I know this is a "how long is a piece of string?" question, but what do you aim for in terms of chapter length? My genre is general/lit fic, novel-length, fairly wordy, and I've been going for a loose 5k per chapter. #writesky #amwriting

It's time! Time to once more wade into the trenches! Time to hopefully make some actual goddamn progress, please and thank you! #writesky #amwriting

Almost Famous, in a heartbeat. It is just the perfect film about the importance of letting supposedly little, unimportant things in. Letting them matter. Being a fan, in other words. "To truly love some silly little piece of music, or some band, so much that it hurts."

Back in the writing trenches! Today, hoping I can finish this scene, if not this chapter. Would be nice to make some real progress for a change! #amwriting

Finally sitting down to write. Can it be??? I suppose this tweet is technically text that I have written, but hopefully a little more will be forthcoming also. Let's go 💪 #amwriting

This is big 'take your own advice' energy...but it hurts! It hurts! All those darlings!

Apparently I've only used this word three times in my whole manuscript! Who'd'a thunk. #amwriting #wipsnips

Don't worry; I am taking up the slack

I have been very slack about writing lately, and slacker still about tweeting about it. So, here we go. #amwriting Today is more of an #amplanning day...as the past few have been. It feels like a step backwards, but I have to remind myself it is not.

Sorry, but this WAS my best tip. Always do (write) the weird thing.

Consider starting your morning the way I did: with an @aeon.co video explainer on the (possible) science behind dissonance and harmony by Minute Physics: aeon.co/videos/a-riv... I am not scientific and only empirically musical, but I found this largely understandable and entirely fascinating.

I'm a compulsive hyphen checker, just in case, and Macquarie throws back the most insane fuzzy results imaginable

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

I'm writing and I'm going to be tweeting (not skeeting; not now not ever) about. Join me. 🥲 #AmWriting

Very pleased to share that my short story, "Five Things You Can See," is out in Strange Horizons today! strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...

This was a great, inventive read. Loved it, in a profoundly 'haunted by it' way. I can't imagine how you feel having written it!

Today on the podcast, Dr. Joshua Miele talks about his experience growing up blind and how he built a career as an inventor and designer of adaptive technology. Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284/epi...

This is being done with YOUR land. Public land is ALL OUR LAND. Homeless people are already criminalised and evicted from "private" land. Now they cannot exist on public land either. At this stage #BCC could at least be honest & admit they would prefer all homeless people to quietly die.

#Brisbane City Council is giving homeless people 24 hours to clear out of public parks without offering any support or viable alternatives. Think this is monstrous? Consider signing the #BCC petition www.epetitions.brisbane.qld.gov.au/petition/vie...

Bit threatening.

"NOW LOOK HERE! I have reason to believe YOU have been gently scuffing your shoes on my driveway EVERY DAY for the last EIGHT YEARS!" Wondermark #1511; In which a Neighbor takes Action http://wondermark.com/c1511

Just got a #Pushcart nom! Many thanks to @pangyrus.bsky.social for the nom and for giving my story a good home. Read it here: www.pangyrus.com/fiction/down... CW: Contains themes of depression and attempted suicide. But also contains absurd business lingo and one (1) henchman. #WritingCommunity

My #WIPSnips for January 29, 'conversion'. (It's already Jan 30 here! Wake up, rest-of-the-world!) What a fun idea. I think I'll be participating in these lots~ #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Did some plotting today on the WIP...it's draft 2, but such a mess still that I had to stop & reel things back in. It's been helpful & not as chaotic as I would have expected. Don't be afraid to slow down! #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Writing time! Writing time! 🚨🚨🚨 If you're looking for a sign, this is it. #WritingCommunity

Sometimes you set out to make art with meaning, and other times the meaning finds it afterwards. These bear posters were originally created as a love letter to retro poster design, and I was delighted by how many people began seeing them as a a pro-2SLGBTQ/solidarity statement. 🏳️‍🌈🐻 #wildlifeart

1937. 21yo a-Ling's final task in Shanghai is to save her cousin's magazine from censorship. But when the Kempeitai murders her cousin, a mysterious British financier promises to whisk her away to the London of her dreams, if only she spies on her family and country. #YouDeservepIt #HF #R (ish) #WIP

A single image from a film that immediately makes you hear a song from the soundtrack playing in your head

Scott Pilgrim x Crazy Ex-Girlfriend x Spirit Phone! A demolitions expert with a history of explosive relationships teams up with her terrible exes to fight her high school sweetheart--a murderous arcade cabinet--in a life-or-death cross-country scavenger hunt. #bluepit #W #A #D #Hu #OV #LGBT 📖

GIDEON THE NINTH x GODKILLER DOWNDRAFT Valandra is a legend - the only delver to reach the bottom of the Abyss and return. But few know the costs that came with it. Decades later, as new threats form in the shadows, she must retell her story or finally face the consequences. #BluePit #W #A #F 📖

One of mine! The idea here was that if you sit at your WIP and find nothing's coming, try writing something in the same universe. A pivotal scene from your main character's childhood. A lesser prophecy from your book of prophecies. The sex scene that'll never make it into your PG romance. Anything!

Never walk into a cage willingly. If you're already in one: break out. Digital faux linocut. Another plan for the future. #art #tiger #quotes #fauxlinocut #printmaking #linocut

Trying to get my various Bskys in order now that the mass immigration is occurring. This one, my public, real face, real name, hi, I'm a human being! account is probably going to be writing, politics, some (mainstream) pop culture, some tech, some music, some film. 👋

BW/DR is wonderful. Consider subscribing (it's only $25 a year!!!!).

It’s not foolish to foster hope in the face of illness and death – psyche.co/ideas/its-no... via Psyche

Reading a book that mentioned Egyptian chickens. Had to look them up. What a good idea.

Did...did a dog write this?

I've neglected this place for far too long! Here's a cool piece, "7th Avenue" - by Tianran Qu. Love the colors and design of this.

First session of this year's #BNEWritersFestival. Uhhhh...what's the hashtag?

i got to paint stupid sexy jafar for money by disney 😭

How can a DEAD person be in a PARADE?? // Wondermark #1033; In which a Parade is questioned

Inside of you are two wolves

"Are you a boy or a girl?" I'm a cognitohazard.

God, I love @aeonmag. A very interesting read, as usual. aeon.co/essays/how-t...

Since we're all apparently accepting publishers' testimony in a trial as absolute truth, it's worth reading this as a counterbalance.

I read A LOT and LOVE BOOKS A LOT but I've never really used sites like Goodreads or read reviews on places like Amazon etc. so this was really fascinating. As I've recently begun dipping my trembling lil toes into fiction writing, it's wild to be introduced to a whole new universe of controversy.

Many churches on the coast keep to the old superstition of hanging specially blessed fishing nets across their door in belief that such 'witch nets' will deter entry by salt-hags and storm-callers. As if the determined witch is so easily thwarted. – #EmilyBanting #Witchcraft

Has anyone made a Wolf Hall trilogy themed cookbook yet? & if not, why not??