Mumbling Sage In Wisconsin
@mumblingsage.bsky.social
Writer. Editor.
* Romance * Erotica * Queer Fiction * Poetry *
Recovering doomscroller. Incurable optimist with hopefully-curable burnout.
She/her.
* 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
#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!
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
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--
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...
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
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...
If you're not sure where to start, here are my ebooks on Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
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
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.
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
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?
#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
#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.
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...)
(image sourced from: www.tumblr.com/bubblesandgu...)
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 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...)
(image sourced from: www.tumblr.com/bubblesandgu...)
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
Late to the party but I just remembered a formative read (or a for-mative read, get it?)
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
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...)
#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
#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?).
Me too, buddy.
November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Me too, buddy.
About me being pretty good--a few hundred clients who found me through Fiverr agree!
October 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
About me being pretty good--a few hundred clients who found me through Fiverr agree!
#MondayReads
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
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 working on several books that are due at the library soon.
I've been working on several books that are due at the library soon.
#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
#MondayReads - I've been unwinding with some paperback Regency romances! (Both featuring women in blue dresses on their covers, by pure cosmic coincidence.)
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).
(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
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).
(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).
Guys... this feels incredible.
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Guys... this feels incredible.
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
(Smells nice, too! 🍀)
#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 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
#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.
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
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.
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.
#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:
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
September 8, 2025 at 5:00 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:
More detailed mini-reviews follow in thread:
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Prime Magazine WordPress theme
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Writer Portfolio WordPress theme [there's a header text issue on larger-screen previews, but I like the color scheme and layout of this one enough to gamble on my ability to fix that with CSS]
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Writer Portfolio WordPress theme [there's a header text issue on larger-screen previews, but I like the color scheme and layout of this one enough to gamble on my ability to fix that with CSS]
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Katib Writer WordPress theme
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VW Writer Blog WordPress theme (would you use a tag cloud when browsing an author website, maybe to look up stories by trope or subgenre?)
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VW Writer Blog WordPress theme (would you use a tag cloud when browsing an author website, maybe to look up stories by trope or subgenre?)
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