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Lavinia Thompson
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Just an old garden witch who writes about murder, true and fictional. Mystery author. True crime blogger. Lover of cats, dogs, D&D, gardening, whiskey, cross stitching, darts. Canadian. No AI. https://linktr.ee/laviniathompson
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Lavinia Thompson @laviniathompson.bsky.social · 4d
I've been absent lately (yay seasonal depression!). I'm hoping to return next week. I just wanted to let you guys know my books will be in the #Smashwords End of Year Sale starting Dec. 8! Looking for some mysteries over the holidays? Snag the first "Beyond Dark" book during this sale! #EOYsale25
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I tend to always give side characters names. Just in case. You never know if they might become helpful or important later! #writingcommunity #writesky
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta 🦊🐐 @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 17h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

When do you consider a side character to have earned a name?

Is it when they speak a line of dialogue? Have a certain amount of importance to the story? When it is confusing to describe the scene otherwise?

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
December 2, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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#Wisdom isn’t man’s alone…

#animals #writingcommunity #beinghuman
#WritersofSky #SkyPoets
#BlueSkyRelay
#FreeVerse
#Resist #Art #BookSky
#Wellness #Selfcare
#MentalHealthAwareness #nature
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Weren't we all?🤷‍♀️📚

Happy December, everyone!⛄️❄️

#GoodMorningBluesky #Booksky #Translators #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #HappyDecember
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December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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🔵 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists Part 3: Prestige — The Glorified Shoplifter | SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social
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Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth – Pablo Picasso

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December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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4 UK Agents Actively Seeking Writers. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #querytip #amquerying #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2019/12/4-uk...
4 UK Agents Actively Seeking Writers
Updated 11/14/25 Here are four UK agents expanding their client lists. Veronique Baxter represents a wide range of authors, but is particula...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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"My #pain doesn't look at the calendar & say, ok, you'll need to be able to go shopping & prep for #Christmas, so I'll give u a reprieve for a week or so. It wont give even give me a reprieve on #ChristmasDay. — Liz": buff.ly/vX0bdxK

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How to Survive the Holidays When Chronic Illness & Disability Cause Pain
Insight from 18 people with chronic illness, chronic pain and disability. On what hurts them the most and how to survive the holidays.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Just a reminder that this chapter goes up tomorrow morning! ❤️
laviniathompson.bsky.social Lavinia Thompson @laviniathompson.bsky.social · 1d
The first chapter of "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" will be up this Tuesday, Dec. 2! Looking for a riveting free serial to get through holiday chaos? Come with undercover agents Emily and Dwayne as they evade detection in the Russian mob. Details: tinyurl.com/BeyondCover #readingcommunity #BookSky
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Just a writerly ramble about depression and how it sometimes impacts my writing - and my return after a hiatus due to seasonal depression. This time of year is hard for some people. It is for me. Here's to writing for keeping me sane! #MondayBlogs
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Back to it: new writing schedule, book updates, and a ramble.
Back to discussing female killers, a new serialized story, and a rant about mental health.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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I haven't done #WIPSnips for a bit but I am back and with a new project! This one is a spinoff from "Beyond Dark" and will be a serial novel on Substack, first chapter going up this Tuesday! #mysterybooks #readingcommunity #BookSky
Emily watched Inger step beneath the blue and red neon lights of a bar, then move out to the parking lot. The quiet of the buildings at the laundromat was replaced with the thumping bass of music and rambunctious hollers of drunks in the middle of the week. She paused and leaned against the brick wall with her phone still in her hand pretending she belonged there. She typed out messages without sending them, to keep up the appearance she was waiting for someone to join her. Her heart raced. Air escaped her as her chest tightened. She took a deep breath. She had no time to dwell in anxiety. Another car pulled into the parking lot. Emily watched Inger approach it. She opened the camera on her phone and began taking pictures without changing her demeanor. She couldn’t see the driver, but she caught the mere seconds it took for Inger to pass a few piles of cash to them while standing at the driver’s side front window. "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" by Lavinia Thompson
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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I haven't done #WIPSnips for a bit but I am back and with a new project! This one is a spinoff from "Beyond Dark" and will be a serial novel on Substack, first chapter going up this Tuesday! #mysterybooks #readingcommunity #BookSky
Emily watched Inger step beneath the blue and red neon lights of a bar, then move out to the parking lot. The quiet of the buildings at the laundromat was replaced with the thumping bass of music and rambunctious hollers of drunks in the middle of the week. She paused and leaned against the brick wall with her phone still in her hand pretending she belonged there. She typed out messages without sending them, to keep up the appearance she was waiting for someone to join her. Her heart raced. Air escaped her as her chest tightened. She took a deep breath. She had no time to dwell in anxiety. Another car pulled into the parking lot. Emily watched Inger approach it. She opened the camera on her phone and began taking pictures without changing her demeanor. She couldn’t see the driver, but she caught the mere seconds it took for Inger to pass a few piles of cash to them while standing at the driver’s side front window. "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" by Lavinia Thompson
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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How daunting to through my Google Alerts for the true crime blog after two months! 😐Lots to catch up in the next week or two. Trials, sentencings, convictions, and more, and it doesn't even cover the new ones I missed. Whew! #truecrime #writingcommunity
December 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Just a writerly ramble about depression and how it sometimes impacts my writing - and my return after a hiatus due to seasonal depression. This time of year is hard for some people. It is for me. Here's to writing for keeping me sane! #MondayBlogs
laviniathompson.substack.com/p/back-to-it...
Back to it: new writing schedule, book updates, and a ramble.
Back to discussing female killers, a new serialized story, and a rant about mental health.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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The first chapter of "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" will be up this Tuesday, Dec. 2! Looking for a riveting free serial to get through holiday chaos? Come with undercover agents Emily and Dwayne as they evade detection in the Russian mob. Details: tinyurl.com/BeyondCover #readingcommunity #BookSky
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Hot off the e-press: the December newsletter. As always, it's packed with #opportunities (that DO NOT charge sub fees and DO pay for winning/published work) that are now or will soon be open for submissions. bit.ly/3M6IPxv

Please share with *your* #WritingCommunity.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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So here’s the full rundown on what’s happening for me in December. I am back! With a tentative new writing schedule and a couple of announcements! #readingcommunity #mysterybooks #books #BookSky

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Back to it: new writing schedule, book updates, and a ramble.
Back to discussing female killers, a new serialized story, and a rant about mental health.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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The first chapter of "Beyond Cover 1: Diamond Gamble" will be up this Tuesday, Dec. 2! Looking for a riveting free serial to get through holiday chaos? Come with undercover agents Emily and Dwayne as they evade detection in the Russian mob. Details: tinyurl.com/BeyondCover #readingcommunity #BookSky
November 30, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Alert: I've gotten several reports of non-payment by Graveside Press, from authors w/ stories in one or more anthologies. Also failing to provide author copies, & failing to respond to emails & messages. Anyone w/ similar experiences, pls contact me (Writer Beware) in confidence: [email protected]
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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On my drive home tonight, I had some ideas for Beyond Dark 3. Maybe my writing rut is coming to an end? Guess we’ll find out. Just poured a whiskey. About to jump into some character building for the book! #writingcommunity
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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I've been absent lately (yay seasonal depression!). I'm hoping to return next week. I just wanted to let you guys know my books will be in the #Smashwords End of Year Sale starting Dec. 8! Looking for some mysteries over the holidays? Snag the first "Beyond Dark" book during this sale! #EOYsale25
An advertisement image for the Smashwords End of Year Sale for books 25 to 100 percent off from December 8 to January 1, 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
laviniathompson.bsky.social
So here’s the full rundown on what’s happening for me in December. I am back! With a tentative new writing schedule and a couple of announcements! #readingcommunity #mysterybooks #books #BookSky

open.substack.com/pub/laviniat...
Back to it: new writing schedule, book updates, and a ramble.
Back to discussing female killers, a new serialized story, and a rant about mental health.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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If you want all writers to be rich dorks born rich who don’t need the money this is how you get all writers to be rich dorks born rich

If you want writers who were poor dorks born poor because maybe just maybe they have something different to say, this ain’t it
diannalgunn.bsky.social Dianna Gunn Does (Fictional) Murders 🇨🇦 @diannalgunn.bsky.social · 4d
Using the belief that creators are the "petite bourgeoisie" to justify pirating books/stealing art is EXACTLY what makes it so hard for anyone who isn't rich to pursue their creative dreams

If you steal our art, you PERSONALLY are preventing us from building sustainable careers
matthewdowsmith.bsky.social Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 6d
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.

We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.

We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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#booksky #readersky #readers #books #booklover #readerscommunity #mustread #bookbuzz #bookspotlight #whattoread #readingforpleasure #booksworthreading #bookrecommendation #bookworm #giftideas #booksmakegreatgifts #christmasgift
marthaperezbook.bsky.social Author Martha Perez @marthaperezbook.bsky.social · 5d
Enough Is Enough is an extraordinary book of courage and strength, and the battle it takes to endure the pain and overcome the love lost and maltreatment that has taken control of your life.

An unfortunate lesson that we can only learn through bravery and experience.

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November 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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In a world where shadows conceal secrets, The Innocent Children unravels the gripping tale of missing children and the FBI's desperate race against time. 📚🔍 #DarkThriller #MustRead #humantrafficking tinyurl.com/4cpbp9tp Proceeds to my wife's cancer fight @ www.gofundme.com/f/help-debbi...
November 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Pool and Lane of Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan, 1880
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Pool and Lane of Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM