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Rosemary Victus

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I am an aspiring writer and lover of all things food and romance. I'm also a mom to a toddler and two cats. Check out my website/sign up for my mailing list at: https://rosemaryvictus.com/

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · Jul 13

Write fifty thousand words to get out, sounds simple, right? But what if you don't feel like it?

The Lurker is a meta-humor novella about the struggles of writing a first draft.

#Bluepit📖 #Writesky #Writers #Q #TheLurker #Bluepit

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Z.B. Roger @zbroger.bsky.social · 13h

#inktober day 1: #mustache

But I'm already behind. This is Paulie enjoying the fuck out of finger mustaches lol

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#art #ocart #oc #originalcharacter #wmhst #traditional #inktober2025 #ink #drawing #lgbtartists #queerartists #queercharacters #sketch

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Inktober 2025 | Day 1: Mustache

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 15h

The only thing scarier than writing your novel, is not writing your novel.

#TheLurker coming this November!

#Writesky #Booksky

Interested in being an ARC reader? Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Lurker
Immersive Reading Kit
A red pen, remnants of coffee, creamsicle kitten. neglected writing project, confinement, copy of the book

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 2d

Flash forward, I start talking to an author at a book festival. Then I looked down and realized I had literally just bought her book like a week ago. It was a really nice moment to tell her that I had just bought her book and that I thought it was well done! 2/2

Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 2d

So, I was at a nearby book store recently and I went to the kids section and they had an area for local authors. This book caught my attention from the really nice illustration, so I bought it and plan to give it to my kid as part of Christmas. 1/2

#Writesky #Booksky #Bats

an image of Nine New Jersey Bats by Alicia Guide

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Septimus Brown @septimusbrown.com · 4d

I want going to dress up for Halloween this year until I stumbled across...

Spirit of Halloween costume, fiction writer, includes laptop notebooks lukewarm coffee bags under eyes and a natural desire to cause characters pain in English

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AJ Fidalgo @ajfidalgo.com · 4d

New blog post about my ongoing efforts to build a really nice recording booth. With pictures!
ajfidalgo.com#newbooth2025

AJ Fidalgo

voice actor (audio dramas, etc.)

ajfidalgo.com

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 3d

#TheLurker is an unhinged novella about the struggles of writing a first draft as a newb.

If you would like to read the book my husband described as "actually pretty good" to a mutual friend, the ARC reader sign up is here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#Writesky #Writing #ARCReaders

The Lurker: ARC Reader Sign Up

Please fill out this form if you are interested in being an ARC reader!

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 3d

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 4d

Like… it's kind of right there, no?

"AI" generated image of woman with dark hair sitting in a chair in front of posters with random shapes and symbols meant to look like images and text on movie posters, all superimposed with a post from k.w.bogen reading
"AI actresses can't negotiate. They can't say they'd prefer their bodies not be shown certgain ways. They can't refuse degrading scenes. They can't express distress about disturbing content. They can't ask the creators :why would you do that to me? Why put any woman through watching that? If AI film winds up being the path, we're about to see an entirely new generation (and more brutal depiction) of media misogyny."

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 4d

This is all authors.

Unless we post about our books, you don't know they exist.

And unless happy readers recommend us, our books die.

And we don't eat.

There is no "marketing dept". Algorithms favour the megastars, so they're no help.

Anyway. I'm sorry for being repetitive. I have no option.

stitch is holding a sign that says `` sorry '' .

ALT: stitch is holding a sign that says `` sorry '' .

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 4d

"our new optimized free range organic broccoli which also tells you to buy a Labubu"

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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 5d

Currently at:
— only buy tech too old to have AI built in
— painstakingly disable AI every time they add it to something that used to work perfectly well
— if it can't be switched off, abandon the platform or tool
— if there are no good alternatives, avoid the AI parts
— patiently wait for the crash

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 4d

I like that I can fully decline to flip to the last page/I can decide if I like the book I can look up other works.

Physical books are truly on of the last ad free experiences.

They'd put ads in the taste of food if they could.

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 4d

Anyway this is your reminder to check out your local library. The books don't have ads (yet). 3/3

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 4d

However, I always thought that at some point ads would reach a critical mass where there was just no where else to squeeze them in.

I'm just flabbergasted at how unavoidable the ads are and how much companies are willing to enshittify their own products just to show you ads. 2/3

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 4d

When I was a kid there was already a ton of media that depicted the future as cluttered with ads and I don't think anyone doubted that we were heading to a future with more ads.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 5d

For the most part yes. They do fight occasionally.

A piece of advice I got is getting male cats for multi-cat households. They tend to have more of a pack mentality apparently? It also makes them more affectionate?

Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 5d

These are my co-working pets....whether I like it or not. The two of them have actually inspired a lot of writing from me, but mostly they nudge up next to me until I don't even notice that thinking of the right word also includes a skritch behind the ears.

#Writing #Writesky #petpics

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Oswald Beese @whatsonsecond.bsky.social · 6d

www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
These data centers sound like someone's Renamon OC

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It

The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Georgia Cook @georgiacooked.bsky.social · 7d

Reaching out tentative feelers for an editor for a complete 38k queer historical gothic/horror novella.

(Bots will be blocked on sight)

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 7d

Now that we're in #Halloween season, here's two #snackboard trays I made for a kids party last year. I also had a big basket of brownies/muffins, more veggies and some dip, and some chips. Ever seen a gaggle of small children absolutely demolish a table of food? I have.

#Food

Pepperoni rose, assorted veggies, cucumber ghosts, crackers, and cheese in the shape of leaves and pumpkins

Brownies in Halloween shapes, bug shaped muffins, clementines (with a bit of cucumber for the stem), apples, blueberries, and raspberries

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H (エイチ) @therealhanamaru.bsky.social · 10d

Gotta participate in this year's -tober challenge

SLEEPTOBER 2025 COMING IN CINEMA NEAR YOU

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 10d

Sounds good to me 🫣🤣

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 11d

YES, I AM THE WORLDS GREATEST AUTHOR. YES, YOU ARE TOO

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Rosemary Victus @rosemaryvictus.bsky.social · 11d

Just want to say they are killing it with the holiday themed coffee