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CatFoxBirdLady

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i. Aspiring published writer. Horribly mixed STEM/humanities past
ii. Here for #poetry #flashfiction #speculativefiction #CreativeNonfiction #sff
iii. Owned by a bunch of cats
iv. But they'll have to share me soon
v. Because raptors
vi. Sadly no foxes. yet.
vii. the 1/3 https://masto.ai/@elektrap (general interest, cats) and https://social.vivaldi.net/@elektrap (work, cats) don't talk about

all sorts of ND. She/them

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juergen_hubert, to folklore
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Do not spin flax during the Twelve Nights of Christmas, for this will invite the Devil to visit you.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/devils-works-39490270

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore

It's nice to read folklore from further north. In the Alps region women must not do chores of any kind during that time or the Truden (Wild Hunt) will pay them special attention.

GelatDeTramussos, to bookstodon Catalan
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Currently in the middle of this dystopian science fiction novel, written by Mary Shelley and set at the end of 21st century. It's 2090's but the flavour is quite 19th-century-ish: people are still using carriages and there's conflict Greece-Turkey, as if we were still in 1919.
Have you read it?
#bookstodon @bookstodon

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@GelatDeTramussos @bookstodon

I was not even aware it existed but it sounds like something I'll enjoy.

drinkswriter, to writers
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Working on a idea for a change and could do with help for a pregnancy timeline.

Young couple - just kids really - fool about and she gets pregnant. Let's say that's late summer, end of harvest maybe.

I need to figure out:

  • How soon she realises
  • How long she keeps it hidden
  • How quickly the parents can arrange a wedding for these only-just-old-enough kids to preserve some social standing

For context, this is 1890s, small town in Northern England.

@writers

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@drinkswriter @writers

Noticing is a question of knowledge and character. Will she notice her first missing period, will she understand what it means, she take it seriously? If the answer to all of this is a yes and the parents on both sides are not given to drama then they can get their license, have their banns read and marry before she's more than 12 weeks along.

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@drinkswriter @writers

Slow off the mark opens endless possibilities to torture that character. For example, she'll probably be irregular, being young, but it might well be painful enough that she'll notice the absence of pain, even if she manages not to notice any other changes.
If you want the families to have a chance to preserve some face she needs to built up a good panic before the four month mark.

ljwrites, to writers
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This hilarious narrative about an Alaskan State Trooper who obviously had other aspirations reminded me that @writers in more straight-laced jobs often show signs of the inner writer pushing through. https://infosec.exchange/@nazgul/111093630816222212 What were/are your "tells" in professional and other settings that you're a creative writer? Or are you really good at hiding it, if you feel the need to do so?

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@ljwrites @writers

No need to hide anything, working as a software engineer means being surrounded by people with low-number-of-tracks minds.

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@ljwrites @writers

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CatFoxBirdLady,
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@maryellen_reads @bookstodon

Yep!

kimlockhartga, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon Are there any fans here? Who are your favorite 21st century poets?

Right now, I'm digging these fine folks, but I'm looking to expand:

Morgan Parker
Warsan Shire
Melissa Broder
torrin a. greathouse
Ama Asantewa Diaka
Kate Baer
Maya C. Popa
Valzhyna Mort
Amanda Gorman
Nikolai Alexsander Sidriov
Airea Dee Matthews
Jorie Graham
Clint Smith
Ross Gay
Rita Dove

CatFoxBirdLady, (edited )
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@kimlockhartga @bookstodon

I am reading mostly poetry atm. No favourites yet, but the following are keeping me thinking about them:

Warsan Shire
Han Kang
Anthony Anaxagorou
Akwaeke Emezi

New translations of old poetry:
Beowulf
by Maria Dahvana Headley

The Book of Desire
by Meena Kandasamy

ottsatwork, to bookstodon
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Book 2: “Cat Burglar Black” by .

I saw some of his art online and thought it looked like “Invisible Hands” from Liquid Television, which I LOVED. Same artist! This didn’t have quite the same level of twisted, creepiness as that animated series, but I was so happy to find his work in comic form. There’s more too.

Someone stitched together all the “”. The voice acting is 🤌🏽 https://youtu.be/n5sP4yRb8Mw

@bookstodon

Panel 1, someone in bed, their head covered in bandages, eyes staring and teeth bared. A weak whisper: "Come closer, Katherine. Let me see you..." Panel 2 a severe looking older woman with her hands around the shoulders of a tentative, white-haired teen: "Don't be shy. Say hello to your aunt."

CatFoxBirdLady,
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@ottsatwork @bookstodon

I've been meaning to read more short story collections as a quicker way to discover new authors. This one sounds good.

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