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heatherrosejones.bsky.social
Author of queer historic fantasy, amateur historian, Hugo finalist. I blog and podcast as The Lesbian Historic Motif Project, with resources and discussion about sapphic historical fiction. For more info, see my website alpennia.com
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Made the first sub-batch of marmalade tonight (almost 6-8oz jars). If it passes the taste test, I will be taking a couple dozen jars to my retirement party as door prizes.

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I'm at that stage of my pre-retirement where I'm doing computer file housekeeping on the last 21 years worth of "hmm, this might possibly be relevant/interesting at some point in the future." (My primary project files will live forever, alongside those of other departed colleagues.)

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16 days. My "upcoming trainings" list is gradually filling up with trainings that I do not have to complete. I get my next-to-last full paycheck this week. I still have 3 projects that need to close. And still waiting for my Social Security and Medicare to get approved.

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#Booksky FAIRS’ POINT (Astreiant #4) is the Deal of the Day at DriveThruFiction! www.drivethrufiction.com/m/product/49...

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Travel back in time with these titles…

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Haven’t shared this in a while so here is all of the vetted and verified #altgov accounts. If they aren’t in the starter pack, assume they are not with us. The starter pack is updated every time a new alt finishes the vetting process. And yes there are two of us from SSA, me and @alt-ssa.altgov.info

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20 days to retirement. Half-agony, half-hope.

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#Booksky Looking for a gorgeous aromantic fairytale? Hugo Award finalist Heather Rose Jones’s Beauty and the Beast retelling, THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES, is available direct from us, wherever fine books are sold or at your local library! queenofswordspress.com/product/the-...

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Also recommending @heatherrosejones.bsky.social fascinating pocket of Alt History, her Alpennia series. Took me months to come up with ways to describe the fascinating weave of magic and how people might feel about it, as it clashes with their understanding of religion.

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An Anthology of Library Love Stories explores love in quiet corners and among towering bookshelves.

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This was one of the best sapphic historicals I read in the last year. The writing is gorgeous!

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#Booksky *Whispers hypnotically* “Heather is a Hugo Award Finalist in the Best Other Work Category this year. Perhaps you’d like to read some of her terrific fiction too?” queenofswordspress.com/product-cate...

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Ha ha I promise I'll be doing a lot more crowing about my Hugo nomination in a bit, but right now, it's back to the day-job. You know, my day-job analyzing how things go wrong in complex systems. So not entirely unlike the analysis I did of the 2023 nomination data.

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#Booksky Shoutout to author Heather Rose Jones (THE LANGUAGE OF ROSES) for making it onto the Hugo Awards ballot! And congrats to all the finalists!

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I delayed release of this month's "On the Shelf" episode of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project so I could include the news about my Hugo nomination. So here's the regular monthly roundup about lesbian/sapphic historical fiction. alpennia.com/blog/lesbian...

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I am so proud that the essay Camestros and I wrote has been honored in this way.

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So...um...I'm a Hugo Finalist! (Best Related Work - "Charting the Cliff" co-written with @camestrosf.bsky.social)

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Spotlight on Historical Fantasy and the Alpennia Historical Fantasy series.

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