On human identity in the age of thinking machines...
www.livingdark.net/p/we-are-all...

What are you Reading Now? booksbywomen.org/what-are-you... @lesliekainauthor.bsky.social

@nicollewallace.bsky.social: "What is the gap between being the good guys and acting like winners? Voters can smell fear, insecurity & doubt. I don't understand how winning hasn't become the top priority that clears all the fog for @democrats.org" www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_OM...

Pleased to be awarded National Indie Excellence Awards (NIEA) Winner for 'What Lies Buried', the second book of my DiMasi Family Trilogy, The third/final, 'Power Play' is expected late 2025/early 2026. www.indieexcellence.com/19th-annual-...
lesliekainwrites.com/what-lies-bu...

I made up an unusual name for a major #character, and just found out he's a real person -- Samir Osman is actually semi-famous! (can you spell "legal suit"?). SOooo... just a few changes, right?😮 #authorlife #writingcommunity #revision #Oops

@cece_lyra_agent always gives the most intense, #information packed #workshops for improving our #writing #craftsmanship and #skill #LearnWithCece so much! Excited for her workshop on amping-up #emotion in my #psychological #fiction #novels It all becomes more #complex in #relationships

Thanks to @womenwriters.bsky.social for the offer of #author #interview but Gavin took over & interviewed me! Which gave the character in DiMasi Family Trilogy the chance to get back at me I suppose... and helped me realize a few things about myself too! #booksky booksbywomen.org/gavin-omalle...

Honored for #award from @FeatheredQuill for the 2nd book of my #trilogy - It's understandable alone; a #dualpov #suspense of a man suffering #cptsd after #childhoodtrauma, its impact on his wife/kids, and her search for her own #self & #passions #generationaltrauma #literaryfiction

Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days by using Germany's Constitution to break the constitution & its institutions. So don't kid yourself that our US Constitution & its institutions can serve as guardrails to stop the worst of Trump @occupydemocrats.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

A thread earlier today dissed someone who thought bird flu was spread through milk. Truth: "nearly 1,000 herds of dairy cattle have been confirmed to be harboring the virus. At least 66 Americans, most of them working in close contact with cows, have fallen sick" www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

First two books of the DiMasi Family Trilogy.
3rd/final, 'Power Play', coming 2025 #author

#SHARE #RESIST #Censorship #Pulitzer winner
@anntelnaes.bsky.social quit Jeff Bezos' @washingtonpost.com after her cartoon was pulled because it depicts the rush of billionaires throwing money at Little Donnie's feet. This is how Hitler started... anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Love seeing many of my friends with me on the Chanticleer Somerset LongList! www.chantireviews.com/2024/12/26/t...

From our 2nd floor balcony, no zoom. The moon always "SEEMS" so close in San Miguel de Allende, as if we could touch it, play catch with it. We're at a latitude closer to the equator & at 6250 ft elevation. Why does the full moon seem to visit us more frequently than when we lived in the US? #magic.

From The Economist www.economist.com/culture/2024...

My writing has gone into overdrive! I hadn't been getting completed REM-cycle sleep for months because our 18-yo blind cat kept getting me up many times per night. Her health finally forced us to put her to sleep. Now I have dreams, wake up w/chapters writing in my head, etc. But I do miss Sheba...

I *LOVE* that people are reaching out to connect on this escape away from X! It's helpful to check someone's profile when you reach out, before sending messages with questions that are clearly addressed in their profile.😉

nice to be recognized...

my current #tbr Half through Emma Cline's 'The Guest' (its story of a woman on the brink, wrestling w/her #identity, is a #comp to my #wip 'Finding Harmony'), and finishing Maria Ressa's Nobel-winning 'How to Stand Up to a Dictator' (even more relevant now). Much more on my stack! #booksky