Danielle (D. L.) Norman

@dlnormanwrites.bsky.social

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She / Her https://substack.com/@dnormanwrites https://www.daniellenormanwrites.com/ I write things. I teach things I try to learn all the things.

A black standard poodle lounges on some cushions on the floor, but is staring intently at whatever the camera holder is holding.
A hand holding a bundle of safety pins, paperclips, and staples all stuck to a magnet at the center.
A gray stone plate holds a slice of sticky toffee pudding covered in powered sugar, a pile of fresh berries and cream, and the words “Happy Anniversary” stenciled in chocolate.
A hand holding the delux hardback edition of This Is How You Lose A Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
A large band of pink and blue/turquoise northern lights are visible above some trees and a house.
The cover of a well loved Penguin Classics translation of The Count of Monte Cristo. Pages are falling out and the cover is taped together.
A black dog is curled up between two humans who are watching tv on an iPad. The pup is asleep.
A profile portrait of a black standard poodle panting and smiling.
Storm clouds over mountains.
A picture of storm clouds over mountains. The sunrise is turning the bottoms of the clouds orange and red. It looks like they are on fire.
A brown and black chicken strides confidently through the frame while turning to glare at the camera and showing off her hilarious crest.
4 grumpy looking hens stuffed into a white 5 gallon bucket. They are there willingly.
A vertical row of eggs arranged according to color. They go from deep green to blue to light blue to white and light brown and end with a red brown egg.
The page of a book is blacked out to reveal a few words forming a poem - these are called "found poems". This poem reads: There is dark beauty here where moose and grizzlies dwell. Travel mountains with rainy skies or settle down in creekside thickets of alder, willow and birch. You stand atop a land that will remain forever wild.
Picture is taken facing a ceiling and two black poodle are staring down at the camera.
Book cover of the picture book She Persisted, written by Chelsea Clinton and Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger
A screen shot of the cover of episode 317 of The Writers of the Future Podcast. Titled Toni Weisskopf, Baen Books, on the Future of Publishing. Includes a photo of Toni
Poem by Joesph Fasano There are still your stories, still stars in the pine trees. There are still children making their way back from school, trying not to step on cracks in the sidewalk, believing it matters. There are still mothers kneeling in the ruins, promising the gunshots aren’t coming. There are still fathers alone in the night, the wounds in them like mule-deer in the orchards, trying not to clack their antlers. There is still the heart, the moon. Come, loves, let’s stand here after madness. The world is not over, only broken. There are old books, there are horses in the lemon trees. There are children, still, waiting in the classrooms, looking up with tired eyes full of wonder. Look at them. There is work we have to do.
A hand holding a black and white bantam hen. Her coloring resembles a nun’s habit.
Moon in a dawn sky over snow covered trees
Image of chicken footprints in the snow leading out of the coop door and then right back in again.
A hand holding the novel Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse
Image is split in half with a yellow stripe on the bottom, blue on top in Ukrainian colors. A young girl holding a large sunflower with a peace sign in the center is drawn in yellow on the blue stripe. Blue lettering on the yellow stripe says PEACE and the artist’s name Peter H. Reynold.
Two fluffy baby chicks snuggled in a hand.
A hand holds a fluffy newly hatched chick.