John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social
thanks for the Guidelines
they were long, but still missing
a Payment section
Happy Pride to queer authors and queer readers. bsky.app/profile/devy...
Queer books by queer people. What a great way to diversify your bookshelf, support queer writers, and get yourself some great stuff to read!
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me when I'm arguing to end cash bail:
The Onion didn't flinch on AI bros.
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If you like the title, then use it and let the editor disagree. If they're paying for the story and they have good alternatives in mind, it never hurts to listen. Sometimes another person will have a good point.
Whipping up a newsletter for tomorrow and packing my life into a couple bags. Almost ready to hit the road for Minneapolis. Excited to see everybody!
I'd say about half of the time? Someone You Can Build A Nest In was the working title and worked perfectly. My next book's working title was never going to stick around, and I strongly suspected we'd replace it; we did! I feel like it's a similar frequency for short fiction.
I haven't watched the episode yet, but Modi has a history of making successes seem like his doing when they weren't, so I wouldn't be quick to attribute positive outcomes to him (or to him alone).
In fact fascists are only good at one thing: popularizing misinformation.
For instance, Mussolini didn't make the trains run on time. Eighty years later people keep saying he did.
Don't surrender to post-truth.
Folks really need to internalize this more. Fascists don’t make the trains run on time. They don’t make garbage collection smoother or roads better. They’re very very dumb! They do one and only one thing well: inflict pain on their perceived enemies.
*slamming my pink lunch box on the reality show CEO’s desk* I came here to make friends, not win.
This is a splendid book! I had it on the shelf behind me all Nebula weekend for a reason.
HWELLO and good morning! Catching up on 4 billion emails from a busy weekend BUT may I add that THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST -- my novella about a rescue mission in a dangerous magical forest -- is ONE DOLLAR NINETY AND NINE today on Kindle and Kobo! In Canada, anyway.
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Content warnings: children physically harming each other, implied CSA, and burning.
Some readers have been surprised how dark I got, but there was a point to it.
Happy Pride to queer protestors. spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/...
Queer protest, rally for Pride STL to cut Boeing ties planned for Saturday
Boeing has been a sponsor of Pride STL’s annual PrideFest for years
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Story day! "Too Little, Too Little, Too Much" is one of the darkest and more personal stories I've ever written, about childhood abuse and pyrokinesis. It's about starting fires.
The great folks at Pseudopod reprinted it today *and* produced a fabulous podcast audio version!
“As soon as the adults leave him alone, Lark takes a shower to get the smoke out of his hair.”
Too Little, Too Little, Too Much
By John Wiswell
Narrator: Paul Cram
Host: @alasdairstuart.com
Audio: @chelsead.bsky.social
Read or listen here:
pseudopod.org/2024/06/10/p...
PseudoPod 923: Too Little, Too Little, Too Much
As soon as the adults leave him alone, Lark takes a shower to get the smoke out of his hair. He’s tall enough to reach the knobs all by himself. The only shampoo in Uncle Lee’s bathroom is coconut…
pseudopod.orgFirstly, good job creating the time to work on short stories! I love shorts. And also good job refusing to give up and continuing to learn. That's the spirit that creates success.
Well you two just made my night! Another gift from librarians. 💜 I'm so glad my monster landed well for you both.
Heart Machine has some secret sauce for trailer editing that manages to drag my heart up out of my chest without me ever understanding what's happening. I can't wait to play this game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFd3...
Possessor(s) | Reveal Trailer
Wishlist on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/2132890Escape a sprawling, flooded city overrun with surreal interdimensional horror in this fast-pace...
www.youtube.comOh gosh thank you! Shesheshen is one of my favorite characters I've ever written.
This is so enormously for me. The over-the-top violent DOOM that almost has Looney Tunes DNA. My head canon is this is somehow Jason Voorhees's later years. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tk8...
DOOM: The Dark Ages | Official Trailer 1 (4K) | Coming 2025
Launching 2025. Wishlist on Xbox GamePass, Xbox Series X|S, PC or PlayStation 5.Announcing DOOM: The Dark Ages, the prequel to the critically acclaimed DOOM ...
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You don't learn to become a writer. Learning is part of *being* a writer. I have been nominated for five Nebula Awards and I am not close to finished growing.
If you don't know something about the craft? Don't be afraid to work it out. Grow with us.
Is there a clip of just that speech? I would like to boost it. You said it all so much better than I could have.
without saying masters of the universe, fav frank langella film?
Thank you for the shoutout tonight, @sarahgailey.bsky.social! I was honored to be half of "bright and bad doors."
Congratulations @vajra.me! An excellent novel and a powerful speech.
@naomikritzer.bsky.social Congratulations! What a great novelette.
Congratulations to @rsagarcia.bsky.social on winning the Nebula Award for Best Short Story! A great story from a great writer and a heck of a person.
I want nine more hours of Susan Mary Cooper's grandmaster speech. That was beautiful.
Happy Pride to queer fans who come up with matching cosplay outfits for their pets.