Kevin Guertin

@leonivek.bsky.social

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📚 Avid reader of #ScienceFiction and #Fantasy. I will post a lot about #books. I'm a #webdeveloper. I'm a leftist, but you won't find politics here. #Cat lover. #Linux user. #Punster. #Gay. 🏳️‍🌈 I live in #Ottawa, #Ontario, #Canada 🇨🇦

The cover of Stephen King's Night Shift, first edition.
An image with text. Each sentence is highlighted in a colour that reflects the amount of words in the sentence. It reads: This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It's like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. ​Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals-sounds that say listen to this, it is important. ​So write with a combination of short, medium, and long sentences. Create a sound that pleases the reader's ear. Don't just write words. Write music. ​-Gary Provost 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing
A picture of the book Disquiet Gods by Christopher Ruocchio.
A cartoon illustration of a woman looking hopeful as she says, "I thought you said you booked us a 3 day weekend getaway..." Her partner, a smiling man in a Sriracha t-shirt and ballcap clarifies, "No. I said it's a 3 book weekend. So get away!"
Close-up image of a praying mantis on a flower.
Book cover of To Each This World by Julie E. Czerneda.
Book covers of the mentioned books.
A Goodreads listing of 4 books on my currently-reading list. It lists Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson, Light Bringer by Pierce Brown, The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien, and Stargate: Rebellion by Bill McCay.
A graphic depicting space with a spaceship and stars with the text "National Science Fiction Day"
A picture of a table at a bookstore covered in books for sale. The sign sitting atop the table reads, "Books we pretend we've read."
The deluxe illustrated edition of The Hobbit, out of its slipcase and sitting on a yellow pillow, spine facing the camera. It is a dark green and black hardcover leatherbound book with gold etchings and lettering and gold-edged pages.
A text image that reads, "Did you know?... In Iceland, books are exchanged as Christmas Eve presents, then you spend the rest of the night in bed reading them and eating chocolate. The tradition is part of a season called Jolabokaflod, or The Christmas Book Flood', because Iceland, which publishes more books per capita than any other country, sells most of its books between September and November due to people preparing for the upcoming holiday."
A graphic of text against a green background with books and white stars surrounding the text that reads, "I'm ready to hibernate with some tea and books, please."
It shows an open book held up by hands. The page on the left in large print in the centre of the page reads, "You can borrow a book," and the page on the right reads, "but you get to keep the ideas."
Book cover for Kingdoms of Death by Christopher Ruocchio
Book cover for Christopher Ruocchio's Kingdoms of Death
A meme that reads: "Me: No serial killer will ever lure me into their murder van. I'm too smart for that. Murderer:" An image of a van with with its back doors open. Inside is a wall-to-wall library of books, nicely lit throughout with soft string lights.
A closeup picture of a cat curled up and sleeping, her head resting upside down against her hind paws.
A cover of a grey Acer Chromebook with a bunch of stickers. One sticker is of the Windrunners glyph from the Stormlight Archive. Other stickers are about socks, Vans shoes, and Zumiez shoe store. Others are about books and reading. There's a cat sticker, a mushroom sticker, a moose sticker, and a cute little mouse sticker.
A picture of a female tortoise cat lying down on a big cushion.
A screenshot of a Pixel Watch 3 watch face called Rugged Analog by Enkei Design.
Book cover of Kingdoms of Death by Christopher Ruocchio
A text meme that reads: Don't forget to turn your bathroom scales back 15 pounds Wednesday night at 1 AM for Thanksgiving.
A set of beautiful dark blue, purple, and black dragon head bookends supporting books by Ryan Cahill with a red light backlighting them.