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@loraleireads.bsky.social
Bibliophile and Amateur Historian
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Q6: Do you have anything exciting going on outside of #FirstDraftFall - recent or upcoming publications, other exciting projects, etc? Share it here & be sure to post links if you have them!
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Q6: Do you have anything exciting going on outside of #FirstDraftFall - recent or upcoming publications, other exciting projects, etc? Share it here & be sure to post links if you have them!
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#QueerPrompts November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance: Trans superheroes (in fiction or in real life)
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
#QueerPrompts November 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance: Trans superheroes (in fiction or in real life)
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
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“Not all men are violent. Most men are silent about other men’s violence”.
Yes. This.
Silence is complicity.
It’s also why so many of us speak out and refuse to be silenced.
If you’re a survivor, you’re not alone.
If you’re a man, speak out.
We need your voice.
Yes. This.
Silence is complicity.
It’s also why so many of us speak out and refuse to be silenced.
If you’re a survivor, you’re not alone.
If you’re a man, speak out.
We need your voice.
November 20, 2025 at 3:41 AM
“Not all men are violent. Most men are silent about other men’s violence”.
Yes. This.
Silence is complicity.
It’s also why so many of us speak out and refuse to be silenced.
If you’re a survivor, you’re not alone.
If you’re a man, speak out.
We need your voice.
Yes. This.
Silence is complicity.
It’s also why so many of us speak out and refuse to be silenced.
If you’re a survivor, you’re not alone.
If you’re a man, speak out.
We need your voice.
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"Then there came a terrible day; a shift in the paradigm. There was one abuse too many. The magic learned rage, and how to defend itself."
My latest piece. Going out to supporters first with a step-by step, and then available on my shop soon. #illustration
My latest piece. Going out to supporters first with a step-by step, and then available on my shop soon. #illustration
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
"Then there came a terrible day; a shift in the paradigm. There was one abuse too many. The magic learned rage, and how to defend itself."
My latest piece. Going out to supporters first with a step-by step, and then available on my shop soon. #illustration
My latest piece. Going out to supporters first with a step-by step, and then available on my shop soon. #illustration
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This tweet from Jesse Hamm changed the way I saw my art, eternally grateful for his wisdom
Opened Twitter for the first time in a while just to dig up this tweet of theirs I adore
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This tweet from Jesse Hamm changed the way I saw my art, eternally grateful for his wisdom
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If folks haven't read it, I recommend @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories are Weapons, which is unfortunately more and more relevant during this administration. When I started it, I thought, "yeah yeah, I know this." But each chapter was 🤯; well researched analysis of these tactics, recent & historical.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If folks haven't read it, I recommend @annaleen.bsky.social's Stories are Weapons, which is unfortunately more and more relevant during this administration. When I started it, I thought, "yeah yeah, I know this." But each chapter was 🤯; well researched analysis of these tactics, recent & historical.
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Hey, you.
Stop scrolling for a second.
Breathe in.
...
...
Breathe out.
You've got this, I believe in you.
Stop scrolling for a second.
Breathe in.
...
...
Breathe out.
You've got this, I believe in you.
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hey, you.
Stop scrolling for a second.
Breathe in.
...
...
Breathe out.
You've got this, I believe in you.
Stop scrolling for a second.
Breathe in.
...
...
Breathe out.
You've got this, I believe in you.
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Time for some cozy reading before bed. This section is about gathering with loved ones, making sure we do things that are important to us during the holidays with those whom we cherish, and festive meal planning.
📚🎄📚
#BookSky
📚🎄📚
#BookSky
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Time for some cozy reading before bed. This section is about gathering with loved ones, making sure we do things that are important to us during the holidays with those whom we cherish, and festive meal planning.
📚🎄📚
#BookSky
📚🎄📚
#BookSky
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Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
Alice could not eat food for years.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
And yet at Christmas she would bake cookies and mail them to me—such was her desire to provide care for the people she loved.
November 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
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Northern Lights at Lighthouse Beach! Waited for four hours, but so worth it!
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Northern Lights at Lighthouse Beach! Waited for four hours, but so worth it!
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Book Launch - Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen, by Alice Loxton tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/elea... @historyalice.bsky.social #Medieval #History #BookLaunch
November 13, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Book Launch - Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England's Lost Queen, by Alice Loxton tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/11/elea... @historyalice.bsky.social #Medieval #History #BookLaunch
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From Nov 11th-14th my ebook will be FREE!
This coincides with the end of WW1- 11/11, when the guns fell silent.
Explore a teenager's struggle with grief turned to vengeance, set against the backdrop of war.
You can get it here:
a.co/d/h7Py4Cp
#booksky #historicalfiction #book #books #histfic ⏳📚
This coincides with the end of WW1- 11/11, when the guns fell silent.
Explore a teenager's struggle with grief turned to vengeance, set against the backdrop of war.
You can get it here:
a.co/d/h7Py4Cp
#booksky #historicalfiction #book #books #histfic ⏳📚
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
From Nov 11th-14th my ebook will be FREE!
This coincides with the end of WW1- 11/11, when the guns fell silent.
Explore a teenager's struggle with grief turned to vengeance, set against the backdrop of war.
You can get it here:
a.co/d/h7Py4Cp
#booksky #historicalfiction #book #books #histfic ⏳📚
This coincides with the end of WW1- 11/11, when the guns fell silent.
Explore a teenager's struggle with grief turned to vengeance, set against the backdrop of war.
You can get it here:
a.co/d/h7Py4Cp
#booksky #historicalfiction #book #books #histfic ⏳📚
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Great house of cards, assembled by five children w/ cooperation of their v good dog, & painted by William Hogarth. He was born OTD 1697.
November 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Great house of cards, assembled by five children w/ cooperation of their v good dog, & painted by William Hogarth. He was born OTD 1697.
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2/2 Dolls' Tea Party, 1730, w/ non-cooperation of pup. Another ridiculously cute scene by normally sharp & satirical William Hogarth, born OTD 1697.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
2/2 Dolls' Tea Party, 1730, w/ non-cooperation of pup. Another ridiculously cute scene by normally sharp & satirical William Hogarth, born OTD 1697.
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I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Sometimes, to get through the morning run, I pretend Sir Attenborough is narrating.
“This strange behaviour seems integral to the creative’s process—and indeed, were it not, would the creature attend to the matter with such grim seriousness?”
“This strange behaviour seems integral to the creative’s process—and indeed, were it not, would the creature attend to the matter with such grim seriousness?”
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sometimes, to get through the morning run, I pretend Sir Attenborough is narrating.
“This strange behaviour seems integral to the creative’s process—and indeed, were it not, would the creature attend to the matter with such grim seriousness?”
“This strange behaviour seems integral to the creative’s process—and indeed, were it not, would the creature attend to the matter with such grim seriousness?”
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Fighting the November darkness 🌸💜🌼
November 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Fighting the November darkness 🌸💜🌼
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At this point, every single journalist needs to have a simple one-sheet of the major news events that Mike Johnson and his toadies claim to have not seen, or know nothing about.
Like, hand it to them. "Okay, here. Take your time. I can wait." Call their bluff, ffs. This is absurd.
Like, hand it to them. "Okay, here. Take your time. I can wait." Call their bluff, ffs. This is absurd.
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
At this point, every single journalist needs to have a simple one-sheet of the major news events that Mike Johnson and his toadies claim to have not seen, or know nothing about.
Like, hand it to them. "Okay, here. Take your time. I can wait." Call their bluff, ffs. This is absurd.
Like, hand it to them. "Okay, here. Take your time. I can wait." Call their bluff, ffs. This is absurd.
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It’s Native American Heritage Month!
We encourage everyone to take time to celebrate and uplift indigenous creators and communities now and into the future. We must always stand in solidarity with those continuing the fight for liberation — our freedoms are interconnected.
LAND BACK!
We encourage everyone to take time to celebrate and uplift indigenous creators and communities now and into the future. We must always stand in solidarity with those continuing the fight for liberation — our freedoms are interconnected.
LAND BACK!
November 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s Native American Heritage Month!
We encourage everyone to take time to celebrate and uplift indigenous creators and communities now and into the future. We must always stand in solidarity with those continuing the fight for liberation — our freedoms are interconnected.
LAND BACK!
We encourage everyone to take time to celebrate and uplift indigenous creators and communities now and into the future. We must always stand in solidarity with those continuing the fight for liberation — our freedoms are interconnected.
LAND BACK!
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Ever felt guilty for escaping into a book when the world gets a bit much?
DON'T!
Reading isn't just an escape, it's a way to connect, or reconnect, with life, yourself, and the world.
Thanks to @zzclaybourne.bsky.social for sharing his thoughts with us:
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
DON'T!
Reading isn't just an escape, it's a way to connect, or reconnect, with life, yourself, and the world.
Thanks to @zzclaybourne.bsky.social for sharing his thoughts with us:
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ever felt guilty for escaping into a book when the world gets a bit much?
DON'T!
Reading isn't just an escape, it's a way to connect, or reconnect, with life, yourself, and the world.
Thanks to @zzclaybourne.bsky.social for sharing his thoughts with us:
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...
DON'T!
Reading isn't just an escape, it's a way to connect, or reconnect, with life, yourself, and the world.
Thanks to @zzclaybourne.bsky.social for sharing his thoughts with us:
www.readindiefantasy.com/guest-post-w...