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Owen TymeChapter 4 of Legacy of Newts is available to read on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoyalRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#RoyalRoad</a>: <a href="https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts</a>The Blackwell sisters reach Ice Palace Sixty-Eight, where they hope to find refuge, medical attention and the assistance of one of the Newt Witches.Unfortunately, their encounter with the red-clad woman doesn't exactly go the way they hoped...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieauthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#indieauthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actionadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#actionadventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/webseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#webseries</a>

Mix Mistress Alice💄” It’s a common refrain: AI is neither good nor bad because that depends on how its used. Professor Anita Say Chan begs to differ. […] Chan documents how the Big Data on which AI are trained are based on long-standing data infrastructures—sets of practices, policies, and logics—that remove, imperil, devalue, and actively harm people who refuse to conform to racialized patriarchal power structures and the priorities of surveillance capitalism—most pointedly immigrant, feminist, and low-income communities. […] Chan dedicates half of the book to amplifying and praising the small-scale, community-led projects of the past and present—from the legendary Hull House’s data visualizations to community data initiatives in Champaign, Illinois. There is much fuel for political outrage in this book and also fodder for solidarity and hope.” "—New Books in Critical TheoryPredatory Data - Eugenics in Big Tech and Our Fight for an Independent Future ><a href="https://newbooksnetwork.com/anita-say-chan-predatory-data-eugenics-in-big-tech-and-our-fight-for-an-independent-future-u-california-press-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newbooksnetwork.com/anita-say-chan-predatory-data-eugenics-in-big-tech-and-our-fight-for-an-independent-future-u-california-press-2025</a><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#podcast</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/InformationSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InformationSciences</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interview</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eugenics</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/surveillance_capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#surveillance_capitalism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/third_reich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#third_reich</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/elitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#elitism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/contaminants_conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#contaminants_conspiracy</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#solidarity</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/power_structures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#power_structures</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/alienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alienation</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#patriarchy</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Chinese_women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Chinese_women</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/exclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exclusion</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/panopticon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#panopticon</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#policies</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/anti_pluralism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anti_pluralism</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#harm</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/toxic_digital_environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#toxic_digital_environment</a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/data_extractivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data_extractivism</a>

thkampen"That's down to a fascinating <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publisher" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#publisher</a> called <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SevenSeasBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SevenSeasBooks</a>, that was based in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Glinkastrasse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Glinkastrasse</a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Berlin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Berlin</a>. Seven Seas had been founded in 1958 by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#American</a> Gertrude <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gelbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Gelbin</a>, the wife of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#German</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#author</a> Stefan <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Heym" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Heym</a> ." <a href="https://colinville.blogspot.com/2013/12/seven-seas-books-berlin.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://colinville.blogspot.com/2013/12/seven-seas-books-berlin.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Book</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Censorhip" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Censorhip</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Publishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Publishing</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 646 — How would you describe your MC’s job or occupation? (You can be comedic about it, if you like.)</blockquote>These stories hop around over more than a decade, thus the lists. Some stints are very temporary.<ul><li>Thorn: High school then university student. Occupational prefecture governor. Astronaut.</li><li>Streak: High school then university student. Lover. Researcher. Test pilot. Advisor. Astronaut.</li><li>Devil-girl: Homeless ascetic, grocery clerk, prizefighter, transporter, bodyguard, dõna, troubleshooter.</li><li>May Ri: Student, mother, engineer, princess (she considers that one a joke but others don't), general.</li><li>Wintereyes (feral but kind human): Friend of animals (including wyverns), wolf pack member and provider, involuntary student, idiosyncratic mage.</li></ul>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSstory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2504.17 — Is your antagonist high maintenance? CW: Ugly potentially terrifying character description.</blockquote>Today, not the usual suspect but a total cad.Ezekiel Stan, one of the original scientist-colonists on Mars—one of the EM Mars Corp's colonial onsite directors until he butts heads with May Ri (the MC)—is a Decath religious macho jackass in plenty of unsavory ways. Depending on how you interact with him, he's super high maintenance, especially if you are a woman. It's hard to satisfy him; his wife knows about and must tolerate all his hypocritical indiscretions as we learn near the end of the book. For men, it might be worse. He has an eye for mistakes or venalities, and never forgets if he can use weaknesses to coerce and corrupt. He's not above violence, even against his own son who turns out "too feminine." If you must interact with him, especially if you live within his sphere of influence, you will do whatever it takes to placate him.Except for May Ri. That makes Ezekiel and her mutual antagonists. She, however, is not the stupid woman he expects her to be—she's an engineer.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

Phineas Delgado - AuthorI've shaved out over 1,000 words from my book. I say "that" a lot. And I use A LOT of adjectives and adverbs. I can't imagine paying someone to do this. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23editing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23booksky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#booksky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23writingcommunity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23author" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23wherenightmareswalk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wherenightmareswalk</a>

granthopeFirst Chef Grant Hope 173 <a href="https://www.granthope.net/p/first-chef" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.granthope.net/p/first-chef</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/Dlqfe0jiRD8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://youtu.be/Dlqfe0jiRD8</a>“Who knew chicken and greens could be so mean?” That’s what my mom used to say when I’d cook growing up. If it wasn’t for my penchant for making food good we’d be eating franks and beans until we turned into them! ...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/granthope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#granthope</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chef" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#chef</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/success" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#success</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#focus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perseverance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#perseverance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/best" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#best</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/family" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#family</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fypage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fypage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetrylovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#poetrylovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bookcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#author</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2504.17 — Do your real-world tastes show up in your writing?</blockquote>[Well, you asked. If that's not enough of a content warning, read on.—RS]I like people.I may be cripplingly shy, strictly monogamous, and a bit autistic, but I like people. I observe them. From afar. I populate my stories with people that would interest me, who might attract me, whom I would interact with physically could I convince myself because I understand how safe they are or are not. They are the totally average, the generally honest, the sometimes ethically challenged, the occasionally passionate, and the intermittently ambiguous. These are my tastes. Why would I write about other's tastes? However, I work when writing to never fully describe the people who populate my stories so that the reader might satisfy their tastes, too. Notwithstanding red hair and freckles, of course—they look super cute on men as well as women. (Wait… Did RS really say that? Or is RS being funny?)As for food: What I describe, sometimes in great detail, is my taste. Whether my stomach would rebel eating such a meal is another story altogether. Kippers and onions are salty oily heaven, btw.I love impressionism. Art sometimes populates my stories, and it is always impressionist. When the character is a photographer, they are an extension of my soul.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

AudraBalionArt“Crown of Horns” is now available! @amazingstoriessk are hosting our Book Launch next month. Also at @artbarsk this Saturday, as part of the AHA Showcase. So proud of <a href="https://mastodon.social/@EmpyClaw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@EmpyClaw</a> for this awesome book, and it was great to work on it together. 🥰 PS: For each book sold, we are donating to @aidforartists_ua to help support artists in Ukraine, fighting for their lives and their culture. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/crownofhornsbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crownofhornsbook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/standwithukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#standwithukraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/politicalfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#politicalfantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/masroartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#masroartist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/saskatoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#saskatoon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 2504.17 — Marketing can be difficult. As a reader/viewer, what catches your interest and makes you want to buy? CW: The opinions are solely those of the author and don't reflect those of any marketeer or designer.</blockquote>I am a golden retriever. Movement and color catch my eye. Squirrel!I am also like a crow. What is the shiny thing??? Must. Have. It.I am a baby. I've not seen that thing. Stare…Recently, it's been authors writing about their work or their books that have made me buy. I like seeing the self-promotions, if they don't come at me like spam (or look like it). Thusly has mastodon marketed your books! I can't say whether I'm typical or whether I'm unique, but there you go.If I'm browsing without aim in the bookstore, cover art and title play equally big roles. Your presentation doesn't have to be like all the others. I like the imaginative, the primitive, the abstract, and the non sequitur as much as I like the interesting hunk or princess on the cover doing the outrageous thing they're not supposed to be doing. A bit of abstract art on a shelf or the beautiful people will catch my eye. A puzzler title, or one of innuendo or doble-sentido, or stating the obvious forcefully will get me to think, though. Combined with the art, they will make me pick it up.Not helpful, I know. No secret sauce recipes here. However…AI art will cause me to place the book pages-forward, or hide it from view behind other books. Won't buy it! No I won't. If the publisher cheaps out, I'm assuming the author did, too.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommentingIsCool</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photographer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/chef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chef</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cooking</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

Kevin Klehr 🏳️‍🌈I'm not a Lord of the Rings fan, but this biopic is one of the most romantic <a href="https://aus.social/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#films</a> I've ever seen. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tolkien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tolkien</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cinema</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/filmreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#filmreview</a> Read my <a href="https://aus.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> at <a href="https://kevinklehr.com/2020/01/06/authors-in-cinema-tolkien/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kevinklehr.com/2020/01/06/authors-in-cinema-tolkien/</a>

Bryan W. ConwayOn April 17th, 1970, the Apollo 13 mission safely returned to Earth after a harrowing journey, showcasing human ingenuity and resilience. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WritersLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AuthorLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#AuthorLife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFiWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#SciFiWriter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MysteryWriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MysteryWriter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BookLovers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bookish" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Bookish</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Apollo13" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Apollo13</a>(This image was crafted by artificial intelligence (AI) through a subscription service 😲😜)

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<a href="https://writing.exchange/@orionkidder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@orionkidder</a> We hear the term body image, how it affects the self-worth and health of women and men. Is that affecting cover art and authors now?When I look at covers, I see lots of fantasy-perfect people who are sexy or dangerous as the genre demands, or Michael Whelan grand landscapes of lands or space vistas that fire the imagination with incredible intricacies. Plenty of great artists do both, mind you. I've commissioned art. What other authors (or marketers) see, sadly is a resource out of reach financially, out of budget, or a waste of their money when it's "free" and you don't have to interact with ugh people. I miss the great covers of old, sometimes abstract, sometimes simple photography, sometimes pastiche, often art differently talented people can do without becoming a Rembrandt, which arguably might be more affordable for demand or creation effort. Or authors (assuming indie here) could simply learn to use stock art and try composting images and titles themselves. Creating covers from found materials can be powerful and can hint at and support narratives.AI art is lazy. I agree it's a criterion for not buying a book.I don't consider myself an artist, but the cover below is in lieu of a handsome bare-chested stereotypical bearded male with outstretched white angel wings on which the forward margin of his primary feathers are ruby-edged and look sharp. Didn't know angels can have razor wings, did you? Considering the feminist subject matter of the story, I'm not sure I'd want the artist's impression of ethnicity or masculinity. My first cover was for a story that took place in Japan and I got a Vogue model; marketing Sometimes simple can be evocative. <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genAI</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/AIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIArt</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a>

Just call me AshSo, the Sinister Minutes podcast adapted one of my stories 🥰🥰: Elmo the Ghost CatThe teaser is here: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/07UO8eIBQLoa2dJ327ojkl?si=km_bZUi0SL6_ZoDd7bsNeA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/07UO8eIBQLoa2dJ327ojkl?si=km_bZUi0SL6_ZoDd7bsNeA</a>Can't wait to hear the final result!<a href="https://mas.to/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#horror</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a>

Amber<a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 04/17/25 - Is your antagonist high maintenance?For Corvus, he's extremely high maintenence. He's always demanding attention and believes everyone needs to cater to him. Fenrir on the other hand, is not high maintenance at all. <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amwriting</a>

J. Scott Coatsworth, AuthorI love sharing some of my author friends with y'all. Check out Shawna Reppert Fantasy, Paranormal Shawna Reppert, an award-winning author of fantasy and steampunk, is proud of keeping readers up all night and making them miss work deadlines. Her fiction asks questions for which there are no easy answers, while at the same time taking the reader on a fine adventure that grips them heart and soul and keeps them ... <a href="https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/shawna-reppert/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/shawna-reppert/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/AuthorSpotlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuthorSpotlight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> @bookstodon <a href="https://mastodon.otherworldsink.com/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a>

THE SIMPLE LIFE: Finding PeaceAfter receiving both the paperback and hardcover editions of "THE SIMPLE LIFE: Finding Peace," I can confidently say that the hardcover is the superior choice. Its quality and aesthetic appeal make it a valuable addition to any bookshelf.Just my opinion. Which one do you prefer? Hmmm 🤔<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3WBX497" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3WBX497</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amazonbooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#amazonbooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#amazon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookaholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bookaholic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#book</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#bookworm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reader" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#reader</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selflove" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#selflove</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/selfcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#selfcare</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/self" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#self</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#peace</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#stress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/confused" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#confused</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lost" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#lost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alone" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#alone</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/relationships" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#relationships</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serenity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#serenity</a>

Ian Scraper<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> 17 Do your real-world tastes show up in your writing?Sometimes, but not necessarily. The tastes of the characters are always decisive. From time to time there may be matches.<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#authors</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a>

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MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History April 17, 2014: Journalist and author Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on this day. Affectionately known as Gabo, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. Two of his most famous books were, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). Garcia Marquez was a socialist and an anti-imperialist, and critical of U.S. policy in Latin America.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GabrielGarciaMarquez" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GabrielGarciaMarquez</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#columbia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nobelprize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nobelprize</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Literature</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

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