We don't talk about the cat's fetish #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #author #writerscommunity #indieauthor #authorsky #caturday

Got clever scammer recently, an AI generated "fan" email with details of my book, not the usual vagueness. Replied just in case. "Buy our review services..." For many indie writers this would have been crushing. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #author #writerscommunity #indieauthor #authorsky

@brianmayarchstereo.bsky.social Would love to send you a quick msg.

Rather than working on my WIPs (yeah, plural), I've been tinkering with 3D modelling, Would this get you to give my books a look? #writingcommunity #horror #histfic #yabooks #croatia #korcula #wip #blender #itsrainingbooks #readers

Full beach bum mode. Let’s just say I’m researching my WIP, which includes a sea spirit. #writingcommunity #horror #beachbum #croatia #korcula #wip

My first book, Island at the Edge of War, was dedicated in part to the Cheshire Moon. #writingcommunity #histfic #croatia #korcula #ottoman #attack #historical

My new favorite sign. #writingcommunity #horror #historicalfiction #croatia #korcula

Research for my WIP. #writingcommunity #horror #croatia #losttales

A wayward wish. A tourist digging the unexpected results. And a Wish Servant having an existential crisis. Available on many online outlets in all forms. #writingcommunity #horror #wish #croatia #goodreads #strangetale

"In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death."

It’s Friday, so time for Music to Write By … cue this bad boy up when you finish that latest chapter draft… #writingcommunity #horror #writers #oldies #reallyoldies youtu.be/RRh0QiXyZSk?...

It’s Friday, so another instalment of Music to Write By … whatever gets you to that next page… #writingcommunity #horror #hooker #blues youtu.be/q-fSZRYeBWk?...

No writing today, but … air show!! #writingcommunity #horror #airshow #zagreb #airvg

Beware the Gulls…my next horror. Birds meets Castaway. #writingcommunity #horror #venice #italy #gulls #birds

My kind of society! #writingcommunity #horror #venice #italy #travel

I was today years old when I finally understood that in today’s world, “literary fiction” is anything that doesn’t start with a Hollywood-esque action scene. #writingcommunity #horror

Late Caterday submission. Nothing to crow about. #caterday #cats #writingcommunity #horror #crows

How to Build Your Author's Website: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingfeedback #indieauthor #indieauthors www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...

It’s Feel-Good Friday, it’s Music to Write By, it’s Sly and the Family Stone bringing it together. #writingcommunity #feelgoodfriday #horror youtu.be/7O0AywcC5To?...

One more follower and I’ll hit 200! It’s a slow burn. Who will it be? And will there be treats or just this random picture? #writingcommunity #horror

I’m with you. Have dabbled, but remains pretty hit and mostly miss.

My next book: An Introvert on Bluesky. They really, really want to play, but never know what to say. #writingcommunity #horror #introvert #booktitles

The kiterati at a new nearby bookstore. #caturday #writingcommunity #horror #zagreb #croatia

Application submitted. #writingcommunity #italy #oldschool #reporter

Late for #caturday … the Guardians of the Greek Amphitheater in Syracuse. #writingcommunity #cats #italy

Scouting new settings in Sicily this week. 🇮🇹 Don’t hate me. #writingcommunity #sicily #italy #horror

Music to Write By, a Friday tradition. IYKYK. #writingcommunity #fiction #iwrite youtu.be/v4L8L43GieE?...

Got up a head of steam and submitted a magazine piece and moved forward with my WIP. Yay, me! #writingcommunity #horror #magazines

Hate email/text that starts as reader feedback and ends as a sales pitch. They’ll never get my bucks. Who’s with me? #writingcommunity #hatethis #horror

And there’s this one … #writingcommunity #bookcover #horror #croatia

Well, there’s this one … #writingcommunity #bookcover #ya #historical

Something different for #Caterday … old watercolor of mine morphed into a meme. #writingcommunity #cats #creatives #watercolor

It's Friday, so Music to Write By ... keep on doin' what you're doin'... #writingcommunity #writing #music youtu.be/jW4VZ5J0fNQ?...

Don’t get pubs/agents that say if you don’t hear from us in x/3/6 mos, consider yourself rejected. Can’t they simply have a macro that sends a rejection whenever it is someone moves the email to the rejected pile and let us get on with our lives? #writingcommunity #amquerying #losingvalue #booksky

Kurt Vonnegut John le Carre Umberto Eco Terry Pratchett Douglas Adams JRR Tolkien can also be shuffled into the list, depending on the day.

How do you pick names for your main characters? For my first book, a YA historical fiction, I pondered this for days, researching period-accurate names and even consulting some historians. A bit over-the-top, yeah? #writingcommunity #characters #names #horror

Watching The Leopard on Netflix reminded me of this going-away gift from my boss, Bob Harris, when I started my international gig a few years ago. #writingcommunity #theleopard #inspiration

It's Friday, so Music to Write By! The motivation of Damir in Island at the Edge of War! What's your MC's musical motivation? #wrtitingcommunity #cheaptrick #characters #Musicforwriters youtu.be/4dkAm99pfDM?...

Why I like fiction writing #72: The thrill of suddenly untying a plot knot. In a WIP, I had a plot point that seemed a choice between two tropes. Walking home from coffee, it struck me how to turn one on its end. I could have done somersaults on the sidewalk. #writingcommunity #plotpoints #horror

Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025. General April 16th with a 1,000 story cap Novelette (10k to 18k words) June 4th with a 300 story cap Indigenous Authors November 3rd with a 500 story cap Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

In other news, finished chap 5 draft and roaring into 6. Newest dilemma: How to keep to cats distinct without using names (which MC doesn't know and isn't the type to make up). Alas. #writingcommunity #cats #mysterycats #meow

A new follower (thanks, @brettculbert.bsky.social) brought back a question I had been wondering about. How do indie authors get noticed by Hollywood or indie producers/directors generally? Any success stories? #writingcommunity #hollywood #filmmybook

In my writing workshops, I talk about compass and map writers (pantsers and plotters) and the advantages of both. I'm compass all the way ... which are you? #writingcommunity #pantsers #plotters

Almost had a freakin' heart attack. I had to check something in Chap 1. When I opened the file, it was an early version without some extensive rewriting. I panicked before remembering I had changed the file name format for the newer drafts. I need a whiskey, now. #writingcommunity #panicbutton

Love pictures of furry friends with my books!

Told a friend who will be visiting the Croatian island where my next novel is set that I'd have a first draft he can read before he arrives in the end of May. Oops! What a rookie mistake! #writingcommunity #croatia #korcula #horror

Saturday full of tasks, but hope to get a couple of hours of writing in later before, well, poker night! #writingcommunity #poker

Stuck on chapter 4 on current WIP. Show, don’t tell, huh? Might be time to break that rule. 🤪 What would Aickman do? #writingcommunity #readers #horror

I put together a playlist when I was working through my first novel. Marcia Ball's I'd Rather Go Blind is worthy as well.