Hello! I'm Liana Brooks, a SF/F/R author and freelance editor living in the Republic of Korea!

My books are available worldwide anywhere you like to buy books.

https://books2read.com/ap/nED5kR/Liana-Brooks

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#Spoonie,
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#RoK
#Expat

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I went for a massage. My massage therapist said I should see a doctor so I got to have the fun experience of trying to explain rib subluxation and Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in my very broken Korean. My massage therapist is horrified, but I feel better.

A friend has pointed out that multiple books on my writing docket qualify as "I Survived And Now It's Definitely Your Problem" as well as "Fake Hating".

I'm not apologizing for this.

Okay, fine, I'll make my own choices.

... I'm going to go see if my sewing machine works so I can sew together a pirate coat and embroidery it while I watch Bridgerton (it's getting a treasure map, dragons, sea monsters, and a Chinese junk on it).

Hello, internet, I need to use you as my brain this morning.

WHAT AM I WORKING ON?

- I Survived And Now It's Definitely Your Problem
- I'd Cross The World To Find You
- Ren Faire Pirate Coat (not a book)
- Update The Blog
- Fake Hating
- Started Out On The Bottom And Now My Enemies Perish

Random Internet Person: I'm introducing myself to [Author Liana Knows].

Me: Oh! You'll love them! They're so sweet! Are you going to the [favorite brunch place] with them?

Random Internet Person: I meant I'm going to start reading their books... o.0

Me: Oh... kay. Start with [Book 1].

I'm disabled all the time. If you see me putting up memes and making jokes, it's because I'm having a really bad pain day and laughing at the brokeness of my body makes it easier to stay alive.

Part of the Spoonie Life is getting to explain to befuddled doctors that, no, that medicine will not actually work. Explaining that I can't take the standard array of pain meds to new drs is always super, super fun. I guess they don't cover disabilities in med school.

I have been informed there will be a street festival this weekend with lumpia. If you aren't familiar with lumpia, you need some Filipino friends who love you enough to feed you.

Okay, [group name for people on this website], it's 9am, let's check the to-do list and see what needs doing. I strongly suspect I need to spend the morning finishing the book that's due to my editor in a few weeks. So. Fun.

*goes to pay bills instead*

The local radio DJ announced a quote in English from "F---ing Snooze" and it took me a good couple of minutes to realize they were trying to say "Fox News".

So, anyways, that's how my day has been. How are you?

I was today years old when I learned it was OBFUSCATE (aub-fuss-kate) and OBFUSTICATE (aub-foos-ti-kate).

But actually!!!

Fun stuff, both are legitimate words. It's just the one that I've always used is not the common term, it's the archaic.

#FunWithWords

FB just offered me an ad about getting pregnant in my 40's, which is disturbing on many levels. One, what indicates that I'm that age (other than using FB messenger). Two, who fool of a Took would think I want more kids. My last pregnancy nearly killed me. I don't want another. Ever.

I took a nap and now there are three Very Urgent Things competing for my attention that need to get done before 5pm that did not exist at 1pm.

Why is life like this?

The Expat Accent leans more towards a very bookish English with well-enunciated speech patterns because the people you're speaking to probably know some English, but it's Book English, with a limited accent and minimal slang. So Expat English comes across as Formal English to native speakers.

At some point I want to sit down and dissect the Expat Accent English-speakers get. It's not quite the Airport Accent of the well-traveled (named because you pronounce words the way you hear them the most in different regions rather than using the same regional accent), and it's fascinating.

Right... onto edits!

"But, if you're Christian, how do you know about Buddha?"

I live in Korea, which has a lot of Buddhists, and I'm getting emails from my local shops reminding me about holiday hours and free events to celebrate. Also, choosing a religion does not make you forget other religions exist.

Happy Birthday to Buddha and everyone celebrating!