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Linnea Hartspooker

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Linnea Hartsuyker. Author of THE GOLDEN WOLF TRILOGY from Harper Collins. She/her. Fiber arts, cooking, rowing, shipwrecks, web engineering, New Hampshire, SFF, fandom https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-by-linnea-hartsuyker

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hi new followers! I am an author of historical fiction about Vikings. My trilogy THE GOLDEN WOLF SAGA is published by HarperCollins in the US and you can buy them wherever books are sold. Or request them from your library! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Golden Wolf Saga

One of Open Letter's Best Books of 2019 The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures...

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 4h

I was fine, I was fine, and then he went in that last hole and I fell over laughing. Comedy rule of threes, perfectly performed

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👻madeline boOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 8h

when i was being examined for my senior coxing licence in Oxford, she asked if I'd ever been in a boat crash, I said yes, she asked what I happened, I said "a manatee tried to mate with the shell and it capsized then broke in half" and she did not know how to respond to that

🌈Dr. Franken Frizzle 🎃 @swilua.bsky.social · 13h

I love students so much

On this day
7 years ago
Kerry
Oct 11, 2018
*student giving presentation on her work on a wildlife rescue team*
Student: manatees are really dangerous because they weigh 1000 pounds and lose all awareness of their surroundings when mating

Other student: *under breath* oh wow same

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 6h

You had me at 2tbsp butter

Jason Cohen @cohenesque.bsky.social · 8h

Boursin no longer makes the pepper cheese www.bonappetit.com/recipe/ludo-...

Ludo Lefebvre's Omelet

You’re not going to get this right the first time. After five, maybe six attempts, you’ll start to feel like a pro.

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 12h

Hot jerk. I loved him so much

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 12h

The words are a tool to generate the thoughts which become the words that communicate the thoughts.

AI could never.

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 13h

What's remarkable is how writing 500 words/day attunes my brain to the project. I immediately start thinking of it all the time, daydreaming ideas I'll try to put down on future days.

THIS is writing, not the words, which I may delete in future drafts. And this is what I love about writing.

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 12h

Heh, you clearly had fun writing this! Thiel is creepy, intends I'll, and should be ridiculed like ths

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 12h

May her memory be a blessing to you and all who love her

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 13h

Started today on a new novel I've only jotted ideas on before. When I'm rough drafting, I like to set myself a minimum of 500 words per day. It's enough not to be instantaneous but short enough that I can get through it on a bad or busy day. #amwriting

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 16h

Oh! Makes sense. Both handsome devils

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hannibal gif bot @catboyhannibal.bsky.social · 1d

hassun

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 17h

Had to scroll through all the comments to make sure Jeremiah showed up here 🐸

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A.Ghost Pasquella 👻🎃 @agpasquella.bsky.social · 18d

It’s that time again, folks

Humpty Dumpty Had A Great Fall: a comic with Humpty Dumpty doimg Fall activities. Strollimg past autumn leaves, carving pumpkins, reading a book by the fire and apple picking.

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 19h

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂

So share some of my paintings??

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands.
The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention.

Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane.

Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury.

Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

The best Holmes, my one true Holmes. Literally the only version that's gotten across his strangeness without making him an asshole. This Holmes is odd, but he is also polite if sometimes abrupt and kind especially to the downtrodden

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

They are both great!

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I wish Dems were even 10% as effective as Repubs thought they were

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone is great, but this Benedick is incredible, hilarious, one of the best actors I've ever seen at putting across Shakespeare

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Alright, I'm watching this tonight, if the tech collaborates.

Who's with me?

chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 2

the full production is available to view on archive.org

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Great Performances - Much Ado About Nothing : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

For the first time in over four decades, Great Performances presents a Public Theater production recorded live at Free Shakespeare in the Park. After a highly...

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Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

First time! Yes, and I'm really enjoying it. I might end up one of the weirdos who likes this series better than Lymond

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

S has been out of town and usually that's when I watch TV he wouldn't like (most TV, esp SFF or anything violent) but I've been too into my books:

Just finished THE SPRING OF THE RAM (Niccolo 2) by #DorothyDunnett, and really enjoyed it.

Now reading the Donougher translation of LES MISERABLES

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · Aug 21

In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.

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Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study

Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.

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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 2d

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, why not wake up to some fancy late 13th century carving

A carved stone capital of the late 13th century depictng a human face surrounded by beasts and decorative leaves. Some flecks of red and gold paint are still visible.

A capital showing many carved animals, perhaps cats with mice in their mouths?

A carved carousel depicting various birds among precisely cut leaves.

A carved capital depicting dragons sleeping among realistic leaves.

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