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**Amber Love** @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social · 3h

Amber Love @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social

Oliver and Guster came up with a list of reasons why a local cat neighbor would leave a body for them to discover. Read it now when you subscribe to patreon.com/amberunmasked
#cats #writers #authors #mystery #CatSky

Collage: against an orange background is a collage of 3 images:
orange and white cat Oliver lying on the highest tier of his cat tower near the ceiling (text above: Oliver); black cat Gus standing up tall staring in the distance at something while on top of a truck parked indoors. (text above: Gus); a grainy black and white security camera image of a cat with tabby markings and white bib walking in front of a woodpile (text above: Cat of Interest)
text: Patreon early access case file patreon.com/amberunmasked

#catsky

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 3h

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

**Mix Mistress Alice** @MixMistressAlice@todon.eu · 9h

Mix Mistress Alice @MixMistressAlice@todon.eu

"New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.

The year is 1986. The city is San Francisco. Here, Martin Hench will invent the forensic accountant — what a bounty hunter is to people, he is to money — but for now he’s an MIT dropout odd-jobbing his way around a city still reeling from the invention of a revolutionary new technology that will change everything about crime forever, one we now take completely for granted.

'Picks And Shovels' is a high-tech crime thriller about the “weird era of PCs” in the early 1980s, when Reaganomics, the tech industry, multilevel marketing, and the AIDS crisis all converged in San Francisco. "—Jacobin

"Picks And Shovels" by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic, with Yanis Varoufakis @VaroufakisDE & David Moscrop @davidmoscrop.com >

https://www.youtube.com/live/xkIDep7Z4LM?feature=shared

YouTubePicks and Shovels by Cory Doctorow, with Yanis Varoufakis & David MoscropBy Jacobin

#podcast #interviews #personal_computer

**Amber Love** @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social · 10h

10h

Amber Love @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social

Ollie and Gus know it was MamaCat Marsh who left the body, but they were left wondering why she did it. Support us at Patreon.com/amberunmasked for early access.
#cats #writers #authors #mystery #CatSky

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3 circular images: orange and white cat Oliver lying on the highest tier of his cat tower near the ceiling; a grainy black and white security camera image of a cat with tabby markings and white bib walking in front of a woodpile; black cat Gus leaning towards the camera while on top of a truck parked indoors.
Text: Oliver and Gus know who left the victim's body, but search for WHY. (bold). patreon.com/amberunmasked

#catsky

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 10h

10h

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

**Jeffrey Harlan** @Harlander@writing.exchange · 11h

11h

Jeffrey Harlan @Harlander@writing.exchange

Donner und Blitzkrieg is today's Deal of the Day at DriveThruFiction! For the next 24 hours, you can get your digital copy for only $1.00 - that's 80% off!
https://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/340849/Donner-und-Blitzkrieg

Cover image of the book Donner und Blitzkrieg: Book One of the Minutemen by Jeffrey Harlan, featuring the silhouette of a superhero over a city skyline with a bolt of lightning passing behind the image

#books #sale #deals

**Strange Seawolf CET** @strangeseawolf@mindly.social · 17h

17h

Strange Seawolf CET @strangeseawolf@mindly.social

Hey #WritingCommunity Did you know that there exists an organisation called Bookshare that makes books accessible for people who have whatever problems to read the written word? I have learned about them from @Fragglemuppet and donated my epub to them.
(They are permitted to do what they are doing by U.S. copyright law because they only make the files available in accessible formats for people who fall under the ADA, but of course, if you donate your files you got a higher chance of bringing your writing to their brains)

https://www.bookshare.org/partner-with-us/authors

www.bookshare.orgAuthors - Bookshare

#authors #selfpublishing #IndieAuthors

**Leanpub** @leanpub@mastodon.social · 2d

Leanpub @leanpub@mastodon.social

The Next Revolution in Book Publishing is Happening Right Now https://leanpub.com/blog/the-next-revolution-in-book-publishing-is-happening-right-now #books #ebooks #bookpublishing #writing #authors

**Different Drummer** @DifferentDrummer@syzito.xyz · 2d

Different Drummer @DifferentDrummer@syzito.xyz

There are two types of #authors.

Those who promote their work by linking to #Amazon.

And those with principles.

**Alan Crawford** @alancrawfordsaid@mastodon.social · 2d *

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Alan Crawford @alancrawfordsaid@mastodon.social

Very Odd Short Stories will be available soon ....
#ShortStories #WritingCommunity #Authors #StrangeStories #eBook #Promotion #OddStories #AlanCrawford

An image of the eBook, Very Odd Short Stories

**L A Stinnett ~ SFF Writer** @lastinnett@mstdn.party · 2d

L A Stinnett ~ SFF Writer @lastinnett@mstdn.party

Cover reveal for my new book coming out May 31, 2025.

Cover title - Howls & Hope. Image of woman and wolf staring at the moon

#writersofmastodon #bookcoverreveal #sff

**Mitzi Szereto** @mitziszereto@mastodon.social · 2d

Mitzi Szereto @mitziszereto@mastodon.social

Chatting about #truecrime on Talk By Turner! Full interview now available to watch on YouTube!

#books #authors #authorinterview #womenwhomurder #podcasts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaIqW89L54

YouTubeThe Intrigue and Ethics of True Crime with Mitzi SzeretoBy TALK by Turner

**Branwen OShea (she/her)** @BranwenOShea@writing.exchange · 2d

Branwen OShea (she/her) @BranwenOShea@writing.exchange

Fuming over this. One of my copyrighted books was stolen and fed into this without my permission. Their company is now worth about one billion, built on the backs of stolen works. And they have the nerve to say our books have no value.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/meta-ai-lawsuit
#books #authors #author #reading #AI #amwriting

An excerpt:
But their defense also hinges on the argument that the individual books themselves are, essentially, worthless-one expert witness for Meta describes that the influence of a single book in LLM pretraining "adjusted its performance by less than 0.06% on industry standard benchmarks, a meaningless change no different from noise." Furthermore, Meta says, that while the company "has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in LLM development," they see no market in paying authors to license their books because "for there to be a market, there must be something of value to exchange, but none of Plaintiffs works has economic value, individually, as training data." (An argument essential to fair use, but that also sounds like a scaled up version of a scenario in which the New York Philharmonic board argues against paying individual members of the orchestra because the organization spent a lot of money on the upkeep of David Geffen Hall, and also, a solo bassoon cannot play every part in "The Rite of Spring.")

**english** @english@unfufadoo.net · 2d

english @english@unfufadoo.net

#english @books #quotes #books #photos #memes #images #words #authors #poets

The image features two children dressed in traditional German attire, standing outdoors on a grassy area. The girl is wearing a dirndl, which consists of a white blouse, a black bodice with floral decorations, a light green skirt, and a red apron. The boy is dressed in Lederhosen, which includes a white shirt, a black vest, a hat with a feather, and knee-high socks. Both children are smiling and appear to be posing for the photo. At the top of the image, there is a text that reads, "NO MATTER HOW KIND YOU ARE." At the bottom, another text states, "GERMAN CHILDREN ARE KINDER." The overall tone of the image seems to be humorous and light-hearted, playing on the double meaning of the word "kind."

**Amber Love** @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social · 2d

Amber Love @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social

Which black bear came out from their slumber first? Read it now when you subscribe to patreon.com/amberunmasked
#wildlife #writers #authors #mystery #bears

"Which bear came out of slumber first?"
Canva graphic of a bear.
Multi color background in earth tones.
Canva illustration of a woman with ponytail in explorer/adventuring gear holding a magnifying glass to her eye.
2 images by Kynaaarts:
orange and white cat wearing glasses reading a book; a black cat dressed like Indiana Jones

#bears

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 2d

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

Which black bear came out from their slumber first? Read it now when you subscribe to patreon.com/amberunmasked
#wildlife #writers #authors #mystery #bears

**Amber Love** @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social · 3d

Amber Love @amberunmasked@pixelfed.social

Patreon backers get early access to the newest case file where Ollie & Gus make a bear discovery. Become a subscriber! patreon.com/amberunmasked #cats #writers #authors #wildlife #CatSky

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3 circular images: black cat Gus sitting outside; black and white blurry photo from a security camera of a bear walking by the house; orange tabby Oliver lying on the highest tier of his cat tower.
Text: Oliver and Gus studied the images of the first bear of the year. Who Was She?
(bold). patreon.com/amberunmasked

#catsky

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 3d

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

Patreon backers get early access to the newest case file where Ollie & Gus make a bear discovery. Become a subscriber! patreon.com/amberunmasked #cats #writers #authors #wildlife #CatSky

**Kevin Klehr** @kevinklehr@aus.social · 3d

Kevin Klehr @kevinklehr@aus.social

A very glossy biopic.
#author #authors #kerouac #books #cinema #film #movies #moviereview #writing
Read this #filmreview at https://kevinklehr.com/2020/05/18/authors-in-cinema-kerouac/

**ElizabethAmberLove** @amberlove@mastodon.social · 3d

ElizabethAmberLove @amberlove@mastodon.social

Which black bear came out from their slumber first? Read it now when you subscribe to patreon.com/amberunmasked
#wildlife #writers #authors #mystery #CatSky

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