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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Like our politicians aren't perfect, the system of politics is corrupt at its core, but our political parties are more 'there is a monkey in their brains smashing money cymbals' than 'we love god but are above the law so it's fine to be racist, bigoted, homophobic r4pists'

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · 3d

erm Australian here
doesn't antifa just mean antifascist
shouldn't we all be antifascist
doesn't trumpy claim he's not a fascist
if he's not why is he scared

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 12

omg, as you should, how GORGEOUS

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 4

any excuse to share my fav wedding photo

Image of a wedding portrait photo. The background is a wall with brightly coloured grafitti tags, bubble letters in white with black and pink borders. The word is hidden by the central figures, man and woman on their wedding day. The man has dyed blonde hair and wears an ivory suit, black collared shirt, and golden bolo tie secured at the centre. The bolo tie is gold, in the shape of a horse-shoe, and has floral accents. The woman has pink hair with a blunt cut fringe, wears a mesh dress with diamontes, and red bracelets. She holds a floral bouquet of bright pink flowers and red roses, and they are showing off gold and emerald wedding rings on their ring fingers.

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 20

I think even Grammarly is useless for fiction anyway, bc it lacks the nuance of a human person. Great for speeding up mundane work tasks in my office life, and I utilise it on the work desktops, but I won't touch it for anything in study (research essays) or writing. It's not suitable for it.

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

how it feels when i have three manuscripts i'm working on and an inbox waiting for submission news, but need to focus on my university assignments first lmaooooo #booksky 📚💙

savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 18

Oh I LOVEEE this book. I hope they do a good job of the movie :')

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 13

thank you for the support! it really is a challenge! parenting on top of doing my study and work eis a LOT eeek but will all be worth it!

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 12

goshhh i have been SO unwell the past two weeks i haven't even had time to open scrivener, toddler parenting is not for the weak lol #booksky

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 10

🔸 last book you read: Chain-Gang All-Stars, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenya
🔸 your current read: Strangers, Taichi Yamada
🔸 last book added to your tbr: Gravity Let Me Go, Trent Dalton
🔸 next read: Babel, R. F. Kuang

quote with yours! #booksky

spacecreepyface @spacehippieface.bsky.social · Aug 10

bookish checkpoint 🕯️

🔸 last book you read: All Dogs have ADHD - Kathy Hoopmann
🔸 your current read: A Heart Full of Hatred - Derek Landy
🔸 last book added to your tbr: The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster
🔸 next read: The War of the Worlds - HG Wells

quote with yours! #booksky #books

Your Own Personal Elle Boyd @theelleboyd.bsky.social · Aug 10

bookish checkpoint 🕯️

🔸 last book you read: Heads You Win, by Jeffrey Archer.
🔸 your current read: On the Clock, by Claire Baglin.
🔸 last book added to your tbr: Still Alice, by Lisa Genova.
🔸 next read: Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy.

quote with yours! #booksky #books

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

thought i was in enemy territory

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 7

reaaaalllly practising patience by not nudging the agents who have my submission before the date they gave me to do so eeeek #booksky 📚💙

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Aug 2

lmaooooo meeeee #hamilton #musicaltheatre

savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

I think I'd end up so restless if I didn't have something to write during revision!

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Sooo I need to know: Are my fellow #booksy writers working on multiple manuscripts at once, or do you stick to one at a time? I'm a multi-work writer; I need the variation. I find having time away from work helps with writer's block and gives me plenty of time to let my scenes settle! 💙📚

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 29

Yep! In Australia for example, we have: www.classification.gov.au/classificati...

www.classification.gov.au

savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

tv series are a different ballpark - bc of the rating system which they WANT to impose on books, which is a horrifying idea! #booksky #📚💙

savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 28

1. human science experiments
2. victorian sci-fi boarding school
3. gothic but make it futuristic body horror
4. camping nightmares and aliens
5. middle grade cozy fantasy series based on stories my toddler child tells me about our cat lloool

i am multifaceted

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 26

i'm 30... but i'm 27 in covid years.

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 22

Also, super late to the party, but I love 'zombie' media. It's never about the perceived threat. #28yearslater exemplifies this: toxic masculinity, false heroes, familial bonds, and generational trauma. Can't believe it took me so long to catch it!

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 22

Ok, how did I never think about writing a sci-fi spec fic set in a Victorian-build boarding school when I write sci-fi spec fic... and attended to a Victorian-build boarding school... lmao this is FUN 📚💙 🪐📚 #booksky

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The Creatively Maladjusted @tyrotcm.bsky.social · Jul 21

bsky.app/profile/ebth...

The disability community appreciates you. Eb has great in depth tutorials posted here.

Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · Nov 14

If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...

this thread is for you.

First: prompt questions to get you started.

Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · May 20

Alt text prompt Qs:

What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?

(Not for images of text.)

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

It certainly takes some getting used to, but it's definitely worth it! My university lecturer just told us to type in a search on YouTube, as there are plenty of resources, which I found super helpful!

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

Friendly reminder that bsky has an option to turn on 'alt text' for all images, and it will not let you post until you have popped that in. Very very helpful if you're forgetful like I am, and a quick and easy path to helping the internet be accessible for all :-) #booksky #💙📚

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savdoesbooks @savdoesbooks.bsky.social · Jul 21

Looking for Alaska. Funnily enough, I remember reading this and thinking they were all tame for supposed 'rebels'. Just goes to show the adult disconnect with how teenagers behave, as it was deemed 'unsuitable' for the age group. Read #bannedbooks ! #booksky #bookchallenge #💙📚 #politicalbooks 6/?

Book cover of 'Looking for Alaska,' written by John Green. A solid black background, with a thin trail of white smoke curling from a recently extinguished candle which appears at the bottom of the image. The words 'a novel' appear beside the smoke. The title, 'Looking for Alaska,' appears in white, lowercase type and is outlined by a red rectangle, centered at the bottom of the page. The author's name, 'John Green,' is printed beneath it in white text.

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