Starting my thread with this essay about my books & my cats. I created it a few years ago & keep it updated. It's whimsical, it makes me happy, and it's a good intro to my writing. I hope you enjoy it.
Note: All images in the blog post had alt-text last I checked. Book pages on my site should all have alt descriptions as well. Should. It's a work in progress.
Today in things I'm proud of making: this brand-new blurb graphic for my ongoing series, the Rollover Files.
TL;DR pitch: midlife crisis superpowers. Contains swearwords, moms & teens saving the world, idealism, and good people dealing with bad situations as best they can. https://books2read.com/kmherkes
@26aafa19 Great story!
"Since stone carving & installation were the most expensive items for the overall project, the monks decided to tackle that job themselves. This meant learning the whole CNC stone-carving workflow, all about stone cutting machinery, operating CNC machines, CAD modelling, CAM programming, stone masonry & construction techniques...
not without a few disasters..."
Hey, if you're seeing this and you are a published author (indie self-published or otherwise, doesn't matter, so long as you're on fedi) or a writer in general please reply with a link to your work and maybe a gist of what kinda stuff you write.
I'm gonna get some money for the holidays, and since I'm gonna be treating myself to books I don't really need anyway why not support some fedi friends? (consider doing the same too this holiday season) :ablobcatheartsqueeze:
Joseph Fructus, dit Fructus-Rey, est un peintre et dessinateur français (1744-1831) obsédé par son #art. Sous son autoportrait, il déclare :
"Toujours a dessiné je passerois ma vie,
mon amour pour cet art tend presque à la follie".
Les #ArchivesDeLyon conservent 2 albums de vues des environs de #Lyon en 1820 et 1825, qui offrent des paysages inédits à la perspective... fuyante !
(Cote 17Fi 53)
My whole life I’ve been into geography and yet — after 50+ trips around the Sun — it was like two weeks ago that I learned that Appalachia is pronounced Appa-LATCH-ia … not Appa-LAY-chia 🤦🏾♂️
Also, Y’ALL (Young Appalachian Leaders and Learners) apparently got issues with JD Vance’s best-selling #book “Hillbilly Elegy”
@seanalan I read Hillbilly Elegy several years ago. I am interested in your thoughts on the response. On my TBR list! Thanks for posting about it! @bookstodon#books
Le 5 mars 1535, le consulat de #Lyon décide de remplacer le médecin François Rabelais du fait de ses absences dans ses fonctions à l'Hôtel-Dieu.
Arrivé en 1532 à Lyon alias "Myrelingues la brumeuse", l'écrivain y publie Pantagruel (1532) puis Gargantua (1534) sous le pseudonyme d'Alcofribas Nasier.
Extr. du registre de délibérations consulaires conservé aux #ArchivesDeLyon (cote BB 25, folio 23r).
This week's #TidyTuesday is about Doctor Who :tardis: and in this screencast I show how to use empirical Bayes to estimate the rating for different episode writers:
Question: what books are really effective at body language or the different little beats in long stretches of dialogue? My current novel is dialogue-heavy, and I'm looking for more examples of how other writers make these scenes memorable.
@emilymbender@Iris Being in AI/data science and having a background in methodology, I miss an epistemological evaluation, besides the question if AI can emerge from language, or what is the big(O) of AI. 1/2
Epistemology can be very technical, but modern virtue epistemology is very accessible. It can help to reflect on both the core of the debate, and on the quality of the debate.
Academic culture, inclusivity and the crisis in the social sciences are hotly debated. Virtue epistemology also touches upon that, or on any intellectual endeavor.
Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen de 1789 suivie des 4 premiers articles de la Constitution, un document "écrit par par M. Capitaine Ing[énieu]r Géog[raphe] du Roi à l'Observatoire de Paris".
Un petit document par sa taille (10x10 cm), un grand texte pour l'humanité !
#Mastodon is really giving me hope that maybe, just maybe, I can build a meaningful music community. Again. For like the 27th year. lol.
Open source radio. Decentralized music sharing/streaming. People building their own radio shows. I can do this. I hope you guys will help me along the way.
Making Radio and Podcasts:
A Practical Guide to Working in Today's Radio and Audio Industries; 4th Edition
A practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved in creating different types of programmes.
@elonjet Oh dear. I see a pattern emerging here. If you're in the news he'll come and visit. Best thing is if we all just keep our heads down he'll stay away.