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Good morning, Blue
I slept like shit. My computer decided to restart in the middle of the night. I've played mommy and been a short order cook today. We need to pick the kid up in roughly four hours. Fuck me. Let's get going. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky

“He held her” by G.Lynn Brown is today’s 75-word #story on Paragraph Planet www.paragraphplanet.com #writingcommunity #amwriting

My new newsletter today with a condor, a bunch of events, book giveaways, and a guest appearance from @mariahfredericks.bsky.social
@sohopress.bsky.social @timschooley.bsky.social @poisonedpen.bsky.social
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#books #amwriting #giveaway #writing #workshop

The best feedback I ever got on a poem came from someone who had no reason to be kind.

That's the idea behind Penpal Poets.

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#poetry #poetsofbluesky #amwriting

When you’ve reread the same sentence four times, you know every word in it, but somehow your brain is acting like it’s the first time seeing it. Reading is not reading anymore. It’s a full-time investigation.
#WriterLife #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #BookLovers #WritingStruggles #betareader

Last chance to book an #Agent121 with Lauren Gardner from Bell Lomax Moreton on 22 October! Lauren looks at adult and YA #romantasy, real world, speculative & historical romance. Don't be afraid to make Lauren laugh/cry/swoon in whatever #lovestory you are sharing. www.iaminprint.co.uk #amwriting

... with two traditionally published books through a big publisher. Trad'l pub'ing is nice ... but you won't make any money with them. You have to self-pub at the end of the day. Just sayin'... #writingcommunity #writingsky #writing #amwriting #amediting #indieauthors #selfpublishing

BOOK BIZ: I just self-pub'd a new book, 2 months ago. I've made more on that book in two months than I have in the last year .... #writingcommunity #writingsky #writing #amwriting #amediting #indieauthors #selfpublishing

Change can still be hard even if you are ready for it.

#AmEditing #AmWriting #WIPSnips

How to Build Your Author's Platform: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #selfpub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #indiepublishing www.amazon.com/dp/1948872293

Finished this Celtic Urban Fantasy this morning and I honestly don't know what to make of that rough draft. I don't think its bad, but I don't know if it is good. I know I wrote it, just finished it, so maybe work on number two?

#booksky #amwriting #urbanfantasy

They call it a sign, I call it a plot. #photo #spookyseason #horrorauthor #amwriting

Halloween, 1994. The best part of Halloween: a porch light left on, a door that opened, a warm house glad you came back.

That’s the whole wish at the center of Runaway Home—a family, a place to call home.

#1994 #90s #halloween #foundfamily #middlegrade #mglit #kidlit #bookstagram #cozy #amwriting

Readers should love to hate your villain, not just hate hearing from him or her. Here's how to write the next Cersei Lannister or Professor Snape: ow.ly/lF0230qc3FI #writing #authortips #writetip #writing #writechat #writingcommunity #amwriting

Ich werde mich dieses Jahr nur noch auf zwei Projekte konzentrieren und hoffe, wenigstens eines davon bis Silvester zu beenden.
#schreiben #amwriting #jécris #autorenleben #autorenalltag #writerslife #autorenwahnsinn #helendalibor

Are you working on a draft or hoping to? Join me for AcWriMo 2026 - every Monday in November. Details are in the newsletter below or use this link: christinagessler.com/acwrimo-2026

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#5AMWriters #AmWriting #AcWriMo #BookSky #EditingSky #AcademicSky

Freida McFadden spent years submitting to agents and publishers, getting nowhere. So in 2013 she self-published one "for fun," while working full time as a doctor. This week her 29 books have now passed 90 million copies sold.
#amquerying #amwriting #booksky

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