"Writing yourself a focus sentence is essential if you want to write a compelling story [in your memoir] so that readers turn the pages and cannot put it down." ~ Louisa Deasey, "Write Your Memoir Focus Sentence" #writingcommunity

From Page to Play: Convert Your eBook into an Audiobook in 2025 | Written Word Media vist.ly/4dyes “With audio consumption on the rise, turning your eBook into an audiobook is a powerful way to reach new audiences, boost sales, and expand your brand.” #Audiobooks

"Feeling a little embarrassed or nervous to hit Publish (in case someone does read it) is a good sign — it means you’re pushing your limits." ~ Riikka Iivanainen, "Why you should embrace writing in obscurity" #Writing

“Branding connects you to your reader. What’s your authentic self? That’s what we want to share.” THE BadRedheadMedia FAST AND EASY GUIDE TO POWERFUL AUTHOR BRANDING @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/AuthorBranding 🎧 Audiobook https://geni.us/BrandingBookAudio #WritingCommunity

#MondayBlogs Simple Steps to Substack Success (Even if You're a Complete Beginner) | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/SimpleSSTips If you’ve been with me for a minute, you’ll know I try everything first and then share the results. This is how I use Substack. Your mileage may vary.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢: 5 𝙇𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 "𝙏𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙥" 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝘼𝙣𝙮 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧: Why every creator should watch this quiet science fiction masterpiece | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack 📌 https://geni.us/TalesFromTheLoopSS #MondayBlogs

💥🎧 How to Sell and Market Your #Audiobook: Tips for Authors Ready to Be Heard | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social via Substack https://geni.us/MarketAudiobooks If you've produced an audiobook, you're not done when the last word is recorded. Now your marketing journey begins. #MondayBlogs

Why Most Writers Hate Marketing (and How to Make It Work for You) | @BadRedheadMedia.bksy.social via Substack https://geni.us/WritersHateMarketing A clear, example-filled guide to easing you into book marketing one small step at a time. #MondayBlogs #BookMarketing

Where to Find Royalty-Free Photos You Can Actually Trust | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/RoyaltyFreePhotos "The best free (and paid) image sites for authors, marketers, and creatives, and what to do if you receive a takedown notice." #MondayBlogs

Why Amazon KDP Changed Their Rules and What Authors Should Do Right Now | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/KDPVerificationChange "This verification process started rolling out last August! Here's the scoop..." #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity

"We’re definitely no fresh buds, but in full bloom. We’re a fierce & chaotic burst of colour. While pain is never pleasant or desired, it provokes expansion within our minds. No one walks away without learning a little #LifeLesson or two.": buff.ly/E6FFSoM #MondayBlogs #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

#Writersky - it's #MondayBlogs! Share a blog post, newsletter, video, anything but book promo (tons of other hashtags to use). If it's Monday where you are, share your blog posts using the hashtag https://buff.ly/NOq7ys1 We share from here, @mondayblogs.bsky.social / @indiebookpromo.bsky.social

"The #holidays bring along with them: Increased physical activity, shopping for gifts, sparkly lights, #Christmas carols on repeat, rich foods..I love all that, but it also means an increase in #PainLevels if left unmanaged.": buff.ly/vX0bdxK #ChronicPain #MondayBlogs

"But don’t be like me & live in denial; I continued to consume green tea in copious amounts and played contact sports, because there wasn’t any pain initially – until there was.": buff.ly/Pv7NGIl #MondayBlogs #AntiphospholipidSyndrome #spoonie #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

💚 Motherhood Is Another Country, One That I Will Never Know by @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/n9Z1LDF “Do you have children?” is a question I’ve grown used to hearing when I meet someone for the first time. Yet after all these years, I still hesitate over my answer. #MondayBlogs

Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging. ~ @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social "Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love" #Memoir

There is an element of optimism in making clothes, especially the elegant ones my mother crafted. The garments represented an investment in the future. @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮: 𝘼 𝘿𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙚𝙧’𝙨 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙞𝙧 (2026 SheWritesPress) #Memoir #Trauma

💚 Finding Refuge in Marriage: Turning a Painful Past into Lifetime Love | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/iGS23F4 Refuge can refer to shelter or protection from danger or distress, but it can also refer to a feeling of being seen and cherished, of belonging. #MondayBlogs

Traveling the Familiar: Why Certain Places Feel Like Home | @MargaretWhitford.bsky.social https://buff.ly/wQeAi78 In The Reader, the protagonist comments that he once believed he should be more adventurous in his travel, so he explored countries and cities he might not have visited. #MondayBlogs

Field of Gold | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://ow.ly/mBQe50Wx1pR The first occupant I saw in Julia's conservation studio was a nine-foot-tall Madonna. She was a fright - her face flaking, her oversized halo full of cracks, her dull white gown ripped and stained. #MondayBlogs

I can become obsessed with every mark and brushstroke on the canvas. As if every mark is a note of music and they all have to come together to be coherent, like a symphonic composition – and then it will sing the song I want to sing. ~ Suzy Murphy #QOTD

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt There is no one profile of an art thief. People steal art for many reasons, most commonly for profit. #ArtTheft

Every time I have had a problem, I have confronted it with the ax of art. ~ Yayoi Kusama #QOTD

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. ~ Celia Cruz #QOTD

🎨 My book, 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩, 𝙇𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙧, 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙛, is out now! A 5-star @ReadersFavorite! "A wildly entertaining, complex, and adrenaline-fueled art crime novel as intriguing as it is satisfying..." 📕 https://geni.us/ArtistLoverForgerThief by @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social #Books

If I could say it in words, there would be no reason to paint. ~ Edward Hopper #QOTD

🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 2 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/Mmq5gXA 🎨 How Love Turns People into Art Thieves: The Psychology Behind Infamous Heists: 1 | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/qJ7Sdxt #MondayBlogs

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙬 𝙈𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙙 : The hidden inspirations behind a novelist’s heroine | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl "I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected." #MondayBlogs #Writing

Two Tall Women in NYC | @SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social via FeminineCollective https://ow.ly/i5wK50WEENg "Losing my identity was not in our plan. Mary and I came to the big city to celebrate finishing our books—my psychological thriller and her memoir of love and loss." #MondayBlogs

Should, Should Not (a poem) | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/47n9p A woman should not love a man, but if she does, she should keep the child of their breath close to her heart. A man, when he loves a woman, should not use words that are dear to her... #MondayBlogs

The Alexandria Papers Newsletter #156 | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/4eqcy #MentalHealth #Migraine #Trauma #Books

Holiday (memoir, poem) | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/47pzj Late this morning your first wife phoned, from where it is not raining: your three children huddled around, chirping, while the cat lapped milk from their cereal bowls. #MondayBlogs #Poem

Should, Should Not (a poem) | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/47n9p A woman should not love a man, but if she does, she should keep the child of their breath close to her heart. A man, when he loves a woman, should not use words that are dear to her... #MondayBlogs

The Lies Our Parents Tell Us | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/47mgw The lies our parents tell us begin in childhood... and we swallow the lies because we’re so hungry, because the lies are all we have... #MondayBlogs #Poem

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/4esbr As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Untangling Emotions: Toxic Positivity, Self-Care, & Shame | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/4estv Toxic positivity is a deeply embedded part of our culture, and it can infiltrate into our mindset and affect our emotional and relational self-care. #MondayBlogs #Trauma

Listen to @JenniferKindera.bsky.social and host Rachel Thompson @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social on #SexAbuseChat X Spaces (formerly Twitter) TOPIC: Shame as the Great Protector Click here 👇 to listen: vist.ly/3n3k45y #MentalHealth #Trauma #MondayBlogs

“You need to tend your novel daily, as you would a garden, to keep its prose from slowly dying of thirst.” The long road to done or how my next novel finally saw the light (and pub date): www.jannalexander.com/post/writing... #mondayblogs #writers #authorlife

83 Calls for Submissions in November 2025 - Paying markets. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/10/69-c...

Why Amazon KDP Changed Their Rules and What Authors Should Do Right Now | @BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social https://geni.us/KDPVerificationChange "This verification process started rolling out last August! Here's the scoop..." #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity

Narcissism & Codependency — Shame, the Missing Puzzle Piece | @JenniferKindera.bsky.social vist.ly/4dnyb As the family rules and mottos get passed from generation to generation, we are groomed to fulfill our role, and because shame rises up to protect us. #MondayBlogs #Narcissism

Last night I dreamt of you, after all these years, and you were lying in my arms, and your eyes so blue, like something out of a romance novel, only better, because at last you were mine... In the Thin Places | @DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social vist.ly/3n469cc #MondayBlogs #Memoir #Poem

Happy Monday, Geekly Gang! Kyra Kyle shares their Top 10 Cartoons based on comic books. #Top10 #Cartoons #Comicbooks #MondayBlogs

"Bluesky can create a more inclusive and empowering online environment." medium.com/p/83c10a9... #MondayBlogs featuring @lazblazter.bsky.social @carolstephen.bsky.social

Uncertainty. The very word makes us itch. I mean, we love surprise parties, but no one hosts an uncertainty celebration. No one says, oh, what a lovely uncertainty! In reality, though, uncertainty is all we ever have. amyhenrybooks.com/2025/11/01/l... #MondayBlogs

I did a mega spring cleaning of all 300+ posts & pages on the #website. You don't need to be a web expert or writer to know that what was written 10 years ago is probably cringe-worthy by now, both in terms of technicality & #writing style.": buff.ly/bxZbjHB #MondayBlogs #blogger #spoonie

13 Paying Markets for Mystery and Crime Stories. #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity #MondayBlogs publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2019/07/10-p...

What Do Film Adaptations Owe To Books? tinyurl.com/3kfvawhb #MondayBlogs #WritingCommunity

“Most businesses go for sales and marketing to-do lists, but the list of customers is more important." jimkatzaman.substack... #MondayBlogs featuring @inspiretothrive.bsky.social @diymarketers.bsky.social

Nothing’s more fun than shutting down the entire car wash because you forgot how to put your newish car in neutral.... Someone yanked the power cord from my frontal lobe. As Homer Simpson might say, "D'oh" Here's my "Panic Meets Foam" adventure: lindaksienkiewicz.com/how-i-shut-d... #mondayblogs