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Did you know you could work with me? Ayup. Life coach, speaker, media consultant:

Learn more and book your free consultation here:

https://linktr.ee/mckra1g

#FediHire #Coaching #speaking #author #writer #Happiness #Mindset #goals

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ShopTalk: I've tried to explain to AT&T that my Mastodon account is a public service, but have been thus far unsuccessful in convincing them to provide my internet service at no cost. If you enjoy my photography, poetry, writings, content curation, fairy updates etc., please consider buying a book, booking a coaching session or buying me a coffee. Deets at the link. Thank you!

https://linktr.ee/mckra1g

#FediShop #writer #writing #author #haiku #poetry #coffee #wine #FaerieManager #blog #books

Woman holding a cardboard sign that reads, "Will toot for food* (*or rent, or wine, or internet service, etc). Linktree link in post. Thank you!

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THE BEAUTIFUL RIVER: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE OHIO RIVER

This new book from one of our editors documents the history, industry and pollution of the Ohio River.

#Ohio #Pittsburgh #Cincinnati #OhioRiver #ClimateChange #Pollution #Books #Author #Journalism #Illinois #Conservation #History

https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-River-Complete-History-Ohio/dp/B0D6N46CG2/

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Getting swag and stuff ready for my Happy For No Reason® presentation next week (July 16th) at the Crest Hill Branch of the White Oak Library District. The topic is “Happiness At A Cellular Level.” I’ll be sharing science-based tips and techniques designed to boost your happiness. It’s free to attend, but registration is required. Info at the link:

https://whiteoak.librarycalendar.com/event/happiness-cellular-level-2524

#happiness #speaker #HFNR #library #chicago #mindset #mentalHealth #author #stress #wellness #SelfCare #SelfHelp

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In addition to dashing off assorted hot takes about politics, the rise of Fascism, gardening, foodie stuff, and the faeries who live in my tree, you can also book a FREE ClarityCall™️, buy a book or hire me to speak:

https://linktr.ee/mckra1g

#life #books #author #writing #blog #FaerieManager

Various positive reviews of my book, Circuit Train Your Brain.

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Like my toots? You’ll love my book. Just got my royalty payment notification today. As always, I’m humbled & grateful that y’all exchange 💵 for my 💭s

https://a.co/d/5ZVkk3J

#Gratitude #author #books #LifeHacks #SelfCare #Happiness #MentalHealth #LongCovid #covid

Branded art of my book Circuit Train Your Brain that displays a quote from a review. It reads, "My life has been a slow downward spiral, and I had been losing hope. This guide has helped me regain some of my spark …this book is a candle in the dark.” — Dan

At the right edge of the panel, there is an art element of my book. The border is a grey rectangle with two quote marks anchoring the top left and lower right of the image.

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I've just finished the first stage of a more long-term project, which has produced an audiobook version of the prologue and first two chapters of Troll Song.

If you enjoy this sample, you can learn more about the novel from my website: https://owentyme.us/books/wizards-scion/troll-song.html

This was achieved with an open source neural network text to speech synthesizer named Piper: https://github.com/rhasspy/piper

#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction #ai

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The Ebook of The Inverted Glass is now available for purchase! This is the fifth and final volume of my science-fantasy series, The Wizard's Scion.

Read more on my website: https://owentyme.us/books/wizards-scion/the-inverted-glass.html

Or go straight to the store links: https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass

#author #indieauthor #books #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction

The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

An hourglass with white sand in the top, partially covering a black humanoid figure, while the bottom has black sand and a white humanoid figure.

The hourglass supports a balance arm and a pair of scales weighing a heart against a feather.

The background shows a view of a purple and pink nebula, in space.

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**‘[i’m] more than ever convinced of the necessity for social revolution.'**
#art #history: anti-fash author & all round superb goth babe, ethel mannin, was born #otd in 1900. if you fancy a fuller argument about why she's worth your time, see thread below.
#ethelMannin #author #socialist #antifascist #writer #literature #illustration #shrewsburyFC

digital ink illustration of antifascist, socialist writer, ethel mannin.
ethel's looking quite bauhaus here, her hair parted straight down the centre & combed smoothly over her ears & gathered behind her head. she rests her chin in her hand. the background is an abstract deco graphich of semi-circles, jutting angles & lines.
colours are pale peach, black & crimson.

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It's LIVE! HUZZAH and HALLELOO!

Please join me at the FutureU Self Care Summit, scheduled for TUE, January 7, 2025. In addition to traditional self care topics, we're including financial/worthiness breakout sessions and the impact of mis/undiagnosed #ADHD in women, as it relates to goal setting and personal fulfillment. We'll have an in-person & digital version available. Deets and 50% early bird pricing here:

https://meetfutureu.com/

#books #MentalHealth #finance #health #life #author #books

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There's now an audio teaser for She Hunts Demons on my website that includes the prologue and first five chapters of the book.

You can learn more about the novel on my website: https://owentyme.us/books/ashen-blades/she-hunts-demons.html

This was achieved with an open source neural network text to speech synthesizer named Piper: https://github.com/rhasspy/piper

#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction #ai

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I started a new project titled 'Starwitch'.

It's about three sisters that launched themselves into space with magic. The novel has been named for the ship itself. The setting will be primarily fantasy, though with some minor scientific elements, mostly in the form of mathematics and orbital dynamics.

I intend to publish as an episodic web series, then as a novel, so keep an eye out for details.

https://owentyme.us/books/starwitch/index.html

#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction #wip

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My first fictional story. There are no physical descriptions or names so as to allow our minds to fill in those details based on our own experiences from our own cultural, racial, and religious backgrounds. What image did your mind create of the couple? Did certain people come to mind?

#shortstories #writing #author

https://philpetree.com/slinging-mud

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Jackson Allen – Indie creator of Hard SF stories in the PNW. Kitty rescuer. #GSBCW guy. Readers who appreciate authentic stories and unique perspectives call my stories 'Cory Doctorow meets James S.A. Corey.' #scifi #author #amquerying #MikeSierraEcho #Introduction

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The fifth and final volume of The Wizard's Scion, The Inverted Glass, is now available for pre-order as an Ebook!

Read more on my blog: https://owentyme.us/blog/available-for-pre-order-the-inverted-glass.html

Or go straight to the store links: https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass

#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction

An hourglass with white sand in the top, partially covering a black humanoid figure, while the bottom has black sand and a white humanoid figure.

The hourglass supports a balance arm and a pair of scales weighing a heart against a feather.

The background shows a view of a purple and pink nebula, in space.

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#lispyGopherClimate With #guests?! If everythink works. https://archives.anonradio.net/202412040000_screwtape.mp3 #archived wonderful show everyone!

#climate #haiku by @kentpitman

Hopefully @sacha will tell us about the #emacs #emacsconf this weekend!

+ #webcomic #author, @shizamura https://sarilho.net/en/ ? emacs-people = alien-robot-people?

Also #lisp emacs, I want to talk about porting #ZWEI like Kent did ^ https://tumbleweed.nu/r/sys/dir?ci=tip @amszmidt

#unix_surrealism @prahou

#lambdaMOO too!

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Calling All Authors - The 2024 Winter Blogfest Is Open for Submissions! https://lydiaschoch.com/calling-all-authors-the-2024-winter-blogfest-is-open-for-submissions/

#WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #GuestPost #Bookstodon #Author #Blogging #Winter #LongAndShortReviews #AuthorsOfMastodon

A dark blue banner with white snowflakes gently falling from the top portion of it. The blue gradually grows lighter, too, as your eye scans to the bottom of the banner. The text reads” Long and Short Reviews Winter Blogfest. A Prize on Every Post. December 23-27, 2024. www.longandshortreviews.com

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Wrath of the Sky, the second volume of Sky Children, is available for purchase in both Ebook and in print!

You can learn more at my website:
https://owentyme.us/books/sky-children/wrath-of-the-sky.html

Or go straight to the store links:
https://books2read.com/WrathOfTheSky

#author #indieauthor #books #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction

The cover of Wrath of the Sky, by Owen Tyme.

The background is black and the foreground features a flaming planet that resembles Earth.

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Just finished creating cover designs for the 12 days promo Christine and I are launching on DEC 20th. We're offering 12 days of free downloads, ranging from energy audits, mindfulness exercises, manifesting, sales/business playbooks AND MORE. The retail value of the offerings ranges from $97-$497 each.

Want to learn more? Register for free:

https://meetfutureu.com/sign-up-for-futureu-updates/

#life #selfCare #mentalHealth #ADHD #author #writing #books

Branded art for FutureU Co-Lab group coaching 12 days of Christmas offerings. Various covers of the free courses are arranged, with a person standing at the left of frame “holding” one of covers. Topics range from reframing mindset, managing uncertainty, profitability, week at a glance, intentions and creating a vision board.

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The Ebook of Sky Children is now available for purchase! Print copies will be available on Friday, January 3rd!

You can learn more at my website:
https://owentyme.us/books/sky-children/sky-children.html

Or go straight to the store links:
https://books2read.com/SkyChildren

#author #indieauthor #books #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction

The cover of the novel Sky Children, by Owen Tyme.

The cover shows the dark silhouette of a man against a night sky consisting of a view of the Milky Way, in more stunning detail than it's usually seen.

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The Inverted Glass is now available in print! This is the fifth and final volume of my science-fantasy series, The Wizard's scion.

Read more on my website: https://owentyme.us/books/wizards-scion/the-inverted-glass.html

Or go straight to the store links: https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass

#author #indieauthor #books #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction

(Left)The cover of The Inverted Glass, by Owen Tyme.

An hourglass with white sand in the top, partially covering a black humanoid figure, while the bottom has black sand and a white humanoid figure.

The hourglass supports a balance arm and a pair of scales weighing a heart against a feather.

The background shows a view of a purple and pink nebula, in space.

(Right)The following text:

She sacrificed her life,
To save everyone from strife.
Feather against the heart,
Not knowing does really smart.

The necromancer calls,
And it really galls.
Dead, but not forgotten,
She thinks the necromancer’s rotten.

Judgment day delayed,
So she could use her blade.
In agony of soul,
Good or evil is this troll?

(Bottom)This line of text: https://books2read.com/TheInvertedGlass

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Sky Children, the first volume of the prequel series to The Wizard's Scion, is available for purchase!

You can learn more at my website:
https://owentyme.us/books/sky-children/sky-children.html

Or go straight to the store links:
https://books2read.com/SkyChildren

#author #indieauthor #books #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction

(Left) The cover of the novel Sky Children, by Owen Tyme.

The cover shows the dark silhouette of a man against a night sky consisting of a view of the Milky Way, in more stunning detail than it's usually seen.

(Right) A poem, followed by Owen Tyme's publishing mark (the yin-yan symbl with the dots replaced by hourglasses):

Chariots from the sky,
To the ground they fly,
Neither angels nor gods,
Against them, are the odds.

The virus in the ground,
Leads to magic being found,
Secret long concealed,
Draws attention from far afield.

Warships overhead,
Bearing warheads most dread,
The government’s ire,
May lead to nuclear fire.

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Season one of The Book of Newts, titled Starwitch, is currently being published on #RoyalRoad and #Wattpad

You can learn more on my website:
https://owentyme.us/books/book-of-newts/starwitch.html

Or go straight to reading:
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/102509/the-book-of-newts
https://www.wattpad.com/story/386378071-starwitch

#author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #scifi #sciencefiction #actionadventure #fiction #webseries

(Left) The cover of Starwitch, by Owen Tyme.

In the background is a red, orange and white nebula, as photographed by the James Webb Space Telescope.

In the foreground is a line drawing of a red spotted newt, in white. The lines of the newt are outlined in black, to help it stand out.

(Right) A poem:

Through prejudice and being feared,
The way injustice appeared,
No welcome, no home,
Three witches forced to roam.

A new home for they,
In a country they hope to stay,
But no home is it,
The gilded cage doesn’t fit.

To the stars they fly,
To their world they say, ‘Goodbye!’
Good riddance to prejudice and lies,
But strife hides behind a guise.

No place of peace,
Where does this journey cease?
Will the Queen their souls consume,
Or will they give her doom?

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Volume four of Ashen Blades, titled She Seeks Peace, is now available for purchase!

You can learn more at my website:
https://owentyme.us/books/ashen-blades/she-seeks-peace.html

Or go straight for the store links:
https://books2read.com/SheSeeksPeace

#author #books #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #actionadventure #fiction

(Left) The cover of She Seeks Peace, by Owen Tyme.

The background is a snow-capped, craggy mountain with green, grassy hills at its base, which include yellow and blue flowers.

The foreground is dominated by the round symbol for peace, in gold. Along the bottom of it are two olive branches. At the top is a dove in flight. Arranged on the lower three spokes of it are three figures based on the AIGA symbol for a woman. The figure on the right is blue. The one in the middle is a very dark gray, bordering on black, which includes a top hat. The figure on the left is red and it has horns, like a demon.

(Right) A poem:

Mountain top to ocean deep,
She seeks peace to weep,
Desert sands to icy snows,
And an aching that ever grows.

Friends and spirits in the way,
Demons also, in their day,
Peace and quiet, never known,
And she’s tired to the bone.

Squirrel follows and gives chase,
Always showing his true face,
Bearing unwanted gift,
Forcing a position shift.

The little child shall lead,
From grief she’ll be freed,
To move in forward time,
And feel peace sublime.

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“If sci-fi was a planet, Inkican would be its ambassador.” Fast food for thought. Middle-grade sci-fi author seeking like-minded adventurers who love unique stories and cats. Let's discuss the multiverse over coffee and rescue kittens.

https://inkican.com/about/

#Introduction #Scifi #GSBCW #author

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