Fingers crossed… sometime in the past few hours, someone read 3 pages of one of my books on KU. If they saw it on Threads, they’re likely sampling a bunch of books, so I’m hoping they come back for more.
Christopher J. Burke, Storyteller
@mrburkemath.net
Author, webcomic creator (x, why?), math teacher, walker of Brooklyn A Bucket Full of Moonlight / In A Flash 2020 Burke’s Lore Briefs #1 - 5 on Kindle Unlimited! Mrburkemath.net
Not sure if I'm doing better with my writing or just getting rejected by really polite editors ... The key, of course, is to get rejected twice and compare the rejections. Or, you know, sell the next one instead #weeknightwriters #writingcommunity
Hard to believe it was 12 years ago tonight that colleagues and I drove from Brooklyn to Beacon after school to get dinner at the @pandorca.bsky.social Harder to believe it’s closing
A3 Word count to start and then hours Although sometimes hours spent procrastinating turn into honest research and outlining #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 3w agoQ3: Will you be measuring your progress in word count, page count, or hours spent working on your #FirstDraftFall project? #WeeknightWriters
A2 Science fiction, leaning into time travel, unless a different possibility presents itself #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 3w agoQ2: What genre(s) will you be writing in for #FirstDraftFall? Feel free to include subgenres if applicable. #WeeknightWriters
I’ve watched 7 F/SF movies from 1976 (50 YEARS AGO!) and I’m deciding what’s next I’ve seen Logan’s Run King Kong Futureworld At the Earths Core Grizzly Doomsday Machine The Big Bus I know I’ll have to watch more horror What should I watch?
The month isn’t over but I’m closing out the month with at least one sale and a bunch of pages read! #Booksky #WritingCommunity #WeeknightWriters
Request A Bucket Full of Moonlight by Christopher J Burke on the Libby app for your local library If enough people do, they’ll get a copy!
Now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited: 7 Flashes of Science Fiction #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · last mo.Q6: Do you have any recent or upcoming publications? Share them here, and be sure to include links if you have them! (No AI, and please add alt text to all images) #WeeknightWriters
Ask your Libby app to request my books! If enough people ask, maybe it’ll show up! Anyone on KU? #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · last mo.Q5: What can we, the Weeknight Writers community, do in the next week to make your life a little more pleasant? #WeeknightWriters
A3 okay, now This one is multi-part! First, I missed last week’s chat because I had a ticket to see Ella Langley over in Newark Then Saturday I posted a Tik Tok of me at the St. Dominic’s Flea Market selling books, and that got over 3000 views, not after the event #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · last mo.Q3: Let's cheer things up a bit! What has brought you joy in the past week? Remember, no joy is too small! #WeeknightWriters
A2 Ain’t it always the same? Time … and keeping my eyelids open when I’m trying to catch up with the DVR I’m nodding off on the subway ride home unless it’s brainless scrolling #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · last mo.Q2: Is there anything specific you're struggling with this week? Let us know about it and we'll see what we can do to help! #WeeknightWriters
Hello, Christopher from Brooklyn. My WIP is (I guess) the follow-up to 7 Flashes of Science Fiction, my my writing has been nil as I get back into a groove at school #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · last mo.Hello #WeeknightWriters ! Come on in, introduce yourself and your WIP, and let us know how your writing week is going! Or not going, that's valid too
Happy Labor Day! My newest (reprint) story is live on MetaStellar! www.metastellar.com/fiction/repr...
Buckets Full of Moonlight
When Patrick spied Old Man Driscoll once again standing out in the street with a bucket aimed at the full moon, he figured what harm could come from humoring the old fellow. He wanted a good laugh …
metastellar.com
Somebody’s read one of my books in 7 of the past 8 days It’s a little but it’s a start! #WeeknightWriters
A6 - 7 Flashes of Science Fiction is now available for sale (and for review) and is also on Kindle Unlimited. Seven short stories of aliens, AI, hidden knowledge, lost ships in the night, and electric grandmas. And more! #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ6: Do you have any recent or upcoming publications? Share them here, and be sure to include links if you have them! (No AI, and please add alt text to all images) #WeeknightWriters
A5 Go on to the Libby app and request "A Bucket Full of Moonlight" by Christopher J. Burke. If enough people ask for it, they'll alert you when they purchase a copy of it. And then you can all enjoy it! #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ5: What can we, the Weeknight Writers community, do in the next week to make your life a little more pleasant? #WeeknightWriters
A4 Not sure -- I've finally gotten to the point where my body will sleep later and I have to get up early again! Those early sunrises from early May to the end of July really get you going. But there's coffee. There's always coffee. #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ4: What can you do in the next week to make your life a little more pleasant? #WeeknightWriters
A3 I have a story that will be reprinted in MetaStellar on 9/7 (they're on bsky) And last weekend, the extended family sliced, cooked, and jarred tomatoes. Well, we jarred tomato sauce. 8 bushels. It was a day, which ended in a meal #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ3: Let's cheer things up a bit! What has brought you joy in the past week? Remember, no joy is too small! #WeeknightWriters
A2 Just figuring the best use of the time remaining while preparing at least something for next week. (I don't see students until Thursday and possibly even later for some.) While deciding what's next, I've updated a couple of blogs #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ2: Is there anything specific you're struggling with this week? Let us know about it and we'll see what we can do to help! #WeeknightWriters
A1 Very tumultuous with school starting Tues and this being the final week of summer vacation. Seemed like it was always one thing after another. Let's see what the next year holds! #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ1: How are you holding up this week? (Or not holding, as the case may be) #WeeknightWriters
Time between “Thank you for your submission” and “This isn’t for us” was three hours and thirty three minutes, a new personal record. (It was a new market for me.)
A6 Coming 8/24, available for preorder 7 Flashes of Science Fiction! #WeeknightWriters
Weeknight Writers@weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 2mo agoQ6: Do you have any recent or upcoming publications? Share them here, and be sure to include links if you have them! (No AI, and please add alt text to all images) #WeeknightWriters