Since it has been a few years since I was last here, time for an #introduction.
I am a freelance editor, specialising in SF/F. I review on my own blog (Earl Grey Editing) and for the Hugo-award-winning Nerds of a Feather.
I live in Australia, have two dogs and enjoy natural history. I'm in the middle of two tabletop campaigns: one of Blades in the Dark (smuggling crew) and one of Gloomhaven.
A #ttrpg itch io bundle is being assembled to benefit Black Love Resists in Rust, a Buffalo based organization, and is looking for submissions. Instructions are in this tweet:
https://twitter.com/Lynne_M_Meyer/status/1525955208257449987?s=20&t=j_Pto94iLEEFX8oglDwOlg
Any bird-related hashtags similar to #florespondence I should know about? (Beyond, presumably, #birds)
Season report: so many mushrooms! (Thanks, La Nina)
I've spotted an alarming number of poisonous mushrooms in the area, including quite a few Death Caps, as well as this Fly Agaric and its friends.
Kind of appropriate for a Friday 13th, though.
Today's Brewing Community interview is with Tansy Rayner Roberts (@tansyrr), writer of cosy #sff and mysteries, co-host of the Verity podcast, and one-third of Galactic Suburbia.
http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2022/05/12/brewing-community-tansy-rayner-roberts/
Macquarie University, the Australia Council for the Arts and the Copyright Agency have launched a national survey of Australian authors. To complete the survey, visit:
https://mqedu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cGhsrb4Ixsac5FA
The survey will remain open until 27 May 2022.
Just learned about the tag #lichenSubscribe, so good!
So here’s the ones I know, if you are into plants, fungi and symbioses of the two:
- #florespondence
- #mosstodon
- #sporespondence
- #lichenSubscribe
- I’ve used #veggiespondence for gardening before but not sure if that’s widely used
Any others?
Best not to think too much about why the grass in front of the police forensics facility has such a thriving mushroom patch
Please, authors, for the love of all that's holy, include your pronouns in the bios on your social media accounts, websites and books. It makes your reviewers' lives a lot easier.
An anthology of speculative fiction by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers and editors? Shut up and take my money! https://www.hares-hyenas.com.au/p/this-all-come-back-now-an-anthology-of-first-nations-speculative-fiction-7b6e1727-588e-42e7-8502-9e698d0c310f?barcode=9780702265662
Every six months or so for the past several years, I've been doing a thread on Fedi about where to buy ebooks other than Amazon. It finally occurred to me that I could write it once, put it up on website, and update as needed, rather than constantly reinventing the wheel.
So, here we are. (And in spite of the title, this isn't JUST about eBooks)
https://jessmahler.com/where-to-buy-ebooks-other-than-amazon/
(Please share your own links in replies, I'll add them to the list as I have spoons.)
Managed to drop a tin of my favourite Earl Grey #tea today and spilled most of it. :sob:
Owner of Earl Grey Editing. Reviewer at Nerds of a Feather. 2020 Ditmar Award winner. Writer, binge reader, tabletop gamer, tea addict. Feminist. She/her