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A J Lockhart
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Was his #wipsnip tariff?
auntyem.bsky.social Headly Westerfield @auntyem.bsky.social · 1d
Not a word of this is true.

Even the word "the."
November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Starting chapter 24... 100 pages to go in 8 chapters of the #novel to #edit. Feels like a big moment - but suspect there is much to do in these pages!

#writingcommunity #BookSky #authorchat #WriteSky How goes your writing this weekend?
chapter titles from a novel
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Really enjoyed taking part in this. Thank you Sage!
I may be able to write 90k words about imaginary people 😜 - but writing about or promoting myself? I am crap in a room.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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#silentsunday
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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I'm a latecomer to #Grammarly - not sure why, given the dyslexia etc - I'm stubborn maybe 😂.

But, every now and then it just loses its mind... 👇

#writingcommunity #BookSky #authorchat #WriteSky If you use it or something else - what's the weirdest correction you've had it offer?
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

something character never travels without? Why?

A magazine. Because rolled up & slammed end on into someone’s throat, it’s a weapon. Inspired/stolen from dad. He carried 1 for that reason. He worked for mi6.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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At Xitter and Facebook, scammers claiming to offer “marketing services” to writers are rampant – and like vermin sneaking aboard a ship they're following us here. Let’s stop ‘em with this handy moderation list! #authorsky bsky.app/profile/inventingrea...
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Guess the #London #landmark...

#streetphotography

#shotonaniphone
black and white stylistic photographs of a london building
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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#Novmemeber 27

Fan-cast 1 character from your story.

Anderson… but not quite so batshit angry as Maddie Hasson character is in The Recruit 🤪
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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#Novmemeber 26

Share a meme that summarizes your Antagonist. It could be their villain arc, their goal, or something they would find funny.

Remember to use alt text!
November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 26th is "impede"

The closest I've got is, stop.

from Pandora's Secret.

Ted vs the Maryland Goatman
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
“Good call, Ted.” Gerald went to rest an encouraging hand on Ted’s shoulder but stopped as Shield shook his head in a movement that Ted didn’t see. “Great.” Gerald moved his hand away. “But don’t go too slow.” “Why?” Shields chipped in. He knew where this was going. “The Maryland Goatman,” Gerald said quietly, almost whispering. “Don’t stop on the bridge. That’s where he lives.” “We’re missile-proof; I think we’ll be okay.” Wiltshire joined in.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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‘Slow’ instead of ‘impede’ today.

From ‘House Rules’.

#WiPSnips
She had had to grow up pretty fast. Then she had had to slow down a lot. Being a child was a rollercoaster sometimes, though she had no idea what one of those was. That was a throwback to the time when she was part ineffable artefact of near ultimate power and part brattish child who thought she knew everything. Which she did, but when that ineffable artefact had been removed, the brattish child had remained and she had to learn how to act without the ability to wipe beings and objects out of existence due to her petulance. She’d been a lot happier since, understandably.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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#Novmemeber 25

In Pandora’s Secret, Anderson is prob what you’d called neurodiverse. But It’s not a crutch she plays to or the focus of the story. She’s not looking for understanding, acceptance or a great personal change.

But when you re not looking. that’s normally when things happen,

right?
sagetgreene.bsky.social Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 5d
#Novmemeber 25

Anti-tropes: what are some tropes that you've purposefully avoided in your WIP? OR, are there any tropes that you've put a twist on?
25. Anti-tropes (tropes you've purposely avoided or put a twist?) A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners.
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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I might have got carried away editing this page. feels like it
'Cos - When you're drawing the body part you're writing about, (really badly) as a negative space in the words. It's prob time to move on... right 🤦

#writingcommunity #BookSky #WriteSky How do you know when you're over-editing?
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Missed this first time around…

Post you from a different era.

Only 2 years ago - when I tired a bit of acting at the #EdinburghFringe as part of developing the documentary feature I’m making about it impact of the road on our lives…

but it feels like decades ago. 🤦
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Balancing music work and writing feels like switching brain modes every five minutes, but somehow it keeps me going. If you’re juggling creative stuff too, you’re not alone. Keep at it.

#BookSky #Music #Business
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Am I an #Excel geek?

No idea what gave you that impression...

#writingcommunity What are you secretly geeky about?

#BookSky #authorchat #WriteSky
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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The word for November 24th is "debut"

I don't have a debut, so going with 'new version'

Pandora's Secret once more

Shields vs the recurring dream

-----caution: extreme gun violence and injury detail----

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
------caution: extreme gun violence and injury detail ------ He stepped forward. Tracking her head as she fell. And pulled the trigger again. And again. And again. And again Until her head was eviscerated. Unrecognisable. It squelched as it landed on the white carpet. There was commotion from the other side of the door. He raised the firearm towards the noise. The outer keypad beeped. He waited. Gun unwavering, enjoying this new version of the dream. Then he put the pistol's barrel in his own mouth. And pulled the trigger.
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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‘Start’ instead of ‘debut’. Not really close, but … 🤷🏻‍♂️

From ‘Reign, Dear’.

#WiPSnips
Thirteen of them. Thirteen little ogres with their own personalities but a shared obsession with shoes, for some reason. Quite fascinating, really, but not at all her area of expertise. Now, spriggans, she could understand. Well, not so much understand, as such, but they were plant-like creatures. Flirty knew where she was with plants. She turned over the page, back to the start of the entry, and read from the beginning, taking a sip of cold tea, regretting it, then taking another sip.
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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I knew I wouldn’t find global. I have world in quite a few places, like in this early segment of the published title Perfect Prophet. #WIPSnips
“I don’t know where to begin,” she said, and she wished she hadn’t come. When Alec pushed the issue by hopefully suggesting that she’d moved on and found another guy to replace him, she said no, not really. She told him that she was getting her life together, found time to dedicate to school, and that she had a steady job in Ashland while she worked to complete her B.S. degree in nursing. “Wow, Lindy. You’re going full on legit. Next thing you know, you’ll have the house, the picket fence, the kids in the yard….” He smiled at the idea, his eyes still closed as he drifted toward what Belinda perceived as a long-delayed sleep. “Can I show you something?” Alec opened his eyes, curious as Belinda scrolled through her phone and showed him a picture. “His name is Jake,” she said. “He’s almost four. He’s my world now.” Alec nodded politely with every flip to a new image. Belinda couldn’t tell if he understood what had yet to be said. She took a steady breath and made things clear. “You have a son.” Alec continued to nod in silence, until Belinda finished with the last shot. She stuffed her phone away and waited for a reaction or anything from him. Excerpt from Perfect Prophet Copyrighted material
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

Would your character(s) still fall for their first love(s)?

No - Anderson wouldn't... she believed things pass or end for a reason; relationships and indeed life. So would she fall for an ex? No.
isaacxisaac.bsky.social Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 6d
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

Would your character(s) still fall for their first love(s)?
If it doesn't make sense to answer for romantic love, you can talk about some other sort of "first love".
November 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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#Novmemeber 24

What is your Antagonist's fursona/what animal would they be?

If your Antagonist is already an animal, what human job would they have?
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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#WIPsnips 23 Nov 'global'

Due to #GlobalWarming sea levels have risen. Everywhere experiences #floods and #famine.

www.scottrochester.com/scott_roches...

#scifi #SlenderWolf #writingCommunity #IndieAuthor #ClimateChange #sustainability #engineering
Book extract SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances Chapter 9 Floods and Famine The Provost begins. “More than 200 years ago, the exhaustion of fossil fuels changed industry and agriculture dramatically. The Great Famine reduced the population of the world almost by half. Rising sea levels wrought havoc on coasts and low lying areas. Some powerful nations declined, and some smaller places rose in importance dramatically.” “What was once London became a chaotic place, sparsely populated by the Chalkies and beyond that, the Swampies. The North Sea reclaimed much of East Anglia, Essex and Kent. The posh houses in Kensington and Chelsea were under water. The parts of the City and the West End which hadn’t been flooded were now landscapes of detritus where once there had been thriving businesses and commerce.” “Drinking water became scarce, forcing widespread migration. Inland! text - copyright © Scott Rochester 2025 A stock photo of some refugees walking along a dirt track between two fields of maize.
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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#BookSky #authorchat #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Do you change the length/structure of your #writing?
Tuesday, mentor/agent said to try making long action paras sharp, single-line, almost bullet points. He said publishers like to see changes in pace like that
Def helped me.
Before & After👇
November 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 23rd is "global"

Didn't think I had one of these - but i do.

Pandora's Secret

Anderson vs fantasy

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
“Perfect. We've existed for millennia. We answer to no one. We work solely for the good of humanity.” “Cool! Like the X-Men?” Esme chipped in. “No. We exist. They are—” “Wolverine fanboys’ wet dream?” Anderson helped again. “Whatever. We are real and we are global. In every conflict, in every war, anywhere humans suffer.” “So, like the U.N.?” Esme switched to being more serious. “Because they are so relevant,” Anderson sighed.
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM