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Review: Wheel of the Year: The Age of Stone by L.E.L. Delafield

Author: L.E.L. DelafieldPublisher: Palmetto PublishingReleased: October 15, 2024Received: Reedsy DiscoveryFind it on Goodreads | More Fantasy Book Summary: The year is 1800 BC, and Ailsa is a Druid with endless potential. As the last in her familial line, she has a great responsibility. This responsibility is at war with her desires, adding weight to her heart. Meanwhile, in the 21st century,…

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"Como Flats" by Mike Dougherty

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Como Flats Mike DoughertyPalmetto Publishing (2023)ISBN:  ‎979-8822908581Reviewed by Shawna Thompson for Reader Views (06/2024) “Como Flats” by Mike Dougherty is a small town with a rich community embedded in any state, filled with local bars, friendly faces, and deep interpersonal connections. Let me share the story of Lonnie Klipsen, a resident of Northern Minnesota. Lonnie faces the daily…

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12, 21, 25 for the character asks :P

oh em gee ceo of aaron minyard in my inbox so that's who i'll be answering for these ^-^

12. hc that is extremely real to me is aaron learning how to drive his 4th year at palmetto with kevin in the passenger's seat. he borrows abby's car to learn while on his permit, and there's no fucking way he's going to ask andrew or neil (embarrassment) or nicky (bad driver). so kevin is his last hope...it also leads to a whole month of insanity where aaron is like wow...i forgot how much of an asshole this guy is but by their 5th near death experience they're practically bonded for life.

21. okay i HAVE written aaron but only in fics that have yet to be published or finished...my bad....anyway my favorite thing to write for him is fights with neil. he's just the perfect mixture of aware and bitchy to get under neil's skin in a way no one else does. i have the most fun using their respective mother figures IN fights as a way to highlight their similarities as people. which they hate ^-^

25. first impression...i thought he was fucking hilarious and i still do. he's never going to be my favorite, but i can always appreciate a short man who's willing to fight and also be a bitch about it. i do think if i'd been introduced to aaron outside of neil's pov he would be one of my top characters of all time but because neil just does not gaf about him he's like my number 5 (lol) ranked aftg character

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Hi! You guys are great! Are there any where the other Foxes or someone on the outside thinks Andrew is cheating on Neil or vice versa, but it's not true? Like, someone thinks they know more than they do, but Andrew and Neil are perfectly happy together. Not breakup fics, though. Thanks!

We could not find a lot for this. There could be some implied cheating buried in longer fics, or it might be untagged and our searches aren't hitting. For actual cheating angst, check out our tag. -A

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Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before by Megg1223 [Rated M, 10540 Words, Complete, 2022]

They had never talked about being exclusive, though. Neil knew it would never be anyone but Andrew for him, and he had just assumed that if Andrew wanted someone else he would tell Neil and they’d figure it out. He wasn’t even sure if he was upset at the fact that Andrew had slept with someone else or the fact that he had felt the need to hide it from Neil. They had promised each other honesty if not exclusivity. But what right did Neil have to that information? What right did he have to demand Andrew tell him every detail about his life? Neil might love Andrew, but he didn’t own him. After everything that had happened to Andrew didn’t he have the right to seek out whoever he wanted and do whatever he needed to do? Neil refused to be another person in Andrew’s life who tried to control what Andrew did with his own body. ******************** A magazine publishes an article claiming Andrew has been unfaithful. Neil needs to decide how he feels about it, and how to talk to Andrew. Is it worth losing Andrew over something that Neil never had any right to in the first place?

Neil Josten is Cheating by @wilsherejack [tumblr fic, complete 2018]

Neil Josten wears a gold band around his left ring finger and is absolutely cheating on his partner.

The One Where Everyone Finds Out by gluupor [Rated G, 2408 Words, Complete, 2018]

What if the Foxes hadn't found out about Neil and Andrew's relationship in Baltimore? How would they have found out about it? (Probably not like this).

Behind the Pod by bloodydamnit, Jeni182 [Not Rated, Series, Last Updated Feb 2023]

Collection of One Shots taking place in the Red Rabbits Universe

Chapter 18: Palmetto, SC - Andrew/Neil - M [11,359 words] Ian Fuck Face McDonald

NB: TMZ news article: explosive interview with a man claiming to have had an affair with Andrew fanart by @bloodydamnit for @redrabbitspod. Find our most recent rec for the Red Rabbits universe of fics here

Neil Josten's dating scandal by @neversee [Tumblr Fic, 2019]

Neil and Andrew have been dating for years now. Their friends know about it, their teammates also know they're together, but neither the public nor the media even dream about it. And they're are ok with that. They've never liked people minding their business.

AFTG/TFC minifics, headcanons from @/neilsexy on tumblr by mugglecastiel [Not Rated, Collection, Updated 2016]  

Chapter 21 - baby foxes + twinyard confusion & andreil [623 Words]

Neil the homewrecker fandom fun post by @24-0z [Tumblr, 2022]

Kandreil

it takes three, you and him and me by orphan_account [Rated M, 8107 Words, Complete, 2019]

Nicky asks, “are you…I mean, what’s happening, Andrew? Are you okay? Because Kevin and Neil were just-” “I know,” Andrew cuts him off. The flat, bored intonation of his voice makes it inexplicably funnier when he adds, “I have unfortunately saddled myself with two idiots who cannot keep it in their pants for more than five minutes at a time” “Well,” Kevin huffs, indignant. “You don’t usually have any complaints”

tw: alcoholism

Foxes' Reactions to Kandreil by @crazy-fangirl2524 [Tumblr, 2021]

The foxes reactions to kandreil, thinking that they are all cheating on each other (requested by smn on my Instagram, you can request anytime on tumblr or Instagram my dms open :)))

Andreil think one is cheating

Miscommunications by sensetia [Rated G, 3724 Words, Complete, 2021]

“You can stop treating Neil like a broken victim.” “Why?” Nicky said sharply. “Because he cheated on me,” Andrew said with a cold grin, saluting the foxes with a hand as he left the dorm.

That one time when Andrew thought Neil cheated… by @senstia [Tumblr Fic, 2020]

“A-Andrew?” “Just go Neil.”

tw: vomit, tw: violence

Misunderstanding and Angst by controversialzoe [Rated M, 1770 Words, Complete, 2019]

“When he came to a stop light, he squeezed his eyes shut. He had to get home in one piece, he needed to be. He heard that fucking voice again. The sentence that he heard over the phone. Neil’s fucking stupid voice saying that goddamn sentence. “Stop, you can’t do that. We’ll both get caught.” Andrew screamed out another laugh as the sounds played through his head again, probably for the 100th time since he heard it 5 minutes ago.” or the one where Andrew thinks Neil is cheating.

tw: violence

Unannounced surprise by Lover_of_Fairy_Tails [Rated T, 7234 Words, Complete, 2018]

This takes place the first year that Neil is a pro athlete. He plays for the Boston Rebels, while Andrew lives and plays in Denver. Andrew decides to make an unannounced trip to visit Neil. Things do not go as smoothly as he thinks they will With Neil Josten involved when do they ever.

Exclusive by gryffinwhores [Rated T, 3104 Words, Complete, 2019]

Neil doesn't say anything, but his cheeks pink further. Nicky's eyes widen, and his jaw drops. "Oh my God, Neil, who is it? Is it someone we know? Is it a guy or a girl?" "Shut up, Nicky, it's no one," Neil says, but Andrew can see that Neil's deliberately avoiding his gaze. Oh. - In which Andrew thinks Neil is cheating on him, but cheating doesn’t really exist in a non-exclusive relationship... right?

Miscalculation by EmmmaMmmm [Rated T, 1398 Words, Complete, 2020]

Andrew is acting weird - leaving the house for long hours at a time, making excuses for where he's been, whispering on the phone in the middle of the night. There's only one conclusion Neil can possibly come to; he's having an affair. But they never said they were exclusive - how can Neil confront him when he's not even sure he's doing anything wrong?

Neil worried that Andrew cheated prompt fill by @ravenvsfox [Tumblr fic, 2017]

Neil would be worried that Andrew was cheating (even though he never would) and Andrew would have to reassure him.

tw: mild violence

together by badacts [Rated T, collection, complete, 2017, locked]

Chapter 9: Philanthropy [1717 Words]

Prompt: I was wondering if you could write some andreil angst/comfort (since its your forte) about Neil sneaking around and Andrew assuming maybe he's cheating (or the non-relationship equivalent) but it's actually something else completely?

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Lindsay what is all for the game about. Should i read it

Omg so it’s a self-published trilogy from the early-mid 2010s (with the first half of a sequel duology that came out this April) about mafia violence and a fictional lacrosse-like sport called exy. It follows a guy on the run from said mafia who goes to the fictional college Palmetto State University to play D1 exy.

Should you read it? If you’re looking for something fun with characters that make you insane, yes. It is not the most eloquently written series of all time. But as a fellow kotlc enjoyer I know we can both see past that to an extent lol

I like it, again, because of the characters, and because I am personally fascinated by the cultural differences of books written and set in the 2000s–early 2010s (AFTG is set in 2006–2007). Also because the exy teams of real colleges eventually get involved and the sequel that came out in April mayyyyy or may not take place at a school Very Familiar to yours truly.

I’m going to say please read it because I don’t actually have any other friends who have read it. It made me not study for my finals for several days because I was too engrossed with these damn books.

OH and I forgot to mention the audiobooks are free on Hoopla with a library card :)

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tagged by @livingincolorsagain for the 2024 fic round up thx thx ❤️ it's gonna be so short because i didn't publish that much

March

This is the end (4.1k – M – AFTG)

It feels like Kevin’s been in Palmetto for months and he would believe it too, if not for the calendar in Abby’s kitchen. It’s January 12 today. He’s only been here for four weeks and five days. He’s not been out of Evermore this long in years. Every day spent hidden in South Carolina is a day Riko will make him regret. Maybe he could’ve crawled back on his knees weeks ago, but Kevin can’t anymore. A week or two out could be considered an error, shock taking control of his actions. But over a month? It’s defiance. There is no going back now. Kevin just has to hope they won’t come get him. That would be worse than coming back on his own. or kevin's first weeks at Palmetto & flashbacks from that night in the Nest

first writing I published in two years. Might go back and edit it, but I still really like it

April

77% (1.7k – T – 911)

am i gay if If you have to ask, it’s probably not very straight, Hen had said one day. Eddie can’t remember what they were talking about, but he can still see her arch an eyebrow at Ravi, unimpressed. He gets rid of the ‘if’ and presses enter. 2,510,000,000 results. Wow. At least, he’s not the first one to ask. Is that supposed to make him feel better? or Eddie takes the am i gay test after an incident in the shower

first 911 fic ever. so of course I had to write Eddie. It's just a silly lil thing I wrote in the span of an afternoon. Definitely not my best work but it exists

November

Love is stored in the oranges' bowl (3.3k – M – 911)

"Love is peeling oranges," Abuelo had said and Eddie has been waiting most of his life to understand. OR feelings realization through oranges

first time I ever attempted to write fluff (even if it's not completely fluff). Also my most read work of this year. I'm still super in love with that one

absolutely no pressure @detectivebambam @kaymardsa <3

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Okay so I saw a post you reblogged a while back with a picture of your ocs. They are absolutely gorgeous and I'd love to know more about them! Is that archangel a boy and do they have history with that demon?? How'd you come up with their names? Aeshma and Talon are so unique!

Oh, dear sweet anon, now you've done it.

*deep inhale*

I don't normally post about my original work, but if I'm asked, I shall speak.

I have been working on Helpless since the beginning of my 9th grad school year. It's a series. A few years ago, my work was published through Palmetto Publishing.

Though, due to them being too apprehensive about having a gay protagonist, I cut ties with them.

I am now working with a publisher out of the UK. Olympia Publishing. I had a lot of other offers, but most of them were vanity publishers. With Olympia, I have all control of what is published.

I did a lot of revisions and book one will be coming out either late this year or early next. It will have a new cover with a different allure. Peep it:

Talon is a boy for sure. He's just graced with beauty. His mother is Aphrodite and his father is Saint Michael. He is the first son of an archangel and goddess. He's gentle and understanding, unlike his father. He spends his time with the garden angels and finds comfort in being outdoors. His father wants him to follow in his footsteps and lead the angelic army alongside him, but Talon doesn't like the idea of war. Pointless bloodshed saddens him and he doesn't understand why either side feels the need to battle over petty disagreements. I often describe him with feminine grace and appearance. He's soft spoken and dignified, but not to the point of arrogance. He is also the only angel in heaven with pink eyes. He's slender and he's 5'9" When I describe him, I mention that he sparkles in the sun like fresh snow. His father keeps him away from his mother so she doesn't influence him to step away from the path of an archangel. Talon is torn between making his father proud and doing what makes him happy. He doesn't want to be a warrior. He wants to work in the gardens.

This is some really old art I have of him. I have to work on some more now that I picked up a new program. The ginger is Fawn. She is Talon's best friend.

Aeshma is a Persian war demon from a place in hell called Khadah. A place in the circle of wrath. His parents are Amara and Angra Mainyu. Both of them are war demons as well. He was bred for battle, starting his training as soon as he could run. His kind have been at war with Michael for years and Angra makes Aeshma a commander in the demonic army. He's cocky but humble. It's very hard to get him to switch from soldier to young demon who wants to have fun. Aeshma is almost seven feet tall and built like a tank. Chocolate brown skin and jade green eyes. He's covered in battle scars. He makes his parents extremely proud. He's a ruthless killer who has taken down kingdoms without the aid of an army. So, when it comes to invading heaven, Aeshma is the one Angra can count on.

A meeting is called by Michael after he invades Khadah and kills Aeshma's sister. Angra accepts and brings a small group of demons with him.

Talon is forced to attend this meeting. None of the angels know that Angra's presence is only a distraction from Aeshma's attack. They don't want peace, they want revenge.

This attack leads to Aeshma breaking into Michael's house and stumbling across Talon. While other demons want to kidnap and sell Talon, Aeshma makes the decision to let him go. Talon is intrigued by Aeshma and even decides to accompany his father to hell where they sign a treaty.

I don't want to give away too much, I could talk for years about this, but I'll just give the basics for now.

Talon and Aeshma start to meet in private. In one of Heaven's abandoned gardens. Eden. Aeshma is there for information and Talon is there to get to know him.

*insert a shit ton more lore and plot here lmfao*

Michael ends up finding out about what Talon has been doing and he imprisons Talon. Talon escapes and Michael's only option is to cast him down. He subdues Talon's angelic powers and strips him of his memory. He kills Talon and has him reborn to a human family. An abusive family that see him as evil because of his paper white skin and pink eyes. He was born to a twin brother, Tyler. Talon ends up with a red streak in his hair. Michael describes it as his physical scarlet letter. And his life will be nothing but pain and suffering.

That's what book one is about. Talon's life as a human. His battle with neglect, abuse and sexual assault. Living in a place where no one wants to help and no one cares. He finds peace in one human, who in fact isn't human. David.

Talon learns all about possessive behavior and psychological abuse without even realizing it until it's too late. He also doesn't realize he's being hunted. While it's subdued, demons and angels can smell Talon's power. Asmodeus and Samael included. He falls into the lust demon's grasp, lured in with the idea of revenge on the people who have hurt him.

All this leads into a hefty series of Talon finding out exactly who and what he is. Royal demon blood is blended with his angelic golden ichor, turning him into a hybrid. One of the most powerful weapons in all creation. And he is faced with a decision. Michael isn't the only angelic threat to Talon and his newfound family. It goes all the way up the political angelic ladder. Being a hybrid and possessing the blood of Michael, Talon is the only one who can bring him down.

There is literally so much that I left out, but hopefully that was enough of a lore drop lmfao

I deeply apologize for the massive info dump, but I am literally so excited about this series, I could cry. I worked so hard on it.

There will be

Helpless

Helpless: Retaliation

Helpless: Revelation

Helpless: Redemption

Helpless: Revolution

And it will all lead up to the release of Divine Chaos which will be all about Talon before his fall.

The names took me forever. I have a shit ton of characters throughout the series. The Dictionary of Demons is a MAJOR life saver when it comes to name and even lore. It's a fantastic book and if you're writing about angels and demons, I seriously recommend it.

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CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN RACE RIOTS AND RACIAL VIOLENCE p.2

November Wilmington, North Carolina, riot. 1898–1899 Coal mine riots at Pana, Virden, and Carterville, Illinois. 1899 Anti-Lynching Bureau is established. Anti-Lynching League is founded. Publication of Sutton Griggs’ first novel, Imperium in Imperio. April Sam Hose is lynched in Palmetto, Georgia, for allegedly killing his white employer and committing sexual assault on the man’s wife. 1900 Ida B. Wells-Barnett publishes her third anti-lynching pamphlet, ‘‘Mob Rule in New Orleans.’’ July New Orleans, Louisiana, riot. August New York City riot. 1901 Publication of Charles Chesnutt’s novel, The Marrow of Tradition, which was based on the Wilmington, North Carolina, riot of 1898. Pierce City, Missouri, riot. lvi CHRONOLOGY OF AMERICAN RACE RIOTS AND RACIAL VIOLENCE 1903 Publication of W.E.B. Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. Joplin, Missouri, riot. July In what is known as the Boston riot, militant activist William Monroe Trotter and his supporters disrupt a Boston speech by Booker T. Washington. 1904 March Springfield, Ohio, riot. 1905 Publication of The Clansman by Thomas Dixon, Jr. May First issue of the Chicago Defender. July The Niagara movement, an organization for young black intellectuals committed to ending racial prejudice, is founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, William Monroe Trotter, and others. 1906 Springfield, Missouri, riot. January Chattanooga, Tennessee, riot. April Greensburg, Indiana, riot. August Brownsville, Texas, riot. September Atlanta, Georgia, riot; the Atlanta Civic League is organized in the weeks following the riot. 1908 William Monroe Trotter founds the all-black National Equal Rights League. August Springfield, Illinois, riot. 1909 February W.E.B. Du Bois, William Monroe Trotter, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, and others found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), an interracial organization dedicated to legal and social reform. 1910 The Crisis, the official magazine of the NAACP, is founded by W.E.B. Du Bois. July Palestine, Texas, riot. 1911

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How We Are Saving Wild Florida

Saving our wild Florida is imperative to keeping what we love about the Nature Coast – coastal estuaries, wide open spaces, parks, preserves, farms and ranches – alive and available for us to enjoy now while conserving these lands for our children and grandchildren. As NatureCoaster’s publisher, I am passionate about connecting you with the beauty and energy of our forests, springs, fields and dreams through the written word and images. I hope that this will inspire you to get out and experience the magic of being in nature for yourself. While many of our readers, contributors, and partners work toward this goal, one organization stands out as a leader in the cause: the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation. It all started with a Biologist and a Bear At the onset of the breeding season in May 2010, a two-year-old male Florida black bear known as M34 began his journey from the south-central Florida oak scrub, across swamps, pine forests, and palmetto thickets in search of a mate, amidst central Florida’s development. M34’s nearly 500-mile roundtrip made Joe Guthrie notice. Joe is a wildlife biologist who caught and tagged the young bear in 2009. Joe wondered how wildlife could move through the myriad of roads, fences, and other human development that fragmented the little bear’s environment. Maximus is a baby bear rescued when his mother didn't make it to a wildlife crossing. He will reside at Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park for the rest of his life. Image courtesy of Joe Dube. A Conservationist, Photographer, and Filmmaker Joined the Movement In 2012, Joe joined Mallory Lykes-Dimmitt, a conservationist, Carlton Ward, a photographer, and Elam Stoltzfus, a filmmaker for a four-person expedition to experience a 100-day, 1000-mile journey that wildlife would need to traverse to get from the Everglades to Georgia’s Okefenokee swamp. This journey was shared by millions in the film, “The Florida Wildlife Corridor: Everglades to Okeefenokee. Two years later, a second film was made called, “The Forgotten Coast: Return to Wild Florida,” with the same premise of experiencing the challenges of traversing wild lands while skirting human development. This film highlighted Florida’s west coast, including our Nature Coast. The films were shown in parks, at community gatherings, and eventually, they were aired on WTBS, Tampa’s Public television channel, and then nationally on public television. You can watch them on YouTube any time, and the fantastic visuals along with the simple message resonated with audiences. More films were made. Some were under two minutes, some twenty minutes, but all contained the same message, “We have an important mission and you can be a part of it.” The goal of encouraging people to get out and use the corridor became a part of the messaging. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBVREDcGa40 This short film was created to help legislators in Tallahassee understand the importance of a contiguous corridor of natural areas for Florida's wildlife. NatureCoaster was hired to help. NatureCoaster Assists in a Small Florida Wildlife Corridor Film In 2017, I worked with the Florida Wildlife Corridor on a very short film about the tiny black bear population that is isolated in the Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge. The film was created to help communicate to our legislators about the importance of funding critical linkages to open space. I thought I would be writing and it turned out I was assisting in connecting the organization with local organizations who would be able to help in locations and such. I also manned the table at the film’s screening at the Valerie Theatre in Inverness when a volunteer didn’t show up as expected. It wasn’t a high-paying or glamorous gig, but I learned so much about how groups can work together to influence those who have the power to make change. I learned about how little things influence big decisions, and I learned how our Nature Coast community unites behind a cause. Art is Valuable in Communication A mural was commissioned by the Foundation, created by Kelly Quinn, Art Director and Muralist with Canvas of the Wild at 35 NE 5th Street in Crystal River, that features species native to the local ecosystem, including Florida black bears, roseate spoonbills and, of course, manatees. Image courtesy of the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation. Another reason I believe the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation has made such progress is its recognition of the value of art in communication. A mural campaign has been initiated, with two of those connecting murals in our local communities: Crystal River and Brooksville. “The murals help to connect us with the Corridor,” explains Mallory Lykes-Dimmitt, the Foundation’s CEO. The Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation mural in Brooksville was dedicated in 2023. Image by Diane Bedard. 2021 Brings The Florida Wildlife Corridor Act Several years later, after decades of work from conservationists, scientists, politicians, and many others, the Florida Wildlife Corridor Act was signed into law following unanimous bipartisan support by the Florida legislature on June 29, 2021. This act provided funding for the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, which held its first summit in September of 2022. Representatives from several land trusts, conservation organizations, the Florida Department of Transportation, legislators, scientists, ranchers, and data scientists gathered to chart a path forward. One of the things that I have really admired about the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation is its attitude that everyone, including businesses, governments, scientists, developers, ranchers and farmers, and community groups want to be part of the solution. This has encouraged large-scale solutions with buy-ins from diverse groups, making a stronger conservation movement. By Working Together, We Can Find Solutions I was invited to the first Florida Wildlife Corridor Summit in Orlando in 2022. At this inaugural event, I rubbed elbows with a diverse group of nature lovers committed to working together to manage Florida’s massive development activity to preserve contiguous green space for our State’s diverse flora and fauna – and humans - to not only survive but thrive. Diverse groups were represented at the first Florida Wildlife Corridor Summit in 2022. Image by Diane Bedard. Multi-generational ranchers, subdivision designers and developers, cinematographers, and artists joined land trust and nature preserve managers, conservationists, biologists, map makers, State legislators, and me. What did we all have in common? A desire to preserve a contiguous tract of 18 million acres of Florida land to provide a safe corridor for our keystone species, like panthers and black bears, and for our lesser known, but just as valuable species like the Florida leafwing butterfly to thrive. It is this organization’s attitude that everyone wants to help that I believe has made them so successful. At times, they seemed to be stepping on other conservation organizations in Florida, but this was not their goal. As of 2019, there were 25 active conservation land trusts, local and regional, in the State of Florida. Each is doing a valuable service by protecting their local lands from development. Still, there is a lot of human development between the conserved lands, which is where wildlife often dies while attempting to move from one protected area to another. https://youtu.be/Ji4O4whuwpY Over time, the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation worked hard to become a unifying organization, championing each land trust’s success vocally, and giving Florida’s conservation movement a place to show what we can do to the whole world! According to the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation, we are a little over halfway there. About the Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation The Florida Wildlife Corridor Foundation partners with organizations and individuals nearly as diverse as the wildlife it aims to protect. By cultivating awareness and action through film, photography, painting, drawing, mapping, storytelling, and expeditions the Florida Corridor Wildlife Foundation works to attain its mission of permanently connecting, protecting, and restoring the 18 million acres that make up this magical and mystical path through Florida. Our State’s long-term economic prosperity and quality of life depend on a healthy and sustainable ecosystem. Using a science-based approach, on-the-ground knowledge of the Corridor, and the support of thousands of followers throughout the state and nation, this organization works to identify and elevate the most pressing threats and opportunities facing the Corridor. I strongly encourage you to get involved. To learn more, visit floridawildlifecorridor.org or follow the organization on Facebook and Instagram. Read the full article

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Personal Review (02/13/23)

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

Summary

Neil Josten loves nothing more than Exy, a relatively new sport that's taking the world by storm. So much so that when the infamous Palmetto State Foxes offer him a spot on their team he accepts, even though the spotlight is the last place he should be. With a vengeful mafia boss father on his trail and teammates that seem more suited to psych wards than the court, it's not his best decision, but it may turn out to be worth it in the end.

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God, the plot of this book. It's so hard to explain. Neil ran away from his mafia boss father, The Butcher, with his mom years ago. She died in their initial escape, and he's been friendless, homeless, and miserable since. Despite knowing his father in hunting him down, Neil makes the excellent decision of playing for the most infamous Exy college team out there. Sakavic really sells how obsessed he is with this sport because literally any sane person would be out of there, especially considering the way his teammates treat him.

Anyway, most of the book is Neil trying to figure out his teammates while training his ass off while also realizing he's in much deeper than he thought. This book reads less like book one and more like part one as pretty much...nothing happens? And yet everything happens because these people are crazy and somehow Exy is well-known for being primarily enjoyed by members of the mafia. The mafia part of the story seems to serve one purpose: making it feasible that the most batshit insane things happen in the lives of fancy lacrosse players. For example, major character Kevin Day used to play for the Ravens with his adoptive brother Riko, who happens to be a part of the yakuza. Riko breaks Kevin's hand and Kevin escapes to the Foxes where most of the conflict is caused by his history with Riko and the Ravens. When I tell you people are getting drugged, murdered, and threatened on live television, I am not exaggerating. It has virtually no coherency, but at least it's fairly compelling. Bonus points for a crazy development at the end.

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Neil, the main character, is an absolute idiot. It is somewhat forgivable by the virtue that the story makes no efforts to make him seem like anything else. He's an Exy-obsessed fanatic who is willing to risk exposure and all the implied torture to follow to play on a college team that isn't even that good—in fact, they're infamously bad. While I liked the (crazy, twisted, toxic) relationships he was building with the other characters, I wish he had more autonomy instead of just doing what the other characters demanded of him.

Speaking of, not all the batshit in this book comes from the mafia; Andrew Minyard is sometimes more antagonistic than they are. Constantly on anti-psychotics (going off them will get him thrown in jail), in a codependent relationship with Exy superstar Kevin Day, and has a habit of drugging people to get them to spill their secrets, Andrew is one of the craziest written characters I have ever encountered. He does so much morally reprehensible stuff that he'll do something only morally questionable and it's like he's saved an orphan. Same thing as the plot; not very well written but interesting nonetheless.

Completing the trifecta is Kevin Day, Andrew's constant companion. He's the catalyst for most of the conflict in this book, and he was apparently childhood friends with Neil, who is now obsessed with him, almost as much as he is with Exy. The three of them are a recipe for disaster, but it's the kind you can't tear your eyes away from. Do with that what you will, because even I'm not sure how I feel about it. I will say that each character seems to have a distinct, clear personality; it was rare I got characters mixed up. Even Andrew and Aaron, identical twins, are very easy to distinguish.

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This book is self-published and, unfortunately, it shows. As crazy and attention-grabbing as the plot and characters are, it can't hide the mediocre, sometimes outright bad, writing. In fact, sometimes it exacerbates it. With how this book jumps from shocking moment to shocking moment and the fluctuation between incredibly slow and almost-too-fast, it's jarring and not entirely enjoyable for the reader. It feels like Sakavic wanted to write a bunch of different tropes and set-ups, and instead of writing a few different books she decided to shove them all into one. The character backstories in particular feel like trauma upon trauma just piled on top of each other, leading to a list of trigger warnings a mile long. As such, the whole book feels very cobbled-together and poorly written.

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Would I say I liked this book? Probably not. Am I intrigued? Absolutely. Despite the writing being not very good at all and a plot that is held together by the most frayed, worn strings of logic in existence, this is an attention-grabbing book. In all honesty, I will never recommend this series to anyone ever because it is truly bad, but I will probably read the rest of the trilogy. Why? I really couldn't tell you. I am undeniably interested in this book, mainly the character relationships. However, I cannot in good conscience recommend it to anyone. So concludes the most chaotic review I've ever written.

The Author

Nora Sakavic: The Foxhole Court was her debut novel, also wrote Elysium, has a Tumblr account under the name of @/korakos

The Reviewer

My name is Wonderose; I try to post a review every week, and I do themed recommendations every once in a while. I take suggestions! Check out my about me post for more!

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"The Whirring" by Will J. Donnel

A Complex Tale That Delivers in Both Imagination and Intricate Prose #books #bookreview #reading #readerviews

The Whirring Will J. DonnelPalmetto Publishing (2024)ISBN: 979-8822931879Reviewed by Lily Andrews for Reader Views (04/2024) In Will J. Donnel’s “The Whirring,” a family travels to battle malevolent beings who have a well-planned conspiracy to annihilate every living creature as part of their destiny. Mema, the endearing grandmother of five grandkids, views her family’s capacity to hear and…

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📚 Review 📚 Wheel of the Year: The Age of Stone

I went into Wheel of the Year: The Age of Stone full of hope and anticipation - and I was not disappointed. The Age of Stone is a vibrant beginning to the Wheel of the Year trilogy, and you better believe I’ll be reading the rest of this series.

As the description implies, this novel has two main perspectives/timelines. We have Ailsa in the far past and Edie in the present. The two stories play wonderfully against one another (though Ailsa’s story stole my heart, I’m not ashamed to admit that).

The Age of Stone is rich and complex, full of lore, history, and human emotion. Yes, there’s also magic and intrigue, making it the perfect balance for many readers (especially those who like a little bit of fantasy in their history).

There’s a lot to love about The Age of Stone, but the biggest selling point is how human it is. The novel tries (and succeeds) to drive one point home—that certain human struggles are timeless. We all desire to find a balance in our lives, but many of us struggle with all that is asked of us, be it a historical exploration or a magical undertaking.

I’m trying to say that Wheel of the Year: The Age of Stone is a fantastical novel that is absolutely worth reading. It transported me to another world and stole my heart in the process.

Highlights: Historical Fantasy Multiple Perspectives Druids & Destiny

Thanks to Reedsy and Palmetto Publishing for making this book available for review. All opinions expressed are my own.

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A Montana Feud

by Jim Overstreet Author

(Rodeo in the Blood, #3)

Publication date: August 1st 2024

Genres: Adult, Western

Synopsis:

A Montana Feud brings back all the rugged and passionate characters of the Rodeo in the Blood series for another drama-filled adventure. Fans of thrilling rodeo rides and the complexities of human relationships will find this story absorbing.

During the pandemic shortened 2020 rodeo season, former rivals, Rusty Blackstone and Warren Weston, join forces to pursue their rodeo dreams. At a rodeo in Chinook, Montana, Rusty accidentally reignites a dormant feud between his father and rodeo producer Jake Augustine. Rusty is lucky to survive the ensuing turmoil.

Meanwhile, Warren battles his ex-wife, Jenny, for a portion of his rightful inheritance. Throughout, Rusty, Warren, and Jenny struggle with the new arrangement to share their son, Todd. Warren battles to care for his invalid mother. Unexpected violence mars Rusty and Amanda’s horseback wedding.

Harlan, the only man they all trust, does his best to help them through everything.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217100198-a-montana-feud

Purchase:

Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ZAQAk9

B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-montana-feud-jim-overstreet/1146120977?ean=9781959620174

iBooks: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/a-montana-feud/id6661018289

AUTHOR BIO:

Jim Overstreet is a lifelong cowboy and author of A Montana Rivalry. Raising horses for most of his life, he earned multiple titles in tie down roping, from youth rodeo to the senior circuit. As an accomplished writer, his work has been published in national magazines including Reader’s Digest, Persimmon Hill and numerous equine magazines, including Western Horseman. The American Horse Publications honored him as a winner in their Feature Article category.

Jim rode horses before he could walk. He grew up on the Sun Ranch, a large cattle and horse ranch in the Madison Valley in southwest Montana with a father who was an avid horseman and well-respected cowboy in the area. He grew up believing that cowboys were special. His father helped him begin training horses and later he learned from Ray Hunt and Tom Dorrance.

Jim’s adult life was filled with roping and rodeos along with raising two daughters with his wife amongst his many horses in the shadow of Montana’s Crazy Mountains.

Jim loves to write, except when he hates it, and although he is old enough to know better, Jim still rides and trains horses. He is passionate about telling stories of the contemporary West that demonstrate the physical toughness, mental determination, and dependence on community inherent to ranching and rodeo. His first book, A Montana Rivalry, released by Palmetto Publishing in fall of 2023, is the first book in the Rodeo in The Blood Series.

Author links:

https://jimoverstreet.com/

https://www.facebook.com/jimoverstreetauthor/

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45477150.Jim_Overstreet

https://www.instagram.com/jimoverstreetauthor/

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BIG TROUBLE... BIG SALE! For a very limited time, grab a copy of Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island by Susan M. Boyer or just 99¢ at the retailer of your choice!

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From the author of the bestselling Liz Talbot Mystery Series comes a novel about family and secrets, and the lengths we’ll go to in order to protect both.

Can this charming do-gooder carry the day?

Charleston, SC. Hadley Cooper has a big heart. So when the easygoing private investigator gets a request from a new friend to stake out her husband’s extramarital activities, she immediately begins surveillance. And when her client is discovered dead on her kitchen floor, the Southern spitfire is certain the cheater is the culprit … even though he has the perfect alibi: Hadley herself.

Flustered since she observed the cad four hours away in Greenville at the time of the murder, the determined PI desperately searches for clues to tie him to the crime. But when her ex-boyfriend, who happens to be the lead detective on the case, arrests a handy suspect, Hadley fears a guilty man is about to walk free.

Can this Palmetto State sleuth make an impossible connection to prevent a miscarriage of justice?

With dry wit and delightful dialogue, Susan M. Boyer delivers an eccentric, vegan gumshoe sure to appeal to any fan of Southern women’s fiction. With her merry band of sassy friends, Hadley Cooper is a Lowcountry detective you won’t soon forget.

Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island is the engaging first book in the Carolina Tales series. If you like strong heroines, quirky sisterhoods, and plenty of Southern charm, then you’ll love Susan M. Boyer’s wonderful whodunit.

Read Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island and take a trip to the lush Lowcountry today!

About Susan M. Boyer:

Susan M. Boyer is the USA Today bestselling author of thirteen novels. Her debut novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and garnered several other award nominations. Subsequent books in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series have been nominated for various honors, including Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Okra Picks, the 2016 Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize, and the 2017 Southern Book Prize in Mystery & Detective Fiction.

Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island, the first novel in her Carolina Tales series, won the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Award silver medal in Southeast Regional Fiction and was a 2024 National Indie Excellence Award finalist.

Susan is a lifelong Carolinian. She grew up in a small North Carolina town and has lived most of her life in South Carolina. She loves beaches, Southern food, and small towns where everyone knows everyone, and everyone has crazy relatives. You’ll find all of the above in her novels. She and her husband call Greenville, South Carolina, home and spend as much time as possible on the Carolina coast.

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Join us in welcoming into the world Temporary State University, a new nonprofit organization dedicated to training the next generation of New Yorkers how to throw their own shows in a way that is fun, fair, and safe! We are celebrating our launch with a 15 act festival featuring some of New York's best artists, as well as three previews of our free workshop courses starting this Fall.

All of this is going down Saturday June 29th at Party Connection on Woodward Ave in Ridgewood btwn Gates and Palmetto. Come and stop by anytime from noon to midnight because we will be there all day, and nobody is turned away due to lack of funds! This is the climax of our inaugural fundraising drive lasting the month of June, so instead of selling tickets we are inviting anyone who wants to come on over and pay what you can. Sign-up for a monthly membership too! Mostly, we want to greet our neighbors and show them what we can do together.

12:00pm - gabbin' and sayin' hi 1:00pm - May Rio (solo) 1:30pm - Precious Human 2:00pm - WORKSHOP PREVIEW 3:00pm - Sex Week 3:30pm - Crosslegged 4:00pm - Told Slant 4:30pm - Franz Charcoal (look into it) 5:00pm - WORKSHOP PREVIEW 6:00pm - Star’s Revenge 6:30pm - Anna Altman 7:00pm - WORKSHOP PREVIEW 8:00pm - Hiding Places 8:30pm - Mallory Hawk 9:00pm - Sister. 9:30pm - Dirt Buyer (solo) 10:00pm - Bloomsday 10:30pm - Nara’s Room 11:00pm - Shallowhalo djs *please note that the order of the schedule is subject to minor changes

M to Forest Ave, L to Myrtle-Wyckoff. Please be aware this is a residential street and we need to be respectful of everyone's home.

*~*WHO IS TEMPORARY STATE AND WHAT DO WE DO*~* Temporary State University is a non-profit training organization dedicated to educating New Yorkers on how to throw shows in a way that is fun, fair, and safe. We achieve this by publishing 3 guidebooks with 3 corresponding workshops about conceiving of, preparing for, and successfully running your own event. Those who complete all three workshops get to join a collective of people with access to the production equipment TSU rents at no-cost for collective members, as well as one-on-one guidance from a selection of different mentors. Collective membership is limited to a maximum of two years.

Registration for our Fall workshops along with the first editions of guidebooks goes live later this Summer, but if you want to be first notified about sign-ups you can pre-register using this form.

*~*OUR SUMMER 2024 FUNDRAISING DRIVE*~* This is our first fundraiser, and all net proceeds from this event will be going into our annual budget with the goal of getting to $50,000 in total donations as well as membership pledges. If you would like to give a one-time donation and sign-up for a recurring membership click “Buy Suggested Donation Ticket” at the top righthand corner of our event page, and it will walk you through the process. Please note that this is NOT a ticketed event, so donations do not guarantee entry in the case that we hit capacity. But we appreciate the support anyway. :-)

You can read all about how this money is going to be spent here.

*~*WAYS TO SUPPORT AND HELP*~* So first and most importantly, the best thing you can do to help is show up and be excited. Next (obviously) is donate money and sign-up for a membership. However! There are many ways to help! Here are just a few…

pre-register for the workshops - We need to get a sense of demand for how many people are interested in our programming as that is what will determine the size of the venue we host them in and the frequency in which we plan them. Pre-registering for the workshops is a great way for us to get a sense of where the first round of workshops should be taking place! Here is the link one more time.

donate sound equipment - This applies to new or used equipment, but preferably not totally broken! We are in search of someone who can help with massive speaker renovation, but for now if you have something that we can feasibly repair and work with please contact system@temporarystate.org.

donate storage or office space - We are in search of a secure and climate controlled room with 24 hour access that we can bring our production equipment to late at night after shows and do maintenance work during the day. If you have access to a place like this please contact system@temporarystate.org.

venues to host our workshops - Do you have access to a room that is public and can comfortably fit around 2 dozen people? Please contact workshops@temporarystate.org.

venues to host a fundraiser - Do you have access to a room that can safely hold 250 people or more? Please contact fundraising@temporarystate.org

professional insurance brokering services - FR this is the hardest thing to figure out. Insurance brokers seemingly have no context for what it is we are trying to do, and all of their quotes are insanely different. It has left us feeling like we might not even been getting the right policy? Can you please help us? Please? Contact legalandliabilities@temporarystate.org.

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