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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 11h ago
Happy Beltane, everybody. Today is the third festival celebrated by neopagans and other like-minded people during the Wheel of the Year. Here’re a couple of fun facts you might not be familiar with: Often regarded as a fire festival, people attending walk around or between bonfires and sometimes leap over the flames or embers. At this time, household fires are doused and then relit from the Beltane bonfire. The aos sí (often referred to as spirits or fairies) are thought to be especially active at Beltane and the goal of many Beltane rituals is their appeasement. Many scholars see the aos sí as remnants of the pagan gods and nature spirits of times gone by. At dawn or before sunrise on Beltane, maidens would roll in the dew or wash their faces with it, as morning dew was thought to bring good luck and health. It’s also thought that a man who washed his face with soap and water on Beltane will grow long whiskers on his face. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #How to Succeed… #Author #Novel
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@TudorTweep@mastodonapp.uk · 13h ago
This week on The Write Stuff we are chatting with Mystery Writer Angela Wren who has kindly agreed to share her time with us as we talk about the exciting new addition to her series, where it all began for her as an author, what the best and worst things about writing are, and the vital importance of chocolate to the writing process! #writers #writing #writingcommunity #Author #authors ##mysterywriters https://open.substack.com/pub/lawrenceg/p/the-write-stuff-featuring-mystery?r=2agwdo&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 1d ago
#PennedPossibilities 1001 — Is your MC confident or not? Tell us why. Nathan, my protagonist, was born confident. In some respects you could probably describe him as being a confident trickster rather than a confidence trickster. Vicky, his partner in crime, started off not believing in magic even though she knew her mother was a hereditary witch. When she opens up to the idea in the first book she lacks confidence in her skills and has a tendency to go at like a bull at a gate throwing fireballs around with gusto. As she begins to become more subtle in her use of magic, so her confidence grows but I’ve got a feeling she’s going to end up being over-confident and somewhere down the line it’s going to cause her problems. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@IngridHbn@mastodon.online · 2d ago
📣 Please take note ... #AI #noAI #author #art #writing #creativity #joannamaciejewska #technology #laundry #dishes
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@sophiajanehayden_author@indieauthors.social · 3d ago
I still cry happy tears at the end, and I wrote it. #free #tuesday #bookstodon #mastodon #reading #read #readers #author #authors #writing #writingCommunity #writer #ebooks #ebook
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · 3d ago
A culinary adventure https://thistleandfern.org/p/half-baked-022?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Sarah---Thistle-and-Fern #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author #poetry
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 23, 2026
Measurements in Time https://keiraofthestars.beehiiv.com/p/measurements-in-time?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Keira-of-the-Stars #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author #poetry
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 23, 2026
Kindle certainly doesn’t like to make it easy for authors using their services. I’m in the process of updating the eBook version of How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List to the second edition. As I’ve mentioned before, whilst preparing the Amazon print edition I encountered something weird when I was using cover creator. I was forced to create a new cover as the trim size had been changed to bring it line with the Draft2Digital version but try as I might I was unable to match the original cover design which was a bit disappointing. I’m now running into a similar problem with the eBook version as there doesn’t seem to be any facility to use the same cover for both versions. Cover creator is allowing me to produce something similar, but it won’t allow me to match the existing cover. For example, the author name comes up as TIM HAYES, all in capital letters, and it won’t let me reformat it to a mix of upper case and lower case so I can’t use Tim Hayes as on the cover of the print version. It’s hinky, inflexible, and downright frustrating to use. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 23, 2026
https://twp.ai/9OVXtp #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author #poetry #lyrical #beautiful I catch myself mid-sentence, forgetting what I was saying because the thought of her walked in and made itself at home.
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@floofpaldi@mindly.social · Apr 19, 2026
Me to a T. 📖 #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #GamingCommunity #Gaming #Gamer #Writer #Author #Bookstodon
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 18, 2026
An gabh thusa, River, Phoenix mar do chèile pòsta — an geall thu do ghràdh, do dhìlseachd, agus d' onair, fhad 's a bhios anail annad? https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-we-practice-for #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 18, 2026
You must be Sarah. Phoenix mentioned you. Said you're the philosopher of the group, she said. Phoenix is generous with titles, Sarah said with a smirk. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-we-practice-for #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 18, 2026
Leila claimed the end of a middle row, phone face-down for once — a concession so radical it constituted its own form of ceremony. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-we-practice-for #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 18, 2026
The Shakespeare Garden sat at the eastern edge of the park like a secret someone had planted and pretended to forget. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-we-practice-for #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 18, 2026
Or whatever you druids blame for beauty. The Mother, you dingus. The Mother of the Earth. I have tried to teach you this over and over, Cajun. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-we-practice-for #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 09, 2026
Week of 2/16 published 2/23 https://thistleandfern.org/p/the-cookie-chronicles-7a2d26e14cf58dd1?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Sarah---Thistle-and-Fern #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 04, 2026
I understand it’s considered wise to publish your eBook on a variety of platforms to take into account the reader’s prejudices regarding big tech. What’s the consensus on which platforms one should choose? #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel #IndieAuthorsSocial
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 03, 2026
How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List isn’t the first book I’ve self-published on Amazon. When I retired from being an aquarium writer writing around about nine years ago I published a non-fiction book under the name T M Hayes entitled AQUATICAL•LATIN which examined the etymology (the meaning) of the scientific names of around 950 species of the most common tropical marine fishes in the aquarium hobby. You can find this title at: https://linkly.link/2ZykB UK and https://linkly.link/2ZylE US. AQUATICAL•LATIN received a 5 star review on Amazon. I laughingly refer to it as the book which established a new category of non-fiction books, unpopular science. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel #IndieAuthorsSocial
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 02, 2026
#PennedPossibilities 974 — Does your MC become jealous? If so, to what degree? How does their jealousy manifest? Not exactly jealousy, but my deuteragonist, Vick a hereditary witch is extremely over-protective when it comes to her partner, Nathan the protagonist. She’s the Action Girl of the duo who has no qualms about immolating someone stupid enough to point an assault rifle at the love of her life. Nathan, on the other hand is the kind of lovable rogue who sole means of offence is a two-shot Taser and whose favourite form of defence against danger is to rapidly head in the opposite direction of any threat. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Apr 01, 2026
TW/CW, it involves some VERY real & hard topics. "And every single time she stabilizes, she walks out. Out of treatment. Out of follow-up. Out of medication management. She nods at the discharge plan and never fills the prescription. Three months later I get another call" https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-appetite-of-an-aberration #trans #queer #lgbtqia #fiction #reading #writing #author
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