Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
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David Nash · @dpnash
32 followers · 80 posts · Server neurodifferent.me
Loki: meow?
Me: Setting up a Mastodon account.
Hazel: meow
Me: I do have another one, @dpnash@mastodon.online, but I post a lot about #Neurodiversity topics, so I'm planning to do more of that here. For one thing, the character limit in posts is larger here, so not only is it a bit easier to post longer-form items, you fuzzballs get to have longer conversations with me.
Loki: *MEOW*.
Me: Oh, right.
- Things I am: #ActuallyAutistic, #LGBTQ+, in a #Polyfidelitous family of 3 older adults and 4 equally awesome (now mostly grown!) children.
- How I pay the bills: #DataEngineering now, #WebDevelopment and #DevOps before that, #Chemistry even longer ago.
- Other things I like: #Cats, obviously. Also #Astronomy (#AmateurAstronomy in particular), #History, #Science, #Books, #HistoricalFiction, #ScienceFiction, #SFF, #Programming, #Hiking, #Nature.
- Some weirder, more specific ones? Fine. #StudioGhibli. Indoor #Rowing. #Languages, currently learning #Spanish and #Latin. I geek out a lot about astronomical data and I maintain a widely-used database of stars (the HYG catalog, and its new extension, the AT-HYG catalog with Gaia data) at https://github.com/astronexus.
Yes, I'm a geek. But you still put up with me, right?
Loki: meow
Hazel: meow
Me: Love you both too.
#polyfidelitous #neurodiversity #actuallyautistic #LGBTQ #dataengineering #WebDevelopment #DevOps #chemistry #cats #astronomy #amateurastronomy #history #Science #books #HistoricalFiction #sciencefiction #SFF #programming #hiking #nature #StudioGhibli #rowing #languages #spanish #latin
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
488 followers · 2826 posts · Server sfba.social
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
486 followers · 2815 posts · Server sfba.socialWeekend Reads: "The Lady in the Loch" https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2023/09/01/weekend-reads-the-lady-in-the-loch/
#bookreview #HistoricalFiction #scotland #readingcommunity
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
484 followers · 2804 posts · Server sfba.social
#WritingWonders 8/29 - Does your antagonist believe your hero has a chance of succeeding?
Not at all. Stephanus figures that if he brings the right pressure to bear, Drusilla will be made to forget all about Suetonius. Women in the ancient Roman world, after all, had very few rights of their own. Stephanus figures that Drusus will just handle everything, giving his daughter over in marriage to the fuller she can't stand.
#dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella #PompeiiFire #indieauthor
#writingwonders #dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella #pompeiifire #indieauthor
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
484 followers · 2802 posts · Server sfba.social#WritingWonders — Aug. 28 — Who is the first character you created for this work?
I knew who Suetonius was long before I knew who anyone else was.
#historicalfiction #dualtimeline #novella #PompeiiFire #indieauthor
#writingwonders #HistoricalFiction #dualtimeline #novella #pompeiifire #indieauthor
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
482 followers · 2774 posts · Server sfba.social
AD 79
Drusilla was the woman of his dreams. Suetonius swore his eternal devotion to the merchant's daughter.
A gladiator's word is his bond.
Present Day
Classics professor Damiano De Luca feels ridiculous in the gladiator costume he wears after losing a bet, and seeing Stephanie Marlowe waiting in line outside the Pompeii Archaeological Park makes him feel even worse. She's gorgeous … and looks so familiar. Without thinking, the handsome Italian addresses Stephanie in the old tongue: "Salve, Drusilla."
Her reply? "Salve, Thraex."
Through untold disaster in the recesses of time and up to the present day, Dom and Stephanie must discover the truth about Pompeii Fire.
#dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella #indieauthor #readingcommunity #historicalfictionlover #bookstodon #ebookstodon
#dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella #indieauthor #readingcommunity #historicalfictionlover #bookstodon #ebookstodon
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
481 followers · 2748 posts · Server sfba.social
#dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella #pompeiifire #preorder #pompeii #historicalfictionlover #indieauthor #bookstodon #ebookstodon @bookstodon
#dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella #pompeiifire #preorder #pompeii #historicalfictionlover #indieauthor #bookstodon #ebookstodon
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
479 followers · 2727 posts · Server sfba.social
The latest issue of Historical Novels Review contained this announcement! #pompeiifire #dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella #preorder #readingcommunity #historicalfictionlovers #indieauthor #bookstodon #ebookstodon
#pompeiifire #dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella #preorder #readingcommunity #historicalfictionlovers #indieauthor #bookstodon #ebookstodon
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
467 followers · 2702 posts · Server sfba.social
We're just two weeks from release day for "Pompeii Fire" ... and a lot of my promo plans went out the window because we're nursing a litter of sick kittens. They've all turned the corner now, though there are still some days with eye medicine ahead of us. At least we're done with the antibiotics -- to which I developed an allergy, so that's been no fun, either! That's okay; the important thing is to get these babies better.
I do want to let you know that there's still plenty of time to pre-order the book via your favorite retailer.
#readingcommunity #historicalfiction #ancientrome @bookstodon
#readingcommunity #HistoricalFiction #ancientrome
Patti Aliventi · @PattiNH
20 followers · 243 posts · Server climatejustice.socialMy review of the book Hamilton’s Choice by Jack Casey – History Comes Alive #AaronBurr #AlexanderHamilton #bookreview #duel #ElizaSchuylerHamilton #historicalfiction #newEnglandsecession #PhilipHamilton #secession
#AaronBurr #alexanderhamilton #BookReview #duel #elizaschuylerhamilton #HistoricalFiction #newenglandsecession #philiphamilton #secession
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
467 followers · 2694 posts · Server sfba.social#WritingWonders Day 9 Does your MC have children? If not, do they want to?
For women of ancient Rome, like Drusilla, it's a given. There's an expectation that she will bring sons into the family. Whether she actually wants them is another story.
#PompeiiFire #ancientRome #dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella #preorder
#writingwonders #pompeiifire #ancientrome #dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella #preorder
Patti Aliventi · @PattiNH
20 followers · 240 posts · Server climatejustice.socialOne of the top 10 books I've ever read ~ My review of the book Kindred By Octavia Butler – Where Has This Been All My Life? #antebellumsouth #bannedbooks #bookreview #historicalfiction #history #sciencefiction #slavery #timetravel
#antebellumsouth #bannedbooks #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #history #sciencefiction #slavery #TimeTravel
L.J., un-author-ized writer · @ljwrites
247 followers · 6823 posts · Server writeout.inkThinking of how a lot of my #HistoricalFiction projects these days is basically, "I have a cool idea about the past that can never be proven either way so I'm going to present it as fiction instead."
Patti Aliventi · @PattiNH
20 followers · 236 posts · Server climatejustice.socialMy review of the book Lord John and the Hand of Devils by Diana Gabaldon #bookreview #DianaGabaldon #HellfireClub #HistoricalFiction #LGBTQ #LGBTQbooks #Outlander #shortstories #succubus
#BookReview #dianagabaldon #hellfireclub #HistoricalFiction #lgbtq #lgbtqbooks #outlander #shortstories #succubus
Jennie · @inlucesco
143 followers · 724 posts · Server sfba.social
August 1 marks 16 years since I moved to San Francisco for law school -- and today, it's also the release date for two of my clients' wonderful books! Gonna celebrate with historical SF trivia night at Spec's. #kidlit #pb #ya #HistoricalFiction #biography
#kidlit #pb #ya #HistoricalFiction #biography
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
457 followers · 2614 posts · Server sfba.social
I know I'm a little late to the #bookqw party this week, but here we go anyway. The word is BLUE.
#PompeiiFire #preorder #dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella
#bookqw #pompeiifire #preorder #dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
451 followers · 2566 posts · Server sfba.social
#WritingWonders July 23: Secondary Character POV: have you ever wanted to slap the MC?
Raylene Thibodeaux: My friend Stephanie Marlowe just doesn't see her own worth. I had to push her to put in for the job that took her to Italy in the first place. I might not want to literally slap her, but I've used my words to do it.
#PompeiiFire #dualtimeline #historicalfiction #novella #comingsoon #preorder #indieauthor #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #bookstodon
#writingwonders #pompeiifire #dualtimeline #HistoricalFiction #novella #comingsoon #preorder #indieauthor #writingcommunity #readingcommunity #bookstodon
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
451 followers · 2566 posts · Server sfba.social
Blogging from A to Z: M is for Murmillo https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2023/07/23/blogging-from-a-to-z-m-is-for-murmillo-2/
#PompeiiFire #factsfrommyfiction #samplesaturday #historicalfiction #indieauthor #bookstodon
#pompeiifire #factsfrommyfiction #samplesaturday #HistoricalFiction #indieauthor #bookstodon
Author Sharon E. Cathcart ✅ · @sharonecathcart
449 followers · 2560 posts · Server sfba.socialBlogging from A to Z: L is for Lupanar https://sharonecathcart.wordpress.com/2023/07/22/blogging-from-a-to-z-l-is-for-lupanar-2/
#PompeiiFire #factsfrommyfiction #pompeii #historicalfiction #dualtimeline #novella #comingsoon #bookstodon
#pompeiifire #factsfrommyfiction #pompeii #HistoricalFiction #dualtimeline #novella #comingsoon #bookstodon