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Some may see what's happened in Minneapolis and have a wake up call. That's great. A lot of work to be done going forward. But, if you see what's happening; that's been happening, and you still support ICE and you work in Education, Healthcare, or Public Service. You're a fucking embarrassment. ⚒🧊
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Some may see what's happened in Minneapolis and have a wake up call. That's great. A lot of work to be done going forward. But, if you see what's happening; that's been happening, and you still support ICE and you work in Education, Healthcare, or Public Service. You're a fucking embarrassment. ⚒🧊
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Nine tips from professional editors and bestselling writers on tackling scenes with sensitive material
The Difficulty of Writing Difficult Scenes
Nine tips from professional editors and bestselling writers to tackle scenes with sensitive material.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Nine tips from professional editors and bestselling writers on tackling scenes with sensitive material
#MorningGloryMilkingFarm by #CMNascosta is what you expect it to be. This book has all the hallmarks of any erotic fiction. However, neatly woven in were interesting subversions & thoughtful criticisms of Corporatism & the exploitation & weaponization of gender & sexuality of the marginalized. 💙📚
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
#MorningGloryMilkingFarm by #CMNascosta is what you expect it to be. This book has all the hallmarks of any erotic fiction. However, neatly woven in were interesting subversions & thoughtful criticisms of Corporatism & the exploitation & weaponization of gender & sexuality of the marginalized. 💙📚
#Otherlands by #ThomasHalliday is a novel version of all your favorite walking amongst the dinosaurs documentaries you've watched & more! Complete with fascinating tidbits and anecdotes to just how alien & ancient the earth would've been when these creatures called our planet home. 💙📚
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
#Otherlands by #ThomasHalliday is a novel version of all your favorite walking amongst the dinosaurs documentaries you've watched & more! Complete with fascinating tidbits and anecdotes to just how alien & ancient the earth would've been when these creatures called our planet home. 💙📚
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You ever notice how beginnings get all the glory? Everyone’s obsessed with “the hook.” Grab the reader by the collar, shake them, spill coffee in their lap. But endings—no one talks about the fact that endings are basically a con. “Wrap it up neatly.” Excuse me?
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» A Craft Essay About Never Knowing How to Stop
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November 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
You ever notice how beginnings get all the glory? Everyone’s obsessed with “the hook.” Grab the reader by the collar, shake them, spill coffee in their lap. But endings—no one talks about the fact that endings are basically a con. “Wrap it up neatly.” Excuse me?
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#TressoftheEmeraldSea by #BrandonSanderson has a lighter more comedic tone despite the action sequences definitely landing more Adult. If you've bounced off of Sanderson books before like I have, this one stuck for me. I think it's a good mostly singular story with a fun worldbuilding idea. 📚💙
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#TressoftheEmeraldSea by #BrandonSanderson has a lighter more comedic tone despite the action sequences definitely landing more Adult. If you've bounced off of Sanderson books before like I have, this one stuck for me. I think it's a good mostly singular story with a fun worldbuilding idea. 📚💙
#TheServiceberry by #RobinWallKimmerer is a short novel that expounds upon how nature spreads abundance in ecology. The author proposes how we could learn from nature & apply it to our economy, our community, our neighborhood & our own framing of the world around us. It's refreshing & inspiring. 📚💙
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#TheServiceberry by #RobinWallKimmerer is a short novel that expounds upon how nature spreads abundance in ecology. The author proposes how we could learn from nature & apply it to our economy, our community, our neighborhood & our own framing of the world around us. It's refreshing & inspiring. 📚💙
#TheLiesofLockeLamora by #ScottLynch is the first book of an enthralling fantasy set in a charming world.
The titular Gentleman Bastards are an engaging & cultivated cast of characters & Locke's extemporaneous games ever-spun webs have inadvertently pulled the threads of greater spider's games 💙📚
The titular Gentleman Bastards are an engaging & cultivated cast of characters & Locke's extemporaneous games ever-spun webs have inadvertently pulled the threads of greater spider's games 💙📚
October 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
#TheLiesofLockeLamora by #ScottLynch is the first book of an enthralling fantasy set in a charming world.
The titular Gentleman Bastards are an engaging & cultivated cast of characters & Locke's extemporaneous games ever-spun webs have inadvertently pulled the threads of greater spider's games 💙📚
The titular Gentleman Bastards are an engaging & cultivated cast of characters & Locke's extemporaneous games ever-spun webs have inadvertently pulled the threads of greater spider's games 💙📚
#MeSseD by writer #JayBKalagayan and primary artist #DylanSpeeg is a comic book series about the day to day life of a city employee; Lilliput, for the orwellian sounding Metropolitan Sewer District.
Where the normalcy of the city sits precariously atop of a slew of pulpy sewer horror monsters! 📚💙
Where the normalcy of the city sits precariously atop of a slew of pulpy sewer horror monsters! 📚💙
October 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
#MeSseD by writer #JayBKalagayan and primary artist #DylanSpeeg is a comic book series about the day to day life of a city employee; Lilliput, for the orwellian sounding Metropolitan Sewer District.
Where the normalcy of the city sits precariously atop of a slew of pulpy sewer horror monsters! 📚💙
Where the normalcy of the city sits precariously atop of a slew of pulpy sewer horror monsters! 📚💙
#LegendsandLattes by #TravisBaldree is a wonderful and cozy slice of life story held inside a fun fantastical world. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants a fun comedic jaunt with a great cast of characters and a heartwarming ending! 📚💙
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 AM
#LegendsandLattes by #TravisBaldree is a wonderful and cozy slice of life story held inside a fun fantastical world. I strongly recommend this book for anyone who wants a fun comedic jaunt with a great cast of characters and a heartwarming ending! 📚💙
#BlackAFHistory by #MichaelHarriot is a deep dive history book that will forever change your perspective, if you genuinely engage with the severe and intensive care taken to look at the systems of power and oppression of black and african americans who did not get to write history in their favor. 📚💙
October 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
#BlackAFHistory by #MichaelHarriot is a deep dive history book that will forever change your perspective, if you genuinely engage with the severe and intensive care taken to look at the systems of power and oppression of black and african americans who did not get to write history in their favor. 📚💙
It is unfortunate for me that I am incapable of the level of ignorance that is required to simply ignore what is happening to our educational & scientific infrastructure of this country. Because thats what it is. Ignorance; not naivete, this is the age of information. You know, you just don't care.
October 4, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is unfortunate for me that I am incapable of the level of ignorance that is required to simply ignore what is happening to our educational & scientific infrastructure of this country. Because thats what it is. Ignorance; not naivete, this is the age of information. You know, you just don't care.
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Are you hosting a Banned Books week event or display? Don't forget to add it to our free event calendar! bannedbooksweek.org/events/
September 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Are you hosting a Banned Books week event or display? Don't forget to add it to our free event calendar! bannedbooksweek.org/events/
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries as next week we celebrate national banned book week!
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I Believe in Libraries.
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
EveryLibrary's Executive Director, John Chrastka, discusses why he believes in libraries as next week we celebrate national banned book week!
www.everylibrary.org/i_believe_in... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
www.everylibrary.org/i_believe_in... via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Imagine being a fan of Indiana Jones and being so media illiterate that you did not know he hated Nazis and Fascism or being such a defensive snowflake that you can't handle a picture of a cat with subtitles.
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Imagine being a fan of Indiana Jones and being so media illiterate that you did not know he hated Nazis and Fascism or being such a defensive snowflake that you can't handle a picture of a cat with subtitles.
Good tips! As I'm getting more into writing flash fiction myself atm
5 lessons from reading 100 short stories.
#WritingTip #ShortStory #Writer #Writing
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#WritingTip #ShortStory #Writer #Writing
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September 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Good tips! As I'm getting more into writing flash fiction myself atm
#VerityVoxandtheCurseofFoxfire is a YA fantasy that captures the nostalgic feeling of wanderlust woven with whimsical horror of the unimaginabe nature of ancient places like Appalachia.
Verity uses my favorite version of magic & I love the real to life perspective of intimate magic in folklore. 📚💙
Verity uses my favorite version of magic & I love the real to life perspective of intimate magic in folklore. 📚💙
September 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#VerityVoxandtheCurseofFoxfire is a YA fantasy that captures the nostalgic feeling of wanderlust woven with whimsical horror of the unimaginabe nature of ancient places like Appalachia.
Verity uses my favorite version of magic & I love the real to life perspective of intimate magic in folklore. 📚💙
Verity uses my favorite version of magic & I love the real to life perspective of intimate magic in folklore. 📚💙
I am not old, but my body would like me to be fooled to be.
September 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I am not old, but my body would like me to be fooled to be.
#Apeopleshistoryoftheunitedstates is a brief overview of what you should have learned in high school. #MythAmerica is what you should have learned your senior year. #OrdinaryMen is a cautionary example of what happens when citizens accept dogmatism & identity privilege over education & sympathy. 📚💙
September 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
#Apeopleshistoryoftheunitedstates is a brief overview of what you should have learned in high school. #MythAmerica is what you should have learned your senior year. #OrdinaryMen is a cautionary example of what happens when citizens accept dogmatism & identity privilege over education & sympathy. 📚💙
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"The emotional state of the characters is paramount. For this reason, I want the reader to have complete access to my characters’ inner lives, without any narrative interference."
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How to Choose the Best POV in Fiction
Award-winning writer Barbara Josselsohn discusses how to choose the best point of view in fiction by looking at how each of them work.
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August 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"The emotional state of the characters is paramount. For this reason, I want the reader to have complete access to my characters’ inner lives, without any narrative interference."
www.writersdigest.com/how-to-choos...
www.writersdigest.com/how-to-choos...
#TheFloatingWorld by #AxieOh I happened to find serendipitously & It is a solid YA fantasy read! The setting is one we've all imagined before. However, the author's blending in of korean mythology and folklore into the worldbuilding & characters that brings the story new life in a satisfying way! 📚💙
August 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
#TheFloatingWorld by #AxieOh I happened to find serendipitously & It is a solid YA fantasy read! The setting is one we've all imagined before. However, the author's blending in of korean mythology and folklore into the worldbuilding & characters that brings the story new life in a satisfying way! 📚💙
#OverSeaUnderStone by #SusanCooper is a 1965 childrens mystery that would be categorized as middle grade today. The book has some charm within the children's sense of wonder but has dated stereotypical dialogue and structure.
⚠️Fair warning a hard left from a villian in black face towards the end 📚💙
⚠️Fair warning a hard left from a villian in black face towards the end 📚💙
August 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#OverSeaUnderStone by #SusanCooper is a 1965 childrens mystery that would be categorized as middle grade today. The book has some charm within the children's sense of wonder but has dated stereotypical dialogue and structure.
⚠️Fair warning a hard left from a villian in black face towards the end 📚💙
⚠️Fair warning a hard left from a villian in black face towards the end 📚💙
To whom it may concern and are we really surprised?🙄
July 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
To whom it may concern and are we really surprised?🙄
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The Authors Guild supports the Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act, a critical piece of legislation at a pivotal moment.
AI developers CANNOT be allowed to build their businesses on the backs of unpaid/unlicensed creators. Our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ag-supp...
AI developers CANNOT be allowed to build their businesses on the backs of unpaid/unlicensed creators. Our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ag-supp...
July 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Authors Guild supports the Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act, a critical piece of legislation at a pivotal moment.
AI developers CANNOT be allowed to build their businesses on the backs of unpaid/unlicensed creators. Our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ag-supp...
AI developers CANNOT be allowed to build their businesses on the backs of unpaid/unlicensed creators. Our statement: authorsguild.org/news/ag-supp...
Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the state of things, which is almost every time I open social media. But I'll be Gotdamned; by the old gods and the new, if it isn't inspiring to see Mark Hamill & George Takei lambasting corrupt assholes on the daily.
July 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sometimes I get overwhelmed with the state of things, which is almost every time I open social media. But I'll be Gotdamned; by the old gods and the new, if it isn't inspiring to see Mark Hamill & George Takei lambasting corrupt assholes on the daily.