Ruth Buchanan
@ruthmbuchanan.bsky.social
I help writers:
🚀 Get started
📈 Grow in the craft
✍🏽 Move toward trad pub contracts
🔥 300+ Writers and counting
📬 IG DM's open. Let's talk!
🚀 Get started
📈 Grow in the craft
✍🏽 Move toward trad pub contracts
🔥 300+ Writers and counting
📬 IG DM's open. Let's talk!
I woke up really worried about a project. I wasn't sure I knew how to finish it & I didn't know that I would be able to do it. I got myself all worked up and then I opened the draft and realized it was already finished. The reason I couldn't think of how to finish it is that it was already done. 🫠
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I woke up really worried about a project. I wasn't sure I knew how to finish it & I didn't know that I would be able to do it. I got myself all worked up and then I opened the draft and realized it was already finished. The reason I couldn't think of how to finish it is that it was already done. 🫠
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
How much cheese are we eating this week, folks?
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
How much cheese are we eating this week, folks?
I just came through one of the more frustrating weekends I've experienced in a while. The good news? Friends showed up.
November 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I just came through one of the more frustrating weekends I've experienced in a while. The good news? Friends showed up.
Cashier: (brightly) Did you find everything okay?
Me: I won't really know for sure until I get home, but I can tell you right now that based on historical data, the answer is probably no.
Me: I won't really know for sure until I get home, but I can tell you right now that based on historical data, the answer is probably no.
November 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Cashier: (brightly) Did you find everything okay?
Me: I won't really know for sure until I get home, but I can tell you right now that based on historical data, the answer is probably no.
Me: I won't really know for sure until I get home, but I can tell you right now that based on historical data, the answer is probably no.
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Mum was trying to work out whether it was now or sleet, and said 'I'm just looking at whatever it is falling from the sky' and that's now the opening line for my new sci-fi horror novel.
November 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mum was trying to work out whether it was now or sleet, and said 'I'm just looking at whatever it is falling from the sky' and that's now the opening line for my new sci-fi horror novel.
All breathless optimism about the power of AI should be tempered by the knowledge that when someone texted to let me know that their cancer had spread to their bones, my auto-reply feature suggested that I respond with "Great! 👍🏽"
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
All breathless optimism about the power of AI should be tempered by the knowledge that when someone texted to let me know that their cancer had spread to their bones, my auto-reply feature suggested that I respond with "Great! 👍🏽"
4 days in a row of early morning sunshine and coffee while wrapped in a blanket on the deck.
I think it's helping.
I think it's helping.
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
4 days in a row of early morning sunshine and coffee while wrapped in a blanket on the deck.
I think it's helping.
I think it's helping.
When a writer tells you they desperately want to finish a draft of their current project, and you ask why they are rearranging all the shirts in their closet first by color and then by sleeve length instead of writing, it's clear you don't understand our culture.
November 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
When a writer tells you they desperately want to finish a draft of their current project, and you ask why they are rearranging all the shirts in their closet first by color and then by sleeve length instead of writing, it's clear you don't understand our culture.
Reposted by Ruth Buchanan
Whoever is styling Junho's late-90s look in Typhoon Family knows exactly what they're doing.
November 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Whoever is styling Junho's late-90s look in Typhoon Family knows exactly what they're doing.
Reposted by Ruth Buchanan
The nativity trio featuring Baby Jesus, Mary, & Joseph is available in 4 skin tones, which you can mix & match. I have a few ready to go in each style. They make wonderful, unique gifts. $35 + $8 shipped.
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The nativity trio featuring Baby Jesus, Mary, & Joseph is available in 4 skin tones, which you can mix & match. I have a few ready to go in each style. They make wonderful, unique gifts. $35 + $8 shipped.
Me: I bet in the future we will have flying cars
The future: best I can do is AI chatbot Satan
The future: best I can do is AI chatbot Satan
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Me: I bet in the future we will have flying cars
The future: best I can do is AI chatbot Satan
The future: best I can do is AI chatbot Satan
Heavy is the head that writes the book.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Heavy is the head that writes the book.
Storing up vitamin D for winter like a squirrel stores nuts.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Storing up vitamin D for winter like a squirrel stores nuts.
Nothing like AI offering to summarize a 1-sentence email for me.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Nothing like AI offering to summarize a 1-sentence email for me.
"Thursday night, I finished my chores in the near-dark, sliding my mop over the kitchen floor in the dim glow of the pilot light...Once again, I’d pushed back the inevitable slide toward chaos—at least for another week."
The Inevitable Slide Toward Chaos
Pushing back against a dreaded potential future.
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Thursday night, I finished my chores in the near-dark, sliding my mop over the kitchen floor in the dim glow of the pilot light...Once again, I’d pushed back the inevitable slide toward chaos—at least for another week."
New from me today
The Inevitable Slide Toward Chaos
Pushing back against a dreaded potential future.
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
New from me today
"I definitely know what words mean."
#WriterAffirmations
#WriterAffirmations
November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
"I definitely know what words mean."
#WriterAffirmations
#WriterAffirmations
The gift of hot coffee on a cold morning.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The gift of hot coffee on a cold morning.
Today for the first time in weeks, I checked everything off my checklist. I found that the key to making this happen was writing a smaller checklist.
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Today for the first time in weeks, I checked everything off my checklist. I found that the key to making this happen was writing a smaller checklist.
You ever finish reading a rom-com and think to yourself, "That was a really fun read, but there's no way that couple is making it in the long run"?
November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
You ever finish reading a rom-com and think to yourself, "That was a really fun read, but there's no way that couple is making it in the long run"?
Doing household chores like cleaning in the winter after dinner when it's long dark outside is a Herculean task.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Doing household chores like cleaning in the winter after dinner when it's long dark outside is a Herculean task.
Your book won't write itself.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Your book won't write itself.
The funniest thing that has ever happened.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
The funniest thing that has ever happened.