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Morgan Hazelwood

@morganhazelwood.bsky.social

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I'm a fantasy writer w/a pile of rejection letters & a new #WIP, a voice actor, & supporter of all creatives! I help run MyAgentDatabase (on Patreon) for querying authors. Plus, I'm the Blogger/Youtuber/Podcaster of "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings"

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hey, Blueskies!

I'm a fantasy writer with a pile of rejection letters & a new work-in-progress. I love connecting with readers, writers, &fans of all sorts. I've been sharing "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings" since 2015, first as a blogger, now, as a Youtuber&Podcaster as well.

Great to meet you!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 16h

Spoiler alert: he wore me down. Perhaps I did need a break from work before doing more? He got his way 20 minutes later. He's getting some lap time. I told him it's only for half an hour. We'll see how that goes.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 16h

Clearly, he thinks I should be done working for the day, but my job would prefer I get more done, first. Shout-out to the roomie who gave him some playtime.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 16h

I dedicate this song to Catticus, who has come up to me 3Xs in 30 min to get me to leave my computer. The 1st 2 times? He led me to his full food bowl and ate. He has access to the garage, an open window, & I offered catio time.

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The Rolling Stones - You Can’t Always Get What You Want (Official Lyric Video)

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 1d

It's Sunday, it's afternoon, and Morgan still has words to revise, so she's back again. This time with Sako and Doc and Catticus. Bring your own snacks and let's do this! twitch.tv/morganHazelw... AND youtube.com/MorganHazelw...

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 2d

After about 10 and a quarter hours, I called the stream. Final tally? Revised and edited 7 chapters, or 25,333 words. #coworking #livestream #amwriting

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, feels like a cold.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 2d

I've got a cold, so I decided to keep my germs at home and dive into all the stuff I didn't think was going to get done before November. Come hang out and bring your own snacks.

Kicking off at 12:30pm!

Live on twitch.tv/morganHazelw... and youtube.com/MorganHazelw...

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 2d

True. But I figured having tested twice, 2 days apart, greatly increased the odds it was accurate.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 3d

Does anyone else want to put a 'p' in 'dreamt'?

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 3d

I've seen literary breakdowns that explain that is why Pride and Prejudice works for so many women. He recognizes he messed up, fixes things behind the scenes -- not for acknowledgement, and takes steps to improve himself and his habit of snap-judging people.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 3d

What would your henchman/goon blurb look like?

Mine: This henchman needs lot of books for enrichment and downtime to work on her own projects, but is at excellent organization, making the lair feel welcoming to those invited, and justifying her villain's actions.

From Tumblr:

Beast-Glatisant:
Villain going to the goon shelter to pick out a new henchman.

Beast-Glatistant: this energetic and diabolical boy was rescued from a goon hoarding situation... he loves pulling levers, gloating, and turning cranks with great abandon. prefers to be the only goon. needs an active lair with plenty of enrichment.

beast-glatisant:
now this fella comes with some baggage. his previous villain was going to have put down when he refused to perform unsedated human vivisection as a form of torture. one of our agents intercepted the execution and brought him to the goon shelter. would thrive in an environment of G or PG-rated villainry.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 4d

Yes. But most of these books are PRE-divorce. And maybe not focused on becoming better versions of themselves, just getting a younger partner.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 4d

2/2

Meanwhile, most of the women's lit I've run into is either about the 20s single-woman or the post-divorce glow-up.

I'm tired of those stereotypes: the male "mid-life crisis" & the female "post-divorce glow-up". Men should be having glow-ups, too!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 4d

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When I read literary fiction slush, about half the stories were about a middle-aged man, checked out of his marriage, having/fantasizing about having an affair with a hot, younger woman. I am NOT the target audience for that.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 4d

FYI: My head is 50% cold meds and 50% congestion right now. 2nd test in 3 days still says not covid or flu a/b.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 9d

As a reminder, no stream tomorrow! Who else will be at the Maryland Renaissance Festival? I might stream when I get home, though, if I'm not exhausted from the heat.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14d

New "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings" episode is out. From Grimm to Disney and Back Again: The Changing Fae.

#podcast #fae #fairyTales

Wherever you get your podcasts or morganhazelwood.fireside.fm/from-grimm-t...

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 15d

It's sunday, it's afternoon, and I have snacks. Come hang out with Doc and Sako and me! youtube.com/live/cOiFhIl... AND twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 17d

I'll applaud you!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 17d

I think they liked them. One poem about my vacation and shitty knees and one as an ode to Summer.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 17d

It's a 4th Friday. That means I spent the last hour remembering how to write poetry before open mic night.

@spilled_ink_va #poetry #coffeeshop #openmic

Morgan smiling at camera in front of Jirani coffee shop

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 17d

I'm doing a series of peer reviews for work and I learned a new word! 'extirpate' was not a typo. It means "to destroy completely of to pull up by the root." (m-w)

#wotd

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 17d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Beta reading/editing
2. RPG gaming systems and adventures
3. Weird family dynamics (I'm an identical twin and it just spirals from there)

Roger Whitson @rogerwhitson.bsky.social · 18d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. The triangle era of Superman comics.
2. William Blake's approach to mysticism & illuminated printing.
3. Why Dark Souls is a Buddhist game.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 18d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. Letterpress printing
2. Infantry tactics from the 30YW to Napoleon
3. Mid-era Sonic Youth

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 18d

Y'all. The stupidest thing about burn out is there's no "okay, all better" day, and then you can get back to doing all the things you were doing before you burnt out.

Apparently, it's a trudge. And if you go back to all the things, you're already primed to fall back into that burnout.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 20d

WTF, y'all. Tonight, I was gonna do some dayjob stuff, current WIP revisions, and/or some scripting updates for my vetted agent database project.

Instead, I worked on a 'Writing Romance' workshop for middle schoolers that I'm giving in FEBRUARY.

Hyperfixation? This was NOT our priority tonight.