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#ATWOctober Sprints 2025 - YouTube

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 8d

Second Monday in October is Indigenous People's Day in recognition of the Nations who were on the north and south continent before the Europeans came. #IndigenousPeoplesDay2025 #FirstNations

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 12d

Autumn Fantasy Book Sale $0.99 Oct 9-15
The Spartan Chimera
www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9XBBDDB
“Surrender only comes after the last beat of a warrior’s heart.” ~The Spartan Creed

#autumnreads #octoberbooks #Halloweenathon #fantasybooks #greekmythology #AUGreekmyth #spartan #Zeus #Aries #Aumythology

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 17d

I love how art nouveau your cover is. So pretty.

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 18d

For All the Words October #ATWOctober Routine Building Challenge I will be hosting scheduled streams and popup streams. (all times are Mountain Daylight Time) Tuesdays at 11AM
Wednesday 7AM
Thursday 7AM
Friday 7:30PM
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Playlist for streams

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 19d

October is #dysautonomiaawarenessmonth! 🩵🎗️ There are *so* many different types of #dysautonomia that each cause their own set of symptoms. Dysautonomia can look like all this. BUT on the outside, they look "fine". Please stop saying, "You don't look disabled," to people with #hiddendisabilities.

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 20d

How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: is on $0.99 Sale for the first week of Octoboo!
An ancient, cursed city revealed the secret of forever preserving food and people.
Cats are the only things that will save you.
#Octoberbooks #zombiethon
www.amazon.com/Become-Crazy...

How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!"

How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!" - Kindle edition by Ward, M.M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!".

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 21d

The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, known as Orange Shirt Day, is a day of remembrance to recognize the multi-generational effects of the Canadian Indian residential school system. It occurs every September 30 #orangeshirt #residentialschool #mmiwg #rememberthechildren

A Huntsman's Honor: The Huntsman of Adamos 1

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 23d

The Huntsman's Honor Sale $0.99 Sept 28 to October 5
"He's not an oracle. He's going to be something else."
Lord Yurieth was something never seen in the houses of his parents- a Huntsman.
www.amazon.com/Huntsmans-Ho...
#HuntsmanofAdamos #RelicofTimeWar #scififantasy #indieauthor #Indiebooks

Amazon.com: A Huntsman's Honor: The Huntsman of Adamos 1 eBook : Ward, M.M.: Kindle Store

Breaking the Block #WriterlyChat 09.27.2025

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 23d

Breaking the Block #writerlyChat about #writersblock and all things #indieAuthors #WritingCommunity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIQV...
Join us to chat about
1 How many side characters are too many?
2 How do you choose which characters to combine or delete?
3 How do you work around expositional NPCs?

YouTube video by PenumbraMine M.M. Ward

#ATWOctober 2025 All the Words October Update

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · 26d

All the Words October is coming #ATWOctober #Writingroutine #writingcommunity
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

#ATWOctober All the Words October 2025 All the words August was a lot of fun and so we decided to do it again in October. This is a 31-day routine building challenge. Making time everyday, five days p...

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Breaking the Block #WriterlyChat

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Sep 20

$0.99 Sale Sept 20-27
Ghost With Cats
Retired NSA linguist, Dr. Anneliese ‘Annie’ Winters-Dove is a ghostwriter with PTSD, cats, and two problems- 1. Omnienergy wants her late mother's research and, 2. the alien Eloh have returned to Earth.
www.amazon.com/Ghost-Cats-B...
#Ancientaliens

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Sep 14

Breaking the Block #WriterlyChat 09-14-2025 #writingcommunity #breakingtheblock #writersblock #authorsvsAiUpdate www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPEx...
Case update: Anthropic AI vs Authors
Ghost Categories KDP Discussion

YouTube video by PenumbraMine M.M. Ward

Blue Butterflies : Pagosa Cliffs Series: Pagosa Stars #3 (Pagosa Stars Series)

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Sep 13

#99centsale #pagosastars #pagosacliffsseries #secondchanceromance #Contemporaryromance
Blue Butterflies, Pagosa Stars #3
$0.99 sale from Sept 13-20
Can Ice Cold Coach Wally save Kyle, her daughters, and herself from one obsessed with the famous Blue Butterfly?

www.amazon.com/Blue-Butterf...

Amazon.com: Blue Butterflies : Pagosa Cliffs Series: Pagosa Stars #3 (Pagosa Stars Series) eBook : Ward, M.M. : Kindle Store

Some Anemones Are Blue: Pagosa Cliffs Anemones 3

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Sep 9

Some Anemones Are Blue on Sale for $0.99 Sept 8-14.
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRZTPD51
Milli faces a terrifying choice: Spend the rest of her life as their personal baker, or overcome her fear and help CSI Katy Housan bring them down
#Indieauthor #pagosacliffs #coloradolife #secondchanceromance
#booksale

Amazon.com: Some Anemones Are Blue: Pagosa Cliffs Anemones 3 eBook : Ward, M.M.: Kindle Store

Blue Water (Pagosa Stars Series Book 2)

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Sep 3

Blue Water sale $0.99 Sept 2-8
They say, “A picture is worth a thousand words,” but what if those words were based on a lie told by a desperate brother beholding to a murderous gangster?
www.amazon.com/Blue-Water-P...
#pagosacliffs #pagosastars #coloradolife #secondchanceromance

Amazon.com: Blue Water (Pagosa Stars Series Book 2) eBook : Ward, M.M. : Kindle Store

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 31

Breaking The Block Writerly Chat
www.youtube.com/watch?v=huKC...
Let's talk about that writer's life.

The August Writing Challenge! Are you in? | 80k - 48k - 18k

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 25

$0.99 Sale... 8/25/25 to 9/1/25
After a broken-hearted Bernie comes home to bury Grandmum Emma, she moves in with Trixie. Together, they reopen the family café as a Steampunk Themed Tea and Coffee House.
www.amazon.com/Steamers-Cof...
#Booksale #indieauthor #overcomerfiction

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 17

Join me and others on the WriteNow YT channel for another #ATWAugust Stream where building your writerly life routine is the most important part of the challenge.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MScy...

YouTube video by WriteNow

How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!"

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 7

Someone had spraypainted the wall of the mall. "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!"
A cautionary tale of a PhD Librarian with allergies, a clowder of #cats, #ancientEgyptianplagues, and how the #foodindustry turned people into ravenous #zombies.

www.amazon.com/Become-Crazy...

How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!" - Kindle edition by Ward, M.M.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading How to Become a Crazy Cat Lady to Survive the Zombpocalypse: "Pharoah's Famous Fungus Killed Us All!".

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 4

Today, I made my 200th sale of the year from my 38 books (I don't know how the anthologies are doing).
This is the earliest since I started on Amazon in 2018.
#Indieauthor #Kindle #KDP

www.amazon.com/stores/autho...

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PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 3

Breaking the Block #WriterlyChat Aug 3, 2025
Join us for all the writerly questions during the All The Words August writing and editing routine development month.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpUq...
#Writersblock #BreakingtheBlock #writingchallenge #atwaugust

First day of #ATWAugust (all the words) Writing (or editing) Challenge August 1, 2025

PenumbraMine M.M. Ward @penumbraminemmward.bsky.social · Aug 1

Welcome to the first day of #ATWAugust Writing (or editing) Challenge
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZNV...

Three word count tiers for all levels of writers/editors and three plans for time management and habit building. This is about developing a routine. Everyone is welcome.
tinyurl.com/August80K

YouTube video by PenumbraMine M.M. Ward