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pretensesoup, 5 months ago to running

The traditional running of the year is complete. New Year's festivities can commence.

#running

eliotedits, 5 months ago to knitting

Starting two new projects with very satisfying yarn @knitting

willaful, 5 months ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? I read A Mother for Christmas, a kindle freebie. A bit mawkish, but I can't say I wasn't warned by the title. The prose was quirky and had some personality to it. Could have used more payoff at the end.

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pretensesoup, 5 months ago to books

A treat for the long winter nights.

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

Sequel preorders up now:
https://books2read.com/u/4jB8jl

#books #fantasy #urbanFantasy #LGBTQIA #gayRomance #mmRomance #WritersOfMastodon #MMBookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon @romancelandia

pretensesoup, 5 months ago to random

There are only two feelings about a manuscript: "this is the greatest thing I've ever written" and "these words don't make any sense; why didn't anyone tell me this is awful?" I can feel both of these about the same page of text at the same time.

#WritingLife #WritingCommunity

pretensesoup, 5 months ago to books

A lot of the audiobooks I get from the library are about nine hours long, but some nine hours are longer than other nine hours, you know?

#books

overholt, 5 months ago to random

I just heard somebody on PBS refer to the ancient city of Herc-u-luh-NEE-um and having grown up hearing the town in Missouri Herc-u-LANE-ee-um I have been shaken.

pretensesoup, 5 months ago to books

Voting for the Indie Ink Awards is open! Dionysus in Wisconsin has been nominated in both Best Mentor Character and LGBTQ+ Representation. So...if you're voting, think of it/us (me?).

https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2023

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Jtmoriartywriter, 5 months ago to bookstodon

Dear friends,

@bookstodon #amreading etc. Here is my Tentative reading list for 2024. I am for 12 novels a year, but life, writing, my family, it can all get in the way. For '23 I read 12 things, but they weren't all novels, so thats a half pass. The list:

Any sequels I'm up to (3 trilogies in this case), lotr i read recently but I loved it so much I'm thinking of doing it again. Dispossessed was on 23s list.

Have you read any of these, what's your take? Any suggestions or definite 'don't read that!'

Cat tax, Elspeth hiding behind a Christmas tree. A naughty torti up to no good.

pretensesoup, 5 months ago to books

I don't exactly know how to work ARC copies for a sequel, but okay. If you're interested in an ARC copy of Old Time Religion, click here: https://forms.gle/qnE9go4kM8Z1ZubJA

None of these are disqualifying questions. If you haven't read Dionysus in Wisconsin yet, I can give you a copy of that too. I expect to have ARCs ready to go around 1/1.

Old Time Religion is an urban fantasy/queer historical romance set in 1970 in Wisconsin.

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floofpaldi, 5 months ago to random

I'm putting together a Christmas list for my family. It's that time of year again. So... Send me some reading recommendations! Give me links to YOUR books, guys. I'm going to bookmark this and save it for later, so I can purchase stuff throughout the year as well. I want to support everyone.

I hope everyone will check out the comments, too. Let's all support and love one another and help each other when and where we can.

#PennedPossibilities #WordWeavers #WritersCoffeeClub #WritingCommunity

pretensesoup, 6 months ago to books

My publisher kind of went overboard on the award nominations.

Someone: Em, don't you publish yourself?

Me: Ssshhhhh.

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

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pretensesoup, 6 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub 12/1: Is there any poetry in your WIP? Share a snippet.

Yes. I only have the paper version of the manuscript with me, so have an actual photo of one of these bizarre little songs I wrote. (Book's out 1/16, in case this is your kind of catnip...)

There's a lot more instances of poetic language than actual poems.

pretensesoup, 6 months ago to random

The Yucatan doesn't have any rivers because the ground is made of permeable limestone, so when it rains the water just goes into the ground. It eats away at the limestone (because porous) and then collapses, creating cenotes! The whole Yucatan is made of limestone because 66 million years ago, a meteorite crashed into the ocean offshore of what is now Chicxulub, Mexico, and put the whole peninsula under water. Then coral reefs grew and eventually the tiny creatures turned into limestone.

willaful, 6 months ago to romancelandia

#WhatchaReading ? I just finished Seeing Blind by Poppy Dale, a very sweet, sort of "shop around the corner" romance which is my catnip. Part epistolary, which is also my catnip. Kisses only. Kiss only, really. 😁

One character has prosopagnosia, which is a significant disability for him. Can't say if it's an accurate portrayal but it was very interesting.

Slightly disconcerting that it's set in Manhattan and CA but the author is quite obviously British. 😁

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pretensesoup, 6 months ago to books

The holidays are stressful. Treat yourself to a book with a happy ending. Sam and Ulysses meet in September, fight evil together all autumn, and face off against a god in late December, so this is the perfect time of year to read it. Plus, you'll be ready for the sequel in January.

https://books2read.com/u/49dN1p
https://bookshop.org/p/books/dionysus-in-wisconsin-e-h-lupton/20101801

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pretensesoup, 6 months ago to random

Are you traveling for Thanksgiving? Do you wish you could simultaneously listen to a podcast about travel in the middle ages? Well look no further, we have got you covered: http://askamedievalist.com/2023/11/22/episode-73-im-a-ramblin-man/

#AskAMedievalist #Histodon #Medievalists

willaful, 6 months ago to romancelandia

I discovered I could use a Nora Roberts book for a challenge prompt, which is awesome... but now how do I pick from her 143,679 book backlist?!

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herhandsmyhands, 6 months ago to romancelandia

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I had such high hopes for this book, and it didn't go well, sadly: my review of Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, by Celeste Connally.

#RomBkBlog

https://herhandsmyhands.wordpress.com/2023/11/20/act-like-a-lady-think-like-a-lord-by-celeste-connally/

chestas, 6 months ago to books

I've just seen the Netflix series All The Light We Cannot See, based on the novel by Anthony Doerr which is sitting on my bookcase. It has tempted me to read and/or reread some novels based in WWII.

Does anyone have any recommendations of novels based historically in or around WWII?

#books #bookstodon @bookstodon #history #historicalfiction

willaful, 6 months ago to romancebooks

#WhatchaReading ? I just finished Dionysus in Wisconsin and I'd feel a little delicate about mentioning it since the author is on this instance, but fortunately I loved it. 😁 It's kind of like if Neil Gaiman and Cat Sebastian collaborated on a m/m historical fantasy romance. Magic, myths, high stakes, true love.

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