Carolina
@carolinabeci.bsky.social
Teacher. Bylines @ Book Riot and Foreword Reviews. She/Her.
https://chihatempo.wordpress.com/
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In today's episode of "oh wow, I'm middle aged", I've been getting into birding
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In today's episode of "oh wow, I'm middle aged", I've been getting into birding
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I don't care how good the content is, if you use GenAI images for illustration I'm not opening, reading, or sharing your work.
Even beside the disrespect to creators - I don't trust the laziness to stop at the images.
Even beside the disrespect to creators - I don't trust the laziness to stop at the images.
November 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I don't care how good the content is, if you use GenAI images for illustration I'm not opening, reading, or sharing your work.
Even beside the disrespect to creators - I don't trust the laziness to stop at the images.
Even beside the disrespect to creators - I don't trust the laziness to stop at the images.
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A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
October 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A portion of every dollar spent on Harry Potter merchandise goes to anti-transgender campaigns.
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What's it like inside your head?
(possibly one of the sillier things I've ever made)
(possibly one of the sillier things I've ever made)
October 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What's it like inside your head?
(possibly one of the sillier things I've ever made)
(possibly one of the sillier things I've ever made)
I did it. I finished the first draft of my MG novel.
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I did it. I finished the first draft of my MG novel.
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Hmmmmm …. I don’t know guys…. I feel like when the shooting starts the ceasefire ends
BREAKING: Israel strikes southern Gaza in test of ceasefire.
Israel strikes Gaza in first major test of ceasefire
Israel said it struck Hamas militants in Gaza on Sunday after they shot at Israeli soldiers who were inside the area that is still under Israeli control, according to the conditions of the Oct. 10 ceasefire.
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hmmmmm …. I don’t know guys…. I feel like when the shooting starts the ceasefire ends
I'm almost at the end of the first draft. Only have a couple of chapters and an epilogue left.
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I'm almost at the end of the first draft. Only have a couple of chapters and an epilogue left.
I normally wake up at 5 am. I slept in until 8 today, and feel that I wasted my morning.
(Yes, it's absurd. I still feel this way.)
(Yes, it's absurd. I still feel this way.)
October 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I normally wake up at 5 am. I slept in until 8 today, and feel that I wasted my morning.
(Yes, it's absurd. I still feel this way.)
(Yes, it's absurd. I still feel this way.)
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw (streaming included)):
Hozier
That's it, that's the concert. I want to attend more now.
Hozier
That's it, that's the concert. I want to attend more now.
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw (streaming included)):
Bad Bunny
Outlaw: Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan
The Killers
Jack White
Pink/Sheryl Crow
And like 5 Rochester Philharmonic concerts in there too.
Bad Bunny
Outlaw: Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan
The Killers
Jack White
Pink/Sheryl Crow
And like 5 Rochester Philharmonic concerts in there too.
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw:
Sutton Foster & Kelli O'Hara
Aida Cuevas
Weird Al Yankovic
Leslie Odom Jr.
Pentatonix
Sutton Foster & Kelli O'Hara
Aida Cuevas
Weird Al Yankovic
Leslie Odom Jr.
Pentatonix
October 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Introduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw (streaming included)):
Hozier
That's it, that's the concert. I want to attend more now.
Hozier
That's it, that's the concert. I want to attend more now.
"In the three days I spent there, I visited the field of tulips. I hiked to see a waterfall. I did a wine testing at a winery. I visited a functioning flour mill built in 19th century style. And I breathed."
I'm happy with this one!
I'm happy with this one!
October 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"In the three days I spent there, I visited the field of tulips. I hiked to see a waterfall. I did a wine testing at a winery. I visited a functioning flour mill built in 19th century style. And I breathed."
I'm happy with this one!
I'm happy with this one!
"I don't like to think for myself, so I delegated it to a machine. Also, my life is so empty that this big wide world gives me no ideas to work with."
October 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"I don't like to think for myself, so I delegated it to a machine. Also, my life is so empty that this big wide world gives me no ideas to work with."
I don't think I realized how much I missed blogging until I took it back up. I appreciate social media, but sometimes you want to read and write things that are longer than 140 characters.
October 16, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I don't think I realized how much I missed blogging until I took it back up. I appreciate social media, but sometimes you want to read and write things that are longer than 140 characters.
A case for traveling alone. On the blog 👇
a case for traveling alone
Field of tulips in Trevelin, Argentina I didn’t take my first solo trip until I was 34. In fact, I rarely traveled at all, except for a handful of vacations with my family when I was a kid. I loved…
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October 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A case for traveling alone. On the blog 👇
I'm starting to think I can finish the first draft by the end of the month (did I just jinx it?)
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm starting to think I can finish the first draft by the end of the month (did I just jinx it?)
OpenAI ethics is a contradiction in terms
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
OpenAI ethics is a contradiction in terms
Officially hit the midway point of my first draft
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Officially hit the midway point of my first draft
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It's very close to the premiere of my Black trans demon romance,' A Damning Desire', on Wattpad. Patrons and payhip members have already been reading my steamy monster romance! I post on Wednesdays, 3 times a month! #wattpad #monsterromance #pnr #romance
October 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It's very close to the premiere of my Black trans demon romance,' A Damning Desire', on Wattpad. Patrons and payhip members have already been reading my steamy monster romance! I post on Wednesdays, 3 times a month! #wattpad #monsterromance #pnr #romance
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objective quality is fake and most people are really just judging how much they enjoyed something instead of how well it accomplished the thing it was setting out to do, because answering that question requires being curious about what it was trying to do
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
objective quality is fake and most people are really just judging how much they enjoyed something instead of how well it accomplished the thing it was setting out to do, because answering that question requires being curious about what it was trying to do
I kept wondering why my back hurts these days, but then I realized that I've been hunched over my laptop for at least an hour a day, every day for two weeks. Side effect of actually writing when I say I'll write, I guess!
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I kept wondering why my back hurts these days, but then I realized that I've been hunched over my laptop for at least an hour a day, every day for two weeks. Side effect of actually writing when I say I'll write, I guess!
"An angry parent's here."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"An angry parent's here."
I reached my writing goal for the month today. My self-imposed deadline for this draft is November 30, but it's looking like I might finish by October 31 🤞
October 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I reached my writing goal for the month today. My self-imposed deadline for this draft is November 30, but it's looking like I might finish by October 31 🤞
I'm surprised by the amount of USAmericans who think the US government is "bailing Argentina out". They're not bailing anyone out, they're taking advantage of Milei's inability to see he's Trump's puppet to indebt us to them even further and gain access to our natural resources.
October 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm surprised by the amount of USAmericans who think the US government is "bailing Argentina out". They're not bailing anyone out, they're taking advantage of Milei's inability to see he's Trump's puppet to indebt us to them even further and gain access to our natural resources.
Writing again and... I'm so grateful this idea stuck around even when I was doing zero work on it. I solemnly promise it I will finish this book.
Though I make no promises as to the quality.
Though I make no promises as to the quality.
I fell into writing a MG fantasy novel because this idea hooked me years ago, and I finally accepted that it's not going anywhere. But I haven't actually read that much MG, and I don't like to write in a genre I haven't read much of.
So, question to all of you. What are your favorite MG novels?
So, question to all of you. What are your favorite MG novels?
October 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Writing again and... I'm so grateful this idea stuck around even when I was doing zero work on it. I solemnly promise it I will finish this book.
Though I make no promises as to the quality.
Though I make no promises as to the quality.
I fell into writing a MG fantasy novel because this idea hooked me years ago, and I finally accepted that it's not going anywhere. But I haven't actually read that much MG, and I don't like to write in a genre I haven't read much of.
So, question to all of you. What are your favorite MG novels?
So, question to all of you. What are your favorite MG novels?
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I fell into writing a MG fantasy novel because this idea hooked me years ago, and I finally accepted that it's not going anywhere. But I haven't actually read that much MG, and I don't like to write in a genre I haven't read much of.
So, question to all of you. What are your favorite MG novels?
So, question to all of you. What are your favorite MG novels?
My story seems much less interesting written down than when I came up with the idea. I'm hoping it's normal at first, but either way, I'm surrendering myself to the Gods of First Drafts. It might be a terrible book in the end, but it'll be a book.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
My story seems much less interesting written down than when I came up with the idea. I'm hoping it's normal at first, but either way, I'm surrendering myself to the Gods of First Drafts. It might be a terrible book in the end, but it'll be a book.