Dr C Palmer-Patel

Charul aka Chuckie. Author of The Shape of Fantasy (Routledge, 2020). Creator of @fantastikapress . she/her

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Oh wow. What fantastic news to wake up to on a Monday morning. My book The Shape of Fantasy has been shortlisted for the @mythsoc Award for the 2nd time. Check out that list. I can't believe I've been nominated again alongside such stellar company
@amayor @Ebonyteach

[Moniza Hossain @moniza_hossain]

I am reading the third twilight book now and it’s literally an apology for grooming. How is this a real book that exists and was published. Quill has “imprinted” on a two year old 🤢

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Can't believe (but can) that I got rejected for a job with Tor Publishing. No prior experience as editor required. Only a passion for fantasy fiction. 🤔🙄

[Indie Book Spotlight @BookSpotlight]

Having to buy five different copies of the EXACT SAME BOOK just to read the bonus scenes of different characters is a new low in book capitalism.

Don't do this to your readers. No one should have to spend 100+ on five copies of the SAME BOOK.

[Strange Horizons @strangehorizons]

At Strange Horizons, we’ve long connected to the vast majority of our audience here, on this app. That has been a little stressful in recent months.

If you’re transitioning your bird app activity elsewhere, where can we find you?

[Emily Thiede @EKTwrites]

My mind is melting at the realization that (the male) half of society apparently thought we were playing happy homemaker with our Barbies all this time💀

YMMV and my friends’ Barbies lived SUPER varied lives but… that wasn’t one of them

[Masoud @linguistMasoud]

I’m quite used to the cruelty students can face when they apply for a US visa but this one broke me. We offered admission to a stellar, talented & hardworking student. After months of work and hundreds of dollars, an embassy officer saw him for 5 mins & said no. why? …

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

No matter how many times I hear it, I will always chuckle when I hear the name name "Howard Handupme" delivered in that serious news announcer voice

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Reading @rcbregman's Human Kind, which takes the hypothesis that humans are innately good but that experts, politicians, public etc will go out of the way to reject that idea in every discipline/area.

I'm only 17 pages in but I'm hooked.

#amreading

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Things that 12 years of university did not prepare me for: the 4YO crying and terrified to go to school because he had a dream that there were a bubble monster at school that ate all the sausages

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

@PaulBRamsbottom Germany vs Germany?

[Erin Ekins (she/her) @QueerlyAutistic]

One of my favourite nerdy Titanic facts is that the process of filming the 1997 film actually helped solve a big mystery about the sinking: what happened to the grand staircase.

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

@PenelopeAnthias Published monograph. Another contracted. Various other bits on my CV. STILL can't get a position in UK.

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

@pollyrowena No fever but intense fatigue since 2018. #motherhood

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Managed 3 hours of sleep last night due to #latecapitalism -induced #insomnia
Dropped the kid off for a taster day at his new primary school. I thought folks would enjoy the pic of the route I took back to my car.
Applied for 2 more jobs (my 14th in 4 weeks).
Time for a nap.

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Took me 15 months to reread #TheMistsofAvalon. I had to keep stopping because there is SO MUCH INCEST. And, of course, because I'm reading it for my research on motherhood in fantasy, I had to take notes on all the lovely defense of incest quotes. 🤮🤮

[CRSF @CRSFteam]

End of Day one of #CRSF2023

What a brilliant first day, thank you to everyone, bring on tomorrow

@docfantasy_ @JonathanThornt2 @LJDevanny @maria_torresr @RobOConnor26 @Wivenhoewriters @WriteDavidWrite @lucy_nield1 @TOMunro @RozKaveney @RMFrancis @cephalopodlit @_RachelHandley

[Dr C Palmer-Patel @docfantasy_]

Ugh. Is that how I look on screen?

[CRSF @CRSFteam]

Our Roundtable on 'getting your academic work published' with chair @alexcarabine, special guests: Paul March Russell for @foundation_sf , @Andrew_M_Butler for @ExtrapolationSF, Charul Palmer-Patel & our very own @JonathanThornt2 🔥🔥🔥✍️✍️✍️ #crsf2023 #publishing

[CRSF @CRSFteam]

A Red flag in publishing... someone who 'doesn't actually want to engage with the peer review process'...
Advice: 'read the STYLE SHEET'.. 'read the guidelines...'

thank you Paul March Russell!
@foundation_sf #sf #crsf2023

[CRSF @CRSFteam]

Red flags from @Andrew_M_Butler

Spelling mistakes in the title!

Consistency - if you spell something wrong consistently spell it wrong!

#crsf2023