Orban's gone. Who's next?

We've tried the male experiment in running the world for centuries. Now put women in charge for a few years.

Do Walks Make a Difference in Your Life? #IWSG - damyantiwrites.com/walks/ by @damyantig.bsky.social

This auction (opens soon) is full of cool things, but I want to highlight this AMA with @mikechenwriter.bsky.social. Not only is Mike a great writer and kind person, but he also has a rich, varied background in publishing. Talking to someone like Mike would have been so valuable for early career me.

I think AI will do a bang-up job as the replacement of a corporate head honcho who doesn't have the faintest idea of how the creative process actually works.

For all writers who send their work out.

Writers! Note that AI translation (under the guise of "global access") is being seen/used as the weak point to get AI into publishing (possible bc Eng lang publishing is weak on translation). Stand with translators & for more human translation, fairly paid!

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” Baldwin.

An author trashing bibliophiles is like a priest hating on the faithful. Any reader, reading any book at all, is a star. If they're reading my books, yay! If they're reading books I don't much like, yay! If they're reading books that I don't understand, also yay! Reading is redemption.

Incredibly funny, visceral, painful take on Women and Power: tinabrown.substack.com/p/the-bezos-...

Unless #AI goes the way of crypto-currency, as some think it will, dystopia is here. It will be at your doorstep sooner than you think, just as it has come to mine. On Why I've been Feeling Raped as a #Blogger: damyantiwrites.com/ai/

Terrific #BookGiveaway for #thriller lovers!

Do You Miss Small Talk and Building Community real-life, real writing skills for the #WritersOfBsky, courtesy of our scribble sibling, @damyantig.bsky.social damyantiwrites.com/community/

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To which I say, "hey, philosophy professor, when did they give us the option to opt out?"

COVER REVEAL: If she can’t find a cure, she’ll have to kill the boy next door. MARYNEAL 1962 by @abigailtaylor.bsky.social Find out more here: wild-ink-publishing.com/abigail-tayl...

Dear media, please stop saying AI is “training” on copyrighted works. AI is “stealing” copyrighted works. It is “plagiarizing” copyrighted works. It is “breaking multiple laws.”

Human interactions are becoming so impersonal, I’m only keen to bring the personal back into our daily living: I look forward to hearing from you. damyantiwrites.com/subscriber/

Goals #WritersOfBsky dream talk, courtesy of author @damyantig.bsky.social damyantiwrites.com/goals/

So true. Spent most of my day at a library today. They are the last refuge from all the chaos that is our world, available to all without discrimination.

Loved loved this story by Victoria Cano. So much said via empty spaces. Such emotion. What a poignant and brutal collision of the past and present.

Who Would You Like to Be? #IWSG - go.shr.lc/4hgEMZb

Your One-Sentence Summary: https://buff.ly/3P9lR70 by Randy Ingermanson #wkb87

Are Your Emotions Regulating Your Life? damyantiwrites.com/emotion/

Guess who got a lot done today? Not me, but congratulations to someone out there who did. #authorsky

Peace is such a fragile promise. Why do we humans forget that so often?

Curtis Brown Creative offer a series of breakthrough scholarships, bursaries, courses and mentoring for new writers, writers of colour and writers on low income and others. Details in the link. Please share :)

Some good news, #booksky

And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth. - Raymond Carver

What’s the last book that made you cry? (asking for a friend who needs to shed a few tears)

a seagull feasting on the scraps of morning light echoes of plenty #DailyHaikuPrompt #feast #haiku

authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book! “Endings are overrated.” THE BLUE BAR, Thomas & Mercer 📘In gritty, glam Mumbai, a police inspector and a bar girl in love are unaware the same predator is watching them both. 📘 mybook.to/TheBlueBar

I've been seeing a lot of posts about readers trying to curb their own book buying. Let me remind you of the library. Libraries can use your support now more than ever. When you checkout library books this lets funding authorities know the library is worthy of taxpayer money. 1/3 #booksky 💙 📚

Every book has a story behind it, just like every reader has a unique experience with their favorite author. Check out these easy ways to help the favorite author in your life.

A toddler babbling on the seat in front of me in the bus, trying to have an entire conversation with her father made of gobbledygook at her end and alternating excited, ‘Oh I see,” and sympathetic, “I know it’s hard’ at his was the end-of-the-day tonic I didn’t know I needed.

This morning began with sumo squats alongwith 18lb kettle bell swings. 10 on 10 recommend. Now that I feel like I can climb a few mountains, let’s get on with the writing life.

From my window I can see hundreds of white butterflies fluttering among the trees lining the road. It looks like unseasonal snow in tropical #Singapore, both eerie and magical at the same time. Meanwhile, those stuck in the traffic jam beneath this transient mini-spectacle don’t have a clue.

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It's 2025, and it's time to diversify your bookshelves. Wanna know the best way to do that? FOLLOW BIPOC CREATORS!!!!! If you don't see your fav #BIPOC #bookish creator on this list lemme know and I'll add them! #blacksky #booksky #diversereads #indigenoussky #poc #latinx go.bsky.app/4fRkV8Y

I just passed a sign that says “DRIVE WITH CAKE,” and my inner grammar editor isn’t itching to correct it. I’ll drive with cake, yes ma’m. If I weren’t already late for my appointment would have got the car turned around for a pic. Or even a selfie. Let’s drive with cake (or pie), ok? Ok.

How Do You Find Hope in Dark Times? damyantiwrites.com/hope/ #hope #newblogpost

Anyone coming to this on Sunday? I'd love to see you there!

In my first attempt to be more active on this platform, I went and followed a bunch of readers who support and hold space for #BIPOC and #LGBTQ authors, and authors with disabilities. Is there a starter pack of such readers I can follow?

Wanted to do something positive today, so I made a starter pack of Diverse Kidlit creators and industry professionals! #diversekidlit #starterpack #diversifyyourshelves #weneeddiversebooks go.bsky.app/Ma4TCD7

Are you Training Your AI Replacement? perspective, courtesy of @damyantig.bsky.social for the #WritersOfBsky damyantiwrites.com/ai-in-writin...

It’s dark blue where I am. Need to get back on the proverbial #writing horse but must set my house in order first.

I might be losing it a little irl, so my characters are crankier than usual. Time to fill the cup, cos you can’t pour from empty. #writinglife

It could be the time of the year, the doom and gloom in the #writingcommunity or burnout, but I'm struggling to get back into social media. If you have tips, words of advice and encouragement, I need them now. (Huge thanks to all the new followers. You make me feel less alone. Followed you back.)

This place was very quiet for writers last year--let's see what's up now with the latest bunch of migrations here. If you're a book lover, say hello please!

A straight talk doesn't have to be an unkind talk.