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Danielle

@daniellemullen.bsky.social

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She/her Writer, knitter, artist, and chronically ill dame. Read my stuff: https://books2read.com/b/out-there https://www.forestavenuepress.com/bookshop/p/j82ly8pt9lia2x1dbc7tbp26l3gp4y

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 22d

Out There out now!

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Available now at your favorite digital store!

Out There by Sans. PRESS Team

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

Some of my published stories take place over a period of years and no ones ever given me that note before.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 1d

Hello bluesky! I'm Nora and I have a jewelry store focused on fused glass; I also have game tokens and worry stones.

Collage: nora.jewelry/collections/...
Cluster: nora.jewelry/collections/...
Worry stones: nora.jewelry/search?q=wor...
Earrings: nora.jewelry/collections/...

#bsnm

ad for the nora.jewelry collage collection, which consists of pieces made from patterned cane with some transparency piled on top of other different color canes and turned into a molded shape; the transparency creates a lot of depth in the final pieces, because you can see through the transparent bits to what is behind it. pictures are a pair of round green, white and purple cufflinks, a orange and yellow bolo tie, and a teardrop shaped pendant with a green/white design added to a pink design

ad for the cluster collection, a group of fused glass pendants (and a couple other things, but only pendants are pictured) made from placing glass cylinders on their ends in a group and melting them just enough to round them out but not enough to make them fully puddle like most of my designs. the result of this ends up looking a bit like fish eggs adhered to a flat surface, or a bundle of grapes. the ones pictured are a simple round aqua blue design with yellow middles, a purple design with distorted flowers (this one started out as regular flowers but rounded their petals in the kiln, blurring them) and a round tan design with brown and white middles.

worry stone collection: this one has an orange collage design worry stone in an abstract shape, a white and green one where the edges between the colors blur, and a round one in a bi pride pattern.

earring collection: this one shows a sparkly green aventurine pair of round earrings, one that's white/grey/clear with black spots (that one's made from spiral cane that I made flat and you can see the spiral in the final design) and one with swirling green, yellow and pink set in white.

all the backgrounds on all of these are an aventurine dragonskin sheet that i put at low transparency over white, so they have a lacy quality to them.

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

Woo-hoo! Congrats!

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Virginia Gewin @virginiagewin.bsky.social · 1d

Journalist here

I’m interested in talking to a federal agency scientist who was fired, then rehired. I can keep you anonymous. I’m on Signal ginnyg.04

Reposts are appreciated!

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

I taught creative writing to kinder and pre k, those artists deserve these awards. Honestly- one of the most fun jobs I ever had.

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

Read that as "lesbians". Which is extra funny since I used to be a librarian.

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

Y'all still masking, right?

Not Owen Meany @notowenmeany.bsky.social · 1d

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

I think it's valid to ask. I'd sure have questions if someone offered me a skull.

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

Dress sneakers? Do I even want to know?

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 1d

Almost done with this. Recommend to anyone interested in the civil rights movement, folk music, LGBTQ+ history, and/or education.

#BookSky

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This Is Rhythm

The remarkable life story of Ella Jenkins, “The First Lady of Children’s Music.” Ella Jenkins was one of the most influential musicians of the twentieth century. Her songs “You’ll Sing a Song and I’...

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

Books are friends.

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

Spent thirty minutes looking through my chaos organized fiction files for a "really really old" story. I was back in 2010 before I decided to try more recent folders - found it in 2020.

Which, yes, is five years ago but feels much longer.

What even is time?

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

And then they bombard the person actually going through it with ridiculous and dangerous unsolicited advice.

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

She needed to wear the glasses to make sure she didn't marry the wrong cousin?

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations!

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, to be a vampire in a huge library, passing the centuries in peace and quiet.

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

I've worked with editors who were shocked about how fine I was with cutting things. Sometimes, I was the one suggesting cuts. I'm precious about the purpose behind the story- not the words themselves.

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The Deadlands @thedeadlands.com · 3d

that is all BREAKING NEWS announced for the 1st time.

doing cool shit isn't cheap!

GOOD ARTISTS NEEDTA GET PAID

can you dig it? (6ft down if you know what we mean)

help us pay good artists that wanna get paid to do cool shit:

in return for your support you get

A COIN FOR THE FERRYMAN

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Coins for the Ferryman: Fundraiser For 2026 - PSYCHOPOMP.COM

Another October has arrived, crispy around the edges with a coolness that sinks into your bones. One season folds into another we rarely see, the ground

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 3d

Why would anyone stop their spouse from baking cookies? Maybe if they burned down the house last time but that seems like a pretty rare occurrence.

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 5d

That's what that smell is!

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 5d

I think this a misunderstanding about how terrible situations can have an influence/be a source of, let's say- "inspiration" - but you need time, space, and energy to process trauma before it becomes useful in your art.

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 5d

I read that as "librarians" and was so very confused.

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 5d

I'm glad someone eats them and they aren't all being thrown directly into landfills.

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Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 5d

Once again wondering if I'm Irish enough for citizenship.

Danielle @daniellemullen.bsky.social · 5d

All the allergies and asthma? Who would I even be without such things? Unstoppable, that's what!

Not sure if that's good or bad but I'd love to find out.

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