If you're a furloughed federal worker Running out of cash Wait right here I tell you Stop digging through the trash Since you live in Florida Three's a thing I've got to say There's a way to feed your family And you won't have to pay Because it's so dang frosty Iguanas fall from trees If you […]

#writerscoffeeclub 11 Nov How accessible is your work? Answering it for format, aka "can readers obtain my stories in a form they prefer/can use/can afford," I'm a big advocate for making things accessible, so everything I publish is in print & ebook, for sale & in as many libraries as I can get […]

I will never cease to be dazzled by the modern magic of watching an icon showing a truck with my delivery aboard it move around a map screen as it drives around my neighborhood. It never gets old. Never.

Happy #adhd treasure season (finding lost things in your coat pockets from last winter) to all who celebrate

RE: https://sfba.social/@mrawdon/115532168518835028 I very much wanted to love the Internet Archive, but they went and made supporting them ethically impossible.

You know the spammy book club spambots are inescapable when they start targeting MY stories. My gritty hopepunk scifi writing is so niche and low-profile online that the pay-to-play fraudsters usually skate right past it. But in the last month I've gotten 2 purported "book club" invitations and […]

@bonfire is doing some of the most interesting work on the open social internet, and they're doing it in the most exhilarating ways. I am delighted to be even a little bit involved in the work they have planned: https://www.wrecka.ge/sparks-fly-up/

RE: https://wandering.shop/@kagan/115528340553034025 Why “The Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald”is one of my all time favorite songs, explained better than I ever could:

10 November has been The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Day for me ever since Gordon Lightfoot's album Summertime Dream released in 1976. Today is the 50 year anniversary of the event. Wow […]

Book promotion: Move slow, fix things. Heroes beaten down by the system team up to fight for a philanthropist targeted by shadowy enemies in this science fiction adventure about a future more optimistic than dystopian. DRM-free ebook direct price $0.99 […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

#scribesandmakers 10 Nov. Has your art/craft/writing changed over the years? The wordcraft has improved, I hope. I've definitely developed a fondness for writing lower stakes conflicts and adding more interpersonal cuddliness. I don't know if that's change in the sense of development or […]

#uspol My state's senior Senator, Dick Durbin, betrayed his duty to his constituents and his country when he crumbled under pressure instead of standing firm against Republican obstructionism. He should resign his seat, retire from politics, and be ashamed to ever show his face in public […]

Another Windycon in the books. Home again, home again, giggity gig! Travel is lovely, but being home is divine.

The best part of this convention so far? Learning it's moving to a new hotel next year. I swear this hotel is a portal to some chthonic nightmare dimension. The HVAC pressurization is a bad joke, the plumbing is scary, and Housekeeping is doing daily miracles but the carpets are beyond hope […]

I just realized the post-supper nap I didn’t plan on taking tonight was over an hour long. Oh, well. Guess I’m not going down to watch Klingon karaoke after all. Guess I was more tired than I thought. (But I’m wide awake now, so it’s time to read the new Pendic & Desdemona 😊 ...which I was […]

@kmherkes sold!

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#scribesandmakers 6 Nov Do you subscribe to any newsletters? Do you read them? Yes, and yes..sorta. I subscribe to a lot, but I filter my incoming mail so they skip the inbox, get marked as read and stowed in topic folders. It's the only way I can prevent myself from feeling ashamed and guilty […]

Book promotion: Power changes everything in this mosaic story set in a world where 10% of the population develops uncanny abilities at midlife. Some people’s lives change for the better. Others face the loss of all they hold dear. priced for the Fediverse at […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

‚Federleicht‘ #FotoVorschlag

The week's life & writing news, only almost a week late because there was a lot of it: https://kmherkes.squarespace.com/brain-bubbles-blog Do you prefer getting little essays by email? I finally have that set up now! https://kmherkes.squarespace.com/newsletter-signup #blogging #writinglife

Time to get off Mastodon and get some work done. It always makes me hopeful to hang out here for a while.

Some of our local races got won yesterday by a margin of the number of doors I knocked on Sunday.

KTLA: Major fast food chain offering $1 meals in SoCal amid government shutdown Carl's Jr. will provide "a Kids Hamburger, Small Fry and Kids Drink for just $1 to qualifying guests.... To receive the discounted meal, guests are asked to show one of the following: A federal government employee […]

Today is a good day. 1. Playing in the yard: the spooky decorations are stowed away, (except for the ones I leave up year-round) The bird feeder is up, dead annuals are in the composter, & the vegetable beds are mulched for winter. 2. Took a drive thought a forest preserve decked out in fall […]

#ScribesAndMakers Nov 4 Describe a statue you have seen that struck your fancy. I love this massive wooden sculpture carving of a woman's head and arms emerging from a twining collection of roots and vines. “UMI” was created by Daniel Popper for an […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

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Google pulled the plug on Nest Thermostats, but you can now bring them back to life thanks to a community-led project that offers custom firmware to restore remote control and online functionality for these devices. #google #nest #opensource :github: No Longer Evil Thermostat Breathe fresh life […]

@kmherkes Thank you so much!! I agree it's so satisfying. Credit to ilithya <3 https://codepen.io/ilithya/pen/GebVqo

New blog post up on my website! https://librarymonster.io/ Just a whirlwind 2 months. Best time of the year! #disneyworld #democracy #socialmedia the #paranormal and the #occult and #halloween 🧡🖤🧡🖤

Yesterday, I went to a random intersection in San Lorenzo in east bay and I had the most delicious Colombian BBQ. There’s a collection of street food stalls on Hesperian Blvd and Paseo Grande, near the Public Storage, on weekends (go around noon). We found a cute little Colombian grill spot […]

My DST life hack: change my few remaining manual clocks around sunset the evening before changeover. (So yesterday f'rex I changed 'em back from 5:30pm CDT to 4:30PM CST.) And then I deliberately avoid looking at all the auto-changing clocks all evening. (Which, tbf is pretty easy, I'm […]

New computer all set up with my writing files and everything. First new machine in 6 years. I never set things up as a clone of the existing computer bc one of the joys of updating is shedding all the digital clutter that got baked onto the old machine. Also, at least for neurospicy me, the […]

#fedibookfair #selfpromo #indieauthor #MysteryBooks #bookstodon Make some popcorn and hot chocolate, grab a blanket and curl up by the fire and fall into a new mystery novel! https://books2read.com/AMemoryOfMurder https://books2read.com/AVisionOfViolence

#FediBookFair Promo: All my stories feature heroes & heroines who've been beaten down by life taking a chance on hope and one another, achieving victory through cooperation. Books also include heaps of humor, whimsy, snark, and sarcasm. And, tbh, some grim […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

#FediBookFair Promo: All my stories feature heroes & heroines who've been beaten down by life taking a chance on hope and one another, achieving victory through cooperation. Books also include heaps of humor, whimsy, snark, and sarcasm. And, tbh, some grim […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

#scribesandmakers Nov 2: Egg? Egg! Mmm, eggs. I love eggs. Scrambled, basted, quiche, you name it. TMI story: I was allergic to eggs until I hit puberty. Allergic like, "swelled up like a balloon after the egg-based smallpox vaxx that was still required when I was a baby, was monitored for […]

#fediBookFair all weekend - browse the tag for SO MANY indie authors to add to your TBR (mute if not interested :) I mostly write fantasy with queer romance. They're all 25% off DRM-free indie-direct or at Smashwords this weekend: https://payhip.com/WendyPalmer […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

For #fedibookfair, we're going to do an ask us anything. Reply to this post with your questions, and we'll answer them when we get a chance.

Here I am packing up the office to go down and work on the couch through Trick OR Treat Hours so I can hand out candy, and... spooky organ music starts playing downstairs. Spouseman quit work early, put on his NosFuratu black cat tee shirt, and is hanging out with the candy bowl, all ready for […]

Scifi/Fantasy PSA: if you are a fan of T. Kingfisher but have not yet discovered the books of C. M. Waggoner, you are missing a treat. Absolutely nothing similar about them except the vibe. Okay, the vibe and the high quality of writing, characters & worldbuild. I'm enjoying the hell outta […]

#pennedpossibilities 830: Ever created a SC that you later wished was the MC? Funny thing, most of my SCs are MCs in disguise. Every POV character I've created thinks they deserve to star in at least one story of their own. And most have gotten one. A notable exception is Tyler, who is […]

#scribesandmakers 31 Oct: how did your creativity go this month? Alt: tentatively? The alternative word for today accurately & completely describes my creative month. Tentatively. That's how things went. Also a valid answer for today's #writerscoffeeclub

It’s very late. I really should be asleep. Pippin is lying next to me purring loudly in my face. For some reason, I am having trouble dozing off. #lifewithcats

The LOOK that Thor gives me when I sing the high notes on Golden from KPop Demon Hunters. 😂 Happy Thorsday! #allcatsarebeautiful #thorsday #thortoots #catsofmastodon #catsoffediverse #catsofpixelfed #catstodon #cats #cat #caturday #kpop #kpopdemonhunters #golden

I feel I have reached my professional peak when I get to do papercrafts at my work desk. In other news, the information desk is now decorated with a bunch of little ghosts reading books, listening to music, and playing video games. #librarylife

Any music theory nerds on here? In particular I would love to understand how my guitar and piano work and how composition works but honestly I will take recs for anything music related that made you go "wow that's cool!!"

Friends, I'm about to provide info about another legal proceeding regarding the Trump regime's force in Chicago, but first, an ask. If you get something out of what I write about law and litigation here, would you consider a $5 donation to the Mastodon for Hunger Relief fundraiser? I don't […]

"You really want your tax dollars going to feed poor people?!" Yes. Take more. Take more of my money and give it to poor people. I'd rather help them eat than pay for another goddamn aircraft carrier or some shit.