Upcoming appearances and a cool thing Scott is doing
Hey folks! A brief reminder that I will be at the World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) in Seattle from August 13-17. My esteemed spouse, the amazing...
Angel Maker proofs are in the house!
It’s starting to look like a real book and I am getting very, very excited. A sapphic adventure with wit, mayhem, and derring-do, this sequel to the gaslamp...
THE FOLDED SKY is on discount in Europe AND is a Dragon Award Nominee!
Hello! For UK and European readers, THE FOLDED SKY is currently 99p (or equivalent) in ebook at your favorite ebook source! I do not know how long this...
Short story panel video and other delights
The Braille Institute has made available video of a panel I did on short stories with Nate Kurth of the BI and two absolutely amazing writers, Tananarive Due...
The long-awaited full-length sequel to Karen Memory!
So I have been running my butt off the past couple of months, what with 4th Street Fantasy, teaching Clarion, a bunch of bookstore events, Readercon, and...
Online short story panel 6/26 at 10 am PDT/1 pm EDT
Hey folks! Just checking in to let you know that I will be participating in a short story panel for the Braille Institute tomorrow with wonderful authors...
And today is UK book launch day for THE FOLDED SKY!
Dr. Sunyata Song must travel across the Milky Way to learn to communicate with the greatest discovery of her century: an artificial intelligence the size of...
Book Launch Week Means You Hear From Me Often.
The new White Space novel, The Folded Sky, is out this week! "Elizabeth Bear’s White Space series is the sociopolitical science fiction I’ve always wanted:...
THE FOLDED SKY is out today! Also, author appearances and new cover art!
So, as you have probably deduced from the title of this missive, The Folded Sky debuts today in the US in ebook, paperback, and audio. (It is out Thursday...
Elizabeth Bear Interviewed at Clarkesworld
Hey everybody! Just a brief not to let you know that there is an interview with (Who? Yes!) me up at Clarkesworld for June! Arley Sorg asked really good...
The Folded Sky is two weeks and two days away!
Hey everybody! The pretty hype machine is about to gear up big time here, as I have a book coming out on June 17th and there will be a bunch of appearances...
Brooklyn Books and Booze! 4th Street Fantasy! Readercon!
Hey, folks. Just a quick email to let you know where I will be in May and June and July! First off, on Tuesday May 20th at 7 pm, I will be appearing at...
THE FOLDED SKY discount!
THE FOLDED SKY is eligible for the Barnes and Noble Members 25% off preorder sale that is going on now! Preorders are love!
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There’s a Phil Ochs song that goes: And now it can be toldI'm a quarter of a century oldBut I'm a half a century high Phil never made it to half a century....
Checking in from not quite two months into Nouveau Stalinism
How you doing out there? Staying hydrated? Getting some exercise? Eating a vegetable once in a while? Not self-medicating too heavily? Sleeping some? People...
Appearance on Saturday March 22 2025 at the Bow Market Book Fair in Somerville MA
I’ll be signing from 2-3 pm! Come on by! Click here for the event page. Hope to see some of you there!
But wait, there's more! (All the Windwracked Stars, A Companion to Wolves, An Apprentice to Elves)
So while poking around the Chirp site, I discovered some more super-cheap audiobooks! In addition to the sales on the ebooks of Hammered and Ancestral Night...
Jenny Casey audiobooks on sale
It never fails! As soon as I sent out yesterday’s newsletter promoting the limited-time $1.99 price point on North American ebooks of Hammered and Ancestral...
HAMMERED and ANCESTRAL NIGHT on deep, deep discount!
Hey, everybody! This is just to let you know that both my debut novel, Hammered (20 years old this year!) and the first White Space novel, Ancestral Night,...
The denial-industrial complex, CoastCon, and a new story
Hey folks! First off, a word from our sponsor! I have a new Hacksilver story, “The Witch and the Wyrm,” up at Reactor for your delectation! In other news,...
The Witch and the Wyrm
Cover art for “The Witch and the Wyrm,” Illustrated by Zelda Devon I am absolutely thrilled to announce that the third Hacksilver story, "The Witch and the...
This is not going to be the all-politics zone going forward, but for now one more.
Because, frankly, I’m beginning to think my satirical future where the tech bros fuck off into space (or at least make the attempt) and leave the rest of us...
Have you tried turning your government off and turning it back on again?
We’re at the culmination of a forty-five year project in destroying American faith and investment in the idea that government exists to serve and protect our...
If a skyte falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does it even exist?
Hey, folks. First off, in unrelated news, The Long List Anthology Volume 5 is on sale for 99 cents wherever fine ebooks are sold. Now on to the actual...
Out and about in the bleak midwinter
Hey, folks. Just a brief reminder that I’ve got a couple of appearances planned in Worcester and the Boston area in January. I’ll be at the Worcester Public...
When your brain is offline for servicing
Hey folks, So I’ve talked a bit about struggling to create when remarkably smooth-brained, and my suspicion that this might be linked to a mood stabilizer I...
The Folded Sky and Angel Maker publication date changes
Hey folks, Sorry to say, but due to circumstances outside my control, both The Folded Sky and Angel Maker are getting their publication dates shifted. Angel...
Livestream Saturday Nov 16th with Madame Askew!
Please join us tomorrow at 1 pm EST as we sip the tea both metaphorical and actual! https://www.youtube.com/@madameaskew2739
And just like that I'll be gone in the rain
So I am bulk-deleting my tweets, and then I will set a pointer in a pinned tweet to bluesky and this place and my Patreon, which is where I expect to be...
Angel Maker Cover Reveal!
Oh my gawd, y’all. Cover art by Cynthia Sheppard; Cover design by Clarissa CS Ryan That’s it. That’s the whole post.
Angel Maker updates and cover art, with more to come, and miscellaneous quotidiana
Hey folks, So I just got back from teaching Viable Paradise—a weeklong flat-out sprint of pedagogy—and of course my laptop’s charger died on the second day....
I don't even know if I'm going to call this book Shipwreck Star anymore.
I may have totally lost control of what I am doing here. I’m also aware that I’m right at the 30K wall, and historically what happens there is that I have to...
The Folded Sky UK Cover Reveal!
Hey, everybody, I am thrilled beyond words to bring you the cover for the Gollancz edition of THE FOLDED SKY, available Summer, 2025! Dr. Sunyata Song must...
The Dye in Doritos Can Make Mice Transparent
clears throat The future is guesswork, the past not apparent. The things we all ‘know’ disappear in a tide. The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent. Our...
Autumn is here
And this is how I'm getting my work done this morning. Duncan, Fafhrd, and Gurney like me for my body heat and the snacks I provide.
I am the god who waters the lawn--
—and has filthy fingernails. So last spring, I talked with some nice landscapers about getting our motheaten front lawn patched with loam and seed, and we...
A partial list of things I haven't been doing much of lately
tl;dr I think I need my meds adjusted So a funny thing has happened in the last year or so. I went on and then off a biologic for my psoriatic arthritis (It...
New White Space novel coming Summer 2025
Just look at those colors Dr. Sunyata Song must travel across the Milky Way to learn to communicate with the greatest discovery of her century: an artificial...
Newsletter/Patreon format and WorldCon updates
Hello, folks, Happy Saturday morning, if it's Saturday and morning where you are. I’ve just spent three days on the couch mostly doing nothing but watching...
Into the compost heap of literature.
I’ve been working on White Space IV, which I had to toss out completely and go back and start drafting from scratch, because the damned thing just didn’t...
Readercon schedule and post-Readercon panel at Pandemonium
Hey, folks! I’ll be attending Readercon in Quincy MA from Thursday July 11 through Sunday July 14, where I will be appearing on the following program items....
Clarion Write-A-Thon
Hey folks, This is just to say that I am participating in this year's Clarion Workshop Write-A-Thon and you can pledge (I believe it's tax-deductible) to...
MetaStellar YouTube interviews!
I'm late with this link because of conrunning, but here's Part 1 and Part 2 of an interview I did with the lovely folks at MetaStellar Magazine! Hope you enjoy!
Process is a funny beast
I’ve realized something new about how I work, and it might be useful to other people. I sometimes have a hard time starting or continuing a project because I...
Futurescapes Author Conference Appearance (online)
I'm teaching a course at the Futurescapes author conference May 25-26! Get access to ten different one-hour craft courses taught by ten different authors on...
How to establish a writing habit in five minutes a day.
I shared this on Bluesky with my friend C.L. Polk, who was struggling with being stuck on a story they are working on. It’s very simple, and it works. When...
This is a surprise to me... (discounted ebook edition)
ANd I promise I won’t be sending you emails every day in general—but MACHINE is a Kindle deal today! So if you like space opera and giant bugs and medical...
Li Bai Drowns While Embracing the Moon
Hey, folks. To inaugurate this new space, I bring you a poem from a long time ago, which I’m pretty sure isn’t currently available in its finished form...
Welcome to the Monkey House... I Mean the New Digs
Greetings! This should be the first email from Buttondown, and the continuation of the great Throw Another Bear In The Canoe publishing empire. This is a...
So I Wrote A Sequel To KAREN MEMORY.
Not to bury the lede or anything. Nine years ago, give or take a couple of months, _Karen Memory came into the world and was a surprise hit with just about...