Dustanddragons
@monkeyhog.bsky.social
Weird West & folk horror scribbler. Haunted land, blood-soaked gold, and secrets that don’t stay buried. I write where bullets fly, magic burns, and something old stirs in the dark. Read my novel Red Moon Reckoning at https://jpfinch.substack.com
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Dustanddragons
@monkeyhog.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter one: The Price of Blood
jpfinch.substack.com
Red Moon Reckoning is a Weird West story about cursed gold, dead gods, and the price of blood.
First chapter’s up.
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#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
First chapter’s up.
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#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
New chapter's live.
Town’s on fire. Lawman's bleeding. Jail's blown to hell.
Eddie Harlow’s on the run. Ida lit the fuse.
Red Moon Reckoning – Chapter Seven: HARDTACK AND HELLFIRE
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #WritingLife
Town’s on fire. Lawman's bleeding. Jail's blown to hell.
Eddie Harlow’s on the run. Ida lit the fuse.
Red Moon Reckoning – Chapter Seven: HARDTACK AND HELLFIRE
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #WritingLife
Red Moon Reckoning
Hardtack and Hellfire
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May 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New chapter's live.
Town’s on fire. Lawman's bleeding. Jail's blown to hell.
Eddie Harlow’s on the run. Ida lit the fuse.
Red Moon Reckoning – Chapter Seven: HARDTACK AND HELLFIRE
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #WritingLife
Town’s on fire. Lawman's bleeding. Jail's blown to hell.
Eddie Harlow’s on the run. Ida lit the fuse.
Red Moon Reckoning – Chapter Seven: HARDTACK AND HELLFIRE
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #WritingLife
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Red Moon Reckoning is a Weird West story about cursed gold, dead gods, and the price of blood.
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter one: The Price of Blood
jpfinch.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Red Moon Reckoning is a Weird West story about cursed gold, dead gods, and the price of blood.
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
Bullets, betrayal, and cursed dragon gold—welcome back to the Twilight Territories! Ready for a thirsty detour? Chapter Six drops today. #indieauthor #fantasy #serialfiction #WeirdWest #NeoPulp open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter Six: The Thirsty Detour
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May 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bullets, betrayal, and cursed dragon gold—welcome back to the Twilight Territories! Ready for a thirsty detour? Chapter Six drops today. #indieauthor #fantasy #serialfiction #WeirdWest #NeoPulp open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
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If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
—Somerset Maugham
#WritingCommmunity #WritingQuote #SomersetMaughamQuotes #NewWriter #NoviceWriter #AspiringAuthor #JustWrite
—Somerset Maugham
#WritingCommmunity #WritingQuote #SomersetMaughamQuotes #NewWriter #NoviceWriter #AspiringAuthor #JustWrite
May 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
—Somerset Maugham
#WritingCommmunity #WritingQuote #SomersetMaughamQuotes #NewWriter #NoviceWriter #AspiringAuthor #JustWrite
—Somerset Maugham
#WritingCommmunity #WritingQuote #SomersetMaughamQuotes #NewWriter #NoviceWriter #AspiringAuthor #JustWrite
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New chapter’s up.
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter Five: The Velvet Inquisitor
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May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New chapter’s up.
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Don’t wait for the gatekeeper to open up.
Burn the motherfucker down and walk through the smoke.
#PulpPunk #DIYWriting #WriteLoud #NeoPulp #writing #writingadvice #LiteraryOutlaw
Burn the motherfucker down and walk through the smoke.
#PulpPunk #DIYWriting #WriteLoud #NeoPulp #writing #writingadvice #LiteraryOutlaw
May 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Don’t wait for the gatekeeper to open up.
Burn the motherfucker down and walk through the smoke.
#PulpPunk #DIYWriting #WriteLoud #NeoPulp #writing #writingadvice #LiteraryOutlaw
Burn the motherfucker down and walk through the smoke.
#PulpPunk #DIYWriting #WriteLoud #NeoPulp #writing #writingadvice #LiteraryOutlaw
New chapter’s up.
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter Five: The Velvet Inquisitor
open.substack.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
New chapter’s up.
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
A name not meant to be spoken.
A gambler who knows too much.
Jake Fletcher wakes up with more than a hangover.
The Velvet Inquisitor is live.
Some reckonings knock first. #weirdwest #serialfiction #indieauthors #fantasy open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Reread The Tower of the Elephant. One of my favorite Conan stories. Got me thinking why these old pulp tales from damn near 100 years ago still hit so hard.
Wrote up some thoughts. Blood, starlight, and something like grace.
#Conan #PulpFiction #bookreview
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Wrote up some thoughts. Blood, starlight, and something like grace.
#Conan #PulpFiction #bookreview
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Review: The Tower of the Elephant
One of Conan's earliest adventure is a prime example of pulp weirdness and ambition.
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May 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Reread The Tower of the Elephant. One of my favorite Conan stories. Got me thinking why these old pulp tales from damn near 100 years ago still hit so hard.
Wrote up some thoughts. Blood, starlight, and something like grace.
#Conan #PulpFiction #bookreview
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Wrote up some thoughts. Blood, starlight, and something like grace.
#Conan #PulpFiction #bookreview
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
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I musty say I relate more with these statements more than anything I’ve seen or heard about writing in a long damn time… #💙booksky📚 #writers #literature #mentalhealthmatters
May 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I musty say I relate more with these statements more than anything I’ve seen or heard about writing in a long damn time… #💙booksky📚 #writers #literature #mentalhealthmatters
New chapter up: THE SILVER DEBT
A train carves through the desert. A glass of wine trembles. The coin is no longer lost it’s in Beauregard’s hands, and his brother is watching.
Read it now: open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #fantasywriters #serialfiction #indieauthor
A train carves through the desert. A glass of wine trembles. The coin is no longer lost it’s in Beauregard’s hands, and his brother is watching.
Read it now: open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #fantasywriters #serialfiction #indieauthor
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter Four: The Silver Debt
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May 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New chapter up: THE SILVER DEBT
A train carves through the desert. A glass of wine trembles. The coin is no longer lost it’s in Beauregard’s hands, and his brother is watching.
Read it now: open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #fantasywriters #serialfiction #indieauthor
A train carves through the desert. A glass of wine trembles. The coin is no longer lost it’s in Beauregard’s hands, and his brother is watching.
Read it now: open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #fantasywriters #serialfiction #indieauthor
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I #write for me.
If you enjoy my #words that’s great, but it’s not why I write.
Sharing my #writing unfiltered is what drives me…
I am proud to be an #indie #author.
22 #books written and 16 #published and many more to come.
#Booksky #indieauthor #authors #writers #readers #reading #writing
If you enjoy my #words that’s great, but it’s not why I write.
Sharing my #writing unfiltered is what drives me…
I am proud to be an #indie #author.
22 #books written and 16 #published and many more to come.
#Booksky #indieauthor #authors #writers #readers #reading #writing
April 27, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The desert doesn’t forgive.
Neither does Marshal Thrusk Blackspur.
Chapter Three of Red Moon Reckoning is live:
The Rat Runs.
#PulpFiction #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #serialfiction #fantasy #writer open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Neither does Marshal Thrusk Blackspur.
Chapter Three of Red Moon Reckoning is live:
The Rat Runs.
#PulpFiction #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #serialfiction #fantasy #writer open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter Three: The Rat Runs
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April 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The desert doesn’t forgive.
Neither does Marshal Thrusk Blackspur.
Chapter Three of Red Moon Reckoning is live:
The Rat Runs.
#PulpFiction #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #serialfiction #fantasy #writer open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Neither does Marshal Thrusk Blackspur.
Chapter Three of Red Moon Reckoning is live:
The Rat Runs.
#PulpFiction #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #serialfiction #fantasy #writer open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
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Today's writing quote: :when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description & lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.”―Stephen King, #writing #writingquote #writingcommunity #writesky
April 24, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Today's writing quote: :when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description & lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling.”―Stephen King, #writing #writingquote #writingcommunity #writesky
I wrote about the trash that taught America to read.
Dime novels: printed on garbage, full of outlaws, and somehow the foundation of our literary canon.
They didn’t last—but they mattered.
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#NeoPulp #WritingLife #DimeStoreWisdom #Writers #LostMedia #TellYourStory
Dime novels: printed on garbage, full of outlaws, and somehow the foundation of our literary canon.
They didn’t last—but they mattered.
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#NeoPulp #WritingLife #DimeStoreWisdom #Writers #LostMedia #TellYourStory
Lost Legends and Dime Novel Legacy
I recently became fascinated with the dime novels of the Old West—a strange and mostly forgotten chapter of American literary history.
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April 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I wrote about the trash that taught America to read.
Dime novels: printed on garbage, full of outlaws, and somehow the foundation of our literary canon.
They didn’t last—but they mattered.
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#NeoPulp #WritingLife #DimeStoreWisdom #Writers #LostMedia #TellYourStory
Dime novels: printed on garbage, full of outlaws, and somehow the foundation of our literary canon.
They didn’t last—but they mattered.
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
#NeoPulp #WritingLife #DimeStoreWisdom #Writers #LostMedia #TellYourStory
I don’t post chapters weekly because I think I’m the next bestseller.
I post them because it gives me a goal. A deadline.
And it gives me accountability—
even if it’s just to myself.
#AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritersOfBluesky #SerialFiction #Write #WritingLife
I post them because it gives me a goal. A deadline.
And it gives me accountability—
even if it’s just to myself.
#AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritersOfBluesky #SerialFiction #Write #WritingLife
April 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I don’t post chapters weekly because I think I’m the next bestseller.
I post them because it gives me a goal. A deadline.
And it gives me accountability—
even if it’s just to myself.
#AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritersOfBluesky #SerialFiction #Write #WritingLife
I post them because it gives me a goal. A deadline.
And it gives me accountability—
even if it’s just to myself.
#AmWriting #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #SubstackWriters #WritersOfBluesky #SerialFiction #Write #WritingLife
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Start small. Give yourself SMALL goals you can complete quickly, while inspiration and courage hold out.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
@gailsimone.bsky.social any advice for writers trying to get started? How do you go from the brain to the page?
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Start small. Give yourself SMALL goals you can complete quickly, while inspiration and courage hold out.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
There ARE people whose first writing work is a series of epic novels. But they are rare.
When you are starting, make a goal of a page, a paragraph, even a sentence.
Completion is triumph.
Hit 15k words in the new novel and didn’t even realize it.
Guess I was too busy chasing ghosts.
#AmWriting #WeirdWest #WritingLife #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #PulpFiction #FictionInProgress #WritersOfBluesky #WordCountMilestone
Guess I was too busy chasing ghosts.
#AmWriting #WeirdWest #WritingLife #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #PulpFiction #FictionInProgress #WritersOfBluesky #WordCountMilestone
April 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Hit 15k words in the new novel and didn’t even realize it.
Guess I was too busy chasing ghosts.
#AmWriting #WeirdWest #WritingLife #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #PulpFiction #FictionInProgress #WritersOfBluesky #WordCountMilestone
Guess I was too busy chasing ghosts.
#AmWriting #WeirdWest #WritingLife #NeoPulp #IndieAuthor #PulpFiction #FictionInProgress #WritersOfBluesky #WordCountMilestone
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💬 The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
📖 — Erasmus ✍️
📖 — Erasmus ✍️
April 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
💬 The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.
📖 — Erasmus ✍️
📖 — Erasmus ✍️
Chapter 2 of Red Moon Reckoning just posted.
The gambler knows the name.
The bounty hunter says it anyway.
And somewhere, a serpent stirs.
#RedMoonReckoning #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #DarkWestern #PulpFiction #SerialFiction
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
The gambler knows the name.
The bounty hunter says it anyway.
And somewhere, a serpent stirs.
#RedMoonReckoning #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #DarkWestern #PulpFiction #SerialFiction
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter 2: All in with the Devil
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April 20, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Chapter 2 of Red Moon Reckoning just posted.
The gambler knows the name.
The bounty hunter says it anyway.
And somewhere, a serpent stirs.
#RedMoonReckoning #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #DarkWestern #PulpFiction #SerialFiction
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
The gambler knows the name.
The bounty hunter says it anyway.
And somewhere, a serpent stirs.
#RedMoonReckoning #WeirdWest #NeoPulp #DustAndDragons #DarkWestern #PulpFiction #SerialFiction
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Your scars are the map of your heart. Writing is learning how to read the roads.
#WritingLife #TruthOnThePage #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NeoPulp #WordsMatter
#WritingLife #TruthOnThePage #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NeoPulp #WordsMatter
April 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Your scars are the map of your heart. Writing is learning how to read the roads.
#WritingLife #TruthOnThePage #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NeoPulp #WordsMatter
#WritingLife #TruthOnThePage #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #NeoPulp #WordsMatter
Writing’s like drilling for oil.
Most days it’s just sweat and dry ground.
But then—boom—a gusher. Black gold. Story everywhere.
That’s why I keep turning the crank.
#AmWriting #WritersLife #fantasywriters #WeirdWest #IndieAuthor
Most days it’s just sweat and dry ground.
But then—boom—a gusher. Black gold. Story everywhere.
That’s why I keep turning the crank.
#AmWriting #WritersLife #fantasywriters #WeirdWest #IndieAuthor
April 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Writing’s like drilling for oil.
Most days it’s just sweat and dry ground.
But then—boom—a gusher. Black gold. Story everywhere.
That’s why I keep turning the crank.
#AmWriting #WritersLife #fantasywriters #WeirdWest #IndieAuthor
Most days it’s just sweat and dry ground.
But then—boom—a gusher. Black gold. Story everywhere.
That’s why I keep turning the crank.
#AmWriting #WritersLife #fantasywriters #WeirdWest #IndieAuthor
Chapter One of my Weird West serial is up now.
Think dragons, bounty hunters, cursed coins, and fever dreams in the desert.
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #SerializedFiction #amwriting #fantasy #WIP #WritersOfBluesky #SubstackWriters
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Think dragons, bounty hunters, cursed coins, and fever dreams in the desert.
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #SerializedFiction #amwriting #fantasy #WIP #WritersOfBluesky #SubstackWriters
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter one: The Price of Blood
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Chapter One of my Weird West serial is up now.
Think dragons, bounty hunters, cursed coins, and fever dreams in the desert.
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #SerializedFiction #amwriting #fantasy #WIP #WritersOfBluesky #SubstackWriters
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Think dragons, bounty hunters, cursed coins, and fever dreams in the desert.
#WeirdWest #NeoPulp #SerializedFiction #amwriting #fantasy #WIP #WritersOfBluesky #SubstackWriters
open.substack.com/pub/jpfinch/...
Red Moon Reckoning is a Weird West story about cursed gold, dead gods, and the price of blood.
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
Red Moon Reckoning
Chapter one: The Price of Blood
jpfinch.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Red Moon Reckoning is a Weird West story about cursed gold, dead gods, and the price of blood.
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
First chapter’s up.
🔗 jpfinch.substack.com/p/red-moon-r...
#WeirdWest #Fantasy #SerializedFiction #RedMoonReckoning #amwriting
Great books make you reach.
Bad ones make you bold.
And both can spark a blaze.
#AmWriting #Weirdwest #WritingCommunity#WritersLife #BookishThoughts #WriterFuel #Storytelling
Bad ones make you bold.
And both can spark a blaze.
#AmWriting #Weirdwest #WritingCommunity#WritersLife #BookishThoughts #WriterFuel #Storytelling
April 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Great books make you reach.
Bad ones make you bold.
And both can spark a blaze.
#AmWriting #Weirdwest #WritingCommunity#WritersLife #BookishThoughts #WriterFuel #Storytelling
Bad ones make you bold.
And both can spark a blaze.
#AmWriting #Weirdwest #WritingCommunity#WritersLife #BookishThoughts #WriterFuel #Storytelling