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Shannon Weston

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Name's Shannon Elayne Ann Weston; SEA for short. Pirate at heart, writer by trade. Join me as I delve into magic's core, embark on voyages, and reveal beings that only trained eyes can see. 🖤🤍💜 linktr.ee/sea_author | rb.gy/uhyt5 | no ai

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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My friend and I built a website with neurodivergence in mind as we both have AuDHD and one of us is dyslexic. It's now in Beta mode if anyone is interested. It is called Story Strides ( storystrides.org) #amwriting #writingcommunity #fantasy #histfic #poetrysky #crime #mystery 📖✏️
storystrides.org
Story Strides - Keep track of your progress as you stride through your story!
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Story strides now has a character builder tool! Not sure where to start with your character? Story Strides can help you get started! Download your sheet/document at the end for your own personal use. Your answers are not kept on storystrides.org
A wide screenshot of a character profile form on a pale cyan background. 

At the top centre is the heading “Basic Details”

The form is arranged in three columns. The first row contains Name: Henry Tudor, Gender: Female, and Age: 34. The second row shows Date of Birth: 11 May 1452, Place of Birth: London, and Social Class: working class. The third row contains Sexual Orientation: bisexual, Sexual Desire: allosexual, and Romantic Desire: demiromantic. 

Small circular-arrow icons appear beside several fields to reset or randomise the values.


Below is the centred heading “Appearance and Personality".  The fields show Hair: black, Eyes: brown, Skin: pale cream, and Unique Detail: unusual tattoo. Each have the same shuffle button. 


Two full-width fields follow: Likes: navy blue, jazz, preppy fashion and Dislikes: metal, lime green. Beneath these is a green rounded “Shuffle Likes & Dislikes” button, featuring a circular-arrow icon to generate the values as a pair.

Further down, the Hobbies text box contains “Reading, hiking, painting” with a shuffle to the side.
At the bottom is a Background Story text area with the placeholder “Write the character's background story...”

more below the screenshot. The site also has many accessible features, like bolded/contrasted reading, background changes, and font changes. 

 
 	 	 
		
amwritingfantasy
grimdark fantasy
🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️
✏️📖 	
#author(s)
#writer(s)
#FinishUrBookFall	
#histfic 
🖤✏️	
#WritingQ	
amrevising
amquerying
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
📚💛⚔️started adding to my badge journal for my current WIP ^_^ #amwriting #histfic #writesky 📖✏️ #writingcommunity The badge journal lets me know what I was thinking during this draft, which is pretty nifty. 🩷🧙⚔️ storystrides.org
badge journal. 2 awarded badges: first sentence, and first page. one badge which hasn't been awarded: side-character seeker. 

the two that have have notes explaining what the author was thinking during the award.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
📚💛⚔️started adding to my badge journal for my current WIP ^_^ #amwriting #histfic #writesky 📖✏️ #writingcommunity The badge journal lets me know what I was thinking during this draft, which is pretty nifty. 🩷🧙⚔️ storystrides.org
badge journal. 2 awarded badges: first sentence, and first page. one badge which hasn't been awarded: side-character seeker. 

the two that have have notes explaining what the author was thinking during the award.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
OH... and it's free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Story strides now has a character builder tool! Not sure where to start with your character? Story Strides can help you get started! Download your sheet/document at the end for your own personal use. Your answers are not kept on storystrides.org
A wide screenshot of a character profile form on a pale cyan background. 

At the top centre is the heading “Basic Details”

The form is arranged in three columns. The first row contains Name: Henry Tudor, Gender: Female, and Age: 34. The second row shows Date of Birth: 11 May 1452, Place of Birth: London, and Social Class: working class. The third row contains Sexual Orientation: bisexual, Sexual Desire: allosexual, and Romantic Desire: demiromantic. 

Small circular-arrow icons appear beside several fields to reset or randomise the values.


Below is the centred heading “Appearance and Personality".  The fields show Hair: black, Eyes: brown, Skin: pale cream, and Unique Detail: unusual tattoo. Each have the same shuffle button. 


Two full-width fields follow: Likes: navy blue, jazz, preppy fashion and Dislikes: metal, lime green. Beneath these is a green rounded “Shuffle Likes & Dislikes” button, featuring a circular-arrow icon to generate the values as a pair.

Further down, the Hobbies text box contains “Reading, hiking, painting” with a shuffle to the side.
At the bottom is a Background Story text area with the placeholder “Write the character's background story...”

more below the screenshot. The site also has many accessible features, like bolded/contrasted reading, background changes, and font changes. 

 
 	 	 
		
amwritingfantasy
grimdark fantasy
🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️
✏️📖 	
#author(s)
#writer(s)
#FinishUrBookFall	
#histfic 
🖤✏️	
#WritingQ	
amrevising
amquerying
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Writing a novel shouldn't feel like failing a productivity challenge. storystrides.org A free writing companion designed to track your milestones No streaks. No pressure to write every day. No requirement to hit 50,000 words. No uploading your manuscript. #writingcommunity
storystrides.org
Story Strides - Keep track of your progress as you stride through your story!
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
www.orkneyology.com/Shonaleigh-C... Shonaleigh @dyslexictales.bsky.social taught me storytelling in a way I would never have conceived! I've listened to her tales for years and cannot get enough of them. Looking forward to getting a copy of the Garment of the moon @hotchin.bsky.social #booksky
orkneyology.com
Shonaleigh ~ A Garment for the Moon, Jewish Wonder Tales Illustrated
Shonaleigh is a storyteller of rare giftedness and is possibly the last surviving Drut’syla, female tradition-bearer of traditional Jewish story cycles.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
started adding all my projects to storystrides.org ^_^
projects on story strides: Vorandexra (YA fantasy novel: 0 spice), Death's hourglass (YA fantasy novel: 0 spice)
Seas Game (New Adult histfic fantasy: 0 spice) 
Eyes of the Court (New adult historical fairytale: 1 spice)
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Writing a novel shouldn't feel like failing a productivity challenge. storystrides.org A free writing companion designed to track your milestones No streaks. No pressure to write every day. No requirement to hit 50,000 words. No uploading your manuscript. #writingcommunity
storystrides.org
Story Strides - Keep track of your progress as you stride through your story!
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Story Strides now lets you import your sections! got an old CSV lying around tracking your words? Don't want to manually readd them one by one? We have you covered! Upload in a batch? Why did we add it? Because the other day I typed 20 sections into it and got frustrated... soooo here's the fix!
The ability to upload multiple sections has been finally (within a week of launch) been added to Story Strides. 

✏️📖 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #histfic #writingcommunity #writers #bvm #writersky  #romantasy
#scriptsky #academicsky #phdsky #poetry
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
storystrides.org (beta) Badges based on where you are with your story. You can track word count, page count, or line count based on whether you are writing a novel, a script or a poem. ✏️📖 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #histfic #writingcommunity #writers #bvm #writersky #romantasy #scriptsky #academicsky #phdsky #poetry
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Story Strides - Keep track of your progress as you stride through your story!
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
✏️📖 Story Strides has a roadmap! 🩷🧙‍♂️⚔️ #histfic #writingcommunity #writers #bvm #writersky #scriptsky #academicsky #phdsky #poetry It supports all forms of writing! Not just novels Writing a script? a poem? a short story? Story strides have badges specifically for you! storystrides.org/roadmap
storystrides.org
Story Strides - Keep track of your progress as you stride through your story!
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Miss Nanowrimo but not the stress of hitting 50k every November? Want a new website to track your progress? looking for around 30 beta testers to test a replacement storystrides.org #amwriting #writingcommunity #histfic #fantasy #horror #crime #mystery #dystopian #non-fiction #researcher
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Miss Nanowrimo but not the stress of hitting 50k every November? Want a new website to track your progress? looking for around 30 beta testers to test a replacement storystrides.org #amwriting #writingcommunity #histfic #fantasy #horror #crime #mystery #dystopian #non-fiction #researcher
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Miss Nanowrimo but not the stress of hitting 50k every November? Want a new website to track your progress? looking for around 30 beta testers to test a replacement storystrides.org #amwriting #writingcommunity #histfic #fantasy #horror #crime #mystery #dystopian #non-fiction #researcher
storystrides.org
Story Strides - Keep track of your progress as you stride through your story!
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
@cladesm.bsky.social Long time, no hear! I have sent you an email when you get the chance to look
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
can someone tell the sun to move a good few inches away please? #ukheat
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
give me some setting prompts you wouldn't mind being made public: "A library underwater." "A cave in the sky." #amwriting #writingcommunity #nanowrimo #fantasy #hist-fic #histfic #mystery #horror #romance
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
give me some story starter you wouldn't mind being made public: "He was raised by a tiger." "The footsteps pointed north." #amwriting #writingcommunity #nanowrimo #fantasy #hist-fic #histfic #mystery #horror #romance
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
give me some character prompts you wouldn't mind being made public: "A character hiding a dangerous secret.", "A hero who doesn't want to be one.", A villain convinced they're saving the world." #amwriting #writingcommunity #nanowrimo #fantasy #hist-fic #histfic #mystery #horror #romance
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
grumbles that my background character decided he was main
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Have you ever trapped your character that much that you can't for the life of you think how to actually get them out? And they must do it by themselves... with no external help... with someone trailing their every step and guards at every corner.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
www.orkneyology.com/Shonaleigh-C... Shonaleigh @dyslexictales.bsky.social taught me storytelling in a way I would never have conceived! I've listened to her tales for years and cannot get enough of them. Looking forward to getting a copy of the Garment of the moon @hotchin.bsky.social #booksky
orkneyology.com
Shonaleigh ~ A Garment for the Moon, Jewish Wonder Tales Illustrated
Shonaleigh is a storyteller of rare giftedness and is possibly the last surviving Drut’syla, female tradition-bearer of traditional Jewish story cycles.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Bearing Disability: Accessible Daily Living Tips for People with Disabilities | Guest Blog Living with a disability isn’t an easy task, but there are ways to cope with mobility limitations. People who face different mobility hurdles in their daily routines feel down in comparison to able bodied…
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Bearing Disability: Accessible Daily Living Tips for People with Disabilities | Guest Blog
Living with a disability isn’t an easy task, but there are ways to cope with mobility limitations. People who face different mobility hurdles in their daily routines feel down in comparison to able bodied people. With such a situation, there are still people of determination who are always in search of some suitable mobility solutions to improve their daily living experience and independence.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
#phdsky #academiasky #booktok #writingcommunity #amwriting #author #researcher thinking like the scout badges, what badges would you offer someone writing non-fiction?
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/XjAs... I lost track... is this 7th? 8th?
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Another sprint in half an hour wordsprints.org/sprints/nzXi... #amwriting #writingcommunity #booksky #fantasy #histfic
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/nzXi... another sprint in 45 minutes ^_^
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/32wI... 5th? sprint starting in 15 ^_^
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/p9Uk... another sprint, this one set up by Krisztina who doesn't have bluesky #amwriting #writingcommunity @cladesm.bsky.social
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/ytDh... third sprint @cladesm.bsky.social #booksky #writingcommunity #amwriting #histfic #romantasy #fantasy
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/TFqL... second sprint starts in about 15 minutes for anyone who wants to join
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
@cladesm.bsky.social it wouldn't let me respond to the chat? anyway sounds like a plan. When would you like the next one and how long for?
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Raising awareness during #CerebralPalsy Awareness Month is vital. It educates, and it dispels myths and misconceptions. #disabled
littleseabear.com
Bearing Disability: Raising Cerebral Palsy Awareness
Raising awareness during Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month is vital for several reasons. Firstly, it educates the public about our condition, dispelling myths and misconceptions. Too often, individuals with cerebral palsy are misunderstood, and their challenges are either minimised or exagerated with no inbetween. By educating the public, we can create a more inclusive environment where people with CP are better supported in all aspects of life, from education and employment to social interactions.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
wordsprints.org/sprints/8xuu... first writer sprint set up for tomorrow @cladesm.bsky.social @sophiecreates.bsky.social #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #histfic #fantasy 11:30 UK
wordsprints.org
WordSprints - Demolish your word count goals
Use WordSprints to write more. Personal or group sprints, easy, fun, and free.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@cladesm.bsky.social still on for Sunday? also does anyone else want to join our #writingsprint? @sophiecreates.bsky.social #writingcommunity #amwriting #histfic #fantasy #booksky
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon | Berg’s Book Club Book Title: OutlanderAuthor: Diana GabaldonSeries Name: OutlanderBook No.: 1Genre: Fantasy time-travel, historical fictionFirst Published: 1991Publisher: Delacorte Books ★★★★ I watched Outlander a few years ago, probably at the start of the pandemic.…
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Outlander by Diana Gabaldon | Berg’s Book Club
Book Title: OutlanderAuthor: Diana GabaldonSeries Name: OutlanderBook No.: 1Genre: Fantasy time-travel, historical fictionFirst Published: 1991Publisher: Delacorte Books ★★★★ I watched Outlander a few years ago, probably at the start of the pandemic. Unfortunately, the streaming service I was watching it on, Amazon, had removed it from the platform before I could finish the series, so I decided I would pick up the book.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
@cladesm.bsky.social can we put the writing day back a weekend? Apologies something came up
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
what employers can do to encourage inclusivity in the workplace for #disabled workers
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Bearing Disability: How Employers Can Better Support Disabled New Starters | Guest Post
Employers and disability inclusion sit at the intersection of fairness, practicality, and long-term workforce resilience. In the first instance, this is about employers—public, private, and third sector—who want to attract, recruit, and support new hires with disabilities in ways that are sustainable rather than symbolic. The structures you build matter as much as the intentions behind them. Why employers' support for disabilities still needs attention…
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
docs.google.com/spreadsheets... I'm wondering if anyone can help with this project I'm working on. I need genres by each character and location item. Feel free to add character / location / tropes that are missing. I think project is too big for me to do alone. #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
docs.google.com/spreadsheets... I'm wondering if anyone can help with this project I'm working on. I need genres by each character and location item. Feel free to add character / location / tropes that are missing. I think project is too big for me to do alone. #amwriting #writingcommunity
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Donate was one of the many books that featured in my social media feed. It always gripped me each time I saw the ad. So, eventually, I decided to give it a go. I'm not sorry that I did, it was quiet entertaining, and quiet frankly, psychologically scary. #booksky
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Donate by Emma Ellis | Berg’s Book Club
Book Title: DonateBook Author: Emma EllisSeries Name: Eyes ForwardBook Number: #1Genre: Thriller, Dystopian, YAFirst Published: 24 October 2023 ★★★★ Donate was one of the many books that featured in my social media feed. It always gripped me each time I saw the ad. So, eventually, I decided to give it a go. I'm not sorry that I did, it was quiet entertaining, and quiet frankly, psychologically scary.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
#histfic writers... any advice on writing women at royal court scenes? #amwriting #histfic ... surprisingly this one doesn't have any fantasy to it. 🤔 @cladesm.bsky.social any advice?
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The most annoying thing about understanding history? I look at the world now, the path it is taking, and I see the fire. I see what is to come. I see what is about to happen and it's terrifying. I love history but I don't want to live through majority of the events... like seriously... I don't
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
www.facebook.com/groups/inclu... anyone and everyone is welcome. Safe place for all.
facebook.com
Redirecting...
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Mini Book Reviews January 2026 | Berg’s Book Club For this mini book review, I’ll be focusing on the following books The Gender Games by Bella Forrest Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven Bella Forrest Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf Another Day by David Levithan Fledgling by Natasha S Brown The…
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Mini Book Reviews January 2026 | Berg’s Book Club
For this mini book review, I’ll be focusing on the following books The Gender Games by Bella Forrest Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven Bella Forrest Mrs Dalloway by Virgina Woolf Another Day by David Levithan Fledgling by Natasha S Brown The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins Before I begin, let me tell you about the facebook group I started—
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
#Accessibility comes in all forms, here is how to make your website #hearingfriendly ♿
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Bearing Disability: Creating a Hearing-Friendly Website | Guest Post
When people can’t fully access your content, they can’t fully become your customers—no matter how great your product is. A website that is not hearing-friendly excludes many, but most of all, those with hearing loss. Ensuring visitors with hearing impairments can enjoy and access your site is both the right thing to do and smart business: clearer communication, better SEO, and higher conversions.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
#amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #histfic
background image doesn't really match text: two girls walking down the stairs, possibly the 50s or 60s. 

Text: It's the last chapter of your novel. What's the final sentence. 

This does not include those bot writing.
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Shannon Weston @sea-author.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Since when did Bluesky flood with people sending you unsolicited DMs trying to get commissions? 😅 I’ve had 3 since my latest post… I’m building a portfolio, there’s no point building one if someone does the work and some of you sound like you’re asking ai what to say to me. I do not support AI work!
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