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Dale Ivan Smith
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Retired librarian, now "full-time" writer/ reader of fantasy, SF and mystery. TKZ blogger. Author of The Empowered series, Meg Booker librarian mystery series, and various novellas and short stories. Avid stargazer, role-player, board gamer. Fez wearer.
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A Shush Before Dying is the first novel in my Meg Booker Librarian mysteries, a cozy mystery series set in the 1980s. Card catalogs, big hair, not so simple minds #cozymystery #mystery

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I worked in public libraries for over thirty years and second this 100%. Libraries LOVE to hear from their patrons what they want the library to stock. We always gave weight to requests for purchase from our patrons #libraries
Libraries are free for you to use, serve the public good, are great, support creators financially and, I cannot be clear enough about this-- ARE FREE FOR YOU TO USE-- so pirating books makes you kind of an asshole, not some Marxist revolutionary.

If the book you want isn't there *request it.*
November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you see this, post your getaway vehicle
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Wonderful post today by Vaughn Roycroft at Writer Unboxed about the importance of gratitude and how the creative process can feed your own soul #writing #writingcommunity

writerunboxed.com/2025/11/24/a...
A Writerly Road to Deeper Gratitude
The countdown to Thursday has begun! Well, here in the U.S. (begging the indulgence of our friends abroad, for whom Thursday is plain ole’ Thursday). I’m sure many of you are already scrambli…
writerunboxed.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
That feeling when you list the number of candidate ideas for your next novel and realize it's more than the number of pips on a six-sided die #writing #writingcommunity
November 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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to the bluejay
mimicking the hawk:
A+
#haiku #senryu
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Man, I’m kind of sorry for being such a smartass today but let me promise you this one thing it will happen again
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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This is what our planet looks like from 1.5 billion kilometers away. The Cassini spacecraft captures the Earth as a pale blue dot beneath the rings of Saturn.
#PaleBlueDot

contactlight.de

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The skies cleared Thursday evening for a couple of hours. Imaged the California Nebula with my Seestar S30 smart telescope #astronomy #astrophotography
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Callie doing her runway strut:

#Caturday
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Yes, I am judging you.

#caturday
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Fantastic news! Congratulations to @rstefoff.bsky.social !!!
November 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I've never done an eligibility post before.

Be gentle. Share and share alike.

Any consideration when it comes time for awards is greatly appreciated.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Your creativity matters.
Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
November 20, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Beloved Portland comics shop BOOKS WITH PICTURES -- which specializes in oppressed and marginalized voices -- needs our help!
www.gofundme.com/f/keep-books...
Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now, organized by Katie Pryde
Dear friends: I need your help. I’m proud of everything Books with Pictures… Katie Pryde needs your support for Keep Books with Pictures Alive: Donate Now
www.gofundme.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
My new favorite as well :-)
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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WEEK 132 SHOWS

Welcome to Hanksgiving 2025!

SUNDAY 7PM - BRIDGE OF SPIES

9pm - SKYMED SERIES

Preshow begins at 6:30pm and wheels up at 7pm to Berlin aboard Fancake Airlines Flight 1962.

All times central on twitch.
www.twitch.tv/capt_pete_mi...
a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says happy thanksgiving
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is smiling and says happy thanksgiving
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Master Pancake Theater schedule this week
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The epic Joe Versus tune, "While the Master's Away," has been playing in my head ever since I saw this music video during @dumb-industries.com "Mano Day" stream on Saturday

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLZh...
Joe Versus - While the Master's Away - Manos: The Hands of Fate Music Video
YouTube video by Joe Versus
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Reading @chuckwendig.bsky.social's wonderful "Gentle Writing Advice" and his point, "As authors, we operate best when we cease asking permission" for what we want to write, really struck a chord with me #writing #writingcommunity
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Totally a scambot.
At what point does this person figure it out? Are they even a person? Or a bot?
November 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Told you she was (and is) the most important SF/F writer of our generation
✨ Please join SFWA in celebrating the announcement of our latest Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award: N. K. Jemisin. ✨

Learn more here about @nkjemisin.bsky.social, the Grand Master Award, and how the work goes on after the accolades for all we've already done:
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/16/p...
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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Fulton started the orrery in 1833 with these known planets, moons & asteroids

Earth - Moon
Asteroids: Vesta, Juno, Pallas, Ceres
Jupiter - Ganymede, Calisto, Europa, Io
Saturn - Titan, Rhea, Iapetus, Mimas
Uranus - Titania, Oberon, Ariel, Umbriel

🔭 #histsci
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbha...
A 19th century model of the solar system | Fulton's Orrery | Collection Highlights | Kelvingrove
YouTube video by Glasgow Museums
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM