Stories require no more than an imagination and something to write with to spring into life.

And no amount of 'shareholder disincentivization' can stop us from creating them.

#writesky #writingcommunity #booksky

Help me name a jealous & petty harpy demoness who is not happy her crush chose a human

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qnSRO6/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alisandre
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qnSRO6/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lissandre
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/qnSRO6/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Melisandre

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Cool thing I learned today: did you know that homing pigeons could find their way home even when 1100mi away? That they can travel up to 60mph over a 600mi distance? I did not and I just think that's super cool.

#todayilearned #pigeons

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Man, I've been so jaded by the INFINITE publishing scams out there, that the fact "agents have a vested interest in your query being the best query for your book" caught me off guard.

Of COURSE they do. The clearest view of your book is the easiest for them to parse.
#writesky #writingcommunity

It's how I've met amazing local writer friends, and finally gotten to feel that sense of COMMUNITY that I was missing.

#MDwriters

I should also add that at least in MD, the Maryland Writers Association has chapters ALL OVER to meet your fellow writers. And those meetings are open to the public

marylandwriters.org

For anyone who has the means, oh my GOD do in-person writing events make a difference. I learned a LOT, but moreso met so many amazing people with incredible projects and ideas.

#BraintoBookshelf #MDwriters

I wanted to thank @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social today for giving me such amazing feedback on my pitch. Realized that my unicorn glitter brain forgot to say that at the end of the session.

#BraintoBookshelf #writesky #MDwriters

Going to the Brains to Bookshelf 2025 convention tomorrow, and what does that mean? That I needed some awesome-looking bookmarks! #writersky #writesky #booksky #writingcommunity

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My new blog is up!
How when you are neurospicy, understanding the 'normal' is survival. If you can't pretend that your brain works like theirs, you are socially punished. "Trial by fire" empathy if you will.

#adhd #writingadhd #writesky

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But they're so cute when they dance!
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"Reformed rakes make the best husbands" by Judith McNaught was just the regency's version of "I can fix him!"

Almost out of the revision hell!
Is it good for the book that I'm sharper at noticing and removing my fanficcy bad habits? YES!

Also me @ that thirteenth scene of the MCs gratuitously loving on each other, knowing it reads as superfluous, knowing I should cut it. #writesky #writingcommunity

I've added a new blog post, called "An Ode to the Hare." The tortoise and the hare story hits different if you have ADHD, like me, so maybe it's time to reimagine the story.

#writingcommunity #writesky #adhd #adhdsky #neurospicy

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Maybe idolizing the economic model of perpetual exponential growth was a bad idea. That's how cancer operates.

Even the universe has a speed limit.

JEEZY CREEZY, Larry Ellison is daydreaming of a 1984-like surveillance state future? And he's the one they're letting buy TikTok?!?

Guess my thoughts of joining TikTok are out the window.
Do any of you have decent alts to TikTok?
(Nothing X, and NOTHING Meta.)

Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for how A.I. could be used in Meta's universe.

But the actor and filmmaker Joseph Gordon-Levitt is here to point out a flaw in the technology: an apparent lack of guardrails around how the company's chatbot interacts with underage users. nyti.ms/3ILwCNo

New blog post from me! #tumblr asked if people would be okay being immortal, and the answer? With so many books and stories in the world? A resounding YES.

#musing #immortality

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I wrote a book about dragons, but that book about dragons ended up being so much more.

#writesky #writingcommunity #fantasywriter

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#bivisibilityday

The thing about the Disney and Paramount decisions? It lets someone who has a passive subscription go "do I really need this?" and finding how simple it is to say "nope, I don't!"

I've not missed Paramount+ and I doubt I am going to miss Disney or Hulu.

Don't bow to fascists, kids!

Don't need to hear one more 'Bluesky is an echo chamber' post ever again.

Meta is scraping parents IG 'back to school photos' of their daughters in schoolgirl uniforms and using them in ads to entice men to sign up for Threads.

It's all pedos and perverts running the country. All of em.

In case anyone wonders why I stay away from ALL the Meta platforms. #antimeta

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