Time for some Wandering #introductions!
Hi, I’m Lyn (aldersprig).
I like
#knitting, #mapmaking
#baking, #homesteading
#gardening, #renovation
#art ( #mastoart )
#reading #fantasy #scifi #nonfiction #howto
#sewing (in theory), other #crafting, hopefully #Papermaking & #lino this year
and any #apple #recipes you might have (see also above).
I live in cow country in the Finger Lakes, NY State, US with 3 cats & a husband.
Introduction to R.S., Author, Novelist Updated 03/22/25
First, a few words:
"One thing you learn from watching TV, movies, anime, and reading best sellers, to pulp, to fanfic: No story is perfect. There's always hopeful contrivance and caricature in plot or character, a little or a lot... but it works. We like it. It gets bought, published, produced, noticed, sometimes loved despite the warts.
"Authors and playwrights of all levels... take heart. Complete your project and go on to the next. Complete is the superpower you can have, perfect doesn't exist."
And something that works for me: Are you blocked by your internal censor? Do you worry you're revealing your embarrassing true self? Say what I say to myself:
I am not telepathic.
Repeat that: I am not telepathic.
Louder: I AM NOT TELEPATHIC!
I DON'T know what the reader is going to expect.
I DON'T know if the current scene is going to frighten, trigger, or be too explicit for my audience...
Because I DON'T have anyone looking over my shoulder, clicking their tongue, and saying, "Tch, tch, tch!"
I am going to take a deeeeeeep breath, now,
clear my mind,
and write the flapping scene—
full stop.
Who is R.S.?
I am a formerly published feminist SF author and a prosaist—which is what a poet is to poetry, but for prose.
I write #fiction stories that often address issues of gender at least peripherally. I'm aiming to short list for an Otherwise Award.
My genre tags are #sf, #sff, #sciencefiction, #fantasy, and #romance.
I'm a fan of rhetoric and elocution; I'm a prosaist, remember? Humor makes life and writing tolerable.
My community is #author, #writer, #writingCommunity, and #writersOfMastodon.
I hosted the #EngenderedWriting hashtag. See: #EngenderWritingQ.
I post often to various writing hashtags, which are variously called games, prompts, or challenges: #pennedPossibilities, #wordWeavers, #ScribesAndMakers, #writever, and #writersCoffeeClub,
If you become confused about my gender, that's intentional. I write gender fiction, so if I revealed mine, it would add subtext to my stories. If you know or learn it, please keep it to yourself. Thanks!
#ActuallyAutistic, which explains how I can overly focus, seem obtuse, or end up running down rabbit holes. No worries. It's actually a superpower.
This link leads to a list of shorter stories I've written to post exclusively on Mastodon (#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic). I retain the copyright on those stories.
https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/110470537747067765
I'm building a network of authors by entertaining you, and by sharing what I've learned through decades of doing it the hard way. My motto: There Shall Be Content! I want to help our writing community by helping authors overcome what keeps them from completing stories. I'm learning self-publishing as a business. I want to push back the loneliness that's part and parcel of this solitary profession.
I follow serious authors, which means people diligently writing or working at completing stories or articles or anything containing words with the intent to publish, whether that's #fiction, #nonfiction, #scripts, #comics or #manga, or #games. I will read your profile to check for content before following. You need not courtesy follow in return for a follow.
I boost posts that announce authors' work and publications. I want my followers (largely artists, authors, and photographers) to see your work. We're all creatives here, trying to be professional. Everyone needs to promote their work; I want to help you. Don't repeat too often. Since I follow so many people, my timeline is full. Don't feel bad if I miss something. Private mention @sfwtr@eldritch.cafe!
I'll follow an #artist upon seeing interesting artwork, #photography or hand-drawn/painted #art. I am partial to #charcoals and #pastel, appreciate #sketch art, but love #watercolor. If wowed, I'll discuss what's great in reply, or #critique if you're close and I I can help. I commission cover and interstitial art. I do fine art photography and some wedding and event photography.
Life and Everything Else: I have a weird sense of humor, which follows since many of my characters are snide and cynical.
Favorites: My clicking the favorite button means something caught my attention, was particularly apropos to the idea, was entertaining, or somehow pithy. If I reply to your post, I've definitely noticed something!
Hot Buttons: Feminist issues are my bread and butter. So too labor issues, like jobs being automated out of existence without ensuring former employees can support themselves. If you want to use #genAI, #chatGPT, or AI to replace writers or artists, or jobs, you're barking up the wrong tree, buster! I post those road apples under #theComingLaborApocalypse.
I believe Boosting is Sharing. I appreciate when people boost my posts when they affect them.
#introduction Hi everyone, I joined a while ago, but didn’t give it much a go, but want to now. All other social media pisses me off. I’m active in #Druidry with #OBOD Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids I #read a pretty wide genre of #books - both #fiction and #nonfiction . I’m from #uk but now live in #tasmania #australia. I’m a retired #mentalhealth #nurse and keen at #photography - pictures to follow. @chestas (my husband) and I both love to #travel
Alright, here it is:
#PolymathReadingChallenge 2025
Read 12 #NONFICTION books
Rules:
- you can read them in any order
- (auto)biographies count
- write a review of each (here or on Bookwyrm)
- use the # when posting about the challenge
Categories: See next toot in this thread.
Everyone gets their 12th category randomly through WikiRoulette. If you want to take part, respond to this thread and I'll give you one.
Feel free to use # for recommendations
Did you know that I wrote a piece on the Norse god #Odin and his connection to #Yule and the rumours that he is the real #FatherChristmas?
https://eroticmythology.com/yule-odin-santa-claus?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Hello. I'm new here, and loving it. I'm a #writer, author of "470" (#ClimateFiction) published by Melliodora Publishing, and "The Permaculture Home Garden" published by Penguin. I live on Gumbaynggirr country in NSW Australia. I blog and write #nonfiction and #novels about #permaculture, #cooking (from scratch from the #garden), #climatecrisis, #resiliance. I lived #offgrid, rural, #IntentionalCommunity for nearly 40 years, now doing a #retrosuburbia challenge. Also interest in #CovidScience.
In 2025 I am renewing my resolution to listen to long-form #journalism and audio #nonfiction to the exclusion of avoidable #news.
I live in the north of #sweden , work in #IT, love #remotework done right. The more I know about #data and engineering management, the more I forget.
Curious about #sewing, #arthistory, #permaculture, #math, #cocktails, and any kind of real-life skill.
Like to pick things up and put them back down (also known as #weightlifting).
Love to read #nonfiction.
I haven't been on any kind of social media for 10 years. But posts about Mastodon make it seem different by design, so, hi.
❗❗❗ INCOMING: a book announcement ❗❗❗
This is going to turn out either frabjously amazeballs or utterly disastrous.
https://courtcan.com/2024/09/26/incoming-a-book-announcement/
#AppetiteForParadox #WIP #PeterRollins #pyrotheology #WritingCommunity #nonfiction #MyNextRead #philosophy #theology #DeathOfGodTheology #AtheismForLent #theism #atheism #christianity #faith #doubt
Hundreds injured by booby-trapped pagers exploding in Lebanon in the hands of Hezbollah targets. This is not an operation that happens without a huge web of collaborators being involved.
My 2023 book 'We Are All Targets' covers the moment the CIA, IBM & Yugoslav tech firms teamed up to make the USSR's computers explode simultaneously.
#lebanon #hezbollah #espionage #cyberwar #cybersecurity #wearealltargets #middleeast #history #books #nonfiction #cia #computer_history #coldwar
periodic reintroduction (boosts welcome)
freelance editor, proofreader, summariser, text wrangler, html whittler, veloci-redactor… commissions or piecework
#folklore #folktales (especially ATU 505 grateful dead and alloyed motifs), myths, legends, shaggy dog stories #fiction #nonfiction technical and user manuals #transcription
I am accepting new coaching clients!
If you are a writer, aspiring author, or just someone who uses writing in their work and you want to *improve your writing,* please contact me. I would love to help you reach your goals.
My specialties are memoir, self-help, true crime, and adult genre fiction (thriller, mystery, soft sci-fi/fantasy, historical, women's fiction).
No romance or horror.
#Writers #WritingCommunity #coach #coaching #books #essays #fiction #nonfiction
Time for a new #Introduction since I've been here for a while now.
Hidey-ho folks! It's so nice to meet everyone. I am a person. I live on Earth. I love #Music #Guitar #Art #Photography #Books #Fiction and #NonFiction #Movies #USPolitics and #News. I'm a #Progressive who is an #Ally for #LGBTQIA and #BIPOC.
I work in #MentalHealth but I don't talk shop much. I will toot about whatever crosses my mind in the moment. Sometimes I swear because I'm an old sailor.
I wish for whirled peas. 😆
It's Spring Cleaning season, and there seem to be many new users joining the Fediverse, so it's time to update my pinned #introduction toots, which go back to 2018 when I joined Mastodon.
I have a BA in #English and enjoy #writing and #editing. I #blog, do a little #freelance writing, and enjoy #reading #nonfiction.
My professional career has been spent providing #administrative support to #nonprofits. I am also a serial #volunteer.
I am looking for #academia and #nonfiction #authors and #scicomm people who want to do some AMA-style events on Lemmy. The few I ran on Reddit were fun, and it makes an excellent opportunity for public outreach as people feel comfortable in an informal space, ECRs especially. These are great if you have a paper you want to rizz too. It's a good outreach thing; I always think 1:1 talking to people is the most successful and impactful. @phdstudents @academicchatter
"An epistemology of defensiveness is when you disturb nature and then try to grasp how it responds. An epistemology of vulnerability, on the other hand, is when you let nature disturb _you_, and then try to understand _yourself_."
A little update of my 2 page #essay , "An Epistemology of Vulnerability", published at: https://write.as/philosophy-with-amici/an-epistemology-of-vulnerability
#Blog #NonFiction made with #WriteFreely
I'm a software engineer currently working in the #DevOp space.
Being #ThirdCultureIndivdual means I spent my early childhood in Hong Kong, then high school/college years in the UK. Have been living and working in the US since 2001 and now have 2 #ThirdCultureKid myself.
I try to maintain fitness with road #cycling and #mtb. Love #NonFiction and #scifi TV/movies and hate most (if not all) #fiction.
Care deeply about #climatechange and #environment.
#introduction Hi I'm Richard and I'm looking for a new type of social media. Something akin to the blogosphere in 2004. I'm an old-school tech blogger, started a site called ReadWriteWeb in 2003 and then chronicled the Web 2.0 era on it.
I'm currently writing a book (#nonfiction #techhistory); at least 500 words per day, usually very early in the morning.
I'm a #type1diabetic #T1D
My current interests:
#webdev
#AI
#fediverse
#webhistory
#80sMusic
A little about me.
Dad of 2 kidults and a teenager.
Priviledged to live on beautiful #Kaurna country south of #Adelaide #SouthAustralia.
Read mostly #nonfiction. Play keyboard, #bass and #doublebass. Design and build musical instruments and #electronics. Fix stuff to prevent it going to landfill #upcycling
Have had five different careers - urban planning, management consulting, #environmental consulting, overseas development, and #economic development. Have lived in three continents. Apparently I got bored easily.
Was once conscripted in a civil #war. I survived by being deliberately useless at everything I was told to do. Learned firsthand how terrible and ridiculous war is.
I am eternally grateful for all these things.
It's 🍌 National Cat Lady Day!
#cats #catlady #nonfiction #5minuteread
Please take a moment to read my latest piece, Do Cat Ladies Dream of Kitten Progeny?
https://dianemartingutel.com/do-cat-ladies-dream-of-kitten-progeny/
Long and Short Reviews is looking for more book, tv show, and film reviewers in almost any genre you can think of.
They have hundreds of stories waiting to be reviewed.
This link will help you sign up: https://www.longandshortreviews.com/become-a-reviewer/
Please boost. 📚
#Volunteer #ReadingCommunity #ReadersOfMastodon #Review #Bookstodon #Romance #HorrorCommunity #YoungAdult #NonFiction #Mystery #Fantasy #ScienceFiction #PictureBooks #Filmastodon
#FilmMastodon #Television
A late #Introduction. I’m a west coast Canadian enjoying life w/ my badass wife @britt
• #React #Javascript is my jam
• #cinephile, #film addict
• #Writer, #prose, & flash creative #nonfiction
• #academic, #Philosophy, #History, #ClassicalAntiquity
• #exvangelical w/ a M.A in Spiritual #Theology
• #Atheist & lean #Zen #Buddhism
I love #Gaming and take #virtualPhotography
#ffxiv, #worldofwarcraft, #StardewValley, #ACNH, #CoD, #Halo, #Overwatch2 and many more.
I will post a lot of our #cat
New(ish) #introduction after server move. #Writer who's had an agent since about 465 BC, but still no #publishing deal. 😩 Have mainly written contemporary #YAFiction. Current #WIP is #YA #NonFiction (may be crap - honestly no idea!). I work in #education - role involves helping #YoungPeople, #SocialJustice, and #careers. Other than what's in my profile, I like #gigs in dingy venues and #running by canals. Also a reformed #yoga teacher and reformed #raver. Born in #London and oddly, still here.
