leslie elman
@leslieelman.bsky.social
Edgar Award nominee. Writer, quizzer, question setter, LLama, laundry fan.
Here is where to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day.
It’s worth mentioning that Bookshop.org was specifically created to help indies—you can buy online, choose an indie to support, and the store gets a huge percentage of the sale. Even if you don’t have an indie in your area, Bookshop supports bookstores!
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
Bookshop.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Here is where to celebrate Independent Bookstore Day.
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Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.
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Take it from @meproctor.bsky.social . A year's worth of bad decisions and desperate people. Available now from @rhppress.bsky.social : bit.ly/42IyT2W
April 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Take it from @meproctor.bsky.social . A year's worth of bad decisions and desperate people. Available now from @rhppress.bsky.social : bit.ly/42IyT2W
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Proud to be a part of this group.
Stones Throw is currently number 27 in Amazon’s new releases. Let’s see if we can push it higher! Get your copy today.
NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
January 25, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Proud to be a part of this group.
So happy to be one of the dozen in this collection.
🤩🤩 What a great day when this awesome collection is out in the world! Yes, my story “A Li’l Something Extra” is in here, but there are 11 other hard hitting pieces included, and you’ll enjoy them all!
NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
January 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So happy to be one of the dozen in this collection.
@thebookmaven.bsky.social @librarything.com
#FridayReads Just started The Appeal by Janice Hallett. I read two of hers last year and really enjoyed them.
#FridayReads Just started The Appeal by Janice Hallett. I read two of hers last year and really enjoyed them.
January 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@thebookmaven.bsky.social @librarything.com
#FridayReads Just started The Appeal by Janice Hallett. I read two of hers last year and really enjoyed them.
#FridayReads Just started The Appeal by Janice Hallett. I read two of hers last year and really enjoyed them.
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Daichonaishikyo Zo, an elephant doctor with an endoscope trunk, appears in pamphlets explaining colonscopies in Japanese hospitals.
January 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Daichonaishikyo Zo, an elephant doctor with an endoscope trunk, appears in pamphlets explaining colonscopies in Japanese hospitals.
My first appearance in an anthology...and it's an AMAZING anthology.
NEW BOOK TIME -- Our print edition of 2024's Stone's Throw Stories is now available, wherever you purchase your books. Featuring a year's worth of the hardest hitting noir around. www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
Stone's Throw 2024 annual anthology — Rock and a Hard Place Press
A year's worth of the hardest hitting noir.
www.rockandahardplacemag.com
January 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My first appearance in an anthology...and it's an AMAZING anthology.
#FridayReads The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
This could be my Friday Reads for the next couple of weeks.
This could be my Friday Reads for the next couple of weeks.
January 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#FridayReads The Letters of John and Abigail Adams
This could be my Friday Reads for the next couple of weeks.
This could be my Friday Reads for the next couple of weeks.
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Old courtyard, 2011
By Anna Zamurueva, painter from Moldova #WomensArt
By Anna Zamurueva, painter from Moldova #WomensArt
January 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Old courtyard, 2011
By Anna Zamurueva, painter from Moldova #WomensArt
By Anna Zamurueva, painter from Moldova #WomensArt
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Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.
December 11, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.
I am a laundry fan and this is lovely
Pamela Grace, contemporary artist and printmaker living and working in Galloway, Scotland #WomensArt
January 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I am a laundry fan and this is lovely
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A Happy New Year one and all! Let's ring in the new year with some #MarginaliaMonday goodness. This chap seems thrilled by the bells on his hat! 🔔
From Trinity College MS B.11.22
From Trinity College MS B.11.22
January 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A Happy New Year one and all! Let's ring in the new year with some #MarginaliaMonday goodness. This chap seems thrilled by the bells on his hat! 🔔
From Trinity College MS B.11.22
From Trinity College MS B.11.22
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Constructive City with Universal Man by Joaquín Torres-García, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137634
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137634
January 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Constructive City with Universal Man by Joaquín Torres-García, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137634
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137634
Excellent editors and a fab publication. This prompt should generate some great stories.
Aaaand we’ve got a new story prompt over at Stone’s Throw! Get us stories of characters who learn too late they can’t quite swim with the Big Fish by January 4! www.rockandahardplacemag.com/stones-throw...
Stone's Throw Submissions — Rock and a Hard Place Press
A Rock and a Hard Place Online Publication -- Home to the Best Digital Noir since 2022. New prompts each month.
www.rockandahardplacemag.com
January 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excellent editors and a fab publication. This prompt should generate some great stories.
Buying books as gifts? Buy them from bookshop.org and support the indie bookseller of your choice.
December 15, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Buying books as gifts? Buy them from bookshop.org and support the indie bookseller of your choice.
#FridayReads Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
December 13, 2024 at 8:47 PM
#FridayReads Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Last week, someone I don't know made the effort to find my email and send me a note complimenting me on a story. I'm still glowing. We all need to do this more often.
December 6, 2024 at 5:48 PM
Last week, someone I don't know made the effort to find my email and send me a note complimenting me on a story. I'm still glowing. We all need to do this more often.
Before it becomes "previous issue" order your copy of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Nov/Dec 2024). Lots of great stories, including "The Commission" by me. You might find it oddly relevant. www.magzter.com/US/Penny-Pub...
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Before it becomes "previous issue" order your copy of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (Nov/Dec 2024). Lots of great stories, including "The Commission" by me. You might find it oddly relevant. www.magzter.com/US/Penny-Pub...
Dutch Golden Age is my favorite. Hail Judith Leyster.
The Proposition (1631) by Dutch Golden Age painter Judith Leyster
December 5, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Dutch Golden Age is my favorite. Hail Judith Leyster.
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Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculptures
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculptures
Second day of trying to deactivate at the other place. "Oops! Something went wrong. Try again." I suppose this is one way to ensure that the other place doesn't lose users. Tra la!
November 22, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Second day of trying to deactivate at the other place. "Oops! Something went wrong. Try again." I suppose this is one way to ensure that the other place doesn't lose users. Tra la!
This seems like an idea to consider.
November 21, 2024 at 8:32 PM
This seems like an idea to consider.
I followed a lot of National Parks accounts at the other place. @altnps.bsky.social what can we do to convince them to migrate here? Their communications are always interesting and enlightening. #AltNPS #NationalParks
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I followed a lot of National Parks accounts at the other place. @altnps.bsky.social what can we do to convince them to migrate here? Their communications are always interesting and enlightening. #AltNPS #NationalParks