Brent Scarcliff
@brentscarcliff.bsky.social
Speculative Fiction SF+F Author : AUSTRONESIA (Alt-Future Geopolitical Thriller, 2025) : THE LAST INTERGLACIAL (Alt-Past Epic Fantasy, 2025) : Archaeologist : Linguist : Mythologist : Tolkienist : Canine Companion : Represented by @joysalvador.bsky.social
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Welcome, fellow travellers, to my slice of the sky. I’m the author of The Earthy Language Cycles, a set of interconnected epic fantasy, geopolitical thriller, and science fiction novels set in our past, present, and future, launching in 2025. Follow me to request your ARCs, when the time is right!
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Amelia Stonehold & Serena Meleva navigate property acquisition, marriage proposals, & other ancient horrors in Regency England, with the help of elemental magic in this standalone novel (& perfect entry point!) to Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series.
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December 24, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Amelia Stonehold & Serena Meleva navigate property acquisition, marriage proposals, & other ancient horrors in Regency England, with the help of elemental magic in this standalone novel (& perfect entry point!) to Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series.
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Just submitted my guest application for @dragoncon.org 2025! Hope to see you all there again this year.
Remember, you too can be a part of the festivities as a panelist! With *professional* credits you can join this cadre of nerds and fans for a delightful weekend! www.dragoncon.org/participate/...
Remember, you too can be a part of the festivities as a panelist! With *professional* credits you can join this cadre of nerds and fans for a delightful weekend! www.dragoncon.org/participate/...
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December 10, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Just submitted my guest application for @dragoncon.org 2025! Hope to see you all there again this year.
Remember, you too can be a part of the festivities as a panelist! With *professional* credits you can join this cadre of nerds and fans for a delightful weekend! www.dragoncon.org/participate/...
Remember, you too can be a part of the festivities as a panelist! With *professional* credits you can join this cadre of nerds and fans for a delightful weekend! www.dragoncon.org/participate/...
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Our Anglo-Fil-Am Thanksgiving dinner menu:
Rice (of course!)
Roasted Herb Butter Turkey
Roasted Root Vegetables
Sweet Potato Casserole
Lumpia
Ube Biko On Banana Leaves
Tossed Green Salad
Wine
Sweet Rolls
Sage, Sausage, And Green Apple Stuffing
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
#filipino #english #thanksgiving
Rice (of course!)
Roasted Herb Butter Turkey
Roasted Root Vegetables
Sweet Potato Casserole
Lumpia
Ube Biko On Banana Leaves
Tossed Green Salad
Wine
Sweet Rolls
Sage, Sausage, And Green Apple Stuffing
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
#filipino #english #thanksgiving
November 28, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Our Anglo-Fil-Am Thanksgiving dinner menu:
Rice (of course!)
Roasted Herb Butter Turkey
Roasted Root Vegetables
Sweet Potato Casserole
Lumpia
Ube Biko On Banana Leaves
Tossed Green Salad
Wine
Sweet Rolls
Sage, Sausage, And Green Apple Stuffing
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
#filipino #english #thanksgiving
Rice (of course!)
Roasted Herb Butter Turkey
Roasted Root Vegetables
Sweet Potato Casserole
Lumpia
Ube Biko On Banana Leaves
Tossed Green Salad
Wine
Sweet Rolls
Sage, Sausage, And Green Apple Stuffing
Gravy
Cranberry Sauce
#filipino #english #thanksgiving
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My latest novel, The Seventh Veil of Salome (one of the best books of the year according to NPR) is $6.99 via ebook retailers today (US only). That includes Amazon, B&N, etc. Historical novel that mashes together 1950s Hollywood & Biblical narrative. Link to Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
The Seventh Veil of Salome: A GMA Book Club Pick ebook by Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The Seventh Veil of Salome: A GMA Book Club Pick" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia available from Rakuten Kobo. **GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film...
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November 27, 2024 at 5:42 PM
My latest novel, The Seventh Veil of Salome (one of the best books of the year according to NPR) is $6.99 via ebook retailers today (US only). That includes Amazon, B&N, etc. Historical novel that mashes together 1950s Hollywood & Biblical narrative. Link to Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
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What's the collective noun for a passel of dachshunds?
A snuggle of dachshunds?
A daemonium of dachshunds?
A cacophony of dachshunds?
A party pack of dachshunds?
A delirium of dachshunds?
A delightfulness of dachshunds?
A doggedness of dachshunds?
Other ideas?
#dachshunds #doxies #dogsofbluesky
A snuggle of dachshunds?
A daemonium of dachshunds?
A cacophony of dachshunds?
A party pack of dachshunds?
A delirium of dachshunds?
A delightfulness of dachshunds?
A doggedness of dachshunds?
Other ideas?
#dachshunds #doxies #dogsofbluesky
November 27, 2024 at 6:15 PM
What's the collective noun for a passel of dachshunds?
A snuggle of dachshunds?
A daemonium of dachshunds?
A cacophony of dachshunds?
A party pack of dachshunds?
A delirium of dachshunds?
A delightfulness of dachshunds?
A doggedness of dachshunds?
Other ideas?
#dachshunds #doxies #dogsofbluesky
A snuggle of dachshunds?
A daemonium of dachshunds?
A cacophony of dachshunds?
A party pack of dachshunds?
A delirium of dachshunds?
A delightfulness of dachshunds?
A doggedness of dachshunds?
Other ideas?
#dachshunds #doxies #dogsofbluesky
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Ilocano bislák "sliver, splinter; piece of split bamboo; the name of a river in Bacarra"
< perhaps a blend of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biseqak "to split" and Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *siqelak "split or cleaved"
#eotd #etymology #wotd #austronesian
< perhaps a blend of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biseqak "to split" and Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *siqelak "split or cleaved"
#eotd #etymology #wotd #austronesian
November 26, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Ilocano bislák "sliver, splinter; piece of split bamboo; the name of a river in Bacarra"
< perhaps a blend of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biseqak "to split" and Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *siqelak "split or cleaved"
#eotd #etymology #wotd #austronesian
< perhaps a blend of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biseqak "to split" and Proto-Western Malayo-Polynesian *siqelak "split or cleaved"
#eotd #etymology #wotd #austronesian
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#Ilokano lángit "sky, heaven"
< #Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC "sky"
Cf. #Hawaiian lani "sky, heaven; heavenly, spiritual; very high chief, majesty; royal, exalted, high born, aristocratic"
#eotd #etymology #wotd
< #Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC "sky"
Cf. #Hawaiian lani "sky, heaven; heavenly, spiritual; very high chief, majesty; royal, exalted, high born, aristocratic"
#eotd #etymology #wotd
November 25, 2024 at 9:06 PM
#Ilokano lángit "sky, heaven"
< #Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC "sky"
Cf. #Hawaiian lani "sky, heaven; heavenly, spiritual; very high chief, majesty; royal, exalted, high born, aristocratic"
#eotd #etymology #wotd
< #Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC "sky"
Cf. #Hawaiian lani "sky, heaven; heavenly, spiritual; very high chief, majesty; royal, exalted, high born, aristocratic"
#eotd #etymology #wotd
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Hello new followers! I mainly write science fiction. I have twice won the BSFA Award for Best Novel and I've been a finalist for the Locus Award, the British Fantasy Award, and others. I'm also an editor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social and I spend a lot of time online encouraging aspiring authors.
November 22, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Hello new followers! I mainly write science fiction. I have twice won the BSFA Award for Best Novel and I've been a finalist for the Locus Award, the British Fantasy Award, and others. I'm also an editor for @starsandsabers.bsky.social and I spend a lot of time online encouraging aspiring authors.
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Before I log off for the night, let me tell you that my novel Future's Edge (published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in the US and UK) is now available to pre-order from all good booksellers. I think you'll like it.
Links: linktr.ee/garethlpowell
Links: linktr.ee/garethlpowell
November 20, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Before I log off for the night, let me tell you that my novel Future's Edge (published by @titanbooks.bsky.social in the US and UK) is now available to pre-order from all good booksellers. I think you'll like it.
Links: linktr.ee/garethlpowell
Links: linktr.ee/garethlpowell
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It is almost time for review ARCs for Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers, our magnificent cross-genre anthology we are publishing in our new imprint, @starsandsabers.bsky.social! Read about the book and see this STELLAR roster of authors: www.starsandsabers.com/of-shadows-s...
Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers – Stars and Sabers
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November 20, 2024 at 4:22 PM
It is almost time for review ARCs for Of Shadows, Stars, and Sabers, our magnificent cross-genre anthology we are publishing in our new imprint, @starsandsabers.bsky.social! Read about the book and see this STELLAR roster of authors: www.starsandsabers.com/of-shadows-s...
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#Tongva ryoo'enax "to cut hair"
< Proto-Takic *rió:'-ina "to make bald" < *rió:' "shorn" + ina "causative"
Cf. #Kitanemuk rio'in "to cut" and #Luiseño riwí' "to be bald; for bones to show through at cremation" and #Tongva ryoo(')pe' "bald"
#etymology #linguistics #Takic #PUA
< Proto-Takic *rió:'-ina "to make bald" < *rió:' "shorn" + ina "causative"
Cf. #Kitanemuk rio'in "to cut" and #Luiseño riwí' "to be bald; for bones to show through at cremation" and #Tongva ryoo(')pe' "bald"
#etymology #linguistics #Takic #PUA
November 20, 2024 at 8:34 PM
#Tongva ryoo'enax "to cut hair"
< Proto-Takic *rió:'-ina "to make bald" < *rió:' "shorn" + ina "causative"
Cf. #Kitanemuk rio'in "to cut" and #Luiseño riwí' "to be bald; for bones to show through at cremation" and #Tongva ryoo(')pe' "bald"
#etymology #linguistics #Takic #PUA
< Proto-Takic *rió:'-ina "to make bald" < *rió:' "shorn" + ina "causative"
Cf. #Kitanemuk rio'in "to cut" and #Luiseño riwí' "to be bald; for bones to show through at cremation" and #Tongva ryoo(')pe' "bald"
#etymology #linguistics #Takic #PUA
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Reading 2024 fiction? Try the short story "Woodmask" by Adrian Tchaikovsky! You can read it here! @aptshadow.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wood...
November 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Reading 2024 fiction? Try the short story "Woodmask" by Adrian Tchaikovsky! You can read it here! @aptshadow.bsky.social www.uncannymagazine.com/article/wood...
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Hey, welcome to new folks! On my good days, I'm a writer.
If you go to nghivo.com/bibliography/ you'll find a bunch of free fiction under short stories, help yourself.
If you go to nghivo.com/bibliography/ you'll find a bunch of free fiction under short stories, help yourself.
Bibliography – Nghi Vo
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November 9, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Hey, welcome to new folks! On my good days, I'm a writer.
If you go to nghivo.com/bibliography/ you'll find a bunch of free fiction under short stories, help yourself.
If you go to nghivo.com/bibliography/ you'll find a bunch of free fiction under short stories, help yourself.
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📚We're reopening to unagented manuscripts in January. We really encourage LGBTQ+ folk, marginalised and underrepresented writers, disabled, non-London based authors, authors over 40, and writers from working class backgrounds to submit to us.
November 20, 2024 at 10:17 AM
📚We're reopening to unagented manuscripts in January. We really encourage LGBTQ+ folk, marginalised and underrepresented writers, disabled, non-London based authors, authors over 40, and writers from working class backgrounds to submit to us.
Meet the mother of all mythologies.
A band of misfits mount a desperate search for the Home of the Gods, pursued from Siberia to Borneo by an evil empire.
But this isn’t a fantasy. This is our world. In THE LAST INTERGLACIAL.
Tolkien + Attenborough + @nghivo.bsky.social
@jannywurts.bsky.social
A band of misfits mount a desperate search for the Home of the Gods, pursued from Siberia to Borneo by an evil empire.
But this isn’t a fantasy. This is our world. In THE LAST INTERGLACIAL.
Tolkien + Attenborough + @nghivo.bsky.social
@jannywurts.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Meet the mother of all mythologies.
A band of misfits mount a desperate search for the Home of the Gods, pursued from Siberia to Borneo by an evil empire.
But this isn’t a fantasy. This is our world. In THE LAST INTERGLACIAL.
Tolkien + Attenborough + @nghivo.bsky.social
@jannywurts.bsky.social
A band of misfits mount a desperate search for the Home of the Gods, pursued from Siberia to Borneo by an evil empire.
But this isn’t a fantasy. This is our world. In THE LAST INTERGLACIAL.
Tolkien + Attenborough + @nghivo.bsky.social
@jannywurts.bsky.social
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Authors, artists, creators: hit me with your news, releases, events - I repost them.
Be seen.
Be seen.
November 14, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Authors, artists, creators: hit me with your news, releases, events - I repost them.
Be seen.
Be seen.
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www.fountainbookstore.com/events/43326
Just another reminder - I'd appreciate a shout out and show up for the last event I have for the year at the lovely Fountain Bookstore in Richmond Virginia tomorrow at 6 pm!
You can sign up/register for the event at the link!
Just another reminder - I'd appreciate a shout out and show up for the last event I have for the year at the lovely Fountain Bookstore in Richmond Virginia tomorrow at 6 pm!
You can sign up/register for the event at the link!
The Doors of Midnight with R.R. Virdi
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November 19, 2024 at 6:04 PM
www.fountainbookstore.com/events/43326
Just another reminder - I'd appreciate a shout out and show up for the last event I have for the year at the lovely Fountain Bookstore in Richmond Virginia tomorrow at 6 pm!
You can sign up/register for the event at the link!
Just another reminder - I'd appreciate a shout out and show up for the last event I have for the year at the lovely Fountain Bookstore in Richmond Virginia tomorrow at 6 pm!
You can sign up/register for the event at the link!
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#Tongva waa'aka' "black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli"
< Proto-Takic *wá:hanka' "stretch-necked fishing bird"
Cf. #Kitanemuk wahanka'y "gaviota, seagull"
#etymology #linguistics #indigenous #California #Takic
< Proto-Takic *wá:hanka' "stretch-necked fishing bird"
Cf. #Kitanemuk wahanka'y "gaviota, seagull"
#etymology #linguistics #indigenous #California #Takic
November 19, 2024 at 8:05 PM
#Tongva waa'aka' "black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax hoactli"
< Proto-Takic *wá:hanka' "stretch-necked fishing bird"
Cf. #Kitanemuk wahanka'y "gaviota, seagull"
#etymology #linguistics #indigenous #California #Takic
< Proto-Takic *wá:hanka' "stretch-necked fishing bird"
Cf. #Kitanemuk wahanka'y "gaviota, seagull"
#etymology #linguistics #indigenous #California #Takic
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My paper on Toypurina, a leader of the Native Californian resistance to Spanish colonization, showing that her name is a hispanicized version of her Tongva title - Spirit Doctor. The Totoongvetam are the indigenous Uto-Aztecan inhabitants of Greater Los Angeles.
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
The Spirit of Resistance - The Meaning of Toypurina
The Tongva medicine woman Toypurina is among the best-known of the many indigenous leaders who resisted the Spanish colonization of California, being spoken of in the same breath as such other symbols...
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November 19, 2024 at 8:25 PM
My paper on Toypurina, a leader of the Native Californian resistance to Spanish colonization, showing that her name is a hispanicized version of her Tongva title - Spirit Doctor. The Totoongvetam are the indigenous Uto-Aztecan inhabitants of Greater Los Angeles.
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
www.academia.edu/123327970/Th...
November 19, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Welcome, fellow travellers, to my slice of the sky. I’m the author of The Earthy Language Cycles, a set of interconnected epic fantasy, geopolitical thriller, and science fiction novels set in our past, present, and future, launching in 2025. Follow me to request your ARCs, when the time is right!
November 19, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Welcome, fellow travellers, to my slice of the sky. I’m the author of The Earthy Language Cycles, a set of interconnected epic fantasy, geopolitical thriller, and science fiction novels set in our past, present, and future, launching in 2025. Follow me to request your ARCs, when the time is right!