Mythaxis Magazine is open to submissions again until Jan30!
mythaxis.co.uk/submissions....
This is our first subs window in more than half a year! We're looking for all forms of speculative fiction (plus pieces for our next end-of-year crime issue) to appear in 2026 and 2027.
Info at the link!
A beautiful rainbow in my neighborhood this evening! It disappeared soon after, making me think someone found the pot of gold, and TOOK it!
White microwave with hand holding protective film against black towel for easier seeing.
This is embarrassing.
I've had this microwave for over 20 years--I got it for my college dorm room!--and I JUST NOW realized that I'd never removed the plastic over the keypad.
I've WASHED the keys dozens up on dozens of times!!
The hole in the plastic makes sense now.
#embarrassed
Merry Christmas!
Any reviewers looking for a dragon tale with a heart? The Legend of Damndrake is available on BookSprout now.
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#booksky #indieread #dragon #shapeshifter #bookstoread #epicfantasy #fantasyforadults #bookboost
📚 450+ pages
🏔️ Epic fantasy
🐉 Dragons
👥 Found family
Note for the perplexed: in Charlie-speak, a "Sad Boner Professor" novel anatomizes a professor (usually of English) who is Sad because he has an Inappropriate Boner.
Its origins are lost in time, but writing one is today a compulsory pre-graduation rite for MFA students in American universities.
I've been part of a grand jury for the last month. That is now FINISHED!
Time for #Christmas and vacation from the day job until after New Year's!!!
Procrastination is a fear behavior. If you're procrastinating your writing, it's not because you're lazy. It's because you're afraid of whatever you're writing next. You fix writing procrastination not by writing, but by having an honest talk w/ yourself about why you're afraid. #amwriting #booksky
Two nutcracker. Tall fireman in black and gold with a red and silver bladed axe in its left hand and an FD on its hat. Smaller Halloween themed nutcracker with orange hands and base, jack-o'-lantern head, black hat and black coat and black boots, white cuffs on the coat, white pants, white sack that says Boo! in its left hand, orange and black cat at his feet, and another tiny jack-o'-lantern in its right hand.
My birthday dinner turned out great! Usually 6 people, tonight had 15! :o
They were all aunts & uncle & cousins, including one cousin's young kids. All from both sides of the family. My parents ofc, & sister @karabetzercones.bsky.social .
And here's the newest nutcrackers in my collection!
Thanks!
Tomorrow is my 40th birthday. (Yay!) Family dinner tonight, which is usually 6 people: parents, aunt, 2 cousins.
Tonight there will be 15 total people!
WTF!!!!
I don't want to know, but who are all these people?!??!?!
New #WriterBeware blog post: per a report by @publisherslunch.bsky.social, Amazon's new gen AI-powered "Ask This Book" feature for Kindle is, in effect, an "in-book chatbot" writerbeware.blog/2025/12/12/k...
If the prices of homes had risen as the same rate as median incomes then homes in 2025 would cost an average of $191,000
Best picture of the year! I might have gotten the Google Recap but haven't checked it.
A dozen cheese-filled buttermilk biscuits baked to golden brown perfection, sitting on a cookie sheet atop a stove.
Look at these beautiful cheesy buttermilk biscuits! They are as delicious as they look.
I don't usually like cheese-filled or cheese covered breads, but these are rather good if I do say so myself.
The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.
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🏔️ Epic fantasy
🧭 Maps
👥 Found family
🦇 Winged cartographer
❤️ Slow-burn romance, closed door
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Poe Dameron from The Last Jedi saying, "Somehow, Palpatine returned..."
Somehow, this line hits very differently in 2025 than it did back in 2017...
Clear plastic jar with a blue sticker with a snowman on it reading "Let It Snow". Jar has a red lid and is filled with mini candies MilkyWay, Snickers, Three Musketeers and Twix.
Alright, I've filled the Christmas candy jar. Well, one of them 🤣
Golden skinned, perfectly smoked turkey, being cut
Thanksgiving foods!
More Thanksgiving food!
Had a wonderful Thanksgiving with my family and friends. Good company with lots of laughs and ofc delicious food--which I overate...
I hope others had a good Thanksgiving too!
A sister should! Lol
A pumpkin shaped maple biscuit with buttery maple glaze sitting on a dinner plate with fork below.
I spent some time today making this DELICIOUS maple biscuit recipe from Blue Bowl Recipes. Definitely give it a try.
bluebowlrecipes.com/cozy-maple-b...
#baking
I've written all weekend. 1,015 words today. 2,219 total over the past few days, all on the one project. Plus a few hundred more on another. Best of all, I LIKE what I'm putting on the page!
#amwriting #fantasy #shortstories
I’ve fiddled with several projects the last few months. Mostly the same ones, a novel and several short stories but I’m working on all at once. Progress is slow, but it’s still progress. And that matters.
That said, 548 words on a short story today.
#amwriting #fantasy #shortstories
A black cat sitting above a ginger tabby cat, both on a blue cat tree. Windows behind them overlook trees with yellow and orange leaves.
Happy Halloween!
Fable and Myth wish you all a spooky night and hope all the kids, young and old, get lots of candy.
#cats #catpics #halloween
Baked penne pasta in a casserole dish sitting on a stove.
Baked pasta for dinner tonight. I used Sharmis Passion's recipe. It came out well! Except, one little tip: don't overcook the pasta!
I never do that. Now I have.
Baked Pasta Recipe | Pasta Bake Recipe - Sharmis Passions share.google/ImrQtu06J3ma...
This is pretty ridiculous. But I thought the Dumbocene started in 2016. At least, that's when it began in the US. We came out of it for a bit after 2020, then we threw ourselves back into it last year.
Red and white bag of KitKats, ripped open along back seam. Yellow and brown Hershey's candy bag to the far left.
In related news, I got home, fed the cats, and 5 minutes later Fable decided it was time for dessert. And what better than my newly purchased bag of KitKats!
Well, now that the bags open, I guess I need to take break. A KitKat break that is!
#cats
I picked up more Halloween candy I do NOT need.
Does anyone know if the combo bags of KitKats and Mini Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are being sold this year?? Those are the best 2 candy combo bags. My grocery store isn't selling them! They have them individually and lots of others, but not those.
