“And in his last look as we drove away, I saw that he was very sorry for me. I was glad to see it. I felt for my old self as the dead may feel if they ever revisit these scenes. I was glad to be tenderly remembered, to be gently pitied, not to be quite forgotten.”
American writer, historian and poet Elizabeth Fries Ellet died #OTD in 1877.
She is best known for her works on women’s contributions to American history, particularly during the American Revolutionary War. Her extensive research and writings helped to highlight the often overlooked roles that women played in significant historical events.
Kafka's works were not widely known during his lifetime, and he published only a few of his stories. Most of his major works were published posthumously by his friend and literary executor, Max Brod, despite Kafka's instructions to destroy his manuscripts.
#WordWeavers 3/6: Who is your most creative character?
Define ‘creative’. Conventional associations with art, music, etc, seem too narrow to me. Consider the early pages of ‘Vows and Watersheds’, where Jerya and Hedric bond over the idea of measuring the distance to the moons; is that creative? Why not?
I don’t yet have a character in print who is seriously into art, but if you can hang around for Books 5 and 6… #books#writing#TheShatteredMoon
#WritersCoffeeClub 3/6: Should books include a content warning?
I haven’t included content warnings in any of my books. I would do so if they included graphic violence or explicit sex, but I don’t tend to do that anyway. The question, of course, is where you draw the line. I do have same-sex (FF) intimacy, and if someone is offended by that, I feed that’s their problem. I’m not inclined to pander to prejudice. #books#writing#TheShatteredMoon
The unique disappointment of taking precious free time to read most of a book you like but that then bumps you completely out of interest just as you’re almost at the end.
If I’ve got to try to wrap my head around why the main character would act a certain way that seems totally unrealistic to the personality fully 300 pages into a book, that story isn’t my jam. 🤷♂️
It's official, folkes! Cruel Provocations is now available!
A couple of reviews already that are five stars, neither from people who have any reason to be nice to me. I'm overwhelmed.
I would suggest not using Amazon for a physical copy. They have KDP and get shirty about fulfilling other POD services. So Booktopia or Barnes & Noble for the physical. Amazon are great for the eBook versions, as are any of the other stores.
L’œuvre a été rééditée sous l’œil vigilant de Meziane Lechani, petit-fils de ce chercheur prolifique. Mohand Saïd Lechani appartient à un mouvement de #chercheurs et d’intellectuels #kabyles qui a mené au début du XXe des recherches en matière de #sauvegarde du #patrimoine berbère.
kim stanley robinson’s Red Mars still stands out to me as the finest piece of science fiction i have ever read
recently found out that he had written another trilogy set in a post-nuclear california, and i was skeptical. i’ve had enough derivative mad max crap to last me six lifetimes.
i am very happy to be proven wrong. this decidedly turned out to not be fallout apocalypse porn. robinson spends his time imagining the human joys and freedoms found in inhabiting a world turned into wildlife and wild country. no idiotic fights over gasoline or nukes. instead a concern with fishing, building community, repairing old railroads, and figuring out who else lives beyond the village boundaries.
I know few will care about an unknown story by an unknown author, but goodness, I loved writing about this one! I'm proud of what I wrote. And I think my guest poster did as well.
Danish poet and novelist Karl Adolph Gjellerup was born #OTD in 1857.
His first novel, "En Idealist Shwa," was published in 1878, marking his transition from theology to literature. His novel "Germanernes Lærling" (1882) is an example of his work from the Modern Breakthrough movement, where he focused on psychological realism and social issues.