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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 4h

Your setup is cute! I like it! My recommendation would be to put your books closer to the front of your table to fill up more space. This will also put the books closer to readers, so they’ll be easier to grab and look! ❤️

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 8h

I understand why companies love AI bots; however, as a consumer, I never could have imagined how much time I’d spend trying to convince AI to let me talk to a human.

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Ian Forsooth, I am smitten by your spooky name @ianfortey.bsky.social · 1d

Whatever you say, foil tray.

The interior of a foil tray stamped with the words always support the bottom

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 9h

Looks good!

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 21h

It’s the Feds making Portland look like a war zone— not the protesters.

And honestly, these protesters are brilliant. They’re flipping the whole authoritarian cosplay on its ass!

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 19h

She’s really cool.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 22h

This week, I interviewed a guy I’ve chatted with before. I asked him how his dad was, and he shared that Pops died a few weeks ago. Then we ended up talking about the cool life his dad lived. This is why I love interviewing people. You ask the right question, and you unlock incredible stories.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 22h

I wrote 2,000 words today and unlocked a new Fortnite skin, so I guess you could say this weekend was a success.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 22h

Officially at the life stage where
my son’s girlfriend leaves me notes on the fridge when she’s over but I’m not home ❤️

A dry erase board that says, “Heidi says hi.”

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 23h

How many frogs are we gonna see at tomorrow’s #lfk protest?

Buffy Rigoletto @buffyrigoletto.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!

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Lachesis Arkwight 💰 @lach.girlfailure.zone · Apr 25

This is just me after everything I have to do this morning.

It's a picture of a sad cat with "they don't know my tummy hurts"

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

*Cries*

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kim @kimmymonte.bsky.social · 1d

you can’t spell library without bra and i think that says a lot about absolutely nothing

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

These pictures healed me

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

When you see me, plan to scream OH MY GOD MY FAVORITE AUTHOR!

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

I respect this boundary you’ve set 😂 ❤️

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 1d

I need to check this place out!

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

Journalism is not a crime. Free Debbie Brockman!

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Salazar Zed 🔞 terato art & erotica @shadyscientician.bsky.social · 2d

I'm a pulp author, so I'm unusually fast. There are pulp authors faster than me.

I can write and edit 4-5 10k word shorts a month, and I can write one 60k word novel in about 3 months.

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Salazar Zed 🔞 terato art & erotica @shadyscientician.bsky.social · 2d

I know some folk that can write, edit, and put out 2-4 shorts a week. They're to be feared. Not AI, just do it full time and have it down to a science.

Similarly, there are people who can put out a 60k novel in a month or two. Normally, you only see this in pulp romance and in webserials.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

I think this depends on genre! I put out about one a month at this point, but used to do one a month *per pen name.* Lots of indie romance writers put out 12+/year. 🤷‍♂️

Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 @eliseswritings.bsky.social · 2d

Authors, in the interest of helping readers spot gen ai 'authored' books, how many novels do you publish a year?

I publish one 80-100k+ word (epic fantasy) novel, and I can only do that because I drafted 8 novels before I started publishing any. 📚💙

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

Anthropic stealing books and then revealing authors’ legal names is insane. I promise that every one of us who uses a pen name has a reason for doing so.

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Sophie Stern | L.C. Mortimer @sophiestern.bsky.social · 2d

I also thought that as a kid.

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Nose Stuck in a Book Blog @nsiabblog.bsky.social · 2d

Book mail! Super excited to get started on these books from:
Dell
Bloom
youhadmeathea
Sourcebooks
Tor #booksky

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