Esme Carpenter

Esme Carpenter

@ec-writes.bsky.social

I write. she/her Spencer and DeWitt: Man on Fire out now! - https://a.co/d/b47lZ9U www.ec-writes.com

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Esme Carpenter
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In association with writersofkern.com, I am participating in Holiday Writer's Row! In addition to meeting local authors like myself, your attendance supports Kern County student scholarships so that students get educational opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have.

Esme Carpenter
@ec-writes.bsky.social

In association with writersofkern.com, I am participating in Holiday Writer's Row! In addition to meeting local authors like myself, your attendance supports Kern County student scholarships so that students get educational opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have.

Esme Carpenter
@ec-writes.bsky.social

I just beat a weird JRPG from 2008 and I want you all to know about it.

ec-writes.comWhy I Love Bad JRPGs (or, I Just Beat The Last Remnant)Take yourself back to 2008. It was my first year of university. The PS3 had been out for over a year and incredible games like Batman: Arkham Asylum, Halo and Portal were commonplace, testing the limits of the technology and the modern gamer, laying the groundwork for inimitable video game canon that we all know and love. Square Enix, powerhouse producers of Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy, released a game titled The Last Remnant on the XBox 360 that same year.
Esme Carpenter
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This Banned Books Week, read a tingler in protest of our favourite buckaroo being banned as a person from the TLA.

Chuck Tingle@chucktingle.bsky.social

if you have ever peered with curiosity at my work then for BANNED BOOK WEEK it is the perfect time to try some tingleverse horror or erotica. i am in strange position where my books have not been banned, but the texas library association banned me AS A PERSON so i guess the catalog is fair game

Esme Carpenter
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Audiobook is now live! A year's worth of work, a total of 12 hours of audio, maybe 100 hours of behind-the-scenes editing and fixing and remaking... It's on Audible right now 🙂 Click here! I also want to take a moment to say hello! I'm going to be at the Writer's Row at Russo's Books this November…

ec-writes.comAudiobook is now live!A year's worth of work, a total of 12 hours of audio, maybe 100 hours of behind-the-scenes editing and fixing and remaking... It's on Audible right now 🙂 Click here! I also want to take a moment to say hello! I'm going to be at the Writer's Row at Russo's Books this November with this poster that I made myself!
Esme Carpenter
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But I am le tired. Anyway Spencer and DeWitt: Man on Fire is a detective novel, if detectives lived in an X-Men-like universe. And I wrote it and it's out on Amazon and I kind of like it? So if you would also like it, that would be great.

Kate Elliott@kateelliottsff.bsky.social

I am not first and will be far from the last to say this: I have purchased so many books because I saw them recommended or publicized here on bsky. I cannot urge you all enough to KEEP TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. I know it's easier to talk up someone else's book, but this also means you, the shy author.

Esme Carpenter
@ec-writes.bsky.social

God I wish it were me

John Scalzi@scalzi.com

Never rejected in fiction, no. My first short story was accepted the one place I submitted it and all the rest since were self-pubbed or commissioned. My first published novel was bought prior to me submitting it anywhere and Tor has bought all the rest since then, and will do so until about 2040.

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columbologist
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91.8% of players, having waited nearly 20 years for MGS4 to be playable on anything other than PS3, booted the game and immediately made a beeline for a statue's dick

Esme Carpenter
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So I started watching Yu-Gi-Oh for the first time as a 36yo woman and 1. It is the dumbest show ever made 2. They consistently just make stuff up in the card game so Yugi can win 3. Oh my god they are making Crocs and they are just as inconvenient as you can imagine

Esme Carpenter
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The Millennium Puzzle is sending me. Imagine that thing flapping around on your foot while you walk. The Dark Magician ones are just so bulky. And - no Karibo jibbet???

Esme Carpenter
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Gutted about the death of Dolly Parton. A creative force to be reckoned with but most of all, a reminder that your fame does not get to determine who you are deep down. Wealth does not make a monster. The monster was already inside. Money and fame just allows you to act on your beliefs.

Esme Carpenter
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Dolly was an advocate, a believer, a reader and a generous, loving soul, who helped people up when they could not help themselves. If there is a heaven, Dolly is most definitely singing with the angels there.

Esme Carpenter
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Second Edition! New Cover! Audiobook…! It's reaaaaaadyyyyyyy! The second edition! No typos! New cover! Hey Esme, does that mean the audiobook is finished? YES. It has been a year-long labour of love (questionable) but I am pleased to let you know that the audiobook, barring any glaring errors I…

ec-writes.comSecond Edition! New Cover! Audiobook…!It's reaaaaaadyyyyyyy! The second edition! No typos! New cover! Hey Esme, does that mean the audiobook is finished? YES. It has been a year-long labour of love (questionable) but I am pleased to let you know that the audiobook, barring any glaring errors I hear in the playback, will be available to download by October. That also means (hopefully) that there is a tentative release date of the second Spencer and DeWitt book, …
Esme Carpenter
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I would like to go on record with the following statements: - trans rights are human rights - trans men and women are REAL men and women - if you continue to support anyone who does not believe this with your money, I will lose respect for you And while we're at it: - abortion is healthcare

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Esme Carpenter
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- bigotry of all types is deplorable - immigration does not weaken a country, it makes it stronger - immigrants deserve safety and freedom - free Palestine I think that's it. If you disagree with any of this, feel free to unfollow, and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

Esme Carpenter
@ec-writes.bsky.social

I would like to go on record with the following statements: - trans rights are human rights - trans men and women are REAL men and women - if you continue to support anyone who does not believe this with your money, I will lose respect for you And while we're at it: - abortion is healthcare

Esme Carpenter
@ec-writes.bsky.social

- gender affirming care is healthcare - healthcare should be free - LGBTQ+ people of all stripes are valid and should have the same rights as everyone else - believe people who say they were sexually assaulted and do not support the rich and powerful who deny those allegations What else?