Caroline A. Slee
@bellesmots.bsky.social
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Mother, wife, educator, and writer. I cast spells on paper.
Awakening becomes process ~ layered and spanning multiple steps ~ moving from the comfort of rest - Caroline A. Slee
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#poetrycommunity
about 3 hours ago
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Suspended between gratitude and pain ~ each moment spent in impossibility - Caroline A. Slee
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1 day ago
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Longing is a song ~ that lonely secret chord ~ drifting across years and broken spaces - Caroline A. Slee
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6 days ago
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Jennifer Kindera, CHSP, TICC, CLC
8 days ago
Trauma and Shame: The Struggle Is Real |
@JenniferKindera.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/oc08tif
When healthy shame turns toxic, its purpose is to keep us small and silent so as to try to mitigate risk for repeated chronic, consistent trauma and abuse.
#MondayBlogs
#Trauma
#Shame
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MondayBlogs - use #MondayBlogs to share posts on Mondays!
8 days ago
"There is a ghost who walks my garden each night, summer or winter, rain or snow, and this ghost causes quite a furor in the village." The Ghost Walk |
@DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/46kv6Jv
#Poem
#Memoir
#Divorce
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8 days ago
Building A World
#OpenBook
Blog Hop I built an entire small town over the course of my Harmony Duprie mysteries.
www.pjmaclayne.com?p=20775
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Building A World #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
What is one of your favorite settings from your books?
https://www.pjmaclayne.com/?p=20775
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Erica Verrillo
8 days ago
36 Literary Magazines That Pay $100 or More.
#writingtips
#amwriting
#publishing
#writing
#pubtip
#WritingCommunity
#MondayBlogs
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36 Literary Magazines That Pay $100 or More
Pxhere Updated 11/11/25ย Writers should get paid for their work. Unfortunately, that can be an uphill battle. Most literary magazines don...
https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2019/10/26-literary-magazines-that-pay-100-or.html
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Sheila Sharpe, Mystery Author โ๏ธ
8 days ago
๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ : The hidden inspirations behind a novelistโs heroine |
@SheilaSharpeAuthor.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/AFJeGUl
"I should have known sooner. Or at least suspected."
#MondayBlogs
#Writing
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Maxine Douglas Author โ๏ธ๐๐ป๐
8 days ago
โTradition. Without our traditions, our lives would be. . .โ Continue reading:
bit.ly/3LQjyaV
#authorlife
#readersky
#traditions
#Thanksgiving
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A Chronic Voice
9 days ago
โEvery single source [that MediSearch] cites is clickable & taken from actual
#medical
journals, international
#health
guidelines, published books & other credible sources.":
buff.ly/dlkzzoq
#MedicalTechnology
#ChronicIllness
#MondayBlogs
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MediSearch Review: A Medical AI Search Engine for Patients, Clinicians & Medical Writers
MediSearch is a comprehensive medical AI search engine meant for medical writers, clinicians and patients. Learn more in this MediSearch review.
https://buff.ly/dlkzzoq
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My first
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post in a while.
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Stricken #MondayBlogs - bellesmots2000dotcom
Stricken Snowscapes and chills a strange homecoming as the world begins to right itself chaos is silenced and crowds are dispersed until only the loss remains an empty chair an unseen view a thought w...
https://bellesmots.com/2025/11/24/stricken-mondayblogs/
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The milestones are pitfalls ~ so many firsts follow the last ~ the last breath, the last word, the last living moment - Caroline A. Slee
#micropoetry
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8 days ago
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The skies color themselves celestial again ~ a brief smile from the heavens ~ benevolent to a rain-soaked world - Caroline A. Slee
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9 days ago
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The tides begin to rise ~ drawn upward to the moon ~ shifting the planetโs surface ~ into storms - Caroline A. Slee
#micropoetry
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about 2 months ago
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Weariness builds ~ as the week moves on ~ my limbs grow heavier by the minute - Caroline A. Slee
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2 months ago
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Stars Tumble Down - bellesmots2000dotcom
Stars tumble down never fixed to their place the sky grows empty with the years as each angelic light crashes to the ground below stars tumble down shifting fortunes and constellations and humanity is...
https://bellesmots.com/2025/09/30/stars-tumble-down/
2 months ago
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The mornings run in triple time ~ with purpose and quiet ~ readiness for the day - Caroline A. Slee
#micropoetry
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2 months ago
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Stay #MondayBlogs - bellesmots2000dotcom
Stay #MondayBlogs Morning echoes with old conversations the millions of times I heard your voice the laughter and the plans and the simple nothings that live in my heart while you live no more grief i...
https://bellesmots.com/2025/09/29/stay-mondayblogs/
2 months ago
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Time grows heavier ~ a sudden glimpse, or the sound of your voice ~ grief in a wave that drowns - Caroline A. Slee
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2 months ago
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Jann Alexander
3 months ago
โA creative funk is a note to self: Time Out. Tend to your creative soul.โ
#mondayblogs
#creativity
#writers
#artists
www.jannalexander.com/post/prescri...
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Here's Your Prescription for a Creative Funk
To ignore a creative funk is to imperil your creative stamina. Here's how to take a time out to tend to your creative soul.
https://www.jannalexander.com/post/prescription-for-creative-funk
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Jim Katzaman - Persevering Writer
3 months ago
โUnique pictures, some catchy wording, a call to action and clear brand placement are all part of getting content to viral status."
jimkatzaman.substack...
#MondayBlogs
#DigiBlogChat
featuring
@lazblazter.bsky.social
@carolstephen.bsky.social
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Pinning It Down: Why Pinterest Still Matters
A visual search engine hides in plain sight
https://jimkatzaman.substack.com/p/pinning-it-down-why-pinterest-still
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BadRedhead Media, LLC / Rachel Thompson / RachelintheOC
2 months ago
#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
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Romance Book Promo Central
2 months ago
๐ฅ NEW: The Hidden World of Writing Scams | by
@BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social
via
@annerallen.bsky.social
vist.ly/47jq7
Thrilled to be a guest today. I have written many posts about the various scams targeting authors on my Substack. Here are snippets from each one.
#MondayBlogs
#Writers
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D.R. Ranshaw
2 months ago
When Characters Don't Get It
tinyurl.com/mrxpbc7j
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#WritingCommunity
#amwritingfantasy
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Dr. Alexandria Szeman
2 months ago
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
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Susan West of Mars
2 months ago
#Mondayblogs
has me with today's Book of the Day. Are you following the Book of the Day? Why not? Reading is resistance!
westofmars.com/blog/book-of...
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The Chaos Has Begun | West of Mars
The chaos has begun! Stop in to see what that's about but really, you're here for the Book of the Day. As am I. Stop in and learn about it.
https://westofmars.com/blog/book-of-the-day/the-chaos-has-begun/
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Linda K Sienkiewicz
2 months ago
Author Herta Feely discusses inspiration & her writing process with her novel โStrange Shape of Love,โ exploring the dangers of social media, the
#MeToo
movement, human trafficking, & the complexities of interracial love.
lindaksienkiewicz.com/confronting-...
#booksky
#writersky
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A Chronic Voice
2 months ago
"An unintended benefit was that I learned a lot about
#ChronicIllnesses
other than my own [from
#blogging
& reading other blogs]. You will also make a bloggerโs day, simply because you read, commented &/or shared a post they wrote.":
buff.ly/rUMOAjQ
#MondayBlogs
#spoonies
#surgery
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Erica Verrillo
2 months ago
2 Established Literary Agents Seeking Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Memoir, Women's Fiction & more.
#writingtips
#amwriting
#publishing
#writing
#pubtip
#WritingCommunity
#querytip
#amquerying
#MondayBlogs
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2018/10/3-ne...
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2 Established Literary Agents Seeking Literary Fiction, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Memoir, Women's Fiction & more
Updated 9/3/25 Here are two established agents expanding their client lists. Kristin van Ogtrop represents memoir, commercial womenโs fict...
https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2018/10/3-new-literary-agents-seeking-literary.html
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MondayBlogs - use #MondayBlogs to share posts on Mondays!
2 months ago
The Art of Swimming in the Great Sea of Sadness | Dr. @AndrewDKaufman (on X)
vist.ly/48ir8
"This time of year is tainted for me. On the day after Thanksgiving 2018, my father died from a sudden fall while our family was vacationing together."
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#Love
#Family
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The ticking clock looms ~ growing louder and louder ~ counting down the days - Caroline A. Slee
#micropoetry
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3 months ago
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My heart grows fragile ~ made of glass ~ an easy target for the stones cast - Caroline A. Slee
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3 months ago
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Dr. Alexandria Szeman
4 months ago
There is a ghost who walks my garden each night, summer or winter, rain or snow, and this ghost causes quite a furor in the villageโฆ The Ghost Walk |
@DrAlexandriaSZ.bsky.social
vist.ly/43pnm
#Poem
#MondayBlogs
#Memoir
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A Chronic Voice
4 months ago
"I realised that you donโt have to be
#strong
, just a little stronger than before. You donโt have to be
#brave
, just a little braver than before. A little kinder, a little gentler, a little better than before.":
buff.ly/Xn57gOQ
#ChronicIllness
#MentalHealth
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Erica Verrillo
3 months ago
32 LGBTQ Publishers Accepting Manuscripts - No agent required (Plus 29 paying journals)
#writingtips
#amwriting
#publishing
#writing
#pubtip
#WritingCommunity
#pride
#LGBT
#MondayBlogs
publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2018/07/30-l...
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32 LGBTQ Publishers Accepting Manuscripts - No agent required (Plus 29 paying journals)
Wikimedia Commons Updated 8/12/25 If you write LGBTQ fiction or nonfiction, here are nearly three dozen publishers that are eager for ...
https://publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2018/07/30-lgbt-publishers-accepting.html
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BadRedhead Media, LLC / Rachel Thompson / RachelintheOC
3 months ago
5 Top Tips For Writing Memoir That Work For Any Writer |
@BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social
vist.ly/44gkv
One of the biggest struggles writers face when they choose to write their stories, whether short-form or long-form, is where to start.
#MondayBlogs
#Writing
#Memoir
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Jann Alexander
3 months ago
โYou need to tend your novel daily, as you would a garden, to keep its prose from slowly dying of thirst.โ Hereโs how I got to THE END, with a climax of publication in September 2026. On the long road to done, I learned: Create First, React Later
#mondayblogs
www.jannalexander.com/post/writing...
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How Four Words Got Me Back on the Writing Track
Here's how four words that will become your mantra can help to keep you on the writing track.
https://www.jannalexander.com/post/writing-track
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Healing is a winding road ~ with steep drops and flooded out turns - Caroline A. Slee
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3 months ago
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I can't get over the heat and humidity. I say it every summer. Why haven't we moved to the Arctic yet?
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Scorcher #MondayBlogs - bellesmots2000dotcom
The sky is a punishment fired by sun beating down the Earth dries and cracks her skin after long days without relief we seek the shade barely moving become nocturnal as everything around us ripples an...
https://bellesmots.com/2025/08/11/scorcher-mondayblogs/
4 months ago
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The clutter has been cleared ~ distractions set on mute ~ and life resumes its rhythms - Caroline A. Slee
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4 months ago
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After filling my cup, ready to being the fight again...
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Machete #MondayBlogs - bellesmots2000dotcom
Machete #MondayBlogs The path ahead is invisible blocked by obstacles and strewn with leaves the sun has vanished beyond an emerald glow as we must make our way forward We are bold at the start nearly...
https://bellesmots.com/2025/08/04/machete-mondayblogs/
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Editing Is Hard
#OpenBook
Blog Hop
www.pjmaclayne.com?p=19997
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Editing Is Hard #OpenBook Blog Hop - P.J. MacLayne
Tell us about a writing lesson you learned the hard way.
https://www.pjmaclayne.com/?p=19997
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4 months ago
Moto Amore |
@RobertMFuller.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/8Mpko6Y
"I don't remember the first time I rode on a motorcycle, I'd have to guess I was seven or eight years old riding behind my father on one of his many motorcycles."
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BadRedhead Media, LLC / Rachel Thompson / RachelintheOC
4 months ago
Where to Find Royalty-Free Photos You Can Actually Trust |
@BadRedheadMedia.bsky.social
vist.ly/327jb
"The best free (and paid) image sites for authors, marketers, and creatives, and what to do if you receive a takedown notice."
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Jann Alexander
4 months ago
When author Cliff Garstang had questions for me, I had answers! Great to be featured on his blog today, in his very supportive
#writingcommunity
series of
#interviews
!
#MondayBlogs
#authorlife
cliffordgarstang.com/ive-got-ques...
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Iโve Got Questions for Jann Alexander
Editorโs Note: This exchange is part of a series of brief interviews with emerging writers of recent or forthcoming books. If you enjoyed it, please visit other interviews in the Iโve Got Questionsโฆ
https://cliffordgarstang.com/ive-got-questions-for-jann-alexander/
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Cocoon - bellesmots2000dotcom
Thoughts on the Desiderata
https://bellesmots.com/2025/07/22/cocoon/
4 months ago
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Distant drums begin to call ~ the bonfires light the hills ahead ~ guideposts on the way - Caroline A. Slee
#micropoetry
#poetrycommunity
4 months ago
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We focus so much on youth.
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Fading Eyes #MondayBlogs - bellesmots2000dotcom
Thoughts on endings and change
https://bellesmots.com/2025/07/21/fading-eyes-mondayblogs/
4 months ago
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Life returns ~ a tentative start ~ remembering former selves - Caroline A. Slee
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Kerry P (Author & Editor)
4 months ago
On my wanders, I came across these little babies with their mum. Just. The. Cutest. Things. Ever! I'm in love. ๐ ๐๐
#WritingCommunity
#SkyWriters
#BookSky
#Romancelandia
#Authors
#MentalHealthMatters
#Agoraphobia
#Photography
#NaturePhotography
#Ducks
#Ducklings
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