#novel
STRANDED ASTRONAUTS, A BATTLE for control of interplanetary mining, and a chance to save Earth’s climate are the stakes at play in Daniel Suarez’s near-future thriller. Excitement and hard science abound. B PLUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/critical-mass-daniel-suarez/1140672929?ean=9780593183632&aug=1
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Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] マテリアルナイト 第01-05巻 [Material Night vol 01-05]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 紅の盗賊姫レイア [Kurenai no Touzokuhime Leia]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] オタク荘の腐ってやがるお嬢様たち 第01-02巻 [Otakuso no Kusatteyagaru Ojyosamatachi vol 01-02]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 初体験にオススメな彼女 第01-06巻 [Hatsutaiken ni Osusumena Kanojo vol 01-06]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 魔王が多すぎる世の中に告げる 第01巻 [Maoh ga Oosugiru Yononaka ni Tsugeru vol 01]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 暁の夢使いたち [Dream Maker In Dawn]»
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Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 青と無色のサクリファイス [Ao To Mushoku No Sakurifaisu]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] はぐれ聖者の神剣勝負 [Hagure Seija no Shinken Shoubu]»
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Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] ありすさんと正義君は無関係ですか？ 第01-03巻»
I've just read this #novel by Vladimir #Zazubrin and I feel I should preach about it. A thing that shocks me is how poorly known it is. As far as I can find, these are the only #translations in Western European languages, the #Wikipedia page about the author doesn't even have an English version. Decades of #censorship by the #USSR worked.
This should be a classic of mandatory reading, the other side of "If this is a man" by Primo Levi, the point of view of the executioner.
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] ハーレムマスカレード [HAREM MASQUERADE]»
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Today in Labor History June 9, 1843: Bertha von Suttner was born (d. 1914). She was an Austrian journalist, author, peace activist and Nobel Prize laureate. She was also a friend of Alfred Nobel, who famously told her that there would not be world peace until a weapon was invented that was so deadly it could annihilate countries in seconds. Some say that it was her activism and advocacy that inspired him to include a peace prize as part of his endowment. Von Suttner wrote “Lay Down Your Arms,” an anti-war novel that made her a leading figure in the Austrian peace movement. However, it was also considered a feminist novel for its characters’ resistance to accepting traditional gender roles. Tolstoy compared her favorably with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Seven days after her death from cancer, an Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, triggering World War I.
#peace #NobelPrize #WorldWar1 #antiwar #novel #fiction #author #writer #feminism @bookstadon
My YA dystopian #novel , A Summoned Spark, is on special today at Hrtsmom's Jewelry Etc. https://www.etsy.com/listing/617763263/a-summoned-spark-ya-dystopian?click_key=0276b52c86adf324ac4a0deeadfabd4c909026f6%3A617763263&click_sum=70c4c73e&ref=shop_home_feat_1 Harriet “Harry” Cortin used to think she had her past and present, if not her future, all figured out. Her family was dead or scattered, and her country lost in the chaos of a civil war. But she had a safe place to live, some friends – one best friend – and something to do with her life for the time being.
Novelaza 🖤
#literature #literatura #novel #sextopiso #giuliacaminito #italian
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 未踏召喚://ブラッドサイン 第01-10巻 [Mito Shokan :// Blood Sign vol 01-10]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 世界の終わり、素晴らしき日々より 第01-03巻 [Sekai no Owari Subarashiki Hibi Yori vol 01-03]»
#BernardineEvaristo’s ‘vitally important’ #queer #novel #MrLoverman to become new #BBC #drama
#Women #LGBTQ #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Books #TV #Representation #Culture #RoleModels #BlackMastodon
https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/06/08/mr-loverman-bernadine-evaristo-bbc-adaptation-lennie-james/
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] さとり世代の魔法使い [Satori Sedai no Mahotsukai]»
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The Dog on the Acropolis
On Amazon.
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The Dog on the Acropolis
On Amazon.
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My YA/action-adventure #novel The Time of the Wolf is on special today at Hrtsmom's Jewelry Etc. https://www.etsy.com/listing/475238401/the-time-of-the-wolf-actionadventure?click_key=5cb10a8dc6578b82f7cd44ca875d9a063be8ff0a%3A475238401&click_sum=88dd1bb6&ref=shop_home_feat_1 Calli Spenser wants no part of the revolution threatening Karbegla. In fact, she plans to settle into a position within the government. Then over the course of one evening, her plans are turned upside down, and the world as she thinks she knows it will never be the same again. #book #fiction #YAFiction
Background on my Golden Age of Hollywood novel, Tula.
Tula visited Brooklyn Bridge to deliver a parcel for her father. She noticed a cameraman filming. While Tula was engrossed in the filming, someone stole her parcel.
At the time of its opening, on May 24, 1883, Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world with a span of 1,595.5 feet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG5NGZ6H
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books #Brooklyn
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 小説 スマイルプリキュア!»
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Woo hoo! A new version of #Bibisco has just been released! (Version 3)
Bibisco is an amazing #OpenSource #novel #writing software (specializing in the snowflake method) and really excels at helping the author hone their #CharacterDevelopment and #WorldBuilding for their stories.
Seriously, if you write #fiction (no matter the genre) you need to check this out!
Es hat 40 Jahre gebraucht, die Handschrift des Autors zu entschlüsseln. Nett überhaupt, dass sich jemand die Arbeit überhaupt angetan hat:
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Finally, the moment of the ransom delivery has arrived. The kidnappers reveal their true plan. Yihshyong and his friends must race against time to save Shinnshiow. Will they succeed? Or will they encounter any additional difficulties that are previously unimaginable?
#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
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Iren knows nothing about the friends he has been living with. Shannchyuan, who disappeared after a bizarre incident at the shopping mall, suddenly appears along with strange people. When he follows the mysterious girl who once conversed with Shannchyuan, he discovers something even more shocking.
#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
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The kidnapping of one of his friends makes Shannchyuan willing to cooperate with a secret organization that turns out to have been watching them for some time. He must pay attention to the safety of the girl in his care. Amid uncertainty about what is going on, the mysterious explosion happens again.
#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
#book #books #calm #sky
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 転生太閤記 ～現代知識で戦国の世を無双する～ 第01-02巻 [Tensei Taikoki Gendai Chishiki de Sengoku no yo o Muso Suru vol 01-02]»
Free download!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1141616
Jongharng Chioujen doesn't expect that what he thought was so simple would have so many oddities behind it. The people who are watching over their house he couldn't take lightly. Subsequent searches lead Chioujen to the fact that a group has been keeping an eye on his house and friends for five months!
#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #mystery #weird #happy #color #story
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Six people live together under one roof. After losing their job, they are almost driven out of the house. One day, their friend who is in danger calls to ask for help. Unexpectedly, they are involved in an event they have never imagined before!
#art #strange #urban #ebook #pdf #people #city #group #colorful #novel #future #eastern #geek #awkward #weird #happy #color #bookpassage
#book #books #people #sky #clouds #funny #power #cool #unfit #odd #universe
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 前略、初恋の彼女が生き返りました。 [Zenryaku Hatsukoi no Kanojo ga Ikikaerimashita]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 拝啓、十年後の君へ。 [Haikei Junengo no Kimi e]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 七月のテロメアが尽きるまで [Shichigatsu no Teromea ga Tsukiru Made]»
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 司書と王女の世界大戦 アイリス王国再興記 [Shisho to ojo no Shatoranji Airisu Okoku Saikoki]»
SPECTACULAR FANTASY THRILLER replete with magic, angels, demons, witches, and bloody revolution. Tense, beautifully paced action and an engrossing, vividly envisioned world. A MINUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/witch-king-martha-wells/1141976525
#book #Books #bookreview #bookreviews #novel #novels #fiction #fantasy #thrillers
Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 時をめぐる少女 [Toki o Meguru Shojo]»
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Added new RAW NOVEL «[Novel] 吹き溜まりのノイジーボーイズ [Fukidamari no Noiji Boizu]»
Death Trick: Double Blind announced for later this year!
https://churapereviews.com/2023/06/08/death-trick-double-blind-announced/
#gaming #videogame #visualnovel #circus #mystery #novel #visual #pc #steam
#quote from my #WIP, a #CozyFantasy #novel inspired by #ADHD.
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Background on my Golden Age of Hollywood novel, Tula.
Tula’s school, Bay Ridge High School, Brooklyn, pictured in 1920. Here, Tula was bullied by three girls over her appearance and stammer. However, she was befriended by a teenage boy, Finn. Born with a squint in his eye, Finn habitually walked around with a copy of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in his hand, because the book bore his name.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG5NGZ6H
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books
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Background on my Golden Age of Hollywood novel, Tula.
Tula’s mother, Alicia, endured ‘episodes’. She would drift into a trance-like state. Tula would tend her mother and bring her out of these episodes. On other occasions, Alicia would attack Tula with a mind to kill. Sensitive and vulnerable, Tula turned to the movies for solace, and a means of escape.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG5NGZ6H
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books
The 'debate' on
book formats sucks.
As a #reader my preference for print doesn't affect you as a reader. My inability to enjoy reading a #novel via screen or using audio isn't smart, clever or more authentic. It's just me.
As an #author, I love to be in all formats that keep me afloat. It may be that the hardback first needs to go - that we provide in the mass market forms first. e, audio, and ppk. Then a special edition.
@bookstodon #bookstodon #eBook #AudioBook #amwriting #Tedium
<<-----No sé cómo se le ocurren tantas tonterías.
-----Será porque no pierde el tiempo pensando en cosas serias.>>
Eduardo Mendoza.
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Today in Labor History June 5, 1832: The poor of Paris revolted against the new monarchy, in the wake of crop failures, food shortages and a cholera epidemic, which killed over 100,000 people in France. The poor were especially hard hit by the outbreak. Many believed that the wealthy had poisoned their wells. The Society of the Rights of Man organized an army and raised the red flag, declaring "Liberty or Death." Nearly 100 Republicans died in their attempt to overthrow the government. Over 70 monarchists died defending it. The uprising was the inspiration for Victor Hugo's “Les Miserables,” which depicts the period leading up to the rebellion. Hugo was living in Paris at the time, working on a play. When he heard the gunfire, he ran outside to see what was happening, and quickly got pinned down by gunfire, taking shelter between Republican barricades.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #poverty #uprising #insurrection #rebellion #VictorHugo #epidemic #outbreak #paris #france #novel #fiction #author #writer @bookstadon
Background on my Golden Age of Hollywood novel, Tula.
Tula’s father, Stanley Bowman, was a sometimes barman, bootlegger, alcoholic, gambler and street dealer. Stanley possessed a lovely singing voice. However, he was too drunk most of the time to make anything of his talent. As a child, Tula viewed Stanley as her hero. However, her perceptions changed as she grew older.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG5NGZ6H
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books
What does the future hold, once #AI takes all the jobs? Maybe it's not such a smart movie...
Citizen Zero, a #scifi thriller with a social conscience from Inspired Quill...
https://tykewriter.wordpress.com/fiction/citizen-zero-novel/
Today in Labor History June 4, 1943: The Zoot Suit riots began in Los Angeles, with white soldiers attacking and stripping mostly Latino, but also some black, Italian and Filipino youth who wearing zoot suits. They did it in response to wartime propaganda vilifying the wearers of zoot suits as unpatriotic hoodlums. There was a government ban on zoot suits and other long, woolen articles of clothing because of war rationing. Additionally, the LA Times had been whipping up racial tensions by publishing propaganda associating Mexican and Hispanic youth with delinquency, particularly in the wake of the Sleepy Lagoon murder. Race riots also occurred that summer in Mobile, Beaumont, Detroit, Chicago, San Diego, Oakland, Philadelphia and New York City.
During the Great Depression, the U.S. had deported between 500,000 and 2 million Mexicans. Of the 3 million who remained, the largest concentration lived in Los Angeles. Because of discrimination, many were forced into jobs with below-poverty wages. And then, the U.S. military built a naval academy in the Latino community of Chavez Ravine, further exacerbating tensions.
Zoot suits (baggy pegged pants with a long, flamboyant jacket that reached the knees) became popular in the early 1940s, particularly among young African American men. It was associated with a sense of pride, individuality and rebellion against mainstream culture. The trend quickly made its way into the Hispanic and Filipino subcultures in southern California. During this time, there was also a rise of pachuco culture among Latin youth. Chicano or pachuco jazz had become incredibly popular. Some of the great Pachuco band leaders included Lalo Guerrero, Don Tosti and Don Ramon Martinez.
Margarita Engle depicted The Zoot Suit riots in her young adult novel, Jazz Owls (2018), which she wrote in verse.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #racism #RaceRiot #riot #ZootSuit #chicano #Mexican #LosAngeles #propaganda #ww2 #immigration #deportation #hisfic #fiction #novel #books #author @bookstadon
Today in Labor History June 4, 1939: The U.S. blocked the MS St. Louis from landing in Florida. The ship carried 963 Jewish refugees who were fleeing the Nazis. Canada also refused. As a result, the ship was forced back to Europe. Over 200 of its passengers ultimately died in Nazi concentration camps. The ordeal is also known as the Voyage of the Damned. It has been depicted in numerous books, including Julian Barnes’s novel, A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters (1989); Bodie and Brock Thoene's novel Munich Signature (1991); and Leonardo Padura's novel Herejes (2013). Cordell Hull, who was Secretary of State at the time, and who led the fight to turn the refugees away, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1944. It was one of the worst Nobel prizes ever awarded (along with Henry Kissinger (1973), who facilitated bloody dictatorships in Chile and Argentina, genocides in Bangladesh and East Timor, and carpet bombing of Cambodia. Or Elihu Root (1912), the U.S. Secretary of War who oversaw the brutal repression of the Filipino independence movement. And let’s not forget Shimon Peres, Yitzak Rabin and Yasser Arafat (1994), who jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize despite their histories of human rights abuses. Or Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). Or Mikhail Gorbachev (1990), who sent tanks into the Baltic republics less than a year after winning his “peace” prize, killing numerous civilians. Or Barack Obama (2009), who began assassinating civilians with his drones and arresting more immigrants than his predecessor, George W. Bush, not long after winning his Nobel. Or Woodrow Wilson (1919), an outright racist and apologist for slavery, who sent troops to occupy Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, and to “intervene” in Cuba, Honduras and Panama, and who oversaw the Palmer raids that led to over 10,000 arrests and over 500 deportations of union leaders, peace activists, socialists and anarchists. Or Menachem Begin (1978), who four years after receiving his “peace” prize launched the bloody invasion of Lebanon, and who refused to fire Ariel Sharon, even after the Kahan Commission found Sharon culpable for the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #nazis #jews #holocaust #NobelPrize #massacre #genocide #imperialism #invasion #occupation #ConcentrationCamp #HistorialFiction #novel #books #author @bookstadon
Reading Gouzel Iakhina's new novel "Les Enfants de la Volga", which is a fictional rendering of the history of Germans who lived along the Volga between the 18th and 20th century. Iakhina's previous book depicted the life of her grandmother during the dekulakization programme and was a compelling read.
Background on Tula’s family life, and love of movies.
https://hannah-howe.com/2023/06/04/tula-1/
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books
Background on my novel, Tula, book one in the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Tula’s childhood home, the top floor of this building on 73rd Street, Brooklyn. There, against her mother’s wishes, Tula used to read her movie magazines and re-enact the performances she’d witnessed that week on the silver screen.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG5NGZ6H
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books
The opening chapter of my Golden Age of Hollywood novel, Tula, takes place in Kings County Asylum, Brooklyn, where Tula introduces her story. The asylum looks bleak, and it was. The building was smaller when Tula was there; additional storeys were added in the 1930s.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0BG5NGZ6H
#Movies #Hollywood #Film #Cinema #Actress #Novel #1920s #Cinemastodon #Books #Brooklyn
So I've decided to read the SF Masterworks series, which starts off with Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War". Not a great start. Its weird and stereotypical depiction of homosexuality aside, it just doesn't feel like the great sci-fi anti-war novel some critics make it out to be. I didn't care about the main character and the ending was very abrupt. Maybe I'm missing something here - it is part of a trilogy, after all. 1.5/5.
#scifi #bookstodon #reading #novel
@nathanlovestrees @philosophy For example, I'm currently reading Rebecca F. Kuang's novel Yellowface - itself much hyped, ironically enough.
https://www.harpercollins.com/products/yellowface-r-f-kuang?variant=40985522831394
Her main character badly wants to become a successful author. She writes about 'cultivating a social media presence'. How, 'now that I'm drawing attention for my book deal, I want to give off the right impression. I want bloggers, reviewers, and readers to know I'm the kind of person who, you know, cares about the right issues .... I study the Twitter feeds ... to see which community figures I should follow, which conversations I should be part of. I retweet hot takes... '.
Could that kind of marketing and promotion strategy be another explanation for the experience you describe - of having more influential people taking a similar position to you some time afterwards?
We have selected our narrator for Tula, my novel set in the Golden Age of Hollywood. Amelia Mendez is a voice actor with over fifteen years experience in storytelling, acting, and producing. She has a lovely voice and we think she is ideally suited to narrate Tula’s story. We anticipate that it will take around two months to produce the audiobook. I’m very excited about this project and can’t wait to get started 🙂
Pre-order is cheaper and there's still time for it before this book comes out next week. So if you like near-future science fiction with plenty of action here's my technothriller, SUBORBITAL 7. In both paper book and ebook format. #scifi #bookstodon #novel #sff
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We received eight auditions from producers interested in narrating the audiobook version of Tula, my novel set in the Golden Age of Hollywood, specifically in the 1920s. All the auditions were of excellent quality, but we think we’ve identified the voice of Tula. Time difference between Britain and America is a factor, but I hope we’ll be in a position to confirm our narrator tomorrow.
Today in Labor History June 1 is the day that U.S. labor law officially allows children under the age of 16 to work up to 8 hours per day between the hours of 7:00 am and 9:00 pm. Time is ticking away, Bosses. Have you signed up sufficient numbers of low-wage tykes to maintain production rates with your downsized adult staffs?
The reality is that child labor laws have always been violated regularly by employers and these violations have been on the rise recently. Additionally, many lawmakers are seeking to weaken existing, poorly enforced laws to make it even easier to exploit children. Over the past year, the number of children employed in violation of labor laws rose by 37%, while lawmakers in at least 10 states passed, or introduced, new laws to roll back the existing rules. Violations include hiring kids to work overnight shifts in meatpacking factories, cleaning razor-sharp blades and using dangerous chemical cleaners on the kills floors for companies like Tyson and Cargill. Particularly vulnerable are migrant youth who have crossed the southern U.S. border from Central America, unaccompanied by parents. https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attack/
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Of course, what is happening in the U.S. is small potatoes compared with many other countries, where exploitation of child labor is routine, and often legal. Kids are almost always paid far less than adults, increasing the bosses’ profits. They are often more compliant than adults and less likely to form unions and resist. Bosses can get them to do dangerous tasks that adults can’t, or won’t, do, like unclogging the gears and belts of machinery. This was also the norm in the U.S., well into the 20th century. In my soon (I hope) to be released novel, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” the protagonist, Mike Doyle, works as a coal cleaner in the breaker (coal crushing facility) of a coal mine at the age or 13. Many kids began work in the collieries before they were 10. They often were missing limbs and died young from lung disease. However, when the breaker bosses abused them, they would sometimes collectively chuck rocks and coal at them, or walk out, en masse, in wildcat strikes. And when their fathers, who worked in the pits, as laborers and miners, went on strike, they would almost always walk out with them, in solidarity.
#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #children #ChildLabor #exploitation #capitalism #nike #AnywhereButSchuylkill #coal #mining #fiction #novel #HisFic #HistoricalFiction @bookstadon
#WritingWonders 6/1 You're transported into your WIP world. Where is the first place you're going? Why?
AWAY ... because I know what's about to happen here.
My summer writers workshop "Build-A-Book" is ready to roll!
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Build-A-Book starts June 24 with an introduction and even some story structure tips, with no obligation to continue. But if you do, the workshop runs 8 weeks
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I have officially hit the 240+ mark on my book "Teendyth: On Desecrated Faith and New-Found Religion"! E-book preorders are available at https://books2read.com/Teendyth with physical preorders coming soon! #author #writer #writingcommunity #ergotic
#horror #novel #debutnovel
A DEFT STEAMPUNK THRILLER mixes subtle body horror with classic Gothic traditions. Relatable, determined protagonist and a well crafted, suspenseful plot. B PLUS
https://rawdogscreaming.com/cover-reveal-vial-thoughts-by-van-essler/
@bookstodon
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<<Nuestro cerebro se alimenta de glucosa e historias.>>
Juan Luis Arsuaga.
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Hey, @TfTHacker -- Thank you for encouraging me to watch the video below!
It offers a great overview of a structure and a set of plug-ins #writers can use for both long- and short-form writing in #Obsidian, plus insights into how the #LongformPlugin works with #Vellum.
It convinced me to drop plans to write _Fixed_, my next #novel, in Ulysses, and to write and compile in #Obsidian instead.
Here we go! Thanks again.
My novel has been submitted. Now I wait. Wish me luck.
<<Los españoles son hasta ahora valientes y honrados; pero muy fogosos en sus pasiones, y si se desatan en rencorosos sentimientos unos contra otros, no sé cómo se van a entender.>>
Galdós.
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SHARP NEAR-FUTURE NOIR sets a gig-working hacker and her private eye mentor on the trail of a multiple murderer. Shades of Chandler and Gibson, but with a distinctive, witty, contemporary voice. B PLUS
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Bang-Bang-Bodhisattva/Aubrey-Wood/9781786187017
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I hadn't looked at the #Longform plugin for #Obsidian in a while. I installed it and #Pandoc today, and I'm really impressed.
Being able to drag and drop scenes/chapters into any order I like is a big part of why I've been writing in #Ulysses ... but Longform makes that possible now.
After writing #ParallelLines in Obsidian, I didn't think I wanted to write a novel in the app again ... but this may change my mind...
I'm so pleased and humbled to have received so many enthusiastic reviews. This kind of praise and encouragement does so much to keep me going, so thank you! I thought I'd share some of my favourite snippets with you in this thread...
These are all from my Kindle listing: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BW7DG2BR
“Strange how quickly blood stops being frightening after giving birth.”
From the May/June 2023 issue of our magazine, Szilvia Molnar’s debut #novel explores a dark side of motherhood that's rarely spoken of openly: https://www.texasobserver.org/szilvia-molnar-postpartum-book-review/
#parenting #books #fiction #culture #Texas #Austin #children #horror
GRIPPING INTERPLANETARY THRILLER, set on a near-future, partially terraformed Mars, hits all the high points you’d find in Michael Crichton and Nancy Kress. Lots of action, smart world-building, the highest possible stakes. B PLUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cold-light-of-stars-rysa-walker/1143442986
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#Emacs-written #novel on the German bestseller list: https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/13no4q3/emacswritten_novel_on_the_german_bestseller_list/
One example of many where book authors are organizing themselves and writing within #orgmode.
#Book 40: 4 stars to this thought-provoking #novel set in Hawai'i during a time of change.
My #BookThoughts and notes on the #audiobook are on @thestorygraph if you care to look
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https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/dc3314ca-b9bb-41ac-9fdd-644481e94654
INTERSTELLAR SPIES, PIRATES, and a mysterious ring world all feature in an exhilarating space adventure with a memorable cast—human, alien, and artificial intelligences alike. A MINUS
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Lokis-Ring/Stina-Leicht/9781982170639
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So, life hasn't let me get on quite as quickly as I'd like on the #editing #PearlsontheRoad and I'm not quite ready for beta readers yet. I will repeat this call again when it's ready, and I swear it won't be long now, but if anyone is interested in beta reading this let me know!
Also, I am about to start recording a spoken version for a friend who prefers #audiobook versions. If you might be interested in this, also let me know!
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CHARMING SMALL-TOWN MYSTERY set in 1963 Texas features a plucky young secretary turned sleuth as protagonist and a delightful supporting cast. Well crafted and full of vivid touches. B PLUS
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-i-had-a-hammer-teresa-trent/1143236406?ean=9781685123024
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1. For bedtime stories, my 7 y.o. read to me "The Monster at the End of This Book," by lovable furry old Grover. Cannot top that.
2. I received a lovely email from a client full of appreciation for my work on his sci-fi #novel
3. I got the raise I asked for.
I wish there was a word for the feeling when you have finished a really good #novel and you are casting about for another one and you feel exposed to the 'real world' and just want to climb back in to a #cozy #fantasy world ... #cozyfantasy
Today in Writing History May 8, 1937: Thomas Pynchon, American novelist was born.
THE DEATH OF A TRAPEZE ARTIST sets an intrepid young businesswoman (a suffragist, no less) on the track of his murderer. Charming mystery captures the spirit of the circus, and of rural California circa 1905. B PLUS
https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Under-Twilight-Roof-Small-Town-ebook/dp/B0BLX88T3R?ref_=ast_author_dp
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There is a certain kind of reader thar forms a relationship with the #Novel #MobyDick that is similar to ahab's relationship with the whale.
It's a war with #meaning and how meaning is shaped. detailed descriptions of whaling remind you a symbol is a thing as much as it isnt. Projection of meaning is meaning.
One day out of the abyss an unstoppable force will inevitably swallow all of culture... and I wonder if there isn't a Ishmael then to shape that into cohesion was there one to begin with?
FASCINATING HISTORICAL NOVEL tells the story of Charles Ignatius Sancho, an 18th century Black British composer, musician, and anti-slavery advocate. Brilliant evocation of Georgian London life is entrancing and heartbreaking. A MINUS
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250880383/the-secret-diaries-of-charles-ignatius-sancho
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Finished the second draft of novel no.2 today, which is the point I start sending it out to beta readers. Very pleased to have reached this stage!
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My first novel is already available, if you wanted:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BW7DG2BR
Epub: https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/subject-alpha
AN INTENSE LOVE AFFAIR and its long shadow in a writer’s life. Elegant, sensitive novel is infused with a vivid sense of the Australian landscape. B PLUS
https://tinhouse.com/book/thirst-for-salt/
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Read a few of his books, but knew almost nothing about him. Pretty interesting profile.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/05/03/dean-koontz/
#Mastodon is a friendlier place to talk about and promote your #writing than the bird site was, so..
My #novel JIHADI: A LOVE STORY, about a US intelligence agent accused of terrorism and sucked into the secret prison system, is available for 99 cents this month (May) from Orenda Books.
3.7/5 on Amazon after 7 years, whatever that means. It confused some. It excited some. It made all of them think. Which is what I was going for.
Cottagecore + Cyberpunk = Solarpunk?
My #writing group keeps calling my #scifi #novel a cross between #cottagecore and #cyberpunk soooo #solarpunk right?
BOXING, TATTOOS, MAGIC, gangsters, and forbidden love all meet in the high-end underworld of 1929 New York City. Brilliant supernatural adventure with lots of heart. A MINUS
https://rebellionpublishing.com/product/kid_wolf_and_kraken_boy-2/
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A rare addition to #TheVideoGameLibrary this morning! 📚
A #FinalFantasy Choose Your Own Adventure book from 1987. 🤯
❓ Curious if any fans have heard of this one ❓
"Can you obtain the Water Crystal and become the true Hero of Light?"
💎 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/final-fantasy-crystal-inheritance-legend
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ONE OF THE MOST AMBITIOUS BOOKS I’ve ever read is dazzling in its multiple successes: as an evocation of the ultimate woman art monster, as a gorgeously complex alternate history, and as a heartbreaking story about love and misunderstanding. SOLID A
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374606176/biographyofx
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It is my birthday today!
I am a digital illustrator and author, so the gift of sharing would be appreciated, if you are able. :) <3
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Helen-Ingle/e/B0BW7HZS2C
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/helenmclaughlinart
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Thoughts about a super new #graphic #novel #OldEnglish #Beowulf https://massmedievalist.substack.com/p/the-massachusetts-medievalist-chortles?sd=pf
Hello Mastodon Writing Exchange! I just migrated from a different server, so here's my new #introduction. I am a writer of literary #fiction ( #novel and #stories). I have three #cats, and I can never get enough cat photos. :-) Before I transitioned to writing fiction, I spent many years doing biomedical research. I seem to have lost my followers in the #migration, and I'm trying to add them back, one-by-one. Oh! I am excited to join Writing Exchange. Thank you for having me!
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15. Name one thing that is really difficult for your MC that is easier for most people.
Just one thing? I'm going with impulse control. She largely relies on Ami, and then also Leo, to help guide her impulse control. This is, of course, a highly imperfect method, and means Keri gets into herself into some pretty gnarly tangles.
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13. How physically fit is your MC?
She's in pretty good physical shape as she had been back training several nights a week at Karate until she came to the US, but that comes with the heavy caveat of her various addictions (see yesterday! )
I'd say she's burning the candle at both ends, and it will catch up with her in time.
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10. Name something unusual in your MC's home.
Since Keri is essentially homeless, we'll assume the Porsche is her home.
Lots of unusual things about the Porsche, but the radio is particularly unusual. It doesn't come on sometimes, but switches itself on and changes stations 'at random ' . Keri thinks its broken, but it always behaves when Ami phones the Rock Radio DJ.
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9. Write about your MC's clothing choices in the style of a fashion magazine.
Since I'm not a big reader of fashion mags, this is what you're getting 😁
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8. Whit dae Ah no leave hame wi'out?
No sure Ah get the question, tae be honest like. The ainly hing Ah dinnae leave hame wi'out is ma claes!
Ah spose right the now Ah dinnae gaun naewhaur wi'out the keys tae the Porsche, bit could ye call the Porsche hame? Mebbes, Ah guess.
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7. One sound and one scent in your MC'S worst nightmare.
I think she's lived it, rather than dreamed it.
The sound is of a drunk shouting aggressively, the scent is a mix of cigarette smoke, alcohol and blood.
Those are things that haunt her, she associates that ( and the song '18 and life') with the moment her life went completely off the rails.
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6. What is your MC's morning routine?
She wakes up when she's ready, but if you are sleeping in a car, that's still going to be before noon (just). Then it's a Lucky Strike and a coffee (made with a travel kettle) before deciding not to bother with breakfast. After that, it's time to hit the road again.
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5. What does your MC hear when she wakes up?
Usually the radio, so music most days. And because it's the radio, sometimes it's songs she *hates* . It’s a rough way to be woken up, especially when she often has a hangover. ..
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4. Whit wid Ah teach?
Martial Arts. Ah hink it's sumhin aw weans should get tae learn,, especially the wans who get bullied. Ah wid want tae teach weans that dinnae hav much an aw, free lessons fir kids in wan parent faimlies. Ah bet Leo wid be up fir that, actually....
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3. If your MC was on a Wanted poster.....
I think she just might be.
It's not got a clear picture on it, just a smudgey screen grab from a security camera of Keri and Ami with the Porsche in the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Wanted for: Grand Theft Auto, Resisting Arrest and Assaulting a Police Officer. Other charges pending!
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2. What is the Education system like in your world?
Keri and Ami were educated in the 80's & 90's in Scotland.
Even in the relatively small seaside town where they grew up, there were 3 primary schools. 2 State schools and 1 Catholic one. Keri went to the Catholic one, and Ami one of the others. Then Ami went to the Town Secrondary while Keri would take the train into Ayr to go to the Catholic secondary there.
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New month, New 🧵 !
Two truths and a lie about Keri Mac (my MC) figure
Keri is a former European Karate Champion (under 16), had an affair with Slash from GnR and once was narrowly stopped from killing someone.
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Does your antagonist have any redeeming qualities?
He's more a force of Patriarchy and a symbol of oppression and exploitation than a real person, so no, he doesn't.
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27. What is your main character's favourite book?
Interview With A Vampire by the late, great Anne Rice. Both Keri and Ami love this book. They met at a library in their early teens and bonded over that book. It's the main reason they go to New Orleans.
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26. If your characters were stuck on a desert island who would resort to cannibalism first?
Keri is vegetarian, so definitely not her. Cyphre might, but he would have means to get off the Island.
There's a few characters who *think* they are Vampires, so probably one of them.
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25. If your MC was on Social Media, what platform would they be on and why?
Keri would let Ami decide that, as it's Ami's thing. Ami would be on all of them, juggling accounts. She is on all of the main ones (FB, Instagram, Twitter) circa 2011 when the story is set and posts pictures of the Police trying to catch them.
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24. If your story was a fable, what would the moral be?
1. Finish what you begin
2. Know thyself
But the main theme is sisterhood.
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23. How would I feel about people writing fan fiction of my #novel ?
Knock yersel out! Ah'd be honestly flattert.
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22. What is your favourite setting in your #wip?
That's a hard choice, since a part of the point of writing the story was to explore what I love about Americana. Ultimately, it is probably an abandoned diner I found while looking at the route on Google maps (sorry not sure I can find a pic now). It set my imagination off and was a great counterpoint to the much grander places like New Orleans and the Painted Desert that the ladies pass through.
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