@kristinleighwriter.bsky.socialAs a woman, your midlife crisis doesn't announce itself with a sports car. It's a Thursday, unloading the dishwasher, thinking huh, is this it? If you've had that Thursday or any other day, my book was written for you. #womensfiction #booksky #WritersofBsky #MoreThanThis #writingcommunity
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialDearhearts — have you ever shared your work with early readers? What did the waiting feel like? 👇
@thehooletsnook.bsky.socialSubmissions close October 15!
We’re looking for:
• Short poetry up to 100 words
• Microfiction up to 300 words
Ready to share your work? Visit our guidelines for submission details: www.thehooletsnook.com/submissions....
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#microfiction #shortpoetry #writersofbsky #callforsubmissions
#poetsofbsky
@elizabeth-h63.bsky.socialin a garden of roses
i reach out
to a passing wind
the words i weave
fall like rain,
stirring the petals
embraced
by shifting hues,
they fade away
the dream
that once touched
my lips—
let me at least
offer it
to you
who became
a rose
#rose
#poetry
#poem
#writersofbsky
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@ashwood-books.bsky.socialCLAIMED is going to get a lot of pages written in October.
Dearhearts — have you ever been on a writing retreat? Or is it on the list? 👇
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialDearhearts — what are five things your current favorite character loves? 👇
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialDearhearts — what's one hard thing and one good thing from your week? No ratio required. 👇
#AuthorLife #AmWriting #WritersofBsky
@2505magazine.bsky.socialSubmissions for 2026 close on October 30th!
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@ashwood-books.bsky.socialClaimed.
Dearhearts — how do you celebrate finishing a big piece of work? Do you stop to mark it or just keep moving? 👇
@hearthstories.bsky.socialSubmissions are still open for two more days... If you write cozy, nature-oriented, family-oriented, or lightly romantic fantasy: we'd love to hear from you!
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#submissioncall #fantasy #cozyfantasy #magazine #specfic #speculativefiction #writersofbsky #writinglife
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialDearhearts — what's your favorite stage of a project, and why? 👇
@thehooletsnook.bsky.socialA big thank you to @chillsubs.bsky.social for including The Hoolet’s Nook in their recent “16 Magazines You Gotta Submit to Right Now” roundup! We SO appreciate the mention. 🦉🌸🌿🙏
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#CallForSubmissions
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialIt means draft two reads cleaner than most second drafts. It also means I never skip a scene without sitting in it first. 💜
Dearhearts — do you edit as you go or save it all for later? I'm always curious how different writers handle this. 👇
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialin more detail than you asked for. She's that kind of friend. 💚
Art by Anaartisan on IG
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@maith.bsky.social
@elizabeth-h63.bsky.socialTime
grows vertically,
like crystal
The sky scatters color
and flows through nothingness,
like oblivion
The steady rhythm
of an unbreakable sphere
Before the distant vista
of solitude,
life is suddenly dazzled
Like first love
Photo & Words by me
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialpleasure. 📖
Dearhearts — what are you reading right now, and is it teaching you anything? 💙
@elizabeth-h63.bsky.socialA thousand bubbles
bloom and rise,
bursting into blue
lucent currents drift,
sending tiny messengers
through the pale light
secret pollination
weaves brief rapture
into forever
illusion is longing —
brightness released,
reaching toward eternal bliss
#poetry
#writersofbsky
Photo & Words by me
@ashwood-books.bsky.socialDraft 2 of WHAT BLOOMS BETWEEN is done.
Done. Finished. Complete. I wrote the last scene and sat with it for a while before I could move.
Margot and Seraphine have a full story now. Thessan is real. The ending exists.
I am so, so happy. 💜