Ah welp. I accidentally sent the literary agent the #Romance novella I penned of John and Jane Mastodon and now he wants to try to get someone to publish it, now everyone will think I can't come up with names of towns since my town is called ActivityPub. LOL! I meant to send him a different novella and just leave this one in a folder for later serial publishing on my website but there you go, I guess!

For the non-romance readers, it's a Romance novel. Tropes, a HEA, on page smut, and a plot.

He also said, "more women in firefighter positions please! This was fantastic, but one small detail. John Mastodon randomly changes ages throughout the book but we can fix that in editing."

References shouldn't count towards page limits.

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Good.

For the record, her "love and support" involved shit-talking people who didn't sufficiently genuflect to her and pledging to throw a party if I succeeded in killing myself.

A reminder that all you have to do sometimes is wait. And then the assholes in high places are very much alone. Goes for Trump too.

By the way I'm monetizing my hobbies again

A sci-fi adventure featuring bike messengers? What could go wrong?

Buy a digital draft of Chapter 1 or become a member to get Chapter 1 plus I'll spam you with new pages as I finish them

Bonus feature: there's no theft-protection on these files so if you just, like, upload them to your favorite discord community, I can't stop you uwu hint hint

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All around the city and from coast to coast… Diana Evans's Broth is now available from #bookshops all across the UK.

Or get your copy via https://fictionable.world/pages/fictionable-edition-broth-by-diana-evans

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'The strange political and social events of the last few years have paved the way towards different kinds of horror'

Heloise Wood on the remorseless rise of #horror #fiction

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/sporror-and-the-substance-horror-fiction-spreads-its-spores-as-submissions-pile-in

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What’s that I see at the top of my reading pile?

Oh, NBD, just a copy of my book. Not its final form, but still, the first time I've held it in my hands.

A tangible version of something that’s existed in more abstract, emotional, and digital forms for years.

My wife and I started up a small press! We're focusing on hopepunk novellas for adults, and today I've written a bit about how and why we're doing that.

https://joshsutphin.com/blog/introducing-shiraki-press.html

Also, submissions are now open!

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“Every writer has a legacy, whether it’s a single self-published book, a growing backlist with a small press, or a series of essays and poems shared online. You don’t have to be a household name to plan for the future of your creative work.” — Charlotte Jones Voiklis

https://janefriedman.com/planning-for-the-life-of-your-work-even-if-youre-not-famous-yet/

Thomas Pynchon announces Shadow Ticket, his first novel in more than a decade

The elusive 87-year-old author’s new book is a noir caper set during the big band era following a detective in search of a cheese heiress Thomas Pynchon has written his first novel in more than a decade, publisher…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/09/thomas-pynchon-announces-shadow-ticket-his-first-novel-in-more-than-a-decade

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Patti Smith to publish ‘intimate’ new memoir, Bread of Angels https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/09/patti-smith-to-publish-intimate-new-memoir-bread-of-angels #Autobiographyandmemoir #PattiSmith #Publishing #Culture #Books #Music

Patti Smith to publish ‘intimate’ new memoir, Bread of Angels

Published in November, it will cover everything from Smith’s childhood to her rise as a punk rock star and later retreat from public life Patti Smith has written a memoir that her publishers are describing as her “most intimate and…
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/apr/09/patti-smith-to-publish-intimate-new-memoir-bread-of-angels

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“We asked 18 experts and leaders from across the publishing industry to reflect on what’s changed for authors and publishers over the past five years and share their predictions about where they believe the industry will be in 2030.” #authors #publishing #books
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I vastly underestimated, as a young-in-path writer, the time to *maintain* a large catalog.

I thought having a large catalog would be the key to a successful career, esp in self-pub (and it was), but the maintenance goes exponential w/ # of books.

Still worth it tho.

Do Writers Go Through a Mid-Career Slump?

Where do we go from here? Continue reading on The Writing Cooperative »
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Forthcoming biofictions and adaptations seminar: Deepfake? True Lies, Real Lives & The Ethics of Biofictions.

30th April 2.00-3.30pm UK time.

This Post-Publishing seminar, taking place at Coventry University’s Centre for Postdigital Cultures, and online, will explore the troubled line between fact and fiction in literature and on-screen.

Talks by Dr Bethany Layne (De Montfort University) and Clare Harvey (Coventry University), followed by a Q&A. 2-3.30pm hybrid (from 1pm in person, including pre-seminar networking lunch at CPC).

More info and registration here: https://www.eventsforce.net/deepfake