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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 6d

#WITC #HistFic #BookSky

#HistoricalFiction set in the Arizona Territory, featuring a family of Irish immigrants.

You want dark secrets? angst? guilt? #Celtic mysticism? Cowboys, folk songs, & a little #Romance?

Then WHISPERS IN THE CANYON is for you!
Books2Read.com/whispers-in-the-canyon

Book cover against a lowering sky. Text: How do you fight a man who's dead? Whose very memory brings terror to life? Can he help her, or will the past drag her into madness?

5-star review excerpt: An amazing tale of guilt, incest, betrayal, forgiveness, & family.

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Dominic Piper @dominicpiper.bsky.social · 22h

#FREE #FREE #FREE

Like Bottled Fire. Dominic Piper.

"Like Bottled Fire is a cinematic experience from beginning to end: a quick read that immerses you in the enticing, perilous world of private investigator Daniel Beckett." - Patricia Furstenberg, author.

mybook.to/LikeBottledF...

#MustRead

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 15h

2/2 Also check out Fiverr for cover designers (many less than $100) & join a critique forum to polish things up. If you need one service (eg: editing), but can offer another (eg: plot construction), you may find a partner who's perfect for you.

Someone out there needs your story. Pls don't give up.

Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 16h

Take a look at @draft2digital.bsky.social before you give up. There aren't any special skills needed; your manuscript just needs to be presented consistently (eg: all chapter headings differentiated in type size), & they have a wide range of ebook & library services -- you can choose 1 or all. 1/2

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 17h

Thirty of Bob Ross’s artworks are being offered for sale in auctions with the syndicator of programming for public television stations pledging that 100 percent of the net sale proceeds will benefit stations run by APT and PBS, auction house Bonhams said. https://wapo.st/3WrRXP0

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Julie Irwin @jdirwinbooks.bsky.social · 1d

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

NEW: When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider.

Here are six steps experts suggest to help you through the external appeal process.

This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.

You may have the right to get a denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here’s how experts suggest you do it.

www.propublica.org

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 1d

#HistFic #BookSky

Escape to another time, where valiant men & women survive in an often-unforgiving land & neighbors stand together to defeat the evil amongst them. Award-winning #historicalfiction with swoon-worthy romance & a dash of Celtic mysticism.

Now in print!
Books2Read.com/GiffordMacShane

Image shows 5 book covers against old oak tree. Text: Book 1, Whispers in the Canyon: Damaged almost beyond hope, a young woman is offered safety -- by a man she doesn't know how to trust; The Prequel, The Winds of Morning: A young woman's desperate struggle to save her family during famine; Book 2, The Woodsman's Rose: A solemn oath. A broken friendship. The gift that might heal. Book 3, Rainbow Man: He'd follow her anywhere regardless of danger; Book 4, Without the Thunder: An outcast Society belle. The Navajo man she loves. The woman who craves their downfall.

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geodell.bsky.social @geodell.bsky.social · 7d

Earth's Survivors: The Nation
I'm with Susan. Do you know what I mean? And that means I'm a lesbian. It's important to me to say it. In our so-called enlightened society...
#ApocalypticFiction #Horror #DellSweet #Dystopian #Zombie #action #KindleUnlimited #Amazon

www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7FD5WLT

Earth's Survivors The Nation (The Earth's Survivors Book 3)

Earth's Survivors The Nation (The Earth's Survivors Book 3) - Kindle edition by Dell, Geo, Sweet, Dell. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Earth's Survivors The Nation (The Earth's Survivors Book 3).

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 2d

3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.

Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...

S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion

Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law

www.qasimrashid.com

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🦋❄️🍁Baron🍁❄️🦋 @baron333.bsky.social · 2d

As if they weren't all part of it ...the constituents will be knocking on their doors with hands out soon enough when mom or pop can't get medicine

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Layla Hawke - author @laylahawke2.bsky.social · Sep 6

Her parents declared dissidents, raised by the Temple to be an unpaid laborer, Felicity plots her risky escape.
#dystopian #romance #fantasy
www.amazon.com/Felicitys-Fl...

Cover for Felicity's Flight by Layla Hawke

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Lakota Man 🪶 @lakotaman.bsky.social · 9d

So, why is the Trump Administration gifting Argentina $20 billion dollars for “infrastructure” when Natives on the Navajo Nation Reservation must have water trucked in because reservation water is polluted from decades of non-Native mining?

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! You can use this link to see the the full blurb:
books2read.com/TheWoodsmans...

Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 1d

I really wish I could say I'm surprised...

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.

But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.

By @kylehopkinsak.bsky.social, w/ @adn.com

Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.

When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.

www.propublica.org

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Ash Pinnick @tvdinnerdev.bsky.social · 2d

Victoria State Library, Melbourne

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 2d

#whistpr #TWR #HistFic

Brian grabbed the plate of muffins. “Don’t you touch that,” he growled. “I’ll break your arm right off.”

Daniel made a skeptical noise in his throat—violence was no part of his gigantic brother’s nature. He’d been known to catch spiders in the house & put them in the garden.

#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 2d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 7, 2025: #INSECT

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

Black and white drawing of a multitude of insects including spiders, wasps, flies, beetles, crickets, worms, centipedes, ants, ticks, bees, and mosquitoes arranged in a pleasing symmetrical pattern.

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 2d

#whistpr #TWR #WriteSky #Folklore

Daniel predicting a cold winter:

“The squirrels are building their nests low in the trees & the ant mounds are higher than usual. Add in the amount of fruit on the holly trees & acorns on the oaks. If the leaves fall before their color change is complete...”

#Whistpr Daily Word @whistprword.bsky.social · 2d

A daily word prompt meant to inspire any type of creativity.

Share your art, original words, poetry, writing snippets, photos, etc. NO A/"I" please! Alt text on images appreciated.

Tag your post: #whistpr

Word for October 7, 2025: #INSECT

#WritingPrompt #Art #WritingCommunity

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips #HistFic #WITC

Jesse struggled to control her shaking.

“Nay, my dear,” Katie said, “you must not fight it. Let it run its course. But believe you are safe now. No harm shall come to you here.” Gradually the peace which Katie’s voice suggested found its way to Jesse’s trembling hands.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

The WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

October 6 - miss; October 7 - safe; October 8 - dungeon; October 9 - battery; October 10 - prize; October 11 - welcome; October 12 - hope

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips #WITC

God help her, can’t she even feel safe here? Here with the people who love her? I swore on her mother’s soul that she’d be safe. But it took my brother to really protect her. I should have done it. I promised her... Can I ever protect her, really? Or have I failed at this as well?

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Gifford MacShane @authorgmacshane.bsky.social · 2d

#WIPSnips #WITC #HistoricalFiction #Famine

“Molly bawn, I will not let it happen again. You are safe, our children are safe. My Molly bawn, I will not let it happen.” He would borrow or beg, he said, steal or commit murder to keep their family fed. Still she cried and would not be comforted.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 3d

Here are the #WIPSnips words for October 6th through October 12th.

They're not quite as fun as last week. 😂

Sorry for the super late post.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

A bit about this in the Irish press from Monday: www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
I hope they eventually release a breakdown of how the return was calculated! I'm sure they will - seems like the whole world is paying attention...

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Wendy_Bayne 🍁 @wendybayne.bsky.social · 2d

The Tinleys return to find their home has been bombed. While the damage was minimal, Lissa is determined to discover who targeted them and why Lord Shellard tried to hide it.

#BookSky #WritingCommunity #HistoricalFiction #Mystery
mybook.to/AmericanDele...

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Brian S. Converse @briansconverse.bsky.social · 2d

Shattered Jewels is available everywhere. Universal link below for the ebook.

books2read.com/u/mgOe5v

Available now at your favorite digital store!

Shattered Jewels by Brian S. Converse

books2read.com

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Renegade Roo @renegadekangaroo.bsky.social · 2d

I just learned about the hyrax. An animal that looks like they're just done with everyone's bullshit

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