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Merrie Haskell@merriehaskell.bsky.social |
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In a library alone; writing; parenting children 25 years apart; polymer clay; functioning without executive function.
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Brian Grubb
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it is really funny to think of Jack Dorsey as a guy in your neighborhood who just wants to open a weird crypto-anarchist techno club like you’d see in The Matrix but keeps accidentally creating fun lil coffee shops
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Merrie Haskell
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In a world where even a stripped-down search engine can't deliver a page of useful results when looking for anything that could possibly be purchased, I add this string: -etsy -ebay -pinterest -zazzle -amazon -aliexpress -alibaba -temu -wish -youtube -walmart
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Arachne 🏳️🌈
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It me.
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Merrie Haskell
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I backed it! Join me, I need an audiobook for my attention span issues 😅
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Merrie Haskell
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Sick burn!
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Merrie Haskell
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Be the Leslie Knope you want to see in the world. -Panda planner affirmation I recorded in 2018 that I just stumbled across
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Merrie Haskell
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I didn't mention the Dum Dum was free, whoops
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Natee (they/them)
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Brontësaurus. Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014. Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓
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Kevin Hearne
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Doing the math, less than 10 percent of people who follow me on the algorithm sites see my posts. They have no idea when books are out or if I’m visiting nearby because they’ll follow me & then the site makes sure they rarely, if ever, see me. This is why folks ask y’all to subscribe to newsletters.
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Luke O'Neil
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90% of being a poet is just knowing what the names of the trees and the birds and the fish where you live are. The rest is just looking at them and writing it down.
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LionessElise
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If you could point people at the sale at www.etsy.com/shop/Lioness... it would improve life in Lionessland a lot right now. I am so grateful for your encouragement in the midst of So Many Things Going On.
<3 <3 <3
Sale ends Sunday the 16th. I'll keep adding new things and new markdowns until then.
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Merrie Haskell
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Reskeet with a vague proxy for how old you are. Before I hit puberty, my grandmother sent me to the post office with a quarter to buy a stamp, and I came back with a first class lickable stamp, a nickel, and a Dum Dum.
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Milford SFF Conference
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Despite the weird weather outside, it's summer, which means that the September Milford Writers' Workshop is just around the corner. Announcing this year's recipients of the SF Writers of Colour Bursaries!
milfordsfwriters.wordpress.com/2024/04/09/m...
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N. K. Jemisin
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Poor people use libraries. Rich people shut them down because they don't *want* poor people to read.
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Jess Calarco
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Other countries have safety nets. The US has women.
Their labor creates the illusion of a DIY society, making it seem like we don't need a net.
Writing HOLDING IT TOGETHER was a labor of love and fury and I'm so grateful to share it with you all #PubDay
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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Merrie Haskell
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Library software demos are always interesting windows into other lives--because you inevitably have to have book titles show up in the software. Random vendor demo list of 12 titles today included @maryannemohanraj.bsky.social's A Feast of Serendib, which made me smile.
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Coach Gowron
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There is no honor in making others struggle solely because you did. Persevering through difficulty is worth celebrating, but is often worth even more if you can lessen the burden for those who come after you, especially those less fortunate, less privileged. That way lies glory.
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Paul Frazee
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A video game where the game itself is a character and gets mad at you for playing the game wrong and takes over the plot trying to fight with you over the game design
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Sandra Tayler
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Cover reveal for Structuring Life to Support Creativity! I'm so excited that I get to make this book happen. Funding will open mid-June and you can sign up at this link to be notified as soon as the project launches: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Courtney Milan
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It’s all fun and games until someone breaks out the conveyancing law.
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Brent Toderian
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved transit, not only did it transform the city’s public life & economic success, but the traffic got better. The traffic got BETTER.
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Merrie Haskell
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We all do, we all do.
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Merrie Haskell
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Does this make sense outside of my own brain? I have no idea. But I'm actually giving books a chance that technically have no chance, and they're the books I want them to be. End multi-response!
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Merrie Haskell
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A traditionally marketable book has those options too, but I feel like when I've said "oh, this one's for trad publishers," it's consigned to a fate of staying marketable, or becoming more marketable, not going where it's most satisfying for me.
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Merrie Haskell
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Between self-pub/Patreonesque things, I feel like there are more options to get books into the hands of people who actually want them, without going through the people who don't think enough people want them. Have not tested for myself, but I see it happening again and again, and not outlier cases.
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Merrie Haskell
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That one time in 2024 when I remembered there's a place to throw random, rambly thoughts.
mer | de-gendering song lyrics, randomly (mer.dreamwidth.org/592418.html)
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Merrie Haskell
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I'm at the point of thinking that there're actually more options for an unmarketable book than a marketable book.
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Merrie Haskell
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Introduce yourself with: One book: Howl's Moving Castle One movie: Jane Austen Book Club One album: Black Holes and Revelations (Muse 2006) One TV show: Bluey
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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I WOULD LIKE EVERY APP TO STOP INTRODUCING ME TO ITS NEW AI PET / FEATURE / COMPANION NO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO USE YOUR AI I JUST WANT TO KEEP WORKING KTHXBAI
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Felicia Davin
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Love this series!
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Merrie Haskell
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You want brain worms? This is how we get brain worms! (I know this is not how we get brain worms, for the person who was about to @ me)
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Merrie Haskell
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Global fertility drop is scaring people! Le gasp! I waited so long to try having children that I failed the fertility roll -- bc of challenges of being a working parent + the impossibility of staying home. Support parents properly, you'll get a bounce back. UBI? Children galore. Pay teachers, too!
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Merrie Haskell
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I spat banana bread on my monitor in surprise and horrified delight.
Nina Nikolic 💫 Kerri on X: "you guys are right AI is taking over the world and i'm terrified 🌎 t.co/g4ih8GpZlA%22 / X (twitter.com)
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Merrie Haskell
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Poking through my journals for an old address, on December 3rd, age 14, I wrote: "I entered a writing contest and lost." I maundered a bit about it, but in a braggy way. "Given my chosen career, my talent and desire, and I lost!" Bless your heart, little one. You're so precious.
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Merrie Haskell
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I don't accept that I live at the same latitude as Rome. Ugh, can you imagine having to take over the world with Detroit-level Vitamin D? Get out there, conquer that Gaul with your Seasonal Affective Disorder!
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Merrie Haskell
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I inventory my mindshelf like others count sheep. I usually drift off to sleep somewhere around Marion Chesney--the furthest I've gotten is Garth Nix. I pass Achebe with some guilt, because I borrowed Things Fall Apart from my junior high bestie and never returned it. But it doesn't keep me up.
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Merrie Haskell
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Further caveat: This was me going off the bookshelf in my head. I'm sure I've read 5 books by more A & B authors than this, but I've not owned their books--my mindshelf is my actual shelf (shelves) from memory.
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Merrie Haskell
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Caveats: This was eleven authors, because I damn well wasn't going to make a list of ten authors and leave off Stephanie when she was next. Shoulda been 12 authors, but I gave the cut direct to someone--and I've never read more than probably 4 Asimovs
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Merrie Haskell
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Ten writers of whom I’ve read more than five books:
Douglas Adams
Joan Aiken
Louisa May Alcott
Lloyd Alexander
Jean M. Auel
Jane Austen
Stephanie Barron
Jo Beverly
Gillian Bradshaw
Lois McMaster Bujold
Stephanie Burgis (@stephanieburgis.bsky.social)
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Merrie Haskell
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I'm being user experienced out of my own preferences.
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Merrie Haskell
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For real. Do you know how happy I am to see this!?? And the simple "yes" that was replied!?
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