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weirdwriter , to bookstodon

So what does @bookstodon think of the Pass the Salt book cover? It is a Nonfiction novella so I am including on this too.

johnmclaren ,
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@gryphonEschmidt @weirdwriter @bookstodon I love the cover, but I am somewhat hung up on the concept of a “nonfiction romance novella.“

johnmclaren ,
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@gryphonEschmidt @bookstodon @weirdwriter sounds intriguing! Good luck with this.

scotlit , to bookstodon
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The Woefully Neglected (and Partially Unfilmable) Creations of Alasdair Gray

“Novels narrated in the first-person or in the third- can have those choices rendered cinematically […]. But Gray used endnotes, illustrations, typography, plagiarism, self-reference, and the layout of the page to further his plots, to deepen his diegesis, and to make us laugh.”

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https://lithub.com/the-woefully-neglected-and-partially-unfilmable-creations-of-alasdair-gray/

johnmclaren ,
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@scotlit @bookstodon I feel behind. I've gotta read some of this stuff!

johnmclaren ,
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@scotlit @bookstodon fantastic. Thank you. This goes into the queue!

NickEast , to bookbubble
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Reader questions: What are you currently reading, and would you recommend it?

@reading @bookstodon @bookbubble @books


johnmclaren ,
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@kimlockhartga @NickEast @reading @bookstodon @bookbubble @books good to know. There There was really absorbing. I felt as if I got to know a whole world that I had never heard of before. Indigenous Oakland. People in the book seemed very real.

KitMuse , to bookstodon
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I have a question for I've been thinking about writing
in line with the genres I already write. However, I write for fun and for my "happy place", I'm wondering if there has to be a murder in a cozy mystery or if I could deal with other crimes and if they can be written without all the frenetic/zany side characters? Is that a different mystery subgenre?

Thoughts appreciated.

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johnmclaren ,
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@KitMuse @bookstodon Sounds like you may be about to create your own genre.

(There probably is a market for mystery stories centered on mild vanalism, after all.)

1dalm , to bookstodon
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I bet you didn't even know you needed this:

https://www.bullzerk.com/products/i-m-hiding-banned-books-tote-bag

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johnmclaren ,
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@1dalm @bookstodon that is a thing of beauty!!

GottaLaff , to random
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The US added 187,000 in July as the unemployment rate drops to to 3.5%. - Nonfarm payrolls increased 187,000 last month following a similar increase in June - Wage growth rose at a firm pace

https://breaking.iavian.net/article/342165

johnmclaren ,
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@GottaLaff @DemDifference @bookstodon thank you!

stina_marie , to horror
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My is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, spectacular far & wide.

HAUNTING LESSONS will haunt you. Patrick Barb has created a tragic little tale that packs a powerful punch of pathos & pain within its spare but effective/affecting prose. Caitlin Marceau's illustrations are the perfect compliment to this poignant, unique, memorable story. (Shortwave)

@horror @bookstodon @horrorbooks

johnmclaren ,
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@stina_marie @horror @bookstodon @horrorbooks thank you! Sounds very intriguing. But where can I find this story?

johnmclaren ,
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@stina_marie @vics @horror @bookstodon @horrorbooks thank you, thank you both! I’ll check it out.

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