How are people still following me? Like...why? I haven't been around for over six months. Nevermind that words are coming, that progress is being made on a bunch of different projects, that I finally got a third dog. Why for y'all still here? 😭 #HeyStrangers #StillWriting #StillAlive

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I am GOBSMACKED at how much Luke and Orion have been welcomed into the queer romance world. A 53K-word slow-burn low-spice second chance tale also featuring a found family and a too-nosy-for-their-own-good office manager. You can grab your FREE copy here: dl.bookfunnel.com/yah1asi5zq #MMRomance

I did the thing. dl.bookfunnel.com/yah1asi5zq The Neurodivergence in Queer Romance BookFunnel Promotion aims to increase accurate, authentic, compassionate, and respectful representation of the vast and varied neurodivergent experience. #PublishingJourney #MMRomance #DebutAuthor

Does time heal all wounds? Or just create more?

A 53K-word slow-burn low-spice novella Being co-owner of Ambassadors Publishing means there’s not much room for anything else in Luke Shepherd’s life, let alone love. His life is simple. The steady ro...

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10 days. Freaking 10 days until Luke and Orion step out from beyond my brain to the wide reading world. You can download the first 11 Neurodivergence in Queer Romance stories here, available for free ONLY for the month of January: tinyurl.com/ndiqr-info #NeurodivergenceRep #QueerRomance

My manuscript is at the interior designer... My manuscript is at the interior designer... My manuscript is at the interior designer... #OhGodItsHappening

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I'm really, REALLY doing this! My debut novella goes live in a little over 3 weeks as part of the Neurodivergence in Queer Romance promo event on BookFunnel! 🫢😬🫣 #AmWriting #IndieAuthor #MMRomance #NeurodivergenceRep

Of course it's two days after I send the manuscript to beta readers that my Muse is like, "OMG, you know what would work here?? That epilogue you deleted from the outline!" #WriterProblems #AmEditing #RevisionPlanning

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The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. *sigh*

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🫜Prof Emily🫜@professoremily.bsky.social · 9mo ago

The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go. Well this could be an improvement, I think.

Line/copy edit draft? ✅ Compile in Scrivener? ✅ Format in Word? ✅ Convert to PDF? ✅ Send to beta readers?? ✅ Guys... What do I do with my hands now? #WeeknightWriters #WritingCommunity #MMRomance #IndieAuthor

First Draft word count: 49,981 words Chapters Line/Copyedited: 15/21 Current word count: 49,914 words Total Words Cut? 67 😑 #AmEditing #RevisionTime #WritingProcess #WritingCommunity

Today I start line editing my draft. Why so soon after finishing? Because this bad boy comes out on February 1st as part of the Neurodivergence in Queer Romance BookFunnel Promotion event! EEK! #AmEditing #RevisionTime #WritingCommunity

Tonight's progress: Draft: 2,231 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +3,279 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 49,981/estimated 50,000 Chapters to Go: 0 Total Writing Days: 74 MY FIRST DRAFT IS DONE! 🫢😯🥹😭😭😭😭😭 #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall #WritingCommunity

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There may come a day when Kansas's "Carry On (Wayward Son)" does NOT remind me of Supernatural. Today is not that day. #WritingPlaylist #AmWriting

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Tonight's progress: Draft: 1,708 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +1,767 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 46,591 Chapters to Go: 2.5 Chance of finishing by December 15th? ~90% #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall #AlmostDone #WTFIsEvenHappening #WritingCommunity #WeeknightWriters

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Tonight's progress: Draft: 1,374 words Difference between MMCs' word counts: +1,936 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 44,364 Chapters to Go: 3.33 Chance of finishing by December 15th? ~85% ALMOST THERE 😱😭 #AmWriting #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #MMRomance

Tonight's progress: Draft: -39 words Chapters to Go: 4 Chance of finishing by December 15th? ~80% The whole premise almost fell apart. Cue 16-hour author panic. Finally threw out the last four chapters' outline and redid it. Back on track. #AmWriting #WriterProblems #FirstDraftFall

Tonight's progress: Draft: 1,115 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +595 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 42,963 Chapters to Go: 4 This most recent chapter was so much harder to write than I ever expected. My heart hurts. #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall #MentalHealthMatters

Tonight's progress: Draft: 947 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +1,634 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 41,848 Chapters to Go: 4.56 Chance of finishing by December 15th? ~70% #AmWriting #AlmostThere #WeeknightWriters #MMRomance

Dialogue-only drafts are truly one of the most effective ways to figure out who your characters are in relation to each other and the world around them. They're also a fun way to let your subconscious run free for a bit.

Booktasters Authors@booktastersauthors.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I write first drafts in chaotic bullet points with dialogue snippets tossed in like confetti. It makes no sense to anyone else, but it gets me past the blank page. Later, I sculpt. First comes mess, then meaning. #writinglife #process #amwriting

Tonight's progress: Draft: 1,509 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +2,419 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 40,901 Chapters to Go: 5 Chance of finishing by December 15th? ~60% #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall #MMRomance #WritingCommunity #WeeknightWriters

That moment you break your own heart with the end-of-scene dialogue... #AmWriting #EmotionalDamage

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Tonight's progress: Draft: 925 words Elsewhere: 498 Difference between MMCs' word counts: +905 MMC Total Draft Word Count: 39,387 Chapters to Go: 5.55 Chance of finishing by December 15th? 65-ish% #AmWriting #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #MMRomance

If you need a callback to the good ol' days of Al Gore's interwebs, go to Google and search "Geocities". This is what I get for slipping random references that show my age into my manuscript. 🪦👵🏾 #ComicSans #MyBackHurts #WriterProblems

I just reached out to a super-famous queer romance cover photographer about licensing/buying one of their images for my novel. The gasp I gasped! 😱😱😱 "The image you requested is available. Price is $1,250." #WriterProblems

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Tonight's progress: Draft: 1,527 words Elsewhere: 322 Difference between MMCs word counts: +96 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 38,462 Estimated Words Left: ~13,000 Chapters to Go: 6 😱 #AmWriting #WeeknightWriters #MMRomance #FirstDraftFall

Draft: 2,256 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +2,240 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 36,194 Chapters to Go: 7 If I write a chapter every other day, I'll finish in time to do a final line-edit readthrough before I send it to my sensitivity/beta reader(s)! 🫢😱🤯 #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall

Kali Benson@authorkalibenson.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I haven't written anything in two days. I'm going back to my drafting notebook. It always helps me get out my own way. #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall #WriterLife

I haven't written anything in two days. I'm going back to my drafting notebook. It always helps me get out my own way. #AmWriting #FirstDraftFall #WriterLife

I don't think there is a character in all of English literature that I hate more than Wuthering Heights's Heathcliff Earnshaw. I thought Victor Frankenstein was a piece of shit, but GOOD. GOD. Reason #1487 this remains one of my favorite books of all time.

Been a very long week, and it's only Tuesday. Tonight's writing is a win. Draft: 266 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +254 MMC1 Total Draft Word Count: 34,208 Chapters to Go: 7.9 #WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #AmWriting #MMRomance

Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Check-In: How did your writing go today?

Draft: -467 words Difference between MMCs word counts: +64 MMC2 Total Draft Word Count: 33,986 Chapters to Go: 8 Chapter 14 reads MUCH better now and more in line with what the second scene originally needed to do. #WeeknightWriters #AmWriting #WIPWork #FirstDraftFall