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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 16h

More Villabrille double sword 10 count this week in Filipino martial arts. It’s gone from feeling awkward to hitting flow. 8 years of training lets me go from practice to flow faster than I ever dreamed when I first stepped into the dojo.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

More Villabrille double sword last night. It’s getting easier to lean into the style. Sword comes first physically, but until your mind has that moment of insight you just skate on the surface. Repetition helps you sink beneath and begin to make it part of your practice.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Double sword tonight. Villabrille which I always find more challenging than Lacoste. The latter is my preferred style but my art is kali which means I need to know all the sword styles. Filipino martial arts is so multifaceted it’s a lifetime of study.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks, happy anniversary to you, too!

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“The profound moral question is not, 'Do they deserve to die?' but 'Do we deserve to kill them?'" - Sister Helen Prejean

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I did. We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this week.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sitting in the window seat reading with the cats curled beside us. Add dogs and a view of the sea and this was my dream for the future at age 12. The husband reading beside me is the only part I didn’t dream of. Who knew I’d find another person who loved books and words as much as I did?

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Girls’ day out with my daughter and Mother-in Law. Shopping & lunch. Now a soft Halloween blanket on the couch with hot tea, and a TV show to marathon. Time for some introvert time.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Had therapy. Mediated. Opened my office windows wide to the cool autumn air. Went to Filipino martial arts. Combined it washed away the anxiety I’ve been struggling with for days. I know it’s not a permanent fix unless I stop reading the news and become a hermit in the woods, but today is good.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

We have a wonderful nature garden with pond. Sitting beside it and seeing the wildlife is relaxing but recent heat wave made it hard to garden or sit outside. I think that’s contributed to my anxiety.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ok, I’ve stopped eating my anxiety. I’ve stopped shopping my anxiety away. I’ve almost stopped scrolling on line for anxiety relief, but as I fix all the above the anxiety remains. I’m white-knuckling it as I build healthier ways of coping.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wisdom is knowing I will never, ever use the recipes in that fall magazine. The pretty pictures almost seduce me. Maybe this time, I think I will COOK. I will BAKE! No, I will not. Put the magazine back & walk away, I tell myself. And I actually listen & do it. It’s an autumn miracle.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If don’t know how you Capricorn Sun signs are doing, my moon is in Capricorn and its a lot. Black moon Lilith is moving from Sagittarius into our sign. So Sun or moon, hang in there.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If you’re having dark thoughts it’s not you. The energy has been growing darker all day. Whatever anxiety & bad thoughts hold on. This will pass. You will be safe & happy again just hold on. We got this.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Drove myself to gym and did the whole workout, but it finished me for the day. Had to cancel Filipino martial arts. Figured out that I’d had food but no protein. I cannot neglect that especially if I’m going train.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Filipino martial arts was great tonight. So good to be back in the dojo multiple times a week again. Gym canceled yesterday because trainer had to cancel not because long covid benched me.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Magnus has decided I don’t need to use the new computer to finish the blog.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Austin folks: These indoor babies did not deserve to get tossed on the street. Can anyone take in this sweet family? #CatSky

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

After three years of writing on the last two Merry Gentry books its like I forgot how to relax. Gym and dojo are good, but unscheduled fun puzzles me.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Second day this week in the gym. First time in years. Also did Filipino martial arts. First time in months for both on same day. Long Covid sucks a lot less this week.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Back in the dojo today. Filipino martial arts emphasis on kali. Double sword is one of my favorite ways to ground & center. It just cuts through the noise.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

First day back at the gym in months. I have no words for how good it felt to lift weights, exercises I’d almost forgotten. Long covid sucks a little less today.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A Ghost of Daylight is finally off to my editor! The final book in the Merry Gentry series will be out in April 2027.

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Elijah Wood: It's Done - Lord of the Rings

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There is more proof that Elvis is alive than Mitch McConnell

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Eastern Wood Peewee sitting like a darkish, wing banded mystery waiting to be solved. Inordinate joy whenever I ID the different peewees, phoebes, and flycatchers. Add a couple of similar warblers to raise the difficulty level. Now back to writing.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Sorry, my first readers have been linked in for awhile.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Voted! My fellow Missourians there’s still time for your voice to be heard.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So close to done on the edits but I’m just too tired to keep going tonight. Must sleep. I can get up early & finish tomorrow. Goodnight to the Queen of Air & Darkness and her consort Eoman, to the Queen’s Darkness, the Killimg Frost, Princess Meredith, & Princes Rhys and Galen.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I let myself sleep 10 hours last night. But tonight I’m exhausted earlier. I think I’m just wearing out after weeks of editing/rewriting. My ADHD loves the late nights but it’s not just one paper for college then getting my A. It started as nearly 1,000 pages now down to 700 plus.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I have to stop for the night. I could write first draft but the editing is down to final chioices and I’m too tired to make those kinds of decisions. So goodnight to Merry, Rhys, Galen, and little Bree. I’ll finish editing the scene tomorrow.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I miss the sea like a lover or a home or both.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Wrote until 1:30am again. Or is it edited, or both? Both. Driven from bed still exhausted but that last scene is now clear in my head. If I’d edited it last night I’d have gotten it wrong. This morning I know one last scene needs to be scraped and done over then we are done.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Thanks, I would gave bet good money early on that Anita world never choose the sexiest of vampires as her boo, but I’m only the writer. My characters had different plans.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Not even Christmas music can block out current news so I’ve got So I’m editing to “The West Wing” on headphones. There is something so soothing about it.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

There are homeowners who refuse to be haunted by anything less than a lord or a lady. Refuse to accept their spectres are more likely to be chimney sweeps' climbing boys, maids who took their own lives. Sooty prints and shattered vases tell workers' tales. – #CJosiffe #Ghosts

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

First lotus of summer! They are so big and pink and luscious like joy in physical form.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My goal today is to stay offline and listen to the pouring rain, drink tea/coffee and finish editing this chapter that’s been beating me for days. Today I will win and then I’m back to editing the hallway scene. Gods, this is my least favorite part of writing.

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sending you the best healing energy for amazing outcomes of all tests.

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M. Belanger @sethanikeem.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Sometimes the world gives us omens that should not be ignored:

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Laurell K Hamilton @laurellkhamilton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Editing required a new scene my editor & I had agreed on. First first draft in weeks. Got so carried away forgot lunch, so guess I’m getting dinner. My Adhd is thrilled & completely out of steam. My autism is hating the total disregard of schedule. AuHD diagnosis lets me know what’s happening.

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