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MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor and Writing History 7/15/1381: The authorities executed Peasants Revolt leader John Ball by hanging, drawing and quartering. They later stuck his head on a pike and left it on London Bridge. Ball was a radical roving priest who routinely pissed off the Archbishop of Canterbury. As a result, they imprisoned him at least three times and excommunicated him. He helped inspire peasants to rise up in June of 1381, though he was in prison at the time. Kentish rebels soon freed him. The revolt came in the wake of the Black Plague and years of war, which the government paid for by heavily taxing the peasantry. Furthermore, the plague had wiped out half the population.</p><p>Ball and his followers were inspired, in part, by the contemporary poem, “Piers Plowman,” (1370-1390) by William Langland. Ball put Piers, and other characters from Langland’s poem, into his own cryptic writings, which some believe were coded messages to his followers. Ball is mentioned in the poem, “Vox Clamantis,” (also 1380-1390) by John Gower:</p><p>“Ball was the preacher, the prophet and teacher, inspired by a spirit of hell,<br>And every fool advanced in his school, to be taught as the devil thought well.”</p><p>Ball was also the main character in the anonymous play, “The Life and Death of Jack Straw,” (1593), which is about the Peasants’ Revolt. And socialist, William Morris, wrote a short story called “A Dream of John Ball.” John Ball is also referenced several times in “The Once and Future King,” (1958) by T. H. White. </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/peasant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peasant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebellion</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/uprising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uprising</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JohnBall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBall</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rebels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rebels</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/execution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>execution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
jdmccafferty<p>15 July 1663: Katherine Phillips, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a>, leaves <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> for Cardigan <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ceredigion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ceredigion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a></p>
E.S. Raye<p>Most of my characters are not inspired by people I know personally. Marshal Ray Gascon is an exception.</p><p><a href="https://esraye.com/2025/07/15/gas-giant-gambit-ray/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">esraye.com/2025/07/15/gas-gian</span><span class="invisible">t-gambit-ray/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gasgiantgambit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gasgiantgambit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debutnovel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>debutnovel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a></p>
Post Growth Institute<p>We can acquaint ourselves with collapse.</p><p>Sara El-Sayeh, Post Growth Fellow, introduces the idea of micro-dreaming as a practice to build imaginative bridges between the current world and the one we want to inhabit.</p><p>In this beautiful digital zine and article, Sara offers inspiring reflections on the seas (and Cs) of collapse and instructions for how to begin micro-dreaming (full zine here): <a href="https://medium.com/postgrowth/acquainting-ourselves-with-collapse-b0e1333413db" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/postgrowth/acquaint</span><span class="invisible">ing-ourselves-with-collapse-b0e1333413db</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microdreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microdreaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inspiration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/postgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>postgrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a></p>
E.S. Raye<p>Hey! I get to add to the "Published" heading on my site instead of the "Rejections" heading for a change!<br>Details soon!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortstory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a></p>
Allan Dyen-Shapiro<p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ReaderCon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderCon</span></a> attendees, I will be in the Dealers Room, at one of the Authors Alley tables, from 3 - 7 pm on Friday. If you'd like me to sign a copy of The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds, that would be the best place to find me. </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HardSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardSF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AuthorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWritingSciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSciFi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/AmWritingFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/HardScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardScienceFiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EcoSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EcoSF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/EnvironmentalSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalSF</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritersCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>A Writer Who Slows Down the Speed-Reader</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/07/a-writer-who-slows-down-the-speed-reader/683424/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar</span><span class="invisible">chive/2025/07/a-writer-who-slows-down-the-speed-reader/683424/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativeprofessional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativeprofessional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativebusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativebusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativebusinessowner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativebusinessowner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creative</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 2025.07.14 — Self-promotion day. Show us what you're proud of. Let's boost away.</p></blockquote><p>What I'm proud of today, I'm going to title <strong><em>Savory Soup</em></strong>. It features both my writing and cooking skills, is 502 words, and provides a good insight into the character of one of my women MCs—from what may yet turn out to be a cozy (yet spicy) romance fantasy (it has dragons) novella. Best of all, the excerpt is posted here on Mastodon. It ought bring you a smile, so please give it a read.</p><p><strong><em>Savory Soup</em></strong>: <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/114814396383680088" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11481439</span><span class="invisible">6383680088</span></a></p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a> and <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/CommentingIsCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommentingIsCool</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> photographer chef cooking<br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sf</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSInklingsStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSInklingsStory</span></a></p>
Noel J. Penaflor<p>SUPERMAN (2025) <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Review</span></a> </p><p>This Superman (2025) Review Has Nathan Fillion Adding Another “N” To His Name! (<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Link</span></a> Below)</p><p><a href="https://hubpages.com/entertainment/superman-2025-review-that-shrinks-in-freezing-weather" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hubpages.com/entertainment/sup</span><span class="invisible">erman-2025-review-that-shrinks-in-freezing-weather</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reviews</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/filmreviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmreviews</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/moviereviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moviereviews</span></a><br><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/listicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listicle</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/list" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>list</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/superman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superman</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/superman2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superman2025</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/filmmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmmastodon</span></a></p>
Luke Orion 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🥄<p>I recently made a storybook all on my own (besides my cousin designing the cover art and my partner <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/@magicalgrrrl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>magicalgrrrl</span></a></span> helping to put all the pages together into an ebook).</p><p><a href="https://ko-fi.com/s/a100cf0ae0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ko-fi.com/s/a100cf0ae0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>“Lost Kitten Finds a Way” is an illustrated book, about my experiences with homelessness and DV trauma, from the perspective of a cat (so it’s more palatable to a wider audience). It’s currently only available in ebook, on my Ko-Fi and Patreon. Hopefully sooner than later I’ll be in a position to order physical copies to send out.</p><p>For now, though, I’m just trying to meet my family’s basic needs (shelter, food, and meds) so I’d appreciate if anyone decides to get the book or simply buy me a coffee (on Ko-Fi). My partner talks more about our current situation on her page, too 🖤 </p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/DisabilityPrideMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityPrideMonth</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/DisabledArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledArtist</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtqia</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/actuallyautistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>actuallyautistic</span></a></span> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ActuallyAutistic</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/CPTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPTSD</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/CPTSDSurvivor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPTSDSurvivor</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/PTSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PTSD</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/ptsdrecovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ptsdrecovery</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/SelfPublished" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublished</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/AuthorsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AuthorsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/IndieAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndieAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/KidsBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KidsBook</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/Storybook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Storybook</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/TransArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransArtist</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/DisabledAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/TransAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/illustrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustrator</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area today, please come to this wonderful event: Workers Voices, Workers Power!</p><p>I'll be reading from my novel, Anywhere But Schuylkill, and from my work in progress: Red Hot Summer in the Big Smoke.</p><p>7:00 - 9:00: Workers Voices Storytelling Performance. An evening of spoken word to fight the right and advance worker power. Presenters include Domestic Workers Teatro El Nuevo Sol y Coro Nueva Era, directed by Andreina Maldonado, novelist Mike Dunn, filmmaker Pedro Marnoto, storyteller Bill Shields, the workshop improv group and friends Harriet Bagwell, Michael Bossier and Mari Magaloni Ramos. Come be inspired by workers powerful voices! </p><p>5:30 - 7:00: Labor Theater Games. Open to all, no experience needed. This is a fun way to get loose, find your voice and express it through physical exercises and group tableaux. Join us and get your pro-labor, creative juices flowing! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/union" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>union</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theater</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
Inkican<p>Success is a marathon, not a Sprint. Find a way to enjoy it, cuz you're going to be doing it for a while. </p><p><a href="https://inkican.com/authors-and-social-media-find-the-joy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inkican.com/authors-and-social</span><span class="invisible">-media-find-the-joy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativeprofessional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativeprofessional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativebusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativebusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativebusinessowner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativebusinessowner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creative</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<blockquote><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/WCC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WCC</span></a> 2025.07.13 — How many ‘layers’ of interpretation do you seek to achieve in a piece of writing?</p></blockquote><p><strong>Interpretation as in deciphering what the words say?</strong></p><p>I talk a lot about direct language and transparency, but nuance counts. Depending on the scene, I will make words perform double or even triple duty. If the reader pays attention, a passage can go from point-of-fact to romantic to explicit simply by reading a word differently. I love innuendo, double-entendres, vague words, and words with a dozen meanings.</p><p>No, I don't do that all the time! But I will admit using them in replies to challenge games like this one.</p><p><strong>Interpretation as in recognizing the messages I am trying to get across?</strong></p><p>I don't write a story without trying to say something. However, if I have a story to tell, it is always saying something. [Shrugs.]</p><p>I cannot get away with simply stating, "Relying on a gender role for your identity leaves you a common nobody." Ok, maybe in a post like this I can get away with that (and just did). Generally, I employ a lot more subtlety; I have the reader live through the characters' bad times and good, then leave it up to the reader's interpretation, but with <em>plenty</em> of hints. If I get a reader to think after finishing a story, I feel I've done my job.</p><p>In <em>Reframing the Experience,</em> the title hints at an interpretation of a story about how surviving adversity teaches lessons. The body of the story could be about how we can go through life oblivious to other's intentions and that maybe we ought stop playing the victim. It could be how putting all our effort into something will reap unimaginable rewards, and that trying is key. It could also be that a world run by women is simply a world run by people? </p><p>Ain't literary analysis fun?</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/112497915608418589" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/11249791</span><span class="invisible">5608418589</span></a></p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>12 July 1599: Henry Cary (later Viscount Falkland &amp; Lord Deputy of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>) knighted at <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dublin</span></a> (BM) Father of many <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nuns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuns</span></a> ... and husband to Elizabeth [Tanfield] Cary <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> &amp; convert to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rome</span></a> (National Trust images)</p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History July 11, 1947: the Exodus 1947 left France for Palestine carrying 4,500 Jewish Holocaust survivors with no legal immigration certificates for Palestine. The British boarded the ship in international waters and sent the Jews to refugee camps in Europe. Over 100,000 Jews tried to illegally immigrate to Palestine as part of Aliyah Bet. More than half of these immigrant ships were stopped by British patrols, with most of the Jews (roughly 50,000) being sent to internment camps in Cyprus, Palestine, and Mauritius. Over 1,600 of them drowned at sea and only a few thousand reached Palestine. Of the 64 vessels that sailed in the Aliya Bet, Exodus 1947 was the largest, with 4,515 passengers. Many historians believe that the ordeal of the Exodus 1947 played a major role in building international sympathy for the plight of Holocaust survivors and support for a Jewish state in Palestine. </p><p>The Jewish paramilitary group, Haganah, bought the Exodus 1947 for Aliyah Bet activities from a wrecking yard precisely because of its dilapidated and dangerous condition. They believed that the British would see the danger to its passengers and allow it through their blockade. However, the British boarded the ship anyway and a battle ensured. An American Jew was clubbed to death. Two passengers died from gunshots and several British sailors were hospitalized. And the passengers were deported. In retaliation, the militant Zionist groups Irgun and Lehi blew up Central Police HQ in Haifa on September 29, 1947. Ten people died and 54 were injured, including 33 Brits, 4 Arab policemen, an Arab woman and a 16-year-old were killed.</p><p>Leon Uris wrote about it in his 1958 novel, “Exodus.”</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>israel</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jewish</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>palestine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zionism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HistoricalFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalFiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nazis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freepalestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freepalestine</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
E.S. Raye<p>Okay, after a reset and some inspiration, I think I have decided on a new direction for Shallow Trenches, Open Skies--one that keeps all the WWI atmosphere and danger I want, but more free from the constraints of real world events. Today will be a research day, and hopefully I can restart my outline this weekend.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amoutlining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amoutlining</span></a></p>
Noel J. Penaflor<p>Ranking Judd Apatow Films 1-7 (<a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Link" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Link</span></a> Below)</p><p><a href="http://hub.me/ap4wR" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">hub.me/ap4wR</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/movie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movie</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cinema" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinema</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>films</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/filmmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>filmmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/article" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>article</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/listicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listicle</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/list" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>list</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/juddapatow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>juddapatow</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/director" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>director</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ranked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ranked</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ranking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ranking</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://writing.exchange/@golgaloth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>golgaloth</span></a></span> </p><blockquote><p>Apparently Libre Office is free and contains no AI</p></blockquote><p>Oddly, I had a choice between Microsoft 365 and Libre Office. I needed to make a change bars DOCX of the updates I made to the novel because ePub from <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Scrivener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scrivener</span></a> doesn't support it. I could pay Microsoft $70 bucks for change bar support (not in free version) or use <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> (always free version.).</p><p>I chose LibreOffice. I am keeping it installed this time.</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/actor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>actor</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/director" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>director</span></a> Lena Dunham’s new show “Too Much” is finally out. The <a href="https://babka.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>London</span></a>-based <a href="https://babka.social/tags/romanticcomedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>romanticcomedy</span></a> is loosely inspired by the “Girls” creator and star’s own love affair with her <a href="https://babka.social/tags/British" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>British</span></a> husband, musician Luis Felber (they had an incredible Jewish wedding).</p><p>It stars Meg Stalter as Jessica Salmon, a “messy, complicated <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewess</span></a>,” and Will Sharpe as British musician Felix Remen, who Jess starts seeing after moving to London following a messy break-up."</p><p><a href="https://www.kveller.com/jewish-netflix-show-too-much-lena-dunham-worth-the-watch/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kveller.com/jewish-netflix-sho</span><span class="invisible">w-too-much-lena-dunham-worth-the-watch/</span></a></p>
E.S. Raye<p>The story for Shallow Trenches, Open Skies just isn't working. I think it's because I'm trying to force the plot to work in tandem with real-world events.<br>I think I need to take a step back, lean into the scifi of it all, and refocus on authenticity over historical accuracy.</p><p>Starting over with some movie research today. Maybe Wonder Woman (2017).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwrting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwrting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amoutlining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amoutlining</span></a></p>
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