@shannoneichorn.bsky.social
Scifi writer and aerospace engineer. Obsessed with supportive body-possessing aliens, friendly werewolves, and fantasy & flight hardware. Alpha 2005, SHU WPF 2023.
sale ends tonight!
25.11.2025 00:36 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Shout out to the person in my library system who pushed for them to purchase all my favorite author's books, so I can binge them for free now and buy them slowly later.
And she still got paid.
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POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! Theyβre not ducks. Run. Have fun!
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
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The cover of Weaving In The Ends which has a graphic of two hands knitting blue yard set against an ominously shadowed backdrop, next to headline: "NEVER underestimate knitters" and a a text excerpt: "Metal glinted between Serena's fingers, and she flung something at the front door. Two long, thin rods hit the wooden jamb one after the other and stuck there, quivering. She nodded at them while gazing at Felicity. βYou taught him to use those. Do you still like a challenge?β Dee was staring at the door. βAre those knitting needles?β he asked. From the safety of the office Cee said, βMakes you think about her hobby a little differently, doesnβt it?β βItβs a craft, not a hobby,β Felicity said impatiently. βAnd yes, Serena, I do still like a challenge.β Below the book cover is the tagline, "Knitting, romance, and dangerous men. Also chosen family shenanigans, cocoa, and cats."
Book Promotion: As we swing into the season of many holidays, please consider this sweet comfort read, a science fiction romance with dark, crunchy edges. It starts with a summer fling, hits a stressful Thanksgiving midpoint, & ends on Winter Solstice in a [β¦]
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But revisions are starting to go better, so that's something. And I'm back working, which is good for the country.
25.11.2025 02:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Still grappling with the idea of getting a mobility aid I would need inconsistently, but I miss being out doing stuff, and I just won't have the endurance for months or years yet.
25.11.2025 02:54 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hang in there.
25.11.2025 02:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0[Generalized support coming your way]
I looked it up to see what it was, and that does appear to be a tough one.
Too bad I pay attention in government ethics classes.
20.11.2025 00:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm so excited! I wonder if they need a science consultant. π€
20.11.2025 00:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π€£π You're welcome. Glad to share my misery.
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Just a reminder that my book, Promises to a Dragon, is available for pre-order and will be releasing in a few days!
But if you're too impatient for the ebook to drop, it's already available for streaming on J-Novel Club π
Not often. I like the idea of them, but I'm so picky about my games.
11.11.2025 16:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"It's too cold for cold drinks. I'll heat up my chai protein powder in milk on the stove and have a chai latte."
I have never chewed a chai latte before in my life.
Tbh, it's an older problem than that. It's been like this since windows 10, when they added ads.
10.11.2025 19:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I just want to add a couple clicks to minesweeper in between focus sprints. I don't want to bog my computer down in ads and malware.
10.11.2025 19:51 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You know, I really miss when Microsoft Games didn't eat RAM.
10.11.2025 19:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0adding alt just to help people text searching for this later / mute words / accessibility and so more friends can share it, see quoted post for the source π¨
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A six panel comic with a header and a footer. Each panel has a number and food with a face narrating the fact. The header reads "SNAP Facts". The footer reads, "ragingpencils.com @Mike Stanfill". Panel 1: $36 Apple: "Cost of SNAP to the average tax-payer each year." Panel 2: $360 Milk: "Raise in hourly pay that could make it unneeded." Panel 3: 14,500 Bread Slice: "Number of Walmart emploees recieving SNAP." Panel 4: $21 Billion Broccoli: "Walmart's net profit last year." Panel 5: $0 (Zero) Chicken Leg: "Amount illegal immigrants get from SNAP."
Coincidentally, a friend sent me this comic while I was reading your post:
09.11.2025 01:24 β π 27 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0It was kind of life changing, actually, now that I think about it. I started singing in church bands after that, which led me to taking up bass when our bass player left.
08.11.2025 16:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It is! I'll never forget one time I was stuck in traffic (not a highway) and was blasting along with the music with my windows rolled down (no AC) and got a shouted compliment from someone driving the other way. lol
08.11.2025 16:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0As we all do in traffic. <3
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Four Group Promos I'm involved with this month.
Free F & SF - books.bookfunnel.com/fantasy-nove...
FREE Sci-Fi & Fantasy - books.bookfunnel.com/scififantasy...
Free Sci-Fi & Fantasy Reads - books.bookfunnel.com/freescifinov...
Fantasy & Sci-Fi Freebies - books.bookfunnel.com/novemberfant...
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06.11.2025 18:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Agreed. I mean... deepfakes were already a problem, and detection was a good idea, but now it's so much more accessible, and yet people are even more gullible than ever before.
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Cover reveal for my anthology ADVERSITY & AUDACITY: sf & f from cancer survivors
As of Thursday morning, we're $267 short of the funding goal. So here's a cover reveal to inspire you to push us over the top:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sch...
More info: screenapp.io/blog/best-fr...
06.11.2025 15:48 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Time to settle in to update my health spreadsheet. I've maintained this for a year now, trying to track data to analyze and tailor how to recover from covid.
I am still so angry I have to do this, but I can see how it's helping.
AI is so haphazardly named/branded. Do we need to reckon with the energy/water usage of other forms of data center processing?
What things are marketed as AI that are actually relatively lean algorithms?
Do those concerned about H2O/energy need to reckon with their whole digital footprint?
