"International Union for Conservation of Nature said fires were burning in areas that support more than half of Borneo's orangutan population." #amresearching #amwriting
October 30, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"International Union for Conservation of Nature said fires were burning in areas that support more than half of Borneo's orangutan population." #amresearching #amwriting
“As a scientist you are not really supposed to have favourite species…so I must be a bad scientist, because I really like penguins!” Dr. Peter Fretwell #penguins #amresearching Thank you @Penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
October 31, 2026 at 9:26 AM
“As a scientist you are not really supposed to have favourite species…so I must be a bad scientist, because I really like penguins!” Dr. Peter Fretwell #penguins #amresearching Thank you @Penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
In some preliminary #WOTY2026 research, I'm trying to figure out if LOAD-BEARING is having a specific moment this year (it's 8+ years old), if it comes from a specific tweet/joke, or if it's just reaching critical mass usage. #AmResearching Feels like "it's not X but it's X-ADJACENT" usage somehow.
October 26, 2026 at 1:54 AM
In some preliminary #WOTY2026 research, I'm trying to figure out if LOAD-BEARING is having a specific moment this year (it's 8+ years old), if it comes from a specific tweet/joke, or if it's just reaching critical mass usage. #AmResearching Feels like "it's not X but it's X-ADJACENT" usage somehow.
Ngl, this whole memoir has some big "old man yells at clouds" energy. #AmResearching
October 19, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Ngl, this whole memoir has some big "old man yells at clouds" energy. #AmResearching
New folders created today. #AmResearching
October 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM
New folders created today. #AmResearching
I've tried Qwant and Searx. What's a search engine that can return results containing an exact phrase? (Qwant's instructions say to use quote marks but it doesn't appear to be working.)
#stillreallymissingtheoldinternet #amresearching #askfedi
#stillreallymissingtheoldinternet #amresearching #askfedi
October 20, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I've tried Qwant and Searx. What's a search engine that can return results containing an exact phrase? (Qwant's instructions say to use quote marks but it doesn't appear to be working.)
#stillreallymissingtheoldinternet #amresearching #askfedi
#stillreallymissingtheoldinternet #amresearching #askfedi
What is the origin of ZILL as this teen mental health thing? Is this like a blended prescription name? Just saw a commercial during hockey broadcast. From zill.org: "ZILL (verb): Any action to show love to your mind on good, bad or whatever days." What? #AmResearching @fritinancy.bsky.social
October 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM
What is the origin of ZILL as this teen mental health thing? Is this like a blended prescription name? Just saw a commercial during hockey broadcast. From zill.org: "ZILL (verb): Any action to show love to your mind on good, bad or whatever days." What? #AmResearching @fritinancy.bsky.social
This "borrow unavailable" message on Internet Archive books is hitting me viscerally.
It was one thing to not be able to see inside books *before* I could on the archive, and another to have once been able to do it and no longer.
#amresearching
It was one thing to not be able to see inside books *before* I could on the archive, and another to have once been able to do it and no longer.
#amresearching
October 20, 2026 at 6:57 PM
This "borrow unavailable" message on Internet Archive books is hitting me viscerally.
It was one thing to not be able to see inside books *before* I could on the archive, and another to have once been able to do it and no longer.
#amresearching
It was one thing to not be able to see inside books *before* I could on the archive, and another to have once been able to do it and no longer.
#amresearching
Trying to switch over from #NoKings & #AmResearching… to weekend fun. Getting ready for 10,000 Maniacs tonight. Looking forward to hearing Natalie Merchant’s voice & some beautiful nostalgia! 🎶
October 18, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Trying to switch over from #NoKings & #AmResearching… to weekend fun. Getting ready for 10,000 Maniacs tonight. Looking forward to hearing Natalie Merchant’s voice & some beautiful nostalgia! 🎶
FIRESTARTER by K/DA just premiered. Break down those noun-verber compounds, baby. "I'mma start a fire, I'm a firestarter." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmw-... #AmResearching
October 19, 2026 at 2:46 AM
FIRESTARTER by K/DA just premiered. Break down those noun-verber compounds, baby. "I'mma start a fire, I'm a firestarter." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmw-... #AmResearching
I'll just say: writing about a woman author - no matter how inspiring she was & how much she needs to be remembered - can be soul-crushing, when the two great loves of her life *cheated on her* & gaslit her... & she kept the receipts.💔💔
This kind of #AmResearching 🗃️ is not for the faint-hearted.
This kind of #AmResearching 🗃️ is not for the faint-hearted.
I am now up to a folder entitled “very personal correspondence.” 😬
Yes I’m doing intellectual biography, but with women the personal is often political. And who knows what I will find in here! 🗃️ #PrivateArchivesTakeHomeProject
Yes I’m doing intellectual biography, but with women the personal is often political. And who knows what I will find in here! 🗃️ #PrivateArchivesTakeHomeProject
My #AmOrganizing 🗃️ plan is to take pics & *organize* them same day, before taking more 📷. It's helping me:
1. not keep taking pics I don't need cuz I already have similar docs &
2. not forget what's in each photo. I'm signaling in my chapter draft where I might discuss or cite each.
1. not keep taking pics I don't need cuz I already have similar docs &
2. not forget what's in each photo. I'm signaling in my chapter draft where I might discuss or cite each.
October 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I'll just say: writing about a woman author - no matter how inspiring she was & how much she needs to be remembered - can be soul-crushing, when the two great loves of her life *cheated on her* & gaslit her... & she kept the receipts.💔💔
This kind of #AmResearching 🗃️ is not for the faint-hearted.
This kind of #AmResearching 🗃️ is not for the faint-hearted.
I'm giving up on Henry's pinky sticking out. I don't have to explain it if I don't want to. #amresearching
October 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm giving up on Henry's pinky sticking out. I don't have to explain it if I don't want to. #amresearching
A happy blog post about the current manuscript, post-launch-party for the new-ish release.
#AmWriting #AmResearching #fiction #Fantasy #SFF 🚀🪐
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#AmWriting #AmResearching #fiction #Fantasy #SFF 🚀🪐
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Happy October! | Sarah Avery
One of the best things about October is that the weather's consistently cool enough for writing outside. Mosquito season's nearly over, the
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October 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
A happy blog post about the current manuscript, post-launch-party for the new-ish release.
#AmWriting #AmResearching #fiction #Fantasy #SFF 🚀🪐
www.patreon.com/SarahAvery/p...
#AmWriting #AmResearching #fiction #Fantasy #SFF 🚀🪐
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Started playing PROSE AND CODES on Steam - a cipher puzzle game - and learned the word DIAPASON (Latin from Greek from the early 1400s). It's a harmonious sound, originally related to the octave interval in the diatonic scale. #AmResearching
October 7, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Started playing PROSE AND CODES on Steam - a cipher puzzle game - and learned the word DIAPASON (Latin from Greek from the early 1400s). It's a harmonious sound, originally related to the octave interval in the diatonic scale. #AmResearching
And yes, I am ridiculously excited to read this one. #AmResearching
October 1, 2026 at 2:42 PM
And yes, I am ridiculously excited to read this one. #AmResearching
This is beautifully perverse. #AmWriting #AmResearching
October 1, 2026 at 10:04 AM
This is beautifully perverse. #AmWriting #AmResearching
I now own an ELBOW CHO-PAT, which helps keep bones where they should be. The original CHO-PAT was for knees, so I think PAT is short for PATELLAR, but I can't find a medical website that cares to explain the CHO- part to me. Choke-Patella? Chonstrict? Chozy? AChL? Chortilage? #AmResearching
September 29, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I now own an ELBOW CHO-PAT, which helps keep bones where they should be. The original CHO-PAT was for knees, so I think PAT is short for PATELLAR, but I can't find a medical website that cares to explain the CHO- part to me. Choke-Patella? Chonstrict? Chozy? AChL? Chortilage? #AmResearching
I just remembered I'm getting a short sword delivered today! Hoping it will help me visualize my MC's fighting style better. She is a weapons expert after all. #AmResearching #AmWriting
I went with this one because I love the detailing on the handle: link.amazon/B098JQLtV
I went with this one because I love the detailing on the handle: link.amazon/B098JQLtV
September 28, 2026 at 7:56 PM
I just remembered I'm getting a short sword delivered today! Hoping it will help me visualize my MC's fighting style better. She is a weapons expert after all. #AmResearching #AmWriting
I went with this one because I love the detailing on the handle: link.amazon/B098JQLtV
I went with this one because I love the detailing on the handle: link.amazon/B098JQLtV
This was such a great trip. Nothing like visiting places characters in my novels roamed.
From the archives: Writing Medieval Lincoln - the Bishop's Palace
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#amresearching #BritishHistory
From the archives: Writing Medieval Lincoln - the Bishop's Palace
www.charlenenewcomb.com/2016/12/writ...
#amresearching #BritishHistory
Writing Medieval Lincoln - the Bishops' Palace
I don't get to travel across the Atlantic as often as I would like, so I am revisiting Lincoln today through this post. I could close my eye...
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September 8, 2026 at 2:16 AM
This was such a great trip. Nothing like visiting places characters in my novels roamed.
From the archives: Writing Medieval Lincoln - the Bishop's Palace
www.charlenenewcomb.com/2016/12/writ...
#amresearching #BritishHistory
From the archives: Writing Medieval Lincoln - the Bishop's Palace
www.charlenenewcomb.com/2016/12/writ...
#amresearching #BritishHistory
TRONA is a mineral whose name EITHER came into English from Spanish OR Swedish from their terms for NATRON. Ridiculous. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trona #AmResearching
Trona - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
TRONA is a mineral whose name EITHER came into English from Spanish OR Swedish from their terms for NATRON. Ridiculous. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trona #AmResearching
tbh the stuff from Wyoming is good. #amresearching
September 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
tbh the stuff from Wyoming is good. #amresearching
Am I a nerd, or is historical fiction just SUPER fun to write?! #historicalfiction #amwriting #amresearching
August 19, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Am I a nerd, or is historical fiction just SUPER fun to write?! #historicalfiction #amwriting #amresearching
I don't normally put what I'm actually drafting on here, just thoughts about it.
But for you lovely people who've supported me through #AmResearching & archive posts - I'm sharing a 🎁 sneak preview! I think starting the book with Kazan is the way to go (this is very rough prose, but a start!)
But for you lovely people who've supported me through #AmResearching & archive posts - I'm sharing a 🎁 sneak preview! I think starting the book with Kazan is the way to go (this is very rough prose, but a start!)
August 18, 2026 at 6:07 PM
I don't normally put what I'm actually drafting on here, just thoughts about it.
But for you lovely people who've supported me through #AmResearching & archive posts - I'm sharing a 🎁 sneak preview! I think starting the book with Kazan is the way to go (this is very rough prose, but a start!)
But for you lovely people who've supported me through #AmResearching & archive posts - I'm sharing a 🎁 sneak preview! I think starting the book with Kazan is the way to go (this is very rough prose, but a start!)
A research day today at my old Uni. Looking very cheerful here considering I’ve just been reading about exhuming bodies #amresearching #writinglife #warwickuni #crimefiction
March 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A research day today at my old Uni. Looking very cheerful here considering I’ve just been reading about exhuming bodies #amresearching #writinglife #warwickuni #crimefiction
This is the smile of a crime author who has just bought a book on poisonous plants. Am counting today’s walk as research. #writingcommunity #weekendwalk #amresearching #2025yearofjoy
January 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This is the smile of a crime author who has just bought a book on poisonous plants. Am counting today’s walk as research. #writingcommunity #weekendwalk #amresearching #2025yearofjoy