Marissa Lingen
@marissalingen.bsky.social
Science fiction writer, poet, essayist. Minnesota nerd par excellence. Tisanes, leaves, Moomins, snow. She/her. Repped by Kurestin Armada.
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As far as I am concerned, just the first one, and then as much as you're enjoying after that really only the first one is essential.
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
As far as I am concerned, just the first one, and then as much as you're enjoying after that really only the first one is essential.
"Murder, She Flapped"
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Murder, She Flapped"
Totally agreed, names are my example of how this really, really isn't good enough. Even known names. If you're looking at context and it's got a J and it's a guy's name...is it Jon or Jim or Jack or Joe or...? You can't know from cues.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Totally agreed, names are my example of how this really, really isn't good enough. Even known names. If you're looking at context and it's got a J and it's a guy's name...is it Jon or Jim or Jack or Joe or...? You can't know from cues.
It's the "I'm not making light of this terrible thing, I'm making sure it STICKS WITH YOU and gets PASSED ALONG TO OTHERS SO THEY ALSO KNOW" punchline, and I love them, and I love the people who construct them.
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's the "I'm not making light of this terrible thing, I'm making sure it STICKS WITH YOU and gets PASSED ALONG TO OTHERS SO THEY ALSO KNOW" punchline, and I love them, and I love the people who construct them.
Thank you so much!
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Thank you so much!
Reposted by Marissa Lingen
Guest-narrated by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/bcs-35...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - BCS 354: The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Guest-narrated by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/bcs-35...
Also available in podcast format for those who need or prefer that!
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Also available in podcast format for those who need or prefer that!
My dad was put on comma probation, because he loved commas not wisely but too well. Someone told him that you should put a comma wherever you breathe, and he was a Minnesota man; like lace, his speech was ornamented at least as much by absence as presence.
November 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My dad was put on comma probation, because he loved commas not wisely but too well. Someone told him that you should put a comma wherever you breathe, and he was a Minnesota man; like lace, his speech was ornamented at least as much by absence as presence.
They are being not only careless and callous with author well-being, they're being careless with the reputations of an editor I've worked with since I was a literal college student and two more I've worked with for years and highly value. It is just infuriating.
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
They are being not only careless and callous with author well-being, they're being careless with the reputations of an editor I've worked with since I was a literal college student and two more I've worked with for years and highly value. It is just infuriating.
I CAME HERE TO CHANT THAT BACK AT YOU
November 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I CAME HERE TO CHANT THAT BACK AT YOU