Posts by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
(DIR) Post #AYo96xclZD7RrRQvuC by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2023-08-17T02:08:54Z
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What is this very tarnished metal object?It comes from my partner’s nana, probably from when she was a governess in China in the 1920s.(And any advice on the best way to clean it up will be appreciated)ETA: it is an example of knife money, thank you very much everyone#historians #history #MysteryObject
(DIR) Post #AaZkmnkl9bDitpjpaK by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2023-10-08T13:51:08Z
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#Asstodon fans, could I get some classic names for donkeys? ETA: female/unisex names please.(I have a character who is told off for not naming his donkey and spends some time ruminating on various possibilities, but I’m drawing a bit of a blank on “typical” donkey names. It’s set in the distant past.)#AmWriting
(DIR) Post #AaZrEmomp6ZbphLiKG by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2023-10-09T00:49:46Z
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@IdahoLark @vlrny @cathos @cwicseolfor @theLUCASTDS Thanks all, he’s definitely going to start off on a flower theme before venturing further afield (it becomes a running joke through the book)
(DIR) Post #AcExiBfndbkvkb7KXQ by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2023-11-22T05:14:44Z
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#bloomScrolling The common brown butterfly, endemic to southern Western Australia. This bush (a Geraldton wax I think), is absolutely covered in them at the moment, and they flutter up in a cloud whenever we walk by.#Butterfly #Australia
(DIR) Post #AdTOAKq4oGNyIeewhk by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2023-12-30T14:04:14Z
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It's the last weekend of the End of Year #Smashwords sale! Lots of free or heavily discounted DRM-free books available.https://www.smashwords.com/shelves/promos/(Mine, 50% off, are here: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmer)Sale ends January 1.#ebooks #IndieAuthors #bookstodon #HolidayReads #SmashwordsEOYsale
(DIR) Post #Ai7JKAWrZsM3cZBTJQ by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-05-21T10:41:28Z
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When people tell me they read one of my books and found it “quite good”, I like to assume they’re from the US where “quite” apparently means “very” 😊 As opposed to the UK/Aus, where “quite good” is just damning with faint praise.Unless you say it was “really quite good”. *That’s* when you mean “very good”.If you say “quite good, really”, that means you’re surprised it was any good.And if you say “Oh, I say, that is quite, *quite* remarkable”, you’re an 18th-century Earl confronted by a tempestuous highland beauty who is tossing her raven-black locks and flashing her sapphire-blue eyes at you because you’re enclosing her commons 😉#WritingCommunity #linguistics #quite
(DIR) Post #AiX8g4CtO6SkZ8w2wS by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-06-03T00:17:54Z
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@geordie @danamcfarland he did have a reason for the choice but I can’t remember it now 😊
(DIR) Post #AiX9oXlYUNuaZK7UWW by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-06-03T00:30:38Z
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@geordie @danamcfarland 😂
(DIR) Post #Aia4SwOMKjXYHF1tDs by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-06-04T00:48:24Z
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@golgaloth I know some people have had great success with facebooks ads…There’s a particular guru who several writers here have said is helpful — I’ve forgotten the name but @adaddinsane I think has mentioned him?
(DIR) Post #AiaJunwQqOVlUOi9oW by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-06-04T13:07:50Z
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@futurebird nod 🙂↕️I don’t use them either, due to the same discomfit.
(DIR) Post #Aib71x4ADEl3ZPMiEi by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-06-01T01:11:31Z
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As usual, my light fantasy romance books (LGBTQ+ characters, positive rep) are on sale for all of June at Smashwords. DRM-free, and I’m happy to virtually assist with sideloading to your ereader if you need it. ETA: I know it’s not June for everyone yet, but it’s June for me 😊 so the sale’s already started.https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wendylpalmerAnd as usual, I will donate ALL my June royalties, not just from Smashwords sales, to an Australian LGBTQ+ charity (at the moment I favour the Equality Project, but am open to suggestions).The Uses of Illicit Art (m/m romance) is my most popular book but I’d like to put in a good word for Fair Haven (m/nb romance) and Domesticated Magic (transm/m romance).#pride #books #LGBTQ @lgbtqbookstodon
(DIR) Post #AibAC0UKdyyiwS5k3s by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-06-04T22:53:36Z
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@futurebird @golgaloth @adaddinsane I don’t use them either, due to the same discomfit, but there’s no denying they can work well 😊
(DIR) Post #Ak0tQsm3TPJRdaCjT6 by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2024-07-16T23:16:18Z
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Our sky this morningStorm’s a-brewing
(DIR) Post #AtjXQdCf4FFnRWBLdo by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2025-05-04T00:16:28Z
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People who are allowed to call me “love”:Old farmers: yesOlder country women: yesActually, everyone older than me with plainly good intentions: yesMen my age and younger: NOWomen my age and younger: sure but they don’tA 20-year-old man with piercings, tats and ear plugs: YES! (if only because of the look on his face when he realised he’d just called a woman old enough to be his mother “love” 😂)
(DIR) Post #AuYHpXzX1zuF3oJiMK by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2025-05-28T10:40:08Z
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This is a recent Google Maps satellite image of one corner of our property. That bright white dot in the centre — that’s not a structure.That’s a goat.#CountryLife #satellite #goats
(DIR) Post #Av3WJKOeQIx2eLpRvE by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2025-06-12T12:11:17Z
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Trying to find some suitable seventeenth-century lines for my poetry-spouting character, and stumbled on one of those LLM-vomited sites, with real poems but ridiculous word salad summaries.I now know that Sonnet XVIII was the “second-best love poem written in 1609”… well, don’t leave me hanging, what was the best one?Also: “This poem is not a typical love poem. It was written in 1633 by John Donne, after his death” — fair point, I would agree that’s very untypical…#WritingCommunity #AISlop
(DIR) Post #B2Obs5DWPfXsWnCgAy by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2026-01-18T02:53:27Z
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@Ashmire @lionelb @Heliograph @futurebird Old beekeepers in my beek group swear by a few stings in the hands to keep the arthritis at bay
(DIR) Post #B2OcgC7wzmDKRFUbLs by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2026-01-18T03:03:38Z
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@futurebird @Ashmire @lionelb @Heliograph 😂 it should be! But no, just short for beekeeper
(DIR) Post #B2Oe01YG7oXvNtokAS by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2026-01-18T03:18:24Z
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@futurebird @Ashmire @lionelb @Heliograph They’ll love it!
(DIR) Post #B2OfsSxiWrJVzMFVb6 by wendypalmer@mastodon.au
2026-01-18T03:39:28Z
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@futurebird that has a very medieval ring to it 😊