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mado christie
@madopiano.bsky.social
collaborative pianist | writer | st. john's, nl | they/iel | 🏳️‍🌈
I stop by a stall selling blistered shishito peppers in grease proof bags, then make my way to the courtyard rest area, where my pet elemental is allowed to relieve itself by causing a localized squall over the imported grass.
The tickets were cheap, but now you're stuck with a six hour layover in the Elderhall Skyport before the next dragon arrives to take you to Feyhome. What do you find to amuse yourself during the wait?

#TinyTalesTuesday #WritingPrompt
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Lovely rejection!
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen

Annie Lennox
Isidore String Quartet
Fleet Foxes
Leon Fleisher
Paul Simon
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

U2 (in 1987)
Rival Sons (twice)
Robert Plant
Monster Truck
Vintage Trouble
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen

Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder

And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I have read and annotated 9 out of 32 chapters of my printed out novel and it is… so tiring lmao. So much mental energy!!!
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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narrator: 50 years ago...

me: [nods] in 1945

narrator: in 1975...

me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
As you might imagine, the vibes at my weekly queer curling games are very different from the vibes at my weekly queer choir rehearsals. The nuances of community gatherings!
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This place is great, it’s like my livejournal all over again
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The problem is I have a punny title for this classical music romance novel and now I simply Must…
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Omg I just got the sketch for a custom holiday portrait of my pets and AHHHHHH it’s so cute 😭
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I am wearing my very fluffy robe and one of my cats is making biscuits on me. Life is grand.
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Being stuck short $250 of Nov.'s rent, and my week's grace period to get that in ending tomorrow, I'm temporarily bringing back the old price for manuscript critiques as an emergency: $250.

Anyone need one? Or have other editing work to pass along? I'm a bit up against it.

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November 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
As someone who’s experienced it, I’d like to add my voice to those asking that people stop using “psychotic” to mean “bad/evil/etc.” Same with “psycho” and the latest trend of “XYZ would send me into psychosis”. Just… no.
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Truly so jarring to see the word “skeet” everywhere on this site, as someone living in Newfoundland lol
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
My cats are such babycats and I love them so much i crei
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Getting dangerously close to writing a fun romance novel about a collaborative pianist and a singer…….
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
This week I’m going to print my manuscript so I can read it and take a machete to this word count 😤
November 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Augur Issue 8.2 is NOW LIVE! 🎊 & you can find 2 FREE pieces on our site!

Discover...
🔥 an elemental aftermath of an affair
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🍯 devastation dripped in honey and rain
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October 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I am currently writing the final scene of this first draft of my novel. There were days when I thought this day might never come.

I’m emosh 🥲
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I’ve had wonderful experiences with Kaya as editor. I highly recommend her.
Unexpected reminder today that I've a small financial clusterfuck going on in the background on my end. (It'll continue until I can sort it.)

So, uh, hey, anyone have a larger editing job they need done, maybe? I do dev/copy/line/proof/whatever. Rates at the site. Or DM.

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October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Wow! Brilliant for writers!
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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WE'RE LIVE! AND WE ARE SO EXCITED! Back now to support a new magazine of speculative fiction by 2SLGBTQIA+ authors and artists! Snag some amazing rewards, including discounted subscriptions! Support queer art! And help us SMASH DAY ONE!

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September 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I am 9 years cancer free today!! Next year I will have a party 😤
September 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Might be getting a new laptop for the first time since 2016 (it was already 4 years old then lol) 👀
September 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM