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💫 #Resist! 8 books, 3 just for writers! Strategic consulting on author/book marketing, SEO, branding, socials #MondayBlogs
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Memoir/poetry on trauma/healing. Pip the Cat often featured.
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Memoir/poetry on trauma/healing. Pip the Cat often featured.
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Broken People
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💫 It's live! My latest release, 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚, the third in the 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 series, is now available in both ebook and print!
My labor of love. Always that feeling of vulnerability. I hope you'll order and join my journey.
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My labor of love. Always that feeling of vulnerability. I hope you'll order and join my journey.
geni.us/BrokenPeople
💥 Why Holiday Marketing Feels Chaotic, and How to Manage It All | by @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack: vist.ly/4ht3z
A calmer strategy for sharing your work during the busiest time of the year...
#Authors #WritingCommunity
A calmer strategy for sharing your work during the busiest time of the year...
#Authors #WritingCommunity
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
💥 Why Holiday Marketing Feels Chaotic, and How to Manage It All | by @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack: vist.ly/4ht3z
A calmer strategy for sharing your work during the busiest time of the year...
#Authors #WritingCommunity
A calmer strategy for sharing your work during the busiest time of the year...
#Authors #WritingCommunity
Is Writer's Block Real? Perhaps, But Not for the Reasons You Might Think | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/WritersBlock
Sometimes it's not your muse that's gone missing: Instead it’s fear, focus, direction, confidence, or energy.
#WritingCommunity
Sometimes it's not your muse that's gone missing: Instead it’s fear, focus, direction, confidence, or energy.
#WritingCommunity
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Is Writer's Block Real? Perhaps, But Not for the Reasons You Might Think | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/WritersBlock
Sometimes it's not your muse that's gone missing: Instead it’s fear, focus, direction, confidence, or energy.
#WritingCommunity
Sometimes it's not your muse that's gone missing: Instead it’s fear, focus, direction, confidence, or energy.
#WritingCommunity
10 Little-Known Substack Features That Will Transform How You Write and Grow | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/TenSubstackFeatures
A few tips I've learned that can help you!
#MondayBlogs #Blogging
A few tips I've learned that can help you!
#MondayBlogs #Blogging
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
10 Little-Known Substack Features That Will Transform How You Write and Grow | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/TenSubstackFeatures
A few tips I've learned that can help you!
#MondayBlogs #Blogging
A few tips I've learned that can help you!
#MondayBlogs #Blogging
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“My cousin Elna arrived mid-December the year I was fourteen. I didn’t even know she’d been invited to stay.” Read from Justine Champine’s new novel, Needle Lake.
Needle Lake
My cousin Elna arrived mid-December the year I was fourteen. I didn’t even know she’d been invited to stay. I’d only seen her a single time before, when I was in first grade, at our grandfather’s f…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“My cousin Elna arrived mid-December the year I was fourteen. I didn’t even know she’d been invited to stay.” Read from Justine Champine’s new novel, Needle Lake.
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Make America Healthy Again my ass.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Make America Healthy Again my ass.
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💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF
“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.
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“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.
#MondayBlogs
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF
“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.
#MondayBlogs
“Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer.
#MondayBlogs
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Field of Gold | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/JbcpcHp
I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.
#MondayBlogs Image by Birmingham Museums Trust via Unsplash
I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.
#MondayBlogs Image by Birmingham Museums Trust via Unsplash
December 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Field of Gold | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/JbcpcHp
I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.
#MondayBlogs Image by Birmingham Museums Trust via Unsplash
I used to be a painter. That career didn't work out, so I took up writing fiction - seemed a cleaner route to poverty.
#MondayBlogs Image by Birmingham Museums Trust via Unsplash
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“Google can use your content to help train AI and lead you farther down the rabbit hole of needing AI to do the most mundane tasks."
jimkatzaman.substack... #MondayBlogs #DigiBlogChat
featuring @johnwlewis.com @lazblazter.bsky.social @carolstephen.bsky.social
jimkatzaman.substack... #MondayBlogs #DigiBlogChat
featuring @johnwlewis.com @lazblazter.bsky.social @carolstephen.bsky.social
Why Google AI Matters Now
What people choose to build today shapes who benefits tomorrow
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December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“Google can use your content to help train AI and lead you farther down the rabbit hole of needing AI to do the most mundane tasks."
jimkatzaman.substack... #MondayBlogs #DigiBlogChat
featuring @johnwlewis.com @lazblazter.bsky.social @carolstephen.bsky.social
jimkatzaman.substack... #MondayBlogs #DigiBlogChat
featuring @johnwlewis.com @lazblazter.bsky.social @carolstephen.bsky.social
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Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78
In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.
#MondayBlogs
In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.
#MondayBlogs
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78
In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.
#MondayBlogs
In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited.
#MondayBlogs
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🐶 What Our Two Jack Russell Terriers Taught Me About Compassion and Joy | MargaretWhitford,.bsky.social https://buff.ly/XcJ0oc2
Gilbert and Annie, Jack Russell terriers, came into our lives as puppies. They were both strong-willed, energetic, and highly intelligent.
#MondayBlogs #Pets #Dogs
Gilbert and Annie, Jack Russell terriers, came into our lives as puppies. They were both strong-willed, energetic, and highly intelligent.
#MondayBlogs #Pets #Dogs
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🐶 What Our Two Jack Russell Terriers Taught Me About Compassion and Joy | MargaretWhitford,.bsky.social https://buff.ly/XcJ0oc2
Gilbert and Annie, Jack Russell terriers, came into our lives as puppies. They were both strong-willed, energetic, and highly intelligent.
#MondayBlogs #Pets #Dogs
Gilbert and Annie, Jack Russell terriers, came into our lives as puppies. They were both strong-willed, energetic, and highly intelligent.
#MondayBlogs #Pets #Dogs
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Why Writers Should Watch "Station Eleven:" Storytelling, World-Building, and the Star Trek Motto That Defines It | @BadRedheadMedia.sky.social via Substack https://geni.us/StationElevenSubstack
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Why Writers Should Watch "Station Eleven:" Storytelling, World-Building, and the Star Trek Motto That Defines It | @BadRedheadMedia.sky.social via Substack https://geni.us/StationElevenSubstack
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
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Cognitive Complexity vs Simplicity & the Value of Mental Flexibility | @JHermanKleiger (on X) via Substack https://buff.ly/11Y6Yrh
"Many of us react to the confusing array of conflicting information in one of two ways: by seeking to simplify the world... or by opening our minds."
#MondayBlogs
"Many of us react to the confusing array of conflicting information in one of two ways: by seeking to simplify the world... or by opening our minds."
#MondayBlogs
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Cognitive Complexity vs Simplicity & the Value of Mental Flexibility | @JHermanKleiger (on X) via Substack https://buff.ly/11Y6Yrh
"Many of us react to the confusing array of conflicting information in one of two ways: by seeking to simplify the world... or by opening our minds."
#MondayBlogs
"Many of us react to the confusing array of conflicting information in one of two ways: by seeking to simplify the world... or by opening our minds."
#MondayBlogs
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“Any kind of #stress. #Work stress tends to be the worst of the lot..Usually around the three month mark of working any #FullTimeJob I end up in hospital from worse side effects that may require surgery or a high dose of steroids.": buff.ly/dBV1ENH
#ChronicPain #MondayBlogs
#ChronicPain #MondayBlogs
A Roundup of Biggest Pain Flare Triggers (from 40 People with Chronic Illness)
Check out this 3-part series all about pain flares. This is part 1, where people with chronic pain share more about their pain flare triggers.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Any kind of #stress. #Work stress tends to be the worst of the lot..Usually around the three month mark of working any #FullTimeJob I end up in hospital from worse side effects that may require surgery or a high dose of steroids.": buff.ly/dBV1ENH
#ChronicPain #MondayBlogs
#ChronicPain #MondayBlogs
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December 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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82 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/68-c...
82 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets
This December there are more than six dozen calls for submissions. All of these are paying markets, and none charge submission fees. As alwa...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
82 Calls for Submissions in December 2025 - Paying markets. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/68-c...
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Christmas doesn't come from a store. It never has. It comes from the love of those around us. I learned this as a child. And when I learned the truth behind the memory (as an adult), it made the lesson even more precious. #Holidays #MondayBlogs
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The lights go out, but it’s still the season of cheer
Winter was upon them and the chill leaked through the walls and windows. The young girl shivered, wrapping herself in the blankets that her mother had laid across her shoulders.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Christmas doesn't come from a store. It never has. It comes from the love of those around us. I learned this as a child. And when I learned the truth behind the memory (as an adult), it made the lesson even more precious. #Holidays #MondayBlogs
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I know firsthand the desire to want to see your writing out in the wild, published. BUT it's a mistake to rush the process. Yet, I see writers do it all the time. There is a reason for why the process exists.
#MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Publishing
#MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Publishing
By all means, rush the process.
Rushing the publication process is so tempting, but a BIG mistake. Here is just a few of the flavors of the rush-the-process beast.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I know firsthand the desire to want to see your writing out in the wild, published. BUT it's a mistake to rush the process. Yet, I see writers do it all the time. There is a reason for why the process exists.
#MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Publishing
#MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Publishing
Why Writers Should Watch "Station Eleven:" Storytelling, World-Building, and the Star Trek Motto That Defines It | @BadRedheadMedia.sky.social via Substack https://geni.us/StationElevenSubstack
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Why Writers Should Watch "Station Eleven:" Storytelling, World-Building, and the Star Trek Motto That Defines It | @BadRedheadMedia.sky.social via Substack https://geni.us/StationElevenSubstack
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
Why a single line from Star Trek became the beating heart of a dystopian masterpiece.
#MondayBlogs
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𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl
"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."
#MondayBlogs
"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."
#MondayBlogs
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl
"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."
#MondayBlogs
"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."
#MondayBlogs
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6 Established Agents Actively Seeking Nonfiction, Memoir, Speculative Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Kidlit, and more. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #querytip #amquerying #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2020/01/6-ne...
6 Established Agents Actively Seeking Nonfiction, Memoir, Speculative Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Kidlit, and more
Updated 11/30/25 Here are six agents actively building their client lists. Jennifer Weis is looking for new voices and authors preferably wi...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
6 Established Agents Actively Seeking Nonfiction, Memoir, Speculative Fiction, Mainstream Fiction, Kidlit, and more. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #querytip #amquerying #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2020/01/6-ne...
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A New Year's Resolution for Writers: Begin. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2019/12/2020...
2020 New Year's Resolution for Writers: Begin
Pxfuel I rarely make personal New Year's resolutions. (The one time I did, in 2018, it backfired so spectacularly, I will never resolve ...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A New Year's Resolution for Writers: Begin. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2019/12/2020...
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#MondayBlogs To Tink or to Frog? How to Make Mistakes and Live Creatively
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To Tink or to Frog? How to Make Mistakes and Live Creatively
No one is too far away to be cared for or to care. Inspiring those who support a friend living with mental illness.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
#MondayBlogs To Tink or to Frog? How to Make Mistakes and Live Creatively
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www.gumonmyshoe.com/2025/12/to-t...
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The December Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity newsletter is out! Literary agents, submission calls, writing contests, and more! #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
December 2025 Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity Newsletter
Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more
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The December Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity newsletter is out! Literary agents, submission calls, writing contests, and more! #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
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“Trust and transparency are everything. Tech adoption grows when people feel safe — especially communities often left out."
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featuring @akwyz.com @neilmilliken.bsky.social @debraruh.bsky.social @heykarthik.bsky.social
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Empower Vision Through Innovation
Artificial intelligence, smart glasses and other technology transform lives
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December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“Trust and transparency are everything. Tech adoption grows when people feel safe — especially communities often left out."
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featuring @akwyz.com @neilmilliken.bsky.social @debraruh.bsky.social @heykarthik.bsky.social
medium.com/p/248d702... #MondayBlogs
featuring @akwyz.com @neilmilliken.bsky.social @debraruh.bsky.social @heykarthik.bsky.social
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6 Distinctive Writing Conferences in December 2025. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/6-di...
6 Distinctive Writing Conferences in December 2025
Because of the holidays, writing conferences are sparse in December. That doesn't mean there are none worth attending. The Write to Pitch Co...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
6 Distinctive Writing Conferences in December 2025. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/11/6-di...