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i wanna be big like my plans, so why am i so tiny and why am i so mad
https://alyxwrites.weebly.com/
Mo in the TBR corner 🥰
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don’t ever lose sight of what’s important in life (the two fictional characters in your mind that keep you going)
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Revise & Resub
2 days ago
The
#revpit
submission window opens THIS WEEK! From March 12 at 12 p.m. EDT to March 15 at 12 p.m. EDT, you'll be able to submit your manuscripts. Visit
reviseresub.com
to see what you'll need so you're prepared come Friday!
#writingcontest
#writingcommunity
#amwriting
#writersofbluesky
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Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️
2 days ago
"The best advice I ever got about writing secondary world fantasy was to write not from the point of view of someone encountering a world for the first time, but of someone who has lived in this world all their life." R.F.Kuang
#writing
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Erik Vorhes
3 days ago
Abolishing ICE should be the *conservative* position. The whole system needs to be dismantled, and these fuckers need to be fired, investigated, and prosecuted.
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Aasa T 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸
5 days ago
Anyways.
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if you cant find an eclipse in the wild because the mist won't move, storebought eclipse will do
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Better Things Are Possible
about 1 month ago
Huge scandal that Minneapolis has been crawling with terrorists this whole time. They've been living among us undercover as poets and nurses. And would've continued to, had it not been for the work of our bravest child kidnappers
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Most writers: this character never knew their mother. This will become plot relevant later Me: this character never knew their mother because I Could Not Think Up A Name For Her
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functional moron
about 2 months ago
cannot stress enough that they are abducting legal observers left and right and people are hearing about this happening to other people and still immediately going “alright where can i go to help now”
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it looks like you're writing a novel
3 months ago
a "pantser" is a writer who wears pants. a "plotter" is a writer who has no pants and plots to steal them from other writers
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Jess Piper
4 months ago
We could spend years demanding a list be released, or we could just believe women…
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John Scalzi
4 months ago
Also, at my event at the Jacksonville Public Library, I signed a bunch of stock for San Marcos Books, which graciously sold books at the event. So if you're in/near Jacksonville, you can get signed books from them too (they also ship if you're not near Jacksonville).
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association
4 months ago
The November edition of the SFWA monthly Market Report is here! Get the latest updates on markets and opportunities at
www.sfwa.org/2025/11/12/s...
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Dr. SkySkull
5 months ago
A lot of folks may think that just yelling at ICE agents is ineffective, but consider the cumulative psychological toll of being yelled at EVERY DAY when trying to do shit. Even the biggest asshole in the world who doesn't give a shit about other people will feel the pressure.
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Ain't nothing more humbling than showing your friends your trashbag head first eyes closed live fast die young leave behind a pretty corpse Bad Decision extraordinaire always in trouble character and them going "so this is a self-insert".
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John Scalzi
5 months ago
WELL IN FACT if you are a member of
@sfwa.bsky.social
, they have some health insurance options available, based on the same concept of pooling groups together (in this case other lit-focused orgs). This itself is a compelling reason for qualified writers to join SFWA.
www.sfwa.org/2020/06/10/h...
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William Shakespeare
5 months ago
[Exit King.]
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Nikkolas Smith
5 months ago
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US. 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
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Eman Abdelhadi
5 months ago
If you don’t see the link between ICE and the IDF, you haven’t been paying attention. We are being asked to accept a world where whole communities are made disposable and marked for disappearance. If we accept that for anyone, no one is safe anywhere.
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John Scalzi
5 months ago
It's time again as a notable Italian-American to note Christopher Columbus was an absolute piece of shit human who didn't land anywhere near this actual country so why the fuck should he stop the mail for the whole day Anyway, Happy Indigenous People's Day, y'all
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Ryan Marino, MD
5 months ago
These freaks keep getting on TV talking about opposing antifa and how they believe antifa wants to destroy them, and not a single person in mainstream media has asked or commented on what is the opposite of antifascism and who is threatened by antifascists
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5 months ago
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To be human is to sob about woolly mammoths at 3 am with fifteen notebooks spread around you while your 7 year old laptop makes a heroic effort to keep 47 tabs running while you're fighting for your life in Google docs
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Kat Cho
5 months ago
DVpit
#querying
Tip: As you scroll the feed make note of which agents like pitches in similar categories/genres as yours & add them to your general querying list! The feed is so busy, they might've missed yours, but if they're liking similar stories that means it's something they want in their inbox
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Steelhorse (HIDALGO meets SIX OF CROWS) In a desert city reeling from the death of its king, four riders from very different backgrounds- an heiress, a mechanic, a servant, and an orphan- risk death to qualify for a race that will determine their fates.
#YA
#F
#JV
#DVpit
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch
5 months ago
#DVpit
2025 has officially begun! Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors! Don't forget to use
#DVpit
in your posts! Pls read rules before participating:
dvpit.carrd.co
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While everybody is anxiously refreshing for DV PIT, have a bat cat enjoying his daily commute to work 🥰
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When Ezra finds a magical horse during a race where the prize is her freedom, she keeps it hidden. She can't afford any distractions. But nothing stays secret forever, & she soon gets caught in a fight between magicians that could alter the fate of the city she wants to be free of.
#YA
#F
#JV
#DVPIT
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TinyTalesDaily
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Possibly one of my favorite sentences in a story: "That is horrifying and I want to go hone,"I said, although I pronounced it, "Ah, I see." Thank you
@tkingfisher.com
for What Stalks the Deep!
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I feel like the end of Yom Kippur is a great time to quietly introduce "The Mourner's Kaddish" to the world. This story is super special to me and I'm so excited that it found a home in a collection of other dark stories. Coming soon, in an anthology edited by Emma Jane Lounsbury.
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch
5 months ago
Thank you to everyone who participated in
#PreDV
today! Even though the time to officially post your pitches is over, feel free to continue giving each other feedback/advice & making friends! And join us for
#DVParty
starting October 2nd! And we'll see you at
#DVpit
on October 8th, 2025!
#writersky
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Hypervisible
7 months ago
“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”
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AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-12/ai-eroded-doctors-ability-to-spot-cancer-within-months-in-study
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Dr Kat Day (she/her)
8 months ago
Whomst amongst us
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Jana H-S (she, like a knife)
8 months ago
where is the political party for people who miss fireflies and want revenge
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Uberzers 🦜
8 months ago
KPOP Demon Hunters best boy give me 10 right now.
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Prison Journalism Project
9 months ago
Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?
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Summer Heat in Prison: Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?
Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how hot their prisons get in the summer. One prison reached 117 degrees.
https://prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/09/19/what-extreme-heat-is-like-in-u-s-prisons/?utm_campaign=PJP-Bluesky
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Fictive Dream
9 months ago
"He flicks a switch and low lights reveal three hulking manual telescopes dominating the observatory’s domed interior." It’s Not The End Of The World by Jaime Gill
@jaimegill.bsky.social
#shortstory
#fiction
#writingcommunity
. Please click on link and enjoy
fictivedream.com/2025/06/08/i...
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A.D. Wills
9 months ago
I'm writing one book, yes, but what about second book? Book I only talk about to a couple people? Book I keep open in the background so I don't feel guilty? Book that only has one cool scene idea so far? You know about those, don't you?
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Rebecca E. Reyes
9 months ago
Instead of watching my government have a breakup slap fight, why not read a story about a crossdressing circus acrobat who starts riots and destabilizes her government?
mybook.to/Sigils_of_Malice
(Yes, my marketing is cringe, but my book is hopeful.)
#SFF
#BookSky💙📚
#Fantasy
#ScienceFiction
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✨ achilles king | read snow white
9 months ago
none of my characters are explicitly aspec and this is because if you find one and you want him to be apsec you get to go "this one is aspec" and i will go "youre so right." :)
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This is my all-time favorite scene <3 From Steelhorse
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The Onion
9 months ago
Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
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Rift Widens Between Elon Musk, Anyone Who Ever Met Him
AUSTIN, TX—Stressing that the billionaire’s completely erratic behavior had strained the already fraught relationships, sources confirmed Thursday that a rift was widening between Elon Musk and anyone...
https://theonion.com/rift-widens-between-elon-musk-anyone-who-ever-met-him/
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#BluePit - A Storytelling Hype & Pitch Event
9 months ago
#BluePit
is back for the summer! Creators in the
#WritingCommunity
,
#GameDev
&
#IndieDev
,
#TTRPG
, and
#Comic
communities get ready to pitch or promote your projects!
#BluePit
will be taking place again on July 13th, 2025! And
#BluePitHype
starts July 8th!
#WriteSky
#Writers
#AmAgenting
#LitAgents
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch
9 months ago
DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out
dvpit.carrd.co
for more details and information!
#dvpit
#writersky
#booksky
#weneeddiversebooks
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