KWL – 315 – Second Chapter Authors with Maren Cooper https://kobowritinglife.com/2023/04/18/kwl-315-second-chapter-authors-with-maren-cooper/ #contemporaryfiction #women'sfiction #smallpressauthor #writingcommunity #KoboWritingLife #self-publishing #writingadvice #KWLCommunity #hybridauthor #indieauthor #KWLPodcast #smallpress #podcast #writing #author #Kobo #KWL

"I can't come into work today.... My grandfather died."
"This is the third grandfather of yours that's passed away."
"So what? My grandparents can't be gay??"
"Of course they can. It's just, that's exactly what you said when you told me you couldn't come to work because of your third grandmother's passing."
".... So what? My grandparents can't be polyamorous??"

#writing #MicroFiction #SmallStories #ContemporaryFiction #Polyamory

vom Vibe her wäre auch so etwas wie David Mitchells Cloud Atlas passend, nur halt nicht als #SciFi sondern eher Richtung #ContemporaryFiction .... #Bücher #Buecher #EmpfehlungGesucht

Only six months (ish) to go until publication day for this beauty. You can pre-order from all or any of your favourite places.

#TheBeginningofEverything
#AmWriting #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon #WritersOfMastodon #WomensFiction #ContemporaryFiction

Happy dance over here!!! Otter Coast: A Medical Marijuana Mystery... Join in on the book party... because my second eco-fiction novel is ready for you! Read a review, buy & read, add a starred review!

As architectural intern Amalia Sengupta Erenwine grapples with her nascent career in New York City and the consequences of her new relationship, her friend the Reverend Mildred McCaine plans a panel about medical marijuana at her Binghamton church. When these two women take off on a road trip back to Mildred's hometown, they each in their own way intend to prove themselves pure of intent and unencumbered by their pasts. Amalia hopes to demonstrate she's true to her word and figure out her love life, and Mildred is drawn to confront fuzzy details about her family's past. But when the women uncover mysterious goings-on at Mildred's childhood home, an intriguing ancient artifact, and long-forgotten memories of otters at play, their fine intentions come unraveled. How will Amalia reconcile her deeper knowing with her life's goals? And how will Mildred remember and come to terms with her family's history, and her own present and new unfolding?

Links are ready in two places - Barnes and Noble and Amazon...

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/otter-coast-maia-kb-chowdhury/1143042148?ean=9798986185415

https://www.amazon.com/Otter-Coast-Medical-Marijuana-Mystery/dp/B0BV5DD9LB/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1676895718&refinements=p_27%3AMaia+Kb+Chowdhury&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Maia+Kb+Chowdhury

Canadian, UK, Asia, Africa, ANZA links to follow as soon as they're up online. For international, orders, please go directly to your local bookseller and order with this information:

Maia Chowdhury, Otter Coast, ISBN: 9798986185415

Please add a starred review on Goodreads, as it helps to generate more interest and views, rankings and sales. Tell your friends and share this message...

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/100779578-otter-coast

Thank you, friends, for all your support in the making of this book! Enjoy!

Maia :-) <3

#Adventure #AmWriting #Architecture #BIPOC #CliFi #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeFiction #CommunityPlanning #ContemporaryFiction #CreativeWriting #Desi #Diversity #EcoFiction #Engineering #Fracking #GoodReads #HighSpeedTransit #HydraulicFracturing #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #Intersectionality #LiteraryFiction #Logistics #Love #LoveStory #Marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #Metaphysical #MixedDesi #MixedRace #Mystery #Nanowrimo #Planning #Rail #Reiki #Transit #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #Visualization

I have been proud of myself these past couple of weeks of the new year. Lately, during my lunch hour at work, instead of looking at a TV show on the computer or browsing on the internet, I take the time to eat my lunch and read 😊. And because I've been doing this, I've been able to catch up on my reading. I still have a way to go, but I'm so happy that I've gotten this far.
@bookstodon #books #bookstagram #bookstack #graphicnovels #manhwa #bookbloggers #contemporaryfiction

RT @AronajiAji@twitter.com

Friends, near and far.
Today is the release date of this important volume, an essential-read by a giant of modern Turkish literature. Thank you NYRB-Classics for publishing it. original. #Turkishliterature, #translation, #literarytranslation, #flashfiction, #contemporaryfiction

My novel A Country of Eternal Light is out in 3 weeks. I wrote it from a position of failure, humility and sadness, and it *might* be the best thing I’ve written, or at least the one I’m happiest with. Please pre-order it today from Booktopia or your fave local

#books #literature #ContemporaryFiction #australianliterature #scottishliterature #publishing

I’m looking for my next great #indiebook and I’m keen on #contemporaryfiction. If you’re an #indieauthor who has #selfpubbed anything *but* SF/fantasy, romance, thrillers, drop your links below. I want to read more contemporary fiction and support indies.

@Sheril More:

Long Division . . . Kiese Laymon
Unlikely Animals Annie Hartnett
Rabbit Cake Annie Hartnett
Lucy, By the Sea Elizabeth Strout
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan
Foster Claire Keegan
Hoping to find fellow readers on Mastodon whose preferences lean toward this type of #LitFic #ContemporaryFiction #BestBooks 2/2

MY ENGLISH BOOKS FOR SALE

1. https://amazon.com/dp/1983506877
2. https://amazon.com/dp/1986210901
3. https://amazon.com/dp/1719212880

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMoJckMllEbPbbMF0M_5zDCjs79TVtTx8

#book #novel #fiction #author #writer #narrative #ireland #dublin #cork #galway #contemporaryfiction #fantasy #scifi #dystopian

MY ENGLISH BOOKS FOR SALE

1. https://amazon.com/dp/1983506877
2. https://amazon.com/dp/1986210901
3. https://amazon.com/dp/1719212880

YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMoJckMllEbPbbMF0M_5zDCjs79TVtTx8

#book #novel #fiction #author #writer #narrative #ireland #dublin #cork #galway #contemporaryfiction #fantasy #scifi #dystopian

Σέλφ προμόσιο θα αποφεύγω να σας βάζω αλά το μάδερ προμόσιο επιβάλλεται. Διαβάστε τα βιβλία της μαμάς μου! https://www.ianos.gr/events/kalh-doxiadh-h-klhronomia-parousiash-vivliou/ #πεζογραφια #μυθιστοριμα #GreekFiction #ModernGreek #ContemporaryFiction @bookstodon

My review today is for a wonderful contemporary romance and fiction story. The Summer Escape by Hannah Ellis is the 3rd book in the Isles of Scilly series. Check out my full review below.

https://vonnibee.com/2022/11/24/the-summer-escape-isles-of-scilly-3-by-hannah-ellis-booksellis-rararesources-contemporaryfiction-family-friendship-bookreview/

#book #bookstadon #contemporaryfiction #romance #bookblogger

Hi @zhivi ! You asked me to describe my ecofiction... here is my best go at it, this morning. 

I write for myself and others who are interested in visualizing what is possible, from a perspective of where we are starting. It's not science fiction. It's not realistic fiction. It's somewhere in between. I call it Visionary Ecofiction. I've written three novels, one is published (The Erenwine Agenda, with a focus on hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas extraction process), another is about to be published (Otter Coast, with a focus on medical marijuana and creative states of consciousness) and the third is - well, still being written through Nanowrimo (Rail is the working title, although I have changed it up a few times already; it has a focus on the logistics of high speed transit and community planning - and the protagonist is aiming to save the world 🙂).

All three interweave romance, although they're not romances. I call them adventures, love stories, mysteries... a little of all of these. Visionary Ecoficiton encapsulates the intrigue of all these genres, for me. The work is typically classified as Literary Fiction or Contemporary Fiction, and is also listed as Visionary and Metaphysical Fiction. The Erenwine Agenda was shortlisted for an international publishing award in the Visionary and Metaphysical category, and reached #5 on Amazon in the same group. It's on several Goodreads Lists (including Powell's Books') for classic and new Ecofiction and CliFi (Climate Change Fiction). I began publishing myself, and then branched out into publishing work of other authors when I realized there are many other people like me, who are optimists in the world and who write about ecology. We needed a platform! I created one. (This is the link.) https://www.aseiarts.com/

I think one of the best encapsulations of my work comes in the form of an interview conducted by the old Ecofiction.com site, now Dragonfly.eco. It was written a while ago when I was still married, and was not as far along in my writing trajectory - yet it summarizes the spirit of my work very clearly. (Thanks Mary for updating my name!) https://dragonfly.eco/maia-kb-chowdhury/ @ecofiction

My work (partly what you and I began talking about) also touches on race, identity and social context. I think that is as important in today's emerging conversations about climate as is the basic underlayment of ecology in ecofiction. How we identify ourselves and each other IS our cultural ecology. As a woman of mixed race, who identifies with more than one group, I feel a personal responsibility (and pleasure) to share my own intersectional experience through writing. 

Thank you for asking!

#Adventure #AmWriting #Architecture #BIPOC #CliFi #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeFiction #CommunityPlanning #ContemporaryFiction #CreativeWriting #Desi #Diversity #EcoFiction #Engineering #Fracking #GoodReads #HighSpeedTransit #HydraulicFracturing #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #Intersectionality #LiteraryFiction #Logistics #Love #LoveStory #Marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #Metaphysical #MixedDesi #MixedRace #Mystery #Nanowrimo #Planning #Rail #Reiki #Transit #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #Visualization

#intro #introduction I'm Dave, a #writer, #playwright, #artist #producer and #editor of #books #contemporaryfiction #fiction #novels #poetry. Most of my writing is for #performance so I suppose I better add the #theatre #theatretwitter hashtags too.

#intro #introduction I'm Dave, a #writer, #playwright, #artist #producer and #editor of #books #contemporaryfiction #fiction #novels #poetry. Most of my writing is for #performance so I suppose I better add the #theatre #theatretwitter hashtags too.

Hey everyone! I gather introductions are a thing here, so I’ll give it a go 👋

I’m Bekka, a #Suffolk girl here for the #Bookishchat / #BookToots and looking for fellow #BookLovers to connect with 📚️

#BookCommunity #ContemporaryFiction #HistoricalFiction #DarkFiction #TranslatedFiction #Poetry

Hey everyone! I gather introductions are a thing here, so I’ll give it a go 👋

I’m Bekka, a #Suffolk girl here for the #Bookishchat / #BookToots and looking for fellow #BookLovers to connect with 📚️

#BookCommunity #ContemporaryFiction #HistoricalFiction #DarkFiction #TranslatedFiction #Poetry

Nothing like starting from scratch yet again. Allow me to run down what you'll mainly find here:

📛 #Chaos
🤡 #Absurdity
✍️ #Writing
👎 #Bad Puns
😂 #Funny Stories

But most importantly:

🏋‍♀️ #StrongSupport
❤️ #ACaringFriend
🆙 #UpliftingAffirmation
➕ #Positivity

Also, I #write #contemporaryfiction #fantasy #fiction #horror #mystery #thriller #shortstories and whatever else catches my fancy.