The horrors persist, and still I write because what other god damn choice do I have?? #writing #thehorrors

Sharing your writing for feedback when you know it isn't at its best is such a vulnerable action & we don't talk about that enough in the writing community. Feedback is necessary to improve, but it's also baring what feels like all your shortcomings to your editors #amwriting #WIP #writingcommunity

Big news, we bought a house!!! Amongst the chaos of moving, we found some time to celebrate my girlfriend's birthday. Here are a few snapshots! Hopefully soon I'll find time to get back to writing too 💜 #lesbiansky #queersky

Other writers, I'm trying to decide whether to use a penname or not. I'm very 50/50. I used to really want to, but I'm not as sure anymore. What are the reasons you chose to use a pen name or the reasons you chose not to? #writersky #writingcommunity #writer

I'm so pleased to see such a positive response to my last post. A small act of giving back to our community is inspiring others, and that's all I could hope for! I hope all of you go out and put a book or two you no longer intend to read into a local free library for your community to enjoy!

Today my girlfriend and I sold books we no longer want and used the money we got back to buy children's books for the little free libraries in our neighborhood. It was so fun to pick out books for the kids. We will absolutely be doing this again #booksky #community

Let me tell you, trying to keep myself engaged in writing and editing an entire 115k word fantasy novel while battling my ADHD desire for novelty and new projects is an Olympic sport. Any tips on not losing interest would be greatly appreciated! #writersky #writingcommunity #adhd

Nothing like trying to be a part of an online community, but forgetting to actually post and be a part of said community #writersky #writingcommunity

Everybody please look at this amazing moth my girlfriend and I saw during our road trip. I cannot get over how fluffy it is! Does anyone know what kind of moth it is?? Also it was huge, like the size of my palm at least

Writing something deeply personal and meaningful that also happens to have a coven of little girls murdering people.

It's nice to be in the editing stage of my book. I so rarely get this far. It's so novel getting to reread what I've written. Yeah, it needs a lot of changes, but I'm a little surprised to find how in love I am with the story still despite it's flaws 💜 #WIP #amwriting #amediting #writersky

The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.

YOU CANNOT GRIND THE BONES OF YOUR ENEMIES INTO DUST TOMORROW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.

AI is a plague upon this planet

So I've been thinking more and more about The Hunger Games, and I think one of the only big mistakes Suzanne made was leaving Effie out of the second half of the series. I love the arc that the movies gave her. We got someone fully drinking the capitol koolaid (1/4) #hungergames #effietrinket

‘I don’t use AI for writing, I use it for my book co—‘ No. We support artists in this community.

Gang Initiate Forced To Peacefully Deescalate Conflict To Prove He Not A Cop theonion.com/gang-in...

It's critical for everyone to remember what an Executive Order is. It is the President communicating orders to members of the executive branch. Policies to pursue, actions to take, etc. They are not laws. They are not close to being laws. They are formalized memos to employees. That's all.

Surprising to hear that a government formed exclusively of a country’s most stupid people isn’t really working out.

I don't want to brag or anything, but I've gone the entire day without sharing top secret highly classified military intelligence on our village bulletin board.

Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade

Okay it may seem bad that Meta appropriated the entirety of the written word without compensating or even consulting with any writers, but consider what the world got out of it: a thing you accidentally tap in Instagram

Not to be a downer, but capitalism is really getting to me besties

Some of the writers who made me: Lois Lowry Suzanne Collins Holly Black Dhonielle Clayton Lemony Snicket Libba Bray Eva Ibbotson Rachel Caine Jane Austen Louisa May Alcott Lewis Carroll Seanan McGuire Ray Bradbury R.L. Stine Madeline L'Engle Jeanne DuProu Tell me yours! 📚💙

Every day on the internet makes it abundantly clear that some people have never had a single person turn around and say to them, ‘Cite your sources’ because, and I say this with every ounce of love I can muster as a teacher: while you are entitled to your opinion, that does not make it fact.

Figuring out how to insert lore and world mechanics into a story without doing too much info dumping is so tricky. If anyone has any tips on how they do it, I'd love to hear them! #amwriting #WIP #writingcommunity #fantasywriting #writersky

Sunrise on the Reaping hit me right in the heart, but it didn't really make me cry as I was reading it, but leave it to the damn TikTok edits to make me sob over it #booksky #sunriseonthereaping #hungergames #nospoilers

So happy to finally have reached my final form of man hating lesbian

I'm currently 2/3rds of the way through Sunrise on the Reaping and so far my spoiler free review is: AAAAAAHHHHHHH #booksky #hungergames #nospoilers

I've already seen Emily Anne's TikTok sobbing over the new book, and I'm both terrified and desperate to read it. I will be doing nothing but reading when I finally have that book in my hands

I'm being so brave about not getting my copy of Sunrise on the Reaping until tomorrow. Between shipping delays and this blizzard, I have to wait. I'm being so patient and not complaining at all #booksky #sunriseonthereaping

It is understandable that you feel unwell, for you live in sickening times: the state of the world will nauseate you, the fear for the future will exhaust you, the spreading viruses will infect you, in these sickening times what would be worrisome is if you felt fine.

Writing Tip: A "bad" finished draft is always better than a perfect unwritten draft. You can make a bad draft better, but you can't do anything with an unwritten draft. Let your writing be bad. That's what drafts & editing are for. It's how you grow #writersky #writingcommunity #writingtip #writing

Man, I love the crushing weight of capitalism bright and early on a Monday morning

Oops decided my novel has a cult in it. Now I'm elbow deep in using the BITE model to build a spooky fantasy cult led by a vengeful angel who will grant immortality to those who are worthy. Is the angel a real being or a manufactured means of control? Who's to say? #WIP #amwriting #horrorwriting #💙📚

I did it!! 95k words, 229 pages, so many late nights & this 1st draft is officially done! I've proven to myself that I can still write novels. Now it's time for a much needed break before diving into edits to turn this hot mess into the novel of my dreams!! Aaaahhh!!!! #WIP #amwtiting #writersky #💙📚

I can't believe it I think I'm on the last chapter of my first draft. If I push through, I might be able to finish this tonight. I could cry. I can't believe it. I can't believe it!! I haven't finished a first draft in so long. Am I really about to do this??? #WIP #amwriting #writersky

The words are just not wording today. I've been getting so much written this week, but today my brain does not want to cooperate. I refuse to let go of my streak. I'm so close to the end!

It is very frightening and intimidating to think of the books I *need* to write about queerness, culture, and politics . . . but I’m going to write them anyways

I've been thinking a lot about that bumper sticker which says "everything looks like a conspiracy theory when you don't understand how anything works" and folks it's pretty obvious to me that the people in power right now have absolutely no desire to understand how anything works.

I forgot to update last night, but I managed to get my 2k words written for the day, just by the skin of my teeth. Still unclear whether or not the villain is going to be successfully poisoned or not, but I'm that much closer to finishing this first draft!! #amwriting #WIP #writersky

I am in absolutely uncharted territory in this part of my novel. I have no clue what's going to happen, when it's going to happen or how. This is a wild ride that my MC & I are on together. Will her LI get captured by the villain? Will she succeed in poisoning her enemy? Who knows #amwriting #WIP

I am finding it much harder to find the motivation to write today than the last two days. I just want to play more video games. But I only have like 10-15k words left to go and this first draft is done. I need to focus #amwriting

After chatting with my best friend, I realized that it will only take a few more 1.5-3k writing days to get to the end of my first draft! So I've been working to get back into a writing habit so I can get this thing done. Yesterday I wrote 2k! #writing #WIP #horrorwriting #fantasywriting #writersky

I had a lot of fun chatting through the ins & outs of horror & dark fantasy with everyone today. I think I'm going to come up with more questions to have more discussions like that. It was fascinating to hear everyone's interpretations & methods for capturing the horror atmosphere #writingcommunity

Okay, I have a question for horror and/or fantasy authors. What things do you do in your novels to tip your stories from dark fantasy to horror fantasy? I'm thinking I want to shift my current WIP from dark to horror fantasy #writingcommunity #horrorwriting #fantasywriting #horror #fantasy #WIP

Another post to try to get in the habit of posting here more lol Exciting news! I finally wrote something today after way too long of only playing video games & not writing. 1500 words today & hopefully many more to come over the next few weeks! I'm so close to a complete 1st draft 💜 #writersky #WIP

I need more friends who stay up really late who I can vibe with while I write into the wee hours. It's so much more motivating to work with someone than alone, even if it's on different things

Day 2 of me posting nothing in particular so I build up the habit of getting on here to help it feel less daunting. I've never been good at posting online. I'm just a little creature. I'm not meant to be perceived

It's been so long since I posted here. I got busy and didn't post, then the pressure of not posting got heavier and heavier the longer I went without posting. So here's me just throwing something up to relieve that pressure so I can start posting again. I missed this place 💜