Seriously though, Epistemic Literacy is AMAZING and to throw in a small plug for them, they just opened for subs! Maybe that brings my integrity into question.😊 They are doing a simultaneous sub at Nimblewit Lit for kids. Trust me, it's a good one. bsky.app/profile/epis...

*ANGRY SCREAM* Anyway, that's my thought on integrity right now. If you have words, which I'm sure you must, then may you bring them to life.

To tell you the truth, I want to lie. To weave a web so fantastical. It blurs Reality. And fiction. Yet, I am not forthcoming, Though entirely honest. I want to destroy, Not create.

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Robert F. Kennedy Sr. speaks on Martin Luther King Jr. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Dk...

I should be shouting about this, because I'm so excited that When We Were Young and Hello Mello not only have another home, but an ending as well. A Real Reunion beautifully closes off this idea of nostalgia leading to healing. I love this little collection and the narrator finally has a name!!

👀 Theme reveal coming soon! (But newsletter subscribers got it today!)

I've been meaning to post this, but my brain has been away. Persons of Bluesky, I present to you Lingering! an updated When We Were Young, Hello Mello, and the final short story A Real Reunion. Sometimes, nostalgia leads us back to ourselves... epistemiclit.com/current-issu...

Recently, I got to slip into a quasi-nostalgic past. I felt myself an earlier version of me, but now I have a hangover as reality slams into me. So, read with care, these unique works of former lives once lived.

A week ago after hearing a string of sirens I text from a friend asking if we knew what was going on at our kids' school. The rest of what took place you likely know by now If you’d like to help this community, we ask you give to Annunciation Hope & Healing Fund: www.ccf-mn.org/support-annu... Thx

"My Husband's Daughter" is now live on Amazon in ebook, paperback, and hardcover. The paperback version is being discounted through the weekend. www.amazon.com/dp/B0FNWFZJ5...

Time to check over a few things. It's been a long time coming and I'd like to thank a theme of yellow, the ridiculously itchy tulle of my prom dress, and this song! Also, to the like 6 people who understand, thank you! www.youtube.com/watch?v=orXA...

If you don't write it, someone else will and it might be distorted, disturbed, and meant to subjugate... just talking to myself...

Don't inherit, buy new. No longer must whites inherit guilt and shame for being White and knowing racists and slave owners used their skin color to suppress People of Color. You can have your very own. Now with high prices and military occupation

Let it flow #writers

The way you called my name lingers in my dreams. #nostalgia😊

Anyway, I do have some exciting news! Unrelated, I realized why I felt hungry after devouring Moonbeam Ice Cream... the song is surprisingly short. Now, back to my normal musical writing diet of Benson Boone: Mystical Magical, Sorry I'm Here for Someone Else, Pretty Slowly. #writer

Excuse me while I giggle to myself, dream of the black dress I wore to prom, and put Yellowcard's "Ocean Avenue" and The Killers "When You Were Young" on repeat! I've got work to do!!!🥰

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I hope this floods your brain with story ideas. Go for a swim or dive into deep waters—just don't put it on ice!

Ed Sheeran's Tenerife Sea will forever remind me of these two characters. I may not have their story finished, but I know how it ends. I know the beauty from it and the tragedy. (CW-reference to a sudden death and guilt) www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tHe...

because they don't tell you in the head or sub-head: the brand is DermaRite. there are specific products & batch numbers in the article

This sounds epic. Anyone got any ideas?

STOP 🛑 🖐🏻 This is a WIP checkpoint QRP with your current WIP! Will cramming a Duchess and a Lady into the same book work or have I, once again, complicated things........ #Writing #WIP

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These things are true!

I wrote a line and it's lovely "She clung to the [family] crest that hung around her neck. Without the name her mother built, she would be no one."

Look, the anthology I'm in! Maybe PROM wasn't PERFECT, but that didn't make it any less lasting. Read When We Were Young and many other fantastic pieces about that one night in high school.

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This was a twisted and enjoyable book, I can only imagine what a good voice could do to those listening. So excited!

It's been months, but the final rejection for my CNF Perception... guess I just need to look at it a different way.

Can anyone help? I'm trying to find a book about childhood friends to lovers with a second change element. #reader #writer #booktok

I'm watching The Gilded Age with the husband and I'm trying to figure out why everyone lives at the Club in 1895! "Everybody in the club gettin' tipsy" @jpgarlandauthor.bsky.social, can you explain living in the Club in 1895, not the song from 2004? youtu.be/VwXeN2FsE7w?...

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Join children's author Melissa Rotert on Tues. August 5th at 2pm as she takes you through a fun workshop in exploring story inspiration through dreams! This workshop is for kids ages 6-12. Space will be limited and registration is required. To register, please visit the library or call 716-674-2928.

I may need to write a short to this... www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfoI...

Haven't been able to write in a while and was temporarily distracted by another epic WIP that demands a cup of tea or glass of port, but I'll get Philly's story done one sentence at a time. "My mouth goes dry and I sip at the water that has magically appeared before me." #writer

This is so cool and inspiring!! Stories may take years to write, but the journey makes them all the more special and stunning. This man has a way with the twisted yet believable!

I definitely need to use socials less, so I signed up because I love hearing about their themes, even if nothing comes to mind!

One day, I'll spill the tea on Lyn... #WIPSnips

Anyone got any "Metaphorical poems where there is a symbol of forgiveness hidden within"? Mine are quite dark and trapped in rage, fear, sadness and rarely about forgiveness, even of self. So I don't think I'm of any help. #WritingCommunity

Hey friends! With the Philly Bookstore Crawl briskly approaching and sponsorship funds not quite cutting it, I’m sharing my lil’ tip jar link. Could use a hand to help order our bookmarks and other printed materials, and pay our brilliant illustrator. ☕️ ko-fi.com/ericsmith

If you like your snacks Sweet AND Salty, this book is for you—A meaty horror with a delicate masochistic romance. It's got pessimism and optimism. This fantasy tale hits a little too close to home. I genuinely enjoyed reading the ARC and am already pestering him for more!

If I ever finish rewriting this story, I'm gonna pitch it as a low stakes, high reward story about finding happiness. Sure, Philly is a young woman with a stable job and cute, caring boyfriend, but the memory of her eponym's death still haunts her. Can she accept her identity and move on?

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Hey @danqwritesthing.bsky.social, if you're around, I do believe there was a character in Thunderstruck who had a very particular set of skills