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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My breakfast safe food has become illegal. The next 2-100 days of finding a new safe food are going to SUCK.

Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

One of the unexpectedly bad parts about being out and about alone? Not having someone else who can confirm if you locked the car. #anxiety

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Have you talked about your book yet today?! Drop and give us: Title: The Infinite Library Genre: Literary Fantasy Mystery Word Count: 71,000 Funniest moment: Does shepherd's pie have shepherds in it?? 🔗: a.co/d/0clRniWt (Amazon) bit.ly/4vLvEDD (Kobo)

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Amazon.com: The Infinite Library eBook : Wood Franklin, Stephanie: Kindle Store

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So. Somehow between looking for an ATM & getting a flu shot, I think I sold a copy of my book & got a pharmacist willing to give free flu shots to the unhoused communities served by the churches in my conference. On accident. This is what happens when I leave the house, I guess.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q6: Nothing new, though I have a blog at www.insertscenehere.com I'm currently re-reading all* of the Discworld books in publication order & posting about them, among other random posts. *Not including the ancillary books - just the core books by Terry Pratchett (GNU)

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q5: Maybe remind me that things don't have to be perfect & I might not suck as a writer? (I mean, I still may very well suck, that's always a possibility, but the fact that I might not suck would be good to remember, too.)

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q4: Once again, sleep would be fabulous. A friend's wedding is on Saturday, which should be fun & will mean that I have to be finished with her wedding present by then & can move on to a different craft project (finally!).

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q3: That's a really good question & I don't know that I have an answer this week. "Joy" is an awfully strong word. A nice cup of tea or two have brought comfort - that's gotta count for something.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q2: Some feedback from a friend about my WIP has me questioning if I should continue writing it, as everything I'd been excited about is apparently not interesting or it doesn't make sense. I'm not sure if it's worth continuing.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q1: Ha. Ha ha. Ha ha ha. Family health stuff leading to planning travel (apparently I'm the family travel agent) & realizing my pick for book club this week was maybe not the best & spikes in pain & feedback on the WIP making me want to trunk it & & & yeah. This week's been hard.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Running late due to book club this week, but hi! I'm Stephanie Wood Franklin (she/her), the current WIP is codenamed Voltaire & is "working through religious trauma with archeology & magic" (though that's...in flux). This week's been hard. #WeeknightWriters

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q6: I've got my book The Infinite Library out on Amazon and Kobo! A cross-genre group of fictional characters has to figure out what's destroying the library of all narrative. Amazon: a.co/d/0clRniWt Kobo: bit.ly/4vLvEDD

The book cover for the book The Infinite Library by Stephanie Wood Franklin. The top half is red with the title in white text; below that is a black bar with the author's name. The bottom half is a photo of a set of bookshelves with the books organized to make a portal into another room.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q5: Honestly just being here online and letting me have an online community of writers is a fantastic thing. I'm trying to make better use of social media, and having things like this has been great for seeing things other than, well, *gestures to world on fire*

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q4: Oh, sleep, you fickle wench, if I could get more of it I would be a happy camper. Also figuring out how to make someplace other than my office a little more useable would be glorious.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q3: Someone I don't know read and rated my book on Goodreads!! A human with no reason to be nice to me gave my book 4 stars out in public and everything!!!

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q2: Specifically, nothing I can put my finger on. There's been the chronic pain, but that's, y'know, chronic. I have some issues with keeping up the house, which is an on-going issue that occasionally flares into being a Problem.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters Q1: I'm hanging in there (a la the poster with the kitty in the tree). I've managed a 14-day writing streak, which is the longest I've managed in literal years, & I have an appointment with the headache clinic (next month, but it's on the books)!

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WRITER ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Someone I don't know has not only read my book, but they've rated it on Goodreads. They gave it 4 stars, which feels better than the 5 stars my friend gave it because this reader doesn't have to be nice to me.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The book I was reading had an open parenthesis, and nothing to close it. I had to find the close to that clause, so I started reading between the lines, searching for that final bit of closure. The closer I looked, the further into the clause I got, and the further I fell into the Rifts until

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I hadn't seen this one until today! Time to catch up: #FantasyIndiesSeptember Day 1: Intro & WIP I'm Stephanie (she/her). I write things with a thread of chaotic whimsy. The current WIP is code-named Voltaire & is best described as "working through religious trauma through archeology & magic."

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hit me with the first line of your novel, done or not. "It's the third day on the site, and so far, Dr. Ibarra has been working her fingers to the bone, almost literally, trying to find anything that could make the time and effort of this dig worthwhile." #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WriteSky

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hello all! The Infinite Library is available on Amazon (a.co/d/0clRniWt) & Kobo (bit.ly/4vLvEDD). It's a fantasy about a library that contains all the narrative in human history that is currently under attack & the cross-genre group of fictional characters out to save it. #WriterShareWednesday

The book cover for The Infinite Library by Stephanie Wood Franklin. The title is in white text on the top of the cover on a red background; the author name is in white text on a black band under the red background. Beneath that is a picture of a set of bookshelves forming a porthole into another room.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I'm feeling very called out by the Lurker here, as an occasional sufferer of World-builder's Disease. It's just rude to say such accurate things this early in the morning.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I find myself intrigued by this. I did NaNoWriMo for 15(?!?) years, I think, and I got so many words that turned into something useful from it. I've definitely felt the loss & have been at loose ends looking for something to fill the gap.

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ThePoetJean - currently drafting! 💫 @thepoetjean.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A7. I have 2 editing slots open for the following services: development editing, line editing, & proofreading. Hmu if interested! Link: thepoetjean.carrd.co #Septversary

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Jean M. Hodges - Relevant Links

Misc links ala Jean M. Hodges

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Simon Wolfe @sgwolfeauthor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy #Septversary. Thanks for hosting. Here’s my #epic #faBrady novella: Lord of the Rings meets Die Hard! A team of wizards and elite elven warriors must infiltrate an impenetrable orc stronghold against desperate odds! Zon: a.co/d/05QOIPf3 Itch: simonwolfeauthor.itch.io/rescue-from-... 💙📚

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Rescue from the Orc Fortress: An Epic Fantasy Story

Rescue from the Orc Fortress: An Epic Fantasy Story - Kindle edition by Wolfe, Simon. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Rescue from the Orc Fortress: An Epic Fantasy Story.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#Septversary Day 7: Self-Promo Day I have a book! The Infinite Library is fantasy set in a library of all narrative that is in danger & a cross-genre group of fictional characters has to save it. Available on Amazon (a.co/d/0clRniWt) & Kobo (bit.ly/4vLvEDD) Also my blog, insertscenehere.com

Cover art for the book The Infinite Library by Stephanie Wood Franklin, showing the title and author name over the image of books on a shelf forming a tunnel into another room.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#Septversary Day 6: Passionate about work POV is a grad student in anthropology. He's more passionate about not having to get a real job than anything else. MC is an anthropologist passionate about making a name for himself & lasting "glory." He doesn't care so much how he does it.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

#Septversary Day 5: Asking for Help POV needs help & would love to ask for it, but he's afraid of being caught by his advisor (MC). MC isn't asking for help, he's demanding your assistance & no, you don't have a choice. The goddess only helps those who help themselves (& her) - it's up to you.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#Septversary Day 4: Empathy Most empathetic is POV - he's a grad student who's being pushed into his advisor's plan to create a new religion & honestly believes some good may come of it. Least empathetic is probably the goddess who wants to know who broke her world while she was asleep.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy birthday! I hope it's a wonderful one. As for favorite monsters, I'd have to go with the classic chupacabra.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters A6: Recent/upcoming publications I published my book in April! The Infinite Library - a found family of cross-genre fictional characters has to save the library of all narrative. Amazon: a.co/d/0clRniWt Kobo: bit.ly/4vLvEDD

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters A4: Next week Sleeping a little more would probably be good. Also drinking more tea. When in doubt, sleep, tea, and cats, and my cats have been doing a good job of making their presence known (see QWERTY below).

A white and brown tabby curls up asleep with one back foot near his face. His pink and brown toepads are visible by his pink nose.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters A3: Joy! I've gotten some lovely affirmations at the day job that my work is seen and appreciated, and as a lifelong admin, this is rare and valuable. Also it's been raining lately, and as a delicate Pacific Northwest flower, this is the weather I crave.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters A2: Specific struggles In an effort to be seen by a headache clinic, I've not been taking my prescription pain meds for more than a week. Lately it's been all triggers all the time and just hoping it'll be worth it in the end.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

#WeeknightWriters A1: How am I holding up? Simultaneously too tightly and not strong enough. For other Xennials, remember those tubes of glittery water that would squirt out of your hand if you didn't hold it with just the right amount of tension? Like that. It's been a week/month/year/decade.

A Caucasian hand holds a plastic tube filled with blue glittery gel. The fingers are barely wrapped around the tube.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#Septversary Day 3: Collaboration One MC is good at getting people to do what he wants, which isn't so much collaborating as manipulating, but he sees it as the same thing. The other characters would love to "collaborate" that MC into a quiet room to get him to knock it off already.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#Septversary Day 2: Being Myself (a day late) My narrator character would love to be fully himself, but that would involve telling his advisor that he's terrified of the whole plan & he'd really like to go back to his thesis now instead of accidentally leading a religion, please & thank you.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#Septversary Day 1: Community One MC uses the power of belief from tens of thousands of people to become something he's not and accidentally wake up a goddess, so yeah, community's a big deal. Also the action happens ~50 years after a plague shows people to connect for survival.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hrm. I'm a little extra-cranky. It's almost 11am, did I take my morning meds? Oh. Y'know what helps in taking meds? Actually filling my pill box for the week. *sigh* And as I have been reminded, so shall I remind you: have you taken your meds?

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Hey! Take Your Medicine - Groundhog Reminder

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Happy #Septversary! I'm Stephanie (she/her), generally writing fantasy with a thread of chaotic whimsy in these less-than-whimsical times. Current project is code-named Voltaire and is basically "working through religious trauma with archaeology and magic."

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Hello, friends and strangers! It's that time of year when I remember I have micro-blogging accounts and use them for about two hours to live-blog the Hugo Awards! This year they are live-streamed from LACon V here: www.youtube.com/@lacon-online #WorldCon #HugoAwards

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LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In the mid-90s, we were stationed in Spain & Mom worked in the base video store. I'd end up there after school & summers & she'd have me tidy her section, Horror. I read the boxes of the movies & learned a ton about horror movies I never watched before begging to rent Labyrinth again.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

On this day in 2024, @gamethyme.bsky.social & I went to an adoption event to find a new member of our household. Almost immediately upon entering, we heard a SCREAM:

A white and brown tabby cat stands in a cage, mouth open in a very loud meow at the person holding the camera.

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Dear smokers: if, upon lighting up, you hear someone coughing violently in your vicinity, it would be awesome if you could spot that person & try to move downwind of them at the very least. Standing in place, staring at them, & blowing smoke rings? Not so cool. Sincerely, *hackcoughwheeze*

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Stephanie Wood Franklin @insertscenehere.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Similarly, though less sticky, QWERTY found my pill box and knocked it open, scattering pain, sleep, & anxiety meds on the floor yesterday morning. After accounting for almost* all of them, I spent most of the day reminding him that he would make a lovely pair of mittens.

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