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Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.

I just finished writing a disgusting scene with a despicable character and now I'm disgusted with myself. 😱 #amwriting #writesky

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OK, chapter 8. Let's get into it. #amwriting #histfantasy "Wink never cried. He knew better." #sixwordstories #writeskty

Holy crap! Did I finally just finish writing chapter 7?! I absolutely loved writing that one, but now it's time to dive into the next for SLAVES OF GOD. #amwriting #histfantasy #writesky

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Alt: A group of kids find out they're doing to see Black Panther and dance out of sheer joy in their classroom. One dances on his chair.

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It's been a minute, but I'm channeling my old graphic designer days and working on the book cover for my #histfantasy joint SLAVES OF GOD. I'm feeling these fonts. #amwriting #writesky

Wait... what sounds do hyenas make? Sure, folks know about the "laughing" but since they make appearances in my #histfantasy joint SLAVES OF GOD I should probably dig into it. #researchmode #amwriting #writesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKJj...

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Everything is terrible but books are good. Especially books written by real people. Talk about your books. Show us your art. Let us see the cool stuff you make. You need it but we need it too. Art helps maker and receiver get their heads above the rough, churning waters of reality. No shame in it.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A Bluesky user has written to me to ask me to stop mentioning my books on here. I wonder... Should I continue trying my best to make a living in a tough world via the writing I've spent decades putting my heart & soul into? Or should I obey them? Nah. I'm going to continue mentioning my books.

Climate information should be reliable, clear, and available to everyone. Climate.us is an independent nonprofit protecting public access to trusted, science-reviewed climate knowledge. Explore: www.climate.us 🌍🧪 #ClimateUS #ClimateForUs #ClimateScience #Science

Here is my pitch for why you should go to Confluence, the Pittsburgh Science Fiction Convention, July 24-26: 1. Free Beer in the Con Suite 2. Pitch sessions with agents 3. Workshops with me! 4. Triangulation Launch Party! 5. Pierogi 6. Musical guests all weekend! confluence-sff.org

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Confluence, Pittsburgh, PA's longest running SF/F/H conference. A program of Parsec Inc. www.confluence-sff.org

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I stopped describing my characters' physical features & now I'm feeling this bit about Birdie from my #histfantasy joint SLAVES OF GOD. How do you picture her? A dagger masquerading as a damsel. A grifter in petticoats, charming as perfume and twice as intoxicating. #amwriting #writesky #WIP

The American Library Association is auctioning off a bunch of the classic celebrity “READ” posters along with a bunch of other full sized literacy posters. This is going to fix so many of my problems, I just know it. movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...

I found a dog hair in my morning coffee. The joys of having a German Shepherd shedding machine. How's your day going? 🐶🍵 #writingcommunity

Today's #amediting adventure: purging my manuscript of stage directions. On the hunt for looked, glanced, stared, gazed, watched, see, eyes, and noticed. #writesky

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Alt: Rraiden from with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance uses his sword to hack and slash a pole like a bajillion times.

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Who's watching From? If you saw the doll episode, you know. New fear unlocked 😱

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Alt: A scene from the TV show, From. Sherrif Boyd walks down the road through town, ringing a bell.

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Yeesh! Things you learn while researching for your novel. In the early 1800s, part of the leather tanning process involved soaking hides in vats of stagnant urine 😱 #researchmode #amwriting

The 4th annual 500-word Fiction Challenge begins on May 29th and will challenge writers worldwide to create short stories no longer than 500 words in 48 hours. Learn more, register, and read previous winning stories at www.nycmidnight.com/500. Happy writing!

When one of the big bads in your #histfantasy joint SLAVES OF GOD is Anansi, you gotta research how spider webs are built. #amwriting #afrofantasy #writesky 📚🕷️

This. All of this. Support indies if you want to see the stories that trad pub doesn't and won't publish.

Val @ BOO! Goes the Bride (of Frankenstein)@valwrites.ca · 6mo ago

Indies are producing the most unique, interesting work out there not because they aren't trying to make money, but because they (we) have nothing to lose. However, how many times they can take that chance is dependent on money. We're churning innovation, and there are a lot of dead ends.

Dayum! The new Soulive is solid open.spotify.com/track/0z2Lou... #nowplaying 🎶🎧 #amwriting #writesky 📚

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It's #amwri̇ti̇ng day! In chapter 7 of my #histfantasy joint SLAVES OF GOD, Anansi's 6 sons, Damu ya Buinui (Blood of the Spider), step through a tear in the world and set foot on the shores of the American South in the early 1800s. #afrofantasy Oh, the drama!

Chapter 7: If the lion doesn’t tell his story, the hunter will. Stories traveled faster and further than people. But in this foreign land, Nanyamka’s story hadn’t been told. Not yet, anyway. #OpeningLines #amwriring #histfantasy #afrofantasy

And now ,,, chapter 7. #amwriting #histfantasy #afrofantasy 📚

"You write in order to change the world... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it."—James Baldwin

Had a visit from writer's block over the weekend so I spent some time working on a book bio for SLAVES OF GOD. It's pretty generic, but it's only a first pass. More to come. What's your book bio? #writesky #authorsky #writingcommunity

Let it snow! ❄️ #stlwx

I ain't siding with AI-authors, but use AI detectors with a grain of salt. One of my characters, Reverend Copeland, is prone to spouting Bible verses. ZeroGPT thinks this passage from Psalm 23 KJV is AI-generated. 🤔🤖 #amwriting #histfantasy #afrofantasy

#BluePit is ready to kick off 2026! Creators in the #WritingCommunity, #GameDev & #IndieDev, #TTRPG, and #Comic communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects! #BluePit will be taking place on Jan 13th, 2026! And #BluePitHype starts January 8th! #WriteSky #Writers #AmAgenting #LitAgents

Letters to words to sentences to paragraphs. #amwriting #writesky

TFW you wake up bright and early to work on your manuscript and your PC starts with a blue screen of death. 😱

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Alt: A close up of a panicked man 's face with the words " nooooo " written below it

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