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Gregg Stewart @greggstewart.bsky.social · Jun 7

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6 tips to regain your creativity today | Gregg Stewart | TEDxOjai

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 8d

National Dark Poetry Day! We're celebrating this all week for October 7th. What dark poems are you reading? Here is one by LangstonHughes. "Suicide's Note" The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. #poetry #nationaldarkpoetryday #darkpoetry #paulacappaliterarystudio #Booksky #readersky

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 11d

Here comes Halloween—lots of FREE short stories every week from yours truly. Catch this one on Amazon for FREE DOWNLOAD. A dash of Lovecraftian horror. 45-minute read. www.amazon.com/Terrible-Bea... #booksky #Halloweenstories #Blueskyreaders #SaturdayReads #Lovecraftian #bookbag #readersky #read

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 15d

What is "Magickal Gothic"? Calling all Gothic, supernatural mystery & genre-blending or cross-genre fans. paulacappa.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/c... Stop by! #Booksky #GothicWriters #Blueskyreaders #authorSky #Gothic #BlueskyLit #Skylibrarian #TuesdayVibes #Bookmark #Blueskybooks #Gothicthrillers

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 25d

September 21, Guess who is celebrating a birthday today? Stop by my Reading Fiction Blog for FREE reads and audio of this king of horror. paulacappa.wordpress.com/2025/09/21/l... #Literarybirthdates #FREEfiction #FREEaudios #ReadingFictionBlog #PaulaCappa #stephenking #Booksky #readersky #blueskyers

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 26d

September's Poetic Landscapes. "Thoughts on the Gifts of Art," essay by Jane Kenyon, "A Hundred White Daffodils." Follow me for more Poetic Landscapes by poets, artists, and writers. #natureandpoetry #artandpoetry #poeticlandscapes #artstudio #poetrystudio #literarystudio #JaneKenyon #Naturelovers

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 27d

I love to read. Stories live everywhere in my world. They wait for me on the shelf and breathe into an entity in my hands. Even a Kindle book has a soft breath of light. Today, September 18, is READ AN E-BOOK DAY. Drop a line and tell me what story you are reading. #ReadanEbookDay #Booksky #readers

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · 29d

Just in time for the spooky season, M.R. James's ghost stories. Enjoy FREE audios at my Reading Fiction Blog. Five of James's best ghostly tales are told by the famous Robert Powell. paulacappa.wordpress.com/2025/09/16/g... #Booksky #readersky #FREEfiction #Freeaudios #MRJames #shortstories #FREE

Ghost Stories by M.R. James, If You Love FREE Dramatic Readings!

Greetings, I’m on an M.R. James kick this week of September. Do you love vintage fiction? The old masters are so compelling, especially this time of year. The beauty of old literature brings…

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Sep 15

Literary Birthday! Agatha Christie, Sept. 15 "Everyone is a potential murderer. In everyone there arises from time to time the wish to kill, though not the will to kill." Stop by for FREE READ paulacappa.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/c... #FREEread #FREEaudio #ReadingFictionBlog #Booksky #Readersky

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Sep 11

Tonight 8 pm Eastern time, the New York Chapter of Horror Writers Association. Watch the podcast, Readings and Q&A
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Galactic Terrors September 2025

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Sep 11

Looking for an editor? I can highly recommend Story Perfect Editing johnrobinrt.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/f... #booksky #Blueskywriters #blueskyauthors #writingtips #writingcommunity #editing #bookediting #Readersky #authorsky

From Manuscript to Market: Elevate Your Novel with Personalized Editing and Agent Submission Coaching

You’ve done the hard part: you’ve written the book. Whether it’s your first or your fifth, that’s no small feat. You’ve persevered through blank page syndrome, shaped a story that’s true to y…

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey Writers! writershelpingwriters.net/2025/09/how-... #writingtips #writers #writingfiction #writing #authors #creativewritingtips #pleaseshare #HumanAuthoredFiction #Booksky #Blueskyauthors #blueskyers #Discover

How to Differentiate Stories from AI Slop

AI can’t dig into what situations feel like and what they mean to our characters and their hopes for the future—or what they mean to readers.

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Sep 6

Why are readers loving Draakensky, A Supernatural Tale of Magic and Romance? "Haunted windmill, a mysterious sorceress, and a brooding love interest. Like stepping into a stormy Gothic daydream—moody, magical, and just a little wicked." Silver Book Mark amzn.to/3Op5nHv #Booksky #FridayReads #Romance

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Sep 5

Breaking today at 4:26 pm on Anthropic settlement:
"Each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... #AIcopyrightinfringement #copyrightinfringement #Anthropic #Anthropicsettlement #Booksky #blueskyauthors #blueskyers #writingcommunity #writers

“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion

Settlement shows AI companies can face consequences for pirated training data.

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 31

Recognize this famous author? Queen of Gothic! August 30 is her birth date. We are celebrating this woman writer all week. Stop by my Reading Fiction Blog
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short stories, audio too. #Booksky #ReaderSKy #amreading #blueskybooks #blueskyreaders #Sundayreads #read

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 29

What is GEO (vs. SEO) and how is it affecting authors, books, author platform, and book discoverability? writersinthestormblog.com/2025/08/buil... #booksky #writing #bookpromotion #bookmarketing #authorplatform #authors #SEO #GEO #authorvisibility #pleaseshare #discover #Blueskyauthors #Bluesky

Building a Sustainable Author Future Beyond GEO

For years, authors built blogs and hoped search engines would help them be found. Now GEO is here, and it’s reshaping how people use the Internet.

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 23

The Wind Witch of Draakensky, still No. 1 on Amazon in short, dark fantasy reads www.amazon.com/dp/B0DSLW4KF9 #BookSky #Readersky #shortstories #FREEshortstories #discover #blueskylit #darkfantasy #Gothic #Draakensky #Blueskyers #bookmark #bookbag #readerscommunity #supernaturalmysteries

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 22

REVIEW: "I've not seen anything like it since Hitchcock and du Maurier gave us The Birds. Greylock is a stunning masterpiece." —Veteran Book Reviewer Don Sloan.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0168XVNZS/ #Booksky #Readersky #FRidayReads #Supernaturalthrillers #Supernaturalmysteries #romanticthrillers #readers

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 22

Literary Birth Date: Ray Bradbury. “Your subconscious already knows what it wants to write, so get out of your own way.” www.writerswrite.co.za/literary-bir... #Booksky #blueskyreaders #blueskybooks #blueskyreaders #readingrecs #Readersky #literarybirthdays #Skylibrarian #authorlife #pleaseshare

Literary Birthday - 22 August - Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. He was best known for his dystopian novel, Fahrenheit 451.

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hey Writers! Need some help to clean up your manuscript? www.writerswrite.co.za/an-editing-c... #writingtips #editingtips #writers #authors #grammarhelp #writing #writingfiction #writingnonfiction #Booksky #Blueskywriters #pleaseshare #sharingblueskyposts #repost

An Editing Checklist For Writers

Have you finished writing your novel or short story? Use this fabulous editing checklist for writers when you're rewriting.

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 20

Literary Birthday! Author of the Week, Reading Fiction Blog:
HP Lovecraft, "Lovecraft's Ancient Garden" on his birth date, Aug. 20. "The Garden." paulacappa.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/l... #Booksky #ReaderSky #blueskyreaders #Gothic #Lovecraft #ReadingFictionBlog #GothicLovecraft #Literarybirthdays

Lovecraft’s Ancient Garden: “The grey, grey scenes . . .”

Author of the Week H.P. Lovecraft (August 20, 1890—March 15, 1937) August 20, 2025 In remembering Lovecraft on his birth date, I found this poem that is brimming with a ghostly atmosphere o…

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 18

I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 worldshift.manyworldswriting.com

Worldshift: The Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit 2025

Speculative Fiction Writers' Summit

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 16

Cosy up! For Hitchcock fans,"Night of the Owl." Blackmail, family secrets, murder. Creepy with sinister folk. FREE 45-min film at Reading Fiction Blog: paulacappa.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/h... #Hitchcock #hitchcockmovies #AlfredHitchcock #owlfilms #Freefilms #Booksky #blueskyers #discover #films

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Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you, Amanda! Happy Friday to you.

Paula Cappa @paulacappa.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hey #FRIDAYREADS! Can you find the wind ghosts in this blue of sky? Jaa Morland, the wind witch of Draakensky says
“Ghosts make sense of life, do they not?" 4.5-star reviews on Amazon www.amazon.com/Draakensky-S... #booksky #Gothicthriller #romantasy #Blueskyreaders #blueskybooks #magickandmystery

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