Inside a BOOK auction : Planet Money In the age of TikTok and Polymarket, it can be easy to overlook the humble book. But books are one of the most influential technologies ever invented. From “The Wealth of Nations” to “Das Kapital,” bo...

This podcast is a great look behind the scenes at how a book is sold. It describes various auction processes and related considerations. Also sobering stat: the editor interviewed buys 2% of proposals in his inbox (non-fiction). #writesky #booksky
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Photo of book “It’s Different this Time “ by Joss Richard.

Today I read in the sun and watched a U14 soccer game. Good book. Good game. Good day.😊 Tomorrow I’ll write refreshed. #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity

Photo of computer and a piece of carrot cake.

I probably should have stayed home to get some writing done. 😊 #writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #carrotcake

Prime Minister Mark Carney, Finnish President Alexander Stubb Skate With PWHL's Ottawa Charge Two world leaders, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb skated with the PWHL's Ottawa Charge at the team's practice on Tuesday.

Two world leaders, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and Finnish President Alexander Stubb skated with the PWHL's Ottawa Charge at the team's practice on Tuesday taking part in drills and speaking with players:
thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/... #PWHL #Canada #Finland

Beautiful apple blossoms sighted on my walk this morning.

Many Shades of Jade Green, lavender, white, black—I contain multitudes, and apparently, a full color palette

First article from my series, The Life That Didn’t Happen, is live!!!
It’s all true, all authentically me, and may include some cringe and humor in it depending on the reader. #writingcommunity #writers #writesky
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picture of the book WILD EYES by Elsie Silver with a quote of first sentence and commentary.

Here's the one that made me fall over laughing.

Black and white photo of a bookshelf with the words "I love it when a first sentence conveys voice, setting, and hint of the conflict or story line to come."

As I re-write a first chapter, I've been thinking a lot about first sentences. Scouring my shelves I found a surprising gem in a book I didn't know I had. See the comments. #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky

Jade Mason | Romance Writer | Substack Romance Writer | I write adult coming-of-age stories where life and love collide. Rep: Emily Forney at BookEnds Literary

I’ve been anti-social on social, but I’m back and figuring out this whole new world of Substack (I'm late). #writingcommunity friends, find me or drop your links and any must-follow recs! Mine’s a work in progress, like most areas of my life. #writesky #writers #booksky substack.com/@jademasonro...

Black and white photo of woman with two cats.

My feline distractions from my WIP. #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

The Profession That Does Not Exist | Baffler Symposium A partial history of the hidden labor that makes possible the poems, stories, essays, and books you read.

A depressing story about how writing won't make you a living ... #writesky #writingcommunity
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Photo of book page with following text highlighted: Romance: A term that has been used at different times to refer to a variety of fictional works involving some combination of the following: high adventure, thwarted love, mysterious circumstances, ardent quests, and improbably triumphs.

Visited Little Free Libraries in my hood this week. Found this gem for a word nerd: The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. It has a blurb on my genre ...
#writesky #amwriting #writingcommunity

Black binder with lots of post-it notes and a laptop computer. Text which says, “Today’s job: resolving 1/3 of the Post-it notes on my WIP.”

Better get to it … #amwriting #writesky #writingcommunity

Cassette tape of Kate Bush, The Kick Inside, and a cassette player.

In the mood to listen to a little Kate Bush today (on a very old cassette tape) after seeing Wuthering Heights last night.

Photo of a forest by the ocean with text: "Write what you know." Okay, but ... how about we also write what we want to learn? Parsing life into words isn't easy. Doing it right teaches us as much about the familiar as the strange.

Looking forward to getting back into my WIP.
#amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky

The People Getting Falsely Accused of Using AI to Write Clean, precise prose is now a liability, and non-native English speakers and autistic writers are often paying the price.

As someone who uses a lot of em dashes and spends too much time thinking about varying the length of my sentences, I'm offended that AI is trying to copy me!
nymag.com/intelligence...

Here's hoping I never have to stalk someone's query timeline again! #amquerying (not)

Happy Caterday! #caterday

The Founder of Anthropic Says He Wants to Protect Humanity From AI. Just Don't Ask How. In search of Dario Amodei, the Anthropic founder whose battle with Sam Altman could reshape civilization, Joe Hagan embarks on an odyssey through the tech cults, founder co-ops, and conscience of the ...

Not just making writers obsolete: "Reddit for AI bots to talk to one another, with a few breaking off to create private chat groups that their humans can’t see ... code-based “drugs” for getting your AI bot “high” on ketamine, acid, or weed"
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...

The Write and Wrong Podcast Authors, literary agents, editors and more give first hand details and publishing tips on how the industry works.

Just listened to my agent being interviewed on this podcast.
www.writeandwrong.co.uk/home/episode...

Were they as good as her books? 😊

What's it like to write a bestselling book? We followed Lucy Score for a year to find out. From writing desk to printing press, we chronicled a year in the life of bestselling romance author Lucy Score as she wrote and published a book.

An interesting year in the life of a romance writer. Nerdy me liked the charts of how many people are involved in the process. #booksky #writesky #writersky #romancelandia

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Amanda Leduc and Katie Kitamura among 15 authors longlisted for Carol Shields Prize Leduc’s Wild Life, Kitamura’s Audition, and Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief among titles that made the list

Amanda Leduc and Katie Kitamura among 15 authors longlisted for Carol Shields Prize /via @theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/book...

Readers Are Embracing a Shift in Perspective in Books. It Could Reshape Literary Culture. There’s been a profound shift in perspective preferences when it comes to romance novels.

POV: 1st person or 3rd? Does it really matter? This article states, "It's a minor aesthetic preference, but it also might be transforming literary culture as a whole." I write in 1st, wanted to try 3rd but commercial implications...
#writesky #writersky #booksky #authorsky
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Books & Ideas: Yann Martel — Son of Nobody | Vancouver Writers Fest Yann Martel’s 2001 philosophical adventure, Life of Pi, was a runaway global phenomenon—it won the Booker Prize and CBC’s Canada Reads, spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller list, an...

📣 Tickets on sale now! Don’t miss Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi and Son of Nobody, in Vancouver. One night only, April 15 at the Lindsay Family Stage on Granville Island.

Tickets on sale now:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/yann-m...

All books from CMU Press | booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!

It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!

www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021

Donate $90+ USD to gofundme.com/f/support-siwc today (Feb 27) and email your donation receipt to siwc@maryrobinettekowal.com. This will get you access to my Auditioning Characters live class tomorrow, Feb 28 at 8 PM ET, benefitting @siwc.bsky.social. Hope to see you there!

Nooooo!

Freedom to read can never be taken for granted. Even in Canada, a free country by world standards, books and magazines are banned.

From February 22–28, Freedom to Read Week asks all Canadians to think about and reaffirm our commitment to intellectual freedom.

Learn more at www.freedomtoread.ca

The Funny Business of Sex Scenes An author shares tips for getting the spice factor just right.

Ahh, the dreaded sex scene (not to read--well, sometimes to read--but to write). A good one "move[s] the characters along to where they need to be next" and deepens the reader's connection with characters. #writesky #romancelandia #writersky #booksky #authorsky
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