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hieraŭ, mevoj, hodiaŭ estas korvoj… kion por morgaŭ? / gulls yesterday, and crows today… what's for tomorrow? #hajko #haiku #esperanto

I judge a hotel purely based on the number of little cups of cream they have for room coffee.

Today it's Reuben's Brews "Crikey" IPA. It's a little pricer, but worth every penny. And paired very nicely with the extra-spicy lamb vindaloo! #beer

This excerpt is from *Lady Cecelia's Flowers*, the first part of my unpublished sapphic romantasy road-story, *Lady Cecelia's Journey*. You can receive updates when it is scheduled for publication through my monthly newsletter. https://author-sdbrewer.micro.blog/subscribe/

It was late when Kasseh climbed the stairs to her tiny room. Cecelia awoke as she came in. She tried to sit up, but found she couldn't. Kasseh took one look at her and put a hand on her forehead.
"You've got a raging fever!" she said, in a panic. "I was afraid this might happen. Let me make an infusion of willow bark."
She fled down the stairs and returned a few minutes later with a mug. She helped Cecelia to sit up in the bed.
"Drink this!" she said, holding the mug up to her lips. #wss366

Authors and Artists are being branded by neo-Puritans with a new kind of Scarlet A as #Mastercard and payment processors refuse to let them sell their work. Now Allies can show their support. Push back! https://stevendbrewer.com/a-new-scarlet-a-for-authors-artists-and-now-allies/ #ScarletA #AisforAllies

Tonight, it's the Kraken Stash IPA by Hop Valley Brewing. It's very good, but after the day I've had, even swill would be welcome. And this is so much better.

There is an awesome garden terrace at the new convention center. Now if I just had time to come here! #WorldCon

A non-zero number of people attended my reading and some of them weren't even related to me by blood! #winning #WorldCon

#ScribesAndMakers What foods can't you stand?

Eggplant. I can't stand the texture. And it doesn't really have much taste: you might as well be eating snot. It's just horrible.

Oh! Oh! Even worse: echinoderms (i.e. sea cucumber and sea urchin). Blech.

Arrived too late to go to registration for @seattlein2025 but after something like 15 hours traveling, I'm happy to just take it easy tonight. We have a nice view from the hotel…

My mom has finished the story and rendered her judgement: "That was a cute story."

I have finished my first draft of the bear's origin story. I have shared it with my alpha readers and printed off a copy for my mom. ❤️

"Now, what you'd want to do in *that* circumstance," the older boy explained. "Is set up a #sole proprietorship and…"
The younger brother cut in, "What does it have to do with shoes?"
"Nothing to do with shoes! It's all about the tax implications. The first thing you need to do is incorporate in order to manage liability…"
"I use thumbtacks to stick things to my bulletin board."
"Land, death, and taxes," the older brother continued, unabated, "are the only things that exist forever…" #wss366

#KPopMonday #SummerVibes This is actually #PPop, but is so summery I have to share it. Pantropiko by Bini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx31bB2vMns

I wrote a bit more about *The Mary Stories* and publishing with Theo Reads. It's an interesting model for publishing serialized fiction. https://stevendbrewer.com/the-mary-stories-at-theo-reads/

Undercast by Bright Ideas Brewing at #MassMOCA, a very nice, hazy NEIPA #beer.

We just finished an amazing first visit to #MassMOCA. We had won a guided tour and got chaperoned through many exhibits that were in equal parts powerful, moving, provocative and whimsical. We'll be back.

The Mary Stories, my 10-chapter novella, is now available via TheoReads! "An older man moves back to his childhood home in the country and rediscovers the imaginary friend he had as a child, who is not so imaginary. Reconnecting after a lifetime apart, they begin to trust one another again. And, together, they confront a mystery that spans the past and the present, and that threatens them both." https://www.theoreads.com/story/54e5936b-8455-4db3-b5f7-06a98f051700/view

"Hey! Hey!" Brunhilde said, riding the bear. "Go that way!"
The bear obediently turned left, walking along the far edge of the picnic grounds.
Brunhilde giggled and then shouted, "Go faster!"
The bear broke into a trot and then began to gallop.
Brunhilde clung to his fur, screaming with delight.
"Aren't you afraid you'll #spoil her?" Forrest said.
"I will not governed by your fear," the bear said, slowing to a walk.
Brunhilde beamed as she bounced along to the rolling gait of the bear. #wss366