Interested in my chats with Ed Greenwood, Joyce Chng, or Tad Williams, or in my British Fantasy Society guest post "Every Writer, A Writer"? They're linked here, on my website: edebell.com/
ALT Rally Time, image of judgy clock
$1135 to include translation, Ahmad Simba Mwaita, translated from Kiswahili, explores masculinity through East African family, Paivapo Press, South Africa, woman owned, led
$916 to enable audiobook, Andrew and Alicia: brother-sister narrated, anti-fascist, pro-human, Jewish, cute, comedic, Atthis Arts, Detroit Michigan, woman owned, led
2 hours - I won't give up
Less than two weeks until @ConFusionMI
I'll hang out a bit after the signing Saturday, if anyone would like to say hi or chat!
ALT On gold background: E.D.E. Bell at ConFusion 2025, 2 pm Sat: Author Meet & Greet, 10 am Sun: Missing Stairs and Bad Actors, how to spot and avoid genre predators w/ Anna, A.L. Deleon, and Marsalis, 11 am Sun - Reading from Storm Tree, w/ Patrick S. Tomlinson
... ahead, and as progressive and mutually supportive as genre fandom seems, we're in no way immune. So let's talk about how to actually provide support to emerging writers, how to spot and avoid bad actors so we can ensure more people get lifted up instead of stepped on.
My gig schedule at the 50th anniversary of @ConFusionMI in a couple weeks. Looking forward to doing a panel with my homie @edebellauthor 💗 hope to see some of you there ✌🏾
The Open Letter to SFWA *will* close after this Friday.
1) If you want to sign and haven't, here's the form.
2) If you know a current or past SFWA member who you think might like to sign and you don't see them on the list, please send them the link.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Roughly - my favorite 5 (non Atthis Arts) reads of 2024:
1) Abbott 1979, Saladin Ahmed and Sami Kivelä
2) Breath Warmth & Dream, Zig Zag Claybourne
3) Countess, Suzan Palumbo
4) Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon, Wole Talabi
5) The Butterfly Disjunct, Stewart C Baker
Delightful! I want to thank my friends @rleebyers and @TheEdVerse for creating worlds and stories of bravery and heart, and for living with gallant spirits such that I could imagine them in their midst. Now, to Book 2. 🔥
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** Now with words spelled correctly... ? **
1) Luck not guaranteed; that's not how luck works.
2) Drawing sent separately for direct-shipped orders.
3) Let me be your concierge! Give me a mood or taste and I'll let you know a book that might fit. No pressure; asking is super!
ALT Emily's Super Solstice Surprise; For the rest of 2024, all orders from atthisarts.com ship with an original and unique hand-drawn new year's luck for 2025 drawing.
ALRIGHT. The fancy sale got one order so HERE WE GO.
1) Luck not guaranteed; that's not how luck works.
2) Direct-shipped orders will have the drawing sent separately.
3) No, I didn't ask Chris - *feel chaos vibes and purchase and/or share?*
ALT Emily's Super Solstice Surprise; For the rest of 2024, all orders from atthisarts.com ship with an original and unique hand-drawn new year's luck for 2025 drawing.
Let me be your concierge! Give me a mood or taste publicly or DM, and I'll let you know if we have a book you might like. With no pressure at all. Just asking is wonderful!
In awards consideration, please remember that some authors struggle with social media or have been killed. @atthisarts has become a home to many such authors, and so we've compiled our works, with eligibility by award, here: atthisarts.com/awards/atthis…
Grateful for shares and buzz.
Trying to reclaim my life and self-care and in cleaning my reading nook, came across this note. Which I’m *pretty* sure was written during @nytebird45’s reading and discussion at @Gen_Con. In case you need this too.
ALT Written on small, lined, yellow paper: Everyone has words - you just don’t know that they’re poems. But they are.
This offer's resulted in 1 sale (thank you!) and Chris cheered and said, "That's four books from the storage and they get a good deal for all those stories! Now if we could just get 100 of those..."
Maybe not, but - it's a good deal for indie short fic! atthisarts.com/product/stock…
Joy flowed through my fingertips recounting what @atthisarts has helped offer the world this year. I am so grateful. And so committed. In 2025, may art soar. bsky.app/profile/edebell.com…
The skies, no matter how dark, always clear. Saw this bouquet of flowers today while doing some mo(u)rning shopping. The sunflower reminded me of Ukraine, and I was feeling very sad about the war and life in general.
Have a day as beautiful as you are.
It's out!
Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction includes a chapter I poured my heart and soul into, naming the work of Black Futurisms as work inherently preoccupied with dismantling racial-capitalism! Check it out! 😊 Also the other writers in on this list 😍🔥🔥