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aurorawise.bsky.social
Creator of imaginary worlds, PhD in molecular biophysics, fond of travel, art and nature. Author of 28 science fiction and fantasy novels with adventure and romance, and one book of art and poetry. Web site www.auroraspringer.org
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99c for Lured by the Lion Two haunted hearts. One starship. A voyage that could save them or destroy them. books2read.com/u/3R6ZkY 📚💙🪐 #readers #scifiromance #spacepirates

🧵 For the first time, astronomers observed two of the most powerful cosmic phenomena in the same system: an eruption from a supermassive black hole (SMBH ) was swept up into the collision and merger between the galaxy clusters Abell 3411 & Abell 3412. ➡️ chandra.si.edu/photo/2017/a... 🔭 🧪 #science

A broader panorama for context. Mars never ceases to amaze! ▶️ zoom app zoomhub.net/K8NB6 #Mars May 25, 2025 - Sol 1515 Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU 🧪🔭

The appeal of special editions has kind of worn out for me (I tried some of the subscription boxes and a majority of what was sent got put in little free libraries) but I had to grab these pretty editions of books some of my fav. Ghibli movies drew inspiration from.🥲 #Booksky 📚💙 #FantasyBooks 📚🪐

#bookreview 📚💙 🪐📚 Fan of? - Revenge! - The Seven Samurai - Asian mythology - Undeath? - Shinigami Try @robjhayes.bsky.social's Never Die www.robjhayes.co.uk/never-die/ A resurrected team of adventurers is off to kill the emperor hoping that the thing keeping them alive will make it permanent.

Beautiful periodic chart of the elements, created by Prof. Jennifer Johnson, funded by ESA, NASA 🛟, AASNova (that is the European Space Agency and the US space agency ❤️)...so many good things come from collective dedication to learning and curiosity...also this thing is educational for me, I love it

Hubble Captures Cotton Candy Clouds This Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbors, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Credits: ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray science.nasa.gov/missions/hub... 🧪🔭 #Hubble

Taking in the current view, island life at its finest... #islandlife #islandvibes #beachlife #tropicalparadise #wanderlust #travelgram #sunsetlovers #oceanview #paradisefound #naturephotography

Did you know? It’s been 35 years since the #HubbleSpaceTelescope took to the heavens. What it’s seen has amazed and thrilled the world. At 12:15 p.m. CDT today, EarthSky’s Dave Adalian chats with Alyssa Pagan, one of the scientist-artists involved. 🛰️🌌🔭 #universe buff.ly/dDtIlGh 📸 Hubble/EarthSky.

Sunday Shelfie! ✨📚✨ #reading #writing #books #booksky

#booksky #kickstartercampaign 📚💙🪐🐉

🚨May Free Book Alert🚨 Are you just devouring sci-fi 🚀 and fantasy 🗡️ books 📚? Looking to find a new indie author? 📖🧑‍💻 Checkout this month's free book giveaways! books.bookfunnel.com/freeadventur... 📚🪐💙📚 #Freebooks

My new book review is out! My goodness did this one take me on a journey… thanks for a great read @philhalper.bsky.social @nafshordi.bsky.social 🔭📖 physicsworld.com/a/beyond-the...

Happy Earth day from a white-throated sparrow. One of my favorites because of the bright yellow eyebrows. #birds #earthday #birding #photography #birdphotography

Creating a Novel: From Initial Draft to DeLuxe Hardback 📚💙🪐 #booksky #scifiromance auroraspringer.blogspot.com/2025/05/crea...

This is my first book, Goddess with a Thousand Faces. It’s a bold exploration of 10 world goddesses that combines storytelling with history! Out now!

Charles Dickens' 𝑨 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 was first published in serial form on this date in 1859. It appeared in the first issue of a new weekly journal, which Dickens founded himself. The journal turned a handsome profit, so he serialized his next novel as well. #booksky #writingcommunity #authors

Today’s packing pic: dear flotsam🌊📚! “Carrion,” Riverwind, pp. 24-25, 1997. Today I’d probably end the poem on “early March wind.” Wind down that need to insert myself, get some final final-word. 📚💙🖋️💙 #appalachianpoetry #revisingpoems #farmlife #tennesseepoet #kentuckypoet #hockingcollege

What Nobody Tells You About Revising #writingcommunity #booksky💙📚🪐 #amwriting #writing Unfetterred Treacle They tell you writing a novel is hard. (News flash, it is!) They don't tell you revising it is like cleaning out a garage...only the garage is on fire, all the labels have fallen off the…

Pre-Order's for books on Amazon can get #1 badges??? Wow! I have never seen this before. Pinch me, I must be dreaming. Thank you, Everyone! 😊😂 www.amazon.com/dp/B0F33WGPZ4 Ember's Gallop launch is April 30th. See you there! #preorder #amazon #horsebook #thankyou

Meet Puppy. My fox daughter. She loves finely sliced apples, crispy salmon skin, and chicken.

THE BAYOU WHISPERS (romantic suspense) “You are a beautiful paradox. I love you, Bernadette Jacquette.” “Leave me alone.” She got in her car. Adjusted the rearview mirror. Saw him, just standing there, perhaps waiting for her to run to his open arms. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3JMVYZB

#BornBattleReady @thepoetryarena.bsky.social #poetrycommunity #blueskypoetry

🚨 Today is the day! 🚨 Happy book birthday to MODERN FAIRYTALE, the first in my fantasy romance series! Have you gotten your copy yet on Amazon? It’s e-book format but paperback is coming soon! Link here: amazon.com/Modern-Fairyta…

#booksky 📚💙 #writingcommunity #writersky #author #indieauthor #booklovers

Hanging out with a dino named Sue and friends at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman Montana! 🦖🙂

While you won’t see a trace of this exoplanet or alien life, it’s easy to spot the red dwarf star that warms its surface. ift.tt/vTdxzFR . . #astronomy #stargazing #exoplanet #reddwarfstar

NEW RELEASE: A cynical mercenary. An elf warrior with a secret. A bond tested in a savage battle. www.auroraspringer.org/p/primrose-p... 📚💙🪐🐉 #booksky #readers #romantasy

It's official! #coverreveal Coming May 30.... but you can still jump on a free ARC: www.septimusbrown.com/arc

Do you love paranormal fiction? Find new stories at Paranormal Fiction Giveaway – books.bookfunnel.com/pnr-fiction-... 📚💙🪐🐉 #readers #booksky #pnr

The rise to power of Cinaed mac Alpin through the eyes of a woman history forgot... #Scottish #HistoricalFiction Kenneth's Queen mybook.to/KennethsQueen #Kindle #ebook #paperback #KindleUnlimited #HistoricalRomance

James #Webb Space Telescope #JWST The Sickle: Pillars of Creation in the Galactic Center Target #SICKLE-MIRI-POS1 Observed: 2024-04-24. Released: 2025-04-24 pi: Cotera, Angela S Inst: #MIRI NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j. Roger yuval-harpaz.github.io/astro/jwst_l...

Tonight's neat alignment of Jupiter's large moons in the dusk sky. It's now getting too low to observe in a dark sky. Just 8 weeks away from the summer solstice! #astronomy #astrophotography @stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social

“One dead billionaire. Two mismatched detectives. A gripping mystery set in a dystopian America with a puppet president and Big Tech pulling the strings.” WIRE CITY KILLS: NEON VECTOR BUY/READ: CA: bit.ly/4byQ3TD UK: bit.ly/3SQDWty US: amzn.to/3SYUhv5 #booksky #sci-fi

The Earth is about to fall. But the war has only just begun… Follow Ryann Wade's journey from the start of the Luminal invasion as it sweeps across the inhabited star systems. Humanity is on the verge of collapse, but there is one glimmer of hope in the darkness... Amazon link: viewbook.at/lumina

Martian robot spinning her turret! A video sequence captured by the Perseverance rover using her Right Mastcam-Z science Camera on Jan. 27, 2024 (Sol 1044). The full sequence, accelerated here, actually took 3 minutes. Credit images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

From @noirlabastro.bsky.social: This column of red and purple light is a phenomenon known as a red sprite. It was captured in 2017 by a cloud camera at Gemini North, operated by NSF NOIRLab. #astronomy 📷: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/A. Smith

Meet Adela of Hamaland - a 10th-century woman who will let nothing, not bishops, kings, regents, or even emperors, stand in her way... A Daughter Scorned is only #99cents or #99p mybook.to/DaughterScor... #KindleCountdownDeal #HistoricalFiction #WomenInHistory #BargainBook

My short story, A Scratching at the Door, has been reprinted by MetaStellar. Originally published in Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, it's also going to be featured on the Campfire Tales podcast #SciFi-Fantasy-SpecFic 🪐📚 #SFF #SFFWriting/Writers 🔱 #writingcommunity www.metastellar.com/fiction/a-sc...

An Alligator from Blackwell Swamp. #alligator #photography #wildlife #Huntsville

Releasing this month: Primrose Pringle and the Warrior Elf, Book 4 in the Oakenwald Chronicles. A cynical mercenary. An elf warrior with a secret. A bond tested in a savage battle. www.auroraspringer.org/p/primrose-p... #booksky 💙📚🪐🐉

Do you love sci-fi and fantasy? Of course you do! Please take a look at this great new #kickstarter from #Canadian indie publisher Worldstone Excited to be part of this www.kickstarter.com/projects/sci...

#HistoricalFiction in 19th century #Ireland… lnk.bio/ZeRo #KindleUnlimited #HistoricalRomance #series #histfic #GreatFamine

#Readers You can find my Sci-Fi thriller EUROPA at FREE Sci-Fi & Fantasy 🪐📚💙 - books.bookfunnel.com/scififantasy...

And SLOW RIVER’s 30th (!!) anniversary will be smack dab in the middle of Worldcon, right here in Seattle 🤩