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Deidre J Owen

@deidrejowen.bsky.social
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"DAY-druh" she/her. Mom, wife, introvert, multi-genre author, typo expert, contradiction, with a smattering of random skills and interests. Founder/Designer at Mannison Press. 💖💜💙 Check out my LinkTree! linktr.ee/deidrejowen

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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Okay, I have done something profoundly silly and I love it. I have put together a book about... sandwiches. Or, more specifically, all the ways I like to CUT my sandwiches. Looking for something unserious and benign this holiday season? This may be just the thing! 🥪👀👇 tinyurl.com/sandwichcuts
A deliciously unserious picture book by Deidre J Owen: The Sandwich Cuts Book. Hardcover available at Barnes and Noble, BN.com.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
New Release: The Sandwich Cuts Books Looking for something a little something different? You might enjoy my latest release from Mannison Press! One of our favorite things to do as a family is finding little ways to entertain each other. Strange ways. Eccentric. We make up words. I buy weird…
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New Release: The Sandwich Cuts Books
Looking for something a little something different? You might enjoy my latest release from Mannison Press! One of our favorite things to do as a family is finding little ways to entertain each other. Strange ways. Eccentric. We make up words. I buy weird napkins. We make mundane things fun. Mundane things like sandwiches. This deliciously unserious book explores the exceedingly simple yet creative way I liven up the lunch plate and my daughter's lunchbox.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I got book mail!
Me with my new weird little book that will be out soon, The Sandwich Cuts Book about how I cut my sandwiches. Included is a pic of my tweet on Twitter/X that started my journey to Sandwich cuts.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
From the Daily Turkic: Archaeologists in Türkiye believe they have discovered the tomb of Saint Nicholas, famously known as Santa Claus.

Pictured is a women down in a hole with a long stick examining an ancient, heavy looking sarcophagus of sorts. The measuring stick is white with red bands.

Deidre J Owen: And, with a straight face, measured the tomb with a candy cane.
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Dorian J. Sinnott @doriansinnott.com · 07/12/2024
It’s so annoying that Amazon continues to allow returns on ebook purchases 😕 Readers: do NOT do this. It hurts authors and makes US reimburse you from our royalties. Amazon isn’t a library. If you want to return a book after reading, help indies out by recommending their books at your libraries.
Amazon author page showing processed order as -1 from returned ebook.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
*blushes* what, these old things?
Baby girl you have the most mysterious leg bruises I have ever seen
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I have exactly 2 types of sneezes: A. “KHAHH!!!” – deeply alarming; startles you and all your ancestors B. “shoee-shoee-shoee-shoee-shoee” – stifles the explosion but distracts you anyway with its comical execution
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Taylor Grothe @taylorlgrothe.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I think we're going to see a HUGE proliferation of #horror over the next four years. We will need the catharsis, and of all sorts: splatterpunk, weird, cosmic/eldritch, folk/cult, Gothic, and bubblegum, to name a few. Horror contains multitudes. Horror can heal. Horror lets us know we aren't alone.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Mons what?
Christmas pillows on my couch. A red one with deer antlers reads “Merry Christmas.” An ivory one with red snowflakes reads “Mons” and something intelligible. It’s upside down: “let it snow.”
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Anybody else play the Santa hat on the TV game?
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Sleeping dog: *makes weird sound* Me, eyeing said dog suspiciously: Which end was that?
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
What an interesting article! Have you ever heard of Zipf’s Law? #WritingCommunity www.iflscience.com/almost-all-l...
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Almost All Languages Appear To Follow Zipf's Law, And We Have No Idea Why
Even the languages we haven't deciphered yet, such as the one in the Voynich Manuscript, appear to follow this rule.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Fred and Mishka.
My very large hound dog and my big orange cat are both chilling in their own front windows of the house.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Spirited is such a fun movie 🎄
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Every year on Black Friday, my hubby and I fondly remember the year we forgot what day it was and accidentally went shopping. Good times.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Excellent pushback from the community. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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Writers condemn startup’s plans to publish 8,000 books next year using AI
Publisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books proofread, designed and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Feeling grateful today for my friendlies here in virtual space. From passing acquaintances to writing colleagues to folks I would even call friends, I appreciate you! And if you are observing the Thanksgiving holiday today, I wish you happy feasting 😋🤎🧡💛
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your friend dirtgirl @dirtgirl.wifeguy.online · 27/11/2024
all my new followers reading without interacting
Egyptian sculpture of figures looking ahead with arms at their sides or on their laps, not clicking like or anything
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Try it with a smear of mayo! Good comfort food.
Off work late? Hungry, but too tired to cook? Try eating a sleeve of saltines! You certainly will not regret eating sleeve of saltines.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hey. Hey. I need to show you these notebooks I made..
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Hubby and I play a game when watching tv. It’s called There’s Nothing In That Cup.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Instead of a traditional tree topper this year, we are using this Grinch Santa hat instead. He is monching the tree.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
In other news, someone crumpled me a package.
My Amazon package is just a wad of heavy brown paper.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
My 13yo is cleaning the kitchen! She is wiping the counters with fabric refresher and I don’t even care 😄🥰🥰🥰
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Why isn’t this called a thumble?
Several thimbles in different metallic finishes (silver, pewter, gold, bronze).
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Yesterday, I ordered a proof of my Sandwich Cuts book from Barnes & Noble Press. It will take nearly 5 😡WEEKS😡 to get here. Today, I ordered a proof from KDP for one of my indie authors. It will be here in 3 days. THREE. DAYS. FREAKING CATCH UP B&N.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The other day I tried to say "aren't you?" and "isn't she?" at the same time and it came out—very confidently, I might add—"AREN'T SHE?" 😑 So many witnesses...
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I was feeling very bleary-eyed this morning so I had a cup of half caff coffee and now my tummy is le angry 😣
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Why do I sit like this when I eat? Does anyone else do this?
My chair is pushed way out from the table and I am sitting on the edge of it. I am wearing light wash jeans and a blue & white tie dyed shirt I made myself at my nephew’s bday party. My sock feet are tucked under the chair and crossed at the ankles.
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Petergeist Clines @peterclines.com · 19/11/2024
And this is why authors are always asking you to preorder.
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MK Hardy @mkhardywrites.com · 19/11/2024
This is a great guide to free image resources and cover design, on top of highlighting how it's possible to make great art as an amateur without AI: www.sffinsiders.com/blog/a-self-...
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A Self-published Author’s Guide to Not Using Generative AI — SFF Insiders
Want to design your own book cover without genAI but don’t know where to start? Or if it’s even possible? Well it is possible, and easier than you think!
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Just discovered I can make the font here smaller so now maybe I can take this place seriously lol
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Just sharing my kiddo's latest time-lapse digital art. She's so creative! I love the character introducing the video. 🥰 Subscribe to her YouTube and support a young artist! Vinn Rover Time-lapse youtu.be/Mr63EnkKIL4?...
youtu.be
Vinn Rover Time-lapse
YouTube video by NYX
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
My Sandwich Cuts proof is in the mail! 🤩 🤞
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Wakahisa Sensei @wakahisasensei.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Them to little me: “what do you want to be when you grow up?” Me:
Two pig statues. There is a label that says “pigs with no specific duties.”
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
#Arcane #ArcaneSeason2 WEEPING 😭
Kitten screaming with tears in its eyes
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Haha that’s fantastic.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
While waiting for the next episode of #Arcane  to drop I started it over again. The characters, the story, the ✨stunning✨ animation… it is even better second time around!
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 14/11/2024
We’ve put a lot of work into making Bluesky a healthier social network. This app is designed to give you a choice — in what you want to see, what you don’t want to see, and how you want to interact. Some tips on how to customize your experience:
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LA Guettler @laguettler.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
MY BOOKS! If you're looking for unserious scifi with Space Florida vibes, look no further than Red Darkling, Bonkpocalypse, and the interactive novel Vacation on Planet Glor. You won't regret it. Or will you? Learn more at: www.laguettler.com
Goofy ad for Vacation on Planet Glor: A Mix Your Own Darklingverse Jam by L.A. Guettler. The book cover is centered, with text all around in various whimsical fonts in various colors. 
Interactive Adventure
Sex! Drugs! Booze! Gambling! Baked goods! QUICKSAND?!
Heat Beat
Twerking cosplayers 
Cameos from your favorite Darklingverse characters
Gruesome death or happy ever after?
Find all this and more at my websiteGoofy ad for Red Darkling by L. A. Guettler. It's centered on an outer space background with text all around in various whimsical fonts. 
Robot Cats 
BEER!
Exotic locations
Aliens
Sleazy dudes
0% real science or your money back (not real offer)Goofy ad for Bonkpocalypse: A Red Darkling Jam by L. A. Guettler. The book cover is centered on a red nebula background with text all around in whimsical fonts. 
EXPLOSIONS
Cat stuff
Friendship
Shady monks
Dirk Largo
More acronyms per page than other leading brands or your money back (not valid anywhere)
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Where are my introverts partnered with an extrovert? 🙋‍♀️ Comes with challenges, but this is definitely a bonus haha
Multi-panel comic, discussion between two people.
Person A: Whoa! You're dating an extrovert? How's that like?
Person B: It's been great! She talks to every cashier for me...she talks to strangers who approach me...I haven't spoken to people for days.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
‘The name’s Handle, Invalid Handle’
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
My teen lost track of her phone and thought for a sec it might be in the hoodie I just threw in the washing machine. It wasn't, she found it. Crisis averted. In other news, do you know how HEAVY a whole load of wet, soapy clothes is?
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 18/08/2023
One part of our upgraded infrastructure may affect your profile. If you see your handle now says “Invalid handle,” please reverify it by navigating to Settings > Change my handle > Type in your current handle > Verify DNS Record > Update. (Basically, update to the same handle.)
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Life lessons.
Three panel comic about The Spoom.
Elven explorer in the woods, panicky, holding a map: "Help! I'm lost in the spoom!"
View of the map: Trees surrounding the word "spoom"
A companion enters the frame: You're holding the map upside-down.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A quick intro for the influx! Multi-genre writer here (horror, sci-fi, humor). I enjoy the macabre as much as the inane. I admittedly don't post a whole lot about writing, but I love supporting other creatives and share new work when I have it. Largely unserious, prone to horsing around. Say hi! 👋😊
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 14/11/2024
Don't worry about the "Invalid handle" error messages, everyone! Nothing is wrong with your account—that just means some servers went down, and as soon as they're back up that will resolve automatically.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I love seeing how many people are getting set up over here, but post a thing or two! I love following back creatives, esp writers, but ya gotta gimme SOMEthing...
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Random funny from my phone..
Caption: The broom when I’m done using it. Pictured is a man in business attire leaning against a wall, arms and legs crossed, with a very self-satisfied smile on his face.
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Deidre J Owen @deidrejowen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
“Realism is just trying to draw in God’s style.” ~Nyx Reboot, age 13
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