Posts by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
 (DIR) Post #AS7JUomRDKeH00udeq by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-01-28T23:23:02Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson šŸ™šŸ™šŸ™šŸ’™
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJckveQfAmWyrwBii by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-03T21:44:23Z
       
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       Sometimes when I’m feeling unwell & can’t do much I revisit some true crime cases.(I’ve mentioned before I job shadowed 2 detectives & was a weird kid who was into forensic entomology.) And my associate’s was in psychology so I’m fascinated with how ā€œwrongā€ the human brain can go. I think it helps me as a writer as well, trying to understand the dark side of human nature.Sometimes, though, it gives me the creeps. I’m on a Jodi Arias kick (the trial was wild) & she’s creep-ball city.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJckxdRHpB78NUQSG by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-03T21:47:56Z
       
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       And of course, there is a myriad of American serial k*llers who gave me the creeps since childhood.In case you’re wondering what gives, I had a young grandmother who told me *way too much* about true crime at a young age. I think she just didn’t want me to talk to strangers & all she succeeded in doing was insuring the life of an anxious introvert who spoke to no one.#myfamilyiskindacrazy #truecrime
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJd6ndF9tXqTroO8G by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-03T21:59:19Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson I agree; I definitely give props to the detectives and professionals who handle that stuff on a daily basis, but deep down I know I would not be able to do that 8-12 hours a day (or longer, I’m sure).In a way I’ve carried the knowledge that people can be really creepy my whole life, & to my Granny’s credit, I did avoid people who’d hurt me.But as an adult, the knowledge that people can be duplicitous is heavy.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJeXEx0JKFogwE5fE by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-03T22:11:33Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson an afterthought here: what’s even more sobering is the realization that a person doesn’t have to be violent in order to be dangerous or sociopathic. I have, unfortunately, encountered people who appeared totally normal, like they cared about me, etc, only to find out that was the farthest thing from the truth.Me: (yells into the void) WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE ICKYlol
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJeetwOJD05qaao9g by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-03T22:16:41Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson thanks for mentioning that, I might check that out šŸ‘šŸ»
       
 (DIR) Post #ASJf2p2MBzwfaXn0qW by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-03T22:21:00Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson cool, thanks! šŸ˜ŠšŸ‘šŸ»
       
 (DIR) Post #ASSIMIJyzOIpOIzOi0 by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-07T20:11:39Z
       
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       Welp, got myself settled to do some editing and for *reasons* (basically that I’m a bit computer illiterate & I’m kind of embarrassed) I don’t have a WiFi connection and I’m afraid if I touch this thing, I’ll have a repeat of the Great Manuscript Deletion I had in spring of 2021 and threw up and cried on the floor.Lessons learned the hard way have a way of lingering in the memory…#writersofmastodon #WritingCommunity
       
 (DIR) Post #ASSIMJ0WREKXWEtN0y by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-07T20:21:04Z
       
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       I shall consult the much more computer illiterate spouse when he arrives home.Because THAT is what he’ll want to do.#amwriting #amnotwriting
       
 (DIR) Post #ASSIMJXUSehZAUJhOy by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-08T00:11:50Z
       
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       I just noticed the misspelling I had here. Hate when that happens.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASSuhEixM4xEZe5Eie by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-08T09:28:47Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson šŸ™šŸ˜Š
       
 (DIR) Post #ASc7EcrJir0kz4DDs0 by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-12T19:59:34Z
       
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       I like giving my Word program mini-strokes by writing occasional Southernisms.ā€œAin’t no sense in all this suspicion.ā€#AmEditing #WritingCommunity #SouthernGothic
       
 (DIR) Post #ASc7KyeVbksEJRFYbg by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-12T20:02:50Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson 😁😁
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdNNtj4ApzgKJkwSG by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-13T10:27:42Z
       
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       #WritingWonders Feb 13: your mc’s hair?
Book 1: Petra is a 26 year old nurse in 1961. When working, she wears her hair in a twist with a slight bouffant. At home, she wears it down or pulled half-up in a barrette with a small amount of teasing. In short, it’s the early into late 1960s, so there’s a lot of teasing.
WIP: 42 year old Richard Powell’s graying hair is somewhat long, maybe around mid-jaw length, in 1817. He wears it combed back.
Gary Oldman as visual, upon whom he was based.
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdNUkbeTjag4OYWP2 by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-13T10:38:36Z
       
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       @JeffEmmerson Ha! Thanks 😁 Have a great day, Jeff!
       
 (DIR) Post #ASdRDVy03RR5Ym2t2u by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-02-13T11:05:18Z
       
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       I made this soup yesterday, hovering over & stirring it like a boiling cauldron when I wasn’t writing.
Added a little eye of newt & some other strange potions, the heads of my enemies…
Just kidding it was beef vegetable soup.#humor #cooking #writing
       
 (DIR) Post #ATBJ8CuhH17wlD62kK by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-03-01T18:18:27Z
       
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       Am I the only one seeing disgusting anti-trans toots? I mean, that sh*t was violent & disgusting.I blocked AND reported both the ones I saw. I’m concerned why they showed up on my timeline bc neither one of them were people who followed me.Do I need to switch instances? They weren’t from my instance.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATBJ8De4YJQJ1wKHTM by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-03-01T18:26:28Z
       
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       I’m sorry, it just alarmed me bc that’s the first time I’ve seen something nasty here, & I’ll be honest, it was worse than anything I ever saw on the bird app. Jesus H. Christ.I don’t know enough about the Fediverse to understand why I saw that bull sh*t.#Mastodon #blocked #reported
       
 (DIR) Post #ATBJ8Egwf7JcH8g5aa by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-03-01T19:12:39Z
       
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       @grahamefleming they don’t follow me and I wasn’t following them. Thanks, though, for saying something. I thought something was wrong with my instance (they were not from my instance, tho). I just don’t know enough about the Fediverse. But I’ve been blocking and reporting. A lot of anti-Semitism as well. Pure troll stuff, but absolutely disgusting.I think we’re seeing it bc they’re flooding hashtags.
       
 (DIR) Post #ATBJ8FHoS2o27TvX3Q by SaraNSmit@mastodon.world
       2023-03-01T19:13:16Z
       
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       @grahamefleming and I get what you’re saying, I think I do follow a lot of the hashtags they’re spamming.