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I wrote about it! Once, during a thunderstorm, my dad told me, "I love you in the rain." It was a common refrain, and something I've always carried with me. My partner and I are always saying, "I love you on a Monday," "I love you in the car," etc. My some-day board book, I Love You in the Rain ⬇️

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What is a word or phrase that is part of your family #folklore? Something that was said as a kid, or a mashup of a couple of words, or mispronounced, or completely crafted from new. Maybe a new holiday (ours below - because I ruined his valentines day proposal so we celebrate 2/12 instead!)

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#pretendpanel #Writers I didn't have enough confidence to write publicly until I took a technical writing course in grad school. My prof constantly told me to edit, but also praised my prose, if only in a different course, 😁. Imposter syndrome loomed large - a small validation helped tremendously.

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Owning physical media isn’t nostalgia—it’s preservation. Used is fine. Streaming services drop content, digital licenses vanish, and censorship happens. If something matters to you, make sure you own it. A shelf of books doesn’t need an internet connection.

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My current therapy

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I try to write to not only be read but to be heard. I inherited that storytelling gene, and combine that with being a voice actor, I read my work out loud for flow. I strive for the narrative to be conversational, too. #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #Storytelling

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#pretendpanel February 1st: What's the theme song you come on stage to? This song is quoted and central to my main character and has a bitchin' electric guitar riff www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgbB... Alt: All Eyes on Me - Pigeon John #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #YA

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Tools, tips, and techniques for how to critically read a press release from the federal government. The example? That piece of propaganda from the Department of Education last week. That, plus an EXTENSIVE roundup of book censorship news this week: bookriot.com/guide-to-cri...

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🎊🎊🎊 #kindness

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Breaking a moose is an arduous task 🫎😆 #yeti

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Following a debate on audiobook narration (AI vs. Human) As a narrator & comm studies prof, I have ~opinions~ 😁 Studies indicate that synthetic voices require a higher cognitive load from listeners b/c it lacks what a human voice can encode; imagery & engagement. bit.ly/4jxrn1q 🎧📚 💙📚 #neuroscience

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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day – the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945. Concentration camps continued to be discovered for many months following. (image from Eisenhower Library) 1/4 #WW2 #Holocaust #History

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Haunted Yorkshire: www.bbc.com/news/article... #folklore #folkloring #haunted #yorkshire #myth

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Convinced all my problems would be solved by a Scholastic book fair right now.

submitted 36 days ago • 50 comments

That time I got to pet a modern-day dino. Their ears are super soft! #rhino #adventure #awesomeday

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Go check out something. Better yet, check out a book that is on that stupid banned book list. 💙📚 #forourlibraries #readbannedbooks

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Y'ALL - just got another card from a small library in a neighboring town and they have HOOPLA. How did I not know about this? BINGE Passes?? Boy, when I truly commit to slowing down and making time to curl up with good books or movies the Universe does NOT disappoint! 💙📚 @hoopladigital.bsky.social

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Welp, just filled my #ereader with fun, free #cozymystery books. Fits in with my #hygge promise to myself to cocoon until spring. 💙📚

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We've got some work to do #booksky

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I've been listening to this, off and on, a lot over the past week. Lots to process, both settling and unsettling at the same time for me. Therapeutic and beautiful #booksky #amreading #wintering

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Over the holidays I was a Secret Santa on @wikitree.bsky.social So fun helping to solve other's genealogy questions. I got to talk about what I discovered on WikiTree's live YouTube "12 Days of Elfmas" Find out more on the life and times of early film star Phyliss Barry here bit.ly/3E5vp0R

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Cecile Richards, the longtime activist for women's rights and former head of Planned Parenthood, died Monday after battling brain cancer.

submitted 42 days ago • 190 comments

While planning your week, consider joining us for Public Domain Day 2025! 🎉🖋️🎶🎞️ We're celebrating works from 1929 entering the Public Domain! 📅 Jan 22 🕙️ 10 AM PT/1 PM ET 📍 ONLINE 🎟️ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1104135491979 @InternetArchive #PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain

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I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired. History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them. Signed, a physicist

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Good morning! Remember, you don't have to eat one chocolate a day from the Advent calendar. You can eat them all and then get another calendar. Stick with me for more great Holiday tips! 🎄

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I find it so funny when people are like, “I like Lin-Manuel Miranda, I just wish he weren’t so corny.” Like, what do you think the #1 requirement for a composer of musical theatre is.

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Was honored to be part of this podcast. Listen in to an important and good conversation about #bookbans #FReadom with @jessicagoudeau.bsky.social and Christine Renee Miller podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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BLOG POST: What to watch next if, like me, you wish there were at least a hundred more of those 1970s BBC ghost stories for Christmas. 🎞📽 precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/11/24/t...

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