Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Linnea Hartspooker

@linneaharts.bsky.social

920 followers 450 following 7.7K posts

Linnea Hartsuyker. Author of THE GOLDEN WOLF TRILOGY from Harper Collins. She/her. Fiber arts, cooking, rowing, shipwrecks, web engineering, New Hampshire, SFF, fandom https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-by-linnea-hartsuyker

www.harpercollins.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · Jan 16

Hi new followers! I am an author of historical fiction about Vikings. My trilogy THE GOLDEN WOLF SAGA is published by HarperCollins in the US and you can buy them wherever books are sold. Or request them from your library! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

The Golden Wolf Saga

One of Open Letter's Best Books of 2019 The fates of Ragnvald and his sister Svanhild unfold to their stunning conclusion in this riveting final volume in The Golden Wolf Saga, a trilogy that conjures...

www.harpercollins.com

3 11 45

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 45m

There are certainly parallels for all kinds of other endeavors

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 45m

This is super interesting. I suspect it's because a competitive team thinks of ourselves as a team, and recreational rowers have a good chance of thinking of themselves as being in an exercise class. They're in the boat with other people but less likely to be thinking of how to make the boat better

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 51m

If I could get ongiri at a 7-11 I would visit one every day

2 2

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you!

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you!

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 5h

Thank you so much!!!

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you for the shares! I believe in asking for what you want on your birthday. For instance, this morning at rowing

Me: it's my birthday and what I want for my birthday is a good ratio

Tom: you can't tell people your birthday wish

Me: it's not a birthday wish, it's a request for a present!

Reposted by Linnea Hartspooker

Emily Hare @emilyhare.co.uk · 12h

Learn about the Nootlambit creature in my new book Savage Strangehollow. Ending on Kickstarter in a matter of hours! You'll also learn about the twilight pogwader, the green figwobble and the reaper's handshake! Loads of fun creatures to discover: buff.ly/Mg3qB6F
#watercolour #creature #artbook

a brown furry creature's head and neck. He has three black eyes with long black whiskers rising off each eye, a wide sharp-toothed mouth, flat nose and round bear-like sticky-out ears either side of his head.

1 15 62

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 9h

I wrote a trilogy of novels published by HarperCollins about a brother and sister caught on opposite sides of the war to unite Viking Age Norway.

Today is my birthday and if you are inclined to share this, it would be a lovely present!

The first: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-half-d...

The Half-Drowned King|Paperback

"Linnea Hartsuyker brings myth and legend roaring to life in this superbly good page-turning saga of Viking-era Norway. The book’s fiercest magic shines in the characters of Ragnvald and Svanhil...

www.barnesandnoble.com

18 39 50

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 10h

Oooh
I have an absolute ton of orange and yellow yarn that would be great for that

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 21h

I have seen many pics of cats that look like a pile of spare cat parts but this is the first time I've seen a swan do that

New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 1d

The ancient art of swan folding takes many false starts to master.

A swan in the middle of a complicated grooming manoeuvre, in which no part of the swan is in the right place.

Reposted by Linnea Hartspooker

Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4d

I'm so proud of everyone from my old neighborhood of Rogers Park in Chicago. I see what you have been and are doing. I am so proud of how organized the community is and how much more so everyone is becoming. It is inspiring. Just one example... And this is something EVERYONE can do. Everyone.

Informational flyer about Rogers Park Whistle Protocols, explaining how to use whistles to alert neighbors of emergencies, with color-coded alerts, steps for use, and encouragement to form a crowd and stay loud for safety.

11 540 1.2K

Reposted by Linnea Hartspooker

Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

32 4.6K 12K

Reposted by Linnea Hartspooker

spookyduds @spuffyduds.bsky.social · 1d

I like the occasional dose of tedious admin. Like when Sue Grafton sometimes included Kinsey's expense sheet and billing for the cases.
I don't know, it's kinda soothing!

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Negative literary opinions got you down? What is something supposedly unnecessary that you love in a book?

2 2 13

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

So soothing! I refer to the Vatta's War series by Elizabeth Moon as soothing space bureaucracy, and I mean it as a very high compliment

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Interesting! What are some books you love where nothing happens?

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

It's fun and great character development. And hard to convey! Impressive when it's done well.

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Heh! I love that for you. It mostly drives me crazy, but a few authors can really pull it off.

I wouldn't say nothing happens in Becky Chambers's novels, but they are more episodic and internal than my usual taste and I love them

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

ABSOLUTELY

The only thing in fiction that ever made me really grateful I wasn't spoiled was the end of S1 of The Good Place.

But it doesn't ruin it, it's just an extremely cool reveal

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Even if it does, and I too much believe this for my sanity, you're still looking at a toilet all the time when you're in that room.

What is WRONG with people???

2 4

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Reading some HP Lovecraft this morning and I'm reminded that I love the word "ghastly"

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Negative literary opinions got you down? What is something supposedly unnecessary that you love in a book?

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

I love a description of a piece of art, especially if the description addresses me, e.g. "you can faintly make out figures in the background"

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Negative literary opinions got you down? What is something supposedly unnecessary that you love in a book?

1 5

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

I love descriptions of interestingly cluttered rooms. List those knickknacks and piles of things! Let me see the objects and smell the dust!

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Negative literary opinions got you down? What is something supposedly unnecessary that you love in a book?

1 9

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Negative literary opinions got you down? What is something supposedly unnecessary that you love in a book?

4 8

Linnea Hartspooker @linneaharts.bsky.social · 1d

Ah here we go. Good time for a short creepy story by horror's racist uncle

A large hardcover book with tentacles on the cover: The Annotated HP Lovecraft