# book made (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover book made. Page: Feed: --- ## [How to write a summer novel (even when it’s winter)](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/how-to-write-a-summer-novel-even) _2026-08-14 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ Five ways I managed to bring sunshine into a summer romance when there was ground frost. Oh my God, I miss ground frost! ## [Books that are out this summer that aren’t necessarily summer books](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/books-that-are-out-this-summer-that) _2026-07-30 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ Novels about rich people behaving badly and other recent reads I've enjoyed... ## [The worst, most sucky, good for nothing 24 hours in a writer's year](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/the-worst-most-sucky-good-for-nothing) _2026-07-08 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ Or why I hate Publication Day... ## [A sneak preview of The Love Library!](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/a-sneak-preview-of-the-love-library) _2026-06-18 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ My new novel publishes in a week. This is the article its heroine Tess writes which gains her admittance to the esteemed and mysterious institution... ## [Books out in May and June, which made me fall in love with reading again](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/books-out-in-may-and-june-which-made) _2026-06-10 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ (Full disclosure: I'm being dramatic. I have never ever, not once, fallen out of love with reading but sometimes I do have a bit of a slump...) ## [POV: You're the heroine of a Sarra Manning novel](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/pov-youre-the-fmc-in-a-sarra-manning) _2026-05-19 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ It's a difficult job but someone has to do it.... ## [Novels about fa… fa…fa... fa... fashion](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/novels-about-fa-fafa-fa-fashion) _2026-05-05 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ Of course I’m going to see The Devil Wears Prada 2 this week but these are the stylish stories I’d much rather see on the screen... ## [The book that made me a writer](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/the-book-that-made-me-a-writer) _2026-04-21 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ I didn’t even realise that I was waiting for sometime to give me the permission to write until Virginia Woolf told me I could… ## [March and April books, which actually made me feel something…](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/march-and-april-books-which-actually) _2026-04-08 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ A round up of recent (or soon to be) releases ## [You might never lose the feeling that you don’t fit in... and stop dicking about with frosted lilac lipstick.](https://sarramanning.substack.com/p/you-might-never-lose-the-feeling) _2026-03-24 · Sarra Manning · Sarra Manning is reading, writing, procrastinating_ A letter to my teenage self... ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/xUBgXtgyNcNj) _2026-03-24 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [2025 in Favorites](https://www.matthewhowell.net/notes/2026/2025-in-favorites/) _2026-01-07 · Matthew Howell dot net_ Reading The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden and Brotherless Night by V. V. Ganeshananthan were my favorite books that I read in 2025. Other books that made my 2025 shortlist include: All Fours by Miranda July Mina's Matchbox by Yōko Ogawa Prophet Song by Paul Lynch Under the Mountain by Maurice Gee The Wild Robot by Peter Brown Related: everything I read in 2025. Listening Instant Holograms On… ## [Web Generalist](https://www.matthewhowell.net/notes/2025/web-generalist/) _2025-12-05 · Matthew Howell dot net_ Below is a list of job titles that I've held in my (nomadic, privileged) career: Webmaster Web Developer Web Developer (again) Engineer Technical Lead Technical and Design Lead Software Engineer II Software Developer Software Developer (again) The job titles changed, the companies changed, the years changed, and the Web sure has changed. One thing didn't change, though. Through the two decades… ## [Feeds Are Nice](https://www.matthewhowell.net/notes/2025/feeds-are-nice/) _2025-12-05 · Matthew Howell dot net_ Feeds are nice. Here is an incomplete list of reasons why feeds are nice: Feeds have specifications ( RSS , Atom , JSON Feed ) Feeds are finished technology, they want for no features Feeds are easy to create and maintain Feeds are fast and scalable Feeds can be downloaded for offline reading Feeds are chronological lists, not algorithmic lists Feeds do not track or surveil their readers (usually)… ## [2024 in Favorites](https://www.matthewhowell.net/notes/2025/2024-in-favorites/) _2025-12-04 · Matthew Howell dot net_ Reading Western Lane by Chetna Maroo was my favorite book that I read in 2024. It was published in 2023. Other books that made my 2024 shortlist include: Audition by Pip Adam No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood The Puppets of Spelhorst by Kate DiCamillo Related: everything I read in 2024. Listening Weird Faith by Madi Diaz was my favorite record that I listened to in 2024. Other… ## [Notes](https://www.matthewhowell.net/notes/) _2025-08-17 · Matthew Howell dot net_ 2025 in Favorites 2026.01 Web Generalist 2025.12 Feeds Are Nice 2025.12 2024 in Favorites 2025.12 Deploying Static Sites on Netlify without Github 2025.08 2023 in Favorites 2023.12 40 2023.05 2022 in Favorites 2022.12 2022 at Reasonable Company 2022.12 Selling Lemons 2022.05 On Collecting Music 2022.01 2021 in Favorites 2016.02 Personal Values 2016.02 30 2013.05 Shipping is a Habit 2013.03 Tins,… ## [Deploying Static Sites on Netlify without Github](https://www.matthewhowell.net/notes/2025/deploying-static-sites-on-netlify-without-github/) _2025-08-15 · Matthew Howell dot net_ Until today, every previous deployment of this website was initiated by pushing code into a GitHub repository. It recently became a priority to move my git hosting to a different service (happy with Sourcehut so far) while continuing to deploy the site on Netlify . Unfortunately, Netlify's continuous deployment only supports git hosting from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps. With a bit…