Quick blog post today on the morning writing routine.
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Currently working on a blog post for my website.
“Oh, you have a website?” you ask.
“Oh, I do,” I say.
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Screenshot of a Microsoft Word doc showing 43,048 words.
Slow and steady, but progress #amwriting #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky
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#WIPSnips
“She rounded the church in her canoe.
Gargoyles, unnoticed in all the times she’d driven past the church in normal times, loomed and leered, perched on a jagged rooftop, ready to swoop down on her, predatory.”
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Been trying hard to make #writeandgrind a thing.
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421 words so far, by 8am. Time for a Bluesky break.
#amwriting #novel #wip #writesky #writeandgrind
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Anybody else try to be extra quiet so as not to wake their poor sleeping dog when they are part of the #5amwritersclub?
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Picture of a Word doc on a computer screen, showing 42,009 words
For better or worse, I write my stories out of order, then stitch the scenes together as I develop the draft.
Today was a day of good stitching.
#novel #amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
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Hey there, #BluePit and #BluePitHype - here are my go-to images for my #WIP Bruticus, a modern #retelling of Julius Caesar mashed up with a heist novel. #crime #play #theatre
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A spotlight and a piece from a couple of magazines I’ve gotten to work with recently @vastchasmmag.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social
Great people! Go check them out!
#poetry #poem #amwriting #amquerying #writesky #writeandgrind
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#WIPSnips “home”
“You left your cell phones at home, right? Pagers too? Nothing that can be tracked,” Cash said, breaking the silence.
“This isn’t our first rodeo,” Gas Can snapped. “We aren’t fucking idiots.”
“Hmm,” Cash responded.
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Some 2026 Writing Goals:
•MOTHER OF MONSTERS out in the world
•BRUTICUS 1st draft finished
•8 poems or short stories accepted for publication
•Read 2 books a month
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife #writinggoals #writeandgrind
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Picture of a Bloody Mary and a Christmas-themed oven mitt
The Christmas stuff stays out ‘til the Epiphany.
Bloody Mary’s year-round.
Okay, good break. Now back to writing.
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Very excited to have my #poem “The Beast” published by @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ! Great group of folks and a great site.
(The poem’s a dark one.)
#amwriting #writesky #writerslife #amquerying #writeandgrind
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Screenshot of my computer, a Word doc open, showing 195 pages and 40,000 words on a document. Also a weather report predicting six inches of snow today.
40,000 words knocked out on Bruticus (The Second #Novel). Miles and miles still to go, but it’s a win for today.
#amwriting #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
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#WIPPIT #A
YOU AND ME AND THE END OF THE WORLD
“Tell me how you came through all of this/
And found your way to me.”
A collection of speculative #poetry about love, community, hope, and despair…before, during, and after the end of the world.
#writesky #writeandgrind
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Thank you note for a poem, from Mike and Jen at Vast Chasm Magazine.
Super nice note from the folks at Vast Chasm, who recently published my #poem, “I’m in Our Coffee Shop.” Made my day.
#amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind
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Sharpe’s Rifles by Bernard Cornell. Set during the Napoleonic War, a new officer has to lead his men on a harrowing retreat across Spain. He leads by example, he screws up at times, and he ultimately gains the trust and respect of his soldiers.
#Bookvember #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #writeandgrind
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Cinnamon was still a moment, just long enough to convey defiance, just enough of a Fuck You to Juniper, before he turned and put his hands on the brick wall behind him, the facade of a little shop run by an elderly couple.
#amwriting #writeandgrind #writerscommunith
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Big couple of months! My #poem “Kal-El on the Beat” is in the latest issue of So It Goes! #poetry #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
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Very excited my short story “Waiting for the Man” will appear in @talestoterrify.bsky.social
More details to come! #amwriting #amquerying #horror #writeandgrind #writesky
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Check out the boys and me at Vast Chasm!
#amwriting #writing #amquerying #poem #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky
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Check out my poem “I’m in Our Coffee Shop” in the latest @vastchasmmag.bsky.social
#amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writercommunity #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
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VERY excited to appear in the upcoming Issue 16 of Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social
They’ve been amazing folks to work with.
Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below!
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Two coffees deep and editing the novel #5amwritersclub #amwriting #fiction #writeandgrind
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Screenshot of a Word document, showing 190 pages and 38,174 words. As well as weather report of 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Word count and weather update on the novel WIP. A slow slog but made some progress on a couple of tricky scenes today. #amwriting #writeandgrind #writesky
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Got to record another #poetry reading last night. It’ll go live (with the poem) next month. Stand by!
#amwriting #writeandgrind #amquerying #writesky
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Cringe with me as I watch myself read my poem, “Funeral for a Veteran,” now appearing in @quarterpress.bsky.social and check out the latest volume of The Quarter(ly)!
#amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #poem
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Stumbled upon Golden Shovel #poetry and now, of course, I’ve got to try my hand at one. #amwriting #writerslife #writesky #writeandgrind #5amwritersclub
Good morning!
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Picture of a Bloody Mary drink
Scattershot writing morning. Dusted off a short story from 2015 (it’s not bad, but does need work) and a couple of poems. Gonna dig into the novel.
Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky
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