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Here are some great graphics as you prep for Oct. 18th No Kings peaceful protests: brandfolder.com/indivisiblep...

And if you're looking for something groovy to wear, may I suggest dressing as a frog: www.amazon.com/JASHKE-Costu...

tall buildings with mural of girl leaping

@wordwenches.bsky.social Mary Jo Putney has just returned from a #Puget Sound cruise, riffs about the cruise and the lovely city of Seattle. Enjoy@ wordwenches.com/sailing-into...

oh so beautiful, thank you!

small sailing ship on water with sunset colors

Because all I'm seeing is ugly today, here's a sunset over Puget Sound. Show me lovely, please!

BVC Announces Guardian of the Balance by Irene Radford Guardian of the Balance Merlin's Descendants, Book One Irene Radford Merlin's daughter must help both her father and King Arthur demonstrate to warring bar

There's a secret the Britons once knew, and many still carry in their hearts. That the lineage of the Merlins & the Pendragons lives on. . . .

It all begins in GUARDIAN OF THE BALANCE by Irene Radford, the first of the Merlin's Descendants series.

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I have been saying this since they allowed corporations to be called people. This administration will have so trampled our constitution, we might as well start over--with better divided powers.

The Long and Short of Writing A Series – The Word Wenches

Today @wordwenches.bsky.social , @andreapenrose.bsky.social is musing about the challenges of keeping a long-running series engaging—and hints at some big surprises in her new Wrexford & Sloane release! #books wordwenches.com/the-long-and...

The Arts and Crafts Movement – The Word Wenches

On the @wordwenches.bsky.social blog today Christina is talking about the Arts & Crafts movement. Do you like design from that era or do you prefer a totally different style?
#Arts&Crafts #design #architecture

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Today on the @WordWenches blog, @AnneGracie asks, "Who wears the pants?” With a brief history of the wearing of #pants by women and the wearing of dresses by young boys.
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[ALT TEXT: THE PHOENIX FEATHER OMNIBUS, four complete novels. FLEDGLINGS * REDBARK * FIREBOLT * DRAGON AND PHOENIX. By Sherwood Smith. ] [ALT IMAGE: A simple book cover of matte gold, with black text and white blossoms that may be cherry blossoms, along with a circle of black and white patterned tiles and within the circle a glorious phoenix drawn in back and white.] Sherwood Smith’s media happy place tends toward braided tales, with characters growing and changing in a world both breathtaking and strange, where striving to become the best one can be matters. She found that in Chinese and Korean historical dramas, which kicked off years of immersion in East Asian history, literature, art, and language. In 2020 when the world hibernated from the pandemic, she began writing The Phoenix Feather quartet, drawing on all those influences, and throwing in all the tropes she liked best—disguises and secret identities, cultivation arcs, big tropes such as family sagas, and little ones such as “there was just one bed!” Premise: Twenty-five years ago a pair of lovers ran for their lives from an angry prince and washed up on an island where they adopted new identities—and found themselves blessed by an omen promising great things, a single golden phoenix feather. Then their three children were born, and found themselves cast out into the world. . . .

THE PHOENIX FEATHER OMNIBUS by Sherwood Smith: FLEDGLINGS, REDBARK, FIREBOLT, & DRAGON AND PHOENIX.

Visit Sherwood's ❤️ song to East Asian history, literature, & art with disguises, secret identities, cultivation arcs, family sagas, & even “there was just one bed!”

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Who Wears the Pants? – The Word Wenches

Today on the @wordwenches.bsky.social blog, @annegracie.bsky.social asks, "Who wears the pants?” With a brief history of the wearing of #pants by women and the wearing of dresses by young boys.
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Brief Library History – The Word Wenches

Today @wordwenches.bsky.social , I am talking about the #history of #libraries. Did you know that Benjamin Franklin was probably the origin of subscription libraries?

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A Regency Fairy Tale – The Word Wenches

Do you believe in fairies? Today @wordwenches.bsky.social blog, Susan King talks about blending #Fairy lore into her latest #Scottish #Regency novel.

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BVC Announces Poetic Justice by Alicia Rasley Poetic Justice Lords of the South Coast Book 2 by Alicia Rasley Outlaw John Dryden has always been an enigma, and now he needs an heiress to help solve th

The outlaw John Dryden has always been an enigma, and now he needs an heiress to help solve the ultimate puzzle of his life.

Can two people fall in love because of how each other thinks?

A renegade rare-books dealer and a heiress-in-waiting are about to find out.

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Ask a Wench about Desks! – The Word Wenches

@wordwenches.bsky.social muse about the objects that help them with focus or creativity--or maybe not! #writing
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A Late Viking Age Farm – The Word Wenches

On the @wordwenches.bsky.social today @ChristinaCourtney.bsky.social visits a reconstructed #Viking Age farm whose name is based on a #runestone. Have you ever seen a runestone in real life? Truly impressive!

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On the @WordWenches today @NicolaCornick is talking about The Thursday Murder Club and ageism. Do you agree that age is just a number?

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The Thursday Murder Club – Age is just a Number – The Word Wenches

On the @wordwenches.bsky.social today @nicolacornick.bsky.social is talking about The Thursday Murder Club and #ageism. Do you agree that age is just a number?

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[ALT TEXT: THE TIME MACHINE GENE, a Peter August Mystery by Anthony Frangione & New York Times Bestselling Author Maya Kathryn Bohnhoff ] [ALT IMAGE: On a cover of vivid orange and gold clouds and light, layered on castles and Victorian buildings of deep russet brown, a similarly painted coffin of a pharaoh of all Egypt faces the reader. The eyes are very natural and seem to be contemplating the viewer. In the lower left hand corner next to the words "a Peter August Mystery" is a tiny white silhouette of a Pony Express rider.] Writers Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff & Anthony Frangione are about to take you on a claustrophobic, mind-expanding trip through time and space using THE TIME MACHINE GENE. An original SF mystery from Book View Cafe. "Dreams, delusions, hallucinations--past lives? Whatever they are, I want them to stop." Peter August is a puzzle piece in a mystery that could change how humans perceive reality. He has the ability to track a missing artifact through time, and he has to figure out why others are willing to kill for it. Because the answer might change everything. . .and not in a good way.

Hop on a trip through time & space using THE TIME MACHINE GENE. #SF #mystery

"Dreams, delusions, hallucinations--past lives? Whatever they are, I want them to stop."

Peter August is a puzzle piece in a mystery that could change how humans perceive reality. . . .

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The Wench Influence – The Word Wenches

Today on @wordwenches.bsky.social , @annegracie.bsky.social is reminiscing on how she met the Word Wenches and the influence they’ve had on her.#romancelandia
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Just posting a moment of peace. As you write, imagine people populating this beach, reading your book. It can happen. #romancelandia

I saw a Mondale/Ferrari sticker yesterday. I'm hoping for irony.

I'm creating #historical classic covers for my romances from the good old days of books so large they make two of today's titles. We had it all back then: humor, action, adventure, love... Those were the days! Click around on my website and see if you missed any!
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To Allie they're wagons or carriages, & she's uninterested in them. Someone will make an attempt to tell her what they are, but all she wants to know is, are they comfortable, and are they meant for passengers or freight?

After the Wild Hunt, everything else pales.

But for US, Pat has details!

Regency Carriages and Other Historical Misconceptions – The Word Wenches

Today @wordwenches.bsky.social I
talk about trying to be as historically correct as possible without time travel--let us call it a need to educate and not obsession. Today, we're talking #Regency #carriages... can characters afford them? #history

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BVC Announces A Songbook of Sparks by Marie Brennan

*Sing a tale in a different key . . .*

Now from Book View Cafe, a new collection of stories by Marie Brennan, A SONGBOOK OF SPARKS.

@swantower.bsky.social is a former anthropologist & folklorist who shamelessly leans on her academic fields for inspiration!

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On @wordwenches.bsky.social , intrepid traveler @andreapenrose.bsky.social sketches out the #history of luggage and baggage and how life has become easier for travelers:
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Workers Over Billionaires · Mobilize This Labor Day, we face a defining choice: Will our voices be drowned out by the roar of billionaires buying our government? Or will we rise together — thousands strong — to demand a country that valu...

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Workers Over Billionaires” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

I understand why readers hate being introduced to a dozen characters in the first pages of a book. But the worst part is that the writer spends so much time describing people and relationships that there is no reason to be interested in any of them or the story. DNF'd far too many lately. #reading

It's time for the Word Wenches' August list of reading delights! Read and enjoy-- wordwenches.com/wwr-for-augu...