Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)

@mshurtleffwrite

Dragon-like hoarder of words. Creating, editing, and querying a variety of #speculativefiction. Soli Deo Gloria. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

United States Katılım Aralık 2017

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·7 May

I'm just going to pin this with the link. amazon.com/Courage-Activi…

Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite

Lindsey Elende is a countess. Ronalde Garrone is a radical. When revolution erupts, two unlikely friends will become either desperate enemies or vital allies while the ax hangs close over their heads. #PosterPit #A #P #SPF #R #SecondaryWorldHistorical #EnemiesToLovers

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·1h

@lazarusatgate Ooo good to know

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Elizabeth Austin@lazarusatgate·2h

@mshurtleffwrite There are YouTube videos on how to make your own shoes. Nicole Rudolph, I think. In case you are tempted again.

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·2h

I visited a couple of historic towns and was inspired to become a tinsmith, shoemaker, or printer. Unfortunately, I get on the interwebs to find out that the cost equipment for these things is far beyond rationalization, if you can find it at all 😭😭

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·2h

I also want to make bricks and weave my own clothing, which is less expensive but a bit too time consuming

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·4h

@once_darkness Good idea

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Erin Blackwood@once_darkness·4h

@mshurtleffwrite Alas, sometimes they are necessary! The next thing I'd probably think to try to do, is find other stories with flashbacks I thought we well done (or at least not obtrusive) and study why that works

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·1d

I keep going back to my bandit story to edit it but the 30 page flashback trips me up every time. I've tried splitting it up, cutting short, so many things, but nothing structurally works.

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·7h

@byMorganWright If you're going to be limited I prefer first, though there are times 3 limited works

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·7h

@LeahSchwabauer I'm so glad it wasn't worse!

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Leah Schwabauer@LeahSchwabauer·7h

I don’t share many personal things here, but this has impacted my life and it would be weird to say nothing. By the grace of God and a massive miracle, my husband is alive. 🎉🎉🎉 He fell fourteen feet onto concrete 3 weeks ago. He has broken bones but he will heal.

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·7h

Today in words that are bizarre when you stare at them too long: hanged

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·7h

@threnye I have tried dividing it up. That might work, but...well the division I have now are not it 😅

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Jethan Threnye | ジェサン - Scifi & Fantasy@threnye·7h

@mshurtleffwrite If the story wants it, it'll just have to have a couple flashback chapters. Or...is it at the beginning? Cuz maybe you can do a Part 1 that's all the flashback, and Part 2 that's all the present.

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·10h

@write_and_sigh I think part of the advantage of self publishing is worrying less about branding but I could see some cases where a different pen name might be useful, like if I went from children's to horror or something, haha

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Ettie Star@write_and_sigh·12h

A question for indie authors who write in multiple genres. Do you have seperate pen names? I have an older MS I'd love to self pub (maybe next year) but the genre couldn't be more different 😅

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·10h

@lazarusatgate Bc lots of people have a no idea how to do it while being peacemakers, meek, merciful, etc

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Elizabeth Austin@lazarusatgate·10h

@mshurtleffwrite What in the sermon on the mount would conflict with standing up for the truth?

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Elizabeth Austin@lazarusatgate·1d

Hey, kids, Christians are supposed to close their eyes to evil. Who knew?

🎯Truth Seeker🎯@Nickisbackbaby

I know Christians are supposed to keep their mouths shut and just love people but..... I honestly struggle to find anything positive about Islam!

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·10h

Probably is I complimented Alan Breck on his sword fighting and song writing we'd be fine

Haruki 📚@Haruki_huga

If your favorite character became a real person... would they actually like you?

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·10h

@lazarusatgate Where us this context is lying involved?

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Elizabeth Austin@lazarusatgate·11h

@mshurtleffwrite What in the sermon on the mount would make lying okay?

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·12h

@once_darkness Been asking myself that for years 😅 Unfortunately some very important character things go on

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Erin Blackwood@once_darkness·12h

@mshurtleffwrite Oh flashbacks can be tricky! Is there a way to convey the necessary info without the flashback?

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·13h

@EmmaRSotomayor It did give me a new appreciation for sperm whales

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Emma Sotomayor@EmmaRSotomayor·13h

@mshurtleffwrite I found Moby-Dick grew on me the second time I read it. Or maybe I just learned to treat it like a whaling manual.

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·1d

Good news! The beginning of Moby Dick reads like a Scott novel, so you might enjoy Rob Roy or Ivanhoe

Christopher Snowdon@cjsnowdon

Finally finished reading Moby Dick. The beginning’s alright and the end is OK but the other 500 pages are BORING. If that’s classic literature I’m sticking to Netflix. Avoid!

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·14h

I follow a lot of writers from all kinds of opinions bc I'm following them for writing but it sure does make my timeline interesting, especially when my opposite opinion followers discover each other 😅

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·21h

Visited some places recently where people of my beliefs were killed and abused. Then I come on Twitter and see insults hurled at my religion, and I don't even know what to think except I'm grateful for a Savior who taught Matthew 5:44--teaching that we can let go of hurt and love

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·23h

I honestly don't care about people's spoken grammar, and I speak grammatically incorrect on purpose a lot. But for some reason, my brain has fixated on the difference between less and fewer, and I correct myself every time now even though I could swear I don't actually care

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·1d

@BuzzzStryker @mamalinstro @j_divis @Sarahsred7 I'm not controlling speech but that was uncalled for. And you call yourself a Christian...

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Breakfast Taco@BuzzzStryker·1d

@mshurtleffwrite @mamalinstro @j_divis @Sarahsred7 Not a big fan of people trying to compel speech, little lady. It's an American thing. You wouldn't understand.

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Sarah Clark@Sarahsred7·2d

After a decade of sitting alone at church nothing brings me greater happiness than having my husbands arm around me during sacrament meeting And bonus for him: I have long nails and he gets back scratches

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Mary Shurtleff (has a book out 👀)@mshurtleffwrite·1d

@BuzzzStryker @mamalinstro @j_divis @Sarahsred7 Woah why the rude 🥺

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Breakfast Taco@BuzzzStryker·1d

@mamalinstro @j_divis @mshurtleffwrite @Sarahsred7 Latter-day what? Latter-day Dumbasses? Because I can totally get behind calling the Morms that.

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