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Charlotte Henley Babb

@charlottebabb.bsky.social

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Writer, Artist, Fairy Godmother (she/her cishetwhtoldfat) From fractured fairy tales to space opera to steampunk, I am creating my own worlds because reality sucks.

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Banned Books Week @bannedbooksweek.bsky.social · 17h

LET BOOKS BE ACCESSIBLE! Attempts to limit access for the intended audience are acts of censorship. Let's take a look at the harmful myths and misinformation censors use to justify their actions. And find ways to push back! #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 5h

But Google said... charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/but-google... I played a trick on every online class I ever taught, and a few of the in-person classes. I sent them to a website and asked them, being working adults, if their company trafficked in the chemical described on the site.

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But Google said...

Trust that Reference? Critical Thinking Exercise

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Firefly: A Tutorial in Writing charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/firefly-a-... A writer friend and I discussed how boring it is to get a few thousand words of back story and history before getting into the actual story. Then another writer friend mentioned watching Firefly again on Zon prime.

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Firefly: A Tutorial in Writing

How to Work World Building and Character Into Story

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Spoons, Letters, Hidden Magic charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/spoons-let... When Gareth returned Vadi to his room, Doralie was waiting for him with a new clothing, much finer than what she had brought the first time, a dark jerkin, warm breeches, soft stockings, leather shoes, all in black.

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Spoons, Letters and Hidden Magic

There is more to being a lordling than learning to read

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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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kjcon.bsky.social @kjcon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ignorance was shown the door!

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026

Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...

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AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit

Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.

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Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Show me 😡

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026

We voted! Early and in person! Your turn!

Me and Krissy smiling because we have exercised our constitutional franchise

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The Boy and the Beacon charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/the-boy-an... “How is the scrivener doing with the chores and the writing?” “He works steadily.” Doralie peered at the lord with a bit of a smile. “Excellent. Wait a few days until he has more trust with the boy.”

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The Boy and the Beacon

Lord Harold gains insight on his plan to claim his son's loyalty.

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

IT is always the rapist's fault

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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

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Pendragon Rising @pendragonrising.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please!

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alphabet Lessons charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/alphabet-l... Bord came early to the kitchen to do his chores and get breakfast. He had a lesson planned, partly based on the next line of the story. He was sure Vadi recognized him, but clearly didn’t want the guard to know.

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Alphabet Lessons

Vadi learns reading and Bord makes connections

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Out of the Darkness charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/out-of-the... After what seemed like days, the men left the path. Tawnya lifted the darkness spell, revealing actual dark in the forest. “Move slowly,” she whispered to the princess. “Arms first. Head.” It was something to teach the princess.

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Out of the Darkness

Woodscraft and endurance sap their energy as they elude trackers

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Apples on a Burlap Sack charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/apples-on-... I went looking on Pixabay free image site for some autumn-themed images to draw this month, as we are finally having some fall weather in the 50s at night and the 70s in the afternoons, after months of 80s and 90s. #SundayArt

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Apples on a Burlap Sack

Prismacolor step-by-step drawing on tan pastel paper

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lay and Lie and Lying charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/lay-and-li... To lay means to put. It is called a transitive verb because it transfers an action to an object. To lie is an intransitive verb, meaning that it is done by an actor but not to an object. It means to recline. Confused yet?

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Lay and Lie and Lying

Laid Up, or Laid Down, or Getting Laid?

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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That would be much more useful than learning how to do-si-do.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Americans are relearning the lesson we learned during the Gilded Age of the late 1890s, when robber barons ran the government and the economy for their own benefit: Oligarchy is incompatible with the common good. I'm hopeful we'll respond with a new progressive movement.

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just backed The Witchy War on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/hap...

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The award-winning epic American fantasy trilogy.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

THIS 👇 HERE TOO.......

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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exactly 😤😡

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Pen & Paper Make a mindmap to generate ideas charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/pen-and-pa... I saw a call for submissions from an animal’s POV. I’ve written from a cat’s POV and a werebear’s, but I thought a turtle might have an interesting, if grounded POV. I went back to the Mind Map process.

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Make a mind map to generate ideas for stories or any kind of writing.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

25th Amendment? We can’t even get network news to air it or even mention it. It’s a massive national media coverup to hide the fact the we have an addled president.

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lord Harold Plans charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/lord-harol... Lord Harold read the report from the scrivener, the lesson given, the approach, and the reasonably favorable result. Perhaps the boy was not ruined completely, as both his parents were intelligent.

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Lord Harold Plans

Having lost his son once, he wants another chance to channel the magic.

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ResJudicata22 @resjudicata22.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Cartoonist: Pedro Molina

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

NO 👇 LIES DETECTED,JACK.....

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Speaking through the Crystal charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/speaking-t... In the darkness spell, Tawnya reached out to Alisonde, to touch her hand and put her own dark crystal in her palm. **Get your crystal out. Do not speak.** It took several minutes before Alisonde understood what to do.

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Speaking through the Crystal

Learning to listen in a different way

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Magical Darkness charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/magical-da... When Tawnya opened the portal, Alisonde saw they were outside a small village, maybe half a league down the road. No large crop areas, but some small gardens, hemmed in by the forest.

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Magical Darkness

Alisonde learns what Wyse magic can do, and what it can’t

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Writing Lessons charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/writing-le... When Gareth shoved him into the learning room, Vadi was surprised to see Bord there. He kept his eyes down, so Bord would not know he recognized the scrivener, and so Gareth would not know. #CrystalQuest #Outliers

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Writing Lessons

Vadi wonders if there is anyone he can trust in the keep

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Red Shouldered Hawk charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/red-should... I tried this image on Pastelbord, which is a sanded piece of Masonite hardboard. It it is wonderful to work on because it provides room for many layers and to put light colors over dark.

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Red Shouldered Hawk

5x7 Prismacolors on Pastelbord

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An Article was Written Avoiding Passive Voice for Better Writing charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/article-wa... A great idea was had by me this morning. Then, this article was written so it could be read. Passive voice should be avoided, not because it is ungrammatical, but because it is boring.

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An Article was Written

Avoiding Passive Voice for Better Writing

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Mystique—or Mistake—of Three charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/the-mystiq... threes: Bears, Pigs, Guesses, and Deities. We look for the Ghosts of Christmas, study the Laws of Thought, compose with the Rule of Thirds, and smile when three people enter a bar. Third Time’s the Charm.

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The Mystique—or Mistake—of Three

One is an instance. Two is a coincidence. Three is a pattern.

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Bord Becomes Vadi’s Teacher charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/bord-becom... By day, Bord worked in the library, copying manuscripts and sometimes illuminations, improving his drawing skills. In the evenings, he cleaned in the kitchen, brought in wood and water.

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Bord Becomes Vadi’s Teacher

Each must pretend they do not know each other for both to be safe.

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Rescue Mission Planned charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/the-rescue... Alisonde still felt the blister from the crystal in her palm. She’d achieved the first step in her goal to by Wyse, and the pain showed that she had at least some magic. #CrystalQuest #Outliers

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The Rescue Mission Planned

The three women, a crone, a mother, and a maiden, prepare to rescue Vadi and Bord

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Erin Hanson @erinhansonartist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When I visited France, I had to go to Provence to see if the lavender fields there were as beautiful as I had heard. They were, indeed! I was immediately captivated by the rolling plains of purple lavender rows. Hills of Provence by Erin Hanson, 2026 Oil on canvas 28 x 36 in #art #impressionism

When I visited France to visit the locales the impressionists had painted, I had to stop by Provence to see if the lavender fields there were as beautiful as I had heard. When I drove up onto the high and windy plateaus of Provence, with the Swiss Alps far in the distance, I was immediately captivated by the rolling plains of purple lavender rows. This painting captures the feeling of being in Provence, surrounded by beauty in every direction.

Hills of Provence
by Erin Hanson, 2026
Oil on canvas
28 x 36 in

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omgisme @omgisme.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bord Pays His Way charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/bord-pays-... “I am a scrivener,” Bord said. “I can work, if you show me what to do.” “Scrivening might be a good trade,” she said, nodding. “My name is Doralie,” the woman said, “and yours?” Bord’s body felt able to move. #CrystalQuest #Outliers

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Bord Pays His Way

Use what you know and do what you must.

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Bord is Released charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/bord-is-re... Someone approached Bord’s dark cell. He hoped they brought food and water. He did not know how long he had been there, but he was hungry, cold, and dry. He had not even been able to use the bucket.

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Bord is Released

It takes more than iron bars to make a prison

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pokeberries! A Fun Challenge charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/pokeberries I took this picture in 2016 when I was still teaching at Greenville Tech in 2016. I ran across this photo and thought it would be a fun challenge. This image is 5x7 inches on black Pastelmat paper with Prismacolors.

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Pokeberries! A Fun Challenge

Much too far along for poke salad. Prismacolor Step-by-Step Drawing

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Commas Separate charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/commas-sep... In a community college English 101 class, I had a student who told wonderful stories but could not write a coherent sentence. He had a comma shaker to decorate his work. It was not his intelligence or vocabulary. It was bad teaching.

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Commas Separate

They are not pauses but guides to help the reader

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 17/09/2026

I mean, yes, obviously, no shit

Charlotte Henley Babb @charlottebabb.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Looking at the Bestsellers: How to Read a Book Cover charlottebabbwrites.substack.com/p/how-to-ana... I looked right past my own book. As my eyes swept across the grid of covers, my brain completely filtered my own book out of existence. Talk about a reality check. I designed that cover.

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Looking at the Bestsellers: How to Read a Book Cover (Before You Make a Bad One)

A guide to un-cloaking your book before readers scroll right past it.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Indeed, We The People Should Be Getting The Same Healthcare And Paid Leave As McTurtle.......🐢