Great piece by Ilana Masad on making art and marketing it:
#books #booksky #writing #writersofmastodon #WritingCommunity #bookstodon @bookstodon
https://electricliterature.com/artists-shouldnt-need-to-become-content-creators-to-get-fair-pay/
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“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
Carl Jung
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JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN (😭), my latest review went up at Grimdark Magazine. Joe R. Lansdale totally is your favorite horror writer’s favorite horror writer, and this is a solid retrospective.
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-the-essential-horror-of-joe-r-lansdale-by-joe-r-lansdale/
In The Defense, Nabokov’s language is, as always, rich, sharp, and full of vivid imagery and wordplay.
The characters, however, feel strangely soulless and do not inspire sympathy. It even seems that the author treats them with a kind of superiority bordering on contempt.
#Nabokov #TheDefense #books #reading #bookreview #book #bookstodon @bookstodon #literature #novel #booksky #amreading #chess #readingcommunity #BookTok #Bookwyrm #bookish #booklovers #readers #review
Finished reading Atomic Habits by James Clear.
A very practical book for anyone who wants to change something in their life or move closer to a goal.
The ideas are simple, clear, and easy to apply. Some of them I was already using intuitively, but a few insights felt genuinely fresh — and definitely worth much more than the time spent reading the book.
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Niccolo Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 – June 21, 1527) wrote The Prince after prison, torture, and exile, with the cold clarity of someone who had seen power from the inside.
This is not just a book about rulers but about fear, ambition, loyalty, betrayal, and the dangerous people who believe they are born to command others.
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Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks.
James Clear
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Dear #fediverse, please send more readers my way.
I’d love to connect with more people who read books, post about #books, write #reviews, share #recommendations, and enjoy thoughtful conversations about #literature.
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Keep good company,
Read good books,
Love good things,
and cultivate soul and body
as faithfully and wisely as I can.
Louisa May Alcott
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“Our heart is a treasury; if you pour out all its wealth at once, you are bankrupt.”
Honore de #Balzac
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Don't Panic!
Remember, you are safe in this Galaxy, as long as you know exactly where your towel is.
Happy Towel Day!
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Chapters 27 and 28 of "A New Faith" are up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats
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Summer Solstice/Midsummer/Litha is a lovely time to enjoy the outdoors & read a Witchy book.
For example, this one involving a talking sarcastic cat and a cross-dressing witch.
Witch's Familiar & Whimsical Stories:
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Reading for pleasure in childhood may shape later development in remarkable ways.
A recent large-scale study found associations between early pleasure reading and better cognitive performance, improved mental well-being, and even differences in brain structure in adolescence.
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I reviewed Old Moon Quarterly Volume 7 for Grimdark Magazine!
Another strong collection of short fiction from the “Soulsborne” dark fantasy specialists.
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-old-moon-quarterly-vol-7/
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Both the first and second book of the Desolation saga will be available on my new Kickstarter, at a discount. Jump on in to the series critics are calling: "exciting and multifaceted", "Fun, thrilling and sharp" & "imaginative and fast-paced".
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dharrigon/desolation-keep-your-imaginary-friends-close
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Lots of interesting things too find, re-find, and find again in this one...
"If everybody minded their own business," said the Duchess in a hoarse growl, "the world would go around a great deal faster than it does."
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Happy #Caturday!
T.S. Eliot's 1939 collection of whimsical light poems, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, is entirely dedicated to felines and served as the basis for the musical Cats.
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Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are on the uptick. Here’s the latest list of scammers:David Warteno <davidwarteno@gmail.com>Wordsmith & Writers <wixhelpspecialist@gmail.com>#bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #booksky
What happens in the brain when we read #books?
In an fMRI study, #reading a #novel was associated with measurable changes in resting-state brain connectivity, with some effects persisting for several days.
A good #book does not just pass through us — for a while, it may actually change how the #brain is functioning.
Source: Short- and long-term effects of a novel on connectivity in the brain.
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Ender’s Game is a brilliant #ScienceFiction about relationships - brothers and sisters, children and adults, group dynamics… and #loneliness
A war that begins because they cannot simply talk to each other.
And love for the enemy, without which true victory is impossible.
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My review of Conan: Cult of the Obsidian Moon by James Lovegrove just went up at Grimdark Magazine!
This book has a meandering start, but a thunderous conclusion, and a healthy dose of cosmic horror along the way.
(As always, boosts are appreciated!)
https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-conan-cult-of-the-obsidian-moon-by-james-lovegrove/
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2025 Nobel Prize winner, Laszlo Krasznahorkai writes about collapse, fear, absurdity, and the strange comedy of human behavior when the world feels close to breaking apart.
His novels are famous for their long hypnotic sentences.
A perfect place to start is Satantango or The Melancholy of Resistance.
#books #writers #reading #Krasznahorkai #nobelprize #literature #book #bookstodon @bookstodon #booksky #BookTok #booklovers #bookish #absurdity #novel #satantango #melancholy
Books may do more than entertain us.
A large study using Health and Retirement Study data found that people who read #books had a survival advantage compared with non-book #readers, even after adjusting for factors like age, #education, health, and wealth.
Strong evidence that #reading is associated with living better and longer.
Source: A chapter a day: Association of book reading with #longevity.
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#Reading can support mental health too.
A systematic review of randomized clinical trials found that #bibliotherapy (structured reading used in treatment) can reduce depressive symptoms and may have lasting benefits.
#Books are not a replacement for care when someone needs help, but they can be a real part of healing.
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