Moral Panics Are Nothing New Under the Sun #books #publicdomain Daily writing prompt What books do you want to read? View all responses The Movie Poster for the adaptation of E.M. Hull's Book, "The Sheik" I've been watching the moral panic over romantasy novels with their spicy bits, questionable consent tropes, and usually featuring a violent, possessive male lead. But this moral panic is nothing new.

Is your cherry sauce reduction counterrevolutionary? This was to be held in trust for the people. This was a series of shitposts originally on my Substack, which was before I found out that the fou…

You’ve seen it, haven’t you? Fantasy books that are chasing the next ACOTAR high, cookie-cutter vaguely-medievalish settings that have the depth of vermeil over cheap steel, where the d…

Daily writing prompt Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven't got around to visiting. View all responses Angel Lake, Nevada It's not the biggest lake in Northern Nevada, and not even necessarily the most popular. I still need to get out there, though. About ten years ago, I had a friend I'll call Marc. Marc was nearing retirement, and talking about buying some land up near Elko.

When the Committee of Public Safety hands you a lemon #historicalfiction #frenchhistory #fanfiction Summary: January 1794, somewhere in the Pyrenees. The Army of the Eastern Pyrenees is short on manpower, short on food, short on shelter, short on everything, basically. And the Ministry of War in distant Paris has just handed Sergent-Major Jean Lannes a problem: a new detachment of men from the Rhine front are due to join up and he has to find somewhere to put them.

#books Not naming names, but most of you Tube/Tok author-influencers don't meet my standards and I find your prose pretty mid. Just saying. Don't act like you're hot shit by putting someone else's work down unless you think your own work is ready to take it. Do I have opinions on authors and books? Sure, I do. Some are legit targets, like…

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A Work-in-Progress Inspired by Recent Events 19 January 1804 Paris, France "No. Absolutely not. I'm not putting my name to that." Joachim Murat glared over the expanse of the table at the man who was the First Consul of France and also his brother in law, Napoleon Bonaparte. The sheaf of paper lay in front of him, awaiting another signature. He leaned away from it, folding his arms across his chest as he settled into his armchair facing the desk's occupant.