Travel taught me that most people, everywhere, want the same things. To be seen. To belong. To eat something really good and feel okay about where they are. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

The audacity it takes to write something personal and then press publish is genuinely underrated as a life skill. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

Some people have a five year plan. I have a Substack and a general sense of direction. We're all doing our best. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

Friendly reminder that "I'm still figuring it out" is a complete and valid answer to most of life's biggest questions. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Booksky

I used to think home was a place. Turns out it's more of a feeling you carry around and occasionally and airports in between... #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

Writing a book is 10% inspiration, 20% discipline, and 70% refusing to let the voice in your head win. The voice is very loud. Write anyway. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

The older I get the more I believe that the people who make you feel like too much are simply not enough. Keep going. #Booklover #ReadingCommunity #Booksky

The readers who get your work make every deleted paragraph, every 11pm edit, every font crisis completely worth it. Write for those people. They exist. They're out there looking for you. #fictionauthor #Booklover #ReadingCommunity #Booksky

Frantastic Stories by Robin Who is a real book you can actually read. I say this because sometimes I still can't believe I finished a thing and need to remind myself out loud. #fictionauthor #ShortStories #IndieBooks

Every writer has a graveyard of great opening lines that didn't have a story to go with them. Mine is extensive and I visit it regularly. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

I have a Substack, a book, two books in querying/production, and approximately 12 half-finished short stories in a folder called "ideas" that I open, stare at, and close again every few weeks. The creative life is thriving...

Writing advice you actually need: the second paragraph is almost always where your essay really starts. Delete the first one. You're welcome. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

My book has been described as "funny," "honest," and "very Robin." I'm choosing to take all three as compliments. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #Booksky

Did some writing today. Celebrated. Reread it. Un-celebrated. Rewrote it. This is called the process and I am told it is normal. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

A first draft is just you giving yourself permission to be wrong in a very organized way.

The best thing about writing a book is that it's yours completely. The worst thing about writing a book is that it's yours completely. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

People imagine authors writing in cozy cafes with perfect lighting and a latte. Sometimes. Other times it's your kitchen table at 8am in a hoodie arguing with a sentence. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

I spent 20 minutes today choosing between two words that mean essentially the same thing. This is the job. This is the whole job. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

Being an indie author means wearing every hat. Writer. Editor. Marketer. Cover consultant. Person who Googles "how do ISBN numbers work" at 11pm on a Thursday. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

My characters have more emotional clarity than I do. I made them up. This says something about me and I'm choosing not to analyze it too closely. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

The difference between a first draft and a final draft is approximately 300 decisions, 47 crises, and one very strong opinion about comma placement you didn't have before. #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying #Booksky

"How's the writing going?" is the author equivalent of "how are you?" in shops. Nobody actually wants the real answer. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

Nobody warns you that publishing a book means you will read it approximately 47 times and still find a typo the day after it launches. ##WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting

The editing process is just you, your manuscript, and the slow realization that past you had absolutely no idea what they were doing. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

My author bio says "storyteller." My search history says "how long is too long for a chapter" and "is this word a real word." Both are accurate. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

You can be a founder AND a creative. A speaker AND an introvert. Organised AND chaotic. The "pick a lane" advice was never really for people like us. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky

Not every thought needs to be a lesson. Sometimes I write just to figure out what I actually think. The Substack is basically me thinking out loud and hoping it lands somewhere useful. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

I used to think finishing the book was the hard part. Turns out letting people read it is a whole separate thing you have to work up to. #fictionauthor #ShortStories #IndieBooks

A reminder that "I'll write it later" has never once in human history meant later. It means never. Open the document. Write the thing. #AuthorsOfBluesky #WritingLife #IndieAuthor #Booksky

Some days the words flow. Some days you write the same sentence eleven times and they all mean nothing. Show up anyway. #WritersOfBluesky #AmWriting #storyteller #Booksky