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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 3h ago
#onthisday Alice Lidell was born on this date back in 1852. This was the girl who would find fame as the eponymous heroine of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Check out the acrostic poem from the end of the second book spelling her name out in full: A boat beneath a sunny sky, Lingering onward dreamily In an evening of July— Children three that nestle near, Eager eye and willing ear, Pleased a simple tale to hear— Long has paled that sunny sky: Echoes fade and memories die. Autumn frosts have slain July. Still she haunts me, phantomwise, Alice moving under skies Never seen by waking eyes. Children yet, the tale to hear, Eager eye and willing ear, Lovingly shall nestle near. In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die: Ever drifting down the stream— Lingering in the golden gleam— Life, what is it but a dream? It occurs to me, even if I was writing this on the anniversary of her death, not her birth, this is one little girl who’s never going to die. She’ll live on for ever in the books which tell her story. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #onthisday #HowtoSucceed#Author #Novel
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 1d ago
Machiavelli was born on this date back in 1469. My anonymous Evil Criminal Mastermind in How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List considers him to be essential reading for all aspiring villains. He reckons that Machiavelli’s The Art of War, and The Prince, along with General Sun Tzu’s book, also entitled The Art of War, comprise the three erudite Big Books of war, conflict, and dissent. They’re all books which deserve to be added to the Evil Overlord’s required reading list, and he’s penned an addition to the beloved List which suggests: all those aspiring to wickedness are strongly advised to read, study, and memorise both versions of the Art of War along with The Prince and, once one has done so, read them again until you know them by heart. Then, and only then, will you be ready to take over the world. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #onthisday #HowtoSucceed#Author #Novel
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 2d ago
@sophiajanehayden_author@indieauthors.social I nearly always include a prologue, but I mix up the ways it works to keep things fresh. I’ve used one to introduce the character to the reader, to introduce some information the protagonist isn’t aware of, started off one book from the perspective of a character who’s more of a bystander than a participant and, in one book, thrown my protagonist straight into the action, in medias res, as it were. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #How to Succeed… #Author #Novel
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 2d ago
On this day, in 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, had the book thrown at her. She was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. From a writer’s perspective I believe most commentators have missed one important fact. Recently historians were said to have found a hidden detail in one of her portraits which was a rebuttal of the charges of witchcraft. This centres on the allegation that she’d been polydactylic (from Greek polys, many, and daktylos, finger), meaning having an extra digit, implying she was involved in witchcraft. All in all though, it’s probably worth mentioning how unlikely it was that Henry would have married her in the first place if she’d really been in possession of a superfluous pinkie… Bleedin’ obvious when you think about it! #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #How to Succeed… #Author #Novel
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club · 2d ago
@jerbear@kind.social writes… "This is a great opportunity to ask what level of engagement you’re looking for with your spicy posts, particularly from randos like me who follow you." This is an amaze question! I covered this like, years ago but I’ve switched accounts and evolved since then, so… the answer has evolved too! Oh and just so you know… im going to be direct in my answers so maybe treat this as NSFW, okay? Continued at... https://tiefling.bardicperspiration.com/index.php/2026/05/01/can-i-like-comment-lust-q-a/ #nsfw #writing #erotic #erotica #writersofmastodon #spicy #qna
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club · 2d ago
"Dio is a super slutty slut" Well tbh I never lied abt it? #nsfw #writing #erotic #erotica #writersofmastodon #spicy #qna
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@JediSoth@chirp.enworld.org · 3d ago
#WritersCoffeeClub May 1: Workers' Day: What can we do to support and protect other writers, not only now, but in the future as well? Support libraries. Avoid Generative AI. Fight censorship. Remember, other writers are your peers not your competition. #Books #Writing #WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 3d ago
Happy Beltane, everybody. Today is the third festival celebrated by neopagans and other like-minded people during the Wheel of the Year. Here’re a couple of fun facts you might not be familiar with: Often regarded as a fire festival, people attending walk around or between bonfires and sometimes leap over the flames or embers. At this time, household fires are doused and then relit from the Beltane bonfire. The aos sí (often referred to as spirits or fairies) are thought to be especially active at Beltane and the goal of many Beltane rituals is their appeasement. Many scholars see the aos sí as remnants of the pagan gods and nature spirits of times gone by. At dawn or before sunrise on Beltane, maidens would roll in the dew or wash their faces with it, as morning dew was thought to bring good luck and health. It’s also thought that a man who washed his face with soap and water on Beltane will grow long whiskers on his face. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #How to Succeed… #Author #Novel
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · 4d ago
#PennedPossibilities 1001 — Is your MC confident or not? Tell us why. Nathan, my protagonist, was born confident. In some respects you could probably describe him as being a confident trickster rather than a confidence trickster. Vicky, his partner in crime, started off not believing in magic even though she knew her mother was a hereditary witch. When she opens up to the idea in the first book she lacks confidence in her skills and has a tendency to go at like a bull at a gate throwing fireballs around with gusto. As she begins to become more subtle in her use of magic, so her confidence grows but I’ve got a feeling she’s going to end up being over-confident and somewhere down the line it’s going to cause her problems. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 23, 2026
Kindle certainly doesn’t like to make it easy for authors using their services. I’m in the process of updating the eBook version of How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List to the second edition. As I’ve mentioned before, whilst preparing the Amazon print edition I encountered something weird when I was using cover creator. I was forced to create a new cover as the trim size had been changed to bring it line with the Draft2Digital version but try as I might I was unable to match the original cover design which was a bit disappointing. I’m now running into a similar problem with the eBook version as there doesn’t seem to be any facility to use the same cover for both versions. Cover creator is allowing me to produce something similar, but it won’t allow me to match the existing cover. For example, the author name comes up as TIM HAYES, all in capital letters, and it won’t let me reformat it to a mix of upper case and lower case so I can’t use Tim Hayes as on the cover of the print version. It’s hinky, inflexible, and downright frustrating to use. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@floofpaldi@mindly.social · Apr 19, 2026
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 04, 2026
I understand it’s considered wise to publish your eBook on a variety of platforms to take into account the reader’s prejudices regarding big tech. What’s the consensus on which platforms one should choose? #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel #IndieAuthorsSocial
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 03, 2026
How to Succeed as a Supervillain by Following the Evil Overlord List isn’t the first book I’ve self-published on Amazon. When I retired from being an aquarium writer writing around about nine years ago I published a non-fiction book under the name T M Hayes entitled AQUATICAL•LATIN which examined the etymology (the meaning) of the scientific names of around 950 species of the most common tropical marine fishes in the aquarium hobby. You can find this title at: https://linkly.link/2ZykB UK and https://linkly.link/2ZylE US. AQUATICAL•LATIN received a 5 star review on Amazon. I laughingly refer to it as the book which established a new category of non-fiction books, unpopular science. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel #IndieAuthorsSocial
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 02, 2026
#PennedPossibilities 974 — Does your MC become jealous? If so, to what degree? How does their jealousy manifest? Not exactly jealousy, but my deuteragonist, Vick a hereditary witch is extremely over-protective when it comes to her partner, Nathan the protagonist. She’s the Action Girl of the duo who has no qualms about immolating someone stupid enough to point an assault rifle at the love of her life. Nathan, on the other hand is the kind of lovable rogue who sole means of offence is a two-shot Taser and whose favourite form of defence against danger is to rapidly head in the opposite direction of any threat. #bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@TimHayes@indieauthors.social · Apr 01, 2026
#PennedPossibilities 973 — How do you select the names of your characters? For you, is there a method? I use multiple methods to generate character names including ones based on mythology and popular culture. The head of a law enforcement agency known as the Hounds goes by the name of Drummond. An androgenous character is known as Orlando. I’m fortunate that my urban fantasy involves magic so it’s unwise to use one’s real name, resulting in a number of punny names such as Hounds called Ripley (believe it or not) and a duo named Thompson and Thomson. And, as a last resort, it’s always worth glancing at one’s bookshelves and creating a name which is a mash up of some of your favourite authors. #Bookstodon #WritersOfMastodon #Author #Novel
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@MikeGorden@lsbt.me · Mar 29, 2026
Ich habe meine Gedanken zu einem Wechsel weg vom Metaverse in einen Artikel gegossen. Viel Spaß damit 😏 https://www.mikegorden.de/web/konsequenz/ #Konsequenz #DasRichtigeTun #Metaverse #Fediverse #Bücher #Lesen #Buchstodon #Schreibstodon #WritersOfMastodon
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@chartulae@indieauthors.social · Mar 29, 2026
A good writing session today, 1400 words, good compared to my output lately, anyway, which has been rather rubbish. #writing #indieAuthor #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon
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@countyfencemagazine@universeodon.com · Mar 06, 2026
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club · Mar 01, 2026
(This is a poem of rage. No fascists were harmed in the creation of this poem. Regrettably.) ----- I don’t want to ‘talk it out’ Violence is what I’m seeking Perforate you with my machete blade Have you bloody, hurt and leaking Blood spatter for the forensics team On your walls and on your ceiling Your body cooling as you die Hn, remorse ain’t what I’m feeling Got no pity for this fascist fuck Yeah I revel in his pain Left him dead, deserved his fate Yesh your tieflet’s gone insane Lesson to the next fash Who dares to start a fight I’ll MINUS you from OUR world And set your fucking corpse alight. https://tiefling.bardicperspiration.com/index.php/2026/03/01/unleashed/ #writing #writersofmastodon #poetry #rage #antifascism
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@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club · Feb 28, 2026
(I call this one 'masks off.') Masks we wore to save us From the judgement in your eyes Because you TOLD us you'd accept us But FUCK you and all your lies We NEVER were your equals That's what you ALL believe Not your kind, we freaks and flukes But guess what asshole? AGREE. Continued at... https://tiefling.bardicperspiration.com/index.php/2026/02/28/masks-off/ #poetry #writersofmastodon #writing #rage #oppression #resist
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