Lisa @ Narrated Podcast

So true. My first internet access was in college. My college had a student run UNIX server any student could get an account on. My friends and I all made personal web pages by typing html into text files. Mine had a bunch of original poetry on it.

Age yourself with a childhood crush

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

The Ignyte Awards have been announced! Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists!

I finally got to it and it’s SO GOOD. Episode to come Tuesday, but definitely one of my favorites of the year, and so much of it is specifically right up my alley.

Intergalactic Mixtape is live!

Thanks, Carin! Knowing we’ve sold someone on a book is one of my favorite parts of doing the podcast! (My other favorite part is having an excuse to chat with my friends about books every week.)

True. Orson Scott Card’s work had a huge positiveimpact on me as a teenager. I reread Speaker for the Dead recently, and all the radical empathy that helped me shape and articulate my worldview is still in there.

It's the last of my videos asking authors at Worldcon slightly unhinged questions! (For the record - these are all people who already know me. Do not stalk writers around events, please, and ask them nicely if you want to involve them in shenanigans.)

I read it and recommend it! I got stuck a couple of times when a character was about to make heart wrenchingly poor life choices, and had to put it down for a few days and come back. I think this is a sign of emotionally effective storytelling.

I am once again tormented by *thoughts* www.patreon.com/MicaiahJohns...

I was just thinking it was time to start making my 2027 TBR in earnest. Lots of great looking stuff in this thread, and just a few that I was already aware of.

New on Narrated: Scott and I discuss The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass, by Leslye Penelope. Bonus: Hugo Awards reactions with Mark, and my Y2K bug story. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/374

We recorded the Hugo Award reactions last night. @marksiegal.bsky.social and I could have kept babbling on, but @sullery.bsky.social was a killjoy and pointed out that he had to get it edited in time to post this morning.

New on Narrated: Scott and I discuss The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass, by Leslye Penelope. Bonus: Hugo Awards reactions with Mark, and my Y2K bug story. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/374

This is so fun!

Huge congratulations to our friends at @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social for your Hugo Best Fancast win! ❤️

Me already having Narrated on my Fancast ballot for 2027: *smug*

If you’ve read some great books or short stories this year that you think should be nominated for awards (or fan writing, SFF reviews, (ahem) SFF podcasts, magazines, etc.), this is a great place to share them. It’s also a great place to look for recommendations to read before award nominations.

Fun conversation on the Hugos There Podcast about the Best Short Story finalists with Seth @hugospodcast.com, Lori and Amy @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social, Ivor @tearsofthetinman.bsky.social, Sarah, JW (see link for non-bsky links), and me. Thanks for organizing, Seth! hugospodcast.com/podcast/2026...

New on Narrated: Readercon 35 Interviews. Huge thanks to all who chatted with me! #BookSky Part 2 features: Gillian Daniels @gillianlynndaniels.bsky.social Suzanne Palmer @zanzjan.bsky.social Kit Sedia @esedia.bsky.social Jake Casella Brookins @casella.bsky.social narratedpodcast.com/episodes/370

Now live on Narrated: This year’s Readercon Interviews. Huge thanks to everyone who agreed to chat with me! #BookSky Part 1 features: Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social A. T. Greenblatt @atgreenblatt.bsky.social Ann LeBlanc @robotleblanc.bsky.social narratedpodcast.com/episodes/369

The Hugo Poetry Award still needs more nominations from you. Just a few days left. Are you a fiction person who needs help judging poetry? I've got just the thing for you: bsky.app/profile/case... The best free outlets to find said poetry listed below

Great talking with you at @readercon.org, Casella! This is a fun episode, and I especially enjoyed the coverage of @portersqbooks.bsky.social. I was working in Porter Square 20 years ago when they opened, and they’ll always have a special place in my heart!

My kitties this morning. We started locking the freezer because Billy by himself can open it with just his weight by sitting right there. Once while we were out of town, the cat sitter found the freezer hanging open and the cats had chewed up a bag of frozen pork chops all over the kitchen floor.

This was a fun episode!

The conclusion of the Narrated Hugo finalist coverage: We were lucky to have @klaxoncomms.com from Hugo History join us to talk about the Best Series nominees. 39 books in one episode! #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/363...

This week on Narrated: Scott and I discuss Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim, one of the books that most sparked my imagination this year. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/367

Smoke sky, Greater Boston area this evening

This week on Narrated: Scott and I discuss Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim, one of the books that most sparked my imagination this year. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/367

#Readercon starts tomorrow and I can’t wait! If you are going to be there and would like to spend 10 minutes talking to me about your creative work, your con experience, and audiobooks/audio fiction for the podcast, let me know.

#Readercon starts tomorrow and I can’t wait! If you are going to be there and would like to spend 10 minutes talking to me about your creative work, your con experience, and audiobooks/audio fiction for the podcast, let me know.

It was the time a friend heard me play a set of original music and said, “Have you ever considered just playing covers?” And he was so confused that I had an emotional reaction. “What? You have a nice voice. Why not sing songs people already know?”

Whoa, was just pointed out to me that today is the two-year anniversary of @mealofthorns.bsky.social! It's been a pleasure and an honor to talk to all these fine folks about interesting books:

Okay, wow. I’m about halfway through Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim and I’m OBSESSED. When you leave home a part of you stays behind. This book is about a world where that is literally, scientifically true.

Sometimes a book comes along with an SFF mechanic (technology, magic, whatever) that sends my daydreams into overdrive spinning off plotlines in my own life and/or my favorite media. This is one of those books. What has hit you that way recently? #BookSky

Okay, wow. I’m about halfway through Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim and I’m OBSESSED. When you leave home a part of you stays behind. This book is about a world where that is literally, scientifically true.

This sounds fun, and for a good cause. Do I know any Boston area book people going to this? Maybe some #Readercon folks? #BookSky

New on Narrated: the first episode of our annual Hugo Awards coverage! @sullery.bsky.social, Mark, and I discuss Best Novella nominees with special guest Lori from @hugogirlpodcast.bsky.social. #BookSky narratedpodcast.com/episodes/359

Hey, would you like to hear two of this year’s Hugo-nominated stories—read by their authors? Samantha Mills and Thomas Ha are bringing us just that! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @samtasticbooks.com @thomasha.bsky.social www.storyhour2020.com

New SF,F&H 🚀🐲👻