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i. Aspiring published writer. Horribly mixed STEM/humanities past
ii. Here for #poetry #flashfiction #speculativefiction #CreativeNonfiction #sff
iii. Owned by a bunch of cats
iv. But they'll have to share me soon
v. Because raptors
vi. Sadly no foxes. yet.

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sarahf , to bookstodon
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The only thing better than any new Vikram Seth book are the interviews he gives to promote these books. 😻

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip0cvB1Oo3I

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CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@sarahf @bookstodon

omgomgomg!

ljwrites , to writers
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Anyone game to read and comment on a short story (around 4,800 words) that I'm planning to submit early this month? It's about ladies-in-waiting in the late 18th-century Korean royal palace being lesbian spies. The premise is drawn from Joseon-era records of sapphic and espionage activities among this class of women. @writers

Story is formatted in .docx available for Google Docs sharing or email, drop me a line via reply or DM if interested. Any response time within a week would be perfect, both detailed and overview comments welcome!

I'm a bit strapped to pay fair rates right now, but can do an equivalent labor exchange. And if you're familiar with this account you know I give thoughtful and constructive comments about things I read ^_^

CatFoxBirdLady ,
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I'd love to.

ModernDayBartleby , to bookstodon
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And so it begins -
PASSING by Nella Larsen (1929) via Oshun Publishing imbibed at Yanaka Coffee
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CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@ModernDayBartleby @fitzcarraldoeds @bookstodon

Oh, just finished that one, it was such a treat! Who is the Fitzcarraldo translator? I have the Seven Stories Press edition which was translated by Tanya Leslie.

CrescentSays , to bookstodon

Hey
Any recommendations for books with nonbinary or transmen main characters? Feeling like I could really use the representation, but all I'm finding are transwomen, and that's... not me. As long as it's fiction, any genre is okay.
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CatFoxBirdLady ,
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Raven Tower by Ann Leckie comes to mind, if you want fantasy.
The protagonist of Witch King by Martha Wells is technically a demon who gets to inhabit human bodies but their female body is killed and they have to switch to a male in the book.

CatFoxBirdLady ,
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Witch King is a standalone. Wells's current and very well received series is Diaries of a Murderbot which begins with All Systems Red

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Witch King is not part of a series at all so read it anytime, if you think you will like it (I did).
If you want to read the Murderbot series (also fits the original question as the MC insists that they are an "it") then the first Book, All Systems Red, is a good starting point. If you would rather read a short story first before deciding about the books there is Compulsive, which is also the earliest story in the internal timeline of Murderbot.

juergen_hubert , to folklore
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Do not spin flax during the Twelve Nights of Christmas, for this will invite the Devil to visit you.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/devils-works-39490270

CatFoxBirdLady ,
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It's nice to read folklore from further north. In the Alps region women must not do chores of any kind during that time or the Truden (Wild Hunt) will pay them special attention.

GelatDeTramussos , to bookstodon Catalan
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Currently in the middle of this dystopian science fiction novel, written by Mary Shelley and set at the end of 21st century. It's 2090's but the flavour is quite 19th-century-ish: people are still using carriages and there's conflict Greece-Turkey, as if we were still in 1919.
Have you read it?
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CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@GelatDeTramussos @bookstodon

I was not even aware it existed but it sounds like something I'll enjoy.

drinkswriter , to writers
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Working on a idea for a change and could do with help for a pregnancy timeline.

Young couple - just kids really - fool about and she gets pregnant. Let's say that's late summer, end of harvest maybe.

I need to figure out:

  • How soon she realises
  • How long she keeps it hidden
  • How quickly the parents can arrange a wedding for these only-just-old-enough kids to preserve some social standing

For context, this is 1890s, small town in Northern England.

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CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@drinkswriter @writers

Noticing is a question of knowledge and character. Will she notice her first missing period, will she understand what it means, she take it seriously? If the answer to all of this is a yes and the parents on both sides are not given to drama then they can get their license, have their banns read and marry before she's more than 12 weeks along.

CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@drinkswriter @writers

Slow off the mark opens endless possibilities to torture that character. For example, she'll probably be irregular, being young, but it might well be painful enough that she'll notice the absence of pain, even if she manages not to notice any other changes.
If you want the families to have a chance to preserve some face she needs to built up a good panic before the four month mark.

ljwrites , to writers
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This hilarious narrative about an Alaskan State Trooper who obviously had other aspirations reminded me that @writers in more straight-laced jobs often show signs of the inner writer pushing through. https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul/111093630816222212 What were/are your "tells" in professional and other settings that you're a creative writer? Or are you really good at hiding it, if you feel the need to do so?

CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@ljwrites @writers

No need to hide anything, working as a software engineer means being surrounded by people with low-number-of-tracks minds.

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@ljwrites @writers

👍

18+ ottsatwork , to bookstodon
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Book 2: “Cat Burglar Black” by .

I saw some of his art online and thought it looked like “Invisible Hands” from Liquid Television, which I LOVED. Same artist! This didn’t have quite the same level of twisted, creepiness as that animated series, but I was so happy to find his work in comic form. There’s more too.

Someone stitched together all the “”. The voice acting is 🤌🏽 https://youtu.be/n5sP4yRb8Mw

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Panel 1, someone in bed, their head covered in bandages, eyes staring and teeth bared. A weak whisper: "Come closer, Katherine. Let me see you..." Panel 2 a severe looking older woman with her hands around the shoulders of a tentative, white-haired teen: "Don't be shy. Say hello to your aunt."

CatFoxBirdLady ,
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@ottsatwork @bookstodon

I've been meaning to read more short story collections as a quicker way to discover new authors. This one sounds good.

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