Got cocky and posted this one all on my lonesome—no pubs. We’ll see how that pans out 😂 #MediumWriters medium.com/@pounceswith...

2026 is my year. I’m claiming it. Consider it licked. Tap-tapped. Bagged. Dibs’d. Me-me-me-it’s-mine’d. (Don’t worry. I hear we all get one.) 🥳 Happy New Year 🎊

I got to read some snippets and it is SO FREAKING GOOD!!! Victoria is one hell of a writer beast!!! #writercommunity #amquerying #AuDHDAuthors

That thing when people underestimate you because you no longer have a 9-5 job. But then they take a swing at your kid too many times and corporate-bitch-you taps in with an onslaught of logic, data, and time-stamped documentation. #audhd #2E #chronicillness #mommabearactivated

Someone's got a shiny new project and a whole lot of excuses for shaking things up. Reasons, sorry. Reasons. #amwriting #writingcommunity www.cmshultz.com/p/change-cha...

Question. Let’s say I wanted to switch to a semi-private PEN NAME for, well …reasons. How would one’s followers react to this? Would y’all even notice? I assume you know me by my logo and handle because you are as bad with names as I am. #WritingCommmunity #writesky

Oh, shit. The social medias. Wow. I should be updating those. Sorry 👋😬 #amwriting.

What’s that? New pre-outlines for Chapters 6 and 7 of #PollyOllyOxenFree? Why, I shouldn’t have! 😜 I’d LOVE to hear any and all inklings and ideas before I write the drafts! 🥰 #fiction #YAFantasy #amwriting open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...

Fun facts: I post something sincere here? Gain a follower. I post the same sincere thing over on the angry place? Lose three. Both of these results boost my spirits. The latter cracks me up 😂 #WritingCommunity #amquerying #amwriting

If the only thing to come out of my attempt to be an author is that I became friends with a bunch of amazing authors, editors, and lit agents? Yeah…I’ll consider that a win. 6 year old me definitely would 👭🏻 #writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #amediting

Sometimes weird pieces come out & decide they don’t need editing but totes belong on the main blog. This is one of ‘em. Didn’t have the ❤️ or 🥄s to say no 😂😬 #fiction #shortstories #cPTSD #therapy #AuDHD #WritingCommunity #amwriting #neurospicy #2E open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...

Found an old draft today. It hit hard. By law, I am now obligated to share 2022 me’s abandoned attempt at processing #feels in a timely manner. #WritingCommmunity #amwriting #cptsd #audhd #traumarecovery #prose #poetry #couldbebetter open.substack.com/pub/pouncesw...

I don’t do political posts often but I’ve been feeling feisty lately. On a TOTALLY unrelated note, did you know that the mob used to use large-scale, rapid-construction, low-oversight projects to hide evidence of their crimes? #releasethefiles #funfacts #remodeling #conspiracycanbefun

Genre Fiction: The Kitschy Box of Books A totally accurate metaphorical explanation for classic literature’s longstanding beef with genre fiction. #writing #genre #fiction #humor #WritingCommunity #itsokaytolaugh #itsajoke #mediumwriters #writesky #booksky #amwriting medium.com/@pounceswith...

Can we PLEASE normalize finding someone new on social, deep scrolling their profile, and liking whatever the hell we want to like regardless of how long it has been since they posted it? i.e., I’m not obsessed, I just discovered you & want to give past-you props for their portfolio of awesomeness.

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What IS IT about putting pen to paper that turns all my “genius”ideas into illegible garbage? #amwriting #amediting #totallythepapersfault

I think the biggest hurdle for #witers w/ #ADHD is enduring the constant rejection…when you already struggle daily w/ #rejectionsensitivedysphoria. On one hand, it’s handy bc you expect it, but it also makes maintaining hope a hell of a lot harder. #amquerying #Neurodivergent

What if the only people who can teach you to control your powers are the ones your father died freeing you from & that your family spent their lives hiding you from. And, what if you grew up shamefully suppressing said powers because “martyr” family told you they were a myth? #DVPit #F #ND #CI #MH

Either Avery Black’s skin affliction went from nuisance to painful to paralyzing and now has decided to become blatantly & publicly murderous. OR It is no longer possible for her to suppress the ancestral power she’s been gaslit into believing was all myth and delusion. 😠😡🤬 #DVPit #F #CI #ND #MH

🐙 OctoFacts 🐙 for #worldoctopusday: 1. A group of #octopi is called a consortium. 2. The plural form of #octopus is #octopuses. I think we can all agree, 2 is wrong. I propose the plural form of octopus be officially changed to octopees. As in: “Look at the glorious consortium of octopees!” 🐙🐙🐙

They Call Her Wicked ✨editor interest✨ A slow-seeping poison is infecting Appalachia, and Briar must stop it before shadow creatures are unleashed into her world. But on her journey to find help, buried secrets of her past are revealed, changing her life forever. #A #F #DVpit #ND #DIS

1 dead Dad. 1 wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom. 1 life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing family. And one inherited power, suppressed for years, about to hit a tipping point—uncovering truths about her life she’d been led to believe were all in her head. #DVPit #CI #MH #ND #F #A

Caelis is a failed sniper with broken augments. Serenya is a genetically engineered supersoldier who wants to bake cookies. Before they were enemies, now they're humanity's only hope to stop a signal erasing entire colonies. Unless they kill each other first. #DVpit #A #SF #MV

Mother of War = The Witcher X NieR Replicant When Mya Kenorfield’s son, Wenru, is suddenly kidnapped, she has to save him before King Sorga realizes that Wenru is a powerful sorcerer in his own right and becomes even more tempted to drain Wenru’s power for his own. #DVPit #F #A #DIS #LGBT

The Curse of Bethel Grove ✨Editor interest ✨ Charlie returns home and finds herself caught between her first love and a newcomer. But as sparks ignite, a curse awakens. To save the town, and the men she loves, she must finish a forgotten song before the curse claims them. #DVpit #A #PR #ND

🇸🇻An #ownVoices Nahua romantasy set in precolonial Latam🇸🇻 When Itotia’s ritual binds their lives together, deity Metztli grapples with mortality & Itotia learns the gods aren’t as benevolent as she thought 🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ ❤️‍🔥 Enemies→Lovers 🤝🏼 Bargains #DVpit #A #F #Latine #LGBTQ #Myth

Avery Black’s skin affliction went from painful to paralyzing by age 4; on the eve of her 17th its chosen to become blatantly & publicly murderous. OR It’s now harder to hold in the ancestral power she’s been gaslit into believing was myth after 17yrs of suppressing reality. #DVPit #F #CI #ND #MH

Fresh off the brain after a week brewing in the back of it. This is for all those still learning they don't need to empty themselves to hold space for others. #prose #poetry #cptsd #writingcommunity #writesky #familysystemstheory #emotionalcaretaking #overfunctioning medium.com/@pounceswith...

In case anyone wants to see what was happening at the ICE facility in #Portland/#PDX the last few nights. So war zone. Much fire. Very disaster. youtu.be/BQt9Jev2c14?...

#Fantasy and #Speculative #Booksky people. How do you take your books? Actual or Audio? Bought or Borrowed? Series or Singles? Vetted or Vibes? Cover or Content? Lyrical or Literal? I must know. #writerslife #writesky #fictionbooks #WritingCommunity #whatyawantfromme

Woot! Finally have the next chapter of #PollyOllyOxenFree for you all 🥰 #Fantasy #Fiction #NeurodivergentNovelist #AuDHDAuthor #WritingCommunity #SerialFiction #Booksky #Writesky open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...

As a lifelong #PNW -er, I am unphased by pumpkin spice lattes, flannel, and cozy and/or damp outdoorsy vibes. This👇is MY first sign of #fall. #McSweeney’s Classics: It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its...

Oh, never posted this: Just discovered I have NOT missed the event and have 45min to make an #unhingedpit post based on the DemonBox interview or slap together something less logistically challenging… I choose…slap together. Seems more unhinged-pit-worthy anyway. Stay tuned. #TheCopperCanary

Here you go #unhingedpit. 45minutes. #YA #F #ComingofRage #amquerying #TheCopperCanary #PokemonPitched

For #UnhingedPit, I had every author’s enemy ChatGPT interview me about why I wrote my book The Copper Canary. Realized I missed the event & decided to post the interview anyway because #unhingedwithouttrying. #YA #AuDHD #TimeBlind #writing #amquerying #writesky open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...

Apparently, I'm a sucker for punishment and ridicule. Enjoy: #amquerying #writingcommunity #writesky #neurodivergence #whyiwrite #interviewedbytheenemy open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...

My story nerd brain is so damn relieved to know that someone else has done this to preserve their sanity. 🤓😂 #amwriting #amoutlining #writingcommunity #storystructure #stoleitfromreddit www.reddit.com/r/writing/s/...

I feel bad for all the Alberts who used the nickname Al in their emails and usernames a decade ago. #weirdthoughts #fontfail #writingcommunity

Thank you! And an update, I did reach out to the real Evie Woods via her website and she confirmed that it is not her (she is not on BlueSky). She also mentioned that happens via Facebook and TikTok. It sucks that authors are dealing with this from both sides!

🚨AUTHOR SCAM🚨 We got another impersonator. Please report @eviewoods14.bsky.social & block 😡 Then go give Aiko some love after reading her attached thread 🫂 #amwriting #amediting #amquerying #editors #authors #developmentalediting #writingcommunity #writesky

Hey, yo, writer-targeted scambots. If you are going to slap your writer-bait under a writer’s post, here’s a list of steps to follow: 1. Read the linked piece. 2. Like it. 3. Make sure it ISN’T about them grieving someone they love, then 4. Don’t. Thanks. 🖕 #writingcommunity

Today feels like a good day to bring this one out of the archives. I fear people might miss the reason “why” but maybe it can still light a bit of a 🔥 open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu... #writingcommunity #shortstory #ghoststory #fiction #writesky #paranormal #readsky #neurodivergence #grief #resist

Sometimes you wake up happy, other times you wake up plotting to take down authoritarian regime policy through cleverly crafted vlogs. #amwriting #orami #jkiam #butiftherewaseveratime #justsaying

The Motherload accepted my personal essay “Something Wasn’t Right.” 🥹💕 #amwriting #mediumwriter #motherhood #chronicillness #neurodiversity #writesky #writingcommunity medium.com/the-motherlo...

Doot. Doot. Doot. Another query bites the dust Do-Doo, Doot. Doot. Doot. Another one bites the dust Yes another hope’s gone, another form pwn Another one bites the dust! Hey, gotta pay your dues, another query bites the dust! HeyEeyaaEeeyaAaEeeAaEeeYaaaEeAYyaaAaaoo #amquerying

I noticed today that my most popular posts are always the ones about me getting gut-punch-annihilated by agent rejections. So, you know, at least I got that going for me. #amquerying #silverlining

A friend of a friend's #debut is on pre-order! Plz support Alexandra & indie trade pub @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social & @alcovepress.bsky.social by sharing!🥰 "The search for King Arthur's Excalibur invites danger…and potentially love" #sapphic #HistoricalRomance #WritingCommunity #SapphicSeptember

Full request submission rejection today from one of my dream agents. She was really really nice. Just a subjective thing. So. It’s okay. I’m fine. Totally fine. This is just…character building. *sniffle* #amquerying

I posted an image a while back highlighting all the stories that impacted my inspiration, #writing, and/or the unending structural edits of The Copper Canary. Scroll through to see why I now consider them “The Copper Canary’s Common-core” 🥰 #amquerying #Fantasy #writingcommunity