Just me gushing about how much I love my first romance, romance in general, and my husband. #WritingCommunity #romancelandia #blog #life #amwriting
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50,000 words completed on my new #WIP. I can see the finish line on the next ghost hunting adventure, tentatively titled, "Dead or Alive." Will P.I. Bradshaw survive the maelstrom of vengeful demons and meet his maker? #writingcommunity #writerslift #writers #readers #horror #lgbt #amwriting
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Poems "woven ... into a beautiful story that will touch your heart" #amwriting #writingcommunity #poems #poetry #inventingreality www.amazon.com/Love-Letters-S...
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Quick beta reader truth:
If your chapter feels off, it’s usually not because it’s bad…
It's because something important is missing.
Most times?
It’s the emotion or the reason behind a character’s choice.
Fix that, and everything starts to click.
#blueskyauthor #betareader #writer #AmWriting
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NEW VIDEO: Build Your Book—a new self-directed class for writers to help them move from development to manuscript pages! Very cool stuff. Watch the long version here: Chk out the longer video on my YT channel : youtu.be/6wm0vcZnNoc #writingcommunity #writingsky #writing #amwriting #writersky
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“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love." ―Nicholas Sparks (1965- ) From “The Notebook” - Chapter 10 #writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #nicholassparks The above quote expresses the difficult truth that a person cannot build a life entirely around the expectations, demands, or emotional comfort of others. Love and loyalty matter, but they do not erase the need for personal honesty. Sometimes the right path involves choices that disappoint people, even people deeply loved. The line speaks to the tension between duty to others and duty to oneself, arguing that living falsely to preserve peace is its own kind of damage. At a deeper level, the quote is about the cost of self-betrayal. Making choices only to satisfy others can lead to resentment, regret, and a life that feels borrowed instead of lived. Sparks frames the issue in emotional terms rather than selfish ones: doing what is right for you may hurt others, but avoiding that truth can wound everyone more in the long run. The quote endures because it recognizes that maturity sometimes means accepting pain as the price of living authentically.
“You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love."
―Nicholas Sparks (1965- )
From “The Notebook” - Chapter 10
#writerslift #life #authors #love #art #coffee #diary #write #books #amwriting #quotes #nicholassparks
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On really good days, it’ll be the catalyst for an epic story; not always a happy story, but a story so big & bold, it has to be told.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #Ashcroft, #OlympusAwakening, & #TheClaimedSaga: #FoxFire, #MidnightPrincess, & #FieryWitch
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My new fav mug for writing/ediitng. #amwriting #amediting #editing #edits #writingcommunity #writerslife #coffee #coffeelover #writesky #writersky #booksky
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It growls in its cage, rattling the bars...roaring for freedom. I write to soothe it, but then life happens. The beast gets riled up again, only calming down with more words on the page.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #Ashcroft, #OlympusAwakening, & #TheClaimedSaga
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Okay ... that could have gone worse, I guess ... having said this, now my outline spreadsheet is running away from me, so I need another outline spreadsheet to keep my outline in check ... #amwriting #writingsprints
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Something I remind myself of daily. I try to instill this thought into every protagonist I write. I believe real change comes from backing your characters into a corner & letting them find out how tough they really are or have to be.
#WritingCommunity #amwriting #amwritingfantasy
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This photo is the beginning of an essay. The text reads "In the summer of 1983, I became a strange kind of Christian. I wasn’t dragged to salvation by pious parents. Instead I third-wheeled my way to Jesus, tagging along as my troubled older brother fell in love with and found meaning in the gospel. I didn’t need salvation as much as I needed a father, and the man who ran the Christian boys home my brother was sent to became one for me. Since he went to church, I did too. It was the price I paid for his guidance and attention – two things I didn’t get much of at home – and the fun things we’d do at the boys home. That summer, 12-year old me was shaped by two competing yet equally dynamic forces: charismatic Christianity and MTV. At home I spent hours in front of the television watching videos by Duran Duran, David Bowie, and Dexy’s Midnight Runners, while at the boys home we went swimming, played capture the flag, and tried to catch the spirit. I’d watch “Burning Down the House” from Speaking in Tongues by Talking Heads on Friday then literally speak in tongues at a tiny church called Echoes of Faith on Sunday. I launched into my teens as two people to varying degrees: holy on the weekends and wholly secular during the week, especially at school, where I was afraid to wear my Christianity on my sleeve, or in Bible verses on my shirt like my brother. He was “born again hard,” but I craved approval and esteem in each world, and often disappointed both. When I got tired of serving two masters, I tried to build a Bifrost, and U2 was part of that bridge."
Almost three weeks ago, I saw a post from @dublinwriter.bsky.social about one "one honest paragraph." I was hitting a bit of a block, and while I haven't quite punched out of it, I did start a new essay. Here are the first few paragraphs from a #WIP, with thanks.
#AmWriting #CNF #WritingCommunity
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There is no way to win in an AI world.
The AI detector said of my 100% human written text:
The text exhibits a polished, linear narrative with flawless grammar and consistent tone, which are AI signals.
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritersLife
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IT'S WILD OUT THERE! written over dark clouds, their edges gilded by the sun, afore a blue evening sky with white clouds.
#writerslife #newsletter #amwriting
What's your favourite curse? You want to know mine? Because damn, there's a load of people deserving a curse...
#subscribe if you want to read about by my progress and my thoughts every month. Much love 💖
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Super excited to be participating in my very first writing critique circle tonight! And a sapphic one at that! I’m bringing a poem I’ve been working on about the myth of Daphne, Apollo, and the origin of the laurel tree. #amwriting #writingcommunity #queerwriter
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🔥 New blog post is now live! 🔥
Some thoughts on finishing the 4th draft of my light novel, taking a writing break, and my editing plans.
Likes and shares are appreciated!
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#blogpost #writersky #authorsky #writingcommunity #lightnovel #amwriting
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The Blog Schedule for the week
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#amwritingsciencefiction #speculativefiction #writingprompt #storystarter #amwriting inventingrealityediting.com/2...
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Past Me: Just get the story down, you can worry about cutting words later.
Current Me: Just fix the structural issues, you can always cut words later.
Future Me: Y'all really suck...
#writing #WritingCommunity #writerslife #writers #amwriting
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Edited three more chapters today in my WIP!
That brings the total for the first round of developmental edits to 15/35. #amwriting
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First draft of my novel is finished! It’s been 8 long months, but it is done! And without a moments hesitation, I have started the sequel 😁 #writing #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #sequel #fantasy
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here's the fun stuff from the last couple of days
a demi-psyshic girl getting fed up with a ChatteBox dog that will not stop talking to her!
bsky.app/profile/scot...
#amwriting #amediting #booksky
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It's Social Sunday! Post your book link 👇
Then like, follow, or boost a fellow author — books over algorithms!
#WriterLift #SocialSunday #ShamelessSelfPromotion #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #AmWriting #AmReading #Books 📚
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#writingcommunity #books #AmWriting #fiction #mystery #romance #nantucketv#audible #readaloud
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"...A story that grabs your interest and does not let go until the last page is turned" #amwriting #writingcommunity #iartg #writer #inventingreality www.amazon.com/Windmill-Novel...
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Conclusion of today's #WritingWulf session
I wrote six pages today. Combined with the 15 of the last days, brings the Weekends total to 21.
As 20 is my bare minimum, I'm not happy. But with me just having one day of decent writing time [out of three], I accept it.
#amwriting #WritingCommunity
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What are all you #writers working on? I'm editing book 2 of my GigaVerse series, and working on a super duper secret side project 🤫
#amwriting #amediting #booksky💙📚
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"Hot take: wanting to rewrite your old work isn't imposter syndrome. It's evidence that you got better. You can't see the gap until you've crossed it." 📖 #NeurodivergentAuthors #Dreamspace #GrowthMindset #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
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Frontier Poetry Debut Chapbook Prize (Poetry; pays) opened to fee-based poetry submissions. https://duotrope.com #amwriting
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