"Perhaps women are biologically conditioned to accept flowers, even from total strangers on the street" #greatwriting from #JohnUpdike as narrator's wife smiles "Grazie" to a flirtatious Italian stranger. #writingcommunity #writing #booksky #books #writerslife.
You know a show is great when it can make picture day funny for 22 minutes 😂. @abbottelementary.bsky.social
#AbbottElementary #GreatWriting #TVComedy
Writing a story that confronts hatred with courage and truth takes skill and bravery. This book does exactly that. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ9SF84X/ #StrongFemaleLead #CrimeFiction #PowerfulStories #BooksThatMatter #ThoughtProvoking #GreatWriting #SuspenseReads #LiteraryThriller @antagonym
"The Best Sentences of 2025":
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This is about writing. If Donald Trump had been sent to prison this year, that would be the best sentence of 2025.
#politics copy: @renewedresistance #YearEndReview #GreatWriting
I'm reading at LitCrawl! Come say hi!
@theforgemagazine will be at Litcrawl San Francisco, showcasing six of our local authors reading selections of their work on the theme, Forged in the Heart: Tales of Love and Heartache.
#theforge #litcrawl #greatwriting
There are two parts to being a true writer: storytelling and the writing. Anyone can tell a story, but a real writer turns a story into an adventure, a tragedy, a drama... #realwriting #realwriters #greatwriting
I hear so many young new writers say that the story is more important than the writing, but how you tell the story makes all the difference. Imagine a boring politician reading this letter, it would completely change the story. #greatwriting #skilledWriter #RealWriters
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A khaki colored t-shirt with the logo for the fictional Tyrell Corporation from the movie "Blade Runner." The company's motto "More Human Than Human" is printed below the stylized Owl that is their logo.
A off-white colored t-shirt with a black profile of a mocking bird at the center of the shirt. A series of quotes from the book are used to build a print frame around the mockingbird silhouette. They read as follows: - Atticus said to Jem one day, "... Shoot all the Blue Jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." - "I think there's just one kind of folk. Folks" - "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." - "Things are always better in the morning." - Harper Lee (the book's author) - "People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for" - "Atticus was real nice" - "Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts" - "Mockingbirds don't do one thing except make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corn cribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
The newest additions to my t-shirt collection. Guess which one I'm wearing to my next banned book club meeting?
#Books
#GreatWriting
"Chris Forrest is a force to be reckoned with ..." The Globe and Mail.
THE WRECKING GAME is available on Kobo now. #CanLit #GreatWriting #Suspense #Noir #CrimeFiction #ReBoundPress
"Given this ugly sentiment, Miss Beryl couldn't decide whether it was appropriate to sympathize with Mr. Blue, but she did anyway. An imperfect human heart, perfectly shattered, was her conclusion. A condition so common as to be virtually universal, rendering issues of right and wrong almost […]
Duress.
"It was a face I'd seen a thousand times at every Derby I'd ever been to. I saw it, in my head, as the mask of the whiskey gentry--a pretentious mix of booze, failed dreams and a terminal identity crisis; the inevitable result of too much inbreeding in a closed and ignorant culture." […]
Steven Levy’s writing is clear and honest—perfect for readers who want to understand the Mac’s legacy.
#GreatWriting #bookish
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"There are these nuns," Howard said. "We ran this story awhile back. They practice something called memento mori. Latin for remember that you die. They sit and pray, meditating on this notion, that in every action we should remember, have to remember, that we die. When they were asked if it was […]
Blind Date
I just finished reading the first chapter of "I See You've Called In Dead" by John Kenney and it's the funniest nine pages I've read in quite a while.
#bookstodon
#books
#GreatWriting
Another amazing commission I got from @oneofwebs.bsky.social who has such great ideas and is a wonderful person overall. Thank you again. I love it!!!! #Emmrich #Louise #Emmrook #datv #dragonage #veilguard #fanfic #greatwriting
Re-watched "The Body" from Season 5 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer last night. After all these years, it still holds up as some of the greatest television ever created. #Buffy #GreatWriting #GreatActing
In the end it is about always about #GreatWriting and connecting with the reader.
@chuckwendig.bsky.social
I'm fragile, you're dope
Twice in first thirty pages
Your words made me cry
#Haiku
#StaircaseInTheWoods
#GreatWriting
A terrific literary read, for anyone so inclined.
It's a good brain break from the onslaught of news.
#Literature
#Parentheticals
#GreatWriting
I posted about pov yesterday and The Perfectionists by @frankvatel312.bsky.social uses third to perfection.
Read it now at Bristolnoir.co.uk.
#greatwriting #shortstories
What's a book that's stayed with you long after you closed its cover? For me, it was Nikki Erlick's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦.
#booksky #writingcommunity #greatbooks #greatwriting #themeasure #nikkierlick
This one by Mary Thorson really got to me. Emotional stuff. Read it now at Bristolnoir.co.uk.
#greatwriting
If you want to read a book synopsis that will absolutely have you at hello, try @brclothwrites.bsky.social's new book, Madame Eldridge's Wayward Home for Unruly Boys (launching Mar 18). I've pre-ordered mine and I can't wait to read it. #booksky #writingcommunity #YAfiction #greatwriting #author
Just sayin’… no matter how mad I am at the world, I am just as sad I am never going to get that last season of GLOW. But I will still watch what I have with hope, delight, & optimism because when writing is effortlessly on point, it’s always better than a completed piece of crap. #GLOW #greatwriting
Great line from my current read:
“So outlawing gets in a man's blood in such a way that even if there comes a day when he wants out, even if he gets tired of scraping by and wants to go honest, there isn't much of a demand.”
-David Joy
The Weight of this World
#greatwriting
My doctor has ordered me to listen to any podcasts that are NOT political. (History is okay). What is a podcast with great writing? (My favorite podcast is Heavyweight.) #podcast #Heavyweight #greatwriting
From all of us at The Forge, a very Happy New Year to you!
Submissions are OPEN.
Editors-of-the-month, @saracrowley.bsky.social & Sommer Schaffer are hoping for your bravest and best. More details here: forgelitmag.com/submit/
#theforge #writingcommunity #greatwriting #amreading
