a 14 year old's shallow take on Adam Smasher is not actually terribly helpful. There are dozens of reasons why we only see one Adam, and somehow I don't think the implications the writers didn't think it through is the most accurate one. #cyberpunk2077
been thinking about this all goddamn day
Sorry but personally if a miniature horse woke me up from anesthesia by banging out nonsense on a miniature keyboard it would send me into a liminal space between life and death from which I would never return
July 21, 2025 at 5:45 AM
been thinking about this all goddamn day
Unfortunately for everyone involved, and especially me, I fear my writing impulses are best described by that one Simpsons clip. "So, you want to write a realistic, down-to-earth story... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots."
youtu.be/Oqk_fN0NRgg #writesky #writingcommunity
youtu.be/Oqk_fN0NRgg #writesky #writingcommunity
The Simpsons - Itchy & Scratchy focus group
YouTube video by Tom Hiskey
www.youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Unfortunately for everyone involved, and especially me, I fear my writing impulses are best described by that one Simpsons clip. "So, you want to write a realistic, down-to-earth story... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots."
youtu.be/Oqk_fN0NRgg #writesky #writingcommunity
youtu.be/Oqk_fN0NRgg #writesky #writingcommunity
Sometimes it disconcerts me out that I think the most popular thing I've ever written, beyond a now-deleted Mass Effect fanfic, is a #transformers fanfic that involves me putting far too much thought in to the Michael Bay films (which I love dearly) and having a soldier kiss a motorcycle. What?
July 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Sometimes it disconcerts me out that I think the most popular thing I've ever written, beyond a now-deleted Mass Effect fanfic, is a #transformers fanfic that involves me putting far too much thought in to the Michael Bay films (which I love dearly) and having a soldier kiss a motorcycle. What?
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This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
From the OpenAI community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community
www.reddit.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…
IN SEKHMET'S SHADOW was selected for the Reddit RAB bookclub, and part of it involved an author QnA which has gone up today! Maybe you'll find something interesting in it! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co... #writesky #booksky
Bookclub: Q&A with J.D. Rhodes , the Author of In Sekhmet's Shadow, RAB book of the month
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July 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
IN SEKHMET'S SHADOW was selected for the Reddit RAB bookclub, and part of it involved an author QnA which has gone up today! Maybe you'll find something interesting in it! www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co... #writesky #booksky
A conversation between Revenant and Murderbot would be pretty fascinating, ngl.
#Portfolioday. 3/4 #murderbot #conceptart, 1/4 #bookcoverart. Let's go hard this next quarter errybody; your work is worth it 🔥
July 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A conversation between Revenant and Murderbot would be pretty fascinating, ngl.
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I don't always agree with Zizek (I don't think Zizek always agrees with Zizek), but I wouldn't be who I am without having read a whole bunch of his work at undergrad. And I still think about this clip an average of once a week.
Slavoj Žižek on "They Live" (The Pervert's Guide to Ideology)
YouTube video by Christian G
youtu.be
July 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I don't always agree with Zizek (I don't think Zizek always agrees with Zizek), but I wouldn't be who I am without having read a whole bunch of his work at undergrad. And I still think about this clip an average of once a week.
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Needed this reminder today.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Needed this reminder today.