All Your Stories Anthology March 2026 issue. Only 10 days left before deadline on 18th February for both fiction and nonfiction submissions go to the website for full details. www.allyourstoriesandpoems.com #writingcommunity #writersandbooks #submissions #fictionandnonfiction
I think I’ve been watching too much Gilmore Girls. My current WIP (a short story) is sounding very Stars Hollow. This is not at all the creepy atmosphere of dread I was going for
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It's a Murakami thing. Definitely.
I got my copies of FROM THE GLOOM today. Woo hoo! #booksky #writersandbooks #romanticsuspense #bonnietharpbooks
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What do you mean? All authors lie. That's their game.
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It's always nerve wracking to go looking for generosity. This is the first time I have had to do so for my writing. I need editing and cover art. The issue is funding. The text limit here won't allow for the full story.
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Tom Gauld, again...
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Angry Harlan was right, as he often was...
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If so much of the 'news' is fake,
then fiction is the new truth.
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to discuss your project, send weekly emails w/ encouragement & prompts, and hold 2 half-day writing retreats. All types of writing welcome! DM me for details, or see www.setyourmuseonfire.com. (2/2) #writing #writingretreat #writersandbooks #blueskywriters
Thank you, Ampersand Books, the bookstore at Writers & Books, for selling two copies of my paperback, BE HAPPY STUPID in the last month.
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One of the memoirs I read while writing my own:
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, by Stephanie Foo. Some, but not all, aspects of her book are similar to mine.
Yep. This is where the magic happens.
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If you're curious about what my novel, WILTON HOUSE (forthcoming Spring 2027, @regalhouse.bsky.social) is about, you can get a sneak peek from one of my favorite podcasts, Noble Blood by @danaschwartz.bsky.social and @grimandmild.bsky.social.
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Hey Writers! Here's a quick but comprehensive post about creative writing process at Story Empire Blog storyempire.com/2025/01/22/m... #writingtips #writersandbooks #writing #authors #creativewriting #creativewritingprocess #readers #books #booksky
Wonderful #Caribbean writer and educator, who passed away earlier this year. #Guadeloupe #WritersAndBooks #Writers ✍🏾📚
Hey Writers! Nees submission opportunities? authorspublish.com/five-paying-... #booksky #writersandbooks #writingtips #marketingtips #authors #submissionsopening #writers #shortfiction
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You're hosting the most entertaining fantasy dinner party in history.
You can only invite five guests who have to be alive and need to be from the world of writing, film and tv, music, or art.
Who's on the list?
Forgotten! Fred Noonan was Amelia Earhart’s navigator and was lost with her. But who ever mentions him in the same breath as Amelia? He was one of the best navigators in the world at that time. williampatrickdean.com/does-anyone-... #BlueSky #BookSky #FredNoonan #WritersAndBooks #Author #Writers
Why are books rectangular? Have you ever questioned it. Well here is one answer. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/b... #Author #Writers #Books #BlueSky #BookSky #BookBinders #Parchment #WritingCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritersAndBooks #LiteraryCommunity
Query to the Sky: Can I hear from people who have made it through the #IowaWritersWorkshop after age 40?
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George Orwell's 1984, black cover, red outline, dead eye staring out, watching.
Octavia Butler's Kindred, red cover with two black hands grasping but just out of reach, between links of a white chain.
Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun, close photo of a male torso, black background with jagged-drawn white lines over the photo.
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What are three (or 13 or 33 or 1) books that induced straight-up nightmares? For me there are only three:
I've been reading some stuff about what it takes to be a good writer, and, in my opinion, not much of it applies to me. As I explain in my latest Under the Fedora blog, I'm Not that Kind of Writer. #WritingCommunity #WritersandBooks #IndieAuthors
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