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DJ Martin

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A witch and a bitch with an herbal itch…and an overactive imagination. Award-winning author, coffeeholic, old lady, owned by cats. Http://www.authordjmartin.com

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

Amy's boss is an ogre - a real, smelly one. This series will (probably) make you feel better about *your* boss!
Amazon KU: https://www.azonlinks.com/B00B8FIVBQ
#urbanfantasy

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 9h

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 10h

Here in the northern hemisphere, it's cold & flu season. Garlic is probably one of the best antimicrobial #herbs there is. Add it to as much food as you can. Garlic breath ain't so good but chew a piece of parsley afterwards. Works a charm (heh) to sweeten breath.

A recipe card headed "Jo's Perfect Potions Ingredients." In the body, Garlic, Allium sativum. Cooking: Salad dressings, Meats, vegetables, Garlic bread... Medicinal: Infections, Coughs, Worms. Magical: Healing/Health, Lust, Protection

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 11h

I'll try but no guarantees.

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 25d

I'm always nosy but if a friend was this old, I'd *really* be asking questions. How 'bout you? #historicalfantasy #urbanfantasy
Ebook: https://mybook.to/ISEbook
Paperback: https://mybook.to/ISPaper

On the right, the cover of "Immortal Spirit, An Ogre's Assistant Novel." On the left, a quote from the book: I am not as old as some familiars but quite a bit older than many. In the way you humans count years, I am two thousand two hundred seventy-two years old and have been a familiar to eight magical beings before you.

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure about the others, but Mickey Spillane was NOT Barbara Cartland. Unless she was actually Frank Morrison Spillane.

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Ours have done that on more than one occasion. And that’s with a pet door in the screen!

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I’m a fan of 50s musicals but a more recent one with a great score is Hamilton.

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Mine has been “seen”…on Facebook bitching about the Dems. He hasn’t even posted his normal gladhanding photos with local businesses.

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll let you know…but I’m reading it before bed so that might be helpful?

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Started a new book tonight. It seems like it’ll be a fun read except…there are no chapters! One chapter, 358 pages long. Thus far haven’t even seen a scene break. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 2d

That totally sucks.

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 3d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 2d

Where you live? I can believe it! (Our tourist traffic will at least go away by the end of the month when the leaves are done.)

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 3d

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star of "Annie Hall" and "The Godfather" series, has died at 79, People magazine reports.

Reports: Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 79

Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning star known for films like "Annie Hall" and "The Godfather," has died at 79.

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 3d

How are you putting words into complete sentences?

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Sev, the Pets Pig, who at any other time is a Goose. #Caturday

A black cat lying on a man’s leg with the man’s hand on his back. The cat’s eyes are partially closed and his claws are hooked into the man’s knee.

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 3d

Good thread!

Michael C. Bailey - Indie Author @mbaileywriter.bsky.social · 3d

I'm seeing that quite a few #authors are at a con of some kind selling their work, so if I might, a bit of advice from someone who's been there... 🧵

It's pretty much a guarantee that at some point, some rando -- almost always an older white dude -- is going to stop in front of your table. (1/)

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 4d

I love this fall weather but…just got home from getting our jabs & running an errand for the husband. Oh. Em. Gee. The tourist traffic is horrendous and it’s only Friday. Thankfully I don’t have to go out again this weekend!

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 4d

If you're going to a rally on the 18th and don't want to be a frog, this ridiculous thing exists:

Screenshot of an inflatable bald eagle in an Uncle Sam hat that you can wear for only $27 plus patriotic sales tax

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 4d

The main character in #UrbanFantasy has a foot in the real world and a foot in the supernatural world. This modern person may possess any number of powers or capabilities. #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity

A woman whose blue eye is looking through the center of a wheel. This open center is covered with small flowers.

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 4d

From my FB feed. 😂🤣🤣

Gilda Ratner as her Rosanne Rosanna-Danna character reading the SNL news with a verbiage balloon saying, “What’s all this fuss about Bugs Bunny performing at the Super Bowl?”

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 5d

So, so sorry! *sending virtual hug*

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DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Keys can be used as good luck charms. It is also often the custom in a family to give a small gold key charm as a gift to a baby - to unlock good luck for the future. https://buff.ly/3rVUDF9

DJ Martin @djmartinauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Found this in my FB memories. Still holds true! *cringe* #WritingCommunity

A pie chart entitled, "The Writing Process." The majority of the pie is "surfing the internet," with progressively smaller slices entitled, "Binge Snacking, Reading for Inspiration, Actual Writing, and "Typing 'The' and deleting it."