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willelm

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Writer of speculative fiction. Reader of everything.

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writeplace, to bookstodon
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Hi, I'm an as-of-yet unpublished YA author and high school math teacher who just joined Mastodon. I'm looking out for suggestions of who to follow in the writing/teaching community!

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willelm,
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@writeplace @bookstodon @edutooters Welcome! Another couple of daily prompt hashtags for writing are and if you like that sort of thing. You'll find a lot of authors there as well

willelm,
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@floofpaldi @writeplace @bookstodon @edutooters How embarrassing for me! 🤣🤣 Thanks for catching it and correcting

willelm, to bookstodon
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#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #Bookstodon #betareader #Fantasy @bookstodon

Finished up edits on another draft of the novel. Hooray!🎉🎉🎉

Any takers for a beta read for a 175k word low, dark, fantasy? I know it's a heavy lift and would gladly swap or help out in some other way. Thanks!

willelm,
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No specific timeline, though if possible, I'd prefer to have it by the end of the year. Looking for any comments one would have. It has gone through a few drafts at this point so I'm more interested in pacing, whether there is any pressure to keep reading, do the arcs work and if payoffs feel earned. More plot/character focused, but anything is welcomed.

TheSurrealAri, to bookstadon
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Lord of the Rings
Slaughterhouse 5
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Good Omens
Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
Let the Great World Spin
A Brief History of Seven Killings
The Tombs of Atuan
Dune
The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

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willelm,
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@TheSurrealAri @bookstadon Ah! How did I forget to list Dirk Gently's? My favorite Douglas Adams. Great list!

willelm,
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@TheSurrealAri @bookstadon Yeah, I didn't necessarily do all my favorites but I tried to think of books I've read a lot or seem to always go back to for one reason or another. But you're right, it was always going to feel like I was leaving out books because there's just too many good ones to leave at 13.

philip_cardella, to bookstodon
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to get to know me. I guess 🤷‍♂️

Non fiction
Field of Blood - Freeman
Thunder at the Gates - Egerton
America on Fire - Hinton
Silencing the Past - Trouillot
How the South Won the Civil War - Cox Richardson
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Freire
The Second Founding - Foner
Barrio America - Sandoval-Strausz
The Broken Heart of America - Johnson

Fiction
Rama Revealed - Clarke and Lee
The Fifth Season - Jemisin
Thrawn - Zahn
Ahsoka - Johnston

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@philip_cardella @bookstodon I haven't read a lot of the Star Wars books but I really enjoyed Thrawn. It made me think I should read more of them. And then I got distracted

willelm,
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@philip_cardella @bookstodon Maybe I should check out the Ahsoka book since I haven't started the show yet

willelm,
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@philip_cardella @bookstodon I haven't and I know I should but I just don't have the time, 2 young kids take that all up. Maybe I'll get around to it someday but I like that I can read some of the stories

willelm,
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@philip_cardella @bookstodon this is great, I'll check it out and maybe get caught up without watching every episode. Though that goes against my more obsessive desires

willelm,
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@philip_cardella @bookstodon Yeah I remember seeing that when I looked into it, but still I want to see everything. What if I miss some easter egg or something? I don't want to be out of the loop. 😄 Just gotta keep those tendencies in check now

willelm, to bookstodon
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Here are my . This was much more challenging than I thought it would be and I continue to think I'm missing books I should be including.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle -Murakami
Dune -Herbert
Hyperion -Simmons
Man's Search for Meaning -Frankl
Under the Dome -King
What is the What -Eggers
Nation -Pratchett
Maus -Spiegelman
American Gods -Gaiman
Annihilation -VanderMeer
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell -Clarke
The Once and Future King -White
What If -Munroe

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willelm,
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@franciscawrites @bookstodon Thanks! If you like King's style, which I know not everyone does, I think it's one of his best. Just amazing characters and storytelling

willelm,
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@jillrhudy @janbartosik @bookstodon I don't read a ton of graphic novels, I should read more, but I'm pretty sure I'd still cry if I opened and read for the hundredth time

franciscawrites, to bookstodon
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Join in to know me because getting to know people by the books they hold close to their heart is great,

The Tombs of Atuan - Le Guin
Frankenstein - Shelley
Hunger Games - Collins
Last Unicorn - Beagle
The House of Spirits - Allende
The Handmaid's Tale - Atwood
The Left Hand of Darkness - Le Guin
Annihilation - VanderMeer
Three Times Lucky - Turnage
Good Omens - Pratchett Gaiman
Jane Eyre - Brontë
Pet Sematary - King
Howl's Moving Castle - Wynne Jones

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willelm,
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@pretensesoup @franciscawrites @bookstodon
Great list! How to Live Safely..., yeah that's one I forgot to list. And now I want to go read it

willelm, to bookstodon
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Tonight I'm turning off the phone and reading The Wild Robot by Peter Brown because I'm more interested in it than my daughter. It's OK to read kids as an adult right?

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mjjmori, to bookstodon
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Well, I’m trying to get stared again.

Anyone got any good tips on how to buld a realistic and sustainable practice of writing daily?

I’m thinking make a 30 minute habit every day after I wake up, instead of straight to the socials. Also posting everyday on here to hold myself very mildly accountable by muttering into the void about what I’ve done that day.

@bookstodon @amwriting

willelm,
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@mjjmori @bookstodon @amwriting A lot of people also set word count goals. But either way, I try to have small goals I know I can accomplish. So if you can get 30minutes or 250 words done when you wake, do that. Or maybe start at just 15 minutes and move up as you get more comfortable. Starting can be the hardest part, so I always like to have a goal that is not intimidating

willelm,
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@trygvekalland @mjjmori @bookstodon I feel this. Also, when you finally get a good chunk of time to write you will catch some illness from the little ones and downs the whole day in bed. Speaking from my current experience

likewise, to bookstodon

Another really popular author whom I have never read anything by. I have a few of his & have been thinking about starting with this one. Fantasy is my least (tied with YA and self-help) favorite genre. That being said, I’m willing to give it a try.

Do you have any genres that you don’t like, but know of a certain book within that genre that you’d be up for trying? @bookstodon

willelm,
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@likewise @bookstodon American Gods is really a fantastic book. I think you should give it a try. I really try to read anything I can but I don't read many romance novels. I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any

TheLitRefinery, to bookstodon
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When you Impulse-buy a book only to realize it sounded vaguely familiar because you've already read it but didn't remember because it had a different cover.

#Bookstodon @bookstodon ##BookNerdProblems #BookNerds #ReadersOfMastodon

willelm,
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@TheLitRefinery @bookstodon I have done this and not noticed anything until I opened it and started reading. Then I just ended up keeping it anyways

willelm,
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@TheLitRefinery @bookstodon @thestorygraph maybe it'll be even better with the new cover 😄

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willelm,
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@KitMuse @bookstodon I don't know any lists but #WritingCommunity and #AmWriting are two good ones. There's also #WritingWonders and #pennedpossibilites that list of writers use with daily or weekly prompts. Also a lot use genre tags. Follow all those down the rabbit hole and you'll probably come up with some more

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@coguelin @seanbala @bookstodon Yeah reading those books was like sipping tea by a warm fire. They just so comfy and nice. It was a welcome change of pace and it opened me up to a lot more books. Good gateway read

skyekilaen, to bookstodon
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Anybody have recs for single-author science fiction and/or fantasy/paranormal short story collections? I'm especially interested in marginalized authors.

My faves so far:

  • 'Nathan Burgoine's Of Echoes Born (paranormal)
  • Zen Cho's Spirits Abroad (fantasy/paranormal)
  • Iona Datt Sharma's Not For Use In Navigation (mix of science fiction and fantasy)

Self-recs are cool, too!

#ScienceFiction #fantasy #Bookstodon @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon

willelm,
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@pelielios @jiujensu @skyekilaen @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon What ages is it appropriate for? Young kids?

willelm,
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@pelielios @jiujensu @skyekilaen @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon Fair enough. We've started the transition to "big kid" books with my 5 year old and the idea of scifi fairy tales sounds really intriguing. We'd probably be OK with a little cartoon violence but I think she's a little young to get existential dread. At least I hope

willelm,
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@pelielios @jiujensu @skyekilaen @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon Maybe I'll just read them myself then!

willelm,
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@pelielios @jiujensu @skyekilaen @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon Not sure exactly why but that sounds familiar. Maybe I've seen an episode or trailer somewhere.

Also, a real used book is a beautiful thing.

willelm,
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@DarkMatterZine @pelielios @jiujensu @skyekilaen @bookstodon @lgbtqbookstodon Yeah we have Artemis Fowl on the list! Hadn't heard of the new series but we could try that too. Thanks for the recommendations

willelm, to bookstodon
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@bookishbrews @bookstodon @diversebooks This is amazing! Thanks for sharing it, I can't wait to use it

TMarshallBunn, to bookstodon
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@bookstodon It took me many years to get to this point, but I finally get to see my on my shelf surrounded by some of the ones that inspired them.

willelm,
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@TMarshallBunn @bookstodon Awesome, congrats. It's a great feeling to see your own work in print. For me, it makes it feel somehow more real.

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willelm,
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@owlislost @bookstodon I'm starting The Other Eden by Paul Harding. I know almost nothing about it but it was recommended to me so...We'll see

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willelm,
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@sarahmatthews @bookstodon This is pretty neat! I got The Other Eden. I'm excited to check it out

likewise, to bookstodon

“…why should I seek to change, what has been so precious to me for so long! You can never show better than as your own natural self.”

  • Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

I’m getting close to finishing Demon Copperhead & in doing so, my interest in reading David Copperfield is definitely piqued.
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willelm,
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@likewise @bookstodon I keep seeing this book pop up but I have heard nothing about it. I think I need to read it

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There are books I've read once, long ago, and I knew would be with me forever.

Here, quotes from my all time favorite books (1):

“You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard’s power of Changing and of Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power.”

-A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin

#YAFantasy #Books #WritingCommunity @bookstodon

willelm,
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@franciscawrites @bookstodon Ursula K. Le Guin is just so, so good. This is a great quote

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#Question: do you listen to #music🎵 whilst #reading? If you do, is there any particular type of #music🎵 or song that you use regularly? #Book #Books #Ebook #Ebooks #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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@bibliolater @bookstodon usually nothing. I generally prefer reading in quiet. I get distracted too easily

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