The path teaches if you let it. #SlowDown #NatureAsTeacher #FindYourRhythm

Influenced by gothic: houses are their own character. In QUESTION NOT MY SALT, I based the house on my own typical TX suburban neighborhood. IN THE DOLLHOUSE WE ALL WAIT: a metastatic mansion of a predatory, parasitic little-girl villain. DRIFT: modern but naturalistic and airy. #HorrorWritersChat

#HorrorWritersChat Living spaces greatly reflect my characters. My haunted house story The Oily makes you wonder whether the house or the brother and sister are haunted, assuming any of them are. An entire island is cursed by horrid people in my novel Secrets and Lies.

Meet these great indie literary fiction authors at the Literary Fiction Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #literaryfiction #writingcommunity #authorsky bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

Time for #SundayMaass on a Wednesday with Don Maass because we can all use it right now. #SkyWriters if you’re not following @writerunboxed.bsky.social you’re missing out.

The world is on fire. And things are hard. Don't be the person who pisses in someone's cornflakes and then tells them it's raining. Don't swipe at someone for existing or finding joy or being silly. We need levity and care and snuggles and sweetness. We need music and poetry and pet photos.

ALICE X PRINCESS DIARIES I stole an invite to my uncle’s secret wedding because no one wanted to tell me the truth. Turns out my grandies are fae royalty (WTF?), and my actions alerted my insane sperm donor to my location - a secret Mum has been protecting for 15 years. AITA? #bluepit📖 #Q #ND #F

#bluepit #p #a #f #df #lgbtqia #ND

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Meet these great indie authors of thrillers at the Thriller Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #thriller #writingcommunity #authorsky go.bsky.app/3U7UtVP

Editor and classical organist Dave King demonstrates what we can learn about pace and tempo from Bach, today at WU.

Meet these great SF indie authors at the Science Fiction Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #authorsky bsky.app/starter-pack/inventi...

A Struggling Red Sox pitcher consents to a demonic possession to resurrect his fading career. But when a young super-fan succumbs to a mysterious illness, he discovers there’s more to the deal—and learns that the true cost of fame may be a choice between her soul & his own #BluePit #A #W #SP #H #PN

THE OFFICE X GOOD OMENS After getting a call from Upstairs that Heaven's faith in Hell is shaken, Virgil Mora, The Consultant, must turnaround a vampire-ran Ohio gas station in just three months to save his own life and his boss, Lucifer, the angel he's fallen for. #BluePit 📖 #W #A #F #LGBT

A Struggling Red Sox pitcher consents to a demonic possession to resurrect his fading career. But when a young super-fan succumbs to a mysterious illness, he discovers there’s more to the deal—and learns that the true cost of fame may be a choice between her soul & his own #BluePit #A #W #SP #H #PN

#BluePit starts in just 4 hours (12:00 AM EST/5:00 AM GMT) and runs for 24 hours!

My monthly offering for Writer Unboxed, in which I abandon the topic I'd meant to write about--the depiction of grief in fiction--for a far more immediate and necessary discussion of grief for Renée Nicole Good and all the things her killing renders so terrifyingly at risk. (Link in comments)

Think of scene building like creating a storyboard: frame by frame, you decide what the reader must see, feel, and understand. Instead of letting the scene meander, you build toward the decisive high moment and character change one “segment” at a time. Insight from C.S. Lakin.

All my recent books went from hardcover to trade paperback and almost all of my backlist in mass market has now migrated to trade. The role of mass market paperbacks is now handled almost entirely by ebooks. I'm okay with this but it is the end of an era. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Will the lure for to surrender to AI grow? Author & teacher David Corbett imagines a writer’s scenario, today at WU.

Desmond with another incredibly timely drop.

Book Editing Services for Authors #editor #amwriting #writingcommunity #authors #losangeles #california

It’s #BannedBooksWeek and yes, they banned To Kill a Mockingbird because it “makes people uncomfortable.” That’s the point! Books that expose racism and injustice SHOULD make you squirm. Silencing truth is cowardice. Read what they fear.📚

The words gracing today's Monday meme come from the fiction-writing heart of book marketing dynamo @laineycameron.bsky.social—and they're just what a craft book author wants to hear. One week to go!! #storymovement #storycraft #writingguide

Hey novelists, do you need an update on what's in and what's out in the publishing world? This was a really good article by an experienced literary agent: electricliterature.com/10-novels-ag... #writingcommunity #novelwriting #pubtip

The most emotional parallel in Star Wars history? Ezra sacrificing himself for his family the same way his master Kanan did 💔

Do you consider yourself either a plotter or a pantser even while utilizing some degree of the opposite? Author and longtime pantser Vaughn Roycroft explains why he still calls himself a pantser even when he has an outline, today at WU.

AT THE TIM "NAPALM" STEGALL SUBSTACK Standing Over By The Record Machine: The Sleeveens and Patsy Cline, or two sides of Nashville collide. #TheTimNapalmStegallSubstack #TimStegall #TheSleeveens #PatsyCline #RecordReviews #CountryMusic #PunkRock #PunkJournalism open.substack.com/pub/timnapal...

Another #MondayMeme in the weekly countdown to the 10/7 release of CRAFTING STORY MOVEMENT: Techniques to Engage Readers and Drivers Your Novel Forward. Each highlights a different facet of my book. #storycraft #writingtips #writingcommunity

Yes, your novel’s opening needs to accomplish a lot. Agent Don Maass has one last bit of advice: do less. Today at WU.

heads up -- this is very well done. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

I say let AI write all the articles and create all the media. Just put it all behind a paywall so no one ever sees any of it. That’ll teach it.

Thank you, Captain 🫡

5 forever.

Hey ATL Comic Convention! I’m at A16 in Authors’ Alley today from 11a to noon and again after 1p. Plenty of Star Wars books (and a little Minecraft) for your purchasing/signing/chatting needs! Come say hi!

Show the Captain some respect! Be in your seats by 3:15pm for today’s ceremony & pregame festivities! ⏰

Feel like being the gatekeeper today? Ray Rhamey is back, inviting you to flog a pro’s opening, today at WU.

Hey #SkyWriters when Desmond Hall talks writing, you should listen. Don’t miss this Desmond Drop. The good folks at @writerunboxed.bsky.social strike again. #writers #amwriting #amediting

#writerscommunity #author #indieauthor #amwriting #writingcommunity

@jasoncfry.bsky.social is the sound on SNY today messed up for you too? Background is overwhelming G&K

Calling all LGBTQ+ SFF authors! I started a new starter pack for us. Happy to add folks, please just share the link when you get a moment! go.bsky.app/URHc5QB

Happy birthday Paul!

Meet these great indie authors who also write and read the genre at the Speculative Fiction Genre Indie Authors Starter Pack! If you wish to be included in the starter pack, reply here. #speculativefiction #writingcommunity #authorsky go.bsky.app/RSAwztf

No Kings

For those who missed it Thursday, I did a long thread on the clifftop duel scene in The Princess Bride, picking out the historical swordfighting references and what they mean in context. Enjoy!

Wow. 1,000 followers… Thank you 🙏

CABIN IN THE WOODS×JOHN DIES AT THE END×KNIVES OUT When their detective friend is murdered during their annual gaming retreat, 5 dads must rely on years of #TTRPG experience—and puns—to solve the crime before they're all killed off like NPCs in a badly-written campaign. 🎲🥓 #WIPPIT #A #H #MM

JOHN WICK x THE COLOR OUT OF SPACE A hit man seeks revenge for his brother’s murder. A doctor hunts for the truth behind an impossible affliction. Together, they dive into a world of occult conspiracy and eldritch horror. But can they survive? #WIPPIT #A #H #T