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Get'i:a — the essential hello
Get'i:an-ama — formal hello
Ixiu — Hey — Generally said under one's breath, amounts to a “fuck you” in greeting terms
O:a'la'i — affectionate hello

Na:i'a — the essential bye
Aena:i'a — full goodbye 🧵

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Why do really pretty young women vandalise their bodies and faces? I really don’t know but here is a short story based on observation of the phenomenon. Enjoy! laurellindstrom.org/2026/10/01/b... #authorsky #shortstories #laurellindstrom

Author, ffrinds! What are your absolute wildest book marketing strategies? What shenanigans have you been getting up to?

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I just saw an author post: "As soon as the first draft is done, I send my novel to ARC reviewers."

This kind of thing is exactly why I created WeCanPub.com.

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I would consider Colonel Wilhelmina Croft, USMC Ret., to qualify for this one. She is the one who is teaching Weslea combat skills - martial arts, knives, and any gun he can that won't throw him on his ass due to his relatively 🧵

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Most of the Seven Cities of Ghan obtain their water in one way: living beside it, either the Ghan Meridia, a massive inland sea in the far eastern quarter of the desert, or the rivers that feed that.

One or two may set 🧵

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Confession: I've never worried about repeated words or phrases in my books. We all do that when we speak, so it seems okay that my MC does as well. #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #booksky #authorsky #writersky #indieauthors #writingcommunity

Delighted to have the opportunity to speak with Patricia McCormick, author of SOLD, the most banned book in the U.S. She talks about her books, her writing process, research, and her next book, a “He done it” AND a memoir. #authorsky #booksky #bannedbooks #libraries @everylibrary.bsky.social

Before #WWERaw pre-order my amazing 3rd book, 40 Years of Pay-Per-View Book 3: 1994-1995 on eBook now. Paperback and Hardcover will be released on Thursday! #authorsky #WritingCommmunity #wrestlesky

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I think I may have accidentally written a crime thriller with techno-thriller and speculative sci-fi elements. 😂

The technology is complex but grounded in reality, and somehow I’ve hit 78,400 words in 66 days while revising every chapter as I go.

Comp title: Blake Crouch territory.

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I actually kind of tried to ensure Elaine doesn't really have any of these, because I sort of wanted her to be completely alien.

I failed at that, because she's someone you can understand in the context of lived one's own 🧵

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I could potentially see Weslea offering haunted forest rides with a herd of horses he's formed connections with — as an Omega, he can basically communicate with them pheromonally, so he'd be able to form the connection pretty easy. 🧵