PJ Braley
@pjbraley.bsky.social
Whatever else I may be, words are the best part of me.
Author of the Fire Slayers series.
https://pjbraley.com/
DMs only if I've met you - in person, not in your dreams.
Author of the Fire Slayers series.
https://pjbraley.com/
DMs only if I've met you - in person, not in your dreams.
Remembering Guy Davenport’s birthday, I am suspending the limits of my mind to embrace the sensibilities of another writer’s pen. I #amreading #fiction 📚💙
More: Guy Davenport, award-winning American #writer #poet #translator and #teacher - www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3...
#writers #quotes
More: Guy Davenport, award-winning American #writer #poet #translator and #teacher - www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3...
#writers #quotes
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Remembering Guy Davenport’s birthday, I am suspending the limits of my mind to embrace the sensibilities of another writer’s pen. I #amreading #fiction 📚💙
More: Guy Davenport, award-winning American #writer #poet #translator and #teacher - www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3...
#writers #quotes
More: Guy Davenport, award-winning American #writer #poet #translator and #teacher - www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3...
#writers #quotes
“Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.” ― George Eliot 📚💙
Remembering the birthday of George Eliot aka Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, journalist, and translator - www.bbc.co.uk/history/hist...
#writers #quotes
Remembering the birthday of George Eliot aka Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, journalist, and translator - www.bbc.co.uk/history/hist...
#writers #quotes
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Hold up your head! You were not made for failure, you were made for victory. Go forward with a joyful confidence.” ― George Eliot 📚💙
Remembering the birthday of George Eliot aka Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, journalist, and translator - www.bbc.co.uk/history/hist...
#writers #quotes
Remembering the birthday of George Eliot aka Mary Ann Evans, English novelist, journalist, and translator - www.bbc.co.uk/history/hist...
#writers #quotes
On November 22, 1963, we lost so much; the writing community, and the world.
#JFK #AldousHuxley #CSLewis 📚💙
#JFK #AldousHuxley #CSLewis 📚💙
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
On November 22, 1963, we lost so much; the writing community, and the world.
#JFK #AldousHuxley #CSLewis 📚💙
#JFK #AldousHuxley #CSLewis 📚💙
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Celebrating Voltaire’s birthday, I hold a pen - if for no other reason - to preserve the right for others to hold a pen.
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), #French #writer #historian and #philosopher - www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/about-voltai...
#Voltaire #quotes on #writing
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), #French #writer #historian and #philosopher - www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/about-voltai...
#Voltaire #quotes on #writing
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Celebrating Voltaire’s birthday, I hold a pen - if for no other reason - to preserve the right for others to hold a pen.
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), #French #writer #historian and #philosopher - www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/about-voltai...
#Voltaire #quotes on #writing
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), #French #writer #historian and #philosopher - www.voltaire.ox.ac.uk/about-voltai...
#Voltaire #quotes on #writing
There are many reasons to write, but today, celebrating Robert F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday, I #amwriting to "make gentle the life of this world." 📚💙
Remembering Robert F. Kennedy, American writer…and so much more:
rfkhumanrights.org/rfk-life-and...
#RobertFKennedy #RFK100thBirthday
#quote
Remembering Robert F. Kennedy, American writer…and so much more:
rfkhumanrights.org/rfk-life-and...
#RobertFKennedy #RFK100thBirthday
#quote
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There are many reasons to write, but today, celebrating Robert F. Kennedy’s 100th birthday, I #amwriting to "make gentle the life of this world." 📚💙
Remembering Robert F. Kennedy, American writer…and so much more:
rfkhumanrights.org/rfk-life-and...
#RobertFKennedy #RFK100thBirthday
#quote
Remembering Robert F. Kennedy, American writer…and so much more:
rfkhumanrights.org/rfk-life-and...
#RobertFKennedy #RFK100thBirthday
#quote
Remembering the birthday of Jack Warner Schaefer, award-winning American writer. Best known as the #author of “Shane,” he wrote many other western novels, including “Monte Walsh.” 📚💙
More: www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/b...
#writers #quotes from #Shane
More: www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/b...
#writers #quotes from #Shane
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Remembering the birthday of Jack Warner Schaefer, award-winning American writer. Best known as the #author of “Shane,” he wrote many other western novels, including “Monte Walsh.” 📚💙
More: www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/b...
#writers #quotes from #Shane
More: www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/b...
#writers #quotes from #Shane
Remembering the birthday of James Phillip Welch Jr., born Nov. 18, 1940 (2003), "who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American #novelist and #poet - considered a founding #author of the Native American Renaissance." 📚💙 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W...
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remembering the birthday of James Phillip Welch Jr., born Nov. 18, 1940 (2003), "who grew up within the Blackfeet and A'aninin cultures of his parents, was a Native American #novelist and #poet - considered a founding #author of the Native American Renaissance." 📚💙 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_W...
Or you can die - over and over again - in various horrible ways.
Your choice.
Remember, revenge is sweet and #writing from the heart is the best thing in the world. 📚💙
Your choice.
Remember, revenge is sweet and #writing from the heart is the best thing in the world. 📚💙
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Or you can die - over and over again - in various horrible ways.
Your choice.
Remember, revenge is sweet and #writing from the heart is the best thing in the world. 📚💙
Your choice.
Remember, revenge is sweet and #writing from the heart is the best thing in the world. 📚💙
Who else would you suggest? Mark Twain and Charlotte Bronte come to mind.
Remembering the birthday of Shelby Foote, award-winning American #historian and #novelist - 📚💙
More: www.theparisreview.org/interviews/9...
-and-
rhodesdigitalcollections.com/s/shelbyfoot...
#writers #quotes on #wreiting
Remembering the birthday of Shelby Foote, award-winning American #historian and #novelist - 📚💙
More: www.theparisreview.org/interviews/9...
-and-
rhodesdigitalcollections.com/s/shelbyfoot...
#writers #quotes on #wreiting
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Who else would you suggest? Mark Twain and Charlotte Bronte come to mind.
Remembering the birthday of Shelby Foote, award-winning American #historian and #novelist - 📚💙
More: www.theparisreview.org/interviews/9...
-and-
rhodesdigitalcollections.com/s/shelbyfoot...
#writers #quotes on #wreiting
Remembering the birthday of Shelby Foote, award-winning American #historian and #novelist - 📚💙
More: www.theparisreview.org/interviews/9...
-and-
rhodesdigitalcollections.com/s/shelbyfoot...
#writers #quotes on #wreiting
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Drew, award-winning #journalist and #author -
More: prabook.com/web/elizabet...
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#writers #quotes on #literature
#amreading
More: prabook.com/web/elizabet...
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#writers #quotes on #literature
#amreading
November 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Happy Birthday, Elizabeth Drew, award-winning #journalist and #author -
More: prabook.com/web/elizabet...
📚💙
#writers #quotes on #literature
#amreading
More: prabook.com/web/elizabet...
📚💙
#writers #quotes on #literature
#amreading
Remembering the birthday of Marianne Craig Moore, award-winning American poet, critic, and editor. Pulitzer Prize recipient 1951. 📚💙
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
I ❤️ #poetry
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
I ❤️ #poetry
November 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Remembering the birthday of Marianne Craig Moore, award-winning American poet, critic, and editor. Pulitzer Prize recipient 1951. 📚💙
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
I ❤️ #poetry
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
I ❤️ #poetry
Remembering the birthday of Marianne Craig Moore, award-winning American poet, critic, and editor. Pulitzer prize recipient 1951. 📚💙
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#sailing #sailboats #sailors
#poetry #shantysong
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#sailing #sailboats #sailors
#poetry #shantysong
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Remembering the birthday of Marianne Craig Moore, award-winning American poet, critic, and editor. Pulitzer prize recipient 1951. 📚💙
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#sailing #sailboats #sailors
#poetry #shantysong
More - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
and www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
#sailing #sailboats #sailors
#poetry #shantysong
Remembering Marianne Moore's birthday, I, too, feel the excitement of a well-written sentence as a sail rejoices in the wind. 📚💙
More: Marianne Craig Moore, American poet and writer; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1951
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
&
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
More: Marianne Craig Moore, American poet and writer; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1951
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
&
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Remembering Marianne Moore's birthday, I, too, feel the excitement of a well-written sentence as a sail rejoices in the wind. 📚💙
More: Marianne Craig Moore, American poet and writer; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1951
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
&
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
More: Marianne Craig Moore, American poet and writer; Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1951
www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4...
&
www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marian...
"I wholeheartedly give a solid, five-star rating to The Bookbinder's Apprentice. I only find such a perfectly written book once a year." Mark Schultz, the WordRefiner
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️ 📚⏳
It's only love.
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️ 📚⏳
It's only love.
November 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"I wholeheartedly give a solid, five-star rating to The Bookbinder's Apprentice. I only find such a perfectly written book once a year." Mark Schultz, the WordRefiner
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️ 📚⏳
It's only love.
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️ 📚⏳
It's only love.
Wishing everyone a very happy "I Love to Write Day!" (Yes, it is a thing 😍 - nationaltoday.com/i-love-to-wr... !)
📚💙 #booksky
I #amwriting (and loving it)!
#books #poetry #literature #anime #fiction #nonfiction #lovestories #shortstories #fanfiction #flashfiction #novels #playwrights #screenplay
📚💙 #booksky
I #amwriting (and loving it)!
#books #poetry #literature #anime #fiction #nonfiction #lovestories #shortstories #fanfiction #flashfiction #novels #playwrights #screenplay
November 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Wishing everyone a very happy "I Love to Write Day!" (Yes, it is a thing 😍 - nationaltoday.com/i-love-to-wr... !)
📚💙 #booksky
I #amwriting (and loving it)!
#books #poetry #literature #anime #fiction #nonfiction #lovestories #shortstories #fanfiction #flashfiction #novels #playwrights #screenplay
📚💙 #booksky
I #amwriting (and loving it)!
#books #poetry #literature #anime #fiction #nonfiction #lovestories #shortstories #fanfiction #flashfiction #novels #playwrights #screenplay
"I wholeheartedly give a solid, five-star rating to The Bookbinder's Apprentice. I only find such a perfectly written book once a year." Mark Schultz, The Word Refiner
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️
#romantic #love #stories #fiction
#fallenangels #passion
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️
#romantic #love #stories #fiction
#fallenangels #passion
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"I wholeheartedly give a solid, five-star rating to The Bookbinder's Apprentice. I only find such a perfectly written book once a year." Mark Schultz, The Word Refiner
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️
#romantic #love #stories #fiction
#fallenangels #passion
The Bookbinder's Apprentice - www.amazon.com/dp/B0FGWWNLBL
📚💙 📚❤️ 📚🌶️
#romantic #love #stories #fiction
#fallenangels #passion
Remembering the birthday of Astrid Lindgren, I #amwriting the way I would like a book to be. 📚💙
More: Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, award-winning #Swedish #writer and #screenwriter -
Recipient Hans Christian Andersen Award 1958 -
www.astridlindgren.com/en/about-ast...
#author #PippiLongstocking
More: Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, award-winning #Swedish #writer and #screenwriter -
Recipient Hans Christian Andersen Award 1958 -
www.astridlindgren.com/en/about-ast...
#author #PippiLongstocking
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Remembering the birthday of Astrid Lindgren, I #amwriting the way I would like a book to be. 📚💙
More: Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, award-winning #Swedish #writer and #screenwriter -
Recipient Hans Christian Andersen Award 1958 -
www.astridlindgren.com/en/about-ast...
#author #PippiLongstocking
More: Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren, award-winning #Swedish #writer and #screenwriter -
Recipient Hans Christian Andersen Award 1958 -
www.astridlindgren.com/en/about-ast...
#author #PippiLongstocking
Remembering the birthday of Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, #Scottish #writer and #poet -
More: robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
📚💙 #booksky
#RobertLouisStevenson #poetry
More: robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
📚💙 #booksky
#RobertLouisStevenson #poetry
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Remembering the birthday of Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, #Scottish #writer and #poet -
More: robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
📚💙 #booksky
#RobertLouisStevenson #poetry
More: robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
📚💙 #booksky
#RobertLouisStevenson #poetry
Celebrating Robert Louis Stevenson’s birthday, I'm spinning a web of #words – sensuous and elegant – to capture your mind. I #amwriting impossible #love #stories
📚💙
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, #Scottish #writer and #poet - robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
#art & #literature #author #quotes
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Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, #Scottish #writer and #poet - robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
#art & #literature #author #quotes
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Celebrating Robert Louis Stevenson’s birthday, I'm spinning a web of #words – sensuous and elegant – to capture your mind. I #amwriting impossible #love #stories
📚💙
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, #Scottish #writer and #poet - robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
#art & #literature #author #quotes
📚💙
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson, #Scottish #writer and #poet - robert-louis-stevenson.org/life/
#art & #literature #author #quotes