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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 7d

This is delightful!

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Kathleen Jennings @tanaudel.bsky.social · 7d

Impossible Australian wildflowers, on various things: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5371...

Also on fabric and wallpaper: www.spoonflower.com/en/fabric/10...

Impossible Flowers by tanaudel | Redbubble

A tangled, impossible wandering of Australian wildflowers.

www.redbubble.com

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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 10d

This one goes out in honor of Jane Goodall for her work in conservation and moving science forward in the understanding of other species on this planet
🌊🌊

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 10d

September being my birthday month, book club took a break from anti-fascism to read a “gothic nightmare full of buried secrets and shambling horrors”!

I loved this book.

September Book Club

Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 10d

On the farm, the flower gardens are peaking. Dahlias put out new pink, purple and orange blooms after the rain, and cosmos are starting to go by and turn brown.

September Book Club

Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20d

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 22d

We all need to be civil liberties advocates and defenders of our Constitutional rights.

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 22d

Whether or not we retain the right to free speech depends on everyday people being willing to speak freely about the things we care about.

You have a voice. Use it.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 23d

That’s how censorship operates in the USA (and many places) government pressure is used to force people & groups to self-censor.

It’s a constant pattern:
The majority of censorship is self-censorship, but the majority of self-censorship is deliberately cultivated by an outside power. It’s the goal

scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 23d

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.

Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 24d

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 24d

Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers
www.jordanacosta.co/p/free-to-us...

Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers

You have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work

www.jordanacosta.co

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · 24d

What's the literary equivalent of an EGOT?
Fiction, nonfiction and fantasy?
Or Poetry, nonfiction, and fiction?

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Marty Cahill @mcflycahill90.bsky.social · 24d

Yesterday feels like a dream, yet all the more special knowing it was real. If you weren’t able to join last night, I’ll be in conversation tonight with @casskhaw.bsky.social at 8pm EST, hosted by @loyaltybooks.bsky.social!

Link below, hope to see you in cyberspace!

loyaltybookstores.com/thefox

Martin Cahill and Cassandra Khaw for Audition for the Fox

loyaltybookstores.com

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 27d

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · Sep 10

I’ve always believed that writers need to immerse themselves in the world, occupations, people, and places, in order to write about the world as it is, to create stories that enrich readers’ lives.

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · Sep 10

As George R. R. Martin says, “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.”

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · Sep 9

That is so exciting! Woo hoo!

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · Sep 7

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 7

Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · Sep 5

This captures well how being a successful self-pub author involves a 2nd skill set being your own publicist. As a trad-pub author myself, when aspiring writers ask me for advice on whether 2 self pub, I stress this: Not every writer also has the personality/skills to enjoy being a publicist; do you?

Strange Worlds of Jason Kilgore - Author @worldskilgore.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is a tale of two authors: one who sold a lot of books at an author event, and one who sold almost none. What was the difference? Read on….

medium.com/@worldskilgo...

#booksky #authors #selfpublishing #writing

A Tale Of Two Authors Selling Their Books

This is a tale of two authors: one who sold a lot of books at an author event, and one who sold almost none. What was the difference? Read…

medium.com

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GCLS Writing Academy @gcls-wa.bsky.social · Sep 5

Top 5 steps to tackle as a new author of sapphic fiction
thesapphicquill.com/start-as-a-n...
#Jae #gclswa #gclsinstructor #sapphic

Where to start as a new author of sapphic fiction

It's hard to know where to start as a new author. All the tasks can seem daunting. Here are the top 5 steps to take as a new author of sapphic fiction.

thesapphicquill.com

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · Sep 5

#writing #booksky #🌈📚#sapphic #novel #writingcommunity #querying #queerwriterschat

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The Lesbian Review @thelesbianreview.com · Sep 4

ICYMI: A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue is an enemies to lovers ice queen romance set in a quaint small town in Australia. #booksky #amreading

A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue: Book Review

ICYMI: A Heart Full of Hope by Cheyenne Blue is an enemies to lovers ice queen romance set in a quaint small town in Australia.

thelesbianreview.com

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Laura Garden @lauragarden.bsky.social · Sep 4

This looks fun!

New Hampshire Book Festival

Welcome to the New Hampshire Book Festival — where stories come alive and community thrives. Join us in downtown Concord, NH, October 3–4, 2025,\

www.nhbookfestival.org

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Bywater Books @bywaterbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

👋 Oh hey, we’re Bywater Books—Foreword INDIES Publisher of the Year!
🏳️‍🌈📚🔮Come for the queer stories, stay for the magic: bywaterbooks.com

Books. Bold. Brilliant. Bywater.
#SapphicBookSky #LGBTQSky #LGBTABookSky #BookSky

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