Lawrence Watt-Evans
@wattevans.bsky.social
Fantasy novelist & other stuff
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Also, though... people spend way too much time worrying about 'their style'.
Your 'style' is what comes out when you get out of your own way and just draw with the tools that you're comfortable with.
Your 'style' is what comes out when you get out of your own way and just draw with the tools that you're comfortable with.
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Also, though... people spend way too much time worrying about 'their style'.
Your 'style' is what comes out when you get out of your own way and just draw with the tools that you're comfortable with.
Your 'style' is what comes out when you get out of your own way and just draw with the tools that you're comfortable with.
I moved a list of 503 subscribers to my newsletter from Substack to Beehiiv, which sent my latest newsletter to 487 of them.
I don't know what happened to the other 16 addresses. If one of them was yours and you didn't get the Misenchanted Newsletter #194, let me know.
I don't know what happened to the other 16 addresses. If one of them was yours and you didn't get the Misenchanted Newsletter #194, let me know.
November 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I moved a list of 503 subscribers to my newsletter from Substack to Beehiiv, which sent my latest newsletter to 487 of them.
I don't know what happened to the other 16 addresses. If one of them was yours and you didn't get the Misenchanted Newsletter #194, let me know.
I don't know what happened to the other 16 addresses. If one of them was yours and you didn't get the Misenchanted Newsletter #194, let me know.
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Every $1 invested in SNAP generates $1.80 in economic activity.
It’s not about the money, Trump just wants Americans to go hungry.
It’s not about the money, Trump just wants Americans to go hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Every $1 invested in SNAP generates $1.80 in economic activity.
It’s not about the money, Trump just wants Americans to go hungry.
It’s not about the money, Trump just wants Americans to go hungry.
A habit of mine: I come up with background details I don't need, in case they might come in handy someday.
If I need a retro-punk band, it's Voltage Spike. If I need a 1920s cozy/puzzle mystery novel, it's The Chinese Cruciverbalist. If I need a high-level super-villain, it's The Threat.
If I need a retro-punk band, it's Voltage Spike. If I need a 1920s cozy/puzzle mystery novel, it's The Chinese Cruciverbalist. If I need a high-level super-villain, it's The Threat.
October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A habit of mine: I come up with background details I don't need, in case they might come in handy someday.
If I need a retro-punk band, it's Voltage Spike. If I need a 1920s cozy/puzzle mystery novel, it's The Chinese Cruciverbalist. If I need a high-level super-villain, it's The Threat.
If I need a retro-punk band, it's Voltage Spike. If I need a 1920s cozy/puzzle mystery novel, it's The Chinese Cruciverbalist. If I need a high-level super-villain, it's The Threat.
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If generative AI was that wonderful, they wouldn't need to force it on us, make it the default, constantly harass us to use it.
No truly useful tech innovation has been forced on people this hard in my lifetime. Something new and cool is invented and people fall all over themselves to try it.
No truly useful tech innovation has been forced on people this hard in my lifetime. Something new and cool is invented and people fall all over themselves to try it.
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If generative AI was that wonderful, they wouldn't need to force it on us, make it the default, constantly harass us to use it.
No truly useful tech innovation has been forced on people this hard in my lifetime. Something new and cool is invented and people fall all over themselves to try it.
No truly useful tech innovation has been forced on people this hard in my lifetime. Something new and cool is invented and people fall all over themselves to try it.
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October 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
October 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Police officers who publicly declare that they’ll quit if a mayoral candidate they dislike wins the election are (1) usually bluffing—sure buddy, toss away that paycheck and pension—and (2) exactly the sort of cops cities would be better off without, ones who don’t see themselves as public servants.
Sixty-some years ago my father picked up a second-hand rocking chair for my mother. This spring my sister passed it on to me. We stripped and repainted it, got new foam for the entirely-trashed seat, and on June 18 we ordered fabric for a new seat cover.
The fabric arrived today. Finally.
The fabric arrived today. Finally.
October 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Sixty-some years ago my father picked up a second-hand rocking chair for my mother. This spring my sister passed it on to me. We stripped and repainted it, got new foam for the entirely-trashed seat, and on June 18 we ordered fabric for a new seat cover.
The fabric arrived today. Finally.
The fabric arrived today. Finally.
Augh. I just realized that I don't actually have the right yet to reprint one of the stories in Remembrance of Things to Come. I will in a few months.
So I'm going to withdraw the book from sale until March 1, 2026, when the rights will be mine again.
So I'm going to withdraw the book from sale until March 1, 2026, when the rights will be mine again.
October 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Augh. I just realized that I don't actually have the right yet to reprint one of the stories in Remembrance of Things to Come. I will in a few months.
So I'm going to withdraw the book from sale until March 1, 2026, when the rights will be mine again.
So I'm going to withdraw the book from sale until March 1, 2026, when the rights will be mine again.
It varies, yes. But options can be renewed. I had a story optioned for eighteen months, renewed for another eighteen, and another, and that was all the contract allowed for; to renew again they would need a contract amendment.
@scalzi.com when a book gets optioned, how long does the company have to make it, is it just something in the contract?
There’s loads of books that just seem to have got stuck somewhere along the way ☹️
There’s loads of books that just seem to have got stuck somewhere along the way ☹️
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It varies, yes. But options can be renewed. I had a story optioned for eighteen months, renewed for another eighteen, and another, and that was all the contract allowed for; to renew again they would need a contract amendment.
My new short story collection, Remembrance of Things to Come, is scheduled for release October 3rd, both ebook and paper. The ebook is available for pre-order on Barnes & Noble and probably other places (though not Amazon yet). I'm publishing this one through Draft2Digital.
September 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My new short story collection, Remembrance of Things to Come, is scheduled for release October 3rd, both ebook and paper. The ebook is available for pre-order on Barnes & Noble and probably other places (though not Amazon yet). I'm publishing this one through Draft2Digital.
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its just not defensible in 2025 for democratic candidates and officeholders not to have a clear position on asserting the equal rights of transgender americans. if you're unwilling, step aside and let a patriot take your place.
September 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
its just not defensible in 2025 for democratic candidates and officeholders not to have a clear position on asserting the equal rights of transgender americans. if you're unwilling, step aside and let a patriot take your place.
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Looks like my new short story collection will be published October 3 -- assuming I can get my software to cooperate in getting the files ready to upload.
September 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Looks like my new short story collection will be published October 3 -- assuming I can get my software to cooperate in getting the files ready to upload.
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As I've seen it come up, no, authors don't get paid for writing blurbs for other authors. We do it (mostly) to pay it forward and to bring attention to work we think is good. Also, if an editor/publisher tried to bribe me for a blurb, that email would go up here and on my personal site SO FAST
September 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
As I've seen it come up, no, authors don't get paid for writing blurbs for other authors. We do it (mostly) to pay it forward and to bring attention to work we think is good. Also, if an editor/publisher tried to bribe me for a blurb, that email would go up here and on my personal site SO FAST
So if one wants to produce audiobooks somewhere other than ACX, where would you recommend?
September 20, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So if one wants to produce audiobooks somewhere other than ACX, where would you recommend?
As I work through editing the stories in my new collection, I sometimes find myself admiring my own writing. It's nice to be reminded I was, at least sometimes, good at my job.
September 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As I work through editing the stories in my new collection, I sometimes find myself admiring my own writing. It's nice to be reminded I was, at least sometimes, good at my job.
I'm listening to Taylor Swift's "reputation." Anyone who dismisses her music as mere fluff for teenage girls is not paying attention. I particularly like "Don't Blame Me."
September 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm listening to Taylor Swift's "reputation." Anyone who dismisses her music as mere fluff for teenage girls is not paying attention. I particularly like "Don't Blame Me."
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It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.
September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It is the job of the Democratic party to sell and defend the policies that most Democratic voters want, not to present a candidate slate that is palatable to moderate Republicans who might switch if they hate their own candidate enough.
So I checked on which of my books were pirated in the Anthropic AI case. After weeding out duplicates and others that don't qualify, there are forty-seven.
September 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
So I checked on which of my books were pirated in the Anthropic AI case. After weeding out duplicates and others that don't qualify, there are forty-seven.
I'm getting serious about publishing a new collection of my stories from the past three decades or so. I've decided I will indeed write short intros for them, as I did in Celestial Debris, and here's my first rough pass at the cover.
September 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I'm getting serious about publishing a new collection of my stories from the past three decades or so. I've decided I will indeed write short intros for them, as I did in Celestial Debris, and here's my first rough pass at the cover.
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BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hundreds of Diablo Game Developers Join Communications Workers of America
Today, over 450 game developers behind the popular video game series Diablo have voted strongly in favor of union representation with CWA.
cwa-union.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
BREAKING: Over 450 game developers behind hit video-game series Diablo have joined CWA, joining the historic fight for a better video game industry.
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Hail to you, union champions 💪
Saw my cardiologist today. My heart is still working. I, for one, am pleased to hear this.
You know, until recently I never expected to HAVE a cardiologist.
You know, until recently I never expected to HAVE a cardiologist.
August 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Saw my cardiologist today. My heart is still working. I, for one, am pleased to hear this.
You know, until recently I never expected to HAVE a cardiologist.
You know, until recently I never expected to HAVE a cardiologist.
Plus Montreal and Glasgow. I'm probably still forgetting some.
I've ridden the subway in Berlin (before unification), Paris, London, Rome, New York, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Chicago, Barcelona, Beijing, Shanghai, San Francisco, and probably several I'm forgetting. My pocket got picked in Rome, but other than that, nothing.
August 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Plus Montreal and Glasgow. I'm probably still forgetting some.
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August 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Me, @colleencoover.bsky.social & @ghostgreen.bsky.social continue to be beautiful angels giving you FREE COMICS EVERY MONDAY. And it's about ghosts! And adventure. And giant bears! Weird people! Strange love! Jokes! Clink the link for the FREE-dom!
www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...
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