dejknuckey.bsky.social
Author of upmarket speculative fiction with themes of privilege and climate inequity. My main character is more broken than I am, and her first best friend is way cooler. she/her
Climate news handle: @climatefuturist
https://linktr.ee/dejknuckey
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Need a pic of said flockingbird.
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Just beautiful
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Gorgeous grain - rosewood?
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Has a Renaissance air about it...
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Not any of those genres, but Born a Crime by Trevor Noah is one of the most enjoyable listens I have done on a long drive - his humor and accents bring it to life in a way that no printed book could and it's a great tale.
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Stunning.
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Just find the right timezone for it to be today.
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Interflowper
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Because Intuit, which owns the software that we use to file taxes, also owns politicians via donations.
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He knows how: give humans hope, get out of view of house, make sure human walk carrying a weight. He's a gym on four legs.
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72 - 74 hours is advised.
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I hope she gets to go to other people’s spas for the rest of her life. That’s enough to never work again if you’re careful with it.
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No. I think he had passed the inner crisis and was ready to face the outer one.
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Most were locals/Thai nationals…
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Yeah - I went back to watch that Season 1 scene to see if the exact language was used. Wasn’t, but would have been tragipoetic if it had.
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Anyone who hasn’t watched it won’t scroll, so go for it in this thread.
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Because it was his chance to try alcohol as d pretend it was a mistake. Teen boy logic.
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I completely agree - I'm supposed to be actively pitching my near-future upmarket fiction with grounded speculative elements about climate change - but how are the elements grounded when everything I knew about how rational people react to climate change was upended in the last election?
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Hit the same problem today
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Did you ever see Fall of the House of Usher? Bloody, but oh, so good. Well written and when you realize who they are skewering...
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My cat was named for a grain and he’s kinda kamut colored… or farro.
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Kamut
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Beautiful - glad your second link worked. Perfect way to start my Saturday.
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It's what's called a "bonding open" in the course I did (recommended if you are new to querying): getabookdeal101.com/chf25-L/
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BTW, I found this course helpful for refining my query: getabookdeal101.com/chf25-L/
V cheap and starts again soon.
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I wouldn't call it a personal note, but I always start with why I am reaching out to them. "Because you represented XXX" or "Because you are looking for YYY"
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In one, they sever memories from worklife, in the other, they sever souls from ethics.
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Gorgeous!
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I eased into it - straight from 1 to 2 would make most brains hurt.
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I find if I play audiobooks at 1.5 - 2.25X speed (depends on narrator), the flow of info is fast enough my brain doesn't wander off and start creating a shopping list. Work your way up but it quickly sounds normal.
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Such a prescient book...
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Sweet - you are on my list...
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So far this year, whiskey and tears have been winning out for me - blood of enemies not so much, editing, not at all.
#writinglife
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Thanks!
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I’m about to buy two (prob will tell me the same but praise my husband for falling asleep in 3 seconds every night) - do you have any of the discount codes left?
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Speed wouldn't matter at all if I could go away and come back later in the day and have everything folded and sorted.
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Oh well. There's nothing that can be done, so accept your fate.
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Oooh - I loved that precise, petite clicking when winding a watch - core fingertip-memory evoked.
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Thanks! I'll take a break and, come January, keep at it so that one day, others can read the book I just finished...