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Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers:
Sienna <[email protected]>
[email protected]
#bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #booksky

Grasping. Fighting. Struggling. Win or lose, its all the same.

#WritingCommunity #Writing #Writers #WritingPrompts #UnusedOpenings

Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers:
Laura Moses <[email protected]>
[email protected]
#bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

El pueblo cerró las puertas
y clavó tablas en las ventanas.
Luego llegó el polvo.

Doce jinetes.
Y al frente, Neal Ducker:
cicatriz en el pómulo,
ojos de pedernal.

Fue sheriff de este valle.

https://fictograma.com/d/4341-hijos-de-la-polvora-capitulo-16-los-carniceros

#books #literature #writing

I just made a #substack account! Trying to see if I can really post and share my writing on there. I hope it motivates me to write more in the future.

#writing #creative #author #freelance

substack.com/@randomortizjr

"A first draft is like telling a friend a story. Make them sit on the edge of their seat. Your second and third drafts should make them want to read the story again and again." - Wrtr #AmWriting #AmEditing Be Writing.

#Writer #Author #Writing #BookSky #AuthorSky

What is your favorite clock?

For me, growing up, we had a clock that played a different birdcall for every hour. 12 different birdcalls! It was quite the conversation piece when friends visited. #writing #WritingPrompt

Poesía mística:
Mundos Paralelos chocan en mi mente
entre Persia, Argentina y México.
El tiempo y los medios como red poderosa.
se encargaron de separarnos de los laberintos del destino.
fictograma.com/d/4339-mundo...

#books #poetry #writing

#authorsky #booksky #QueerPrompts #writers #writing #WritingCommunity

There is a scene in the first book where Weslea interferes with a grown man mistakes a 13-year-old boy in Lincoln Park for an underage, homeless sex worker, and attempts to pressure him for sex while there are no Lincolns in an 🧵

at the end of the day
i hope my words heal you
as much as i try
to heal myself

#poetry #writing #bskypoets #mentalhealth #hope #shortpoetry #sad #poems #hopepoetry

Cadenas rotas.
Cuerpos podridos.
Y al fondo, hecho un ovillo:
Ángel.

Mérida lo enterró con sus propias manos.
Luego fue a pedirle un techo a Pizorro.
«Los esclavos se quedan…
si tú me haces un trabajito».
fictograma.com/d/4334-el-cu...

#books #literature #writing

If you're trying to finish #writing, say yes to an external deadline. Accountability for finishing can help motivate you. For more from @bencblackwell, see https://www.jdavidstark.com/pro-tips-for-busy-writers-ben-blackwell/ @eerdmansbooks @Zondervan @Fortresspress

A special thanks to Colleen Mitchell for having me as a guest on her great show “The Novel Writing Podcast,” where I talk about how to spot book marketing scams.
#bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #author #writing #amwriting #writer #booksky
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I got a writer’s residency to write my book about the Parthenon Marbles and their repatriation.

Thanks to @aothenmagazine.bsky.social and @bcrpm.bsky.social for their support over the years. Helped me get there!

🏛️👌

#parthenon #greece #athens #writing

On n'écrit pas avec de l'encre. On enfonce le clavier dans le nerf vague pour voir ce qui grésille encore. Le réseau vole en éclats, la viande reste seule sur la table d'autopsie, fluorescente sous la morsure du silence.
#darkpoet #darkpoetry #silence #poesie #flesh #writing

2 hours - 1,582 words. Right on target so far: 7K words right when I needed to be there to stay on schedule.

Crossed 110,000 words in the book total so far.

Excellent!

#WIP #WritingCommunity #writing #writers #FantasyWriting