Tiffani Angus (Spec Fic Vol 2 is ALIVE!)

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BFS & BFSA awards-shortlisted SFF author. Editor. SPEC FIC FOR NEWBIES 1&2: https://linktr.ee/specficfornewbies Up to other shenanigans. Leftie, feminist. she/her http://www.tiffani-angus.com

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if you’re trying to engage with politically disconnected people about project 2025, identify a specific part that you think will resonate with them. i just told my friend who’s a public school teacher about the plan to abolish the department of education and that got her hooked.

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Okay I think I have *finally* managed to get a stable solution for my newsletter? At last? Anyway I'm writing an update as a test message and if you would like to join my newsletter, here is the link: (alt text for img: a photo of my books. Even Though I Knew The End is open to page 58-59.)

Would you like Intermittent and Irregular Letters from C. L. Polk Delivered to Your Inbox?sendfox.com C. L. POLK NEWSLETTER I HAVE WORKED MY BUTT OFF MAKING THIS NEWSLETTER STABLE SO I CAN WRITE TO YOU. Hello, Friend! Here's where you can join my email list and get letters from me where I apologize ...

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It's London trans pride on 27 July. If you're horrified by Streeting's avowed intent to make the puberty blocker ban permanent, please step up and show it. There are a lot more of us cis folk than trans folk; we all need to use our voices and platforms. #PubertyBlockers

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I understand that saying “Trump is a threat to democracy” is apparently uncouth now because one of his own guys took a shot at him but, you know Trump is a threat to democracy, and so is Vance

The Republican Party has nominated a man for Vice President who says he would have ended American democracy if he’d had that role in 2021. abcnews.go.com/Politics/jd-...

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A Perfect Match.

You know modern life is a huge faff when a freelancer (me) needs a PA to get all the things on her to-do list—employment-related things—done. But I would need to be a waaaaaay more successful writer & editor to afford one.

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Worldbuilding! The word conjures up strange planets, magical kingdoms & question of where to start. In a recent blog post, @julietemckenna.bsky.social describes her process: "You’ve always got to bear in mind that the world has to serve the story." milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2024/06/04/w...

Worldbuilding by Juliet E McKennamilfordsfwriters.wordpress.com The notion of building my own world was one that attracted me to writing fantasy in the first place. This wasn’t so much because I liked the idea of playing God but when I decided the time had come to...

For anyone interested in the weirdness that is co-authoring, I talk about it here: booksbywomen.org/how-i-accide...

How I Accidentally-on-Purpose Ended Up a Co-author, and You Can, Too! - Women Writers, Women's Booksbooksbywomen.org By Tiffani Angus As writers, we tend to be solo workers, so to many of us, the idea of writing with someone else…? Bite your tongue! Being a co-author can be scary and mean losing things: a say in you...

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Hey this @swsworlds.bsky.social event's only 10 days away! Get bite-sized readings from me & @worldsofnaomi.bsky.social, @pixieb.bsky.social, @mcneilauthor.bsky.social, @samtasticbooks.bsky.social, & @taracampbell.bsky.social Preregister now at StrongWomenStrangeWorlds.weebly.com to save your spot!

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Greenhouse and Garden by Stanley Spencer 1937 Oil on Canvas (Ferens Art Gallery, Hull)

Aaah!!! One of my Clarion buddies! How exciting :)

Get to know Ken Schneyer @kenschneyer.bsky.social in our latest blog post. The humanities professor and amateur astronomer makes his long-awaited Asimov's debut in our July/August issue with the story "Tamaza's Future and Mine" [asimovs.com/store] fromearthtothestars.com/2024/07/09/q...

Q&A With Ken Schneyerfromearthtothestars.com After thirty-three rejections, Ken Schneyer makes his Asimov's debut with the story "Tamaza's Future and Mine" in our [July/August issue, on sale now!]. In the following Q&A, discover more about Ken's...

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🚨 Big Important Thread for anyone who loves British speculative fiction! If you're a fantasy/scifi/horror writer, or you work in SFFH in some capacity, or you love SFFH books/films/games/comics/TV shows/theatre/etc, or you're a LARPer or a gamer or a cosplayer... join the BFS!

Thinking about joining the British Fantasy Society but not sure if it's for you? Here are 10 reasons to help sway you to the speculative side... (in the replies) 🧵⬇️

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THERE’S A QUIET NEW DEAL GOING ON The antidote to Project 2025 is happening now and will die if Trump seizes power. So let’s make some noise.

Why is The Quiet New Deal so quiet? | the earlyworm societywww.patreon.com Get more from the earlyworm society on Patreon

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‘This is especially true of one late-in-the-novel experience of Justin being lost in Seoul’s Gimpo Intl. Airport. This episode is among the most striking in the book, and also one of the most fantastical, as space, time, and logic seems to collapse around Priest’s protagonist.’ Val’s super review 👇

Find yourself an editor who says "Thank you very much for going to that weird place!" 😂 h/t to Gareth at @interzone.press

THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT AIRSIDE BY CHRISTOPHER PRIEST: Val Nolan on the genre-defying literary maestro’s final novel // IZ Digitalinterzone.digital ‘There are no aliens or portals here; there is, perhaps, a time/space slippage, but the reality of that is up to each reader to decide. A speculative audience will hum along to the book’s eerie tune.’...

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Google’s emissions are up 48% in 5 years. Microsoft’s are up 30% since 2020. Those soaring figures are being driven by mass investments in data centers to power AI tools. Generative AI is a climate disaster and data center expansion must be stopped.

Generative AI is a climate disasterdisconnect.blog Tech companies are abandoning emissions pledges to chase AI market share

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Wonderful interview here with the great Donna Scott, editor of the Best of British Science Fiction anthology series. Very grateful that, among the stellar stories and writers she mentions, my 'Cofiwch Aberystwyth' gets a shout-out. Thank you, Donna! 😀 clarkesworldmagazine.com/scott_interv...

Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasyclarkesworldmagazine.com Stories That Stick in the Brain: A Conversation with Donna Scott by Arley Sorg

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‘[...] they were the cream of Eton and Oxford and the Royal Navy College in Dartmouth. They were skilled technicians who’d had their politics distorted pint by pint. They were mutineers.’ I love ‘Cofiwch Aberystwyth’. A fantastic story. Get it at Weightless: weightlessbooks.com/interzone-28...

Clarkesworld Magazine - Science Fiction & Fantasyclarkesworldmagazine.com Stories That Stick in the Brain: A Conversation with Donna Scott by Arley Sorg

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5 mins in & I'm already having flashbacks to chatting with @vallescurarule.bsky.social & @tiffaniangus.bsky.social for @horrortree.bsky.social when Spec Fic for Newbies Vol 1 came out. So much fun. Together, they are JOYOUS. Go grab vol 2 of Spec Fic for Newbies from @lunapress.bsky.social.

Back from the first break and we're talking SUBGENRES. BFS Chair @shonak.bsky.social chats with @vallescurarule.bsky.social and @tiffaniangus.bsky.social, co-authors of Spec Fic for Newbies. Volume 2 was just released this week by @lunapress.bsky.social!

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"Science fiction and fantasy are conversations. Having an idea of the sandbox you're playing in can help you understand what you can add to it" - @tiffaniangus More about Tiff, Val and Spec Fic for Newbies: britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-online-w...

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – Interview with Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan – The British Fantasy Societybritishfantasysociety.org

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More about our interviewees: britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-online-w...

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – Interview with Tiffani Angus & Val Nolan – The British Fantasy Societybritishfantasysociety.org

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Belatedly! It's a rainy day in parts of the UK, why not join the British Fantasy Society online day of writing joy: britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen... I'm up now (talking about writing from experience), more good stuff later.

BFS Online: Writing Your Way – The British Fantasy Societybritishfantasysociety.org For all things fantasy, horror, and speculative fiction

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I don't want to see former Tory MPs on Strictly, in the Jungle, playing Traitors, hosting panel shows, or making travelogues or documentaries. I never want to see their smug, shiny faces again. I want them all to fuck permanently off.

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"You have to feel sorry for all the MPs losing their jobs today" No I don't; maybe they shouldn't have been a bunch of corrupt scumbags.

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"Is Bridgerton normalising mixed weight relationships" Meanwhile every man in a sitcom ever

I recently wrote about being a co-author complete with advice on how to approach a project with someone else. Find it on the Women Writers, Women's Books site! booksbywomen.org/how-i-accide...

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I am so pleased to share this with you. Aliette is an amazing writer and person. If you've never read her work, you have many entry points! reactormag.com/the-wonderfu...

The Wonderful Worlds of Aliette de Bodard - Reactorreactormag.com Whether you’re new to her work or have been following her for years, there’s always something new to try

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In this latest edition of her regular column, @tiffaniangus.bsky.social—co-author of Spec Fic for Newbies (including the just-released Volume 2!)—brings forth the creepy kids. britishfantasysociety.org/subgenre-dee...

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What else do you need when the school holidays are looming? Gotta love the creepy kids! PS go grab Spec Fic for Newbies Vol 2 (and Vol 1 if you don't have it) and support indie publishing as well as @tiffaniangus.bsky.social @vallescurarule.bsky.social & @lunapress.bsky.social 💪

Well, what a surprise. The Reform party has *nothing* in their manifesto regarding copyright, AI, or issues freelancers face. www.alcs.co.uk/news/what-ar...

What are the political parties offering writers?www.alcs.co.uk The General Election is almost here and we've been busy examining the manifestos from each of the main political parties to see what they are offering writers and creators.