brief note

8 January 2026 12:36
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Terminated my SFWA membership as of today (modulo administrative steps), which I wrote and requested. My contact was friendly and efficient.

I requested this for multiple reasons, of which the recent Nebula-and-AI rules change handling fiasco was only the latest. I'm done.

To sf/f writer-folk, good luck out there.

I'm running an infection and I have work to do; comments disabled.
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cassiesinsanity:

creativepromptsforwriting:

What is… a squick?

Squicks are similar to disgust. But it differs from it in that a “squick” usually refers purely to the physical sensation of disgust and repulsion. It’s more or less just the reaction of the body, not a morally judgement on something.

In regards to writing and reading it means that a specific topic is not something the writer or reader is feeling comfortable with. 

It is NOT the same as a trigger.

And squicks are judgement free. “I don’t like this thing and I’m not going to engage with it in any way, shape or form, but you do you! Yay you!”

I don’t know why we stopped using squick as much as we used to, but we need to bring it back big time.

Learn more about the term Squick on Fanlore!

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radiobarf:

Slipped my mind that I never shared this. I did a Bepo illustration for the Pigment of Imagination One Piece zine a while back. I love Bepo dearly so drawing this was a lot of fun. 🐻

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trueknights:

Through this same man and me hath all this war be wrought, and the death of the most noblest knights of the world; for through our love that we have loved together is my most noble lord slain. Therefore, sir Lancelot, wit thou well I am set in such a plight to get my soul heal. And yet I trust, through God’s grace and through His Passion of His wounds wide, that after my death I may have a sight of the blessed face of Christ Jesu, and on Doomsday to sit on His right side; for as sinful as ever I was, now are saints in heaven. And therefore, sir Lancelot, I require thee and beseech thee heartily, for all the love that ever was betwixt us, that thou never see me no more in the visage.

Upon learning that Guinevere’s journey ends with her being a nun, I wanted to write a sort of reflection piece for her. This was new-ish information to be a few months ago, and I think it melds well with Arthurian themes of Christianity suppressing paganism.

But it’s also very sad.

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