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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 14h

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Why I Gave Up On Word Count Goals

But maybe you shouldn’t

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 1d

Hot take: I think stories (novels, movies, tv shows) should be able to hold up to spoilers. Still not cool to spoiler the ending for people, but a good story should be enjoyable even if you know the ending. #WriteSky #Booksky

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 1d

From Object Impermanence:

“Ah — the memories. Memories are tricky ones. Have to be plucked like a daisy from a field. But they’re the most… distinct.”

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips!

The word for October 20th is "field"

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October 20 - field
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writingsforgood @writingsforgood.bsky.social · 2d

#Sunday #Vibes 📚 ☕️ 🌸
#RestingIsGrowing 🪴
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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 2d

Another alternative is qobuz for folks looking for another option. They only have a paid tier but they really high pay to artists per stream.

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 5d

From Safe Haven

Haven pushed open the door; the room shushed as fast as someone might blow out a match.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 5d

The #WIPSnips word for October 16th is "might"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 6d

Like I'd to do some legwork of marketing for any book launch (guest blogs, podcasts, whatever) but I'd expect an established publisher to be the one with the plan, connections, and expertise. Your business is selling books!

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 6d

Me to me: I should stop buying things... except for all the things I want to buy.

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 6d

From Safe Haven:

Zeal’s grip tightened on his glass, though his expression remained carefully unchanged. He loved a verbal battle, but he loathed being interrupted.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 6d

The #WIPSnips word for October 15th is "care"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 7d

I was researching boutique publishers and one of them asked you to submit a marketing plan along with your query. Listen, if I have a competent marketing plan, I would be self-publishing... #AmQuerying

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 7d

A little second person #WIPSnips from Object Impermanence:

You’ve tried to identify where the first of the cascading cracks started, but all you can land on is the last one. Screaming at each other from across the gulf of a room. You, throwing your hands up in the ultimate denial of it all.

✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 7d

The #WIPSnips word for October 14th is "ultimate"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 7d

Things I remember from my childhood or teenage years being 20-30 years old now does not freak me out. Things I remember from my post-collage adulthood have 10 year anniversaries is the thing that freaks me out. #Adulting

Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 8d

A day late, but here is "hope" from Object Impermanence:

Maybe a logical person would’ve called somebody at this point, or crawled back under their covers and hoped it would all get sorted by itself. But I went down to the front door armed only with a flashlight on.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 9d

The #WIPSnips word for October 12th is "hope"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 8d

From Object Impermanence:

It was the type of smile that pulled you in and then pushed you out with the same hand. A kind of smile that said you could look, but you could only look. You would never touch, and you would certainly never understand.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to a new week of #WIPSnips

The word for October 13th is "push"

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October 13 - push
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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 10d

From Safe Haven:

Someone less savvy than Haven might’ve found this a warm welcome. However, he knew from the brassy pitch to Zeal’s tone and the tightness of his grip on the decanter he didn’t want Haven to be there.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 10d

The #WIPSnips word for October 11th is "welcome"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 11d

Does anyone have any tea on Interlude Press since it was bought by Chicago Review Press. I used to follow them because some of its early authors were fanfic authors I, but it doesn't look like they've published anything new in years. #WriteSky #Publishing #amQuerying

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titsay 𓆏 @titsay.bsky.social · 11d

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 11d

Hurray to the expanded release of my short story collection Object Impermanence!

Now available beyond Amazon—find it on Kobo, B&N, Apple Books, & more.

If you like Twilight Zone or Night Vale, you’ll love these eerie tales.

$1.99 ebook thru Halloween! 🎃 books2read.com/impermanence
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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 11d

"It was his prized possession. An actual Earth book, made of paper from Earth trees, written by a man who lived an Earth life…”

The pages were yellowed and crisp to the touch, and fanned wide against a spine lined with creases. It had been well- and often read.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 11d

The #WIPSnips word for October 10th is "prize"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 12d

Perry grabbed his duffle, backpack, tablet case, and rolling suitcase, a battery of straps and handles twisted around him by the time they were all secured. Last time, he had come fleeing to Taros with a singular duffle bag; packing this time around, he couldn’t decide what to prepare for
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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 12d

The #WIPSnips word for October 9th is "battery"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 13d

No "dungeon" so "prison"

Stay? His crossed arms loosened. To stay would be slow suffocation. The place he had called home for the last months had grown invisible prison bars.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 13d

The #WIPSnips word for October 8th is "dungeon"

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 14d

Awesome cover!

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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast @fnfpodcast.bsky.social · 14d

It’s Banned Book Week! A great opportunity to revisit a conversation between hosts Whitney Terrell and
@sugi.bsky.social
with Farah Jasmine Griffin about censoring the American canon and targeting Black writers. lithub.com/censoring-th... #writingcommunity #writers #FNFpod #lithub #lithubpod

Censoring the American Canon: Farah Jasmine Griffin on Book Bans Targeting Black Writers

Acclaimed writer and professor Farah Jasmine Griffin joins co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about why book bans so often target the power of Black literature. Griffin discus…

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 14d

My own characters have made me cry before. I think it's a good thing to have that much investment as a writer.

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Margery Bayne @margerybayne.bsky.social · 14d

From Safe Haven:

Once safely cocooned in the tiny bathroom, the first sniffle escaped. He pressed his flat palms over his eyes as he paced his breathing. No more. Not in near-strangers’ bathroom.

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✨#WIPSnips✨ A Daily Writing Share Tag @wipsnips.bsky.social · 14d

The #WIPSnips word for October 7th is "safe"

Sorry to those who expect an earlier post, there was a scheduling issue.

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