✨BOOK CLUB✨ I wanted to love The Lilac People more than I did. The main character's constant anguish made it hard to connect, especially besides Karl's tragic but quieter grief. The LGBTQ+ history along side well-timed suspense gave the story depth beyond its flaws. ⭐⭐⭐ #booksky #writingcommunity

We don't need AI. We need a network of reliable autistic people to ask our niche questions to.

✨BOOK CLUB✨ I wanted to love The Lilac People more than I did. The main character's constant anguish made it hard to connect, especially besides Karl's tragic but quieter grief. The LGBTQ+ history along side well-timed suspense gave the story depth beyond its flaws. ⭐⭐⭐ #booksky #writingcommunity

AI is robbing artistic fields & is unethically sourcing content to feed the machine. But can AI be used as a tool outside of creative fields? My gut says to hold the line until they have more ethical practices. But what would have to change to make AI use acceptable? #writingcommunity #art #booksky

Writing is so strange. You sit alone inventing people and somehow discover more about yourself in the process. It's a playground for introspection. #WritingCommunity

✨BOOK CLUB✨ Our November #book picks: 📚 The Lilac People by Todd In 1930s Berlin a trans man and his partner must escape a world determined to erase them. 📚 One Dark Window by Gillig A woman bound to a demon joins a highwayman's quest as she fights for her freedom and his heart. Happy reading!

Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions. To manually turn off go to: Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under “How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off

CAUTION: there's a chance that tiny throwaway plot twist you added for fun becomes the entire emotional core of your book, and now you're rewriting 40k words to make it make sense.

I'm doing the ADHD reader thing where I try to read 4 books at once. Is it a sign of dysregulation or is my TBR pile staging a coup? #booksky #writingcommunity

Reading feels sacred in autumn. The air cools, the earth softens, and the smallest story becomes a comfort. Books and blankets were made for this season 🍂 #booksky #writingcommunity

I tried waking up early to write today. Turns out my muses don't clock in until 10AM. #writingcommunity

Okay guys... I'm up at 5am doing the thing. Am I a writer now? Because if this is what it takes idk if I'm down 🫩 #writingcommunity

Oh hey, people-pleasing eldest daughter with ADHD who reads a lot of fantasy #books and loves the Mr. Darcy hand-flex in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice... Do you want to be friends? #booksky #writingcommunity

Went to my local scarecrow competition yesterday and was not disappointed. #booksky #writingcommunity #books

Me: rage crying after therapy because someone integral in my life is being a butthead. Me later: 😭😠😐🤔🤓✍️ Oh, all this pain? Just put it in the book! #booksky #writingcommunity

Went to my local scarecrow competition yesterday and was not disappointed. #booksky #writingcommunity #books

Oh hey, people-pleasing eldest daughter with ADHD who reads a lot of fantasy #books and loves the Mr. Darcy hand-flex in the 2005 Pride and Prejudice... Do you want to be friends? #booksky #writingcommunity

I heard someone say that a book with 5k reviews was a rare find. Social media numbers have become harder to contextualize. One thousand doesn't look like a lot on paper, but you put those same people in a room and it's staggering! #booksky #writingcommunity

Writing can feel daunting right up until it doesn't. Getting down one good sentence can make you believe in yourself again. Every draft I chase that moment. #writingcommunity #booksky

I saw this headline and had to take in a big breath because WHY IS THIS TRUE?? share.google/JPbstFvT1kQz... #booksky #writingcommunity

✨BOOK CLUB✨ Between Two Fires is equal parts brutal and beautiful. It reads like folklore mixed with scripture, using parable-like encounters to explore themes of sin and redemption. It’s grim, captivating, and kept me thinking well past the last page. Easily my fav read this year. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky

I asked my brother to borrow a banned #book through his library for me and found out he's NEVER had a library card. He's in his mid-thirties... He's getting one to help me and, somewhere, a librarian got her wings 🧚🏼‍♀️ #booksky #writingcommunity

I saw this headline and had to take in a big breath because WHY IS THIS TRUE?? share.google/JPbstFvT1kQz... #booksky #writingcommunity

Me: Even as a kid, I wondered why Hogwarts students didn't die more. They let kids carry and train with the equivalent of guns. Also, you're telling me a school with moving staircases doesn't have daily instances of accidental murder? Interviewer: I meant questions about the job... #booksky #books

I was able to predict a significant call back in a show my husband and I were watching last night. He said, "How'd you know that would happen?" I shrugged and said, "It's good writing..." Then, after a beat, we both said in unison, "Or it's the ADHD." #writingcommunity #booksky

Media pushes the idea that to be a strong female character she must be masculine. There are things about womanhood that are feminine AND strong. Give her flaws that move the story. Give her strengths that celebrate her identity. #writingcommunity #booksky

I asked my brother to borrow a banned #book through his library for me and found out he's NEVER had a library card. He's in his mid-thirties... He's getting one to help me and, somewhere, a librarian got her wings 🧚🏼‍♀️ #booksky #writingcommunity

🎃BOOK CLUB🎃 Local Missing Woman builds tension through its shifting timelines and distinct perspectives. The twists were genuinely satisfying. I'll admit I got impatient at times, but that's probably a me problem instead of a pacing issue. Kubica makes you earn every reveal. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky #books

I do small things as a reader to put my dollars and attention where it matters. I started using StoryGraph instead of Goodreads. I order from ThriftBooks instead of Amazon and I only use my kindle to read library #books. It isn't much, but it helps me sleep at night 🤷🏽‍♀️ #writingcommunity #booksky

🎃BOOK CLUB🎃 Local Missing Woman builds tension through its shifting timelines and distinct perspectives. The twists were genuinely satisfying. I'll admit I got impatient at times, but that's probably a me problem instead of a pacing issue. Kubica makes you earn every reveal. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ #booksky #books

This rapture is the most boring one I've ever been to 🙄

Everyone online keeps talking about the rapture but I'm still team alien invasion 👽🛸

When writing, every attempt of practice produces an original piece. Unlike music or the visual arts, where many beginners learn by mimicking the great works of the past, writing demands immediate ingenuity. #writingcommunity

Oliver helped me weed the strawberry patch this morning ❤️ #caturday

There’s a full-on bromance between the lifeguards at my local rec center. They use hand-signals from across the pool to make each other laugh and make a point to cross paths just to swap pleasantries during rotations. Do mine eyes deceive me, or is a plot idea brewing? 👀 #writingcommunity #booksky

Me: an ADHD writer explaining my half baked plot idea Autistic husband: can't process more info without pointing out the plot holes JUST LET ME COOK 😤 #writingcommunity #booksky

The worst part about being an ADHD bookworm is when you figure out a twist before you get to the reveal. #booksky

Being abandoned by the irreplaceable people in your life simply because you’ve become your most authentic self might be the quietest betrayal of all. It’s devastating.

With the way the world is going right now, I could use a good book to escape into. #booksky

Six years ago, I sold the car that got me through high school and college to a kid in the neighborhood for $500. My husband just texted me this... 🥹

I've come across lots of arguments online the last couple of days. At least we can all agree our TBRs will bury us before the discourse does. #booksky

My favorite word to say out loud is schmear. My favorite word to write in cursive is life. My favorite word I use in my writing is desperately. #writingcommunity

My favorite word to say out loud is schmear. My favorite word to write in cursive is life. My favorite word I use in my writing is desperately. #writingcommunity

I over did it. I read 4 books last week. I'm taking a week off 😮‍💨 #booksky

As someone from Utah, the Charlie Kirk news makes me tired. The Russia-Ukraine war makes me tired. Watching our government's indifference while Israel terrorizes nations makes me tired. I’m just… so damn tired.

There's a park behind my kids' school. During drop off, I noticed a boy running through the park's giant sprinklers. Teachers hate to see a kid like that coming. He was DRENCHED.

There’s so much discord around AI in #art and writing. Ethically, it's a no brainer. To build AI on work that wasn’t consented to or credited is theft. Plain and simple. #writingcommunity

Writing is as much about the human fingerprints—the emotions, the lived experiences, the imperfections—as it is about the words on the page. #writingcommunity

Social media has shifted into something transactional. Humanity gets buried under strategy, and it’s exhausting when all you wanted was community.