Watching "28 Years Later" and I'm like, "Wow, look at all those trees. Wouldn't it be nice to let so much land re-wild and recover," which is perhaps not the reaction they were going for.

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of May. Catch it while you can! AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bw9oOy #BookSale #CrimeFiction #Mystery #BookSky

Saw a reddit post claiming #TheBoys would have been better if not an analogy to Trump. As a casual viewer: hard disagree. It's a show I hesitate to put on b/c it's so brutal. Knowing that there's some level of thoughtfulness behind all the brutality makes all the Hamburger Helper easier to swallow.

Hello #BookSky #ReaderSky! Fiction Fest is coming this summer and we have an AWESOME schedule of author readings and panel discussions that anyone with an Internet connection can attend for FREE! Check out our event page and register for whichever ones you're interested in: fictionfest.ca/events/

Semicolons. Excessive use thereof. #WritingPrompt

Hey night people! There's a whole bunch of books about our fellow creatures of the night in this here bundle 😈😈

Me and #HazelTheInternKitty taking a break on the patio/catio that me missus built for just such sniffs and recharges. Getting evicted after ten years from an apartment with lots of windows & natural light to a basement apartment we can afford has been a big change & it helps a lot. #CatsofBluesky

It is a universal truth of editing that if you are working on a book that includes references to soldiers, while they may all be solid referen ces, and solid soldiers, at least one of them will be solider. #amediting

Doing my archaeological field school, I remember raising my hand to get the attention of the crew leader when I uncovered a strangely broken bone in the midden we were digging. This person coulda turned into He-Man.

"If the Hero's Journey did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it." #Authors tell me, “I don’t want my #book to be a bunch of tropes.” They mean, "If a #reader has seen the idea before, they won’t want to read the book." Which of course is not true... #amwriting #books 💙📚 #reading #writing

One thing I learned driving around St. John's on a Sunday morning is that you can flip back and forth on the radio until you find a Stan Rogers song. Never been a huge stan for Stan, but I did always have his song, The Idiot, on some CD/mix/playlist every summer when remote working in BC/AB.

I've had to ask myself one of the classic "oh no" questions about video games... "Oh no, how long have I been playing with the integrated graphics?"

Is the adjective of "Dracula," Dracular? Either way, check out these #books 'bout vumpiers. Some of them's 'rotic. Some of them's got scares. Some of them's 'rotic and got scares. My story's a bit more a scare. At heart, they're all fully Dracular. 🪐📚 📚⏳ #amreading #scary #horror #vampires

Ocean's Edge has openings for this summer. I'd love some nice new dev edits to work on. Heck, I'd cram my schedule full of them if I could. But I have openings for both dev & copy & line edits. After 14 years, will have a testimonials page soon, but for now: www.oceansedgeediting.com #amediting

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of month. This doesn't happen often, so grab it while you can! AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bw9oOy #BookSale #CrimeFiction #Mystery #BookSky

Ocean's Edge has openings for this summer. I'd love some nice new dev edits to work on. Heck, I'd cram my schedule full of them if I could. But I have openings for both dev & copy & line edits. After 14 years, will have a testimonials page soon, but for now: www.oceansedgeediting.com #amediting

Shout out to whoever recommended Leckie's "The Raven Tower" here a few months back (I can't find the post). It was a pretty decent read. It was some unique fantasy concepts & points of view, which I always appreciate. I think it benefits from a fairly quick read, however, not a stop & start. 💙📚🪐

1. Slightly vexing Amazon behavior. A few years ago, I decided to put Associates links on my editing clients' books on my website. Anybody buys a client's book through me, I'd get a small cut. I knew it wouldn't be much, but why not. Prob is, Amazon requires a trial period...

Two amazing bundles are running on Itchio right now! Celebrating the legacy of Bram Stoker, the Dracula's Anniversary Sale has everything vampire — lustful and scary! itch.io/b/3663/dracu... Only $10, get 23 hardline sci-fi books full of adventure in the May the 4th Bundle! itch.io/b/3668/may-t...

Do you like vampires? Do you like SEXY vampires? Then you'll love the Dracula Anniversary Bundle, featuring my own Woman of Sorrow and Blood + 27 other vampire books for just $25!

Are you a red-blooded reader looking for a good story? Thirsty for a good #read? A #book w/ a beating heart? Of course you are, so check out this #vampire bundle celebrating the publication of "Dracula." It won't suck too much of your money away. itch.io/b/3663/dracu... 🪐📚 📚⏳ #horror

All those spam "Dear Great Author" emails are a lot funnier if you read them in the MiB E'gar voice. #writingcommunity #amwriting

Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I., the first P.I. Tracy Hayes mystery, is only 0.99 everywhere until the end of month. This doesn't happen often, so grab it while you can! AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B01MU10OON Universal Link: books2read.com/u/bw9oOy #BookSale #CrimeFiction #Mystery #BookSky

I was watching hockey the other day & talking to my missus about "sports narratives" & referenced the South Park episode, Stanley's Cup. I mentioned they modeled the "proud sports dad" after a known actor & it was obvious, but I can't say who he is or what he's in. This guy. From 2006. #tv #WhoIs

I feel there shouldn't be any surprise that some really good story advice comes from a couple of guys who've had a show on for nearly thirty years, regardless of what you think of them or the show.

There should be more desserted side streets. #UnintentionallyGoodIdeaTypos

If you go around killing the animals in Elden Ring, you're objectively a bad person.

I've finally replaced my cruddy slop cover I was ashamed of. Now I will try a marketing. Is now updated everywhere: books2read.com/u/3kRnlL But is on sale on Itch: lsb337.itch.io/the-last-spe... with a free companion short, Disappearing Act. #books #NoAI 💙📚🪐 #SFF #wizards #magic #FoundFamily

Perhaps an unpopular opinion for a freelance editor ... but some books should be "drawer books." It's okay for your first book to be a practice run. #amediting #amwriting #books

The most important rule of leaving the life of crime: don’t go back. Read The Perfect Scam, Reed Files 1 today. Universal link: books2read.com/u/bp1zkq AZ: www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZYKD9R6 Read more: www.susannashore.com/perfectscam.... #CrimeFiction #BookSky

"If the Hero's Journey did not exist, it would be necessary to invent it." #Authors tell me, “I don’t want my #book to be a bunch of tropes.” They mean, "If a #reader has seen the idea before, they won’t want to read the book." Which of course is not true... #amwriting #books 💙📚 #reading #writing

Since getting deeper into dev editing, I’ve had #authors tell me, “I don’t want my #book to be a bunch of tropes.” I interpret them as saying, "If a #reader has seen the idea before, they won’t want to read the story." Which of course is not true... #amwriting #books 💙📚 #InsistsUponItself

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Taking a moment to breathe before heading out to my Author Thing this evening, & have been reading through all the bios for authors doing #FictionFest this summer &, people, I am *stoked*. The sheer amount of talent — the awards, the books, the fascinating backgrounds — this is going to ROCK! 😆🍁📚

I love misspellings that would never have occurred to me in a million years.

#HazelTheInternKitty is hard at work checking the sunbeams for quality and making sure none of her supper break was wasted. #CatsOfBluesky #amediting

💙📚🪐 #booksky #SFF #books #fantasy #fantasybooks #historicalfantasy #LeguinInspired #antiAI #FoundFamily #MovingOn

New Release today: Where Blood Runs Red -- one of my fav dev edits from this year so far. A fun dark vampire mashup with the Red Riding Hood story. #booksky #vampires #books #newrelease

Two episodes into Season 5 of Stranger Things and I gotta say I'm enjoying it. Man, if I put off watching it for this long because right-wing chodes convinced everyone it was bad because they didn't like how a couple kids ain't straight, I'm gonna be very disappointed with myself (& everyone else).

Point in case: #HazelTheInternKitty also working hard on her day off, even if she's a little goofy with it today. #catsofbluesky #PictureAsFuzzyAsSheIs

As a freelancer, I'm usually too busy trying to have a day off when I have a day off to enjoy the day off.

Six fingers isn’t the obvious tell that AI was used for this ad—it’s that the woman looks like a soulless demon instead of a real human, which is what all AI generated images look like.

As far as typos go, this one kind of makes sense. I had to read it several times before I figured out the problem. 😆

As a kid who grew up in the '80s, I never expected I would say this, but... I kinda wish Star Wars would just go away.

Here's another teaser before the mug sale tomorrow. Back in 2023 one of my art idols Billy Gauthier came to my area to carve his masterpiece The Earth, Our Mother from a donated fin whale skull. I was lucky to get to know Billy a little bit and asked him to save some of the bone bits for me.

Having Rogers Internet slowly builds a quiet rage in me as a day goes on.

You've probably seen this photo of Hillary Clinton "touring an average person's home," right? That's the joke. She's actually touring a Harlem senior's center & seeing the conditions they live in. ny1.com/nyc/all-boro... She also played dominoes with the seniors. 13wham.com/news/electio...

I really like this image for the cover of On the Road that Kerouac drew himself and sent to his editor. I mean, it has some really great composition. Seems he didn't like the cover for his first #book, The Town and the City. I think it looks more fun than the actual original cover. 💙📚