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A witch and a bitch with an herbal itch…and an overactive imagination. Award-winning author, coffeeholic, old lady, owned by cats. She/her Http://www.authordjmartin.com
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DJ Martin @authordjmartin.com · 24d
While Jo might be as much of a klutz as I am, I've never had to clean up *this* much after myself! #ParanormalWomensFiction
Ebook (Amazon): https://mybook.to/ReclaimingEbook
Ebook (Everywhere else): https://books2read.com/u/boqAp0
Paperback: https://mybook.to/ReclaimingPaper
The cover of "Reclaiming Herself" on the right with a pull quote on the left: My first attempt at a magical potion was a disaster. I tried to make a version of Abby’s hangover remedy. No one is sure what, exactly, I did wrong, but when I tried to infuse magic into the gloopy-looking mixture, the whole thing erupted in my face…and all over the workroom. After I took my second shower of the day, it took me three hours to clean virtually every surface, including the ceiling.
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If it isn't completely obvious...
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN.
TRANS MEN ARE MEN.
TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.
Do not tell me that my friends and adopted family do not have the right to exist. I will fight you.
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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"Swamp creatures" don't always smell the best to the human nose… #urbanfantasy
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December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Authors: John's got a huge following so...exposure! Readers: keep coming back to this thread to see what's been added. There's a lot of good stuff here! #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 15h
HEY AUTHORS: It's the last weekend before Christmas and/or the end of Hanukkah, so people are going to be looking for last minute holiday gifts, which books are perfect for, so use this thread to tell everyone here at Bluesky about your book so they can go find it at their local bookseller. GO!
An old pocketwatch suspended in front of ancient leather-bound books
December 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Read about this earlier this week. For me? Fuck all the way off. But for news organizations, influencers, and others? Bad optics, if anything.
December 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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"Swamp creatures" don't always smell the best to the human nose… #urbanfantasy
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Paperback: mybook.to/Transformati...
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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From “Reinventing Herself,” I’d probably elaborate on the scene where El met Anne. #WriteSky
zprospero.bsky.social Zed Prospero @zprospero.bsky.social · 1d
For your WIPs or published stories, if you were asked to write a "bonus scene" outside of the main plot, what would it be?

#WritingPrompts #WriteSky
December 19, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Am I alone in being irritated when an audiobook narrator pronounces the same word two different ways within the same book? #AmReading
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Nutmeg was the “high” of choice in Victorian society – for those who could afford it, that is. Nutmeg was expensive in those days. (And that "skin" on the nut? That's the spice, "mace.") From A Green Witch's Cupboard #herbs
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Four nutmegs with the aril (coating) still on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A girl labeled every company is holding a tuba labeled unwanted AI over the head of another girl labeled me.
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Jo's familiar is a sometimes-inconvenient crow. #ParanormalWomensFiction
Ebook (Amazon): mybook.to/ReclaimingEb...
Ebook (Everywhere else): books2read.com/u/boqAp0
Paperback: mybook.to/ReclaimingPa...
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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If Charles Dickens had written a Christmas story set on a space station...

"Jingle Stars"

Meet the spaceship who plays Santa.

#booksky #Xmas
Jingle Stars (Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Book 4)
Jingle Stars (Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Book 4) - Kindle edition by Schwartz, Jenny. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Jingle Stars (Shamans & Shifters Space Opera Book 4).
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December 16, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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"The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words." ~William H. Gass #WritingCommunity
hands poised over a computer keyboard.
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Good for them!
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d
TOTAL BACKFIRE: Pulitzer Prize Board just turned the tables on Trump. In his defamation lawsuit, they’re demanding his tax returns, financial records, and even medical & prescription history if he’s claiming damages. (Law&Crime)
December 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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It's the "company holiday party" time of year. I doubt yours is quite as interesting as Amy's... www.authordjmartin.com/posts/evs-ch...
Ev's Christmas Party -
Amy sez: I just had to get this down for blackmail posterity. You never know when an account of last week’s events might come in…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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1. Books are easy to wrap.
2. Books don’t need batteries.
3. Books don’t hurt when you step on them in the middle of the night.
4. Books never come in the wrong color or size.
5. Books never need ironing.
6. Books don’t need to be assembled before being given.
December 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
A comic called Animals with Misleading Names. There's an electric eel labeled "not an eel". There's a mountain goat labeled "not a goat." There's a maned wolf labeled "not a wolf." There's a king cobra labeled "not a cobra. Also, snakes are typically self-governing." There's a peacock mantis shrimp labeled "Not a peacock. Not a mantis. Also, not a shrimp." There's a horny toad labeled "Not a toad. Only thinks of you as a friend." There's a mayfly labeled "active through the spring and summer." There's an eastern kingbird labeled "found in the west. Many birds do not recognize its authority."
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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It's the "company holiday party" time of year. I doubt yours is quite as interesting as Amy's... www.authordjmartin.com/posts/evs-ch...
Ev's Christmas Party -
Amy sez: I just had to get this down for blackmail posterity. You never know when an account of last week’s events might come in…
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December 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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nothing can put a bigger smile on my face than reading that Microsoft has to scale back its AI ambitions because NOBODY uses copilot.
a screenshot of a reddit post saying that (quoting an article from extremetech dot com)
December 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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December 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone

- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware

but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Look, if you have a question about one of my books before buying it, YOU CAN ASK ME. I just sit here--and on Insta and Threads. I check my replies. I'm happy to help! Don't ask the stupid AI that steals my life's work and vomits out garbage. I will tell you whatever you want to know!!
December 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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As a peon in the publishing world, I’m looking forward to people with deeper pockets getting legal advice on this.
December 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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When I think of this #herb, my mind automatically goes to pickles. But there’s so much more... Parts used: aerial, seed. From A Green Witch's Cupboard. (Did you know? Those leaves are soft, not prickly. And the seeds are *tiny*.)
stalks of dill leaves
December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM