M R Dimond Author
@mrdimond-author.bsky.social
Fiction writer, author of the Black Orchid Enterprises Mystery series, technical editor, cat rescuer, fabric artist, cellist of yesteryear, she/her
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In 2023 I poured my heart into a story about life in Gulf Coast severe weather. Is a cozy mystery the best vehicle for that tale? Dunno. Because the story is set in Central Texas, it seems right to donate the proceeds to Central Texas flood relief.
$2.99 at
books2read.com/BlackOrchids4
$2.99 at
books2read.com/BlackOrchids4
Sleutherfest is coming closer, ever closer. Join www.facebook.com/groups/cozytownsleuths
to get ready. All day on December 7, 100+ authors will be giving away their books.
Hang with your favorite cozy mystery authors and win stuff!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
to get ready. All day on December 7, 100+ authors will be giving away their books.
Hang with your favorite cozy mystery authors and win stuff!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Sleutherfest is coming closer, ever closer. Join www.facebook.com/groups/cozytownsleuths
to get ready. All day on December 7, 100+ authors will be giving away their books.
Hang with your favorite cozy mystery authors and win stuff!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
to get ready. All day on December 7, 100+ authors will be giving away their books.
Hang with your favorite cozy mystery authors and win stuff!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
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Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Write like no one will read it.
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Edit like everyone will quote it.
You'll be unstoppable! 🚀
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmEditing #BookSky #WriteSky
Tell 'er, Betty
Stalking a 19-year-old David Hogg, who had just survived a school shooting, berating him, calling him names, and accusing him of being a liar isn't "toxic politics." It's being a crude, unhinged sociopath.
www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/p...
www.cnn.com/2021/01/27/p...
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tell 'er, Betty
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All roads not only led to #Rome . . . a LOT of secondary roads were also built/improved by Roman engineers.
Updated digital, interactive maps show how the #RomanEmpire connected the ancient world.
@princejvstin.com, @kenburnside.bsky.social, have you seen this yet?
apnews.com/article/anci...
Updated digital, interactive maps show how the #RomanEmpire connected the ancient world.
@princejvstin.com, @kenburnside.bsky.social, have you seen this yet?
apnews.com/article/anci...
All roads in ancient Rome stretched far longer than previously known, study shows
As the saying went, all roads once led to Rome — and scientists now say those roads stretched 50% longer than previously known.
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
All roads not only led to #Rome . . . a LOT of secondary roads were also built/improved by Roman engineers.
Updated digital, interactive maps show how the #RomanEmpire connected the ancient world.
@princejvstin.com, @kenburnside.bsky.social, have you seen this yet?
apnews.com/article/anci...
Updated digital, interactive maps show how the #RomanEmpire connected the ancient world.
@princejvstin.com, @kenburnside.bsky.social, have you seen this yet?
apnews.com/article/anci...
I'm still raising funds for Central Texas flood recovery with Rained Out and Other Texas Holiday Disasters.
To reduce my inventory of paperbacks, I'm selling them for half-price on my website with code ORCHPR. You get a signed book, free swag, sneak previews, gift wrap.
dimond.me/product/Blac...
To reduce my inventory of paperbacks, I'm selling them for half-price on my website with code ORCHPR. You get a signed book, free swag, sneak previews, gift wrap.
dimond.me/product/Blac...
Black Orchid Enterprises 4 ~ Rained Out and Other Texas Holiday Disasters – M.R. Dimond
dimond.me
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'm still raising funds for Central Texas flood recovery with Rained Out and Other Texas Holiday Disasters.
To reduce my inventory of paperbacks, I'm selling them for half-price on my website with code ORCHPR. You get a signed book, free swag, sneak previews, gift wrap.
dimond.me/product/Blac...
To reduce my inventory of paperbacks, I'm selling them for half-price on my website with code ORCHPR. You get a signed book, free swag, sneak previews, gift wrap.
dimond.me/product/Blac...
Remembering my father, uncles, cousins and imagining what they'd say about the current state of the country. Mad. Furious. Seething. Just a few of the words to describe how they'd feel.
November 12, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Remembering my father, uncles, cousins and imagining what they'd say about the current state of the country. Mad. Furious. Seething. Just a few of the words to describe how they'd feel.
Like cozy mysteries? Join www.facebook.com/groups/29526...
to get ready for Sleutherfest, a day-long event with 100+ authors giving away their books on
December 7.
Hang with your favorite authors and get ready for the holidays!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
to get ready for Sleutherfest, a day-long event with 100+ authors giving away their books on
December 7.
Hang with your favorite authors and get ready for the holidays!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Like cozy mysteries? Join www.facebook.com/groups/29526...
to get ready for Sleutherfest, a day-long event with 100+ authors giving away their books on
December 7.
Hang with your favorite authors and get ready for the holidays!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
to get ready for Sleutherfest, a day-long event with 100+ authors giving away their books on
December 7.
Hang with your favorite authors and get ready for the holidays!
#sleutherfest #cozymystery #readersky #mysteryreads #freebooks
World Piano Day! JD Thompson, the protagonist/narrator of my Black Orchid Enterprises Mystery series, plays piano in an ABBA tribute band.
He has some thoughts. dimond.me/thank-you-fo...
He has some thoughts. dimond.me/thank-you-fo...
November 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
World Piano Day! JD Thompson, the protagonist/narrator of my Black Orchid Enterprises Mystery series, plays piano in an ABBA tribute band.
He has some thoughts. dimond.me/thank-you-fo...
He has some thoughts. dimond.me/thank-you-fo...
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Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Being on SNAP benefits for 17 years, I've NEVER been told I wouldn't be paid my benefits. NEVER. What is going on is BEYOND cruel. The ppl w/disabilities, ppl w/chronic illnesses & cancer, seniors already isolated, the 16M hh's w/children. WE REFUSE TO BE A NUMBER. WE ARE PEOPLE. WE DESERVE DIGNITY.
If you're not celebrating National Donut Day, enjoy these from afar.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you're not celebrating National Donut Day, enjoy these from afar.
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IKEA does it for me. Been there once. Thought I'd never get out. Panic attack!
Trying to retain my humanity and my politics in a crowded Costco. This is a place of unique terror for me.
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
IKEA does it for me. Been there once. Thought I'd never get out. Panic attack!
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Trying to retain my humanity and my politics in a crowded Costco. This is a place of unique terror for me.
November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trying to retain my humanity and my politics in a crowded Costco. This is a place of unique terror for me.
Paco ready for Halloween. Anybody want to buy a used BB8 pet costume? Worn 30 seconds.
#halloween #pets #cats
#halloween #pets #cats
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Paco ready for Halloween. Anybody want to buy a used BB8 pet costume? Worn 30 seconds.
#halloween #pets #cats
#halloween #pets #cats
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"We can be better than this. We have to be better than this."
Did you realize that SNAP does not include sanitary products for women? Or soap? Or toothpaste?
Think about that for a moment.
Just gave money to food banks, but wondering if Costco or online would be best to buy these in bulk. :(
Did you realize that SNAP does not include sanitary products for women? Or soap? Or toothpaste?
Think about that for a moment.
Just gave money to food banks, but wondering if Costco or online would be best to buy these in bulk. :(
I grew up on food stamps--not SNAP, physical paper stamps that came in a little book that Mom kept in her purse.
October 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"We can be better than this. We have to be better than this."
Did you realize that SNAP does not include sanitary products for women? Or soap? Or toothpaste?
Think about that for a moment.
Just gave money to food banks, but wondering if Costco or online would be best to buy these in bulk. :(
Did you realize that SNAP does not include sanitary products for women? Or soap? Or toothpaste?
Think about that for a moment.
Just gave money to food banks, but wondering if Costco or online would be best to buy these in bulk. :(
The first Halloween for these young Ukrainian lion cubs. I hope your day is as happy as theirs.
#halloween #lion #wildcatsanctuary
#halloween #lion #wildcatsanctuary
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The first Halloween for these young Ukrainian lion cubs. I hope your day is as happy as theirs.
#halloween #lion #wildcatsanctuary
#halloween #lion #wildcatsanctuary
Another black cat to appreciate, Shadow illustrating how the plexiglass laptop cover keeps her from expressing herself.
#blackcatawarenessmonth
#blackcatawarenessmonth
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Another black cat to appreciate, Shadow illustrating how the plexiglass laptop cover keeps her from expressing herself.
#blackcatawarenessmonth
#blackcatawarenessmonth
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
World Chocolate Day! Celebrate irresponsibly!
#chocolate
#chocolate
October 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
World Chocolate Day! Celebrate irresponsibly!
#chocolate
#chocolate
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The day clownish Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a ridiculous, performative lawsuit against Tylenol seems a good day to re-post this:
October 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The day clownish Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton files a ridiculous, performative lawsuit against Tylenol seems a good day to re-post this:
National Black Cat Day in Black Cat Awareness Month.
Let's see your voids.
Need more? Check this out: dimond.me/black-cat-aw...
#nationalblackcatday #blackcatawarenessmonth
Let's see your voids.
Need more? Check this out: dimond.me/black-cat-aw...
#nationalblackcatday #blackcatawarenessmonth
October 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
National Black Cat Day in Black Cat Awareness Month.
Let's see your voids.
Need more? Check this out: dimond.me/black-cat-aw...
#nationalblackcatday #blackcatawarenessmonth
Let's see your voids.
Need more? Check this out: dimond.me/black-cat-aw...
#nationalblackcatday #blackcatawarenessmonth
Chuffed that
@bookycall.bsky.social
included my fall holiday book Hallow in their Spooky Season and Haunting History collection. Hallow is free until Monday!
view.flodesk.com/emails/68f28...
Get Hallow at dimond.me/product/black-orchid-5 or books2read.com/BlackOrchids5.
#freebook #spookyseason
@bookycall.bsky.social
included my fall holiday book Hallow in their Spooky Season and Haunting History collection. Hallow is free until Monday!
view.flodesk.com/emails/68f28...
Get Hallow at dimond.me/product/black-orchid-5 or books2read.com/BlackOrchids5.
#freebook #spookyseason
October 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Chuffed that
@bookycall.bsky.social
included my fall holiday book Hallow in their Spooky Season and Haunting History collection. Hallow is free until Monday!
view.flodesk.com/emails/68f28...
Get Hallow at dimond.me/product/black-orchid-5 or books2read.com/BlackOrchids5.
#freebook #spookyseason
@bookycall.bsky.social
included my fall holiday book Hallow in their Spooky Season and Haunting History collection. Hallow is free until Monday!
view.flodesk.com/emails/68f28...
Get Hallow at dimond.me/product/black-orchid-5 or books2read.com/BlackOrchids5.
#freebook #spookyseason
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It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
October 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
It’s more than just bad priorities. It’s about lack of basic decency.
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October 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM