Time for my monthly POV choice crisis. #writingcommunity which do you prefer to read for fantasy? 1st or 3rd?? I can never make up my mind and it’s such a big commitment 😫 #writing #writersofbluesky

Playing a lot of Diablo 😆

Hap ween!

Accountability post: I AM WRITING 50K THIS NOVEMBER. Thank you, that is all.

Is there any greater agony than having so much inspiration and motivation to write and instead being trapped pushing invoices at the day job?😩🥲

It was like riding out a fever but I think I finally ironed out the new plot. Killed some darlings and made a couple huge changes but I’m ready for rewrites- right in time for November writing challenges! And wouldn’t you know it I probably need about 50k new words. Serendipitous 😆

Doing some extensive plot surgery on my rewrite and I think my main villain is getting a total role reversal and falling back to misguided side antagonist. That closes several plot holes and opens an entirely new one. Just need to figure out how to sew the new one up… My brain hurts.

@mikebennettart.bsky.social needs to make more Halloween signs so I can expand my graveyard!

I always try to order my books from the local indie book store instead of Amazon and usually it’s not too bad a wait, but for whatever reason the horror book I ordered for book club is taking weeks! 😩 where are you mysterious tome??

Ooooh, Belle Époque France with blood magic and a slow-burn countess/governess romance!

TOMORROW ❗

Sat down and went through my old draft for my rewrite project. Of the 78k words I harvested about 35k. Of that 35k I have no idea how much I will salvage or totally rewrite but, hey, it's a start!

I’m not a nail biter but I’m definitely a cuticle picker. I can tell I’m stressed cause my fingers are destroyed 🥲

Work is so bad im actively having a panic attack for the first time in years 🙃🙃🙃

The day job is so draining right now. All I want to do is write! 😭

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I think I wanna make a newsletter. 🤔

The Spellbound Alchemist: fresh-brewed tea, sea salt, and blackberry wine.

Trying to focus nervous energy on my WIPs and got a couple big plot kinks worked out. I think I might be ready to start drafting on this project again soon.

My brain is not nice to me when I’m waiting for stuff 😩

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Success! I finished my first pass at my plot update. The bad news: I'm throwing out at least half of the story. The good news: this version of the plot actually benefits from staying in the original POV which makes it much easier to save at least some of the original work.

But before I can start that, I have a bigger decision to make: one POV or two? The first version was one… I feel like one is cleaner for this story but with the new changes to the plot I need to make sure I can still tell the whole tale that way. 🤔 hm hm hm

Taking a break from my sci fi project to have another look at my Dark Fantasy rewrite. Think I may have worked out the major plot changes enough to start drafting again.

mentally ill implies the existence of womenshorty healthy

I think this week is the week I get my writing mojo back.

This was after Colbert was canceled. Which was two months ago.

It's been a long week. Rest here, weary creative. You deserve it.

I need the voice over person from N64's Cruisin' USA enthusiastically saying "checkpoint!" at various points throughout the day to keep me going

Oops, I bought a thing.

Days like today I’m very envious of my work-from-home friends. I just want to be curled up in my office, cozy clothes, cat on my lap, distraction free and getting shit done. The office is too bright and too frantic today. 🫩

I’m playing a little Palworld tonight with the FriendlyFire gang in case you want to watch me try to remember how to properly perform pokemon communism. 😆 7PM CST twitch.tv/friendlyfire...

It's been a long week. Rest here, weary creative. You deserve it.

okay Courtney really beat my answer. LOLOL

one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be

I rarely do these but I think I’ve settled on my opening lines for my next project. #firstlinefriday #amwriting #amwritingscifi #writingcommunity

So I had emergency gallbladder surgery on Sunday morning after a trip to the ER early Saturday morning. First couple days after were honestly a lot tougher than I expected. I’ve always heard it’s a minor and routine surgery- which it is- but I think I downplayed in my mind what that meant.

I think being in the same room with them for 15 minutes would add 3 years to my lifespan

Work is making me INCREDIBLY cranky today. System is randomly deleting customer files. Salesmen aren’t reading emails before responding. 😤Very glad I have some time off coming up.

"Fast-paced and visceral..." -Francesca Zappia, award-winning author of Eliza and Her Monsters & Greymist Fair. 🍄 Early reviewers are raving over Symbiotes. Get yours October 7th!

Trying to outrun my burnout like

I just want to go home a read. I NO LONGER WISH TO LABOUR.

The recent @milwaukeerecord.bsky.social article about our new single is probably our favorite music write-up 🥰 milwaukeerecord.com/music/social...

Mouse warrior outfit from his week’s Faire. 🐭🗡️🛡️🧀

For all you video game enthusiasts, my friends have a new streaming channel launching on twitch tomorrow. They’re starting with Wildgate! Info below if that’s your jam. #gaming #wildgate #streaming twitch.tv/friendlyfirecoop

I turned 35 today. This was today’s purchase.

Here’s the fit from last weekend’s Faire day! Putting together Faire costumes has beautifully filled the void of cosplay for me.

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Storms rolling through