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karenhoughwrites.bsky.social
Writer, Editor, & Author of GROUND CONTROL (2022) and PAPER MOONS (Mar 2025). Fitness nerd/shorter than you'd expect. Owner of aspirational sweatpants & smartass-🇨🇦. https://lnk.bio/KAHough
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Readers, despite the stunning cover reveal and great team at @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social, PAPER MOONS needs a little more time to incubate. I'll share the publication date when I know it. In the meantime, thanks for your patience and support!

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Haaaaaaave you subscribed to my newsletter yet? It's a lot like me: short, witty, and somewhat random. Here's the most recent one: preview.mailerlite.io/preview/6282...

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I try not to keep too close tabs on my Amazon author page, but woot woot! Many someones are buying my book! (Now if more of you could please leave reviews...) a.co/d/6QEC1iw

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Woke up with a pillow crease so epic, it's Blofeldian.

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If we all agree that "following the roomba around and giving it little foot taps to redirect it" counts as cleaning, then yes, I cleaned my house today.

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I've never been one of those "you have to earn my respect" people, but I'm amazed by how often people bend over backwards to earn my disrespect.

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Dear @merriam-webster.com: I love you.

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Um. Ok.

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While I'm sure Future Me will be happy that Past Me increased the weights on all my leg exercises yesterday, Present Me thinks she's a total jerk.

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Introduce yourself as a TV character:

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Ok, so let's say my concussion accounts for my current state of blanked-out memory, lack of focus, and blurry vision... That only covers the last two weeks...

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Excitement is building! PAPER MOONS makes its debut on March 11, 2025: it's spec fic, for dog people. Preorder now from SleyHouse.com. @sleyhouseeditor.bsky.social

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We know, it feels like this sometimes. If you are a woman or nonbinary speculative fiction author with a new book that's just been released it is coming out soon, promote it on this thread! ⬇️

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Best interview ever! I was well-groomed, well-dressed, and had interesting questions and anecdotes prepared that showcase my professional qualifications, experience, and knowledge. ...sure wish the person that was supposed to interview me had been there too. Their loss.

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...Perfect for the bedside table!

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I just left the grocery store with $40 worth of groceries (milk, bananas, peanut butter, honey, chocolate chips & oats—lots of each, but yikes, $40). When I got to my car, I realized I'd missed the gallon of white vinegar under my cart, and hadn't scanned it in self-checkout. 1/

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Sum up your personality in a gif

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The beauty & horror of being a panster: picked up a WIP 3 years later and discovered a really lovely plotline/relationship that shows up in ch 8-11, but I now need to work it in to ch 2-5, and that throws off the timing of the whole inciting incident, because it can't go after... 😵‍💫

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Okay, so now that I've closed my Twitter account and lost 12K followers, I'm REALLY going to need your help to promote reboundpress.com books! We need to support Canadian culture and be reminded why we aren't American (and don't want to be)! Order at reboundpress.com; not available in bookstores!

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#WhatImReading Occasional Magic (a collection of essays from the Moth). Each one has its own flavour and heart. How about you?

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Nobody: Me, making dinner:🎵 Bariiiiilla! I'm making a great feast with Barilla! 🎵

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WHY isn't there a gif of @davefoley.bsky.social saying, "Your Honour, I am not an 'experienced' cannibal"? The world wants, nay, needs this gif!

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Live readings from real authors are such fun and so inspirational. The Strong Women-Strange Worlds QuickReads series is fantastic! The chat is always a delight (and there are giveaways, too) and the community is amazing... ... and it's freeee!

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Philomena Cunk is my spirit animal.

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Everyone loves a smartass! That's the expression, right?

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I need to get rid of some excess career-limiting snarkery before Friday, so you'll have to bear with me.

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