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mloxton

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Healthcare improvement and strategic foresight analyst, professional trainer in qualitative research methods. Organizational behavior researcher. Board member at Blue Faery Liver Cancer. #Writer of stuff - #AmWriting

Read my #fiction titles on Amazon "The Screw Turns" at https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09P5LLNZ1
See my Kindle Vela stories at https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BLXHVVSY
... and my children's stories at https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BLT56MG9

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RedPenRabbit, to edibuddies
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Half of my time copyediting is spent leaving notes for the author that say "I know this is super nitpicky, but hear me out."

@edibuddies

mloxton,
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@RedPenRabbit

Sometimes I view those kinds of notes as little love letters to the piece, and sometimes as hatemail directed at me. ;)

@edibuddies

CultureDesk, to bookstodon
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A debut author has lost her book deal after she admitted to "review bombing" competitors on Goodreads, largely targeting women of color. In a letter posted to X, Cait Corrain blamed her behavior on mental-health struggles and addiction. Here's more from the Mary Sue.

https://flip.it/AQ9gCG

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@tutwilly
The review star rating banner is done on arithmetic mean, rather than median, and as such, a bunch of 1-star ratings with have an outsized effect on the mean, and pull the rating down far more than you might think. When purchasing decisions and the algorithm suggestions hinge on fractions of a point, those 1-star reviews could break the deal and have large effects on purchasing.

@CultureDesk @bookstodon

mloxton,
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@CultureDesk
Lordy, how sad and sour, and on so many levels.

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Likewise, to bookstodon
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Kindles are a uniquely portable magic.

mloxton,
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@Enema_Cowboy

I'm just such a father

@RVLara23 @Likewise @bookstodon

mloxton, to bookstodon
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Periodic reminder that if you like and slightly gruesome , but don't want a whole collection, you can get an individual story to read on your or App at Amazon Vela

Here are my stories:
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0BLXHVVSY


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jillrhudy, to bookstodon
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In December and January I typically read books that my buddies (librarians and booksellers) thought were great but I didn’t get around to. Just finished C Pam Zhang’s Land of Milk and Honey and it was incredible. Reading Happiness Falls by Angie Kim now and then will read North Woods by Daniel Mason. What were your best reads published this year?
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mloxton,
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@jillrhudy
At the risk of being impertinent, I just released a new volume of short stories, and until Sunday, you can get three previous volumes for free.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL3Y4NV9

@bookstodon @librarians

mloxton, to bookstodon
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My latest eBook volume of "The Screw Turns" (Vol 5) is now available on Amazon, and at a special holiday price of $3.99

If you enjoy that are a little , with elements of Hitchcock, Dahl, and Poe, and a bit like "The Monkey's Paw" meets "Final Destination, you may enjoy this collection of stories that might make you cringe a little, laugh a lot, and sink into the warm embrace of schadenfreude

@bookstodon



https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CP54Y6TG

mloxton, to bookstodon
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I am running a #free #book sale on "The Screw Turns" Volume 3 from Wed, Nov 29 at 12:00 AM PST to Sun, Dec 3 at 11:59 PM PST

This is a collection of #shortstories that are like "Final Destination" meets "The Monkey's Paw", and are a little bit #noire, somewhat murdery, and a lot of schadenfreude.

#booktok
@bookstodon
#reading

So during that time, watch this space: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C4PQN2PY

mloxton, to bookstodon
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No free Physician's Weekly #shortstory this week, but my latest #Vela #episode is live

@bookstodon
#booktok
#noire

https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/episode/B0CNDHP6FT

GottaLaff, to random
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Oy.

Via Victor Shi:

Holy shit. Univision, the nation's largest Spanish-language network, has decided to cancel ad-buys by the #Biden campaign in Nevada, Arizona, Pennsylvania, & Florida after #Trump met with their executives last week. Our media continues to fail us. This is how our democracy dies.

UPDATE: H/t: @LibraryofBabble
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/14/trump-univision-biden-election/

mloxton,
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@GottaLaff
Funny in a deeply cynical and dark way though.
Cutting off friends to get deals from people who hate you and plan to do you harm, is some next level grotesquery

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Fred Wellman:

I’m not a lawyer but I’m pretty sure she does have to tolerate it.
Quote

Acyn:

Habba attacking the judge: But I was told to sit down today. I was yelled at and I've had a judge who is unhinged slamming a table. I don’t tolerate that in my life, I’m not going to tolerate it here

mloxton,
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@ReedsDad
Not For Laffy (NFL)

At this point I think TFG and his team are aiming for a political solution, or that SCOTUS will rescue them.

@GottaLaff

appassionato, to bookstodon
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Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts

Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show.

@bookstodon



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@appassionato @bookstodon
Loved Spike Miligan!

AutisticAdam, to actuallyautistic
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Sorry I can’t come to the phone right now. I’m autistic and simply not good at calls. Please call back literally never. Texts and emails exist for a reason.

Thank you.

@actuallyautistic

mloxton,
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@AutisticAdam @actuallyautistic
Not autistic, but I have voice issues, and far prefer a text exchange over trying to speak.
A lot of people, for various reasons, prefer text to talking

dcastleberry, to random
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Time for an #introduction!

I am D. Castleberry, I am a queer writer who is making queer fiction, some of which will be steamy and some of which will be wholesome. I am just getting started but I suspect that the world is my oyster.

With a lot of other social media sites in constant flux, I've decided to grow my audience here on Mastodon! I'll be posting about writing, my writing, and books in general. I will typically always follow back, so drop me a hey!

#writing #romance #queer #writer

mloxton,
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@dcastleberry
Remember to add , , , @bookstodon when you post new stuff you have written

dickrubin716, to bookstodon
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When writing your book, do you give thought to the final word count, or is it irrelevant to you? @bookstodon

mloxton,
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@dickrubin716

I do short story collections, and assemble them to contain ~45k words. So although wordcount at the individual story level is irrelevant to me, at the collection level, it is really important

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mloxton, to bookstodon
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Periodic reminder that you can

my medically-oriented at Physician's Weekly for free, and with no registration required

The latest is about Nikka and Jeremy. Nikka is a vascular surgeon who loves metalwork and knitting. Her hobbies come in handy during a run-in with Jeremy, whose privileged life unraveled after his dad died.

Some is involved

https://www.physiciansweekly.com/category/doctors-voice/medical-fiction/

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mloxton, to bookstodon
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Ok, i need a for a about the untimely death of Dr. Patrice Piebald, who angered a lot of people, and died three times as a result.

Any volunteers, especially or ?

P.s. please boost this to increase the likelihood of finding a tox-informed beta reader



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mloxton,
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@epicdemiologist @bookstodon

This one is likely to be published at Physician's Weekly in mid January 2024, or if you DM me an email Addy, I can send you the draft when it's been edited.

Most of my stories can be read for free and with no registration at https://www.physiciansweekly.com/category/doctors-voice/medical-fiction/

Some of the characters are real people making a cameo appearance

mloxton, to bookstodon
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Ok tootlers, give me the name of my pharmacist in a , who is hard working, conscientious, and beleaguered, and finally ends up murdering my dude the endocrinologist.

If this is someone you know, don't tell me that, and if it is you, you are welcome to use a stage name or your real name and tell me a few facts about yourself to make the character feel like you.


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mloxton,
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@Kay @bookstodon
Nice approach. Definately female, and pretty sure she murders him bc of he constantly writes scripts for formulations that required bothersome compounding, doses that needed hand titration or splitting, or for specific branded drugs not in the formulary. In addition to that was his habit of sending orders back without explanation, repeated status requests on orders, and most infuriatingly, not answering his pager.

mloxton, to bookstodon
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For those of you , I have some in the section.

These stories are like "Final Destination" meets "The Monkey's Paw". As such, they are satirical tragedies more than either mysteries or horror, and would appeal most to readers who enjoy the inexorable pull of a story arc that leads from fateful act to final doom. In each episode, somebody makes a wish or a decision that ends in death, often their own


@bookstodon
https://kdp.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story-details/EQJBA3N8X92

mloxton, to bookstodon
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Great article on the effect of Amazon cancelling the Periodicals program

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https://www.theverge.com/23861370/amazon-kindle-periodicals-unlimited-ended

mloxton,
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@PeteZ

No, but I think literary print magazines may be a thing of the past, and many publishers other than Amazon are dying fast.

In a way, it serves them right for being such jackasses to writers all these years, but still sad.

@Xucaen @bookstodon

sundogplanets, to random
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I just had to update my numbers for a lecture, so here's your periodic reminder: Starlink is now 55% of ALL active satellites in orbit.

And given the recent news about that awful billionaire unilaterally deciding to cut of Starlink internet access to parts of the world whenever he wants to, this is extra important to share. Why did our governments effectively gift Low Earth Orbit to one awful dude? This is so bad.

mloxton,
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@sundogplanets
The StarLink dominance, the growing dependence on it for mission critical services, and the adverse and unpredictable behavior by the company has prompted me to add "TechBro Consolidation" as a thing for scanning in strategic foresight work.

This is indeed both horrible, and to some degree predictable if somewhat unprecedented

Valerie_Lillis, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon

Serious question bc I'm still learning the ropes on Mastodon. Are ya'll okay with authors tooting about new releases on the group page?

mloxton,
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@Valerie_Lillis @bookstodon yes, go for it

fulanigirl, to blackmastodon
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@blackmastodon
Today:
Sarah Palin: US Civil War is going to happen over trump prosecutions
Eastman: "trump's surrender crosses the Rubicon for our system of justice."
To understand these people I highly recommend Mohsin Hamid's small book THE LAST WHITE MAN. It is under 200 pages and does an excellent job in a fictional setting of highlighting the future these people fear. It moves slowly but it's worth hanging in there to the end.

mloxton,
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@TCatInReality
That would be the smart thing
Everything they are currently doing is very likely to maximally disadvantage them in the future.

@fulanigirl @blackmastodon

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mloxton,
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@SharonCrockett
Yes, and the same situation exists for primary liver cancer, for which PoC are overrepresented, and face worse outcomes. A lot has to do with access to care, lack of vaccination outreach, food deserts, etc.

@venitamathias @blackmastodon

mloxton,
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@SharonCrockett
Health insurance and lack of black oncologists is indeed a hurdle.

My current focus as a member of the board of directors at Blue Faery Liver, is improving outreach and inclusion for Black and Hispanic population. We are just firing up a research study on "patient journey" to highlight what the patient and carer experience is like, and highlight ways to improve it. We are about to start recruiting participants and v focused on PoC

@venitamathias @blackmastodon

mloxton,
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@venitamathias
You are so welcome!

When we launch recruitment, I will be posting the flyer here
We are looking for anyone who is either living with primary liver cancer, or someone who been their carer.

@SharonCrockett @blackmastodon

ablueboxfullofbooks, to bookstodon
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Hey ! Look what I added to the ! Running with Hounds...and an English Degree by D.M. Roberts ! You are looking for a sweet and light romcom ? This novel may be the perfect read !

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mloxton,
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@ablueboxfullofbooks @bookstodon

Would it be gauche of me to add my own books to someone's free library box?

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@MarkFrankBio
I really liked EndNote, but for my current situation, it is cost prohibitive
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@lunalein
That writers write the books they want to read. I write and read in two totaly different genres, and wouldn't buy my own books.

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mloxton,
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@peachfront
Now that sounds like something I might write! :)

@smooz @lunalein @bookstodon

mloxton,
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@Montaagge
C.S. Lewis also beat the reader over the head with Christian apologetics and bigotry. So yeah, I will stick to dry writing, as you put it.

@lunalein @bookstodon

mloxton,
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@valtwynn
I can't quite tell if he ...
a. is having some kind of psychotic break
b. just very uninformed about how the world works, or
c. being a performative spittoon

@agt @lunalein @bookstodon

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@heroineinabook
Thanks, I was not aware of
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@KorraSaqqara
Are these publishers in financial trouble, or are they replacing editors through automation or something?
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mloxton, (edited ) to random
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My book, "The Screw Turns", is now available in Indie Colorado - a collection of books from local indie authors available exclusively on the BiblioBoard Library mobile and web platform.

http://library.biblioboard.com/content/0a6eb240-a22e-4518-aba3-ddc021450afd




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mloxton,
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have also uploaded Volume II

http://library.biblioboard.com/content/ca1f982f-7886-439e-b459-993c0661b531

and Volume III

http://library.biblioboard.com/content/97f82755-e8b1-4935-9ba0-ab9890487987

That means anyone in or participating states with public library access, can read my books for free.

Such is the power and beauty of the public library system.

Will I lose sales?
Indeed, but money isn't the primary reason that I write.




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AdaraAstin, to audiobooks
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Last Chance for Hedon Press Audiobooks

One of the publishers I narrate for, Hedon Press, has run afoul of Amazon / Audible. I just learned that 11 audiobooks I narrated are being taken down. (Yes, it's rotten.) I'm in talks with Audible, more on that as I know more.

The audiobooks are for the moment still for sale through Apple Books. If you want them, get them FAST before they're gone for good.

Links below!

@audiobooks @smutstodon @bookstodon @AudioFiction

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@AdaraAstin
OMG that sucks!
Hope this sorts out well for you.

@audiobooks @smutstodon @bookstodon @AudioFiction

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