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@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is CULVERKEY. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

A culverkey is an obsolete English term for a meadow plant, possibly the columbine or the bluebell squill.
It was also used historically to refer to flowers gathered to make garlands.

There must be some kinda malarkey going on though as the image is showing what seems to be a cloistered garden, not a meadow.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is CULVERKEY. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

A culverkey is an obsolete English term for a meadow plant, possibly the columbine or the bluebell squill.
It was also used historically to refer to flowers gathered to make garlands.

There must be some kinda malarkey going on though as the image is showing what seems to be a cloistered garden, not a meadow.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is CULVERKEY. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

A culverkey is an obsolete English term for a meadow plant, possibly the columbine or the bluebell squill.
It was also used historically to refer to flowers gathered to make garlands.

There must be some kinda malarkey going on though as the image is showing what seems to be a cloistered garden, not a meadow.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is CULVERKEY. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

A culverkey is an obsolete English term for a meadow plant, possibly the columbine or the bluebell squill.
It was also used historically to refer to flowers gathered to make garlands.

There must be some kinda malarkey going on though as the image is showing what seems to be a cloistered garden, not a meadow.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#PennedPossibilities 1101: What creature or monster would your MC or SC love to keep as an unconventional pet? Why is that?

It’s not that Nathan wants one, but he’s curious about why neither Vicky nor her mother have a cat seeing as they’re hereditary witches.

I was sure I’d written about this yet there's no mention of it.

Not only are my characters doing as they please, the books have begun to selectively rewrite themselves.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#PennedPossibilities 1101: What creature or monster would your MC or SC love to keep as an unconventional pet? Why is that?

It’s not that Nathan wants one, but he’s curious about why neither Vicky nor her mother have a cat seeing as they’re hereditary witches.

I was sure I’d written about this yet there's no mention of it.

Not only are my characters doing as they please, the books have begun to selectively rewrite themselves.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#PennedPossibilities 1101: What creature or monster would your MC or SC love to keep as an unconventional pet? Why is that?

It’s not that Nathan wants one, but he’s curious about why neither Vicky nor her mother have a cat seeing as they’re hereditary witches.

I was sure I’d written about this yet there's no mention of it.

Not only are my characters doing as they please, the books have begun to selectively rewrite themselves.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#PennedPossibilities 1101: What creature or monster would your MC or SC love to keep as an unconventional pet? Why is that?

It’s not that Nathan wants one, but he’s curious about why neither Vicky nor her mother have a cat seeing as they’re hereditary witches.

I was sure I’d written about this yet there's no mention of it.

Not only are my characters doing as they please, the books have begun to selectively rewrite themselves.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#PennedPossibilities 1101: What creature or monster would your MC or SC love to keep as an unconventional pet? Why is that?

It’s not that Nathan wants one, but he’s curious about why neither Vicky nor her mother have a cat seeing as they’re hereditary witches.

I was sure I’d written about this yet there's no mention of it.

Not only are my characters doing as they please, the books have begun to selectively rewrite themselves.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Now, if I can only stick to it. Please think of supporting me and visit my Substack. Thank you so much!

Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cigarettesandsoda

Published post: https://substack.com/@exiledacademic/note/p-211410751

#author #substack #cyberpunk #horror #novel #writer

Now, if I can only stick to it. Please think of supporting me and visit my Substack. Thank you so much!

Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cigarettesandsoda

Published post: https://substack.com/@exiledacademic/note/p-211410751

#author #substack #cyberpunk #horror #novel #writer

Now, if I can only stick to it. Please think of supporting me and visit my Substack. Thank you so much!

Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cigarettesandsoda

Published post: https://substack.com/@exiledacademic/note/p-211410751

#author #substack #cyberpunk #horror #novel #writer

Now, if I can only stick to it. Please think of supporting me and visit my Substack. Thank you so much!

Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/cigarettesandsoda

Published post: https://substack.com/@exiledacademic/note/p-211410751

#author #substack #cyberpunk #horror #novel #writer

#AmReading

I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.

Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.

As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#AmReading

I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.

Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.

As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#AmReading

I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.

Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.

As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#AmReading

I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.

Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.

As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#AmReading

I’ve just finished reading Sierra Six by Mark Greaney.

Although it’s outside of my preferred genres I find I can sometimes come across ideas which I can rewrite into a fantasy setting, perhaps coming up with something a little different in the process.

As a throwaway thriller, the plot’s not worthy of discussion, but I was tickled pink to learn that Signal, an App used for communication between members of the Unreal Writers is also said to be an application favoured by clandestine operatives. Cool, Huh?

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WordWeavers 16 Aug
If one of your characters could ask you a question, what would they ask?

I know that Nathan’s curiosity has been aroused by the reports of a mysterious figure who some of his colleagues have come across who claims to be a writer researching the existence of magic and the supernatural in London.

I’m certain Nathan would have a lot of questions for that guy…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WordWeavers 16 Aug
If one of your characters could ask you a question, what would they ask?

I know that Nathan’s curiosity has been aroused by the reports of a mysterious figure who some of his colleagues have come across who claims to be a writer researching the existence of magic and the supernatural in London.

I’m certain Nathan would have a lot of questions for that guy…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WordWeavers 16 Aug
If one of your characters could ask you a question, what would they ask?

I know that Nathan’s curiosity has been aroused by the reports of a mysterious figure who some of his colleagues have come across who claims to be a writer researching the existence of magic and the supernatural in London.

I’m certain Nathan would have a lot of questions for that guy…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WordWeavers 16 Aug
If one of your characters could ask you a question, what would they ask?

I know that Nathan’s curiosity has been aroused by the reports of a mysterious figure who some of his colleagues have come across who claims to be a writer researching the existence of magic and the supernatural in London.

I’m certain Nathan would have a lot of questions for that guy…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

#WordWeavers 16 Aug
If one of your characters could ask you a question, what would they ask?

I know that Nathan’s curiosity has been aroused by the reports of a mysterious figure who some of his colleagues have come across who claims to be a writer researching the existence of magic and the supernatural in London.

I’m certain Nathan would have a lot of questions for that guy…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Diana Wynne Jones, an English author was born on this day in 1934.

She was a hugely entertaining author of speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.
Don’t let the YA label put you off, her books are worth reading whatever your age.

Mainly fantasy, but also incorporates science fiction themes like time travel and parallel universes, and elements of realism.

Some of her best-known works are the Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. The latter being my favourite work which I view as a pr-cursor to the Evil Overlord List.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Diana Wynne Jones, an English author was born on this day in 1934.

She was a hugely entertaining author of speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.
Don’t let the YA label put you off, her books are worth reading whatever your age.

Mainly fantasy, but also incorporates science fiction themes like time travel and parallel universes, and elements of realism.

Some of her best-known works are the Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. The latter being my favourite work which I view as a pr-cursor to the Evil Overlord List.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Diana Wynne Jones, an English author was born on this day in 1934.

She was a hugely entertaining author of speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.
Don’t let the YA label put you off, her books are worth reading whatever your age.

Mainly fantasy, but also incorporates science fiction themes like time travel and parallel universes, and elements of realism.

Some of her best-known works are the Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. The latter being my favourite work which I view as a pr-cursor to the Evil Overlord List.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Diana Wynne Jones, an English author was born on this day in 1934.

She was a hugely entertaining author of speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.
Don’t let the YA label put you off, her books are worth reading whatever your age.

Mainly fantasy, but also incorporates science fiction themes like time travel and parallel universes, and elements of realism.

Some of her best-known works are the Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. The latter being my favourite work which I view as a pr-cursor to the Evil Overlord List.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Diana Wynne Jones, an English author was born on this day in 1934.

She was a hugely entertaining author of speculative fiction novels for children and young adults.
Don’t let the YA label put you off, her books are worth reading whatever your age.

Mainly fantasy, but also incorporates science fiction themes like time travel and parallel universes, and elements of realism.

Some of her best-known works are the Chrestomanci heptalogy, the Dalemark Quartet, the Moving Castle trilogy, Dark Lord of Derkholm, and The Tough Guide to Fantasyland. The latter being my favourite work which I view as a pr-cursor to the Evil Overlord List.

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@MikeDunnAuthor
Thank you again for all the information / education elements you share with us.

As you mentioned Boukman Eksperyans, may I add one song by as an example? I like it very much:
https://tidal.com/track/2513051/u
(This track has been banned from Haitian airwaves because the band was regarded as a radical threat)

TIDAL offers some more music from this band. So it can be explored.

@bookstadon

#workingclass #LaborHistory #boukman #haiti #Revolution #uprising #revolt #slavery #reading #books #fiction #novel #nonfiction #writer #author #BlackMastodon

@MikeDunnAuthor
Thank you again for all the information / education elements you share with us.

As you mentioned Boukman Eksperyans, may I add one song by as an example? I like it very much:
https://tidal.com/track/2513051/u
(This track has been banned from Haitian airwaves because the band was regarded as a radical threat)

TIDAL offers some more music from this band. So it can be explored.

@bookstadon

#workingclass #LaborHistory #boukman #haiti #Revolution #uprising #revolt #slavery #reading #books #fiction #novel #nonfiction #writer #author #BlackMastodon

@MikeDunnAuthor
Thank you again for all the information / education elements you share with us.

As you mentioned Boukman Eksperyans, may I add one song by as an example? I like it very much:
https://tidal.com/track/2513051/u
(This track has been banned from Haitian airwaves because the band was regarded as a radical threat)

TIDAL offers some more music from this band. So it can be explored.

@bookstadon

#workingclass #LaborHistory #boukman #haiti #Revolution #uprising #revolt #slavery #reading #books #fiction #novel #nonfiction #writer #author #BlackMastodon

@MikeDunnAuthor
Thank you again for all the information / education elements you share with us.

As you mentioned Boukman Eksperyans, may I add one song by as an example? I like it very much:
https://tidal.com/track/2513051/u
(This track has been banned from Haitian airwaves because the band was regarded as a radical threat)

TIDAL offers some more music from this band. So it can be explored.

@bookstadon

#workingclass #LaborHistory #boukman #haiti #Revolution #uprising #revolt #slavery #reading #books #fiction #novel #nonfiction #writer #author #BlackMastodon

@MikeDunnAuthor
Thank you again for all the information / education elements you share with us.

As you mentioned Boukman Eksperyans, may I add one song by as an example? I like it very much:
https://tidal.com/track/2513051/u
(This track has been banned from Haitian airwaves because the band was regarded as a radical threat)

TIDAL offers some more music from this band. So it can be explored.

@bookstadon

#workingclass #LaborHistory #boukman #haiti #Revolution #uprising #revolt #slavery #reading #books #fiction #novel #nonfiction #writer #author #BlackMastodon

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Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from indieauthors.social was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from indieauthors.social was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from indieauthors.social was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from indieauthors.social was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from indieauthors.social was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from Bookstodon was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from Bookstodon was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from Bookstodon was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from Bookstodon was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

Hi Guys, I was just wondering if anyone from Bookstodon was going to be attending Fantasycon 2026 at Glasgow this coming October.

It could be a chance to meet up in person.

For more info see: https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/fantasycon-2026/

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is DENDRIFORM. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

From Ancient Greek, déndron, “tree,” along with -iform, from Latin, fōrmis, “having the form of,” from fōrma, “form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks,” meaning having a branched structure similar to a tree.

Etymologically speaking, such word construction is considered bad form as it combines two different languages.

I suppose the guy who came up with the word could be said to have been branching out…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is DENDRIFORM. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

From Ancient Greek, déndron, “tree,” along with -iform, from Latin, fōrmis, “having the form of,” from fōrma, “form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks,” meaning having a branched structure similar to a tree.

Etymologically speaking, such word construction is considered bad form as it combines two different languages.

I suppose the guy who came up with the word could be said to have been branching out…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

@AverageS

My Word of the Day today is DENDRIFORM. Share YOUR words to describe this picture in the comments!

From Ancient Greek, déndron, “tree,” along with -iform, from Latin, fōrmis, “having the form of,” from fōrma, “form, contour, figure, shape, appearance, looks,” meaning having a branched structure similar to a tree.

Etymologically speaking, such word construction is considered bad form as it combines two different languages.

I suppose the guy who came up with the word could be said to have been branching out…

#WritersOfMastodon #SecretLife… #HowtoSucceed… #Author #Novel

📸 ChapterHouse: Dune | par Guillem H. Pongiluppi
➡️ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31ogZm
#FrankHerbert #Novel #SciFiBook #DuneArt #FanArt #SciFiArt #Dune

📸 ChapterHouse: Dune | par Guillem H. Pongiluppi
➡️ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31ogZm
#FrankHerbert #Novel #SciFiBook #DuneArt #FanArt #SciFiArt #Dune

📸 ChapterHouse: Dune | par Guillem H. Pongiluppi
➡️ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31ogZm
#FrankHerbert #Novel #SciFiBook #DuneArt #FanArt #SciFiArt #Dune

📸 ChapterHouse: Dune | par Guillem H. Pongiluppi
➡️ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/31ogZm
#FrankHerbert #Novel #SciFiBook #DuneArt #FanArt #SciFiArt #Dune

@litstudies

Did Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields’ 2017 Gresham College Fulbright lecture

Why is it Scott’s version, rather than any of the many other 19th-century literary representations of Scotland, that has endured in the popular imagination?

2/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBpDfV6SHE

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #Scotland ##19thcentury #Victorian #novel #romanticism

@litstudies

Did Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields’ 2017 Gresham College Fulbright lecture

Why is it Scott’s version, rather than any of the many other 19th-century literary representations of Scotland, that has endured in the popular imagination?

2/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBpDfV6SHE

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #Scotland ##19thcentury #Victorian #novel #romanticism

@litstudies

Did Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields’ 2017 Gresham College Fulbright lecture

Why is it Scott’s version, rather than any of the many other 19th-century literary representations of Scotland, that has endured in the popular imagination?

2/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBpDfV6SHE

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #Scotland ##19thcentury #Victorian #novel #romanticism

@litstudies

Did Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields’ 2017 Gresham College Fulbright lecture

Why is it Scott’s version, rather than any of the many other 19th-century literary representations of Scotland, that has endured in the popular imagination?

2/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBpDfV6SHE

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #Scotland ##19thcentury #Victorian #novel #romanticism

@litstudies

Did Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields’ 2017 Gresham College Fulbright lecture

Why is it Scott’s version, rather than any of the many other 19th-century literary representations of Scotland, that has endured in the popular imagination?

2/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxBpDfV6SHE

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #Scotland ##19thcentury #Victorian #novel #romanticism

From Sept 2025 – Dr Gerard McKeever, lecturer in modern Scottish literature at the University of Edinburgh, speaks about Walter Scott’s relationship with Scotland, particularly through the lens of his so-called “Scotch Novels”

@litstudies

1/2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twvrXYw1Sus

#Scottish #literature #WalterScott #SirWalterScott #Scotland ##19thcentury #Victorian #novel