Heather Vee
@dieslaughing.bsky.social
Aka @dieslaughing / @deep.read.belle on IG/Threads. mediaoscura.com owner/designer. Former host of Radio Oscura (2015-2022). Smells faintly of bourbon and beheadings.
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Hey Firefox users.
August 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Hey Firefox users.
I don't know how The Raven Scholar keeps up its pace for 650 pages without flagging, but it should be studied. I devoured it like it was 1/3 of the length it actually is.
July 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I don't know how The Raven Scholar keeps up its pace for 650 pages without flagging, but it should be studied. I devoured it like it was 1/3 of the length it actually is.
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I think I would have made an excellent Gilded Age divorcée. Relegated to Newport and no longer invited to boring society events? Sign me up.
July 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I think I would have made an excellent Gilded Age divorcée. Relegated to Newport and no longer invited to boring society events? Sign me up.
I miss the In Wild Air newsletter. Perfectly Imperfect is fun, but it's not quite the same.
July 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I miss the In Wild Air newsletter. Perfectly Imperfect is fun, but it's not quite the same.
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Thrilled to reveal the glorious cover for my new book, MAGIC MAKER: THE ENCHANTED PATH TO CREATIVITY. My intention for this tome is to help you supercharge your own creativity using magical techniques, as so many visionaries have done throughout history (and as I do myself). Out Oct 14!
July 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thrilled to reveal the glorious cover for my new book, MAGIC MAKER: THE ENCHANTED PATH TO CREATIVITY. My intention for this tome is to help you supercharge your own creativity using magical techniques, as so many visionaries have done throughout history (and as I do myself). Out Oct 14!
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romance heroines love to see their love interest for the first time and be like "never before had I seen such a cruel, uncaring countenance" girl you are going to be gasping for it in 250 pages. as soon as he processes his trauma from the Crimean War its over for you
July 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
romance heroines love to see their love interest for the first time and be like "never before had I seen such a cruel, uncaring countenance" girl you are going to be gasping for it in 250 pages. as soon as he processes his trauma from the Crimean War its over for you
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I have openings in my editing calendar. I do primarily developmental edits of novels and novellas, and I have over a decade of experience. More info and contact link here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Please feel free to reach out with any questions!
June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I have openings in my editing calendar. I do primarily developmental edits of novels and novellas, and I have over a decade of experience. More info and contact link here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing Please feel free to reach out with any questions!
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What makes sex scenes work? What do they tell us about the characters and their relationship? How do they advance the story?
if you need a break from the news and the heat this terrible Monday morning, I have done an unreasonably deep dive into a scene from Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone.
if you need a break from the news and the heat this terrible Monday morning, I have done an unreasonably deep dive into a scene from Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone.
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: A Gentleman Undone, Cecilia Grant - Reading the End
A close-read analysis of a sex scene between the protagonists of Cecilia Grant's sophomore romance novel, A Gentleman Undone
readingtheend.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
What makes sex scenes work? What do they tell us about the characters and their relationship? How do they advance the story?
if you need a break from the news and the heat this terrible Monday morning, I have done an unreasonably deep dive into a scene from Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone.
if you need a break from the news and the heat this terrible Monday morning, I have done an unreasonably deep dive into a scene from Cecilia Grant's A Gentleman Undone.
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World Bee Day, you say? In honor of that, here, from a few years ago, is one of my short stories, "Telling the Bees": www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/telling-th...
Telling the Bees
Editor’s note: There's a heart-sadness to Kat Howard's short story about relationships, bee-keeping, and magic. And her prose—dark and rich and sweet—draws you in but you still feel it when the sting ...
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
May 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
World Bee Day, you say? In honor of that, here, from a few years ago, is one of my short stories, "Telling the Bees": www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/telling-th...
Oh hey, it’s me. ☺️
Want to read a heroine bargain for the hero like he’s an old rug? Heather Varlow has a collection of historicals for you. #romancelandia #historicalromance
Getting Sprung — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
In which heroines and heroes bail the other out of jail, save each other from execution by the law, or mutually jailbreak in at least once memorable instance. Want to read a heroine bargain for the he...
fatedmates.net
May 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh hey, it’s me. ☺️
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IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
April 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
IF YOU'RE IN LINE TO PISS ON STROM THURMOND'S GRAVE, STAY IN LINE
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knowing that there are people who, on any given day, could, if not actually end all suffering on earth, do something close enough that their name would reverberate down history as the notion of a living miracle has changed my understanding of humanity in a way I don’t really know how to live with
To billionaires, massive economic downturns and disasters are barely perceptible blips.
What a normal person registers as apocalyptically devastating, a billionaire could go literal millennia before it affects their standard of living
What a normal person registers as apocalyptically devastating, a billionaire could go literal millennia before it affects their standard of living
March 16, 2025 at 12:46 PM
knowing that there are people who, on any given day, could, if not actually end all suffering on earth, do something close enough that their name would reverberate down history as the notion of a living miracle has changed my understanding of humanity in a way I don’t really know how to live with
Read The Will Darling Adventures. Okay, bye.
March 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Read The Will Darling Adventures. Okay, bye.
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I love it when my pet sighs.
Like what ails you my little
unemployed freeloader.
Like what ails you my little
unemployed freeloader.
February 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I love it when my pet sighs.
Like what ails you my little
unemployed freeloader.
Like what ails you my little
unemployed freeloader.
A life-changing author for me.
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A life-changing author for me.
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This is as much the era of MCU good guys will save us pornography as “aspirational” bad guys. Hear me out, how about instead of asking artists to take on the responsibility of guiding society toward virtue we put money into our schools and go back to teaching media literacy and the humanities.
This is interesting, the writer of Breaking Bad calls for more positive characters in TV fiction, after realising
Walter White is often misunderstood by fans as an aspirational, badass icon rather than an obvious monster
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/v...
Walter White is often misunderstood by fans as an aspirational, badass icon rather than an obvious monster
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/v...
Vince Gilligan Calls for Writers to Cut Back on Villain Stories Amid Current Political Climate: “They’ve Become Aspirational”
The 'Breaking Bad' creator said in now looking back at Walter White, "I think I'd rather be celebrated for creating someone a bit more inspiring."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This is as much the era of MCU good guys will save us pornography as “aspirational” bad guys. Hear me out, how about instead of asking artists to take on the responsibility of guiding society toward virtue we put money into our schools and go back to teaching media literacy and the humanities.
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(yall gotta stop ceding ground to puritans. don't give them stickers or mpaa ratings or "mature" sections or "clean" imprints. they don't get a little censorship, as a treat.)
"well as long as it's age appropriate" no fuck you guys actually, i read adult books when i was 12 and now i'm weird as hell, as i SHOULD be
February 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
(yall gotta stop ceding ground to puritans. don't give them stickers or mpaa ratings or "mature" sections or "clean" imprints. they don't get a little censorship, as a treat.)
Getting back into the habit of perfume journaling as I test samples, and I think I'll post random lines here as I work through my ridiculous backlog. Today's test was Sarah Baker's Far from the Madding Crowd: "Smells like the liminal space between the cosmetic and shoe departments of a Dillard's."
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Getting back into the habit of perfume journaling as I test samples, and I think I'll post random lines here as I work through my ridiculous backlog. Today's test was Sarah Baker's Far from the Madding Crowd: "Smells like the liminal space between the cosmetic and shoe departments of a Dillard's."
Fuck it: French fries for breakfast it is.
February 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Fuck it: French fries for breakfast it is.
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And I almost forgot because I'm so terrible at these things, but this is the 🚨last day🚨 that the audiobook of Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death--narrated by Raven Wildewood-- is on sale for $8.
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
60% OFF Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death
NAMED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES AS ONE OF THE 10 BEST ROMANCES OF 2023: 'A weird, adorable stunner of a romance.'
Death needs a do-over.
Azrael—angel of death, grim reaper, destr...
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February 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And I almost forgot because I'm so terrible at these things, but this is the 🚨last day🚨 that the audiobook of Molly Molloy and the Angel of Death--narrated by Raven Wildewood-- is on sale for $8.
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
Is this what people who see Jesus in a piece of toast feel like?
January 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Is this what people who see Jesus in a piece of toast feel like?
JFC
Substack comes out in favor of Elon. read.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
The fight for free speech in 2025 and beyond
On Substack’s ongoing commitment to freedom of the press
read.substack.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
JFC
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the venn diagram of stuff i think i will eat when i am meal planning vs stuff i want to eat at actual dinner time is two circles, separated by an infinite distance through time, space, and other dimensions whose qualities are so inconceivably foreign to us that we could not possible conceive of them
January 27, 2025 at 11:06 PM
the venn diagram of stuff i think i will eat when i am meal planning vs stuff i want to eat at actual dinner time is two circles, separated by an infinite distance through time, space, and other dimensions whose qualities are so inconceivably foreign to us that we could not possible conceive of them
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every angry take I’ve seen about using technology to offload the work of being a human is correct, and I’ll just add: you learn things from art you don’t like and/or finish! you learn things, about yourself and about the world, even from experiences you don’t enjoy! friction is necessary for growth!
"Imagine a world in which an A.I. can analyze your reading patterns and alert you that you’re about to buy a book where there’s only a 10 percent chance you’ll get past Page 6..."
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Fuck off. That's not empowerment, that's outsourcing your soul. That's outsouling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/o...
Opinion | AI Can Work for Us
A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
every angry take I’ve seen about using technology to offload the work of being a human is correct, and I’ll just add: you learn things from art you don’t like and/or finish! you learn things, about yourself and about the world, even from experiences you don’t enjoy! friction is necessary for growth!