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July 9, 2025 at 5:54 AM Everybody can reply
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Great advice!!

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June 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM Everybody can reply
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Under My Skin
A Poem
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June 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM Everybody can reply
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Pride month posting, Helsinki Pride
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Picture of a hand holding a inclusive Pride flag bow Pic from Helsinki Pride parade, Polyamory block with a banner saying "WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED BY HATE" Picture of participants of Helsinki Pride Parade Picture of participants of Helsinki Pride Parade
June 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM Everybody can reply
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Remember!!

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#LGBTQIACommunity #dykesonbikes

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June 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM Everybody can reply
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To celebrate Pride month
A scene from Xena that I loved

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#bikerchicks
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June 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM Everybody can reply
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Happy Pride Month everyone
In these times it is important that we stay loud and visible.
Let’s annoy the fuck out if the haters.

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Picture of a motorcycle helmet that has a bow attached on top of it. The bow has become unraveled, I did stay on for approximately 7000 kilometers ☺️ A glass of mimosa with strawberries in it, a pride flag as a backdrop Motorcycle jacket with a patch with the text “Beaver Lover” on the shoulder Motorcycles lined up to be ready to lead the Helsinki Pride 2024 as the “Dykes on Bikes” got to lead the parade for the first time in Helsinki ❤️
June 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM Everybody can reply
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Pride month is near 🏳️‍🌈
Can’t wait for Helsinki Pride parade, dykes on bikes are ready again

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#dykesonbikes

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Since I have tasked myself to write the cover letter to submit my manuscript to publishers, I naturally distracted myself and made a mock up cover for it myself.
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A mock up of a book cover, with text: Darkness of Helsinki by Kay J. Middle A photo taken of Helsinki on a winter night from the sea, black sea and the "Suomenlinna" sea fort in front of the city far back
May 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM Everybody can reply
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Today's #WIPSnips word of the day is "bark".
Again from the "Darkness of Helsinki"
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Screen capture of a text, as follows: “Wait! What did you say about war preparations?” I was suddenly aware that there had been something going on the whole time I had been here, and that it hadn’t all been about me. Rick barked, “Ian, no gossip.” Like a command. Then he continued with a somber expression, “Miss, please don’t ask anything. We really do not know anything and in any case Miss Emily is the one who will fill in what she thinks is necessary for you to know.” I nodded at him and replied, “Naturally. I am sorry to put you in an awkward position. I will ask Emily later tonight when I get to talk to her.” I felt a bit ashamed to have put them in this position. Mira laughed out loud and redirected the conversation by saying, “But guys, how on earth did you miss the thing with Pia and Yolanda? It was so obvious, the way Pia looks at her, how overprotective Yolanda is. Yolanda being THAT protective! That was way beyond her manners and task of being a personal bodyguard. Oh come on, even a blind man could
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Well that wasn't had to find, the #WIPSnips word of the day "pant"
Again From "Darkness of Helsinki", things are heating up fast it seems...
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Screen capture of a text as follws: “I have missed you so much.” Then I bit her neck lightly. Her hand rose to my neck and she took hold of my hair pulling me lightly but firmly back a bit so she could kiss me. That kiss exploded the passion in me. Flushed and panting a bit, I tried break off the kiss, her grip tightened. She whispered against my lips, “Where do you think you are going?” I really had no answer to give her, but that did not matter as I had no possibility to answer her, she drew me tight to herself and kissed me again. We stood for a good while locked in a kiss there in the lobby before she released her hold on me. Her voice was a husky whisper and her eyes were glowing bright with passion when she said, “Go get your gear, change of clothes and what ever you need from your room and come then to my room.”
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#WIPSnips wor for today is "give". This is from the latest draft of my manuscript that will eventually become a novel, "Darkness of Helsinki"
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Screen capture of a text, as follows: he was afraid of me, and people often turn fear into hate. I was not about to give up on my best friend that easily though, I needed to try to reason with him. I couldn’t let him hate me. I heard my own pleading voice when I said, “I have not changed. I am still the same person that I have always been. My body has changed and it quite probably will continue to change in the future. But who I am is still the same. Come on man! I am still the same Pia! I am the woman you asked to be your Best Man, I wore a fucking suit for your wedding! I have some things that need sorting out but it is not about who I am. All the rest is just trivial. I just need a while to get things sorted. Jukka, look at me, please! I am right fucking here! I haven’t done anything wrong, this is not happening!” My voice going from pleading to a
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For the Force day todays #WIPSnip word is "force"

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Screen capture of text, on top is the name of the book and author's name "Darkness of Helsinki by Kay j. Middle" Body of text as follows: exiting and was entirely focused to take down the vampire charging towards me. I felt like the time slowed down. I threw myself against him with all the speed and force I could muster in the few steps that separated us. I saw a knife in his belt. As my left shoulder hit him square in the chest I took the knife with my right hand and dropped to the ground. Hitting the ground I slashed and cut the Achilles tendon in his right leg, the impact with me had stopped him mid stride. All of his weight was on his right leg that went limp below his knee, causing him falling to the ground. I would kill him. I smelled his blood, my fangs were fully out, only thing in my head was to get to his
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First line of my current #WIP :
I had sat in that dive bar for maybe bit over an hour, when a very drunken guy came over to hit on me, he kept talking in French to me and didn’t take no for an answer.
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chrismtantillo.bsky.social Christopher M. Tantillo @chrismtantillo.bsky.social · May 1
Authors/writers/poets: share the first line of your current WIP!

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The #WIPSnips word for May 1 is "cup"
Well it is easy to find a cup of coffee in Finland.
Even when you might have to go somewhere else to get breakfast or lunch.

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Screen apture of text, as follows: Putting the phone down, I went to kitchen. Jukka was going through my fridge with a cup of coffee in his hand. When I came in he glanced over his shoulder and complained, “Do you really have nothing to eat around here? Every time I visit, it’s the same thing, You have no real food to feed a starving man. More importantly, what the hell is up with that Jag on your driveway?” I ignored his complaints. Those were the normal things for him to complain about. Even after a good dinner, he would keep complaining about food. It was a sort of inside joke between us.
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#WIPSnip word of the day on the 30th of April is "explosion".
It was easy to find, but hard to decide what kind of scene to use here.

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Screen capture of text, as follows: block farther away before there was a huge flash behind me. In a split second I felt like a huge wall had come from behind and hit me, driving with force me down to the pavement again. I stayed conscious but rattled, slowly I got up looking around me. The explosion had left chaos in it’s wake. There were broken windows and injured people. These people had not been concerned about collateral damage. They saw me as their target and did not care about anything else. There were alarms going off everywhere, the smoke and the force of the blast had tripped fire alarms all over. I took a few seconds to concentrate before I got going again. I was running fast. I wanted to leave the mayhem far behind me before the police would arrive.
April 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM Everybody can reply
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The #WIPSnips word for April 29th is "clown"
I thought that I didn't have that word in either of my WIP's but there was,
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Screen capture of a text, as follows: "I love you too, why on carth would I not choose to stay with a woman who I love and who loves me back." I stated, well it took a while to say as I kept kissing her. We kept on kissing a while before Yolanda pulled back and lifted me to sit beside her again. I guessed she wasn't done talking when she shushed when I was about to protest and continued, "I am not quite done yet. There is more that I want to talk about so please, let me speak." I saw the laughter in her eyes when I put my own hand over my mouth and nodded vigorously for her to continue, "Kitten, you can be such a clown." She paused and shook her head before continuing again,
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Writing tip if the day

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#WIPSnip of the day, 28th of April, TALK
From my new work in progress. First pages of the first draft of the new manuscript.
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Screenshot of text As follows: “I know I am much to take in, it’s mostly an act though, it serves a purpose. But I am serious about everything I said and very much so on you leaving the hotel and coming to my place. It is safer and we have a lot to talk, I don’t think there are anyone that can speak Finnish anywhere around here, but I still do love privacy. We really need to plan the rescue and convince the Clan that they are looking at the wrong direction. Then we need to get them to agree to sit on their hands and not to go out on full force to the rescue, but we need to wait a bit for that discussion. I would like that Joséphine would be also already here for that discussion. I sent a word for her to come here too. I expect she and two others accompanying her will be here by tomorrow night.” Olivia was pulling me away from the bar, I
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I can't believe I got this made! Second draft of my novel manuscript is ready to be given to my beta-readers 🎉
It did get a bit bigger on the way, started out with 71K words and expanded to 104K, oops.
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Screen capture showing the text "End of book 1" Lower is visible word count of 104,178 also visible is part os another another window that has the word count of 71,190
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#WipSnip of 20th of April "smoke"
There is going to be a confrontation and a period of life is ending for the protagonist.

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Screencapture of text, as follows: “Roger that. Holding position. Ready to move on your mark.” I quickly closed the underground bunkers door behind me, locking and barricading them, I would never enter that space again. It would go up in smoke and explosions either empty, or if we had a little luck they would breech it from the other exit, which was just closed but not locked. That made it a perfect deathtrap, if we would have a little luck and they would take the bait. Mira had sight line to the entrance, so she would know when to trigger the demolition charges. The first would blow the entrance, then the thermite charges in every room would ignite 10 seconds before rest of the explosives would go off.
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First full pass through my manuscript done. I ended up rewriting and adding more than I expected 😳
Now on to the second pass

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I write to escape this crazy world
I see it as productive escapism

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booksrme.bsky.social Books R' Me @booksrme.bsky.social · Apr 18
In these times of uncertainty, books become our quiet rebellion. They remind us of hope and resilience. Let's escape into their pages and find solace together. 📚💖 #booksky #books
gpwriter.bsky.social Gpwriter @gpwriter.bsky.social · Apr 18
Freedoms you took for granted have been swept away
barely surviving from day to day
you used to worry about the price of eggs and gas
these days you’re worried about being sent to a concentration camp
obeyed in advance
made no difference
you’re living in a #fascist state

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#Wipsnip Trip
Again a snip from my work in progress. I have faith that I have the second draft done soon(ish)
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Screencapture of a part of a manuscript Text as follows: quickly needed trip to Strasbourg. The cover story was that we were leaving early in the morning, so it would be convenient for me to stay the night with Emily. She sent a footman to get my luggage for a week long trip. She also invited Gebhard to visit that evening, if possible, so he wouldn’t have to worry about anything. Of course Gebhard came over and Emily told him a story of something that she had to take care in Strasbourg suddenly. She politely stated that she would like for me to accompany her on this impromptu journey. Gebhard agreed even before Emily talked of the possible wedding dress and such that she would want to get for me since I had been so gracious to have asked her to attend my upcoming wedding in Salzburg.
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Still long way to go to get the second draft done!
I have to give a huge thank you to my beta readers, your work is appreciated

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Picture of a computer monitor that displays multiple pages of writing with some comments in the sideline. Under the monitor there is two stacks of printed pages.
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