NC Sayers
@ncsayers.bsky.social
Hello everyone! I'm NC Sayers, an autistic science fiction and fantasy writer who likes writing about strong autistic heroines. I'll be sharing inspiration, writing events, and trying not to go nuts getting story ideas from the news. Excited to connecting!
Great. Now I'm getting weird ideas about a horror story about the rediscovery of a cursed diamond. #HorrorLit #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #history #diamonds
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The Famous Florentine Diamond Has Been Found After More Than a Century — Thanks to the Unveiling of a Major Family Secret
The Florentine Diamond has been found after more than a century. The jewel, which was last seen around 1918 and was owned by Emperor Charles I and Empress Zita of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was reve...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Great. Now I'm getting weird ideas about a horror story about the rediscovery of a cursed diamond. #HorrorLit #SpecFic #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #history #diamonds
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A horror story idea based on Epstein: The deceased sex trafficking victims of a deceased sex trafficker systematically haunt other participants. The detective assigned to the case realizes they are killing them or making the evidence available for everyone. #HorrorLit #feminism #SpecLit #SpecFic
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A horror story idea based on Epstein: The deceased sex trafficking victims of a deceased sex trafficker systematically haunt other participants. The detective assigned to the case realizes they are killing them or making the evidence available for everyone. #HorrorLit #feminism #SpecLit #SpecFic
Tick tock, Donald. Your downfall is giving me inspiration for a short story as we speak.
“In messages sent to his co-conspirator and confidante Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff, Epstein suggested that Trump ‘knew about the girls.’”
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Epstein in newly released emails: Trump ‘knew about the girls’
In messages sent to Ghislaine Maxwell and author Michael Wolff, Jeffrey Epstein suggested that Donald Trump spent “hours at my house” and undercut the president’s attempts to distance himself from the...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Tick tock, Donald. Your downfall is giving me inspiration for a short story as we speak.
I am officially banned from playing games on my phone. Unless, of course, I want to lose my entire workday to wasting time. Then, by all means. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I am officially banned from playing games on my phone. Unless, of course, I want to lose my entire workday to wasting time. Then, by all means. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky
I have only one question. How can I donate to them in support?
November 9, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I have only one question. How can I donate to them in support?
You can always count on scammers to do what they do best, can you? If you think you've received one, read it carefully and do your research. #scam #ai #tech #news #copyright #law #LawSky #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
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Predatory Opt-Outs: The Speculators Come for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement - Writer Beware
The enormous, $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright class action settlement is reputedly the biggest copyright infringement recovery in history. With such a high-profile case, it’s inevitable that eligible...
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November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You can always count on scammers to do what they do best, can you? If you think you've received one, read it carefully and do your research. #scam #ai #tech #news #copyright #law #LawSky #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
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I recently had to look up how much blood is considered safe to donate for a story. I apologize for nothing. (And for the record, you can only safely donate one pint. Any more and it's dangerous.) #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #writing #research
November 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I recently had to look up how much blood is considered safe to donate for a story. I apologize for nothing. (And for the record, you can only safely donate one pint. Any more and it's dangerous.) #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #writing #research
I'm sure the world will stop giving me inspiration for dystopian speculative fiction one day. #ai #tech #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #news #education
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AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I'm sure the world will stop giving me inspiration for dystopian speculative fiction one day. #ai #tech #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #news #education
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"Dead men tell no tales." Challenge accepted. I have a story or two to write about a ghost or two. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #HorrorLit #SpecFic #SpecLit #nyc
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The spookiest, vibiest spots in the city's 'cemetery belt'
The dead tell no tales, but we will; travel the cemetery belt with us
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November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Dead men tell no tales." Challenge accepted. I have a story or two to write about a ghost or two. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #HorrorLit #SpecFic #SpecLit #nyc
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Good. OpenAI deserves it. And why does Sam Altman look like a Superman villain? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #ai #tech #law #LawSky
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Good. OpenAI deserves it. And why does Sam Altman look like a Superman villain? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #ai #tech #law #LawSky
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It’s in moments like these when I get the warm fuzzies #nyc
Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, will turn to veterans of City Hall, nonprofit executives and a former chair of the Federal Trade Commission — all of them women — to lead his official transition effort, he said on Wednesday. nyti.ms/4nHdyOP
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It’s in moments like these when I get the warm fuzzies #nyc
I recently completed a DIY writer's retreat. Can I go back yet? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I recently completed a DIY writer's retreat. Can I go back yet? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
I’m currently here instead of working on the first chapter of my novel in progress with an autistic woman who is also a dragon. Why? #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #AmWriting #AmDrafting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #autism
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I’m currently here instead of working on the first chapter of my novel in progress with an autistic woman who is also a dragon. Why? #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #AmWriting #AmDrafting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WriterSky #autism
Well, that's an interesting take on podcasting. #Podcasting #Podcasts #PodcastLife #PodcastCommunity #Podcasting101
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Watching the Podcast Bubble Burst From the Inside
I started my first podcast in 2009. It wasn’t anything special, just...
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November 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Well, that's an interesting take on podcasting. #Podcasting #Podcasts #PodcastLife #PodcastCommunity #Podcasting101
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Alert all speculative fiction writers! If you're writing a story involving AI or want to write a story involving AI, the following webinar might be useful. Here's to hoping it's useful for you! #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
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Soul & The Machine: Depth Psychology, Myth, & Artificial Intelligence | ISMythology
A three three-panel webinar featuring Glen Slater, Ph.D., Emily Lord-Kambitsch, Ph.D., B. Earl, Fujio Mandeville, Ph.D., Christopher Rieske, Ph.D., Bill Wittur, Jacob Glazier, Ph.D., Elizabeth Eowyn N...
www.ismythology.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Alert all speculative fiction writers! If you're writing a story involving AI or want to write a story involving AI, the following webinar might be useful. Here's to hoping it's useful for you! #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
www.ismythology.com/event-detail...
www.ismythology.com/event-detail...
Don’t mind me. I’m just wondering if there’s a secret advanced civilization hidden behind this waterfall. Speculative fiction writers have such delightful imaginations. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #nature #naturesky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Don’t mind me. I’m just wondering if there’s a secret advanced civilization hidden behind this waterfall. Speculative fiction writers have such delightful imaginations. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #nature #naturesky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
For those of you who are struggling with writing research or writing inspiration, this just might come in handy. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommuity #AmWriting #AmDrafting
October 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For those of you who are struggling with writing research or writing inspiration, this just might come in handy. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommuity #AmWriting #AmDrafting
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't national origin a suspect class? Alabama, if you pass this, you're practically asking for a constitutional challenge. #law #LawSky
The Mamdani Effect? Alabama’s top election official wants to ban naturalized citizens from running for state office.
October 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
It’s places like this that writers might visit when they’re on a DIY writing retreat and have some downtime. I apologize for nothing. #WriteSky #WriterSky #AmWriting
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
It’s places like this that writers might visit when they’re on a DIY writing retreat and have some downtime. I apologize for nothing. #WriteSky #WriterSky #AmWriting
I'm working on a short story right now and I just had to look up how old the youngest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress was when she won it. I regret nothing. (It was 21, if you were keeping score.) #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm working on a short story right now and I just had to look up how old the youngest winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress was when she won it. I regret nothing. (It was 21, if you were keeping score.) #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
For anyone who needed the detail in your writing, this is for you #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
October 24, 2025 at 11:12 PM
For anyone who needed the detail in your writing, this is for you #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
And sometimes, being right sucks
I wrote an OpEd back in April about how mass deportations, tariffs, cuts to safety net programs, and mass firings and funding cuts to federal institutions were going to undermine food safety and access in the United States.
Nobody would publish it. 😕 I think they thought I was overreacting.
Nobody would publish it. 😕 I think they thought I was overreacting.
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 PM
And sometimes, being right sucks
One of my current writing projects involves the food you and I are familiar with being illegal. I'm now finding myself having to do a good deal of research into food and food history. (I know wish I knew how to cook so I could make Tudor era food.) #sff #AmWriting #SpecFic #SpecLit
October 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
One of my current writing projects involves the food you and I are familiar with being illegal. I'm now finding myself having to do a good deal of research into food and food history. (I know wish I knew how to cook so I could make Tudor era food.) #sff #AmWriting #SpecFic #SpecLit
All science fiction and fantasy writers--in case you missed it, here it is from SFWA #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky
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SFWA Market Report For October - SFWA - The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association
Welcome to the October 2025 Market Report, which includes SFF market openings, closures, & other changes of note for SFF creators on the submission trail.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
All science fiction and fantasy writers--in case you missed it, here it is from SFWA #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky
www.sfwa.org/2025/10/07/s...
www.sfwa.org/2025/10/07/s...