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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 16h

Also, our #writing group at the Minden, NV library, The Unreliable Narrators, welcomes new #writers! Published or unpublished, fiction or non-fiction, any type of writing! Informative, helpful, and FUN! Join us!✒️

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 12/10/2026

I have to say, it was kind of terrifying sending Think, Write, Edit, Romance to people I respect as romance writers/teachers of writing, in case they were like "mate, seriously?" and then I would have had to crawl away and hide behind the sofa, BUT NO. Here's Alexandra Vasti!

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“A fantastic resource for romance writers at any stage of their careers, Think, Write, Edit, Romance gives us KJ Charles’ consistently lucid, incisive, thoughtful craft advice, gathered together in one practical guide. I’ll be assigning this in my courses—and using it myself!”

—Alexandra Vasti, USA Today-bestselling author of Scandal of the Summer

Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 09/10/2026

Anyway HAPPY FRIDAY I wrote the book I wanted to write! Maybe it will be the book you would like to read! :D Contains: demons, sentient streetlights, a seven foot-tall bare-knuckle lady boxer (former), the full-course dinner at The Wretched Dragon, a museum exhibit full of tiny dragons, and spies!

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Wickhills

In the dangerous magical city of Wickhills, a streetwise secret agent is tasked with protecting a foreign defector from his pursuers... even at the threat of...

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Hey northern #Nevada #Writers!✒️ The #Minden #library is having a meet & greet with local authors on Oct. 16th & 17th from 1-4PM. Come hang with our library writing group, The Unreliable Narrators (we meet the 1st Tues. of the month, join us!), snag some snacks, and argue the use of the Oxford Comma!

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Velvet Sparrow @velvetsparrow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

WHAT WHAT WHAT?! 😱 Aw shit man...one of my favorite singers. He was amazing in 'The Commitments' and 'Cyrano' (2021-a GORGEOUS film with amazing music) Okay, 2026 can officially bite my ass. 🤬 #RIPGlenHansard www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIYp...

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LAZER - T @lazer-t.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

If you're at DinoCon today, come see my art at the exhibition if you're interested! Tonight 8PM-11PM at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Library All my prints are signed on the back and will be available for purchase #DinoConUK #paleoart

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Velvet Sparrow @velvetsparrow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Went to the movies last night. VERY disappointed to see an ad for the library bookstore in Carson City, #BrowersCorner, that was nothing but #AISlop images. You'd think a LIBRARY, a building stuffed to the gills with material from HUMAN creatives, would never stab authors in the back by using #AI.😠

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The Verge @theverge.com · 13/07/2026

Many people are rushing to block the buildout of AI data centers in their communities. “The number of active opposition groups more than doubled from 396 at the end of 2025 to 833 by the end of Q1 2026, now spanning 49 states,” a study says.

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The fight against AI data centers is just beginning

Buildout and backlash.

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Haven't gotten to this stage yet, but I'm willing to bet the answer is 'Aw heck no'. 🙃

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

IN MY DEFENSE, THEY WERE ON SALE. I thought I was safe, going to get chicken feed. We have here a Lavender Easter Egger and another Russian Orloff, both pullets. We'll pick names in a bit. And yes, they are both VERY yelly. So #Chickam will continue for another 3 weeks. #NoWillpower #MorehensDisease

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#Chickam is done for this year! We took pictures of the chicks, gave 'em a wing trim and tossed them into the small run. Tonight they'll go in the coop with the flock, and tomorrow run with the adult birds. I realize that I haven't posted baby chick pics either as yet...

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Brothers Dimm Podcast @brothersdimm.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Come see the violence inherent in the system as our old pal Thumbling returns but with a big, big surprise. We cap off Season 6 with talk of lactating males, developmental trauma, and rare Grimm unfinished business. brothersdimm.com/episode/youn...

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The Young Giant - Brothers Dimm Podcast

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

For the last day of #Chickam 2026, we'll have the chicks in the brooder box, hopefully providing entertainment exploring various goodies. Today is also picture day, then the dreaded wing trim so the little darlings don't fly over the fence and get themselves in trouble.🙄

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Head's up! #Chickam will end tomorrow, June 30th. We'll get some pics before the babies get a wing trim and are tossed out into the flock for good! Thanks everyone for watching, your support has made all the difference during a very tough time for the kid and I. You're the best! ❤️🐓

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Seeing the same energy from library folks saying "we don't have time and AI helps." Then how did you do it 3 years ago? And do you really think "doing more with less" is a viable strategy?

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Somebody should've warned Buck Henry. 😬

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Hey, I'm back! My old computer died a spectacular, LOUD death, and it took time for my amazing computer tech ❤️ to get the new one up & running. Hopefully all is back to normal now...

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Sage Tyrtle 🇨🇦 @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

EEE I'm in the latest issue of Geist! My story "It Got Worse and I Moved to Canada" is one that's VERY close to my heart and I'm so happy to be included in this Canadian literary magazine. www.geist.com/subscribe-on... #Canada #Toronto #LitMag #CNF #Memoir

Person in blue shirt with blue bangs, shaved head, blue glasses, holding the literary magazine Geist, which has an illustration of a mountain on the front.

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

NAMES!!! In order of hatch: #12 (light blue egg) Sassafras #7 (Bantam egg) Boom #9 (dark green egg) Loofah #16 (medium brown egg) Artemis #6 (bantam egg) Thing #Chickam

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

All five #Chickam chicks are looking great! We'll be naming them this morning, and moving the two still in the incubator to the brooder box soon. When we move them I'll be able to evaluate the last 4 eggs for pips. I know #13 is pipped. 🥚🐣🐤😃

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

IT'S #CHICKAM TIME! Join us to watch some cool chick action! forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.p...

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Something happened - The Something Awful Forums

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

WE HAVE PEEPING! Two, possibly three chicks are chirping. The eggs just now went into lockdown, where I move them to the bottom of the incubator and stop turning them--their signal to HATCH! No pips yet... #Chickam

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

UPDATE: The status of #Chickam is uncertain for this year right now. Husband is in hospital. The kid and I will try to run it, but if we can't be here, the hatch may not happen, or will happen under a broody hen, so not visible. If a broody hen hatches the chicks, I'll try to get the camera on her.

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#Writing two short #stories using the same large set of characters with complex backstories... Doing research today on them and uh...I've for *sure* bitten off more than I can chew, here. 😁😬

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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

In conclusion, if the publishing industry could just get over their weird fear of the word “comics” that would really help my brain out a lot, thank you 👍

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Neill Cameron @neillcameron.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Anyone with young Donut Squad fans in Oxford, get along and check out the window of the Bodleian shop at the Weston Library. I made a cool thing! If I do say so myself.

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Really bummed about Bon Bon's eggs being duds. BUT--since we cooped Truffle, our new bantam Cochin roo, with the girls who laid #6 & 7, at least those bantam eggs will have a bantam Cochin daddy! So my two surprises MAY just pan out! 😃🐣 Next is the May 2nd hatch! Banty eggs WILL pip 1-2 days early!

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Candling tonight: #1, 2, 4 & 5 (all Bon Bon's) were duds. #8 is so dark-shelled, I'm unsure (it stays in). TOTAL EMBRYOS: 9 eggs! (if #8 hatches it'll be ten) #6, 7 (both Bantams), 9, 10, 11 (Enzyme's), 12, 13, 14 & 16. Nine (or ten) embryos out of 14 eggs is really good for high altitude hatching!😀

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

#5-7 bantam eggs will have Brick, Luna, Bobo, or Basil for moms. The other eggs are mystery moms, although blue and green eggs are from our Easter Egger/Americaunas mix hens. The brown eggs (#14, 15, 16) are a true mystery! UNFORTUNATELY, clumsy me broke 2 eggs: #3 & 15, 🤬leaving a total of 14 eggs.

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Candling for the #Chickam eggs is done! 😀 I'd set 16 eggs in the incubator. 7 bantam eggs all fathered by Truffle, a new bantam Cochin roo (#1-4 are from Bon Bon, a new banty Cochin hen). And 9 full-size eggs fathered by Mjolnir or Yeti (#8 dark brown from Nyx, #11 light blue from Enzyme).

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Both Dart and Moose are broody, and may be recruited as #Chickam moms! Moose (Salmon Faverolle) is only 1 year old so may not be the best choice. Dart is older, has a slender build & isn't floofy at all--but FIERCE, & gets excited when the kid shows her the eggs in the incubator.

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Chickam! @chickam2008.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

In two days I'm candling the #Chickam eggs to see how many embryos we have! 😀🐓🐣 Have to say, I'm NOT impressed with this #Vevor incubator. Can't adjust it by 1/2 degrees, the fan cycles on/off (screws up humidity), & that thrice-accused exposed fan are SERIOUS downsides. Have to go 1 degree too hot.

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Yeah, yeah, yada yada...have a nice stormin' the castle, I'll just be #reading. 😁📚

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Very nice! And love seeing the creative process. 😀

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com

Five cut-out-and-keep bookplates

Each reads ‘ex-libris’ then has a space for the owners name. The design reflects the genre:

Sci-fi:
Nanotechnology tracks the book, monitors its condition and summons a retrieval drone if necessary.

Horror:
An ancient curse creates feelings of unease, rising to apalling, abject horror unless the book is returned.

Romance :
Acts as an invite to the county's grandest ball, but revoked if not returned in a polite and timely manner.

Crime:
Tailed by a dishevelled Gumshoe who Seems cynical, but loves books more than dames and bourbon.

Fantasy:
A fellowship of heroes lead the borrower on an epic quest to return the tome to its Rightful shelf.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

A recent books cartoon for @theguardian.com

A publisher's office. A writer and editor meet.

"I wasn't entirely convinced by the portrayal of thugs, hoodlums and henchmen in your novel, Quentin." Says the editor holding the manuscript, "So I've brought in an insensitivity reader."

The writer looks nervously at an enormous, muscular, tattoed, stubbly, shaven-headed, man who holds the manuscript, a tiny pen, and grins with (perhaps unintentional) menace.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

I'll be in Paris on Saturday! Come along and get a book signed! librest.com/librairies/lib… editions2042.com

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This Saturday, 18th April 2-4pm I will be signing and doodling in my books at Librairie l'Atelier
2 bis rue du jourdain, Paris, 75020

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Yeah, it was pretty much inevitable. 😁

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Suzan Phoenix @sphoenixwriter.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The Minden, NV library is hosting a #author's gathering this October! They're also putting together a literary journal, submissions from northern #NV #fiction and #nonfiction #writers are welcome. And our writing group, The Unreliable Narrators, loves new faces! Help spreading the word appreciated!🙂

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Velvet Sparrow @velvetsparrow.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Most recent library haul! Two by @tkingfisher.com, one by @gabino.bsky.social, and the last by Blake Crouch. All books I've been wanting to read for a while, I got lucky and they were in the stacks! Started with 'The Twisted Ones' & can't put it down. 😀📚

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