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RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 613 — How do you feel about the world or universe you’ve created within your WIP? Are you satisfied with it thus far?</blockquote>Remember. You asked...How do I feel about the world itself? Like I stepped in a cesspool up to my knees!Most nations are theocracies, with oligarchs ascendant fighting one another. It's a full extrapolation of post Jan 20th 2025, stabilized with the needle at religio-fascist, by those who preferred stable to bat-shit crazy, and taken 50 to 150 years into the future. (I haven't decided the timeline, yet.) The initials E.M. in EM Mars Colonizations Corp stand for what you think it does, complete with very cute silvery Heinlein spaceships misnomered as Starships. The main character is shanghaied to Mars as a colonist (one added to a population of 10,000) on the last ship making the passage as EM goes bankrupt. All her life, May Ri struggled not to be completely nothing, destined by her gender to barely have agency, valued mostly because she could bare sons. Now she must master living on Mars, with its corporate frontier rules.There's a reason Mars Needed Women (the title), but the story I'm telling has "Need" in the past tense. Men die disproportionately more often than the women in Mars Space, and when the corporate power structure begins to crumble, May Ri has to fight harder for survival. She, however, isn't interested in keeping the status quo. Neither is all her sister colonists, nor all the first generation (nisei) Martians who have all been raised by only their mothers.I'm really satisfied with how the story I'm writing works within this universe. It's feminist to the core. It questions gender roles. It tars patriarchy as ruining the lives of women AND men. It's coming together, gonzo pantser style. Just wrote the 14th installment of 31. I've 8 of the remaining 17 planned. The reader should be starting to see that May Ri is as ruthless as those in power (the men, of course), but with a female twist. She hates being used, but she likes men (finds them fun) and wishes they'd quit with the power-dominance-shit. She hates seeing other women being hurt, and she's the type of person, given the chance, ceases opportunities and makes solutions. When she has four daughters to protect against the Earthers, it becomes very real.I'm posting all installments on Mastodon thru the month of March on a single thread. To keep up with the story, follow this hashtag: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSMarsNeededWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSMarsNeededWomen</a>.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a>

LeanpubNew 📚 Release! The Chronicles of Hidden Clues: Mysteries of 3 cases by Tanmoy SarkarThree Mysteries. Countless Clues. One Brilliant Mind.Find it on Leanpub!Link: <a href="https://leanpub.com/thechroniclesofhiddenclues" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leanpub.com/thechroniclesofhiddenclues</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebooks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newreleases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#newreleases</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2503.13 — Are you mindful of your readers’ expectations? How so?</blockquote>How flapping timely! Analyzing when I run into a hitch in my writing pace—like today, again—it is this. EXACTLY. So, listen carefully to what I'm going to 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.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

Bradley Bravard"I imagined a different life - one where I spent my days outside, close to the earth, observing the serene movements of ladybugs. I wanted to notice the world - really notice it. To be arrested by it and conquered by it, and then I wanted to write a slim paperback that teenagers carried in their back pockets as they did drugs in the forest, trying to figure out what to do with their lives." -The Red-Headed Pilgrim by Kevin Maloney<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

John BullBeen a while since I posted an extract from the current novel in (slow) progress. So here you go.On prejudice, people and finding perfection in imperfection.Full read if you click the link. Let me know what you think.(Don't tell me about typos or grammar though. Early draft innit. They're inevitable) <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://authory.com/JohnBull/People-are-people-a2fa526dcdfe74aa29d1fc0f1e98fe549" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://authory.com/JohnBull/People-are-people-a2fa526dcdfe74aa29d1fc0f1e98fe549</a>

Christina Anne Hawthorne<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 13 Self-PromotionKovenlore Chronicles is a 7-novel <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adventure</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/romantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romantasy</a> series, Riparia Dellbane the unlikely heroine pulled into helping save dystopian Carrdia. There’s elaborate worldbuilding & a diverse cast.All 7 novels (plus 2 novellas) are already written.The 1st book in the series, Trust in the Forgotten, is published, the sequel coming in late spring. Currently on Amazon, it’ll eventually go wide.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmWriting</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/FantasyFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FantasyFiction</a>

Steven CudahyThe <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> for Thursday 13 March 2025 is:<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ornery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ornery</a>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoPrompt</a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicroFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallStories</a>

Holland House BooksHamza Koudri, whose historical fiction novel Sand Roses (Island Prize runner up 2022)went on tour last summer across Africa to the UK, shares his favourite reads in bite-sized portions....<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookchat</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcasts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookshelf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookshelf</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/favreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#favreads</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@hhousebooks/video/7480946305062227222" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@hhousebooks/video/7480946305062227222</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2503.12 — Happy Plant a Flower Day! What rôle does nature take in your stories?</blockquote>How would you describe a ruined world from the 1st person POV of people who have always lived in said world and find it normal? In the Reluctance series, nature is a very important background character whose words don't always match up with the reader's understanding of how their world works. [Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sf</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordWeavers</a> 2503.13 — If your MC was a music genre, what genre would they be?</blockquote>If I can choose my DJ MC, I'd say electronica, house, and progressive. In hero mode, orchestral on the order of Flight of the Valkyries. [Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 612 — Has your SC ever snooped in a friend or partner’s house?</blockquote>For the current crop of SCs, either there isn't enough depth of character revealed to know, or they've never had the opportunity—that is, either a friend or partner they'd want to know more about. This question for the MCs would be far more interesting. [Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennedPossibilities</a> 611 — Have you ever been able to relate to your antagonist / villain? If the answer is yes, then how so? </blockquote>Almost always yes. I like to examine evil and show how easy it is to fall into being a bad person—how for just a few decisions, things can go bad and you might not even realize it. The main series antagonist is certainly someone everyone would want to know, and never suspecting she's so dangerous. She's loving. She teaches people and fixes a nationful of problems. She loves tea parties and starts wars. Even the Doña was likable, motherly in a no nonsense way, being surprisingly supportive sometimes—like warning the MC away from a pop singer the MC had an eye on. She doesn't want to castrate the guy for treating the MC badly the way he's done other women. While the Doña is bad, she's also amassing power to redress a genocide the main series antagonist allegedly committed. Well, she's not entirely wrong that it happened... I've one sociopathic villainous prizefighter who becomes progressively more extreme throughout the story and I can't relate to him. He's a misogynist and a racist, but I can somewhat relate to his awful handler. That woman's sympathetic backstory has her scrabbling to survive, succeeding when she finds the right guy before losing her boyfriend to the MC (really, to her jealous stupidity in picking a knife fight with the MC). She's had a bad life, and ends up working schismatic elements in the mob to try to bring down the MC, and the Doña who sees the MC as an ultimate weapon. The handler is poor at choosing her agents, however. Tenacious. Doesn't end well. In another story, there's a Rasputin character who is repeatedly manipulated and conned into being as evil as she is. She's put faith in the wrong man, but is certain in her heart it's the right thing to do, that she's doing good. Throughout the trilogy, his actions test her faith until she sides with the MC. She redeems herself, but only in the eyes of the MC as some acts people can't forget. She's a study in forgiveness. [Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a>

Julia S.DEVASTATINGLY BLEAK, POETIC work of profound horror is a brutal, beautifully crafted exploration of the depths of the human heart. Not for everyone, but for those willing to look into the abysses of our nature, it’s powerful as hell. A MINUS<a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/at-dark-i-become-loathsome-eric-larocca/1145183531?ean=9798212179027&aug=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/at-dark-i-become-loathsome-eric-larocca/1145183531?ean=9798212179027&aug=1</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#book</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreviews</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novels</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#horror</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/thriller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thriller</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/thrillers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thrillers</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supernatural</a>

Jim KaneBook Review #4 for 2025 is Louise Penny's The Long Way Home. The now retired Inspector Gamache is asked to looked for an estrange husband who has not returned home at the agreed to time a year earlier. The journey to find him is not just a geographic journey but a deep journey into the human mind and soul. A ☕☕☕☕ review. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/LouisePenny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LouisePenny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mystery</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/bookreview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a> <a href="https://newsmast.community/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodonmy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodonmy</a>

RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WCC</a> 2503.11 2/2— Do writing challenges spur on your progress?</blockquote>Wandered over to my other alias and found a like for an earlier work: A MxM romance fantasy story. That caused me to check out the comments and read how some readers really loved the story, and liked how my humor and penchant for detail enhanced it. The frustrated MC even cried, "Tu m'emmerdes!" in it when interrupted at a critical moment. Not sure if the French Canadians use the phrase, but the French do.I wrote that story for a Male on Male Romance story contest. I didn't win that one, but I couldn't resist the challenge as the novel I was writing contained two male characters who were definitely more than buddies.So, yes, writing challenges do spur on my progress as an author.[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BoostingIsSharing</a><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romance</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSdiscussion</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSstory</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSReluctanceStory</a>

Dr. Anna LatourSir Terry Pratchett was one of two people who I quoted directly in my dissertation. This line from Feet of Clay was the motto for my introductory chapter:"This is where we’ve filled ourselves up with so many questions that they’re starting to overflow and become answers."It resonated with me, because this is what doing research often feels like for me.<a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GNUTerryPratchett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GNUTerryPratchett</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicChatter</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PhDLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhDLife</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AcademicMastodon</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Discworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Discworld</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DiscworldQuote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DiscworldQuote</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FeetOfClay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FeetOfClay</a>

chris hIf your reading preference is to know “what the hell is going on with this book” before the last pages, then don’t read these novels.<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a>

Robert B. MarksDisney's Snow White is not looking like it's going to have a promising start, but how about an alternative? I adapted Snow White in The Fairy Godmother's Tale, and I think fairy tale fans will enjoy my historical fantasy take on it......and since the book is out right now, no need to wait a couple of weeks to find out...<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF96MZYT" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF96MZYT</a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Godmothers-Tale-Robert-Marks/dp/1927537932" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Fairy-Godmothers-Tale-Robert-Marks/dp/1927537932</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SnowWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SnowWhite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historicalfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historicalfantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fairytales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fairytales</a>

Christopher PateMy review of Out of the Ruins by edited by Preston Grassmann. At my blog: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/fdxcpc8e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/fdxcpc8e</a>. My other reviews at Goodreads: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/3f2ru7n6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/3f2ru7n6</a> and Bookbub: <a href="https://www.bookbub.com/profile/168775498?list=reviews" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bookbub.com/profile/168775498?list=reviews</a>. <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Fiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/speculativefiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speculativefiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sciencefiction?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/postapocalyptic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#postapocalyptic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/haveread?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haveread</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bookreview?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bookreview</a>

Culture | The Guardian USTorrey Peters on life after a hit novel: ‘It had a very chilling effect on my writing’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/12/torrey-peters-stag-dance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/12/torrey-peters-stag-dance</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>+rights <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Transgender</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fiction</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Culture</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a>

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