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Gen Con Writers Symposium was great! So many wonderful hangouts with so many really cool, interesting people! And even more lovely people that I just didn't have enough time (or energy) to get to hangout with! Really glad I came back this year ❤️‍🔥

Come celebrate the launch of The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass!!! Thursday, August 13 at 7pm @ Mahogany Books in National Harbor, MD. Leslye will be in conversation with Cerece Rennie Murphy, discussing the book and signing copies! www.eventbrite.com/e/leslye-pen...

Leslye Penelope Discusses & Signs The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara DouglassJoin us in celebrating author Leslye Penelope as she discusses & signs her new book,The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglasswww.eventbrite.com

Dinner!

ahh seems like we're having some difficulties for this live interview thing so we're gonna have to reschedule - apologies to anyone who had planned on swinging by, and especially to anyone who was waiting

I'm doing a Facebook Live interview tomorrow at 1130AM Pacific on "How To Query Without Losing Hope" : ) www.facebook.com/events/10136...

It's Sunday! I'm at a coffee shop doing some work. I'm guessing some of y'all are out there, putting words down, doing edits, sending in submissions, getting critiques, revising queries, and more...! So, quick reminder: *Rejection* DOES NOT MEAN you are a bad writer!!! Keep. Going. ❤️‍🔥

Went to a wine bar (Crush Pad) to continue doing work over the weekend, and ran into a book club which is doing wine pairings with their discussion of Jeff VanderMeer's Annihilation - so cooooool! They do a fair amount of SFF reading apparently 😁 www.crushpadwinebar.com www.lvpageturners.com

Few things make me want to get back in shape more than seeing clips of San of Ateez do that chest pop dance. 😅

Beautiful oatmilk matcha latte at Gäbi Coffee & Bakery! Getting some work done : )

finally home. Readercon aka @readercon.org was absolutely wonderful, though! so many lovely hangouts with so many lovely people! and organizers were kind & helpful. minor gripes about the hotel, but 🤷🏽 I think the hotel staff did the best they could Delta: SERIOUSLY DELAYED FLIGHT😠 readercon.org

Lunch! Made myself mushroom cream pasta!

Readercon is... (checks calendar) TOMORROW?!? Yes, tomorrow... @readercon.org is tomorrow...! Worldcon is SOON...! Gen Con later this month, then @laworldcon.bsky.social in Anaheim... then @canconsffh.bsky.social in Ottawa! Who is going to what?!? Where will I see you???🫣 readercon.org

quiet joy.

My latest Lightspeed aka @lightspeedmagazine.com review: Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II ed. by Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., pubbed by Vintage TL;DR: It's AWESOME! Go get a copy, read it, enjoy! www.lightspeedmagazine.com www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788213...

Back for Blood: Never Whistle at Night Part II: 9798217007622 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksThe bestselling Indigenous dark fiction anthology returns with a new selection of even more daring and sinister stories. From monsters to mutilation, Never Whistle at Night is back for revenge. Fe...www.penguinrandomhouse.com

what so many people don't understand is that DEI, affirmative action, even civil rights movements, were all responses to unfair situations - this is mirrored in publishing, including SFF publishing arleysorg.com/by-the-numbe... fiyahlitmag.com/blackspecfic/ www.leeandlow.com/about/divers...

The new issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com includes (along with lots of other really cool things for you to read) my interviews with: Meg Elison! @megelison.bsky.social Tran Nguyen! @mynameistran.bsky.social June issue had Isabel J. Kim & Naomi Kritzer! clarkesworldmagazine.com

Issue 238Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.clarkesworldmagazine.com

I'm delighted to be in this group of really cool people!❤️‍🔥

for my queer authors, especially trans authors, especially especially my various trans authors of color, from all over & with all kinds of lived experiences, especially my Black and Indigenous ppl out there - I love you. Your work is needed. You are special. Your voice MATTERS. Keep. Going.

Oatmilk matcha latte at Gäbi Coffee & Bakery! Getting some work done before today's meetings! www.gabicafe.com

to my writers in the query trenches... quick reminder: "acceptance" & "rejection" is a two-way street! it is totally okay to not sign with an agent if you don't feel they are a good match. respect & clear communication are key; but also? do what is right for *you*. just do it in the right way.