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Vanessa Knipe
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mastodon 4.7.2Vanessa Knipe is a Malaysian-born writer based in Scotland. With a background in biochemistry and forensic science, she writes fantasy and speculative fiction that brings together folklore, history, science and the uncanny. A recovering Luddite, who likes canoeing, decorates a mean cake, and a highly biased mother.
Header picture shows a Venue of Vultures on power lines in Texas.
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Joined April 25, 2022
It appears to be Bat Appreciation Day, so for your delight, I present a Batnado. At Old Tunnel State Park, Kendall County, Texas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njY17cDZoLI
Why would anyone need a wifi connected tumble dryer? Genuinely puzzled.
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@Alternatecelt@mastodon.scot I didn't realise this was a real thing, even though @JulietEMcKenna@wandering.shop used something very similar in her book The Green Man's Gift. I'm fascinated by the research some authors do.
It's guiltily beautiful.
Looks like I'd better did out the thermals again for Wednesday.
This is one of the weeks where I'm doubting my sanity. Why oh why did I decide to turn the entire historical section of my current novel into an Anglo-saxon Epic poem?
We're drilled into emulating taut, hemingway-esque prose. That makes it really difficult writing an Anglo-Saxon-style poem where 'never use one word when you can use ten' prevails.
"Bestower of jewels, took joy in the wine-pouring."
Does anyone know an Anglo-Saxon language specialist?
I'm looking to get something translated for my latest novel.
It's Book Quote Wednesday and today's word is Free. #BookQW
Jack is meeting Guardian Angel Holger just after Jack was kicked out of the GA corps.
Last Days Forever available:
https://vanessa-j-knipe.itch.io/last-days-forever
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Days-Forever-Vanessa-Knipe-ebook/dp/B0F31HTDVF/ref=sr_1_
https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/last-days-forever
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@discobeez I starting reading him back in the early 80s. He has always been an author to buy without even checking the back cover.
I'm now at the 'how many times do you really need to say that' part of editing. It involves removing a lot of duplication. Then you have to pay an editor to tell you which need to go back in to make sense.
I really don't believe a machine AI Editor can decide what makes sense to a human reader, even if it takes less time.
My book Her Borrowed Grave (Urban Fantasy with Forensics) is on track to be published in October.
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@scalzi This is the truth. I didn't even watch the sequels because I was sure they couldn't match the original, one-and-only Star Wars.
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@brittcoxon@mastodon.art Just to be difficult, I'm ambidexterous and write it anticlockwise with both hands.
It feels icky to write it clockwise.
*sigh* Just had a revelation. I only need to include verses of my Anglo-Saxon allerative Epic Poem that are relevant to the plot.
I have an entire Anglo-Saxon allerative Epic Poem that no one is ever going to read. *double sigh*
Book quote Wednesday the word this week is family. #BookQW
Jack, from 1989 is remembering a moment when his missing girlfriend Lizzie, who is a Victorian governess, shows him the photo of her family from after the death of her younger brother.
These portraits of the deceased were a way of commemorating members of the family no longer with them.
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@joyce Thank you. I'm a novelist, but a sudden insanity hit me and I decided that the entire historical section should be an anglo-saxon epic poem. Stylistically based around The Wanderer and The Battle of Maldon.
I am looking to translate the first line of the poem into old english. Because I don't want to look like an idiot, I'd rather not use a machine translator found on the internet.
What are your fees for translation?
Typically, when I left the cushions out on the swing bench it rained last night.
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@Trisha_Jones_Author@indieauthors.social I would sit in my garden and watch my final sunrise.