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Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
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Story Skeleton—Magpie Murders

In a genre as established as mystery, it’s not easy to do something new.

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#storystructure #writingcommunity #booksky
Story Skeleton—Magpie Murders
In a genre as established as mystery, it’s not easy to do something new.
darlingaxe.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Exit Strategy: Your Novel’s Ending as a Structural Tool

Don’t be afraid to find out that something isn’t working. It’s rare to stick the landing on your first draft.

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#writingcommunity #booksky
Exit Strategy: Your Novel’s Ending as a Structural Tool
Don’t be afraid to find out that something isn’t working. It’s rare to stick the landing on your first draft.
darlingaxe.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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“Come on people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now.”

Happy #Caturday ❤️
November 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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I'm happy I made the switch to Tidal a few months ago. They pay artists 3x what Spotify does, they don't run ads for ICE, and they don't invest in AI-powered murder drones.

Win-win-win.

www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
As controversies pile up, is Spotify losing the streaming wars? | CBC News
The popular listening platform Spotify has dominated the streaming industry for years. But there have been recent calls to boycott the platform over controversies surrounding issues like artist compen...
www.cbc.ca
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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How (and Why) to Structure Your Memoir Like a Bestselling Novel

An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.

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How (and Why) to Structure Your Memoir Like a Bestselling Novel
An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.
darlingaxe.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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The world's ongoing response to American political news in 2025
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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November 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Story Structure in The Great Gatsby, part 2 of 4 :)

#WritingCommunity
#booksky
November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"When the Sky Breaks is a vibrant biopunk science fiction novel that brings us on an incredible odyssey."

mybook.to/whentheskybr...
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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What do you find the most difficult to write?

#writingcommunity
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Coincidences can work well at the inciting incident or if they make things worse for your protagonist, but otherwise they tend to feel cheap and mechanical.

#creativewriting
#writingtips
#writingcommunity
#writingadvice
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A writing professor once told me,"there is nothing easy or cheap about being clear."

#writingcommunity #booksky
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Where is your current manuscript taking you?

#writingcommunity
#booksky
November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Have you read The Secret History? What did you think?
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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My latest book signing! Only sold five copies, but talked to lots of people, refined my pitch, and got 20 newsletter signups 😁✌️
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Attempting to make some reels!
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Everyone should listen to Sparrow 😁😁😁
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."

—from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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"Some early reviews of the book have called it “laugh out loud funny,” with one reviewer stating that they spat their drink out of their mouth at one point due to laughter."

Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩

victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict...

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Victoria-based author writes book framing Canada-US trade war as satirical fantasy
Local Victoria author Septimus Brown’s latest offering frames the ongoing US-Canada trade as a satirical fantasy quest titled We’ve Come for Your Eggs (And Other Reasons to Annex the North).
victoriabuzz.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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"Juggernaut" comes from the Sanskrit "jagannatha," meaning "lord of the world."

#etymology
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Seems like an appropriate quote today for our neighbours to the south:

“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
— Victor Hugo
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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"Lonely" made its debut in Shakespeare's Coriolanus.

#etymology
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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For #WorldJellyfishDay: a sampling of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur's #sciart from his & François Péron's work conducted on the Baudin Expedition to Australia 1800-1804, which more than quadrupled the # of documented #jellyfish species. Muséum du Havre archives: museum-lehavre.fr/en/node/6
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM