Mary Aileen
@patchworkmouse.bsky.social
Retired librarian, crafter, glass-wearing reading geek.
She/her, mostly ace.
She/her, mostly ace.
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Just in passing—off an ask-box query, a beginner's guide to the #MiddleKingdoms: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80292... (Caution: contains a #Polycule in Shambles.) 😅
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💬 2 🔁 21 ❤️ 87 · Howdy! I picked up your full store bundle recently, and I've started with the Young Wizardry series because I read most of them in middle school, and after following you here I r…
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December 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Just in passing—off an ask-box query, a beginner's guide to the #MiddleKingdoms: www.tumblr.com/dduane/80292... (Caution: contains a #Polycule in Shambles.) 😅
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I feel you, screaming chicken who is also the statue of liberty
December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I feel you, screaming chicken who is also the statue of liberty
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Never blame someone else for the road you're on.
That's your own asphalt.
That's your own asphalt.
December 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Never blame someone else for the road you're on.
That's your own asphalt.
That's your own asphalt.
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All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks
After years of steady sales declines, the format will largely disappear next year.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Peach crisp in the oven!
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
December 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Peach crisp in the oven!
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
I hope it comes out okay; I've never made a crisp before.
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Cartoon: Because @ginpanther.bsky.social :) Enjoy!
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Cartoon: Because @ginpanther.bsky.social :) Enjoy!
#LibFaves25, day 7
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
December 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#LibFaves25, day 7
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
Kate Elliott, The Witch Roads
A very different fantasy. And very, very good. (Sequel The Nameless Land came out a few months later and was also a candidate for this list.)
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If you need a measles jab in the US and can't afford one, hit up Bree's replies. There are people in there volunteering to cover someone else's shot in the name of Fuck Measles.
I got my titers checked in May, and I'm good. If you're not sure, go get yer jabs!
I got my titers checked in May, and I'm good. If you're not sure, go get yer jabs!
If you are worried this is too big an executive function barrier you can go to a pharmacy and they will probably just jab you. That is what I did.
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
I'm not saying it's necessarily the right way to do this, that is just how much I am not fucking around with the measles
Go to your doctor and get your measles titers checked to make sure you are still immune and if not get re-vaccinated. It’s more and more likely all of us are going to eventually come in contact with it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you need a measles jab in the US and can't afford one, hit up Bree's replies. There are people in there volunteering to cover someone else's shot in the name of Fuck Measles.
I got my titers checked in May, and I'm good. If you're not sure, go get yer jabs!
I got my titers checked in May, and I'm good. If you're not sure, go get yer jabs!
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I will never forgive the tech bros for ruining cute animal videos.
December 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I will never forgive the tech bros for ruining cute animal videos.
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I feel like I'm going crazy trying to explain to people that it is unhealthy to be infected with any virus.
There are no human viruses that are good for you.
All human viral infections are bad for you.
All viral infections are bad for your health.
I don't know why this is so difficult to understand.
There are no human viruses that are good for you.
All human viral infections are bad for you.
All viral infections are bad for your health.
I don't know why this is so difficult to understand.
December 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I feel like I'm going crazy trying to explain to people that it is unhealthy to be infected with any virus.
There are no human viruses that are good for you.
All human viral infections are bad for you.
All viral infections are bad for your health.
I don't know why this is so difficult to understand.
There are no human viruses that are good for you.
All human viral infections are bad for you.
All viral infections are bad for your health.
I don't know why this is so difficult to understand.
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I am afraid to inform you that the 'what is a Christmas movie?' discourse has hit the household. #puer posits it has to contain Santa. T'other half is proposing a wuxia-style film about the Council of Nicaea so we can have a wire-fighting St. Nicholas.
December 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I am afraid to inform you that the 'what is a Christmas movie?' discourse has hit the household. #puer posits it has to contain Santa. T'other half is proposing a wuxia-style film about the Council of Nicaea so we can have a wire-fighting St. Nicholas.
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For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
All Systems Red ebook by Martha Wells - Rakuten Kobo
Read "All Systems Red The Murderbot Diaries" by Martha Wells available from Rakuten Kobo. Winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award for Best Novella
Winner of the Alex Award
A New York Times and USA...
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December 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
For today only (Dec 14) All Systems Red (1st book in The Murderbot Diaries) is on sale across all US ebook retailers for $2.99 (published by Tordotcom, edited by @leeharris.net cover art by Jaime Jones) www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/...
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My late mother-in-law made us Christmas ornaments for years, I think we can agree that this is some of her best work. Miss her.
December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My late mother-in-law made us Christmas ornaments for years, I think we can agree that this is some of her best work. Miss her.
My favorite bit is near the start, the gossip session.
This will cheer you up. Wait until the dinner party at the end. youtube.com/shorts/9ktfp...
Cat Reactions😂🐈😸🐾
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December 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
My favorite bit is near the start, the gossip session.
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Good morning you have TWO DAYS to order before the shipping deadline and this is likely my last new thing before then so: I have a new yarn bowl color up (ocean galaxy) AND both full and baby versions of the chocolate chip cookie dragon ☺️ #bsnm
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measuredandslow.studio/shop?categor...
December 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Good morning you have TWO DAYS to order before the shipping deadline and this is likely my last new thing before then so: I have a new yarn bowl color up (ocean galaxy) AND both full and baby versions of the chocolate chip cookie dragon ☺️ #bsnm
measuredandslow.studio/shop?categor...
measuredandslow.studio/shop?categor...
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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My hometown paper forgot to put words in a headline.
San Diego Union-Tribune Full-Page Misprint Raises New Questions About Rapid Decline Of City's Once-Storied Newspaper
A placeholder text misprint in the Union-Tribune exposes deeper cracks in San Diego’s daily paper after layoffs, eviction, and censorship claims.
www.sandiegoville.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My hometown paper forgot to put words in a headline.
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YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
December 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
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If you want to know the time spent from getting a book deal to having the physical book in your hands, I just got back from the same birthday party where, exactly two years ago today, I got the news a publisher was interested in SIDEQUESTED.
I should do a special unboxing process whatever etc etc but no I’m too busy checking printer ratios.
Dang the publisher did a NICE job!!! Spot gloss! Thick ink!
Dang the publisher did a NICE job!!! Spot gloss! Thick ink!
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 AM
If you want to know the time spent from getting a book deal to having the physical book in your hands, I just got back from the same birthday party where, exactly two years ago today, I got the news a publisher was interested in SIDEQUESTED.
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Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Jesse Hamm had the take to end all takes on children's media. "People who disdain writing ‘just for children’ fail to realize that those children will remember what they read, maybe for the rest of their lives. You’re not writing for permanent children; you’re getting an early start on adults.”
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December 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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The ideal way to deal with a brutally cold day like today
December 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The ideal way to deal with a brutally cold day like today
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When you have no marketing budget, you can really tell certain patterns with books selling. Like "Oh that's a fan buying up my backlist" or "Oh yeah, those sales came from that Kobo promo" and you can also tell when there's been word of mouth somewhere, esp backlist books.
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
When you have no marketing budget, you can really tell certain patterns with books selling. Like "Oh that's a fan buying up my backlist" or "Oh yeah, those sales came from that Kobo promo" and you can also tell when there's been word of mouth somewhere, esp backlist books.
Wonderful writer needs recommendations!
(see thread up and down for details on her needs)
(see thread up and down for details on her needs)
Anyhow. I am Very Undercaffeinated right now, and about to lose another afternoon doing half of what used to take me about two hours to do, and I'm missing the days when I did all this in hard copy, on paper, with a red pencil.
So Bluesky, I need your best Adobe Reader alternatives. NO AI.
So Bluesky, I need your best Adobe Reader alternatives. NO AI.
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Wonderful writer needs recommendations!
(see thread up and down for details on her needs)
(see thread up and down for details on her needs)