Darlene Marshall 🦜🏴‍☠️💙📚

The 10th Amendment comes out of hiding again, does not see its shadow, and decides to stick around for a while.

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This is evergreen advice.

I love my Pilot Namiki. So slim and convenient with the retractable nib!

The Trump administration is slashing $10 billion in funds for social services and child care in five Democratic-led states, a Health and Human Services official confirmed to CNN, with the agency suggesting without evidence that the funding has been used fraudulently. https://cnn.it/44ZeJTd

Wyoming Supreme Court protects abortion access The state’s highest court ruled that two near-total state abortion bans violate the constitution.

Abortions will remain legal in Wyoming. The state’s supreme court ruled Jan. 6 that two near-total abortion bans are unconstitutional. (via @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social)

*Sigh* I just got one of these emails from a scammer purporting to be you. They're like roaches--you can stamp out one, but you know there are others hiding in the dark.

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.

The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Tourist Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1) Welcome to Cape Carnage! Visit Once, Stay Forever. Cap…

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Darlene Marshall #BookReview--Snake-Eater, T. Kingfisher:

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Darlene Marshall #BookReview--Heart of a Stranger, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl:

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Darlene Marshall recommends Alchemised A dark, violent horror fantasy with a twisted relationship at its center, a relationship that unfolds in layers that keep the reader enthralled. It's clearly not going to be for everyone with its scen...

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Absolutely!

Agree. And people overlook that because of Mr. Bennett’s fecklessness, the Bennett women would find themselves unhoused after he dies. Mrs. Bennett was doing her best to keep her family off the streets.

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We can see from losses in recent school board elections around Texas and the number of local groups fighting censorship documented by @penamerica.bsky.social that Americans are tired of library censorship battles and are pushing back.

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More than two years after Hamas and its allies kidnapped 251 people from Israel and took them to Gaza, 47 hostages remain in the enclave, with at least 20 believed to be alive. https://cnn.it/4h36wST

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People of varied religions and communities came together a few years ago to sing for peace. One Day is now: youtu.be/XqvKDCP5-xE?...

Woot! Mine arrived today! There was much rejoicing.

Dang it, I still haven’t received my catalog. I’m going to write to them and get back on the mailing list!

Barbie doll dressed as pirate captain with a copy of paperback historical romance SEA CHANGE (High Seas 1) by Darlene Marshall

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I’ve used the fake marriage/relarionship #trope a few times, in award-winning CASTAWAY DREAMS (High Seas 2), in my WIP FOR LOVE OF A SMUGGLER, and marriages of convenience that may not be legal in THE BRIDE AND THE BUCCANEER and SMUGGLER’S BRIDE. #writing #historicalromance #pirateromance

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Darlene Marshall recommends Warrior Princess Assassin This was a satisfying fantasy romance with throuple protagonists and a solid story. The world-building was enough to engage the reader but not so elaborately constructed that one had to learn a new la...

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Spinal Tap is back. Director Rob Reiner says they're still dialed up to 11 In 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically."

In 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically."

I heard reports they were back! I’m so happy to see it and I hope my catalog arrives in a day or two.

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Hurricane science has come far since Katrina. That progress is now at risk Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.

Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.