#supporting local

[laughroditee]

"She's so beautiful! I bet she goes to the library."

- my 7 year old daughter

[purefilly-connection]

Showing Up: How I Stay Involved in the Community

What do you do to be involved in the community? Community isn’t just where you live—it’ what you give. Over the years, I’ve learned that being involved doesn’t always mean doing something big or dramatic. Sometimes, it’s about simply showing up—consistently, with heart, with intention. Whether I’m helping someone build a website for their passion project, volunteering to organize community…

[your-royal-momoness]

[myjetpack]

a cartoon for the guardian

[sticksandsharks]

Sacred Bodies & Divine Faces

SACRED BODIES is part of a joint mini-exhibition in La Belle Adventure (Leith Walk, Edinburgh) for the duration of Feb 26th - March 23rd!

The exhibition is ran in tandem with the comic RUIN OF THE HOUSE OF THE DIVINE VISAGE by Eve & Spire Greenwood ( @evegwood & @spiremint ).

The exhibition features concept art, processes and commentary on our featured works.

On the 15th of March (Saturday), I will have a talk & book signing in the shop from 4 - 6 PM!

[thebibliosphere]

I've had a couple of messages over the last few days from folks saying things like, "Sorry, I can only afford to get your book through the library," and I need you to know I am gripping you by the shoulders, I am shaking you gently, and I am begging you stop apologizing for using library services.

After Amazon and Payhip, the quarterly checks I get from Overdrive/Libby are my biggest and most reliable source of income.

My readers have been nothing but feral in their quest to get Hunger Pangs into as many libraries as possible, and while library lending pays an exceptionally modest amount, if enough people do it (which many of you evidently are), those pennies add up.

I am guaranteed at least $20 a month in library lending royalties. That might not sound like much to some folks, but to me, that's my b12 supplements covered for the month. That's the thing I need to keep me alive paid for.

I will never resent anyone who uses libraries instead of buying books.

I'm a disabled author who lives month to month at the mercy of my medical expenses. Even though I have incredibly generous patrons and supporters, I know what it's like to not be able to afford things.

Use the library. Please.

Use it guilt-free. You're helping the library and the authors, probably more than you realize.

And if you're in the US and haven't signed up for a @queerliblib free library card yet, you should! it doesn't matter what state you're in, the Queer Liberation Library offers free access to their catalogue of queer media across the US.

And if you've got the means, maybe help them out with a little donation. They're only able to expand their collection via the support of their patrons, and the work they're doing is hugely important.

[anotherpapercut]

yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said "well I bet they don't have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library" and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said "oh well I bet they don't in [nearby rural county]" and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here's a quick reminder that if you don't think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you're not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don't know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can't win without vocal public support

[crazyblondelife]

Supporting a Small Local Business - Piedmont Pennies

I am so excited to introduce you all to a small business that started right here in North Carolina…Piedmont Pennies! Rebecca Jordan (Becca), the founder of Piedmont Pennies went to high school with my daughter Rebecca and was (and still is) one of my favorite girls! To this day, she has a smile that lights up a room and is the sweetest!

Becca learned to make Southern cheese straws from her grandmother years ago and during the pandemic, she put that knowledge to work because she wanted the world to “stay cheesin”! Piedmont Pennies was her MBA class project and what a project it was! Today, Piedmont Pennies are made in Charlotte, North Carolina, but they ship all over the world! These little cheese straws are so delicious and absolutely addictive! I love to serve them on a charcuterie board, or just eat them as a snack!

Becca is a smart cookie because, she came up with the idea of creating a Piedmont Pennies Panko and since I love to use panko on everything from my delicious Caesar Salad to pasta, I think it’s just genius!

Today, I’m sharing a ridiculously easy holiday recipe that you’ll want to make all season long and beyond…Boursin Cheese with Panko and Cranberry Preserves! This hors d’oeuvre is mouthwatering, gorgeous and when I say easy I mean easy! If you need something quick to serve for unexpected guests, this is just the thing and it’s also so good as part of a holiday buffet!

This recipe is truly so easy that I’m not even going to make a recipe card…no real proportions are necessary!

In three separate bowls, place about 1/2 cup flour, 1 beaten egg, and about 1/2 - 3/4 cup Piedmont Pennies Panko (any panko will do)! First, coat your Boursin Cheese (cold) with the flour to coat, then coat with the egg, and finally, coat with the panko. Place in an ovenproof dish and bake for about 15 - 20 minutes, or until the panko is brown and crispy. Top with chopped fresh rosemary and a spoonful of your favorite preserves (I used cranberry). Serve warm with toasted baguette slices. I think this would be absolutely divine with a drizzle of hot honey in addition to the preserves!

Be sure to check out my Instagram video of this easy-to-make hors d’oeuvre but whatever you do, be sure to try it! This is one to make all year long, just switch out the preserves for the season!

I have updated my Amazon Shop to include all kinds of last minute gifts and stocking stuffers that will come before Christmas because if you’re anything like me, you still have some shopping to do! I’m also including a small boutique of favorite things for the holidays below! All of the items are things that I have purchased or things I would like to purchase (I have a list haha!). Enjoy!

This month is going by so quickly it’s almost hard to believe! I hope you’re enjoying my posts and I would love to know what you want to see for the coming year! I’m working on a little survey that I'll hopefully have ready to post next week and I would love to have your input!

I’m off to do ten thousand things! Have a great day!

[victusinveritas]

[yourdependente]

[hellsitegenetics]

Hello! I run the social media for my local library and I was just wondering what sort of plant or creature might emerge if I talk about books here. Just a lil guy perhaps, to encourage public library use. A new library mascot to say "Books are cool! Reading is fun!" etc. Thank you for your time and efforts. 📚

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[booksinmythorax]

Some of my library's most successful adult programs so far basically boil down to "come do things you could be doing at home, but in a Place with Other People".

Right now it's silent reading parties and writing clubs - what other kinds of stuff fits into this category?

[doomdoomofdoom]

fyi, Ukraine actually maintains a website with publicly available lists of their financial/material support and expenses.

anyone can also use it to donate to any specific part of Ukraine's war effort directly. in case any nations leaders recently humiliated their country globally, or something.

[alizalayne]

happy halloween!! the second book in my graphic novel trilogy is available to preorder. It's about what happens when you grow a paw. it is also a dragon mystery. and you also get to find out where penny came from, which is quite interesting

[sleepy-grav3]

Amity Park hates the Justice League but loves Red Hood and sometimes other heroes

A/n: I got this random idea so here it is. Oh, and this is good reveal AU ok?

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Due to the Justice League mocking them and ignoring their villain problems that were also publicly interdimensional problems, everyone hates the JL. It got worst with the GIW coming in, who blatantly went against the meta-laws (which included aliens, demons and so much more that weren't human from the beginning). They started to think the Justice League supported them.

In the Infinite Realms, however, there's a revenant that many adored and others respected. He did not hold back against criminals. Criminals that would rape, kill, traffic, sell drugs, and more to people. He especially didn't like when they brought kids into this. He'd avenge people the way they should've been: by promising that their abuser/killer/whatever wouldn't be able to do it again. And in the place they lived in, the only way for that to be possible was by major injury, heavy social outcasting, and/or death. Most prefer the 3rd.

And after how long the Amitians dealt with the attacks which eventually came to a slow once or twice a week type thing, they started opening their minds to the idea of coexistence. Well, further than they had. So when people started to cross over and start making their small haunts in their side of the veil, the Amitian's began to become aware of the popular hero Red Hood. He was part of the undead community, which was trustworthy in everyone's books.

So Amity Park started making merch. Most of it was for Team Phantom, but there was plenty for Red Hood as well. There were other heroes on the side, like for Superboy 1 (who they renamed to Supernova due to their hatred for Superman for 2 reasons, the obvious and that he rejected a mirror-born), and Raven (the half demon).

And with this coexistence, Team Phantom had noticed the positive feedback about killing in the name of vengeance. So they went on the offensive, and after a good year of that, the GIW lost funding for producing no results and just taking up resources. The acts were still there, but nobody enacted them in Amity, and nobody actually knew or believed them outside of the haunted city.

Then the Justice League find out about the hero group there due to tracking merchandise after they started to sell outside of the city. Superman was the guy everyone liked, so he was sent over. He immediately got thrown out and was now questioning who the heck Supernova was and when he rejected him.

Flash? Outcast. Everyone ignored and walked away from him. they had the police, who never did anything or even had to anymore, kick him out.

Green Lanter? Oh the poor guy. He had his ring taken away and thrown out of the city somehow. It took hours to find it.

Wonder Woman, they had to be ok with her. Not at first, but once Phantom had a talk with her and people learned that they were cousins through Clockwork (Kronos) and Pandora, they were ok. ish. Tolerated was the best word and she got the info back to the league.

The batfamily took a trip there, dragging Red Hood along somehow. And right when Red Hood was noticed, a crowd began to form as everyone practically worshipped him. There were many victims he had avenged and an Ancient (Lady Gotham) came and gave him the gifts she couldn't without scaring the guy.

At one point, the poor guy even cried.