every novel should include an appendix with sketches of all the flora and fauna mentioned in the book so that you can flip to the back and go, “oh, that’s a carnelian… that’s what a rhododendron looks like… that’s dogwood and hibiscus”
Hey, writers! Join us today at 1 pm Pacific for our first virtual write-in of 2023, designed to help you set aside quiet time for writing.
Plus, you can share your 2023 writing resolutions with other writers. Great way to find accountability buddies!
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SFF communities have long traditions of overlooking deserving work.
"Octavia E. Butler, despite writing over a dozen novels and earning all kinds of honors, was never given a Hugo nomination for Best Novel in any year."
Browse your own reading lists. See what you're missing.
do y'all have that one piece of media you can go years without thinking about but the second some talks about it you get hit by a train of feelings??????
One of the most beloved free-to-use photos in the Library's collection is of Brünnhilde, for obvious reasons. We're happy to report that 2023 comes with a freshly digitized photograph of Brünnhilde from another angle. 😻
More of our free-to-use photos: https://t.co/WxIawrfU9k
in the coming year we’re doing away with the concept of “cringe.” we’re being our weirdest selves, we’re embracing our nichest obsessions, we’re recovering the passion society tried to shame out of us. ignore the haters. become the exuberant nerd you were born to be.
A reminder: At midnight on 31 December, as we usher in 2023, Sherlock Holmes enters the public domain in the USA. The last stories were published in 1927, and so the 95 year copyright will expire. In ACD's words 'You may marry him, murder him, or do anything you like to him.'