Book Review: Run Aground by H. Birchwood, Key Dyson & Raymond Roach in which Rich and Liam get kidnapped by rich mercenary/warlord. #bookreview #books

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Book Review: Brides in the Dark by Jacob Steven Mohr A fairy tale examining the selkie folktale. #fantasy #booksky #bookreview

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Currently working on overhauling my writing blog: https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/
#writing #bookreviews #books I've gotten some chapters written for Lord of the Black Mountain. Sorry about being less than active, I needed to reset WordPress's JetPack feature. (Still can't get things to go on my Facebook Page. Which is annoying.)

Currently on mobile. Having a general bad time due to stressy current events and also headache. Sorry for mostly auto posts. Bluesky, Tumblr and my WordPress blog are my main haunts. However, #iamwriting sometimes writing longhand can help with stalled writing ✍️

#TIL that #LibreOffice has a command line tool to convert files from, say, .docx format to .pdf format. HUGE time saver when a client sends a bunch of .docx files and says they're sending pdfs!

libreoffice --headless --convert-to pdf *.docx

#FOSS #Linux

_Lord of the Black Mountain 15/?_ is up on Patreon! The Assembly's Ambassador reaches out to Teren. Letters are exchanged, and Teren's servants are returned. https://www.patreon.com/posts/lord-of-black-15-136792035 #blackmountain Comments and reviews are appreciated! #books #fantasy

I don't want to sound preachy!

And I definitely don't want to be standing on soap box.

Story the first: I write a fic about about that nasty "your body my choice" meme from last year.

Story the second: I write a fic about pronouns. I will probably be posting them on my Patreon and my blog at some point, and maybe Royal Road.

...I am working on two stories. Neither of which have anything to do with my main project, Lord of the Black Mountain. 💙📚
#iamwriting

Both are very nostalgic, as I haven't written this type of story in a long time! This may or may not be a good thing.

They lie somewhere between "vent" fic and what I call "explanation" fic. Basically the story is working through something I am feeling some kind of emotion about. I am always slightly nervous about my "explanation" fics.

Chapter Fourteen of Lord of the Black Mountain is out on Royal Road! https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/62335/lord-of-the-black-mountain/chapter/2661276/fourteen #writing #webnovel 💙📚 Nemar Jhan goes on a journey, various new characters are introduced. Comments and reviews are appreciated! #fantasy

Toilet Paper Ghosties, Or, Two Sisters' Adventures in Making Stuff (with varying levels of success) #hobbies #crafts #memoirable

https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/toilet-paper-ghosties-or-two-sisters-adventures-in-making-stuff-with-varying-levels-of-success/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Book Review: Queen Demon by Martha Wells in which traumatized people make "reasonable" choices while seeking the last out post of the Hierarchs #fantasy #bookreview

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https://www.patreon.com/posts/l!ord-of-black-14-136791657 Chapter 14 of Lord of the Black Mountain is up early on Patreon! Read previous chapters on Royal Road! https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/62335/lord-of-the-black-mountain In which Jhan travels to Sewen, and is invited to dinner. #webnovel #iamwriting #fantasy

Book Review: The Door on the Sea by Caskey Russel The first obstacle in Elān's quest isn't the shapeshifting Koosh invading the islands, its his crew. #bookreview #books #fantasy

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New cover up on Royal Road! I babble about the artist and also about what and how I did the layout. #writing #books

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Chapter 13 of Lord of the Black Mountain is out on Royal Road1
www.royalroad.com/fiction/6233...

You can read it early on my Patreon here! www.patreon.com/c/catching_s... #books #iamwriting

Book Review: Villains are Destined to Die by Gwon Gyeouel in which a college student is trapped in a survival horror of an otome game. #bookreview #fantasy

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Me: *looking for music for this year's Halloween playlist* ..."Zombie" by The Cranberries is about "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland. There are no zombies involved. Yet most Halloween playlists have this song. Despite there being nothing "spooky" about it. #music #playlists #halloween

"This Update is Slightly Stalled" Much to my irritation I am slightly stalled on Lord of the Black Mountain. This is fine. I am also getting ready for housing recertification and that is always stressful. #iamwriting

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Book Review: Fate's Bane by C.L. Clark Our Heroines have the power to stop a war--or destroy their families. #fantasy #books

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I often forget that city wildlife is a Thing, and then I see a bunny, or one time, some kind of ground squirrel (or whatever it was) cheeping irritably at me from its den. #bun #bunsighting #bunsightingme