@rdavidauthor.bsky.social
Crime writer. Querying. Member of SinC.
I hope we all take these moments to reflect on how writers and artists are pulling stark truths to the forefront with poignancy and power.
We need the arts to survive as a society and culture.
We need the arts to survive as a society and culture.
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I hope we all take these moments to reflect on how writers and artists are pulling stark truths to the forefront with poignancy and power.
We need the arts to survive as a society and culture.
We need the arts to survive as a society and culture.
"What if I wrote a cozy mystery?"
I've written everything but, including the not very cozy murder mystery/crime piece I'm querying on.
And the environmental mystery in progress...
And then the other murder mystery, and the story about all the stalking...
I'm still trying to get cozy over here!
I've written everything but, including the not very cozy murder mystery/crime piece I'm querying on.
And the environmental mystery in progress...
And then the other murder mystery, and the story about all the stalking...
I'm still trying to get cozy over here!
What’s the weirdest “what if” question that inspired one of your stories? #writingq #WritingCommunity
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"What if I wrote a cozy mystery?"
I've written everything but, including the not very cozy murder mystery/crime piece I'm querying on.
And the environmental mystery in progress...
And then the other murder mystery, and the story about all the stalking...
I'm still trying to get cozy over here!
I've written everything but, including the not very cozy murder mystery/crime piece I'm querying on.
And the environmental mystery in progress...
And then the other murder mystery, and the story about all the stalking...
I'm still trying to get cozy over here!
The good doctor generally doesn't know what time it is, and the detective generally doesn't care.
But his alter ego? That guy definitely prefers the night. For reasons. Good reasons. Look, he'd really prefer we talk about something else, okay?
But his alter ego? That guy definitely prefers the night. For reasons. Good reasons. Look, he'd really prefer we talk about something else, okay?
#QueerPrompts December 16: Does your MC/characters prefer day or night?
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The good doctor generally doesn't know what time it is, and the detective generally doesn't care.
But his alter ego? That guy definitely prefers the night. For reasons. Good reasons. Look, he'd really prefer we talk about something else, okay?
But his alter ego? That guy definitely prefers the night. For reasons. Good reasons. Look, he'd really prefer we talk about something else, okay?
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#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writing #writerscommunity #author #writingjourney
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#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writing #writerscommunity #author #writingjourney
December 15, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wanting to create a website but unsure what to fill it with? Here’s a quick and easy starter guide to get you going!
Find more information on our blog: www.writingdayworkshops.com/blog
#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writing #writerscommunity #author #writingjourney
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#amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writing #writerscommunity #author #writingjourney
Vox has partnered with OpenAI, so this "article" is one giant ad.
I've never met a creative with enough time and funding to explore all their ideas.
We get stuck mid idea, but the funny part is we need fresh input/experiences to get unstuck, which is the exact opposite of GenAI.
I've never met a creative with enough time and funding to explore all their ideas.
We get stuck mid idea, but the funny part is we need fresh input/experiences to get unstuck, which is the exact opposite of GenAI.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Vox has partnered with OpenAI, so this "article" is one giant ad.
I've never met a creative with enough time and funding to explore all their ideas.
We get stuck mid idea, but the funny part is we need fresh input/experiences to get unstuck, which is the exact opposite of GenAI.
I've never met a creative with enough time and funding to explore all their ideas.
We get stuck mid idea, but the funny part is we need fresh input/experiences to get unstuck, which is the exact opposite of GenAI.
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
"Papers please" is... grim. I don't know that there's an adequate way to describe living in a fascist state--not in a way that conveys its full horror.
I can't imagine the stress and grief for her as a mother, and for her son trying to get home safe to his family. I'm so sorry this happened to them
I can't imagine the stress and grief for her as a mother, and for her son trying to get home safe to his family. I'm so sorry this happened to them
BREAKING: Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by immigration agents and asked to prove his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
cbsn.ws
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
"Papers please" is... grim. I don't know that there's an adequate way to describe living in a fascist state--not in a way that conveys its full horror.
I can't imagine the stress and grief for her as a mother, and for her son trying to get home safe to his family. I'm so sorry this happened to them
I can't imagine the stress and grief for her as a mother, and for her son trying to get home safe to his family. I'm so sorry this happened to them
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In light of this, I'll be pulling all of my ebooks from Amazon at the end of the month and Woman of Sorrow and Blood will NOT be published in ebook on Amazon
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In light of this, I'll be pulling all of my ebooks from Amazon at the end of the month and Woman of Sorrow and Blood will NOT be published in ebook on Amazon
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
I will still be distributing print books through Amazon because it's much easier/more cost effective than the alternatives
Let's give it up for a fellow author! Congrats to you!! 🥳🎉🙌
It's here!
The ✨news✨ is here!
I am delighted to announce that The Tinsel Twist is coming from Turner Publishing in less than a year.
I am so stoked to work with Turner.
Thank you @litagentkatiem.bsky.social for not giving up on me!
Link to my silly video announcement in comments.
#WriteSky
The ✨news✨ is here!
I am delighted to announce that The Tinsel Twist is coming from Turner Publishing in less than a year.
I am so stoked to work with Turner.
Thank you @litagentkatiem.bsky.social for not giving up on me!
Link to my silly video announcement in comments.
#WriteSky
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Let's give it up for a fellow author! Congrats to you!! 🥳🎉🙌
The other part (that I forgot to add) is that because of how my brain is currently working, I can either do soc med or write creatively, but I can't do both in one day. I'm the same way with writing any non-fiction (like this other book I'm toying with).
I know it's asking a lot, but a positive action readers can take is to interact with our stuff. Any of it. Right now (at this point in my career), it feels like single writers are called to be full media companies, and it's not our natural lane
I'm a one-on-one type. Daily life involves caretaking.
I'm a one-on-one type. Daily life involves caretaking.
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The other part (that I forgot to add) is that because of how my brain is currently working, I can either do soc med or write creatively, but I can't do both in one day. I'm the same way with writing any non-fiction (like this other book I'm toying with).
I know it's asking a lot, but a positive action readers can take is to interact with our stuff. Any of it. Right now (at this point in my career), it feels like single writers are called to be full media companies, and it's not our natural lane
I'm a one-on-one type. Daily life involves caretaking.
I'm a one-on-one type. Daily life involves caretaking.
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I know it's asking a lot, but a positive action readers can take is to interact with our stuff. Any of it. Right now (at this point in my career), it feels like single writers are called to be full media companies, and it's not our natural lane
I'm a one-on-one type. Daily life involves caretaking.
I'm a one-on-one type. Daily life involves caretaking.
It's a weird time for the Midwest. It feels like a perpetual midnight, like you're in the world's dullest sleepover.
Things felt more concrete this month. And I'm looking forward to what the Jan new year brings.
(I'll think about the Feb one later)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
Things felt more concrete this month. And I'm looking forward to what the Jan new year brings.
(I'll think about the Feb one later)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's a weird time for the Midwest. It feels like a perpetual midnight, like you're in the world's dullest sleepover.
Things felt more concrete this month. And I'm looking forward to what the Jan new year brings.
(I'll think about the Feb one later)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
Things felt more concrete this month. And I'm looking forward to what the Jan new year brings.
(I'll think about the Feb one later)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
I'm looking to get as much work in as possible before mid-Feb, when I'll be celebrating Lunar New Year: I'm a lion dancer who's lucky enough to perform through the season while hanging out with my buds <3
#writingCommunity #writeSky #AmQuerying #lny
#writingCommunity #writeSky #AmQuerying #lny
With the new year coming, are you looking to rediscover your spark for writing? Are you searching for accountability?
We start January 5th!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
We start January 5th!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
December 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I'm looking to get as much work in as possible before mid-Feb, when I'll be celebrating Lunar New Year: I'm a lion dancer who's lucky enough to perform through the season while hanging out with my buds <3
#writingCommunity #writeSky #AmQuerying #lny
#writingCommunity #writeSky #AmQuerying #lny
The northeastern edge of the city features a terrifying suspension bridge that's always foggy in the mornings... especially in the summer.
(#WIPsnips Dec 4th -- playing a little fast and loose with the dates on my end...) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
(#WIPsnips Dec 4th -- playing a little fast and loose with the dates on my end...) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The northeastern edge of the city features a terrifying suspension bridge that's always foggy in the mornings... especially in the summer.
(#WIPsnips Dec 4th -- playing a little fast and loose with the dates on my end...) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
(#WIPsnips Dec 4th -- playing a little fast and loose with the dates on my end...) #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #CrimeWriter
I'm so easily influenced (and still waking up) that I initially thought this was one of those new writer focus tools (like the Freewrite) and was preparing to click through to see why they think this one needs to be $500 //facepalm.
(But seriously, why are all our focus gadgets so expensive ;_;)
(But seriously, why are all our focus gadgets so expensive ;_;)
A palmtop obscurity: the Handy 98 (1990).
Despite the 98 branding and coming from NEC, this was not in fact PC-98 compatible but runs DOS 3.1, something I've read left many buyers in Japan feeling scammed.
I've watched a video on it and the keyboard looks awful, tiny little rubber things.
Despite the 98 branding and coming from NEC, this was not in fact PC-98 compatible but runs DOS 3.1, something I've read left many buyers in Japan feeling scammed.
I've watched a video on it and the keyboard looks awful, tiny little rubber things.
December 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm so easily influenced (and still waking up) that I initially thought this was one of those new writer focus tools (like the Freewrite) and was preparing to click through to see why they think this one needs to be $500 //facepalm.
(But seriously, why are all our focus gadgets so expensive ;_;)
(But seriously, why are all our focus gadgets so expensive ;_;)
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Me, as a writer: I've used "actually" three times in this chapter! That's horrible. I'll need to fix that.
Me, as an actual person, speaking: "So, actually, that isn't an actual problem...actually." 🙄
#WritersLife #WritingCommunity
Me, as an actual person, speaking: "So, actually, that isn't an actual problem...actually." 🙄
#WritersLife #WritingCommunity
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Me, as a writer: I've used "actually" three times in this chapter! That's horrible. I'll need to fix that.
Me, as an actual person, speaking: "So, actually, that isn't an actual problem...actually." 🙄
#WritersLife #WritingCommunity
Me, as an actual person, speaking: "So, actually, that isn't an actual problem...actually." 🙄
#WritersLife #WritingCommunity
This also describes my writing style: start somewhere and hope I figure out what I'm writing about as I go. A pantser to the core, baby!
The outline comes way later, and that's more of a check than a guide. <3
The outline comes way later, and that's more of a check than a guide. <3
Happy first Friday of December from #SparksAndScribbles with our quote of the week!
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#AmWriting #Writing #Writer #Author #BookSky #AuthorSky #amquerying #amediting #amagented #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This also describes my writing style: start somewhere and hope I figure out what I'm writing about as I go. A pantser to the core, baby!
The outline comes way later, and that's more of a check than a guide. <3
The outline comes way later, and that's more of a check than a guide. <3
This would be interesting to explore with Hal, b/c he really hasn't had a chance to feel his feelings in a while. He was in economic survival mode for a while, but now (esp after book 1) he's forced to slow down--physically and professionally.
Let's do a #FirstDraftFall character prompt! Do any of your characters have SAD?
If so, how do they cope (or fail to cope) with it?
If so, how do they cope (or fail to cope) with it?
December 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This would be interesting to explore with Hal, b/c he really hasn't had a chance to feel his feelings in a while. He was in economic survival mode for a while, but now (esp after book 1) he's forced to slow down--physically and professionally.
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Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
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Welcome to Sparks & Scribbles - a creative writing community dedicated to building accountability, creating a supportive writing environment, and spurring your creativity. #SparksAndScribbles #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
Hosted by @oopsanddaisies.bsky.social & @writerceci.bsky.social
Hosted by @oopsanddaisies.bsky.social & @writerceci.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Welcome to Sparks & Scribbles - a creative writing community dedicated to building accountability, creating a supportive writing environment, and spurring your creativity. #SparksAndScribbles #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
Hosted by @oopsanddaisies.bsky.social & @writerceci.bsky.social
Hosted by @oopsanddaisies.bsky.social & @writerceci.bsky.social
I mostly focused on my webinar today, but I did get some brainstorming done in the AM. I was toying around with some ideas for a non-fiction book, so I brain-dumped into Obsidian.
#FirstDraftFall Check-In: How did your writing go today?
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I mostly focused on my webinar today, but I did get some brainstorming done in the AM. I was toying around with some ideas for a non-fiction book, so I brain-dumped into Obsidian.
What a great webinar that was! One of the things that was really cool was how active the chat was--like what a welcoming group of people <3
Honestly, SinC is such a great organization. I'll be sure to renew my membership soon, because I do love it (and the cost is very fair)
Honestly, SinC is such a great organization. I'll be sure to renew my membership soon, because I do love it (and the cost is very fair)
**New webinar available!**
The Three Ps for Writers Seeking an Author Career
Real talk about goals, expectations, and the reality of an author’s career. SinC Board President Raquel V. Reyes will help you envision your career path and offer advice that is practical, workable, and encouraging.
The Three Ps for Writers Seeking an Author Career
Real talk about goals, expectations, and the reality of an author’s career. SinC Board President Raquel V. Reyes will help you envision your career path and offer advice that is practical, workable, and encouraging.
December 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
What a great webinar that was! One of the things that was really cool was how active the chat was--like what a welcoming group of people <3
Honestly, SinC is such a great organization. I'll be sure to renew my membership soon, because I do love it (and the cost is very fair)
Honestly, SinC is such a great organization. I'll be sure to renew my membership soon, because I do love it (and the cost is very fair)
I'm excited to join!!
One of the many perks of being a SinC member <3
One of the many perks of being a SinC member <3
**New webinar available!**
The Three Ps for Writers Seeking an Author Career
Real talk about goals, expectations, and the reality of an author’s career. SinC Board President Raquel V. Reyes will help you envision your career path and offer advice that is practical, workable, and encouraging.
The Three Ps for Writers Seeking an Author Career
Real talk about goals, expectations, and the reality of an author’s career. SinC Board President Raquel V. Reyes will help you envision your career path and offer advice that is practical, workable, and encouraging.
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I'm excited to join!!
One of the many perks of being a SinC member <3
One of the many perks of being a SinC member <3
Sure, and you just know she'll be the one somehow getting an earful.
Nov 17th #WIPSnip "Spend". #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Nov 17th #WIPSnip "Spend". #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Sure, and you just know she'll be the one somehow getting an earful.
Nov 17th #WIPSnip "Spend". #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Nov 17th #WIPSnip "Spend". #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts