I am not a prosecutor, but my job is criminal-case adjacent. Which means I have to call cops to testify on a regular basis. Which means sometimes I get a call from the police department telling me an officer has “unexpectedly resigned to pursue career opportunities outside of law enforcement.”
I refer to this as “Suddenly deciding to become a beet farmer.”
Which is why occasionally my colleagues hear me yell out, after a phone call, “THE BEETS, THEY CALL TO HIM!”
So it is awards season for authors, and here's your irregular reminder: if you like something let people know. For authors, especially, a positive review on Amazon or Good Reads is a huge bump in getting our work out there.
Also, the Ursa Majors are open for voting. When the World Was Young, a prehistoric anthology including one of my stories and a bunch of other fantastic writers' work, is up, so if you enjoyed that, please please please go vote: https://ursamajorawards.org/Voting.htm
And hey, whether you vote for my stuff or anyone else's, at least take the time to check out the works nominated. There's fantastic writing there that's well worth your time! And spread the word, too, let others know.
UPDATE:
@TexasObserver has reached $100K in donations from 1.3K donors.
They’ve now created a stretch goal of $200K and hope that this will convince the board to continue operating the publication.
I’m convinced that the Fediverse has given @TexasObserver a chance at life.
HI can I ask for a Patreon boost?
I publish two poems a month, it's my main output of creative writing apart from this mastodon feed. The income helps me pay my bills, if you like poetry please sub, if you are curious please sub. I have some great ideas for the upcoming months and I'd love it if you saw it.
For the low, low price of free, you can snag a 90 minute class on imagery in fiction using haiku as an example! It's gonna be grand, we're gonna write some haiku and some flash fiction, and create a zine in the process! April 1 at 10AM and 5PM PDT!
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Capybaraaa~ Capybara, Capybara, Capybara, Capybara~
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It’s #meemuMonday and I wanted to upload a tiktok of my dog but the video is too big so have Danny looking serene on the couch instead
The first day of winter is definitely coming in strong! It’s important to find unconventional beauty, even when the land is encased in ice.
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Legend has it that 404 years ago, this person died and is probably still salty about it.
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The roof of this little announcement board at the trailhead was covered with a kickass assortment of mosses and lichens, and I wish I'd had a ladder or a taller person with me. I got these shots from holding my phone way up over my head.
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She/They Ace deer. Art, queer stuff, Good Omens, furry. I own a rare bookstore. I love finding textbooks for people. Fuck that monopoly.