Mumbling Sage In Wisconsin
mumblingsage.bsky.social
Mumbling Sage In Wisconsin
@mumblingsage.bsky.social
Writer. Editor.
* Romance * Erotica * Queer Fiction * Poetry *
Recovering doomscroller. Incurable optimist with hopefully-curable burnout.
She/her.
#BookSky In January, Smashwords deceases royalties, especially for books under $2.99, so this is the last chance for authors to earn the current rate. If you use the End of Year sale to stock up on your 2026 reading material - saving 25-100% on your purchases - it will be greatly appreciated!
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
When you check out books here, the library system calculates what it would have cost to buy them and prints that information in your receipt. My friends bragged about saving $3,000 or $6,000 over the year. I rarely print receipts, but on Saturday, I got to check on how I'm doing for 2025 and--
December 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This year-end sale is a chance to fill your virtual shelves with discounted and free ebooks!

If you're not sure where to start, here are my ebooks on Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
December 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My mom is clearing out mugs she rarely uses, so this 40-year-old one is going to the thrift store, but first let's commemorate the origin for my sense of humor.
December 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
After the accident, my car's dashboard clock lights up for the first time in ages...2 hours off thanks to Daylight Savings corrections missed, I think?
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#MondayReads This week, I'm rereading two old favorites about writing and editing, both to refresh my memory and to pick up some quotes I want to share in future blog posts and articles.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Concept: half of us here on BlueSky are wearing this shirt, with the Maryland code swapped out for "18 U.S. Code § 871."

(image sourced from: www.tumblr.com/bubblesandgu...)
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Late to the party but I just remembered a formative read (or a for-mative read, get it?)
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Let's say we photoshop the bottle in her left hand into a Lifeway kefir bottle (or a local brewery, I'm not picky), give her a local mascot plushie in the left hand, make the snail a fox, put Cutler Park or Main Street in the background? (I may be too narrowly focused on the city of Waukesha...)
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
#MondayReads Once again, I'm prioritizing library books that are due back in the next week or two. Historical fiction, a literary love story, and thought-provoking erotic romance (or romantic erotica?).
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Me too, buddy.
November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
About me being pretty good--a few hundred clients who found me through Fiverr agree!
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
#MondayReads
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
October 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
#MondayReads - I've been unwinding with some paperback Regency romances! (Both featuring women in blue dresses on their covers, by pure cosmic coincidence.)
October 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A fascinating used bookstore find... What's 30+ pages and the ending of the story, after all?
(Luckily Colette's not exactly obscure, and I was able to put a larger collection of her stories on hold at my library to cover the gap).
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Guys... this feels incredible.

(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#MondayReads Second time through this beautiful, painful, and compelling novel. 50 pages from the end and bracing myself. It's romantic, sensual, tragic, frightening, intoxicating. Not for everyone - heed content warnings - but I'm one of a cadre of readers devoured and heartbroken. McCann can WRITE
September 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
#MondayReads
Not every joke in HEARTBURN still lands, but the ones that do are delightful (or so well-aimed I winced). Haven't yet tried the recipes.
THE SEED KEEPER is part of the NEA's Big Read, a multigenerational saga of a Dakhóta woman reconnecting with the women who came before her.
September 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
#MondayReads Finished over the weekend: 2 books on writing mystery and suspense, 1 book of Gothic mystery and suspense.
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
September 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Prime Magazine WordPress theme
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Katib Writer WordPress theme
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