Author | Lightnews

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 24

They say life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

Then they say that didn’t go according to #plan.

I don’t know that they can be trusted, constantly rewriting the script.

Then again, storytellers are keepers of wisdom. They who share lessons learned. Narrators & editors #vss365

a picture of a man with headphones and the word storyteller on it

Alt: An animation of a man with headphones on a screen, the word storyteller across the bottom. His eyes are wide, his arms flailing in exaggerated typing motions that mimic clawing, eyes wide as he leans forward. A cosmos backdrop behind him.

media.tenor.com

1 7

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 24

You know what time it is…
#5amWritersClub

Here to hammer out and play with some words!

a man in a superhero costume stands in front of a crowd of people

Alt: Thor putting on a show, throwing out his hands, the first in a mix of surfer dude signal meets spider man web throwing and the second a playful pow with his weapon.

media.tenor.com

11

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 23

Because books on sale is always a good thing to know about

👀 @pennyzang.bsky.social debut got a preorder link 🔗 📕

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/doll-parts...

Doll Parts: A Novel|Paperback

The Virgin Suicides meets I Have Some Questions For You in a dual timeline suspense following one woman as she begins to uncover the truth of the death of her estranged best friend and the Sylvia Plat...

www.barnesandnoble.com

1 1 4

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

Charlotte “Lotte” Vale @espressoprose.bsky.social · Apr 22

The Māori word for autism is “takiwātanga.” It means “In their own time and space.”
A beautiful way to honor neurodiversity. It emphasizes individuality and the unique ways people experience the world.

2 28 110

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

Iraq War Vet @corgwynmom.bsky.social · Apr 22

27 2.4K 10K

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 21

Tightening the former draft

1

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 21

🤫 👀😳🫣 umm I think as I was so excited I got a week ahead of myself

PSA NEXT Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day 🗣️

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 21

You know your brain is done with #5amwritersclub when you say aloud, “I’ve made so much changes on this”

And you’re proud, until you hear it…

Eh, about an hour in today… not too shabby.

10

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

Alpenglow Raevyn @landseasky.bsky.social · Apr 20

The veil is thin here
Spirit and mind interweave
The mask can fall off

#haikuchallenge veil
#haiku #senryu #micropoetry

1 6

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · Apr 19

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

160 3.1K 13K

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 19

It’s #Caturday edition of the
#5amWritersClub 👀

Aaaand #IndependentBookstoreDay
🤗📚📖📚🏃‍♀️

a black cat is sitting on a bed with a speech bubble saying morning

Alt: a black cartoon cat is sitting on a bed with a speech bubble saying morning, mouth and eyes open wide and tail swinging

media.tenor.com

1 14

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 18

It’s a tide,
always falling
and ebbing
#SenseWrds 58

Sense Words @sensewords.bsky.social · Apr 17

Prompt 58

Do Not use the prompt words in your piece. Please use #SenseWrds so I can find your writing, and include the prompt number. Also remember that I ask for no combo prompts here. Feel free to message if you have more questions on how this prompt works. Happy writing! ~M 🙏🏻

1 1 2

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 18

What makes a satisfied #customer?
Why, it’s the custom experience.
You see, at the root of everything
is the beginning and ending
& cycles repeat—
want to not err?
Sell something worth buying.
Meet needs.
Create an experience.
Respond well to demands.
Take back that not working.
#vss365

1 7

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 18

Different day
Same scene
#5amWritersClub

12

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

I’ve passed the coffee checkpoint, done the journal writing quite extensively and now time to open the computer with an open mind… good thing I don’t have to be done at 7 or even 8 today 😂

1

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

Allyson Joule @allysonjoule.bsky.social · Apr 16

The sky folds in gray,
but I still look up.
Each breath is a choice,
steady under pressure.
Hope is a thread
I refuse to drop.
It hums beneath
the noise of doubt.
Even in the silence,
it flickers.
I carry it like light
in my chest.

#vss365 #poetry #pressure

1 4 23

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

j o e @junesbee.bsky.social · Apr 16

#vss365

i’ve only
measured light
by how heavy
darkness
has put #pressure
on it.

#poetry #joetry

2 8

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

Soodabeh @ssoodabeh.bsky.social · Apr 16

#vss365 #vsspoem #pressure #instant
he lives a life
under pressure
never got a chance
to sip the richness
of the moments
his days
taste like
instant coffee

2 14

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

This is one not easy to walk away from… 💥✍️

1

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

This lingered, even though it was a graze 👏

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

crowley @sundrycurses.bsky.social · Apr 16

#vss365 | Pressure

The past outweighs the present, as the dead outnumber the living. A conglomerate of cells and synaptic accidents. War dust, weather, faded flags, endless sheaves of bargains written, abided, broken. And more, more, bearing down until our bones crack and we join to the majority.

1 4

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

#pressure, washing over me—wait, I recognize that—it ain’t no loving feeling, but it is gone, gone, gone. Indeed we’ve gone down, down. I don’t feel like coming out swinging, though the tangles of my heart have been crushed by a former love, so I’ll let it burn down to build it back up. #vss365 🎧🎶

1 7

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 16

Time to focus on writing—
Can’t let distractions get in the way of progress!
#5amWritersClub

a woman in a black and white striped sweater is sitting in a chair with the word wild behind her

Alt: Wednesday Adams in a black and white striped sweater is sitting in a chair with one leg pulled up to her chest, arms clasped around her knee. She’s looking to the side with a forced smile that falls from her face as her eyes look sideways and her face follows to stare forward.

media.tenor.com

1 6

Sparks/Embers @sparkswrites.bsky.social · Apr 15

🤷‍♀️ I’m not surprised sources of deep rooted knowledge are rising up. Wisdom and discernment can only stay quiet for so long, while media and marketing (I’m sorry, but 👀 The System) are known to have loud mouths, be quick to speak (often before consulting fact checkers) & support teams to propagate

Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Apr 15

I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.

Reposted by Sparks/Embers

RC deWinter @rcdewinter.bsky.social · Apr 15

230 3.1K 14K