I did a double take because I have the EXACT same multi-tier planter lol. That's some exciting greenery!
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Author of (mostly) historical + speculative fiction Lapsed biologist π she/her found in: PULP Literature, Minola Review, Inner Worlds, Mighty: An Anthology of Disabled Superheroes beatricemorgan.wordpress.com
I did a double take because I have the EXACT same multi-tier planter lol. That's some exciting greenery!
Autistic Fiction Bundle (April 1st -14th) Itchio Text: This form is for authors to sign up to the Autistic Fiction Bundle, organised by Elise Carlson, to run on Itchio during the first two weeks of Autism Awareness Month (April 1st-14th). Limit of one book per author. Eligibility & Genre: You, the author are autistic At least one character is autistic (AuDHD is fine, as is autistic coded/ presenting, as opposed to explicitly stated to be autistic) All genres welcome. Preorders: Pre-orders are welcome, if your book releases within 5 weeks of the bundle's end date. Please state the release date in your Itch book description, so readers know when they can download your book. Categories: YA and Adult Fiction, novellas and full length novels.
Autistic Authors,
As next month is Autism Awareness Month (yeah, I know acceptance is more important!), I'll be hosting an Autistic Fiction book bundle on Itchio (yes your book must be on Itch to enter.)
Let me know if you'd like me to DM you a sign up form!
And feel free to comment questions.
βitβs not that deepβ what if i want it to be that deep ???????? you ever think of that !
I keep getting that flash of emptiness when I open the document that means I've forgotten something. I don't know what, exactly. But something. Absence as a deletion of presence
During my last round of revisions for the faerie book I got out of the habit of writing down shower/falling asleep/middle of the night thoughts. I'm now drafting a new book and having GREAT (I assume) revelations at inconvenient moments, and I have forgotten every single one of them
Sir Gawain Fucks the Green Knight Hereβs a tale ripe for telling. Canβt say where I heard it firstβin pretty French or Dutch. Perhaps as a young lady walking βlongside the Rijn. Iβll spin it for you in an English tongue, fine as frost on lace, sweet as malmsey wine. So it goes that young Gawain, strength kissed into his limbs, fresh as the bright dawn, comes trembling down to the Green Chapel. Youβve heard this tale, I know. His breath makes peach fuzz in the air, fear into him like worm to apple. Christmas Morn is too soon, time is short. You have your own life to save, he says, picking through thorn and bough to an ivy-clad cave. The creature is the Jack Oβ the Glen / forest prince / the woodβs own laughter. Beard of lichen and eyes like dark elder. I need not repeat their exchangeβmy boyβs flinching heartβa songbird in a rattled cage. It is after the blows are dealt, he asks, what god is worshipped in these green trees? Boy, the Knight replies, boy, were you not just down on your knees? The Knight is the tang of sap / bark rough and petal soft / everywhere leaves scatter / easily crushed / Gawain clings / hardly knows what he clings to / he is the forest and the flower / a turmoil of roots / where god and tree meet and melt / the birch the oak the fern the deer / mushroom maggot crow / here Gawain is branch and bud / blow returned for blow
This is a sheer indulgence on my part, but it turns out I never actually shared the poem here, so:
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A portrait of a short eared owl face
All of our wildlife patients this year so far have been owls, but this is our first short-eared.
You can help prevent car strikes like this by obeying rural speed limits and not throwing any litter out of cars. Even organics like apple cores attract rodents to roads, which attracts their hunters. πͺΆ
Today I want to talk about Jessβ Rule and Marthaβs Rule, two new initiatives across NHS England that I think are really important and you should know about.
Tl;dr: if your symptoms are not improving or getting worse, at home or in hospital, you have the right and Drs the responsibility to review.
Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Hapus! "Byddwch lawen, cadwch y ffydd a gwnewch y pethau bychain a welsoch ac a glywsoch gennyf i"
Hux holds up four copies of books, spines facing out. They are all by Lizzie Huxley-Jones and from left to right are hits different, make you mine this Christmas, under the mistletoe with you, and reality check.
A stack of four books on a bookshelf from top down they are reality check by Lizzie Huxley-Jones, the layover by Beth Reekles, look up handsome by Jack strange, and wooing the witch queen by Stephanie Burgis
Hiya book lovers! Today is St Davidβs Day which is the national day of recognising Welsh people for being hot and talented and cool. How about you go read some Welsh books (hereβs some fun romcoms!!) and enjoy a lil Catatonia and several Welsh cakes x ππ
Hateful. Disgusting. What do you mean it's not good for me to stew and scroll and catapult myself directly into the day and all the stresses it contains? Awful. Terrible. No.
Excitingly, itβs worth noting that The Unbroken ebook is on sale for $2.99 in the US! Maybe in other places, too. And while yes, that means it is on sale at Amazon, it is also on sale at bookshop.org! So if you havenβt started the trilogy that includes straps, threesomes, and crumbling empiresβ¦well!
We're still trying to teach my one year old cavalier that he physically can't sit on people's shoulders anymore (and hasn't been able to since he was guinea pig-sized) but the need to be As Close As Possible is difficult to argue with lol
Considering that every appearance of police on The Pitt involved them being, at the very least, obstructive in some way towards the people actually trying to save lives...
This book sounds extremely cool
people don't need free training sessions on fucking AI bullshit that no-one wanted anyway, they need free training on how to use their email, how to reset their password, how to spot a scam, and most of all how to fill out online forms that you have to do to navigate almost any part of life now
I bought some dried mango as a treat to nibble throughout this week, forgetting that I loose all self-control when its presence.
Which mean I have. uh. significantly less dried mango that I did when I opened the packet. Ten minutes ago
I think at this point the UK has accepted Paddington as the Death Bear, collector of souls. So, I think as a nation we should start smearing marmalade on the eyes of the dead and whisper βfare for the crossingβ. Itβll feel weird now but, in three of four generations, no one will question it.
The art made by my friends' kids are my FAVOURITE bits of decor! Highly recommend everyone finds some artistic youngsters in their community for easy access to creations that make you smile
The phrase "petroleum mayonnaise" is absolutely chilling
People think that anyone can do the job of communicating to the public but the fact is the profession of telling people stuff and doing it a way they understand, process, and engage with is actually an incredibly highly skilled job that many, many people lack the training and ability to do.
Residents of London in the Doctor Who universe every six months:
Floppy dog ears. That's it. That's the post.
gonna be sitting with βthereβs an assault on giving a shit about anyone besides yourselfβ for a long time
A simple thing you can do for the trans people in your life in this time of huge hostility for us simply existing in public is to make sure you book venues where we can actually use the bathroom
So you know what happens when a bunch of authors who write gay romance get together ? (I mean virtually for co-promo reasons.) A nice selection of gay romances to peruse, that's what. Everything from gay grumpy/sunshine to rock star, paranormal, etc!
The way that people talk about the Holocaust like itβs some kind of thought experiment and not a very real event that still traumatizes its survivors and descendants of its survivors to this day isβ¦not something I can muster words for.
Despite the baffling floorplan and the horrendous boat and the peaky blinders loo and the animals, I somehow can't totally dismiss it? Some of the interior design is genuinely doing it for me. My eyes are bleeding, but it's doing something. I'm going to be thinking about this for the rest of the day
If you want your brand to be associated with profoundly fucked-up people offending against the laws of man, God, nature, civilisation, and common sense, my DMs are open.