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Praxis Books

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Lesley and Joe. Editors, writers, poets, Tom Waits enthusiasts. Bespoke book editing and poetry mentoring. Originally from Tasmania, Australia. Now in Glasgow, Scotland www.praxisediting.com

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dan Brown is releasing another book.

...Or as Bill Bailey would say "Words randomly arranged to form vast piles of money."

#curranteyedmurdererofprose

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Jul 14

Please. No. More. Superheroes.

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Jun 27

Question: What are these?

Took this photo near Dunblane, they appear to be thistles, but some variety I've not seen before.

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Bluemoose Books @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social · Jun 16

On our new website we will have

Words of writing advice from authors

And links to other Indie publishers.

Indie publishing is a community of like minded individuals.

Working together we can create something other than

The Corporate fare.

@thebookseller.com

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Jun 15

Fair

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BRUISER @bruisermag.com · Jun 11

we do not tell these stories.
we wear them.
in our knees,
our teeth,
the way we flinch
when fireworks go off.

THE YEAR WE STOPPED BEING GIRLS by Sreeja Naskar

www.bruisermag.com/naskar_girls

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Jun 5

People sometimes say... "Well, science doesn't know everything."

Thing is, science KNOWS it doesn't know everything.

Otherwise it would stop.

-Dara O'Briain

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Fae Johnstone @faejohnstone.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Manitoba legislature has passed Bill 43, adding gender expression to the provincial human rights code.

In this doom and gloom climate, it's important to mark victories like this, to remember that despite the rise of the far right, we can still organize and win for 🏳️‍🌈 people.

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Jun 3

Us, whenever someone mentions using chat GPT.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · Jun 3

Gentle reminder to anyone who needs it today: The more you use technology to replace the things you used to do for for yourself, the less you will be able to do them. That goes for writing, walking, thinking, communicating, making things, and all the things humans used to be pretty good at.

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Ray E. Boomhower @rboomhower.bsky.social · Jun 3

“Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It's that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that's what the poet does.”
Allen Ginsberg

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · May 27

There was a young man
From Cork who got limericks
And haikus confused

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · May 16

CURED HAM
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · May 12

Whether you think you can, or think you can't...

...You probably have a justifiable reason, and frankly reducing people's success or failure to motivation and wishy-thinking shows a horrifying lack of empathy, or indeed a basic understanding of the world.

(ahem)

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · May 7

We are at English Bluebell peak in our woodland, so everyday we are going to share pictures of our most magnificent plants 🫠

#2

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · May 7

"Right tha noo"

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · May 7

Seeing an unpleasant rise in the number of ads for AI writing assistants. One described itself as a 'muse' for novelists. 🤢

Seems like a good time to post this again...

praxisediting.com/our-policy-o...

Using AI to create or edit writing? Short answer... Don't. — Praxis books, editing, poetry and publicity services

Using programs like Chat GPT to create or edit your work is a fast track to unreadable, un-saleable writing.

praxisediting.com

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · May 5

Around the survivors a perimeter create.

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Bookshelfie @bookshelfie.bsky.social · Nov 25

#booksky #writerstruggles

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Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Apr 29

"It's genuinely difficult to listen to people with too much money. Even when the rich talk about acts of generosity, they always come off as too frugal relative to their own worth and it always sounds like they're trying to sell you something."

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Apr 28

Terminator 3 really should have been spin off starring ginger mullet motorcycle friend.

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Apr 21

So, when it snows here in Scotland. Is that called a Mcflurry?

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Apr 17

Today's sentence... "An undercurrent of indescribable wrongness."

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Apr 17

All the boys think she’s a spy
She’s got hetty wainthropp eyes

Praxis Books @praxisbooks.bsky.social · Apr 13

Yes, eat all of our shirts!