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Brooke Lorren

@brookelorren.bsky.social
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Aspiring author- speculative fiction and mostly medieval nonfiction. Christian, (still) NeverTrump conservative.

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 19h
#SelfPublishing #authorsediting #BookWriting #indieauthor #authorssupportingauthors #write
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
His friend Putin bombed his own people too and blamed it on the Chechens. Did wonders for his approval rating. Don’t think it will work for Trump.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Crying. 😭
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m almost 100% sure there is no rice in my book at all (it wasn’t exactly a staple in the medieval world my story is based on) so you have more references than I do.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Aha! Now we know who was behind the ban of All About Cats!
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
These are the people we should make famous. The heroes, not the villains.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That’s a bribe because he doesn’t want to be impeached and convicted. He stays in office and it means little to him without that last part.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That would work. I don’t like the idea of unrealized capital gains because what is worth $100k one day could be worth $60k next month (happens with Bitcoin every couple of years). Once you borrow against it if that triggered a tax event I’m all for that.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Summarize your WIPs/Works! The Elf and the Outlaw - noble elf falls in love with homeless human as they search for proof she didn’t murder the king. Save the Best for Last - best friends fall in love one snowy summer after FMC is almost murdered by her narcissistic, wannabe ra*ist boss.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Drop it off at the box at the library.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I didn’t really think of him much one way or another at the time… the earliest memories I have of him was him on the cover of tabloids. Not a ringing endorsement. Then in 2015 during the primaries… he was the one Republican out of 16 that you could never get me to vote for.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A little #poem for cat lovers. Happy #Caturday
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Meanwhile, Dolly Parton gets an airport named after herself within a month of dying because she was a good person.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Friendly reminder: your cat has never looked at you and thought you should be prettier, thinner, richer, more successful, or more productive. they just love you exactly as you are.
Jinx the tabby bobtail cat looking lovingly at the camera.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#writingsociety #aspiringauthor #BooksWorthReading #writingcommunity #writingtips
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yep. People don’t learn their history. H*tler’s planned arch was too heavy for the ground and was never built. Washington DC was built on a swamp. Wonder if they’ll have the same problems?
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In most of my books, they use candles. Although in my currently untitled work, my character can make flame come out of her hands. But that's a secret, at least in the beginning of the book. #SeptemberWorldBuilders
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Well, in 2015 he made a campaign promise to murder the family members of terrorists, and people still voted for him. This year he kept his promise when he murdered the 3 year old granddaughter of a terrorist. I feel so much safer knowing she's gone (/s of course on that last part).
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Saturday. We have weekly D&D there. So... 5 days. I currently have two books checked out from the library, but I already finished reading them. I have a couple of books I own that I'm reading though. Got 1929 on hold, so I'll pick it up when it's ready.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#3?
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sounds fun! 1. I would have met Alex Haley in my AP History class, but he died the day before. 2. I was married for a short time during college, but it didn't work out. 3. Both my kids were named after elves from fantasy books. #BookSky #TwoTruthsOneLie
Two truths and a lie.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Guessing #1
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
About a year and a half ago, I started keeping a Zettlekasten. It’s basically a way to take organized research notes before you have a project in mind. I note all my sources. It will come in handy now that I have an idea for a nonfiction book.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Funny one of the teachers at the Christian homeschool coop I taught at had pink hair. I don’t know what one has to do with the other. Pink is pretty.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Yeah my mom seems to be getting it. My Grandma had it but, although it made her angry sometimes, it didn’t make her turn into a racist or start treating people like garbage.
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Well, it's worth a shot! #BookSky
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Right now I only have short stories to share, does that count? Even better, they're free to read. reedsy.com/creative-wri...
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Brooke Lorren - Writer on Reedsy Prompts
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I really do. My query is pretty good, I think. When they ask for a synopsis… ugh.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Post something random and I promise you, your September will be at least a little bit better than it woulda been if you hadn’t posted it. (One of my most recent photos.)
As my son would call them, “European Jesus” and “historically accurate Jesus” in front of a miniature Crunchwrap and Taco Bell sauce packets on a purple tray with a miniature starfish.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sadly this cannot be fixed like will hopefully happen when they rename the gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
When this nation’s first president chopped down one cherry tree, he was honest and contrite. When the current president chopped down a slew of cherry trees, he did so in violation of a court order—and didn’t give a shit.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Elections are in a few months…
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Congrats!
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It seems quite on brand for the president to take another name of American indigenous origin and replace it with a name of European origin 😕
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I don’t know who this was originally sent to, but I really don’t care if this guy’s head hurts. I didn’t even know there was a membership. Evidently the link goes to a donation page.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Didn’t he say something about the way to get a lot of money was to start a religion? Maybe that’s not exact, but he talked about starting a religion before he did. They’re big into getting you to spend money. I took one of their “classes” when I was in college.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
“Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.” John Adams, 1765
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
If this wasn’t the president it would be funny. But I think this would be a great template for a book character.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I remember my first time using Netscape instead of Lynx (a text only web browser). It was amazing. Back then it was pretty much only Yahoo! for finding things, and you could visit almost all the web sites. The internet is more useful now, but back then it was like visiting another world.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The Pike's Peak Library District has a Carnegie Library. We had to shut it down for a couple of years to remodel it because it wasn't up to the current ADA codes, but it reopened last year (I think). #BookSky
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Wrote a story called "Quarantine" for this week's Reedsy Prompt contest. I'm looking forward to being able to share it with you. It's a little different than anything I think I've ever written, but I think it's pretty good, at least.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Always. I read an article about reading habits in the Atlantic about a week ago and it was truly sad how reading has declined. Although I’m sure most people responding to this are the outliers, the readers.
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Ariaa® @ariaa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Because you need to gaze upon a newborn whitecoat harp seal. 🤭🥰
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Nice! I have an application in for a bookstore job, so I'm hoping I will join you one day as a bookseller.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My coworkers were talking about the pace of technological change yesterday, and I began to wonder what happens to a technologically advanced society when people become increasingly illiterate. It has happened before: brookelorren.com/what-happens...
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What Happens to a Technologically Advanced Society that Becomes Functionally Illiterate? - Brooke Lorren
I read an article the other day (I can’t remember where) about how some schools...
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
There’s nothing like a good shove in the side to wake you up. Currently Untitled.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Let’s go Brandon! I mean, err, Sleepy Joe!”
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
He’s had a low-energy year though.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Is that the Simpsons? Because it looks like their artwork. They have a knack for predicting the future.
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Brooke Lorren @brookelorren.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Lila: castle Ren: cave Melody, Quintus: farmhouse, then cottage Victoria (new): farmhouse (until it burns down) #dailyocs
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