Monica
@monwan.bsky.social
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Top political issues: Protecting 14th/19th Amendments, Ranked Choice Voting and privacy. Fan of Jane Austen, Henry Cavill, red pandas, otters, and the Oxford comma. (Chicago area) Reader, writer, editor of novels (JMW Editor - www.jmweditor.com)
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Reminders for myself to not behave like this is Twitter. Before I react to something:

- Is it true/factual (before sharing)
- Does it need to be said/share (is it helpful)
- Does it need to be said/shared BY ME
- Are they engagement farming
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Bridge over Chicago Waters. This morning during the Chicago Marathon.
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Inside tip for some reporter looking to make her mark as the next Woodward or Bernstein, if they exist:

ICE maintains duty rosters. FOIA the rosters, match time and place and name, and go from there.

Christ, people. Look into this. There’s a non-zero percent chance *some* of these are kidnappings
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teddypasketti.bsky.social
As an attorney that has represented ICE, I *promise* you that if you were to take a video of khaki-wearing dudes in black tees and masks, with online-buyable police vests, taking people into non-government vans, and show it to ICE officials, they wouldn’t know if they were ICE or just vigilantes.
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🚆 Metra MD-N: Milwaukee North inbound and outbound trains will originate from Western Avenue due to an Amtrak derailment. Shuttle bus services will accommodate commuters to and from Western Avenue. Extensive delays are anticipated. Seek alternate transportation.
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I don’t know that this is a good movie but watching Henry Cavill and the tiny-glasses Danish version of Reacher blow up Nazis is worthwhile.
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🚆 Metra UP-W: Union Pacific West inbound and outbound trains are stopped due to an Amtrak derailment. The duration of this delay is unknown. Updates will be provided as information becomes available.
monwan.bsky.social
Saw "Amelie" the musical tonight. It was a few hours of joy and whimsy that I needed right now. Chopin Theater is becoming my go to theater.

Now I must rewatch the movie.

And ramen beforehand was yum!
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So sad. I wasn’t ready to lose her yet. #RIP
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La-di-da, La-di-da, la la….

RIP Diane Keaton
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Names that initially came up included “the liberal-donation processor ActBlue; megadonor George Soros; the anti-Trump organizing group Indivisible; a variety of pro-immigration and Know Your Rights organizations; and the anti-war group CodePink.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent
Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.rollingstone.com
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I’m reading Red Dragon Ascended by Nita Round. Dragons! What’s in your hands today? 📖
www.amazon.com/dp/B0FMGWB9ZS

#romancelandia #booksky #sapphicbooks
#fantasy #magic #dragons #dangerinperil #fishoutofwater #sweet
A woman laying outside in a hammock reading next to a picture of the cover of Red Dragon Ascended by Nita Round with the caption “What Are You Reading?” for Sapphic Fiction Saturday on 10/11/25.
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“It’s like, ‘Oh no, look at the violent protesters, (they’re) doing crazy things like dancing, (blowing) bubbles,’” she said. “It’s just not going to fit their narrative because that’s not who we are.”
monwan.bsky.social
On suspense...

"The emotional background of the story -- the tone of the piece -- should be as chill as the romance is warm."
monwan.bsky.social
Ooof dah.

"The softness of the plot tension in romances and its resulting opportunity for lengthy descriptions of the setting tend...to encourage a writing style which is comparatively loose, discursive, heavily ornamented and sensuous."
monwan.bsky.social
Oooof.

He's going on about romance readers expect love at first sight, exotic or far off settings, etc.

I checked the copyright -- this is written in 1994.
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Ch. 5: Setting in Specialized Stories

Genre expectations, such as for westerns, romance, sci-fi.
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🩷 Pink Line trains are running with wait times of up to 60 minutes; we're working to restore service. Allow extra time.
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More like the original short stories? :)
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As far as I can tell, the case with Letitia James is one where she told them a specific thing and the mortgage lender checked a different box and it didn't get caught.

This is the kind of shit that could happen to literally anyone, and I have two thoughts.