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@lesleyariel

SF & F romance writer living by the sea in Massachusetts. Querying. Writing. Reading. she/her www.instagram.com/writingles/ Website: https://writingles.my.canva.site/

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By the Numbers 10 - Arley's House

"What are the experiences of people of color in the publishing industry?"

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06.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 108 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 15

i don't care about any arguments against this. right now the sum total of my political advocacy is: crush the Republicans and make them pay. i don't care what comes after because until we do that nothing better is possible.

07.03.2026 18:26 πŸ‘ 4759 πŸ” 963 πŸ’¬ 79 πŸ“Œ 35

These are gorgeous!

07.03.2026 00:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything that’s going on has me writing a short story about rich and powerful men at a manor house being picked off one by one. And I thought the horror would be in how the monster does it, but it’s actually in how the men keep up the air of normalcy even in obvious calamity.

06.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1967 - Dystopian Sci-fi novel, Don’t Create The Torment Nexus published

1974 - Cult classic BBC mini series

1997 - BBC remake

2002 - Hollywood movie, upbeat ending added

2019 - Nexcon - A Torment Company IPO’s, $324 Billion market cap

2026 - Polymarket bets on who will be tormented next

06.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 1784 πŸ” 489 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 8
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Pay Kelly Russell using PayPal.Me Go to paypal.me/panediting and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

If anyone has something to help me get thru to tomorrow, I'd appreciate it.
Had to make a surprise urgent care visit.

PayPal.me/panediting

05.03.2026 12:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

One sold ads for the local newspaper. The other did a bit of everything: taffy puller, crab fisherman, panned for gold

04.03.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that we're doing a query critique donation drive for a shelter-in-place program here in MSP. Going well so far--we're at about $1700 and would love to get to like $2500. Come get your pitch critiqued!

02.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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For the first time, we now know how many Black-owned bookstores exist in the U.S. The National Association of Black Bookstores has released the β€œfirst comprehensive national report” on the state of America’s Black-owned bookstores.

There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States β€” until now

04.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 2440 πŸ” 1064 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 76
A red moon with little white at the bottom

A red moon with little white at the bottom

Tonight's lunar eclipse at 3:33AM and 33 seconds on March 3rd.

03.03.2026 11:49 πŸ‘ 424 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 3
Space Ghost Short Story

If you need a break from the news, I just published a space ghost romance short story on my website you can read here:
writingles.my.canva.site/space-ghost-...

28.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
James Franco being executed by hanging. "First time?" he asks, as though he's been hanged before.

James Franco being executed by hanging. "First time?" he asks, as though he's been hanged before.

hey gen z welcome to republican governance

28.02.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 5764 πŸ” 995 πŸ’¬ 49 πŸ“Œ 36

Trans people protect your peace! Stop doomscrolling, block transphobes, and take a deep breath. I am not going to sugar coat it: things fucking suck right now. But make sure you realize that you are not alone and in the end love will overcome hate.

27.02.2026 12:34 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of post reading:

No notes.

Quoting post from Mass Daily News reading:

Ed Markey demands abolishing ICE, impeaching Trump, firing RFK Jr., Noem and Patel, reversing tax cuts, passing universal healthcare AND securing a Green New Deal…

Screenshot of post reading: No notes. Quoting post from Mass Daily News reading: Ed Markey demands abolishing ICE, impeaching Trump, firing RFK Jr., Noem and Patel, reversing tax cuts, passing universal healthcare AND securing a Green New Deal…

No notes.

28.02.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 353 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

Just THREE DAYS left!

27.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

the "just asking questions" to "legitimate questions about fairness in sports" to "the state doesn't have to consider us as real people" pipeline working exactly as designed.

26.02.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 5929 πŸ” 2294 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 24

She’s perfect! Good healing to you both

24.02.2026 23:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Providence Girls is free to get on Kindle today. :)

14.02.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

Trader Joe’s cashier, scanning in my absurd number of frozen items: wow, you must have a big freezer.

Me, knowing full well I’m about to have the equivalent of a boxing + chess match against my normal size freezer: yup, real big.

13.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ah, this reminds me I need to call Governor Healey again

(617) 725-4005

11.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

10.02.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 27131 πŸ” 9604 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 358
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This whistle fights fascists I print whistles now. You can too.

In 1943, musician Woody Guthrie placed a message on his guitar: "This machine kills fascists."

I am part of a group that's shipped half a million free 3D-printed whistles to defend against ICE β€” 200,000 of them in the first week of February alone.

This is the story of the "Whistle Crew."

09.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 1146 πŸ” 390 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 32

[clicks add to cart]

09.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Birnam Wood is moving to Dunsinane Hill

09.02.2026 02:48 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 38 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

Tina Belcher wrote the Levi’s ad

09.02.2026 00:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No Kings includes Draft Kings

08.02.2026 23:49 πŸ‘ 26114 πŸ” 6102 πŸ’¬ 185 πŸ“Œ 110

That was not very Wild Geese by Mary Oliver of you, dude

07.02.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 91 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Art

06.02.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what if It Happens during the halftime show?

05.02.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1010 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 160 πŸ“Œ 23

Thinking of you, John.

05.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0