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caught a cold literally the day I was getting ready to write a load-bearing scene in my new novel's first draft. #writesky please send me some energy so I can finish my scene of eldritch encounters of the sexy kind.

#WriteSky me while I'm trying to focus on an unrelated task: figuring out the perfect way to move the plot forward, coming up with witty banter, emotional scenes, fun character moments, lush descriptions me as soon as I open Word to write all that down:

MCU!Loki is not a Hear Me Out. Sorry.

shoutout to the time a teenage boy on the street called me a "ladyman" to his friends as I passed them, to make fun of my very butch outfit. you ended up giving me +500 Gender Points, my guy.

The oldest-surviving anatomical theatre in the world, built in 1594 and located in Padua. At the center stands a table on which the dissections of human or animal bodies took place. You can still visit it today. Photo: Daily Art Magazine.

Hey, look at this vintage Hungarian cover for Dracula - it's one of my favorite editions of this book. He's just kind of standing there. (This is an alternate version of a 1925 cover drawn by Tibor Gönczi-Gebhardt.) #BookSky

Just heard the best quote for creatives! “Perfectionism doesn’t raise our standards. It lowers our output.” -Helen Wells Damn, I needed that.

someone recently ended a five-year friendship with me because I said that using AI for creative work was unethical even if it made things easier for them as a struggling writer. so let me just clarify - I hate AI, and if you use it to write, I'm more than happy to never, ever be friends again.

armed with a pocket notebook, sticky tabs and good writing supplies. I'm gonna write the hell out of that new WIP over the weekend. #writesky

It’s totally okay to be inspired by something you think is bad or otherwise have a lot of criticisms of. A story could be flawed but still have ideas and concepts you like. Good ideas deserve to be done properly. To be used to their full potential. #WriterSky #BookSky #WritingCommunity

My neighbor self published this book. You don’t have to buy it, he’d be happy if you just viewed it. store.bookbaby.com/book/happy-s...

inscription on my vintage secondhand copy of Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir Nabokov (written in a near-unreadable chicken scratch): "to be read ONLY when the blood alcohol content exceeds 120 milligrams per whatever". damn, I love buying used books. #booksky

working on multiple WIPs truly feels like this #writing

7. You don't need cops to investigate the horrors in a horror story. Humans are naturally curious and seldom mind their own business. Have some self-respect and cast a librarian.

"Tired" by Langston Hughes

Not gonna lie: I'm having a tough time. @tealcartoons.bsky.social & I have a kids' book out soon called DEAD ENDS. It's for kids 8-12, but we think everyone will like it. I'd love if you'd consider preordering a signed copy from @mysteriousbookshop.com 👇 www.mysteriousbookshop.com/products/lin...

A large anatomical ‘fugitive leaf’ from Cassell’s People’s Physician, Vol. 5, published in the 1930s. These kind of anatomical illustrations with fold out sections functioned as paper dissections, and were intended to help non-medical audiences learn about anatomy.

Italian exploitation film: the most graphic upsetting violence you’ve ever seen. Italian exploitation film composers:

I have at least three separate projects to work on besides my first book that's in the works for being published next month, but the Muse has decided to sneak up on me and hit me in the head with an entirely new idea. fourth new project, here we go. #justwriterthings

look at these beauties that just came in the mail 🖤 (not the necklace though. I made that one. because I'm a nerd.) #booksky #horror

Cover Reveal and Pre-Order! I couldn’t be more stoked (or grossed out) by the cover to my debut horror collection. Mitch_gen on IG was great to work with, and would you look at that illustration! Release is set for 9.9.25! Ebook pre-orders are up with paperback and audiobook soon.

Apply this to all calls in general, please, if you're marginalized in any way. Because you're used to not being welcome to sit at the table, so fuck that noise and impose your much-needed contribution on the writing world. Because you know the cishet white guys aren't stressing about being too bold.

I don't want to write a relatable romance plot. I prefer writing a romance plot that makes the readers want to study both characters under a microscope to understand what is going on with them. #writing

From now on when there's any discourse about the female gaze and what defines a sexy, manly man, I'm just going to start posting this video You, of course, know what to do:

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getting weight loss ads on apps I use always fills me with the urge to rip a tree out of the ground and beat something with it. it's so insidious.

Sunday, July 20 through Saturday, July 26 are #SharkWeek! Celebrate with something spicier than chorizo, profoundly weird, and hotter than a Phoenix parking lot - NYMPHO SHARK FUCK FRENZY by Christine Morgan and Susan Snyder! #Horror #Bizarro #Books www.amazon.com/Nympho-Shark...

Writing is such a rollercoaster because you fall in love with an idea or scene or character, and by the time you're done you're so deeply ashamed that it's garbage that you can barely send it out, and just when you're convinced your work is worthless, hopeless, people lavish you with praise.

ANTIFA SPLATTERPUNK from @cursedmorsels.bsky.social is everything a good splatterpunk book should be: smart, sharp, graphic, daring, and just a really good read. definitely a new favorite read this year. grab yourselves a copy! www.cursedmorselspress.com/product/anti...

an important realization: writing unapologetically means trusting your audience. there will always be bad faith interpretations of any work that has something to say, but you have to write for those readers who are willing to engage with your writing on its own terms. #writing

"Separating art from the artist" is always a complicated conversation. But when an artist says they are going to use their art's proceeds to further hurt marginalized people, don't just believe them, SHUN THEM. The Trans community needs your support more than you need ANOTHER fucking Harry Potter.

Listen, I think if it is gonna storm every afternoon for some random amount of time it should count as automatic reading breaks. We all just stop, drop, and read. No email, no real life, just book. Seems entirely reasonable to me.

#horror writers, what's a common horror trope you're allergic to? not a cliche, just something that makes you clench your teeth whenever you encounter it. mine is Romanian vampires. (as a person from Romania, it really grinds my gears to see that particular stereotype. thanks, Bram Stoker.) #booksky

A Borges story about a guy who gets AI to summarize all the world’s information for him, and then summarize the summary, until the AI has the whole world summarized into a single word. He sits alone at his desk, staring at the word, repeating it endlessly, certain he is experiencing everything

Happy Nonbinary Day! Borders are fake, no check-box can contain you, you are made of multitudes; you're everything and everyone you can imagine and you don't have to prove it to anyone. There are more genders in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in their philosophy. Be free.

If you enjoy what Cursed Morsels publishes and would like to keep it going, donate to the press on Ko-fi! Indie publishing is expensive, and I (Eric Raglin) fund cover designs, writer payments, and other press costs out of my own pocket. Any donation helps fund our future! ko-fi.com/cursedmorsels

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currently reading: the audiobook of Frankenstein, narrated by Dan Stevens. I highly recommend this one. Mr. Stevens is a very skilled narrator, whose reading of each character's voice is full of life and emotion. it's a very atmospheric edition of one of my favorite novels. #BookSky

dear authors of #BookSky, is it always this nerve-wracking to send your manuscript to an editor or a beta reader, or am I just having first-book anxiety?

Thanatrauma: Stories "an upsetting but engrossing ride"-Monster Librarian “World Fantasy Award winner Tem is at his sharpest and most crushing in this collection ... Essential for fans of dark speculative fiction.”-PW Starred Review www.amazon.com/Thanatrauma-...

My latest @gnofhorror.com feature took a minute, a massive roundup of my favourite debut novels reviewed over the last decade. Expect both well known titles & obscure classics! 25 absolute bangers! #horror gnofhorror.com/horror-novel...

in these trying times, I offer you a moral support cat.

A GAME IN YELLOW just had the joy of getting these lovely words from the amazing @chucktingle.bsky.social 🤩 This was super kind, and I'm immensely grateful 💛 Chuck's new novel LUCKY DAY releases the same day, August 12 (less than a month away!) so definitely catch them both then.

Filipino horror- and horror-adjacent reads. I’ve read about half of these so far #booksky #filipinohorror #horrorbooks

recommended reading: The Red Tree by Caitlín R. Kiernan. an unflinching character study about toxic lesbian relationships and self-destructive people, with haunting imagery and a dash of cosmic horror. one of my favorite books and favorite protagonists ever. #booksky

I hate the term 'elevated horror'. it's so pretentious and self-congratulatory. elevated horror is for people who think they're above liking horror as a genre.

My latest collection is Queneau’s Alphabet: A Story Cycle. If you’d like a taste of this book you can read several of the stories online at The Dark. www.thedarkmagazine.com/a-is-for-alp... www.thedarkmagazine.com/p-is-for-pha... www.thedarkmagazine.com/y-is-for-yes...