Betsy Miller

I've mentioned before I've updated my contracts to make sure everything in the production of my books is done by humans and not "AI"; if you're wondering what such a thing looks like, here's a clause covering that from a recent contract.

I’ll be opening up to queries for a week, from Sun. Nov 29 – Sat. Dec 5. Hopefully that will be enough time to (mostly) miss any major holidays. Based on past experience and what other agents have recently been reporting, I anticipate getting 500–1000 queries in that week.

If you've got a novel manuscript in need of developmental editing, a quick-but-incisive overall evaluation, or a sensitivity read, then hit me up! I've got spots open starting mid-month, and can't wait to get my grubby little hands all up in your stories.

HOLY MACKEREL YOU GUYS. I was feeling hopeful but maybe a little nervous about reaching our Kickstarter goal in the allotted 20 days. And then you funded it in less than three hours. WHAT?!? The love and support around this project has left me, for once, speechless.

#Booksky Real Small Press Talk for a minute here 1/?: we are currently at about 50% of 2025‘s sales and and I no longer have a tech job to pull us out of freefall, which means we’re depend on book sales, Patreon and Ko-fi. Our 10th birthday is coming up in January, a milestone many of our…

"Reimagines the Greek myth of Phaedra and Hippolytus with neurodiverse and asexual characters... a love story spanning lifetimes and a study of grief." Win a copy of @feliciafm.bsky.social's "These Bright and Perilous Designs" from @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social www.librarything.com/ner/detail/5...

I finally get to tell you about Curiosities. I have a new album coming out Nov 13 that contains a murder ballad, a sea shanty, and a song about Roswell among other curious things. I can’t wait for you to hear it! Preorder on Kickstarter to help fund acoustic sessions, videos, and a live show!

I'll be at Clockwork Alchemy this coming weekend: schedule.clockworkalchemy.com I'll be talking about airship pirates, rogue makers and scriptwriting for audio! #clockworkalchemy

omg ya'll!! the books have ARRIVED!!!

Writer Beware is a great resource for looking up potentially problematic publishers. They published this updated history of MRM’s rights grabs yesterday. Their history lesson on MRM will be better than mine.

It's finally here! Are you ready to join us in kicking off #BannedBooksWeek?! This year's event is too big for just one piece of art, so we have THREE! #LetBooksBe bannedbooksweek.org

The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.

Authors & artists! The submission due date for NEURODIVERSIVERSE: BRIDGING WORLDS is extended, due to technical difficulties. The new submission due date is Oct 3. The submission guidelines are on Google Docs: bit.ly/ndv2-call-fo... Submit now using this form: bit.ly/ndv2-submiss...

Enter by Sep 30 for a chance to win a free ebook!

A flower for your feed: Calendula, glowing in morning sunlight. #bloomscrolling

I've got a new short story collection coming out this November from Hydra House Books. If you're interested in reviewing it, please drop me a message!

For newer F&SF writers, here's a resource you may not be aware of, the Submission Grinder. It helps you find markets and track your submissions - and even publishes some fiction. Free to use, but if you use it a lot, consider supporting their Patreon. #booksky thegrinder.diabolicalplots.com

3 HOURS LEFT ON KICKSTARTER: 🫒The Odyssey: Olive Oil & Rosemary in Dark Chocolate. 🌺The Time Machine: Hibiscus & Jasmine in Milk Chocolate. Supporting our Kickstarter will help us create these new chocolate bars! Link in thread! 📖🍫💖 #BookSky

We're giving away WRITING MEMOIR IN FLASHES on Goodreads! Enter for a chance to win a copy of Lita Kurth's writing aide! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

Free WRITING MEMOIR IN FLASHES ebook giveaway at Goodreads! 🎉 Enter now through Sep 30 Please share to help spread the word. Thanks for supporting independent publishing! www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...

I would like to report on the literary agents who are claiming a percentage of their clients' Anthropic settlement. But I need some authors willing to share info about who these agents are (privately - no need to go on the record). Reach out: hello@janefriedman.com

Well would you look at that -- Preorders of These Bright and Perilous Designs are live!! It will slowly roll out to *all the places* over the next few days, but it's currently available in paperback and ebook on the @thinkinginkpress.bsky.social website ⭐ 🥹 www.thinkinginkpress.com/product/thes...

this would have been a dream job for me at many points in my life!

9 TO 5 (1980) is now on Netflix, so please tell your mutuals who thought it was being suppressed because it was too feminist or socialist or something. Also: it's Lily Tomlin's 87th birthday. And we need to build the case for Dolly's sainthood. And Jane is anti the Paramount-WB merger. #FilmSky

Check it out, and please repost! "Cats, Chess, and Finding Your People: An Interview with CAT TAKES QUEEN Author Ilona Bray (and a Giveway!!)" writersrumpus.com/2026/09/01/c...

Check out The Odyssey & The Time Machine CHOCOLATE BARS by G. E. Gallas Brando on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/geg...

The portal is OPEN! Send us your original flash fiction - hit us in the feels, give us some hope, make it weird, play with fun formats, or hey all of the above if you can manage it in 1000 words! smallwondersmag.com/submissions/

Some authors say they didn’t *write* their books with AI, but they needed to use it for the *cover* because they couldn’t afford an artist. To prove that’s not true, I am offering authors FREE cover design by me, a former graphic designer. They probably won’t be great, but they’ll be better than AI.

KICKSTARTER LAUNCHING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST: Be the first to get your hands on our two newest flavors, The Odyssey (Olive Oil and Rosemary in Dark Chocolate) and The Time Machine (Hibiscus and Jasmine in Milk Chocolate). #BookSky #TheOdyssey #TheTimeMachine

We are reading for the December issue now. Issue 94. That's wild. Our FREE submissions window is open. Climb through it. You are all pretty. The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest is also open for entries: fiction, CNF, prose poetry, previously published and unpublished work, also in translation. Hugs.

In case you missed this piece by @doctorow.pluralistic.net www.ft.com/content/6fb1... (non-paywalled version at archive.is/L1DPH#select...)

Not by choice. I wrote about it on my site when it happened. Immediate public disclosure, restatement of my "NO 'AI'" position and remediation was important. whatever.scalzi.com/2024/06/21/a...

I was beaten to it by the amazingly generous @mollytempleton.com but yes! The blog I was nervous about yesterday is a reality today. She’s free. She’s long. She contains multiple cat photos. www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...

Super useful. I figure a lot of us here in the Sky know this stuff already, but it might be handy to hand to parents, grandparents and pals who are less technically minded. www.librarian.net/NoToAI/

NEW: A large trove of Claude-generated documents have been exposed to the web and indexed by Google. We reviewed what appear to be real medical records, the full names and phone numbers of school-aged children, and company documents marked for internal use only. futurism.com/artificial-i...

This is such incredibly good news. www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

HELLO AUTHORS. The Deadlands will open to short story submissions (up to 5,000 words) for the entire month of October. but wait there's MORE For the first time everrr we are opening to NOVELETTE SUBMISSIONS (1/3)

I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.

New Release: Bermondsey Girl Bermondsey Girl, my first novel published by an actual publishing house, Water Dragon Publishing, is due to release July 22nd! You can preorder right now on Kindle, and it will go wide later this month, with print books also available. Go to the publisher's website for…

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As part of Meta’s Muse Image model rollout, Instagram users with public accounts need to opt out to block AI generations of their content. www.wired.com/story/meta-n...

PLEASE DO NOT REFRESH 32AUCTIONS LOLOL WE WANT IT TO COME BACK UP BEFORE EXTENDED BIDDING IS OVER

Hello everyone! Today is the last day of the auction, so I'm going to remind you that I have these things on offer.

Have you been eyeing this bundle but unable to afford it? A generous soul is offering to gift FIVE lucky people copies of this bundle! If you want one, all you've got to do is DM me your email address (but please only do so if you truly can't afford it - our goal is to get books to people in need)