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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Sep 14

That's a wrap...on this draft, anyway. Time to put away the paranormal and get cozy for a little while. For the #WriteBraveChallenge I will be working on the sweet romance story I outlined for the last WBC. Follow @SeeBridgetWrite on IG for updates.

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Sep 5

Weekday writing?? Yup, brought my laptop to work for some lunch hour writing sessions this week. Getting closer to the (draft) finish line. #amwriting

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 31

It's coming! Time for the Fall 2025 #WriteBraveChallenge hosted by @WritersAtelier
Join us and get your writing project done!

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 30

Word count slowly creeping up but there's still a long way to go. #amwriting #amwritingparanormal #thehauntedcelt #WritingGoals

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's coming! Time for the Fall 2025 #WriteBraveChallenge hosted by @WritersAtelier
Join us and get your writing project done!

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 24

And now for the accurate Week 10 update! Broke the 40K mark, which is very exciting for a "minimalist" writer like myself, who struggles with meeting the genre expectations of word counts. Still plenty of work to do. #amwriting #thehauntedcelt #writingcommunity #writerslife #blueskywriters

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 23

Oops! I forgot to update my word count from week 8 to week 9, d'oh! So, at the end of week 9 (8/15) we were actually at 39,801. Past the halfway mark! #amwriting #thehauntedcelt #blueskywriters #writingcommunity #writerslife

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 16

Took a break and now it's back to the grind! Writing into uncharted territory now, adding new scenes to amp up the tension. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #thehauntedcelt

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 9

Last week? Yeah, I accomplished nothing. It happens. As writers, we can't get in the habit of beating ourselves up when we don't write. What we CAN do is get back to it. #amwriting #blueskywriters #getwriting

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Aug 2

Progress at 64%! Still a long way to go but things are on track. #blueskywriters #amwriting #writinglife

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 26

How did I up my word count by 20K in one week?? By inserting all the 3rd draft material that is being kept into the final ("final") draft 😄#amwriting #amediting #thehauntedcelt #writinglife #writingcommunity #halfwaythere #skywriters

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 19

Adventures in editing continue. Is it really just "editing" when you've rebuilt your protagonist, reintroduced a previously cut character, and reframed the whole inciting indecent? #thehauntedcelt #amwriting #amediting #isthereanybodyoutthere #writerslife #skywriters

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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · Jul 14

Fake agency alert: Dan Baror International Literary Agency, obviously trying to trick writers into believing they're being contacted by Baror International Inc. (a real agency). The About Us page has been "borrowed", in re-worded form, from the real Baror website danbaror-intliteraryagency.com

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 14

As long as they're not the "mom's for liberty" type because, no.

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 13

Not a lot of progress this week, honestly, but there was a little. #amwriting #amediting #skywriter #writersofbluesky #writinglife

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Jul 6

“Nobody could have seen this coming.”

In fact, it was entirely foreseeable. When governments undermine or defund the systems & experts responsible for monitoring environmental and weather conditions, it eliminates warnings and leaves people unnecessarily vulnerable to disaster.

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 5

Weekly recap of this editing journey #amwriting #writerslife #amediting #blueskywriters

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 5

Finally got to watch this absolute masterpiece last night and am spending the day reading/watching all the analysis I avoided so it wouldn't be spoiled 😄 There are so many layers of brilliant storytelling in this film. #sinnersmovie

Black Single Mom @momsingleblack.bsky.social · Jul 4

Sinners is on Max today

a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him

ALT: a man in a suit and hat is holding a guitar with the words woohoo boy above him

media.tenor.com

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jul 4

They pass this crap #budget but a lot of the effects won't be felt right away. This is intentional. People who are outraged now will be dismissed as alarmist when nothing happens immediately. The really bad stuff will happen after 2026 & they'll shift blame to newly elected democrats. Dont forget.

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jun 28

As Week 3 begins, let's recap Week 2! #amwriting #amediting #writinglife #writingcommunity

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jun 22

Today's agenda:
Weep
Yard work
Coffee
Attend writing workshop
Get some writing done
Binge ER reruns
Scream into the void
#anxiety #writingwhiletheworldburns #writinglife

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · Jun 19

For those who say “Illegal is illegal.”

On this Juneteenth, remember: slavery was once legal. Harboring a fugitive enslaved person? Illegal. Black freedom? Illegal. “Illegal is illegal” has always been used to defend injustice.

Legality ≠ morality. Justice calls us higher.

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Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jun 18

a man is holding a white cat in front of his face with the caption i hiss in your general direction .

ALT: a man is holding a white cat in front of his face with the caption i hiss in your general direction .

media.tenor.com

Caty McGill @thehauntedcelt.bsky.social · Jun 14

Opposing a king is literally the most patriotic/American thing you can do 💅 ☕️ #flagday

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NetworkforDemocracy @simple-truth.bsky.social · Jun 12

There's a lot of disinformation out there. When you read about something that's happened look for multiple reliable sources to verify.
www.politifact.com/article/2025...

Fact-checking misinformation about the LA protests

Protests against federal immigration raids in Los Angeles have fueled misleading social media posts, including several instances of unrelated videos being mislabeled or shared out of context.

www.politifact.com

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