Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs

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Prone to a ❤️ of ginger & greyhounds. Writer. Novella | Collection | Lambda, Locus, & Bram Stoker finalist | 40+ stories. Publisher & Editor Essential Dreams Press. Newsletter, books, & other things me at linktr.ee/thisjulieday. (she/her)

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Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jun 4

Just passed through the new remote TSA in Framingham! Headed on the Logan express to the airport. Next up, Pittsburgh and Stokercon!

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jun 3

I head out to #Stokercon, arriving tomorrow afternoon! Between my day job, sick pets, a writing project, and last weekend's trip for the Locus Awards, I haven't had time organize much for the trip. If you're headed there and want to connect, please reach out!

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Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· May 1

Last month was crazy stressful. I was determined May would be different. What a great start! Thank you #HWA!

A middle-aged woman with short hair and huge smile holding up her 2025 Bram Stoker Award Finalist certificate

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Mar 2

The latest Essential Dreams Newsletter just dropped! The amazing Julia Deridder, intern and assistant editor extraordinaire, is back at. Sharing all our news and all her enthusiam with the world. She truly is amazing. essentialdreamspress.substack.com/p/reading-li...

Reading lists, awards, discounts, and new project updates.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Feb 23

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Publishers Weekly says “This passionate and playful anthology is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.” 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List. 2025 Bram Stoker Award Finalist

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Feb 23

Shocking. Amazing. Thrilling. And that’s just the Blizzard of 2026! I’m so damn happy and grateful to see Storyteller is a finalist for the Stokers! @carinabissett.bsky.social @ethereallad.bsky.social

The 2025 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. Superior Achievement in an Anthology listing, including Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Feb 1

What a way to start the month! Storyteller is on the 2025 Locus Magazine Recommended Reading list! For the last few weeks l've had to remain silent & I've learned I really hate withholding good news! (Thankfully I found out about the Stoker Award preliminary ballot at the same time as everyone else)

anthology cover overlaid with the words 2025 lovus recommended reading list
tanithleestoryteller.com

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jan 30

Check it out! For members of HWA, voting for the Stoker Preliminary Ballot will be open from February 1 to 15. Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute anthology is in the Superior Achievement in an Anthology category! For HWA members, the anthology is available via the link in the latest HWA email.

The anthology cover along with a notice that shipping is free when purchasing from the UK or the US. tanithleestoryteller.com

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jan 27

@andyduncansf.bsky.social Starlene Justice, Amelia Mangan, Michael Yuya Montroy, @ktwagner.bsky.social & @marisca.bsky.social!

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology cover
"This passionate and playful anthology...is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.”

–Publishers Weekly

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jan 27

I'm thrilled to discover that Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is on the preliminary ballot for the Stoker Awards! The works the authors brought to this book are unique and powerful and focus on voices that, like Tanith herself, seem to slip too easily beneath community awareness.

List of all anthologies on the stoker awards preliminary ballot

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Dec 22

I'm adding the rest of my written response to this thread for completeness sake.

Spellcheck and simple translations, along with grammar checks, have been around for decades. They are not intrinsically AI tools. Any AI inclusion in the software is part of a pattern to force adoption by existing tool users. Though I selected full ban in the options above, I do not include such tools as long as they don’t cross into generative territory. One thing that stands out for me in this survey: we need clearer language beyond generative AI and non-generative AI. And one fact is certain, publications that accept AI submissions have no place in the creative arts and no place in a SFWA-acknowledged list of publications.
I'd also like to add that the situation with the Nebula Awards did make me suspicious of the board's understanding and stance. I appreciate the apology, but my faith that you are able to navigate the difficulties ahead is shaken. I am one person. I need an industry organization that will protect its members. As someone who is not eligible for compensation due to the lack explicit registration of copyright for any of my works, I’ve already been taken advantage of. I wouldn't have agreed to the use of my work if anyone had requested my approval. I feel enraged. It’s hard enough to believe in your own work and to put in the time year after year. Seeing our culture diminish the importance of true creative endeavors, and the importance of trying and failing and gaining skills, is an extra burden for us all. I hope you can prove my concerns are wrong and that SFWA will continue to advocate for writers. AI is here to stay, but its actual legitimate and legitimately helpful uses are currently not its only uses. It’s all about greed and profit, driven by people and organizations who don’t value creatives of any stripe (actors, visual artists, writers). It’s imperative that we say “no” both collectively and individually.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Dec 22

I just filled out the #sfwa survey on AI. I encourage all SFWA folk to do the same. Part of my response below. #NoAI

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Dec 21

Hey, my first two (beginner) lamas are now complete! I was quite intimidated. But I still completed the first one and messed with the colors on the second one. And all the mistakes I managed to make along the way? Well, that just made the process feel like writing, personally satisfying.

two embroidered (cross stitched) lamas: one in shades of brown, one in shades of purple.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Nov 2

I’m wrapping up my visit to Brighton. @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social has been brilliant! There are still a few copies of Storyteller at the book table by the Art Room. If you want, grab a copy and help me not have to lug them all back to Massachusetts!

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Oct 31

You can also find copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at the book table near the art show (part of the main convention space)!

“Sixteen authors, including big names like Martha Wells, Andy Duncan, and Nisi Shawl, celebrate the late World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tanith Lee in this passionate and playful anthology of stories inspired by her work…The result is both a fitting tribute to a master and an enchanting compendium in its own right.” --Publishers Weekly

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Oct 25

All of which is to say, we just crossed the 1000 copies sold mark with Storyteller!!!!! It's available @bookshop.org @weightlessbooks.bsky.social and many other online retailers. Plus directly from Essential Dreams Press at tanithleestoryteller.com.

Text 1000 copies sold! with the Storyteller a Tanith Lee Tribute anthology cover and the URL tanithleestoryteller.com

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Oct 13

Two lovely reviews for Storyteller just showed up! I'll be on the Tanith Lee panel at the World Fantasy Convention later this month. If you haven't picked up a copy yet, you can find it at all the usual places, including tanithleestoryteller.com

tanithleestoryteller.com
“Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is a lovely tribute, indeed. From the first tale to the last, a deep love and admiration for Lee’s life and work shines through in each authors’ interpretation of her distinctive style and voice. These sixteen stories capture the spirit of Tanith Lee’s fiction with their elaborate world-building, complicated consequences, and wild magic everywhere.

It is a wonder to see how unique and yet how familiar this anthology feels.”--Nerdgoblin.com

“Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology is a lovely tribute, indeed. From the first tale to the last, a deep love and admiration for Lee’s life and work shines through in each authors’ interpretation of her distinctive style and voice. These sixteen stories capture the spirit of Tanith Lee’s fiction with their elaborate world-building, complicated consequences, and wild magic everywhere.

It is a wonder to see how unique and yet how familiar this anthology feels.”--Nerdgoblin.com

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Oct 12

The Museum of Cultural Masks? Yes, please! "Second Face is the only fully online ethnographic mask museum of worldwide scope." www.maskmuseum.org/gallery/ #writingrabbithole

paper maché Waggis Carnival Mask ca. 1970s

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Oct 10

Feeling confident enough to share first lines. Always a unreliable feeling, I know, when actively working on a draft!😂

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Oct 8

Just over 70% through the rewrite of my Meissen Eyes novella! I'm trying not to get all up in my own head. I still haven't hit any insurmountable problems. It's science fiction horror (or something along those lines). Here's The Sleepwalker by Maxmilián Pirner which was the initial inspiration.

A woman in a long white nightgown, standing on a narrow ledge with her eyes closed.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Sep 19

Happy birthday to the late Tanith Lee! To celebrate, we're featuring a guest post by @rinrocio.bsky.social, author of the incredible “On Her Crown a Head of Twelve Stars." Indulge in Rocío’s velvet prose as she contemplates the joy of beautiful books essentialdreamspress.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Text says: Guest Post. The Art of Owning Books with Rocio Rincon Fernandex. Plus, a happy birthday to Tanith Lee!

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 28

After ReaderCon we headed to southern Wales to explore Swansea and the Gower. Heading back to London on the train gives me a bit of time for another discovery. With just 1 day until STORYTELLER’s 4-week-aversary there are almost 900 copies out in the world!

The tumbled stones that make up the tomb of the Norseman fork bears w/ a pic of storyteller and the text almost 900 copies are now in the wild!

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 25

My partner and I are sharing LJ Cohen’s multiverse novel Litany for a Broken World while traveling. I picked it up at Readercon & now as I watch Tom read, I’m regretting my offer to share. I want it back! It’s one of those books that just keeps getting better. @sarahpinsker.bsky.social

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Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 25

What a lovely review of Storyteller by @renfestklingon.bsky.social! www.nerdgoblin.com/read-this-st...

“These stories capture the spirit of Tanith Lee’s fiction, with their elaborate worldbuilding, complicated consequences & wild magic everywhere. It is a wonder to see how unique and yet how familiar this anthology feels.”

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 17

The Storyteller magnets arrived just in time for Readercon! (I head out in 3 hours.) #swag

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 11

Dear Lord. Readercon is in a week! [Quickly digs up the schedule] 🧜‍♂️They're be a group Storyteller reading on Saturday at 6pm.🧜 There'll be swag, including ✨stickers ✨ magnets ✨chocolate ✨plus amazing stories. You can also pick up a copy of Storyteller in the Dealer Room!

A pic of Julie C Day (m) holding a copy of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology, plus Julie's Readercon schedule, including a group reading for Storyteller.
1. Sustaining the Small Press Ecosystem: Create / Collaborate Friday, July 18, 2025, 12:00 PM EDT
2. Meet the Pros(e): Salon F Friday, July 18, 2025, 10:15 PM EDT
3. The Blurred Line Between Prediction and SF: Salon G/H Saturday, July 19, 2025, 3:00 PM EDT
4.Storyteller Group Reading: Empower / Embrace Saturday, July 19, 2025, 6:00 PM EDT
5. Kaffeeklatsch: Julie C. Day Suite 830 Sunday, July 20, 2025, 1:00 PM EDT

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 8

STORYTELLER: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology dropped a week ago on July 1st! (tanithleestoryteller.com) Today we biked to our final little free library and left a copy of STORYTELLER and Tanith’s novella collection Fatal Women.

2 people in bicycle helmets smile at the camera while holding up 2 books.

A pic of 2 books (fatal women by Tanith Lee and storyteller: a Tanith Lee tribute anthology inside a wooden box

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 7

My amazing assistant-editor-in-chief, Julia came across copies of the just released Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology at our favorite bookstore @bookmoon.bsky.social! Stop by for a copy or order from them online! bookshop.org/p/books/stor... @gavingrant.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social

a young woman smiling at the camera as she points to copies of Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology on a bookstore shelf.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 2

Book birthday cake!!!!

A middle aged white wonen with short hair smiling as she looks at a cake decorated with the Storyteller anthology cover.

Julie C. Day is communing with tiny dinosaurs@thisjulieday· Jul 1

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology releases today! We'll send our custom sticker (an illustration of Tanith by @tanaudel.bsky.social) to the first 25 people who post a pic of their copy of the book & tag us! tanithleestoryteller.com @marthawells.com @csecooney.bsky.social