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Cat Kimbriel

@catkimbriel.bsky.social

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Writer (mostly SFFH) navigating Life, Interrupted. Avatar by Ethan Kocak. My sunset photo. Lead with kindness. 😷 https://linktr.ee/dragonrain33 Most current pubs https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc_author/katharine-eliska-kimbriel/

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · Sep 14

I ended up on a SFFH writer’s list and so I say, welcome! To all who decided to drop by. You may not decide to stay, but I’ll tell you that polite unfollows are all part of social media. If BSky is your staying light place, no harm, no foul.

Just remember—we can mute words here. 1/

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 38m

Since Politico was sold, I don't feel like I can trust it as an only source. I don't like to hear about this happening, even though I know stress can trigger things. But I notice that we hear this only about female Dems. And that rings like a hit squad. So. . . I'd like more sources?

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 48m

If I stop following you for a while, it may be because the horror art you are sharing is a little much for me right now. It wasn't personal, and I'll still stop by. Maybe after spooky season.

Also got rid of Gavin from unwanted emails and told ATT no for a year of crap. 🌸

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M R Dimond Author @mrdimond-author.bsky.social · 1h

Not too late to get out to the sukkah and celebrate

#sukkot

Text: Happy Sukkot. Eat and sleep under the stars. Image: hands holding the four elements of Sukkot.

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 1h

This is why I don't read horror. Because my real medical nightmares rival horror stories.

Nope nope nope

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · Jun 10

A drawing of a baby phoenix rising from ashes. The caption reads, "please be patient; you will find a way to feel like yourself again"

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · Sep 1

A drawing of a raccoon washing an apple in a river. The caption reads, "I don't know how to fix my problems, but I can look after myself carefully today."

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The Latest Kate @thelatestkate.bsky.social · 5h

❤️

A drawing of a black cat resting under a blanket. The caption reads, "please be patient with yourself; it all feels overwhelming because it IS overwhelming"

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5h

There's no better way to honor Banned Books Week than to defend our freedom to read.

@aclusc.bsky.social is suing the state of South Carolina for banning 22 books in public schools statewide.

South Carolina Students and Librarians Sue State Education Superintendent Over Book Bans

South Carolina public school students and school librarians file a lawsuit against the state's education superintendent over book bans.

bookriot.com

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 2h

This is why if those damn laws go through I'm backing up to Dreamwidth and taking a shift on the barricades. Or starting my own corner somewhere. Because Nope on giving ID to prove I'm an adult.

Hell, I write complete sentences texting, of course I'm over 30. I am not TikTok Gen. 🤨

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 2h

I hope they bring it out on DVD, but I begin to fear we won't be able to buy new film work soon.

Streaming would be very hard where I live.

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 2h

Your cats are darlings, but I gave my heart years ago to European Burmese. 🌸

I succumbed to your tags but the right gesture is probably going to hit me in the wallet. I hope you keep experimenting, Kiki. They have so much life. Even that loafed sweetie in the upper right has personality! 🙃

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 2h

Very much hope no one is injured or killed in flooding. It looks a bit scary on the projections. 😳

OTOH I know you desperately need *some* rain.

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 2h

I like your gesture drawings that I've spotted going by. They have that same lovely movement of certain Asian artists who capture the turn of a cat's head with two or three lines.

(I think there's a Japanese artist working in black ink lines? Gorgeous cat gestures!)

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 2h

I had them on reel to reel. I was taping them write trying to write a spec script for the show. :)

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Natania Barron @natania.bsky.social · 3h

I almost missed World Octopus Day!? Whew!

Schmidt Ocean Institute @schmidtocean.bsky.social · 5h

In celebration of World Octopus Day, we wanted to revisit one of our favorite cephalopod sightings, the glass octopus — Vitreledonella richardi filmed during a month-long #PhoenixIslandsCoral expedition in 2021.

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M R Dimond Author @mrdimond-author.bsky.social · 4h

Thursday celebrates 99¢ on the 9th. Get these books for 99¢ each.
authorsxp.com/99-book-sale

#books

38 book covers for the AuthorsXP 99 cent sale

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, it's an American policy?

(Only half-kidding.)

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 1d

oh hey i have a BOOK out today! The re-release of RAVEN CALLS is available now! How exciting!

After a year of adjusting to having shamanic powers, Joanne Walker has leveled up—and now she’s got to start all over again...

www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXQ9GPH...

The cover to CE Murphy's RAVEN CALLS, book eight of the Walker Papers urban fantasy series, features heroine Joanne Walker in a dramatic Irish setting, with a castle and a golden glowing sky in the distance. She holds her rapier horizontally in both hands, as if offering it to someone. A glowing blue magical raven fills the sky above her shoulder. Cover art and design by G&S Cover Design Studio.

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

I pay that a month. With a deductible, and a Gap plan for the other 20%. (But the second pays only when the first says it's reimbursable and pays on the 80%.)

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Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 6h

Very well! Because the author promoted it (and @schyzm.bsky.social), here are 5 uncached US Kindle copies of @lindanagata.bsky.social's EDGES! Which I've given out before, and have, but, uh, that TBR...

#KindleBookGiveaway

Linda Nagata - (working on the final Inverted Frontier novel) @lindanagata.bsky.social · 1d

Book promo post:
Right now, the ebook edition of EDGES (arguably my most popular novel) is on sale for the "why not take a chance" price of 99¢🎉🚀! EDGES is a far-future, space-faring, nanotech-drenched adventure. Links and info at my website: mythicisland.com/inverted_fro...
#sciencefiction #scifi

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

There is a very handsome and innocent-looking tuxedo cat in a drawer over on my timeline. As well as a host of other cats, birds, starscapes, sunsets, book launches, and an occasional OMG you should not click on.

Drop on by!

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 9h

we are all so emotionally fried that Dolly Parton had to get on the internet and tell us that it is all gonna be okay

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

(Glad I got offline and didn't hear the rumors. I didn't need to add Dolly worry to my ARGH right now.)

Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 4h

It is actually good to hear from her that she is taking care of herself, because we do not need to lose someone like Dolly right now. I'm so glad she still has work she loves, that she can do.

And quite amused that Dolly clearly doesn't think much of AI. :)

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Robin Marty @robinmarty.com · 5h

95% certain my cat figured out how to open drawers.

Black long haired tuxedo cat giving wide eyed innocence as he sits straight up in the bottom drawer of a white bathroom vanity

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