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pretensesoup

@pretensesoup@romancelandia.club

Writer of queer historical urban fantasy romance and scifi dystopian prose poetry, pansexual, podcaster/producer (#AskAMedievalist), psychopomp, and so much more. Possibly.

I speak a bunch of languages badly. I don't sleep enough. Sometimes I go out and run long distances for fun.

She/they, it's all okay.

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RamenCatholic, (edited ) to queer

#Pronoun #Poll

This is mostly for #Quakers and the #LGBTQIA crowds, but I'm also interested in other opinions.

How do you feel about Cis/Het #Quaker folks considering the use of #Thee / #Thou pronouns?

pretensesoup,
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@RamenCatholic isn't thou a second person pronoun, while pronouns in bios are typical third person? I find this a little confusing I guess.

pretensesoup,
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@RamenCatholic right...I'm only familiar with these/thou from Shakespeare, but they're second person pronouns, like you. So if one were to put them in one's bio, it would be a bit odd and make me wonder if they were making fun of the idea...

pretensesoup, to bookstodon
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Ok, if you're in a book club and the book really doesn't speak to you...do you force yourself to finish it?

Maybe a result of being in the middle of a lengthy and serious writing project, but I've bounced out of a lot of books this year, and a lot of them have been from book club. Maybe I should be pushing myself more, but this isn't grad school, so...I don't know.

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herhandsmyhands, to romancelandia
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@romancelandia I read Vanessa Riley's Murder in Westminster, the first in Lady Worthing series; I rant a bit about trad publ editors.

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/11/10/murder-in-westminster-by-vanessa-riley/

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@herhandsmyhands

And immediately I want to know how controversial it was to be an abolitionist in the early 1800s, given that slavery was made illegal in the British Isles in 1807...I thought there had been increasing public support after 1781...but she had to keep the meeting secret...ugh, it's not really my era of specialization...

(I realize I have a problem. The review is good though! Very interesting points re the editing.)

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@herhandsmyhands
I actually read a lot of your reviews and enjoy them. I love thoughtful book reviews, even in genres I don't usually read.

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pretensesoup, to Parenting
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Left the 2.5yo to his own devices while I went upstairs to change clothes. Apparently his own devices include sorting his beads by color today.

#parenting

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At the opera. The woman sitting to my mom's right legit gasped when Tosca stabbed Scarpia. Plot twist of the year!

She sings, "Look at me. I'm Tosca! Choke on your own blood." Bad ass.

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#PennedPossibilities 123: What do you like to do when you're not writing?

I run a lot. I have kids, too, so I guess sometimes I spend time with them. I read. I sketch/paint. That kind of thing. I have a full-time job, too, but that doesn't always fall under "like to do." But it's not bad, as jobs go.

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#WordWeavers 11/4 Do films/theater play a role in your story?

Yes! Sam, one of my MCs, is in some ways Dionysus, the god of theater! In Dionysus in Wisconsin, we see him working on a community theater production called My Kingdom for a Horse (it's all Shakespeare's War of the Roses plays mashed together). In Old Time Religion, he's working on a musical version of Macbeth. In book 3, I think he's working on a choral setting of some scenes from King Lear.

pretensesoup, to books
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If you're looking for a deeply philosophical novella about love, loss, and Daoism, check out The Joy of Fishes. Mara Daniels wanders around Chicago over one day and talks to the ghost of her fiancé, Benjamin Zhu.

It's on Kindle Unlimited and regular Kindle, also available in paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Fishes-H-Lupton-ebook/dp/B00H9WCEGU

It's also on B&N in paperback.
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-joy-of-fishes-eh-lupton/1117677798

#FediBookFair #IndieAuthor #books #ReadingCommunity @bookstodon

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@HollandHouseBooks @bookstodon I know! It's a whole vibe. The publisher did a good job with it.

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Old Time Religion is a continuation of Sam and Ulysses's story. In March 1970, Ulysses is on the verge of handing in his dissertation when his ex-girlfriend Livia shows up and drops a mystery on his plate. Her husband was murdered by a magic cult, and since then she's been plagued by strange noises in the night and a magic book that may be cursed.

Preorders: https://books2read.com/u/4jB8jl

#FediBookFair #ReadingCommunity #Books #IndieAuthor @bookstodon

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It's 1969. Grad student Ulysses Lenkov hears that something big and dangerous is coming. He traces the disturbance to an archivist named Samuel Sterling. Ulysses decides that he is going to be the one to protect Sam. Soon, they're fighting off demons and delving into Sam's family's weird, secret past while trying to negotiate their growing relationship. And all the while, Dionysus draws closer.

Link:
https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p

#FediBookFair #ReadingCommunity #Books #IndieAuthor @bookstodon

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Questions For The Mastodon Asexual Community!

What made you realize you were Asexual?

How do people usually react when you tell them?

What is something you want to explain to people about being Asexual?

pretensesoup,
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@RickiTarr

It was like...
Me: Why do we need the word "demisexual," that's how everyone feels about sex and relationships! This is hookup culture run amuck.

[several years pass]

Me: ...oh.

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#WritersCoffeeClub 11/1: Best writing advice

"Dare to suck." I heard this rephrased as "the first draft really doesn't matter" at a WisCon panel and I like it. Get the skeleton in place so you can revise it into something good.

Runner up is "if you want to write, you have to read a lot." I've met a few would-be writers who don't, and it's confusing.

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@eyrea @CommonMugwort oh, gosh, this. Tight lacing in the regency? Darling.

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Guy in meeting: I wanted to ask ChatGPT the most controversial thing I could, so I asked it what was the best thing to come out of the Nazi party. Anyone want to guess what it said?

(Very long silence as everyone cringes to themselves.)

We're talking about how to use AI ethically but like. That was a terrifying moment for all of us.

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Pleased to announce this is up for preorder. It's set in 1970, there's magic and gods and drugs and queer romance, and I did actually write a couple of songs for the Macbeth musical. It's a direct sequel to Dionysus in Wisconsin, so if you haven't read that weird fever dream yet, now is a good time to check it out.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C5XX9BH3

(There will be a paperback too. Just no preorder)

@bookstodon @romancelandia #books #urbanFantasy #indieAuthors #romancelandia @mmromance @lgbtqbookstodon

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@elysegrasso

Ask and ye shall receive! 😀
https://books2read.com/u/4jB8jl

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pretensesoup, to running
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MIL: How was your race?

Me: I thought I was going to throw up. But then I didn't! So thumbs up!

MIL: Do you know how you did? I mean, did you finish 20th out of 25, or?

Me: (shrugs) I left and came back [home].

Turns out I finished about 20 seconds faster than last year, 39th overall out of 167 or something. 44:36 for 8km, which I'm very pleased with. Missed an age group award because W40-49 is very competitive.

#running #blackHawkRidge

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I don't remember if I posted this or not! If you have been interested in my novel Dionysus in Wisconsin but not sure you want to pull the trigger on a new writer, you can watch/hear me read the first chapter here while wearing a hand-appliqued jacket that includes a Dia de los Muertos skull patch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDSlNulRx6s&t=29s

Get the book:
https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p

@romancelandia @bookstodon #books #urbanFantasy #reading

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@lapis

Oh, awesome! My book is in there, too!

https://queerliblib.overdrive.com/media/9865947

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@herhandsmyhands

What the hell. $13 is absurd for an ebook, but $30?? Is it being sent on ions of solid gold?

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pretensesoup,
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@herhandsmyhands

What on earth.

This feels like Amazon throwing shade, doesn't it?

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@willaful If the vibe are real, real good, I'm willing to overlook no plot. I have read Peter Cabot Gets Lost like fifty times, for example.

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