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Dana Lemaster

@danalemaster.com

CPA turned screenwriter & novelist. Loves films, nature, pets. DM=Block Current project: A Death In Hartsend. Fiction inspired by actual events. Updates: https://www.danalemaster.com/ #writingcommunity #NoirAlley #TCM

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Dana Lemaster@danalemaster.com · 17h ago

Writing tip of the day: Memories can be your greatest inspiration. When writing A Death in Hartsend, I drew on personal experiences to shape the story. What memories inspire your creativity?

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💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · yesterday

It’s the Day after Midterms 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 TOGETHER WE DID THIS We took back the House and the Senate! We the people spoke LOUDLY and CLEARLY We said NO to Authoritarianism As Joe Biden often said We are the UNITED STATES of AMERICA AND THERE IS NOTHING WE CANNOT DO We will be okay 💙🦊💙

1845 First nationally observed uniform election day in the United States, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1879 African American inventor Thomas Elkins patents the Refrigerating Apparatus 1919 US Army hires Canadian inventor-gun designer John C. Garand for the Springfield Armory in Springfield, Massachusetts 1921 The Sturmabteilung or SA (the "Brown Shirts") is formally established by Adolf Hitler 1939 The first air-conditioned automobile (Packard) is exhibited in Chicago, Illinois 1958 Democrats win US congressional election 1970 Genie, a 13-year-old feral child is found in Los Angeles, California, having been locked in her bedroom by her father for most of her life 1979 500 Iranian students loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini seize the US Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 hostages for 444 days 1989 Alexanderplatz demonstrations for political reforms draw over half a million people in East Berlin, significant event that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall 2002 Chinese authorities arrest cyber-dissident He Depu for signing pro-democracy letter to the 16th Communist Party Congress 2008 Barack Obama becomes the first African-American to be elected President of the United States 2019 Largest mass commutation in US history when 462 non-violent inmates are freed from Oklahoma prisons as part of state prison reforms 2025 Zohran Mamdani (D) is elected as the 112th mayor of New York City, defeating former Governor Andrew Cuomo with 50.4% of the votes; Mamdani is set be the first South Asian and Muslim mayor of NYC
Kinley 🦋 Brenda@bluthrunthru.bsky.social · 23h ago

Good morning #BreakfastCrew Resisters! Happy Wednesday!❤️🤍💙 Let’s celebrate the #BlueWave - We did it!!🙌🙌 The House & Senate are ours and the tide has finally turned! Time to pop the champagne 🍾 raise a glass 🥂 & toast to progress, people power & a brighter future!💫✨ Let’s celebrate together! 🎉🥳🎊

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terry leigh@terryleigh.bsky.social · 2d ago

"The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do." ~Sarah Ban Breathnach~ Right on time, my white sasanqua camellias, are beginning to bloom. We are in drought, but nature, is persevering. Have a beautiful Tuesday, everyone. 🍃🍁🍃

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allie6179@allie6179.bsky.social · 2d ago

Get out an vote! Our existence depends on it! ❤️💟💙 The video today shows the innocence of a young child and a dog meeting for the first time. Trust and Love! Let’s get those feelings back for our country!

💫Foxy💫@getyourfoxyback.bsky.social · 2d ago

🗳️ It’s Midterms Election Day 🗳️ 🦊 Meet and Greet 🦊 Control of Congress, dozens of governorships, and major policy proposals are on the line.  All 435 seats in the House and 35 seats in the Senate are up for grabs while 36 states choose a governor Vote like your rights depend on it Because they DO!

1883 US Supreme Court decides federal courts have no jurisdiction over Native American tribal Council 1900 First US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC) 1930 Bank of Italy is renamed the Bank of America 1936 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins a second term in office, defeating Republican candidate Alf Landon in the most lopsided election in American history in terms of electoral vote 1952 General Foods markets 'Birds Eye frozen peas, using the methds of company vice-president and process inventor Clarence Birdseye 1956 The 1939 film "The Wizard of Oz" is televised for the first time as the finale of the Ford Star Jubilee series (CBS-TV) and is hosted by Bert Lahr and Judy Garland's 10-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli 1970 US President Richard Nixon promises to gradually remove troops from Vietnam 1975 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault 1979 Five people mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC 1988 American talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping 1992 Democrat Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, defeating incumbent President George H. W. Bush 1994 First PlayStation console released by Sony Interactive Entertainment in Japan 1997 California law ends affirmative action 2021 US begins vaccinating children aged 5 to 11 years with a lower dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 2025 Jonathan Bailey makes history as the first openly gay man to be named People's Sexiest Man Alive
Dana Lemaster@danalemaster.com · 3d ago

Signs your research has become a rabbit hole: A character is visiting her aunt in 1971 Kentucky. You need to know what snack foods were popular. 3 hours later, you can’t read enough about Screaming Yellow Zonkers. What’s the last rabbit hole you’ve fallen down in your research?

A woman writing, with books & notebooks open around her.