Sarah Henrik, Fantastical Realism Author
@sarareadauthor.bsky.social
Compassionate misanthrope. A little unfiltered. Join me for gory details of the creative-process. Writer, mom, nurse, runner. (Was Sara Read—still am in my other life.)
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@sarareadauthor.bsky.social wrote this week's #notimetowriteclub newsletter, and it's sassy in all the best ways.
#amwriting #booksky #writersofbluesky
open.substack.com/pub/notimeto...
#amwriting #booksky #writersofbluesky
open.substack.com/pub/notimeto...
Nine Ways to Get Out of Your Head
Get out of your own way and write the thing!
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May 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@sarareadauthor.bsky.social wrote this week's #notimetowriteclub newsletter, and it's sassy in all the best ways.
#amwriting #booksky #writersofbluesky
open.substack.com/pub/notimeto...
#amwriting #booksky #writersofbluesky
open.substack.com/pub/notimeto...
Debut authors, read this!!! It’s what I wish I’d had when I first got my book deal.
Also her newsletter is my favorite on in Substack.
#authors #writers
open.substack.com/pub/neonlite...
Also her newsletter is my favorite on in Substack.
#authors #writers
open.substack.com/pub/neonlite...
How to pick your battles
Where authors should spend their conflict capital--and where they really, really shouldn't.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Debut authors, read this!!! It’s what I wish I’d had when I first got my book deal.
Also her newsletter is my favorite on in Substack.
#authors #writers
open.substack.com/pub/neonlite...
Also her newsletter is my favorite on in Substack.
#authors #writers
open.substack.com/pub/neonlite...
May 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈🍾!!!
April 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Congratulations 🎉🎊🎈🍾!!!
If you’re looking for some real time writing buddies—for support, body doubling, accountability, whatever—please check out my little project on Substack: No Time to Write Club.
$8/month for three 90-minute writing sessions every week, and some other community stuff. Introvert friendly!
$8/month for three 90-minute writing sessions every week, and some other community stuff. Introvert friendly!
No Time To Write Club | Substack
Introvert-friendly co-working sessions for writers of all kinds.
Scheduled butt-in-chair time to use for whatever purpose furthers your creative work. Click to read No Time To Write Club, a Substack p...
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April 30, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you’re looking for some real time writing buddies—for support, body doubling, accountability, whatever—please check out my little project on Substack: No Time to Write Club.
$8/month for three 90-minute writing sessions every week, and some other community stuff. Introvert friendly!
$8/month for three 90-minute writing sessions every week, and some other community stuff. Introvert friendly!
Make everything a little clearer than you think it needs to be.
April 30, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Make everything a little clearer than you think it needs to be.
#4 for sure
April 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#4 for sure
I know 🙄🙄🙄
April 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I know 🙄🙄🙄
Note to self, and maybe everybody else:
You do not need to know why you are writing a thing.
You do not need to know your point, your theme, your moral argument.
That may be the last thing you know.
This is fine. Trust that there is a why.
I wouldn’t be writing if I weren’t seeking meaning.
You do not need to know why you are writing a thing.
You do not need to know your point, your theme, your moral argument.
That may be the last thing you know.
This is fine. Trust that there is a why.
I wouldn’t be writing if I weren’t seeking meaning.
April 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Note to self, and maybe everybody else:
You do not need to know why you are writing a thing.
You do not need to know your point, your theme, your moral argument.
That may be the last thing you know.
This is fine. Trust that there is a why.
I wouldn’t be writing if I weren’t seeking meaning.
You do not need to know why you are writing a thing.
You do not need to know your point, your theme, your moral argument.
That may be the last thing you know.
This is fine. Trust that there is a why.
I wouldn’t be writing if I weren’t seeking meaning.
This! This is what I’m trying to do. At least not write 30K to figure out that something doesn’t work for me.
April 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This! This is what I’m trying to do. At least not write 30K to figure out that something doesn’t work for me.
Reposted by Sarah Henrik, Fantastical Realism Author
Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate, which should be all of you because indie bookstores fucking rule. (I’m at the LATFOB today and will be signing at the booth of a great store, @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social)
April 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate, which should be all of you because indie bookstores fucking rule. (I’m at the LATFOB today and will be signing at the booth of a great store, @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social)
Hah!! good point!
April 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Hah!! good point!
Oof. Yes. That’s exactly what I’m doing.
April 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Oof. Yes. That’s exactly what I’m doing.
Oh I love this. Thank you!
April 26, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Oh I love this. Thank you!
How do you learn to trust yourself again.
I’m second guessing every idea I have.
#writers #momswriterclub #authors
I’m second guessing every idea I have.
#writers #momswriterclub #authors
April 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
How do you learn to trust yourself again.
I’m second guessing every idea I have.
#writers #momswriterclub #authors
I’m second guessing every idea I have.
#writers #momswriterclub #authors
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So confused by this “crisis of masculinity” bullshit. Is the crisis because we can cry now? Like, I can bench the same when I love all my queer friends and my calloused hands are still manly when I’m reading a book by a woman. “Manliness” is bullshit. Be you. Be good. Love hard. Forget the rest.
April 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
So confused by this “crisis of masculinity” bullshit. Is the crisis because we can cry now? Like, I can bench the same when I love all my queer friends and my calloused hands are still manly when I’m reading a book by a woman. “Manliness” is bullshit. Be you. Be good. Love hard. Forget the rest.
Writing fiction is fucked up.
The better you get at it, the harder it is.
The better you get at it, the harder it is.
April 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Writing fiction is fucked up.
The better you get at it, the harder it is.
The better you get at it, the harder it is.
Beautiful article about Caravaggio, the pope, art and humanity.
A Closer Look at Pope Francis’ Favorite Painting (Gift Article)
Caravaggio was an artist of rare directness, whose naturalistic pictures brought the heavens down to earth. Our critic Jason Farago shows you what Francis may have seen in them.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Beautiful article about Caravaggio, the pope, art and humanity.
All shades of purple??? Where did you get them?
April 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
All shades of purple??? Where did you get them?
😂😂😂🥰
April 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
😂😂😂🥰
New ink in honor of a book of my heart that may or may not see the light of day.
April 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
New ink in honor of a book of my heart that may or may not see the light of day.
I need to remember that I don’t need to get those first sentences right the first time. I just need to figure out more or less where the story starts.
April 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I need to remember that I don’t need to get those first sentences right the first time. I just need to figure out more or less where the story starts.
Me too! Usually shortly after I’ve finally turned out the light. Or at 5am when I want to go back to sleep. I leave myself voice memos on my phone. Bonus is that I sound hilarious when I’m half asleep.
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Me too! Usually shortly after I’ve finally turned out the light. Or at 5am when I want to go back to sleep. I leave myself voice memos on my phone. Bonus is that I sound hilarious when I’m half asleep.