Looking forward to going on a mini tour with this anthology next month. It's going to be mighty! Hope you can get to the launch or a reading.
My thanks to editors Susana, Sandy, and Margo, for pulling me into this wonderful poetry lifeboat.
#thiswriterslife #poetry #Titanic #anthology #unsinkable
I love getting Sarah's Monday Motivation emails!! Very Inspiring & Motivating every Monday Morning & I reread old ones from time to time, when I need a boost. #Writing #Writers #ThisWritersLife #AmWritingKidlit
I pay attention to my surroundings for inspiration all around me. #ThisWritersLife #Writers #WritingLife #AmWriting
"After a while, the characters I’m writing begin to feel real to me. That’s when I know I’m heading in the right direction." ~Alice Hoffman #ThisWritersLife #AmWritingkidlit #Writers
I remain open to unexpected inspiration, knowing it deepens my storytelling! #Writers #AmWriting#KidLit #ThisWritersLife
Barely awake after a couple of hectic days in Capital City, and this lovely thing happens!
My thanks to Mícheál McCann for his reading of the poems in TIDAL and his review in today's Irish Times.
I am a happy lapin. @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #tidal #poetry
#thiswriterslife #poetry #newcollection with @doirepress.bsky.social
TIDAL – incoming! – Karen J McDonnell share.google/vfWlqOjanRta...
You're invited to the Clare launch of my new poetry collection, TIDAL from @doirepress.bsky.social
#thiswriterslife #newcollection #poetry #Tidal
Fabu editor asked for cover ideas for book #2 while we're in first round edits.
Meanwhile, book #1 drops on Sept. 16 (A Murderous Business check it out! bit.ly/AMurderousBu... ) so doing promo.
Meanwhile meanwhile, I'm mulling a potential book #3 and a different book altogether.
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MILADY: Are you going to do one of those video thingummyjigs?
ME: Do you want to be in the photo or not?
MILADY:
#coverrevealday #tidal #newcollection #poetry #thiswriterslife @doirepress.bsky.social
Me: Let’s write a clean kill scene.
Brain: Okay but what if there’s glitter? And a ferret? And the body disappears mid-sentence?
I don’t outline. I just survive the plot until it gives up.
#WriterBrain #ThrillerWriter #ThisWritersLife
Well…I never expected to bring myself to tears writing the opening scene of a historical romance novel, but here we are. 😑
#ThisWritersLife #AmWriting #AmWritingRomance #Booksky
I'm all for realism about the #writinglife; this is #thiswriterslife today:
email: lots
write blurbs for autumn workshops
PhD examining, final report, invoice
prep meeting re new writing/teaching platform
upload Itchy Bitesize archive posts to Substack
tidy desk
laundry, shop, cook
How about you?
It’s Day 11 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
“All I need is time away from electronics and fresh air to brush the cobwebs from my brain.”
Visit my blog to see the full answer to yesterday’s prompt—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #SelfCare #BookSky #IndieAuthor #HistRom #RomanceWriter #KissingBooks
It’s Day 10 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
“I find it completely unacceptable that I still have two days left before I can nap again!
🆘 send ☕️!”
It’s #NationalNappingDay. Click the link in bio to read the whole story.
#ThisWritersLife #BookSky #IndieAuthor #WritingChallenge #WritingCommunity
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A light blue background with white clouds. At the top in a pink rectangle is "INTERNATIONAL" below that it reads "WOMEN'S DAY" and in small letters below that it reads #AccelerateAction. Below that is an illustrated group of women of various perceived races, body types, clothing, hair colors, and disabilities. Each woman has at least one arm raised as a show of strength.
It's Day Eight of the #WriterFriendsChallenge!
"I don’t know about you, but a woman’s place is wherever the hell she wants to be."
I have lots of thoughts for #InternationalWomensDay. Come by the blog to see what I have to say (link I bio).
#ThisWritersLife #AccelerateAction #IWD2025 #BookSky
It’s Day 7 of the #WriterFriendsChallenge
“If we were to ever write a book together, we’d be unstoppable!”
Read my full answer on the blog—link in bio.
#ThisWritersLife #Booksky #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #HistoricaRomance #WritersSupportEriters #WomenWriters
Welcome to #WriterFriendsChallenge Day Six!
"To be honest, it’s usually a side character that says their name first, and then I get that "a ha!" moment."
Head to my blog to read my full response—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #BookSky #WriterFriends #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #HistoricalRomance
Here’s 12 seconds of rain ASMR on this drizzly March afternoon.
#ThisWritersLife #SoCalWinter #RainyDay #ASMR #Booksky #WhereIWork #DayJob
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#WriterFriendsChallenge 3/4 — Favorite Settings
"Oh, not in a spicy bedroom, sexy times sort of intimate, but a scene that is just the two of them alone having a meaningful discussion."
Read my full response on my blog, link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #Booksky #HistoricalRomance #WritingCommunity
#WriterFriendsChallenge Day 3—Setting Aesthetic
"A warm and lazy summer breeze comes in through the open windows, making the lace curtains dance."
Full response on my website—link in bio!
#ThisWritersLife #HistoricalRomance #IndieAuthor #WriterFriendsMarch #WritersSupportWriters #WritingCommunity
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“I don’t ever remember a time when I was without a book.”
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Read my full response on my website (link in bio!).
#ThisWritersLife #WriterFriendsChallenge #ReadAcrossAmericaDay #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #WriterFriends #Romance #HistoricalRomance
A wooded background with a green semi-transparent overlay with the title @Writer.Friends.Challenge ~March 2025~. There are two columns of prompts, but only the first is visible, the rest are blurred out. The prompt reads: 1. Welcome! What does being a writer mean to you? At the bottom is the line Created by @susanleighneedham
An illustrated image portraying a light wood desk, with a round teal mat. On the mat is an open laptop, a blue and yellow notebook, a pair of glasses, an iPhone, several colored pens and pencils, a yellow moleskin notebook, a cup of coffee, a turquoise watch, and a small bunch of yellow daffodils.
"Being a writer is the truest form of me. It is the only way for me to purge big thoughts & emotions from my psyche."
Full response on my website (link in bio).
#ThisWritersLife #WriterFriendsChallenge #WriterFriendsMarch #HistoricalRomance #WritersSupportWriters #FindMyWritingFriends
#IndieAuthor
I figure if I fake a positive mindset long enough to write I can live vicariously through my characters until the nightmare that is this current cycle of fear and intimidation is over.
And my loaf of bread will survive another day. 🍞
#ThisWritersLife #MondayMissive #BookSky
Pottery porn. I’ve moved from yarn to clay bc I can beat the shit out of clay #thiswriterslife #makeshit
Writing affirmation of today - please use it as you feel called: I embrace this chapter of my life as a time of purpose, growth and boundless self-expression. #thiswriterslife #affirmation #writingcommunity #amwriting
Good morning, and happy Sunday. Here’s this week’s song to stay motivated!
#ThisWritersLife #BruceSpringsteen #AmericanLand #ImmigrantSong #StayMotivated #StayAngry
