Notices by Waiting for the Tide (nichelle@wandering.shop)

Hey fediverse, I'm thinking of offering some merchandise associated with my writing (t-shirts, cups, things like that). I want to use one of the print/make on demand platforms that you can upload designs to and they take care of the rest in exchange for a cut of any sales. Who else has done this? What platforms have you used, and what was your experience? #WritingLife #Writers #WritersCommunity

@vantablue Why are there no lightning bolts for people like this who choose to be evil?

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 15: Would you ever hide your politics to avoid alienating some readers?

I'm not explicitly political in my fiction, but I think my implicit values come through. I strive to show diversity in my cast of characters. I don't use stereotypes. My MC is probably "woke" although she wouldn't describe herself in that way, she just thinks you should treat people with respect and courtesy. She is more forgiving of the police than I am, since she used to be one.

@EverBeyondReach Watership Down 🐇

@CultureDesk @bookstodon I don't have reading goals, and I read a lot of books, because I am a fairly fast reader with a wide range of interests. I keep track of the books I read and own on Library Thing. When I finish a book, I write a brief review of my thoughts. I do not write plot summaries. My reviews help me to remember which books I have read (so I don't accidentally buy them again, yes this has happened), which authors I like, and maybe they help or entertain others.

@KaKetelmug @futurebird @dan613 Also, can we address the level of quality between men's and women's clothing? My husband can buy a shirt and have it for years. I spend twice what he pays and it gets holes in like five minutes. I buy men's t-shirts for exercise and layering for this reason, because they last so much longer.

Attention to folks interested in #ComicBookCollecting. I just put a NM issue of Action Comics 584 starring Superman and the Teen Titans up on Ebay. #Superman #ActionComics #TeenTitans

https://www.ebay.com/itm/286259697319

#Today I am reading, dipping into the multitude of books that I have going. Outside the wind is blowing over patches of snow, the sky is gray, and inside the pillows at my back are soft and comfy, and my husband is reading beside me. I have sampled bits of the following:

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
The Reluctant Coroner by Paul Austin Ardoin
Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving

#AmReading #Bookstodon

@ianbremmer Too bad the alt text was written by an AI and is laughably inaccurate.

@Climatehistories Your substack article really resonated for me! I also abandoned hair color and embraced the silver.

@Faithslayer202 what was the percentage of third party votes?

@alan I did this with a novel that is currently in the drawer but which I hope to revise later this year. Three POV characters, three concurrent plotlines, and figuring out how to arrange it all.

This current WIP needs another subplot, and I have to figure out where/how to weave that in.

@StillIRise1963 I know some Canadians who would have some issues with that...

Got my novel back from beta reader, now I have to revise (again). I struggle with revision, fiddling around with words when I need to look at the big picture. So I put together a spreadsheet where I can make notes about each scene and see everything at a glance. It's helping already!

#AmWritingMystery #AmRevising #AmWriting #AVisionOfViolence

@alan climate change. they're thinking forward.

Just confirmed my hotel reservations for this year's Left Coast Crime Convention! I've never been to this convention, but since it's in Colorado this year, how could I resist?

#WritingCommunity #WritingMysteries #LeftCoastCrime2025 #CrimeFiction

https://leftcoastcrime.org/2025/

I distinguish meaning from lesson. Meaning is weight/consequence. Lesson is morality. I think one can entertain w/o moralizing.

#WritersCoffeeClub Dec 14

It's not new, but in this past year I've treasured every search result that takes me to a real website, not a content mill. They're like lentils salvaged from a pile of pebbles. They're like wheat gleaned from a harvested field.

Star Trek 31 Day Challenge

I have been all over the place with where I leave my Star Trek 31 Day Challenge posts. Sometimes as part of a thread for someone else's post. Sometimes as a solitary post. I had a bit of a time finding my own posts. So, I'm doing like I've seen other folks do, and making a thread for my responses.

A consolidation of Days 1 through 6 posts are in a comment below. I'll post my future ST 31 Day Challenge responses in this thread.

#StarTrek31DayChallenge

Morning Walk Report: Boxnoggin prancing past schoolkids waiting for the bus, tail held high, ears perked (they ooh and aaah at him, he loves it), crows waiting for peanuts, park paths blown free of leaves, flotsam and wrack from the rains collected in odd spots.