BrightFlame (she/they) * hope & magic *

Time to go public! brightflame.com/the-stars-al... In my latest blog, I talk about working with @justinenortonkertson.com, solarpunk circles, the genre dance, and more. #BookSky #WitchSky #SpecLit #solarpunk #WritingCommunity #book #author @press-android.bsky.social @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social

But @wiswell.bsky.social what *really* doesn't get enough love is hopeful fiction like #solarpunk!! 😉

Enormous congratulations to my friend @renanbernardo.com who won the World Fantasy Award on the same day he voted for Lula in Brazil. Please enjoy this quote from his newsletter: "fascism can be crushed" ❤️

Yes, #BookSky & #WitchSky friends. Send my book THE WORKING some love. Makes a great gift to lift hope and magic in our world! #lunarpunk #solarpunk #Witch #SpecLit #SFF contemporary fantasy @press-android.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @bsfwriters.bsky.social

Thank you Brazil for defeating fascists!

Go Brazil! Lula a small lead with 77% of the vote in! it's a nail biter.

I keep refreshing a live Brazil election results page. Looks good for Lula, but not many votes are yet in. And voting was extended 2 hours, so it's early. 🤞 🦑

Hi new followers! I'm a #Witch offering hope & magic via teaching & writing! Lots on brightflame.com : Great Reads (incl diverse #solarpunk & climate fiction) * Blog (with growing number of guests) * my short fiction & novel The Working * links to interviews, pods & other media * my schedule.

US friends, Meta is actively working against democracy. I've seen it has suspended and tweaked the outreach of No Kings accounts. In Brazil, Meta has boosted the account of a far-right politician called Nikolas Ferreira to the point that he has now (a lot!) more reach than Beyoncé or MrBeast.

#Witches ... let's screeeeeeaam! Or shriek or laugh or jump or rip or chop or dance or paint or write... however your scream of rage, grief, joy, despair wants to move. Join us next month! #spellcraft #WitchSky #activism #pagan #justice

#BookSky #TBR looking forward to this! #WitchSky

Saw something about AI hiding itself in smart appliances (one of the ways it will get out of control). All I could think of is the poor "smart" fan on top of the mechatrain in @zanzjan.bsky.social 's Ode to the Half-Broken. (read the #book!)

Leading up to co-teaching Harvesting Our Screams to Energize Our Work, here's today's cause of ***RAGE*** (among so many others) Israeli settlers attack West Bank olive growers.

from @ykhong.bsky.social: "By granting an AI agent access to your contacts, emails, files, media, and life, you have also given it the keys to the lives of everyone else in connection with you. Without their consent." So don't do this!!!!!!!! Don't violate others' #privacy and #security! #noAI

Still trying to figure out a better newsletter platform. My writer friend @ajsuper.com gave me the idea to merge my blog & newsletter and just use WordPress to send from my site like I do when a blog posts. That would sure be easier! #WritersLife #WritingCommunity

For the late crowd--take advantage of anti-Prime sale at Bookshop to grab our books!

Anti-prime sale at Bookshop! Buy our books today and tomorrow, discounts and free shipping. (Buy extras for gifts! ) bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #BookSky #WitchSky #books #reading

Those at Capclave (and Readercon) saw my red hat. Now I have a blue one too!

Capclave! Wonderful Con-- thank you @capclave.bsky.social ! Glad so many more have my book to spread hope and magic! Bought as many books as I sold means heavy bag on train. Oh well! #BookSky

If possible, send good vibes to Brazil today! 🤞 We're under threat of having the far right making a comeback in the Elections today (with the US financial and political support).

"Magical & spiritual #solarpunk " Meet the coven and find hope for the world! #BookSky #SpecLit #SFF #WitchSky #Witch

Got to the DC area early. Lovely visit to Great Falls. Interesting ecosystem. See you at #Capclave tonight! I'm on 8p panel Magic Rulz. Stop by! @capclave.bsky.social @bsfwriters.bsky.social

Added the Sat night Autograph Session to my @capclave.bsky.social schedule. Buy The Working & I'll sign with my magic pen! 🪄 🖋️ 12:30p Sat I'll read from The Working & throw #Tarot. Plus Fri 8p I'm on a Magic panel. #Capclave #BookSky #book #SFF #Witch #SpecLit

Well, I was going to say a whole day has passed without scam emails about promoting my book. Alas, one squeezed in a few hours before midnight. From (not!!!) VE Schwab! 🖕scammers!

What was I thinking? I didn't ship my books to @capclave.bsky.social so have a very heavy, large suitcase + box to take on the train. Hope you all buy The Working at Capclave so I don't have to carry them all back!!! #BookSky #SFF #solarpunk #Witch

I'm behind adding #books to my Great Reads. Soon I'll add @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Green City Wars and Kelly Anderson's The Wild Beneath. Both books: 🤩 amazing. Adrian captured nonhuman animal characteristics so well! Kelly's #CliFi ocean tale has a spiritual vibe that I loved. #BookSky #SpecLit

Next week @capclave.bsky.social ! Friday eve, I'm on a panel about magic rules. Saturday 12:30p, I'll read a bit from The Working where the coven throw #Tarot to find out who's threatening them. I'll throw cards as part of the session like I did at Readercon. Come and play! #BookSky #SFF #author

Next week @capclave.bsky.social ! Friday eve, I'm on a panel about magic rules. Saturday 12:30p, I'll read a bit from The Working where the coven throw #Tarot to find out who's threatening them. I'll throw cards as part of the session like I did at Readercon. Come and play! #BookSky #SFF #author

Power outage 'cause it's breezy out. Gonna have to write longhand! ✒️ #WritersLife #WritingCommunity

Just noticed a lovely new review for my witchy contemporary fantasy, The Working. #BookSky #WitchSky #reading #books #SFF #SpecLit #Witch #solarpunk

Late Sept already. Who's going to @capclave.bsky.social Oct 2nd? Me! In addition to a Fri eve panel on magic, I'll be reading from The Working Saturday 12:30...including throwing #Tarot as part of it! A reading at a reading! (relevant to the book) #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #BookSky #SFF #author

Fall #Equinox in the Northern hemisphere. No wonder messages of balance came through #Tarot with a friend last night. Particularly, how to ride the frenzied energy of current world. Doesn't mean staying still at a midpoint. It means working with the energy to keep moving, keep creating. #WitchSky

#WritingCommunity #Solarpunk @bsfwriters.bsky.social friends: offer some micro stories or poems for #S17! I'll start: Lajfa has the sight: the energy radiating from Zuccotti, a massive beacon. How could she not follow? There, her torch flared, became one with glorious liberatory community.

Mic check! 15 years and as relevant and needed as ever #S17 #Occupy #Occupy2026 @occupywallstnyc.bsky.social

Wish I were able to be there

Another horror.

My Ancestors told me to write The Working <2009. Now they say >Yeah, this< meaning my #solarpunk fantasy is even more relevant: offers a way to take fascist claws off us. Hope you'll read--the Ancestors applaud. #BookSky #WitchSky www.android-press.com/product-page... @press-android.bsky.social

Vax day ahead of going to in-person @capclave.bsky.social and @philconconvention.bsky.social this Fall. fyi: US Wastewater data shows #covid concentration HIGH. Yes, it's still a thing. Yes, vaccination helps minimize spread. Yes, #LongCovid is also a thing & vax helps. Why would you want covid?

I'm reading A People's Future of the United States. Such impactful stories. All calling out racism, misogyny, fascism. A welcome standout for its poignant humor: Charles Yu's Good News Bad News. This, amidst a book of standout stories. #BookSky

Horror hasn't been my jam. But I have #horror & #monster writer friends so read their books. Stop writing @acwise.bsky.social @wiswell.bsky.social @nicolemwolverton.bsky.social @sbfeldman.bsky.social !!! 🤣 You are c-h-a-n-g-i-n-g me! Despite their genres 😜 I recommend their books! #reading #BookSky

Starhawk's new website is fantastic! Do you know of her work: #writer #activist #witch? I'm surprised how many #SpecLit & #solarpunk writers and #pagan folx don't. Even if she wasn't a dear friend & mentor for decades, I'd urge you to take a look! starhawk.org #BookSky #WitchSky #WritingCommunity