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Posts by Donald A. Sansom

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Blue plaque for the woman who unlocked the secrets of the stars - United Kingdom The astronomer who discovered what stars are made of, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque at her teenage

Blue plaque for the woman who unlocked the secrets of the stars

https://www.europesays.com/uk/910450/

The astronomer who discovered what stars are made of, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, has been commemorated with an English Heritage…

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just the sweetest little pangolin you ever saw

just the sweetest little pangolin you ever saw

fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world

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From a short story called The Metempsychosis.

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From a short story called The Metempsychosis.

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WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag
April 9 - stuff
Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration
Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics
Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine.
Support others on the #WIPSnips tag!
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The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner

WIPSnips a bluesky writing community tag April 9 - stuff Share a line from your WIP with the daily word for inspiration Use #WIPSnips. Don't forget Alt Text for graphics Synonyms, variation and vibes are fine. Support others on the #WIPSnips tag! Hosted by rosie-j-potter.bsky.social The image behind the text is a border that is dark blue with gold stars with a black background with neon blue border. An illustrated caticorn holding a pencil and writing in a book with a rose behind one ear is in the lower right corner. A different version of the same illustrated caticorn is curled up writing in the lower left corner

The #WIPSnips word for April 9th is "stuff"

#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity

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Compared to the book, however, I found the movie simplistic.

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black and white photo headshot of Canadian writer Stephen Leacock wearing a suit and smiling at the camera.

black and white photo headshot of Canadian writer Stephen Leacock wearing a suit and smiling at the camera.

Daily Writing Quote:

"Writing is no trouble: you just jot down ideas as they occur to you. The jotting is simplicity itself -- it is the occurring which is difficult."
-- Stephen Leacock

#dailywritingquote #booksky

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Slide-Backers: an essay on the experiences of the cohort of delusional time travellers eBook : Sansom, Donald A.: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Slide-Backers: an essay on the experiences of the cohort of delusional time travellers eBook : Sansom, Donald A.: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Available at:
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www.amazon.com/Slide-Backer...

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Over the winter sales of Slide Backers; an essay on the experiences of the cohort of delusional time travellers, dropped off. I get it. This is a book that belongs in sunshine.
📚🪐💙 #booksky #writesky #sciencefiction #writingcommunity #WeirdFiction #scifibooks

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Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign

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Nice cover. Your work?

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Looking forward to it...or both. Or the series?

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Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

Yep. Like lonelyhearts being pig-butchered...

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

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Got the (free) Kindle edition to supplement your retirement income.

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Yes, but it also means having to clean up afterwards and lots of wet toilet paper.

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Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War - Uncanny Magazine Kestrel House  There have been portals to the Fae realm for at least as long as humans have had fairy tales, but the first one deliberately engineered by humans was opened in an abandoned amusement pa...

If you're still catching up on your 2025 reading, I'd love for you to consider my story "Unfinished Architectures of the Human-Fae War":

www.uncannymagazine.com/article/unfi...

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I remember them from the 1960s. I'm surprised to hear they survived until the 1980s. We thought it very cool to 'smoke' them. No doubt some big tobacco company was behind them. The chocolate was crap.

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I must be insane because I like rewriting just as much.

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What a beautiful sight.

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Another picture from the Pench Tiger Reserve (India).
#wildlife #nature #photography #india #tiger

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They are: Black Kite, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Asian Openbill + Black-crowned Night Heron, and a pair of Spotted Owlets.

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Jeff VanderMeer

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A small selection of birds seen on a trip to India. The Black kite was photographed in the hazy skies of Delhi. The rest were either in the Tadoba or Pench Tiger Reserves.

#bird #wildlife #nature #photography#india

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Great piece. I presume you are now packing for the Himalayas to investigate the Yeti.

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Join these great science fiction indie authors at the Science Fiction Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! #writingcommunity #scifibooks #authorsky bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

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300,000 Wondrous Nature Illustrations Put Online by The Biodiversity Heritage Library Are we truly in the midst of a human-caused sixth mass extinction, an era of “biological annihilation”?

www.openculture.com/2026/01/3000...

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Some interesting books here that I will have to explore. Children of Memory by Adrian Tchaikovsky I thought was the best of an excellent series. Hope you enjoy it.

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