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Wendy Palmer

@wendypalmer@mastodon.au
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I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence.

I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism.

She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Joined November 29, 2022
My fiction:
https://wendypalmer.au/books/
Indie-direct sales:
https://payhip.com/wendypalmer
WA Detective Trails:
https://www.puzzlewalks.com.au/
Just my toots:
https://justmytoots.com/wendypalmer@mastodon.au

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · 5d ago
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @QuokkaMocha@mastodon.world
@QuokkaMocha@mastodon.world it’s just not a good look. I do tend to avoid anything advertised with AI, but I went anyway, and most of the stalls were very genuinely handmade and local. And one of my kid’s favourite picture-book artists from when he was younger was there, “live-streaming” drawing his newest book 🥰 But one stall had, among more authentic items, tea towels printed with AI kitten images (as if there’s not a whole world of cute human made kitten images available…), so a wide wide berth to that one. (I’m going to email the organisers and give very polite feedback)
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · 6d ago
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @hayesstw@c.im
@hayesstw@c.im ah, that makes sense, thanks!
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · 6d ago
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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There’s a craft fair on today in town. Lots of local artisans. Handmade and unique products. AIslop all over the poster. I don’t think it’s their fault, I think they grabbed a default template from Canva without looking too closely, but it’s incredibly jarring to have that alongside professions of “handmade, heartfelt, homegrown”. https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vcmpg73bt2wudku3nqgx33yx/post/3msj74o3wds2f
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Aug 07, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @hayesstw@c.im
@hayesstw@c.im seems very likely. I’m just not sure what the extra step of getting you to text them on a different number is for.
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Aug 07, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @hayesstw@c.im
@hayesstw@c.im I’m not sure. Maybe it’s an extra layer to try to avoid suspicion by asking for money straight away but once you naively text the new number, they know they’ve got a ready mark on their hands 🤷‍♀️
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Aug 07, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Just got one of those “hi mum, lost my phone, using my friend’s, please text me on this new number” scam texts. Even putting aside the fact that my kid’s at school with no way to magically get a new mobile, sim and number sorted since 8am this morning…there is no way he would ever have started a text with “hi mum”. I get “bruh” if I’m lucky 😂
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Aug 06, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot
@bodhipaksa@mastodon.scot @bks@mastodon.social I corrected it in the alt text because I couldn’t bear to repeat the error 😂
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Aug 05, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Friend sent me this and I feel attacked #books #TBR #Tsundoku
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 30, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Cracker of a sunset the other day
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 29, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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New* library rules announced. “Anyone intoxicated was not allowed to borrow a book, and anyone behaving in a disorderly manner would be fined at least five shillings per offence. Book loans were restricted to one volume per person, but exceptions could be made to increase that if a household had six members who could prove they could read.” *150 year old https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/library-book-returned-after-150-years-kiama-library/106970186 #libraries
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 29, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu
@AdaraAstin@supervolcano.angryshark.eu I’m sorry. Love the extra fuck-you of not paying out any earnings because you weren’t magically in compliance with an erratic change of rules that has nothing to do with you.
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 25, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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RE: https://mastodon.au/@wendypalmer/116844162472760771 Final weekend (and indeed final week) of the #Smashwords July sale. Lots of #indieAuthors on sale, including #MastoAuthors, including me 😊 #books #readingCommunity
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 22, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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We just spent an hour walking up and down a steep and overgrown riverbank with night falling because we could hear our dog barking for help, but every time we began to triangulate his location past the echoes, he’d decide the job was done and go quiet. He was fine, just stuck on the wrong side of a fence which was apparently A-OK to go through but utterly terrifying to come *back* through…until we showed up, whereupon he squirmed through the tiniest possible gap and merrily ran off without even pausing to say thanks. He was home waiting for dinner by the time we’d trekked back covered in scratches from blackberry and barbed wire 😂 #dogs #CountryLife #SomeSwearingOccurred
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 21, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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I highly recommend This is Fascism by Rosan Smits: short and to the point, and mostly importantly gives a starting point for what politicians, journalists and the everyday person can and should be doing to hold the line. (I don’t pretend this can’t happen in Australia, but I take some bitter comfort in theorising that, since both our current proto-fascist and her billionaire backer are women, the inherent misogyny of fascism should cause fatal implosion-by-paradox relatively soon) #books #fascism #antifa
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 17, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @drahardja@sfba.social
@drahardja@sfba.social thanks for sharing that
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 08, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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RE: https://raggedfeathers.com/@lilithsaintcrow/116881837475926686 “It is time to tell the AI industry to go fuck itself, because it’s effectively done the same to the rest of society." This quote rings particularly loud for me today in light of this story from Bona Books, about coming within a whisker of contaminating an anthology with extruded mediocre: https://www.bona-books.com/news/we-bought-an-ai-story While they’re relatively philosophical about the new challenges of this type of fraud, the toll taken on a group of volunteers trying to do something good in the world must have been, and will continue to be, extensive. #WritingCommunity
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 05, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @aspeed@lgbtqia.space
@aspeed@lgbtqia.space I was quite impressed, given that we know how Hamish’s story ends, that it wasn’t as depressing as it might have been.
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 04, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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RE: https://eigenmagic.net/@vampiress/116859241032699772 “sharted out of the maw of an ethically fucked averaging machine” Too good
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Elissa @vampiress@eigenmagic.net
Blog post: Inspired by the video I just boosted - some honest thoughts on my AI remorse from my experiments earlier in the year. It was bad, and I have SERIOUS regrets. https://goodnameforablog.com/posts/very-average-prototypes/
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jul 04, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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The only thing better than reading a good book with my teen is reading a really bad book and making merciless fun of it with my teen #books #reading #parenting
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jun 30, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Fanfiction fans, I need an image to illustrate the blurb for a fanfiction writing workshop for teens, and am having trouble thinking of one Is there a particular image or motif that you could suggest? (I’ll be using Pixabay or depositphotos, no AI) Title is Familiar Worlds, New Stories if that helps #fanFiction #imagery
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jun 29, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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On the drive into town, I enjoy seeing a pig happily wandering around its field. It gets bigger and bigger, and then it goes away for a while. But then it comes back, smaller! La-la-la it’s the same pig every time I can’t hear you la-la-la
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jun 08, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @tallandtrue@aus.social
@tallandtrue@aus.social it was a good challenge 😊
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jun 08, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @tallandtrue@aus.social
@tallandtrue@aus.social I came across the June prompt when I was searching for writing contests for my teen (he’s very proud of short story he wrote; every suitable contest I found had already closed, however) — though I normally can’t write to word count, deadline, or theme, an idea did occur to me, so I entered for the very first time. It was fun!
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jun 08, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Boosted by Trending Bot @trending@homestead.social
“Why I Cried When My Husband Bought Me a Louis Vuitton Bag” I would cry if my partner bought me a Louis Vuitton bag too, because DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY BOOKS HE COULD HAVE BOUGHT ME WITH THAT MONEY??? 😝
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Jun 07, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @tallandtrue@aus.social
@tallandtrue@aus.social same as mine 😊 (and it would have been my starting word, too, if I’d gone with my first idea, which is at least better than it being today’s actual Wordle)
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · May 30, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @tallandtrue@aus.social
@tallandtrue@aus.social I enjoy a Waffle 😊 the same game designer also does Stackdown.
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · May 14, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Listening to Why Q needs U by Danny Bates, about the development of each letter of the English alphabet but with lots of wider linguistic and language detail. Highly recommended if you’re into that sort of thing 😊

So, English pronounces L two different ways, tongue right behind the teeth is Clear L, tongue a bit further back on the roof of the mouth is Dark L.

Clear L tends to be for L followed by a vowel, Dark L tends to be for L after a vowel. If you pay attention when you say “loll” you might notice the difference — depending where you’re from…

Danny: northerners [in England] tend to use Dark L for both sounds.

Me saying a bunch of words starting with L consciously using the Dark L: doesn’t sound any different.

Danny: so do Australians.

WELL OK THEN.

#straya #linguistics #books

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · May 09, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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The lingering effect of Untitled Goose Game: when I read a book blurb that begins “It’s a stunning summer evening in the Lake District”, my brain autocompletes.

And you are a horrible goose.

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · May 05, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @CMRosens@social.horrorhub.club
@CMRosens@social.horrorhub.club I loved that one 😊
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · May 03, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @abetterjulie@wandering.shop
@abetterjulie@wandering.shop the dreaded book hangover 😊
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Apr 29, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Replying to @RantingCanuck@mstdn.ca
@RantingCanuck funding the creation and maintenance of social infrastructure - libraries, community centres, parks and green spaces etc. Relatively cheap, measurably beneficial, the first in line for cuts because “poor people don’t deserve free stuff”
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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Apr 05, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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My favourite reads for March, all of which ended up being queer in one way or another.

#books #fiction #QueerRomanceClub

http://wendypalmer.au/2026/04/05/books-favourite-reads-march26/

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Apr 02, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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Just broke a lifelong rule and gave a hitchhiker a lift — the most non-threatening-looking young Japanese girl standing on the side of the road with a backpack and a shopping bag 😂

She’s been hitchhiking around Australia from Cairns and has made it to Southwest WA like an absolute champion.

Had to drop her at my turn-off about halfway to the next town, but I gave her my phone number in case she gets stuck. Not the first, I imagine!

10/10 non-murdery hitchhiker experience

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Mar 06, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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The mindset around electric cars is a bit slow to change.

“I just don’t want to have to think about charging when I drive to Perth”

I’m sorry, are you telling me you do a 500km round trip + city driving, and never once have to think about getting fuel?

If anything, charging is more convenient — once your mindset has changed — since you don’t have to stand there actively pumping the electrons in, you can plug in and go do other things.

#EV

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Feb 26, 2026
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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#writingCommunity question to authors on #KoboPlus who’ve tried promotions there.

If I was to apply for a spot in one of the K+ promotions, should I submit my most popular book, my most recent book, or perhaps my book which is both second-most popular and second-most recent?

#writing #promotions #marketing

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Dec 25, 2022
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

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“Booty call” and “butt dial” has been offered up as an example of where the literal meaning of two phrases is the same but the implied meaning is very different (denotative vs connotative meanings).

Today a coffee mug gave me another example: “dad bod” and “father figure”

#linguistics #wordplay

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer@mastodon.au · Dec 25, 2022
Wendy Palmer
@wendypalmer@mastodon.au

I write light(ish) romantic fantasy fiction (CWs on website) and family-friendly puzzle walk trails while enjoying farm life with goats, alpacas & bees in WA's South West Boojarah region. No “AI” involved in any of it, unless AI stands for Apian Intelligence. I follow & boost writing, reading, books, knitting, science, history, linguistics, environment, art & Stoicism. She/her. Avatar AltText: silhouette of a woman in profile, with glasses & bobbed hair.

mastodon.au

“Booty call” and “butt dial” has been offered up as an example of where the literal meaning of two phrases is the same but the implied meaning is very different (denotative vs connotative meanings).

Today a coffee mug gave me another example: “dad bod” and “father figure”

#linguistics #wordplay

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