Still unsure about what to #write now that I’ve shelved “project minnow”, BUT: I loved chasing the tail of #curiosity today. Exploring is worthwhile ✨I’m noticing themes. Now, I’m on the fence about what to watch tn. Midnight Mass or Interview with the Vampire Both are rewatches 🦇 #inspiration

From abandoned structures in my state to the portfolio of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 10 out of 10 suggest following your line of curiosity and taking notes along the way. My own ideas are surprising me ✨ I’m feeling mighty creative and that feels great #explore #inspiration #art #architecture

Lake Superior

Demon princess Crystel needs to eat five hearts to become human—Will her newly-acquired mortal companion Ben help with her quest before she gets dragged back down to Hell? EAT HIS HEART OUT is an urban paranormal romance complete at 88k words 🫀 #PosterPit #Q #R #A

Spending the full day turning over stones and looking for inspiration. Starting with my camera roll. Moving on to music next. 📚📝🖼️🎧 I’m so excited, you guys. What are y’all doing? #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #creativespace #booksky

And suddenly I’ve found myself deep in a gothic literature rabbit hole. I love exploring 🔦📚👩🏾‍💻 #booksky #writesky

Journal prompts for the weekend: ✏️What draws you to writing? ✏️ What do you like most about the genre you read? ✏️What kind of project do you think you can sustainably take on? Why do you believe that? ✏️ What feeling(s) do you want to create? ✏️ What sounds like fun right now? #writingcommunity

Something I know for certain: There’s no way in hell I will be finishing my 1st draft by the end of the month. That was a crazy goal for me. Things I’m on the fence about: 1. Accepting this is too big of a project for my 1st go around. 2. If I already hate my characters. #writingcommunity

*setting up a pomodoro for 1.5 hours* #amwriting no tea currently, just trying to meet my silly ‘lil protein goals 🥤👩🏾‍💻

Passion isn’t about success. It’s about whether you love the work when no one’s watching. this week on 30 Degree Shift: williamtorgerson.com/30-degree-sh...

To have the privilege of a village, you must be a villager to others.

Without saying your age, post your favorite film that released the year when you turned 18. 💙💙💙

Hello, lovely #WritingCommunity 💚📚 Here’s some morning #poetry brew to start your Wednesday. ✨☕️ “The Summer Day” by Mary Oliver

It was a cute little rainstorm, and now we’re in a tornado watch. This is so dramatic.

A balanced lunch 📚🤓🍣 #amreading #booksky What are you reading currently?

It was finally warm enough to wear sandals today while I ran errands, and I’m just here to say: All traces of the leftover seasonal sadness has ✨officially✨ exited my body. 🌞🩴

Between today’s sprint & last night’s mini session the word count is progressing: 11,517 ➡️ 12,336 My characters haven’t met yet 🙃 they’re finally at the same venue tho! So now I’m curious if I’ve wasted too much time building them up as individuals. idk idk. gotta keep going. #writingcommunity

Wrapped up some work tasks for now *eye twitch* So, I'm treating myself to a fresh cup of tea and a #writing sprint! What is the minute mark you prefer for sprints? Lmk. #amwriting #writingcommunity

Your first draft isn’t supposed to be a masterpiece; it’s just the raw materials.🖼️ You can’t carve a statue out of thin air, so just get the marble on the table. Even if it looks like a lump of disaster today. 🪨⛏️ The polishing comes later. 💎✨ #amwriting #writingcommunity

Managed to add 948 words to my #WIP today! I think I’ll take a little break to critique on scribophile & do a yoga flow✨ Since Thursday I’ve moved from 9,773 to 11,517 words! Slow, sure. But also steady. More writing to come tonight! ps. Do you use scribophile?? #amwriting #writingcommunity

When did you first get a library card? #booksky #amreading #locallibrary

Convinced BOTH dogs to come cuddle me while I write. Life is good. #amwriting

Gifting myself a long weekend from job A doesn’t negate the fact that I need to get my butt up to go teach yoga. I’m teaching the people 2 new variations of Utthita Trikonasana (Triangle pose) and zooming in on lateral movements. ☺️🪷🧘🏾‍♀️ Move your body in a way that feels good today, friends

Lunchtime learning: “Promises, Progress, Payoff - Plot Theory: Brandon Sanderson’s Writing Lecture II” 👇🏾👇🏾 youtu.be/ihd76ijy9LU?... These are longer videos, so I’ve been watching them in bite sized pieces. Would recommend. 😊🍴 #writingresources #writinglectures #writingcommunity #writesky

Got down 1,107 words this morning in between tasks and distractions (all of my own making) 💪🏾👩🏾‍💻 Going to go grab a coffee and then get back to it! I hope you get some good writing done today too 🎉 !!! #writesky #amewriting #writingcommunity

Today is the day! My debut novel, THE DEVOURING, is out now! I want to give the biggest "thank you" to all my friends, family, beta readers, reviewers, and everyone who preordered this book. You've helped make this dream come true. Get your copy: amshilling.com/books #WritingCommunity #Booksky 💙📚️

Joined the #6amWritingClub this A.M. after laying in bed with this feeling that my MFC (Rosalyn) is too boring in comparison to my MMC (Bennett) Read thru what I wrote & disagreed with myself. She’s plenty interesting. Also, for the 1st time: I actually felt good about what I wrote #writesky #WIP

late, but here’s an intro post #promosky ✐ᝰ mae | she/her ✐ᝰ newbie writer drafting my 1st spicy romance ✐ᝰ big on community, kindness, & yapping ✐ᝰ seeking fellow (anti ai) writers, readers w/ great recs, & writing resources! ✐ᝰ tidbits: reading • gardening • tea • yoga • cooking ♡ / ↻

HEAVILY flirting with the idea of taking an extra long weekend. It wants me and I want it too. Maybe that makes us fated mates 🤷🏾‍♀️

I gotta figure out how to adjust my schedule to accommodate me writing earlier in the day. When do you guys write? #writingcommunity #writesky

"I grew up across the street from a public library, and it was the only place my mom would let me go on my own. It was my second home, and I read everything that I could get." ~ Tracy Chapman Chapman by Nicholas Albrecht #Booksky

My brain right now: ⭐️ It might be time to call it a night.

I've been sitting here staring at the wall..Trying to come up with clever color swatch names for a scene in my #WIP, and then it dawned on me: *go to a paint site. look at their names for color options* Duh. Why was I making this so hard? Why is my brain fried tonight? #writingcommunity

Having an Etsy artist do a cartoon drawing of me, so I can ditch the bunny pfp soon. Fingers crossed it turns out cute.

#womenwriters #writingcommunity

word count update: 7,286 ➡️ 8,319 📝👩🏾‍💻 My MFC, Rosalyn, is about to meet her new nosey neighbor for the first time. I’m ✨super✨ excited to write this nuisance character into Ro’s life. (not a spoiler: the neighbor SUCKS)

skip the turkey this Easter and try something more delicious! #booksky #girldinner #writersky

@williamtorgerson.com shared this great article with me by Randy Ingermanson called “Writing the Perfect Scene” & I linked it below for any newbie writers like myself 💞📝 article: www.advancedfictionwriting.com/articles/wri... #writingcommunity #writesky #aspiringwriters #amwriting #amlearning

Gosh, I love MyWhoosh. Training for cycling season feels amazing 🌸🚴🏾‍♀️

I’ve surprised myself with little chuckle worthy moments in my 1st attempt of a 1st draft. There’s some social commentary humor, but also some humorous interactions that feel more natural w/ my MFC’s family. Coming from a family that laughs A LOT irl — this was bound to happen 😄 #pretendpanel

interaction bait! nickname: Mae ✨ prns: she/her height: 4'11” (pass the step stool pls) sexuality: straight smokes: no, thank you 😇 piercings: 3 tattoos: 0 fave color: black, but also green fave alc drink: 458 days alc freee fave drink: tea! fave food: Bibimbap fave animal: my boys (photo 👇🏾👇🏾)

I love the walk of shame up to my house after the neighbors watch me struggle to parallel park 🙃

30 minutes is all I have. But 30 minutes is how long I’ll write. #amwriting #writesky

Having a reading date with my sister 🥹📚 she ordered this non alcoholic bubbly and I’m finally starting the ARC copy of “At Your Pace” by @hopeengel.com !! #booksky #amreading

word count update: 6,154 ➡️ 7,025 #amwriting

Found myself learning about crappie fish and various poles for my small town romance #WIP tonight. While I don’t want to give the project a “crappy” nickname, I think I’ll call it: Project Minnow 🎣💙 #writesky #amwriting Let’s see if I can add another 500 or so words tonight!

word count update: 5,101 ➡️ 6,154 #amwriting

Okay, so my #WIP currently has 5,101 words. Because I’m a victim of my own bad habits: deleting and second guessing. BUT I have about 2.5 hours-ish to add to the draft, so let’s see how much I can add (NOT takeaway). #amwriting #romanceauthors #writesky #writingcommunity

I will finish my 1st draft this month I will finish my 1st draft this month I will finish my 1st draft this month ✨ Apparently I can be perfectly content beating a dead horse, so in order to actually MOVE towards a finish line I’m imposing a deadline. #writingcommunity #romanceauthors #writesky

I keep seeing people saying stuff like “I don’t use AI, I’m GOOD at writing” and that’s great, but also it’s okay to be bad at writing and still NOT use AI!! You are allowed to be bad at things, that’s okay! Do it yourself anyway, I promise it’s more fun.