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#introduction

Primarily I write #ScienceFiction and #humor, but I've also written darkly comic stuff, fabulist satire, and some literary fiction. Once I blogged squibs, screeds and other drivel (some pure & some quite tainted with meaning.)

My cats keep me sane(ish).

If you want to understand my rich inner life, I recommend this #book: Alpha Max.

https://geni.us/AlphaMax

Occasionally pimp some of the others.

Co-host at:
https://re-creative.ca

#SFF #humor #writing #writingcommunity
Black and white photo of Mark , with hands folded behind head on a pillow, thinking: "Life is too important to be taken seriously." –Oscar Wilde
#book #introduction #writing #humor #writingcommunity #sff #sciencefiction

Dear #web experts in my timeline (and on the rest of the #Internet), what are the good #book / #tutorial / #workshop / #link / #blog with random UI design and implementation using simple HTML (or say with #bootstrap ) ?

I guess just simple #boostrap can solve most of my needs.
#book #blog #tutorial #workshop #internet #web #bootstrap #link #boostrap

The brilliant and super-ethically minded Xigxag have been added to my Ethical Bookseller Search Tool.

The tool scours more ethical booksellers than #Amazon in one click and the cheapest result is as cheap or cheaper than Amazon for the majority of searches?! 🤯

Give it a whirl when searching for your next online #book order. 📖 👇

https://ethicalrevolution.co.uk/amazon-alternatives/?ebs-path=%2Fbooks%2Fm%2Fis%3A9781835189870-is%3A9781835189924%2Fa-single-act-of-kindness-samantha-tonge&ebs-authors=Samantha+Tonge&ebs-cover=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.ethicalbooksearch.com%2Fimg%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fblackwells.co.uk%252Fjacket%252Fs%252F9781835189870.jpg%26sig%3Dc92504ecddf40771036e43399a20b33a8781fad18a9c938cb5267757f1d99ee8%26width%3D150&ebs-title=A+Single+Act+of+Kindness

#AmazonAlternatives #BoycottAmazon #bookstodon #books

Amazon Alternatives - Ethical Revolution

Join me in taking step A, “Amazon Alternatives”, in the A-Z of simple steps to a better world! Includes an Ethical Book Search tool!
Ethical Revolution
#book #Amazon #books #bookstodon #boycottamazon #amazonalternatives

I don't write horror, but there is a strong #Halloween vibe in this novel, which won an IRDC award for best humor in 2013.

The Fridgularity us about an AI becoming self aware, taking over all digital technology, and only wanting to talk to one dude (a frustrated web designer) through his web enabled fridge.

(Yes, that's a raven on top of the fridge.)

https://geni.us/TheFridgularity

#sciencefiction #SFF #humor #humour #ai #technologicalSingularity
#book #books
cover art for The Fridgularity by Mark A. Rayner -- image of an old-timey fridge against an apocalyptic sky with a raven sitting on top of the appliance (Zathir brand)
#book #ai #humour #humor #books #sff #sciencefiction #TechnologicalSingularity #halloween

Shepherd is a nifty book discovery site that you should check out if you're a reader!

Each year they hold a three fave reads extravaganza, which eventually produces a books of 2024 list.

Here are my three:
https://shepherd.com/bboy/2024/f/mark-a-rayner

#book #books #bookstodon #writing #writingcommunity #reading #readers
Mark A. Rayner's 3 favorite reads in 2024 Showing the cover art for: Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield

Want to know Mark A. Rayner's Top 3 Books of 2024?

Mark's top 3 reads of 2024 include Kafka on the Shore and two other amazing books. Discover what makes these books unmissable!
Shepherd
#book #writing #writingcommunity #books #reading #bookstodon #readers

Today on our podcast Re-Creative Mark A. Rayner and I talk to author Jenn Thorson about the classic children’s story, Alice in Wonderland.

We discuss the history of the Alice in Wonderland books and the impact they've had on our culture. It's a fascinating conversation about the nature of writing with a “dream-like” quality.

#aliceinwonderland #book #books #charlesdodgson #jennthorson #lewiscarroll #throughthelookingglass #podcast

https://re-creative.ca/alice-in-wonderland/
#book #podcast #books #aliceinwonderland #lewiscarroll #charlesdodgson #jennthorson #throughthelookingglass

From the cat's perspective it's all useless junk and must go.

#writingcommmunity #amwriting #cat #cats #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #writing #books #book
Infographic of things on a writer's desk: useless junk 32% pens 3% computer 6% old coffee cups 13% editing notes 26% books & notebooks 19% cat 100%
#book #writing #Cats #books #catsofmastodon #cat #catstodon #amwriting #writingcommmunity

This would have been good to have in 2016.

#humor #humour #book #books #multiverse #parallelworlds
old penguin book cover, with an orange background and the penguin logo in the bottom. The title: How to survive in a strange world after sliding into an alternate timeline
#book #humour #humor #books #multiverse #ParallelWorlds

I mean, would it kill you to let Cathy tell you about her ferrets?

#library #libraries #reader #readers #books #book #writingcommunity #ferrets #humor #humour
Three signs -- one says Library Book Return and is on a book drop return slot. Drop box is broken! Please visit Cathy inside to return books Update! Drop box is NOT BROKEN! Cathy is just super lonely and wants to talk to you about her nine ferrets.
#book #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #libraries #library #readers #ferrets #reader

Just discovered: a more evil way to mark your place in a book than dog-earing.

#cat #cats #catstodon #catsofmastodon #evil #books #book #reading
A black cat with its mouth open gnawing on the corner of an open book, possibly George Orwell's 1984
#book #Cats #books #reading #catsofmastodon #cat #catstodon #evil

This is how I like to think of writing.

#writingcommunity #writing #books #book #writinglife #WIP #creativity
showing up daily what we think it means: a line of circles all filled in what it actually means: a line of circles all filled in to different levels
#book #wip #writing #writingcommunity #creativity #books #writinglife

The siren call of the em-dash.

#writing #writingcommunity #books #book #writinglife #humor #humour #memes #funny #bookstodon
The distracted boyfriend meme (boyfriend checking out another woman while shocked girlfriend looks on) -- the other woman says "em-dash," the boyfriend says "me", and the girlfriend is other forms of punctuation to continue compound sentences
#funny #book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #memes #writinglife

Little-known fact: corvids are better writing assistants than monkeys.

#crow #crows #raven #ravens #corvid #corvids #writing #writingcommunity #book #books #humor #humour #typewriters
two black crows pecking at a typewriter -- one at the keys and one at the paper -- an old black and white photo from LIFE
#book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #corvid #raven #crow #crows #corvids #ravens #typewriters

Tomorrow is the first day for my #book #AdventCalendar!

The last time I had an advent calendar of any sort I was about 8. I'm really excited for it. I'm looking forward to discovering some new authors and hopefully seeing a couple of old favourites too. (Yes, I read a lot and will easily get through these. They will then be passed on to other readers who I book swap with).

Do you have an advent calendar? I'm curious to hear about it. 😊
A cardboard box filled with wrapped books. Of the books that can be seen, the wrapping paper is either green, white with gold stars, silver, gold with white triangles. Each book has a white sticker with a number denoting the date it is to be opened.
#book #adventcalendar

Philip gave Alpha Max five stars!

"Witty and exciting. Thoroughly enjoyed this book which mixes philosophy and science fiction to explore the concept of the multiverse. "

And it's currently on sale, but only for another week! £3.22, 3,72 € or $3.99US. ($6US off!)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BSQ7Z8M?tag=markarayner-20&geniuslink=true

#humour #humor #sciencefiction #SFF #AwardWinning #book #books #bookstodon
cover art for Alpha Max by Mark A. Rayner -- teal background with cartoon of a red-haired and bearded head sliced into pieces. There are stars and galaxies on the inside of the slices
#book #humour #humor #books #bookstodon #sff #sciencefiction #AwardWinning

"Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.” ― Carl Sagan

#writing #writinglife #writingcommunity #books #book #bookstodon #CarlSagan
starfield with a silhouette of a tree with this quote superimposed: “A book is made from a tree. It is an assemblage of flat, flexible parts (still called "leaves") imprinted with dark pigmented squiggles. One glance at it and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for thousands of years. Across the millennia, the author is speaking, clearly and silently, inside your head, directly to you. Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people, citizens of distant epochs, who never knew one another. Books break the shackles of time ― proof that humans can work magic.” –Carl Sagan
#book #writing #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #writinglife #carlsagan

Savagely accurate.

#writingcommunity #writing #books #book #bookstodon #humor #humour #funny
Little sign on a table next to a ceramic mushroom that says: "Being a writer is cool because it's like always having homework and then you die."
#funny #book #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon

Nothing to see here, just a perfectly ordinary writer at work.

#writing #writer #writingcommunity #books #book #bookstodon #sff #SF #WIP #humor #humour #funny
b&w photo of a serviceman of some kind sitting at a typewriter while wearing a breathing apparatus and a weird glass helmet with vacuum tubes and wire around the outside of it
#funny #book #wip #writing #humour #humor #writingcommunity #books #bookstodon #sff #writer #sf

Check it out, @deborahkalb talks with @glynmoody about #WalledCulture - the book

It's free in e-book format, so don't hesitate to explore this must read if you care about creators, culture, education, libraries or the Internet: https://walledculture.org/the-book

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RT @deborahkalb
Q&A w/@glynmoody on his new #book, WALLED CULTURE. https://bit.ly/3UOypCv
https://twitter.com/deborahkalb/status/1575460432562765825


The Book

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walledculture.org
#book #WalledCulture

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