Sam Knight
@samknight.bsky.social
Sam Knight has curated over a dozen anthologies, authored six children’s books, four short story collections, four novels, and over 75 short stories, including three co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson.
Last week to get this @storybundle.bsky.social! You may not have done the "November Novel" thing, but if you're a writer, you're probably still writing, and may want to take look at this before it's gone! Plus you can decide to donate some of the proceeds to charity!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last week to get this @storybundle.bsky.social! You may not have done the "November Novel" thing, but if you're a writer, you're probably still writing, and may want to take look at this before it's gone! Plus you can decide to donate some of the proceeds to charity!
storybundle.com/writing
storybundle.com/writing
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Holidays can be tough on authors. Some of us literally NEED to write. Having family around stops us. If you start feeling grumpy and irritable, sneak away and write a little! Maybe write in the restroom instead of doom scrolling?
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Holidays can be tough on authors. Some of us literally NEED to write. Having family around stops us. If you start feeling grumpy and irritable, sneak away and write a little! Maybe write in the restroom instead of doom scrolling?
Order it today and get it in time to read during your recovery as you prepare for the other holiday! Trust me! It's a great holiday read, even if I am saying so myself!
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November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Order it today and get it in time to read during your recovery as you prepare for the other holiday! Trust me! It's a great holiday read, even if I am saying so myself!
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: You don't need anyone's permission to be a writer. Someone doesn't have to call you an author for you to be an author. All you have to do is believe in yourself and write. Let other people worry about themselves. You got this.
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: You don't need anyone's permission to be a writer. Someone doesn't have to call you an author for you to be an author. All you have to do is believe in yourself and write. Let other people worry about themselves. You got this.
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The original Particular Passages ebook is on sale for $1.99 until the end of November. Not to scare you, but it goes out of print in May. This may be your last chance to ever get it on sale!
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November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The original Particular Passages ebook is on sale for $1.99 until the end of November. Not to scare you, but it goes out of print in May. This may be your last chance to ever get it on sale!
books2read.com/u/bWrlZG
books2read.com/u/bWrlZG
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@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: Just had text exchange with author who rejected a job because publisher didn't want to use contracts. Called it freelance. Said other authors didn't want contracts. Friends, don't let anyone sucker you. Always insist on contracts.
November 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: Just had text exchange with author who rejected a job because publisher didn't want to use contracts. Called it freelance. Said other authors didn't want contracts. Friends, don't let anyone sucker you. Always insist on contracts.
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November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, wherein we remember all the trans lives lost to bigotry, ignorance, & hatred. It exists to honor those lives & to ensure no more candles are added to the number already being lit today. Do your part & fight anti-trans idiocy wherever you encounter it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance, wherein we remember all the trans lives lost to bigotry, ignorance, & hatred. It exists to honor those lives & to ensure no more candles are added to the number already being lit today. Do your part & fight anti-trans idiocy wherever you encounter it.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Thinking about something too long tends to lead to not doing it. Sometimes you just have to dive in. Don't be afraid to start a story you don't know how ends. The only thing I wouldn't just dive into is getting (self) published.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Thinking about something too long tends to lead to not doing it. Sometimes you just have to dive in. Don't be afraid to start a story you don't know how ends. The only thing I wouldn't just dive into is getting (self) published.
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Something I should have thought to post long ago and was reminded of at the book signing yesterday: being around your author friends recharges you. Not just your writing batteries, but your soul. Go find your local author friends.
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Something I should have thought to post long ago and was reminded of at the book signing yesterday: being around your author friends recharges you. Not just your writing batteries, but your soul. Go find your local author friends.
If you were thinking about getting in on this @storybundle.bsky.social deal, then don't think about it too much longer, time is running out!
If you pay the bonus price of just $25, you get a total of 13 books!
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If you pay the bonus price of just $25, you get a total of 13 books!
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November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
If you were thinking about getting in on this @storybundle.bsky.social deal, then don't think about it too much longer, time is running out!
If you pay the bonus price of just $25, you get a total of 13 books!
storybundle.com/writing
If you pay the bonus price of just $25, you get a total of 13 books!
storybundle.com/writing
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Everything is baby steps in writing. There is no fairytale where it all magically happens. Even those very few who make it "big" with their "first" book had to sit down and write it one word at a time. Keep realistic expectations.
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Everything is baby steps in writing. There is no fairytale where it all magically happens. Even those very few who make it "big" with their "first" book had to sit down and write it one word at a time. Keep realistic expectations.
Today is the day! Come see us! Stock up on holiday reading for everyone! Have a beer! Talk books, movies, TV, and games with some of the biggest nerds around!
November 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today is the day! Come see us! Stock up on holiday reading for everyone! Have a beer! Talk books, movies, TV, and games with some of the biggest nerds around!
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@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: The best way to learn is NOT the internet. It's from other authors who will tell it to you straight. Go to local events, meet local authors, be involved in your local writing community, and you will learn from others' mistakes.
November 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: The best way to learn is NOT the internet. It's from other authors who will tell it to you straight. Go to local events, meet local authors, be involved in your local writing community, and you will learn from others' mistakes.
Tomorrow! Come find your next read and favorite author! Also, if you are a writer in the area of Colo Springs, or maybe even Pueblo or Southern Denver Metro, this would be a great place to start finding your local writing community!
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Tomorrow! Come find your next read and favorite author! Also, if you are a writer in the area of Colo Springs, or maybe even Pueblo or Southern Denver Metro, this would be a great place to start finding your local writing community!
Tomorrow! Come find your next read and favorite author! Also, if you are a writer in the area of Colo Springs, or maybe even Pueblo or Southern Denver Metro, this would be a great place to start finding your local writing community!
November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Tomorrow! Come find your next read and favorite author! Also, if you are a writer in the area of Colo Springs, or maybe even Pueblo or Southern Denver Metro, this would be a great place to start finding your local writing community!
Two more days to go! Come see me Sunday afternoon! I'll be hanging out with an entire inkling of other writers who want to meet you!
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Two more days to go! Come see me Sunday afternoon! I'll be hanging out with an entire inkling of other writers who want to meet you!
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: One of the hardest things about starting a writing career is getting people to leave a review. Be prepared when they say they will but never do. Also, never "sock puppet" your own reviews. It will come back to haunt you.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: One of the hardest things about starting a writing career is getting people to leave a review. Be prepared when they say they will but never do. Also, never "sock puppet" your own reviews. It will come back to haunt you.
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: It's okay if your entire idea is based upon a stuttered insult your brother messed up. Any idea is a place to start. What matters is where you go with it. Can you make that scene make sense within a story? Then write it! Payback!
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: It's okay if your entire idea is based upon a stuttered insult your brother messed up. Any idea is a place to start. What matters is where you go with it. Can you make that scene make sense within a story? Then write it! Payback!
Once upon a time, I was at a small-town Christmas parade. I told my wife, "This reminds me of something..."
She laughed. "That story you wrote last year?"
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She laughed. "That story you wrote last year?"
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November 13, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Once upon a time, I was at a small-town Christmas parade. I told my wife, "This reminds me of something..."
She laughed. "That story you wrote last year?"
amzn.to/3XxBrNX
She laughed. "That story you wrote last year?"
amzn.to/3XxBrNX
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Writing is like building a house. No matter how many tools and supplies you have, how good they are, and how well planned out it all is, if you just enjoy looking at them and thinking about what to do, it will never get done.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: Writing is like building a house. No matter how many tools and supplies you have, how good they are, and how well planned out it all is, if you just enjoy looking at them and thinking about what to do, it will never get done.
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@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: "I bought the car from the salesman with a combover." An example of an insidious misplaced modifier. They seem fine when we write them and even when we read them again. Then a reader wants to know how a combover became currency...
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@samknight.bsky.social's #writingtips for new authors: "I bought the car from the salesman with a combover." An example of an insidious misplaced modifier. They seem fine when we write them and even when we read them again. Then a reader wants to know how a combover became currency...
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@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: Bad writing advice is common. How can you tell if it's bad? Try it. If it doesn't work for you, it was bad. At least as far as you're concerned. It may be fine for someone else. We're all different. Just make sure you learn from it
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: Bad writing advice is common. How can you tell if it's bad? Try it. If it doesn't work for you, it was bad. At least as far as you're concerned. It may be fine for someone else. We're all different. Just make sure you learn from it
The gingerbread baking in the oven smells great. The Christmas music is festive. The lights are lit on the tree, the gas fireplace is on, spreading a warm glow through my living room. And yet...
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The gingerbread baking in the oven smells great. The Christmas music is festive. The lights are lit on the tree, the gas fireplace is on, spreading a warm glow through my living room. And yet...
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@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: Do you really need another book on writing? Probably not. You probably didn't need the first one. But then, maybe you need them all. At the very least, seeing other ideas and points of view are valuable, even if you reject them.
November 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
@samknight.bsky.social 's #writingtips for new authors: Do you really need another book on writing? Probably not. You probably didn't need the first one. But then, maybe you need them all. At the very least, seeing other ideas and points of view are valuable, even if you reject them.