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To Be Free of Time: The Millions Interviews Samantha Harvey Without sleep there’s no shock absorbency for the body or mind; nothing is felt mildly or gently.

Anything by Samantha Harvey is must-read! Have you come across this really interesting interview she did some years ago: themillions.com/2020/05/to-b...

Radioactive Wasp Nest Found in Decommissioned Nuclear Weapons Plant Workers discovered a radioactive wasp nest near tanks storing liquid nuclear waste. Officials say there’s no need to panic, but watchdog groups are skeptical.

Just discovered THEM! (1954) may have been a documentary. Radioactive Wasp Nest Found in Decommissioned Nuclear Weapons Plant gizmodo.com/radioactive-...

News - Newly Deciphered Cuneiform Tablet Contains Unknown Sumerian Myth - Archaeology Magazine CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—A riveting lost Sumerian myth was recently rediscovered thanks to University of Chicago Sumerologist […]

Where do writers get their ideas from? Newly Deciphered Cuneiform Tablet Contains Unknown Sumerian Myth archaeology.org/news/2025/07...

Research takes you down odd roads. Before the keyboard, there was quill and candlelight. Did you know medieval scribes used powdered gold and crushed insects for ink? www.studysmarter.co.uk/explanations...

Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman with saddlebag on a black horse, facing forwards, in a rural environment

During the 1930s, the US "book women" of Kentucky, aka "packsaddle librarians," delivered books to remote and isolated communities in the Appalachian Mountains on horseback, riding in rain, snow or heat ...#WomensArt

An image of a geographical map orientated about 30° to the west of true showing Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland in close proximity. Place names are in Gaelic, and the text explains the development of the map in Gaelic, Irish and English: Colmcille The relationship between Ireland and Scotland is at the centre of this map, Tír Cholm Cille. It is an accurate map, and the arrow on the left points to the north. You can find out more about the placenames of Scottish and Irish Gaelic at www.logainm.ie, www.gaelicplacenames.org and www.placenamesni.org

Love this projection, the Colmcille Map from Foras na Gaeilge in Ireland and Bòrd na Gàidhlig in Scotland, centring the relationship between Ireland and Scotland - the land of Columba. Original here colmcille.net/wp-content/u...
#maps #gaelic

A #HistoricalFiction novel set in WWII, where a young woman uncovers a legacy of magic passed down through generations.
If you like a hint of witchcraft woven into a story of courage, love, and hidden war work, this is for you.
mybook.to/HerDarkestHour
#WW2 #witchlit #histfic

Super suggestion! Just scanned a Rocketbook page: works flawlessly. Thank you so much. (As an aside, I understand Joplin is working on Rocketbook integration.)

The most common question I'm asked is: which tools do I use? My writing process: handwritten drafts/quick notes in Rocketbook, getrocketbook.com idea management and first draft in Obsidian, obsidian.md and final edits in LibreOffice libreoffice.org. #AuthorSky

Appreciate that. Thank you!

YouTube video by BBC Maestro The 3 Decisions that DEFINE your writing voice with Alan Moore | Meet your Maestro | BBC Maestro

The 3 Decisions that DEFINE your writing voice with Alan Moore | Meet your Maestro www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOmT...

Featured on eBookDaily Bargains- $1.99 'The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel Complete Collection (Books 1-6): The Alchemyst; The Magician; The Sorceress; The Necromancer; The Warlock; The Enchantress' by Michael Scott is featured on...

Here's a great deal: all six from the Flamel series in the monster collection for $1.99 ebookdaily.com/bargain-kind...

Floral snapshot, July, in case your brain is noisy and overloaded:

10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive Discover centuries of rare children's literature, including Victorian-era classics, now freely available in UF's comprehensive digital archive

10,000 historical children's books free to explore in digital archive boingboing-net.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/boingboi... #BookSky

A close-up of a page (from a 17c book) printed in italic type highlighting four ampersands of varying design in close proximity to each other. 222050 • Folger Shakespeare Library

four. different. ampersands. !!!!

& they all illustrate the origin of the ampersand in the ligature of the latin conjunction “et” (“and”).

222050 • @folger.edu

'Se lengsta dæg': The Anglo-Saxon Solstice The sun on Midsummer Eve On xii kalendas Iulius byð sunstede, þæt ys on Lyden solstitium and on Englisc midsumor . On 20 June is the ...

'Se lengsta dæg': The Anglo-Saxon Solstice aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2014/06/se-l...

Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children's literature.

Enter an Archive of 10,000+ Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online

Side-by-side sunset images from Earth and Mars show the Sun smaller from Mars, which is 50% farther from the Sun. Earth's sunset glows orange, while Mars' appears blue due to dust scattering.

Left Image Credit: Damia Bouic

Right Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS; Processing: Damia Bouic

Claiming Headspace for Your Writing Life: Lessons from Aikido | Jane Friedman One writer who’s also a martial artist finds that success in either practice requires commitment and courage.

Viewing writing endeavors as a way to bring more sacredness into your life might help you claim the space and time for it — just one lesson learned from Aikido, from writer and coach Barbra Rodriguez.

#bloomsday

There's over 500 Sherlock Holmes books in audio now - here's our top 25 bestsellers from May
mxpublishing.com/blogs/news/t... @writerpaula.bsky.social @caidencmyles.bsky.social

A Collection of Children’s School Notebooks from Around the World For the past 15 years, the folks at the Exercise Book Archive have been compiling a collection of children’s school

A Collection of Children’s School Notebooks from Around the World kottke.org/20/01/a-coll...

#amwriting #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #writingfeedback

Brian Eno’s Advice for Those Who Want to Do Their Best Creative Work: Don’t Get a Job Katy Waldman in a recent New York Times Magazine piece. 'Think of T.S.

Brian Eno’s Advice for Those Who Want to Do Their Best Creative Work: Don’t Get a Job www.openculture.com/2018/04/bria... #AuthorSky #Booksky

Why is Irish mythology so prevalent in Japanese videogames? Influences from Irish mythology are woven throughout the story and lore of the Elden Ring series and other Japanese games

Why is Irish mythology so prevalent in Japanese videogames? www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

A simple experiment revealed the complex ‘thoughts’ of fungi Mycelium can plan and strategize based on their surroundings, even without brains.

A simple experiment revealed the complex ‘thoughts’ of fungi. Mycelium can plan and strategize based on their surroundings, even without brains. www.popsci.com/environment/...

43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world's oldest — and made by a Neanderthal The discovery of a 43,000-year-old fingerprint in Spain is challenging the idea that Neanderthals were not capable of symbolic art.

Where do writers get their ideas from? www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Physicists confirm the incredible existence of "time mirrors" Physicists demonstrate a time mirror for the first time, reversing electromagnetic waves in a laboratory led by Dr. Hussein Moussa.

Where do writers get their ideas from? Physicists confirm the incredible existence of "time mirrors" www.earth.com/news/physici...

#authorproblems #indieauthor #vss365 #iwrite #writingcommunity

How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short, Charming Introduction Teaching child visitors how to write their names using an unfamiliar or antique alphabet is a favorite activity of museum educators, but Dr. Irving Finkel, a cuneiform expert who specializes in ancien...

How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short, Charming Introduction