C. L. Polk @clpolk.com

I write stuff. I knit stuff. I cook stuff. Ask me about my weird little books. https://www.clpolk.com/

Okay I need to tell y’all something

if someone doesn’t act right in my replies I must block them

People don’t know how to act here yet, and will come to argue or dunk back and drag it out and listen Bluesky doesn’t put up with that

I don’t either

Conduct yourselves
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Sistah Scifi @sistahscifi.bsky.social
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📚 Preorders are open and the lineup does not miss.

🩸 They Made Us Blood and Fury — Cheryl S. Ntumy
🔍 The Search for Sadiqah — Greg Burnham
🌑 House of Margins — Tlotlo Tsamaase
🃏 The Feywild Job — C. L. Polk
✨ The Broken Hearts Agency — Suyi Davies Okungbowa

Which one first? 👇🏾
👉🏾 sistahscifi.com
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Friends! Tell me what trad pub SFF/H books by/about marginalized identities - adult or YA - you're excited for that are coming up for this year! And if you are the author/editor/publicist for it, reach out to me for potential coverage.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
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I have reposted many times and I still mean it when I say that supporting a Black midwife & writer is one of the best things you can do with a few bucks. so let's get those numbers up
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Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social
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If you’re at the University of Ottawa, please lock down and stay safe!
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Long_Painter @longpainter.bsky.social
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#sciart
Night Sky in Cobalt & Viridian
10”x10” Oil on cradled wood panel
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Are we ranking desserts?

1. a good quality cake with buttercream icing
2. creme brulee
3. pavlova with so, so many local in season fruits
4. from scratch tiramisu
5. handmade apple pie with custard vanilla ice cream
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an easy one but whatever
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ProPublica has marketed themselves as the good guys doing trustworthy news. I even gave them the money I used to give WaPo before they flipped the breakers on democracy.

Make their actions align with their words. don't cross the picket line and demand they deliver what their advertising promises.
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I really should’ve had “threatened the pope” on my everything-is-dark-wackyland-now” bingo card, but I didn’t and honestly, that’s probably on me
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social
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TRY BOOKS!
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Eric Haywood @erichaywood.bsky.social
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The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back

Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted
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blue prince players: have I messed up with this foundation placement? do I need to start a new game?
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This entertainment only thing that you can't turn off turned every computer in this house into a Linux machine. Still on Mint for most of them, but the Mac is running Fedora asahi now. I haven't tried it out yet.
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People are selling arcs of the Feywild Job for $50USD plus shipping? I don't understand
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I wanted to like Mastodon. But I felt so unwelcome and scrutinized that I didn't want to post about anything. someone would always lecture me about posting wrong but it felt like they just wanted to yell at me. It wasn't the nicest place
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Aysha @ayshaufarah.bsky.social
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I’ve said this before but I truly think that reading shit you’re not ready for is how you learn to sit with discomfort. By forbidding the next generation from pushing their boundaries, you’re doing them an immense disservice
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so i hear we're promoting our books too much so i went and checked and i averaged one post about the fact that i have a book coming out and you can preorder it per week for the last four days

is that too much? I never know
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I listened to the radio every day from toddlerhood to about 30, but this is the first song that came to mind.
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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social
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Says “The New York Times” like one would say “The Aristocrats”
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social
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idk guys when i see a lot of similar headlines insisting that editors & authors are all already embracing AI, i don't assume these things are true. i assume there are a lot of very rich people with an unpopular product pushing a particular narrative in my industry!
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com
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imagine being so bad at this that you're desperate to sell being bad at this. folks out there like "Please buy the I'M SHIT machine."
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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social
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All those bullshit articles about how writers are secretly using AI are just trying to scare us into putting our mouths to the vomit machine before it’s too late.

But even if they were true, I will be the last motherfucker on earth writing with nothing but spite and my heart of flesh.
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Oh I have been told that there is a giveaway for print arcs for the Feywild Job on GoodReads and it's definitely not April fools any more, so here

I'm guessing this is USA only, alas
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"All authors are using AI now"

Not true! A lot of us are saying "fuck it, I might as well throw five subgenres in a sack with a few exquisitely daydreamed dramatic moments and then meander spiral explode to a postpunk riverhead playlist"
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Jeb 🏳️‍⚧️ @jebdarsh.bsky.social
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This months migration is away from Spotify.

I love Bandcamp and Soundcloud, but man I would just love to buy CDs again
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Posted this on IG & someone responded “She wants the dark ages.” Ma’am, you want us living as serfs while the rich lords steal our work & worth to further enrich themselves while we starve, and *I’m* about the dark ages? Lick those boots harder, baby. Maybe you’ll taste some bitter truth.
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John Chu @johnchu.bsky.social
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I'm just putting it out into the universe: Jon M Chu has the opportunity to do the funniest thing.
(Also, pre-order The Subtle Art of Folding Space. It comes out on April 7th!)
comicbook.com/tv-shows/list/3-science-fiction-books-coming-out-in-2026-that-already-need-movie-or-tv-adaptations/
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The thing they're trying to sell you with these marketing messages is the chance to never feel pain or doubt and the price is what it feels like when time steps aside because you have united with the art you're making

Trust me

It isn't worth it
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DO YOUR STRETCHES AND THANK ME LATER
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