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deelancaster.bsky.social
@deelancaster.bsky.social
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Obsessive reader, writer of first drafts not ready to edit yet, car enthusiast, mom of 3 awesome boys, baking fanatic, climber, baseball, nature, no autocorrect = typos my own
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deelancaster.bsky.social
Happy Advent Calendar Day to those who celebrate
December 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
We watched Good Fortune with Keanu Reeves, Seth Rogen and Aziz Ansari. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Funny and timely
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
Sharing some joy
3 handmade cards a white one with a wreath of green leaves and a red bow and red birds a red one with a giant JOY in green. The red is embossed with pointsettias (that I still don't know how to spell) a gold bow on the J gold ribboms and white trees next to the Y. A white one with a red JOY a white poinsettia (not going to learn to spell it, it's a thing now) and a gnome in the centre of the O. He is holding a present and has a snowflake on his hat.
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
Merry Merry
Hand made cards. Green with red plaid and a red truck carrying a Christmas tree. That one gets mailed to my auntie in Scotland with photos of my boys inside. Two with white backgrounds. One has embossed pointsetia (sp?) print a small red frame and red pointsetias (ehich I already indicated I don't know how to spell). The other has an old styl lantern in black with yellow light, green foliage and red flowers I'll mispell
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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georgepenney.bsky.social
Hello lovely people.

December 1st is the advisable order deadline if you want to guarantee you'll get your copy of Tiny Moments of Joy before Christmas.

(All prices on the site, including shipping are in NZD, which means much cheaper in USD, GBP etc)

www.swashbucklerpress.com/tiny-moments...
Tiny Moments of Joy | Swashbuckler Press
Delightful moments captured from people watching in a small city in Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.swashbucklerpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
Got up to some card making yesterday
3 hand made cards. 2 have gnomes in the same style but with different colour schemes. Snowflakes abound.The middle one has a black cat wearing a Santa hat and looking a little put out over the experience. Background is in green and brown tones and says Oh What Fun. I didn't have Baa, Humbug in a colour that worked for me otherwise Mr Cat would be full on Scrooging it.
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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immcarvalho.bsky.social
So thrilled and honored to receive this Pushcart Prize nomination! 🎉 Thank you @g-marie-milton.bsky.social! ❤️
The list of 2025 Literary Revelations Publishing House Pushcart Prize nominees: Hikari, Naoki Kimura, Lauren Scott, Maria Carvalho, Cindy Georgakas
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
I wish I could do time lapse for a whole year on the view. It changes not only day to day but sometimes minute to minute.
Same view you've seen a bunch of times. This time the sky colours are various pastels with the mountians in the distance and a low lying fog between me and them, like the space between isn't ready to throw off its covers to begin the day. I feel you space between, I feel you.
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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reedwithabee.bsky.social
@victoriastrauss.com

FYI, Writer Beware gets a shout-out in this article in The Conversation Australia: theconversation.com/a-global-pub...
A global publishing scam assisted by AI has targeted Australia. Here are 5 tips to avoid scammers
Aspiring authors in Australia are among those who have been scammed by a network of publishing houses using cloned websites and AI tools.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
Snapdragon says, "Nope!" to fall.
Bright red snapdragon stepping out in rain drop diamonds growing where I didn't plant it. It is well beyond snapdragon season but she's having none of it. She planted her roots where she felt like it and is keepin on keepin on in bedazzled glory.
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
A few trees still hanging onto their colour
Mountians in the background witha blue sky descending into dusk. Some clouds picking up what's left of the setting sun's pink. A variety of trees ranging from bare skeletons of their summer selves to hanging onto a few leaves to the conifers grandly showing off their forever emerald finery. Same view as the previous photo but from a wider angle. The mountians lay further into the distance and closer to us we see more trees, lawn, a red outbuilding and if you look really close a wannabe fancy outdoor triple lamp that, joke's on you, only two of the bulbs work due to a wiring issue that probably means replacement that might happen one day but today is not that day.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
On the way home from the Eric Church concert (which was awesome) a woman in her 50s was a little tipsy on the long flight of stairs to the Skytrain. A random concert goer in his early twenties offered his arm and said, "Here, you can borrow my balance" and escotred her safely down the stairs.
November 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
I'm on fire today. My sneakers, reusable shopping bags and my shirt all match. The grocery store has never seen the likes of this.
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
Our neighbours have the most festive bales of hay
Round hay bale wrapped in white, painted with Jack Skellington's face. They do this every year for Halloween. It makes me smile every time I drive by
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 31. Happy Halloween
Cork board with a wooden frame including the iconic curly hill. Jack silhouette painted on it. 30 Nightmare Before Christmas pins on it. Some of them are the ones you've seen over the previois 30 days, some are not. This means that yes, I have more Jack and friends pins not pictured here and yes, I may have a pin collecting problem
October 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
Final set of Halloween Hellos for the season.
3 hand made Halloween themed cards on a dark wooden table. Reflection of my kitchen in the window and no, I will not be updating the lighting. One card with a silhouette of a forest with ghosts flying out of it, sunset and moon background. One has a silhouette of a Haunted house with a yellow shadow, a yellow moon, a ghost and a bat. The background is a purple sparkle that with flecks in it the size of your pinky nail as my hot rodding grandpa would have said. A flamboyant hot rodder would love the colour. The last one has muted purples in the background with a water colour look and a silhouette of a fashionista witch and a stamp that says You are FaBOOlous I should post one card at a time and the alt text would be shorter than a Dickens novel.
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 30
Sally Disneyland style sihouette. The other half if a matching pair to Jack's from yesterday. She's in profile. Black and white. Her frame is stitching instead of webbing. Second to last day of this and I think I have managed to not moss a day or screw up the numbers. Or maybe I have and didn't notice.
October 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 29
Disneyland style silhouette of Jack in profile. Spiderweb frame. Skull bow. All black and white, oval frame. My grandparents had a set of these of my dad and his 3 siblings that were made in Disnayland in the 60s hanging in their hallway until the day they sold the house in the 90s. They had plain black frames and no skull bow.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 28
White ghost dog Zero in front of a pewter looking dog house with his name on it.
October 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 27
Jack looking dapper in a graveyard with a purple background. The pin says Jack Skellington Man of Your Screams. Jack has rizz.
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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immcarvalho.bsky.social
So excited that my flash piece "Replicants" is included in this issue!
rfpress.bsky.social Roi Fainéant Press @rfpress.bsky.social · Oct 26
Good afternoon!

Welp. Looks like it's onward to 100.

Our 90th issue is live right now. Tell your favorite 90s baby.

www.roifaineantpress.com/blog

#WritingCommunity
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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immcarvalho.bsky.social
Totally psyched that my micro piece "Eidolon" is included in this fab magazine! 🌕 (I'm mostly off the grid for a few more days but will catch up with you lovely people soon!)
scifansat.bsky.social SciFanSat Magazine @scifansat.bsky.social · Oct 25
AVAILABLE NOW: The latest issue of #SciFanSat Magazine will send you to the moon and back at scifansat.com! Enjoy our spectacular selenic stories of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and More!

Many thanks to every contributing #SFF author, and to our readers... like you!

#AmWritingScifi #AmWritingFantasy
SciFanSat: The Monthly Magazine for Science Fiction, Fantasy and More!
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 26
Disney pin of a frozen treat in the theme of Jack Skellington. White top, pinstripe black bottom half complete with iconic bat bowtie. Popsicle stick coming out of the bottom. Bite missing from the top. It is one of a set of character themed ice creams. Yes, I have them organized because I am a total nerd.
October 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
31 days of Nightmare Before Christmas day 25
Pewter look Jack and Sally with a jackolantern. Coffin shaped background. Red trim.
October 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
deelancaster.bsky.social
More Halloween hellos
3 home made greeting cards. One black with Boo in styley orange letters looking like a jack o lantern face. One with pumpkin/ghost/spiderweb background, foreground 3 cats peeking over a brick wall. One an assortment of leaves arranged in a wreath and says Autumn Greetings. Oh the Boo card has a google eyed spider. I think he's judging, he looks pretty serious which a feat when you're a google eyed spider.
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM