Writers: STOP TRYING. ✍️ Search your WIP for try, start and begin. “She started to walk.” → “She walked.” If the action actually happens, consider going straight to it. Not an absolute rule—just make sure those extra words are doing a job. #WritingTips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Day 49 of Novel90: 30,000+ words! 🎉✍️ There’s still a lot I’m figuring out in this draft, but tonight I’m celebrating the fact that the story keeps growing. Still writing. Still showing up. 💜 #Novel90 #AmWriting
Twenty years ago, someone sent your character a letter. Their parent hid it. Today, they find it. What’s inside? 👀 Romance, family secret, confession, warning—you decide. #TwistOfTheDay #WritingPrompt #AmWriting
Yesterday I set a new Novel90 target: 4,500 words a day. Today: 4,500 words. 🎉✍️ Exactly what I said I was going to do. Day 48 • Total: 29,132 words And after 47 days fighting a sticky keyboard, I’m absolutely giving the new setup some credit. 😂 #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Not every request needs an immediate answer. Sometimes “Let me think about it” is the difference between saying yes b/c you feel pressured & saying yes b/c you want to. Before you commit, ask: What am I saying no to by saying yes to this?❤️ #MotivationalMonday #SetBoundaries #PersonalGrowth
West Chester, PA is getting even more bookish. 📚✨ A brand-new independent bookstore is opening at the end of August, and I can’t wait to visit. More indie bookstores. More places for readers to gather. Always a good thing. ❤️ #BookSky #IndieBookstore #WestChesterPA
47 days of Novel90 and I’ve finally surrendered to the sticky keyboard. 😂 Tomorrow: New ergonomic setup. New target: 4,500 words a day. 😳 Current draft: 26,357 words. Let’s see what happens. ✍️ #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
My writing partners have officially called it a night. 😂🐾 They’re asleep beside me. I’m still at the computer. The story moved forward, and I know where I’m going tomorrow. Time to follow their example. Novel90 • Day 46 • 25,892 words #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I thought I was researching my great-grandfather. Instead, I learned more about myself—including my Greek heritage. Eventually, that research became The Immigrant’s Wife and gave me a way to give his story a voice more than a century later. ❤️ #HistoricalFiction #FamilyHistory #WritingCommunity
25,450 words. ❤️ There’s still a long way to go, but more than 25,000 words of this book now exist that didn’t when I started. Sometimes you have to stop looking at how far you have to go and notice how far you’ve come. Novel90 — Day 45 ✍️ #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AuthorLife
There was a time when walking into a room alone made me uncomfortable. Somewhere along the way, that changed. Maybe part of growing into yourself is realizing you don’t need someone beside you to know you belong in the room. ✨ #SparkleFriday #Confidence #PersonalGrowth
The words are down. I’m calling it a night. ✍️❤️ I got my writing in earlier today, so tonight I’m letting that be enough. Novel90 Day 44 Total: 24,654 words Tomorrow, we keep going. #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Think About It Thursday: How much of your life are you putting off until “someday”? Someday isn’t a date on the calendar. Sometimes the difference between “someday” and “I did it” is simply deciding to begin. What’s your someday? #ThinkAboutItThursday #Someday #WritingCommunity #LifePerspective
Novel90 — Day 43. ✍️ +330 words today. 24,041 words total. Not every writing day is a big one. Sometimes the win is simply showing up and moving the story forward. 43 days in. The novel is becoming real. One day. One novel. ❤️ #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingJourney
A little reader request. ❤️ The Immigrant’s Wife has 166 ratings, but only 78 written reviews. If you’ve read it & haven’t left a review yet, I’d be incredibly grateful. Send me a photo with your copy and your city/state so I can add you. 📚🌎 #TheImmigrantsWife #HistoricalFiction #BookSky
Writers’ Tip Wednesday Your character shouldn’t always want what the scene is about. Give them a private agenda—something they want from the scene but aren’t saying out loud. That gap between what’s happening & what they really want is where subtext lives. #WritingTips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I didn’t write tonight. And I’m not going to feel guilty about it. I’ve been taking care of everyone else all day. Tonight, I need to take care of me. Tomorrow, I’ll write extra. ❤️ Novel90 — Day 40 Total: 22,736 words #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Twist of the Day ⏰ Your character gets home and realizes every clock in the house is showing a different time. Then they notice something worse: Every clock is counting backward. What happens next? 👀 #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Three pairs of glasses. 😂 Regular glasses. Prescription sunglasses. And now… my very glamorous computer glasses. Whatever it takes to get the words on the page. 📚✍️ Novel90 continues. #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Author #Writers
A Monday reminder: You don’t have to accomplish everything today. Choose what matters most. Do that. Let the rest wait. Progress isn’t always about doing more. Sometimes it’s about giving yourself enough space to keep going tomorrow. ❤️ #MondayMotivation #WritingCommunity #KeepGoing
Readers, this is your sign. 📚❤️ A whole weekend of bookstores, authors, bookish activities, cocktails, prizes, and making new reader friends. 📍 West Chester, PA 📅 November 20–22, 2026 We’d LOVE to welcome five more readers! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/ffa-bookis... #BookishRetreat #BookCommunity
Coffee. A good book. And absolutely nothing on my agenda. ☕📚 That’s my kind of Self-Care Sunday. Hope you give yourself permission to slow down today, too. ❤️ #SelfCareSunday #BookLovers #ReadingDay #SlowSunday #ReadingCommunity
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22,736 words down. About 60,000 to go. That’s a long way—but now I can see the finish line. ❤️ Novel90 — Day 39 #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Plot twist: I’ve been undercounting my Novel90 words. 😂 I misunderstood AutoCrit and was subtracting deleted words from words added. Turns out, I shouldn’t have been. So from now on: Day 38 Total = 22,341 words ❤️ #Novel90 #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is take care of yourself. Today, before heading back to Maine to see my mom, I gave myself permission to slow down for an hour. Rest matters. ✨ #SparkleFriday #SelfCare
Today wasn’t a big drafting day. Sometimes moving a story forward means reading, learning, and filling the creative well before you can pour more onto the page. Progress doesn’t always look the way we expect—but it still counts. #Novel90 #WritingJourney #AuthorLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
✨ Our August FFA Book Club pick is here! This month we’re reading Summer of Meteors by Kris Schaale. 📚 Join us, grab your copy, and share your thoughts with fellow readers! #FutureFamousAuthors #BookClub #HistoricalFiction
