Hey, I've got a story coming out in 101 words! Look forward to seeing it in July!

Check out my short story "Budding" at HAUNTER review! www.haunterreview.com/jr-vernham

This is writing advice that seems obvious to me but I never hear people actually say: if you're going to outline, you don't have to outline *first.* You can outline before, during, or after writing your draft and get a lot of the same utility out of it.

I have a drabble in Quotidian Bagatelle today! Check it out! (And check out Foofaraw, they're nifty!) qb.foofaraw.press

I don't think he/she/they knows a drabble is 100 words long, Pip.

I want to start doing a little world-building experiment for Foofaraw with short tweet-length “stories” on social media—heavily inspired by Night Vale. Do I have any writers interested in doing something like that?

I wonder if American editors notice that my documents have metric indents....

Adventures from the mall: heard a french teenager shout "where's the cum!?" in the dollar store (the more things change the more they stay the same)

The upcoming proposed rules surrounding NSFW art are bad and the Bsky mod team should feel bad. Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.

There's a concept in pro wrestling called heat: i.e. when the crowd is feverish with hatred for the loathsome villain. This is good. There's also something called "go away heat." When a reader calls your character "unlikeable" they mean they have go away heat; they just want to see less of them.

NEW FICTION: "Bury the Lede" by @catouttawater.bsky.social #SFF #flashfiction flashpointsf.com/2025/09/19/b...

I've been doing a lot of editing/reviewing this year and it's been a really interesting experience! (positive)

One of the great things about being a contrarian in my writing choices is I usually have a really solid way to justify rejections to myself

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

Here is the current schedule for tomorrow's stream!!! I will be on all day, and Emily will be on and off intermittently! See you tomorrow at 10 am PST— donations are already open! www.youtube.com/live/iQ1FbkI...

I saw a cute animal today. That will almost always cause music to happen. #improv #music #ukulele #BaritoneUkulele youtu.be/uoQCum0gtPk

Have I posted bread on this account yet?

Ragebait #papercollage #analogart

I don't think the mechanical act of parsing characters into sounds is very important to the experience of enjoying a book? I'm honestly baffled that people think there is some kind of stolen valour in listening to audiobooks.

Since I started making my own bread I have really come to understand the idiom "the best thing since sliced bread." idk how people get such clean slices, you must have a much more powerful karate chop than I

Just making sure that everyone is aware of this crab that NOAA scientists found

My unreasonable audiobook pet peeve: when a character is described as "french canadian" but the narrator voices them with a france-french accent.

Show me one picture from Star Trek that perfectly embodies your aura

Today's the last day we're open to submissions. Give it a final edit and send it in before we close! #drabbles

I want things to be saved on my physical computer in my physical house.

Announcement: Psychopomp is relaunching Fantasy Magazine WELCOME BACK, FANTASY! full details here: psychopomp.com/fantasy-maga...

very few things bring me more joy than when i trot out a new erotica book and someone comments 'i just finished camp damascus and started following the author what the heck is happening'

PSA - if you're pulling a mask out of the mask dispenser and you take two by accident, don't try to put the extra one back. Just keep it. NO-ONE wants a pre-stretched face-mask of unknown provenance.

Oh no it's that feeling where at 98.5% project completion I suddenly start eyeing new projects

I'm hungry but I waited too long to take my focaccia dough out of the fridge, this is clearly an insurmountable problem. pls send help/snacks

Flicking the guard back and forth on a 3.5" diskette.

I sometimes feel like I may be the only person in the world who finds single-spacing easier to read than double-spacing ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Authors! Submitting your story to an open call? As someone reading through 400+ submissions for an anthology, some tips: Opening paragraph/sentence: I can tell within the first few sentences if a story is a 'no.' 'Maybes' turn to 'no's' by the end of the first paragraph. Brutal, but it's true.

I was today years old when I learned the difference between a hyphen and a dash. /hj

I love @100footcrow.bsky.social 's policy on AI assisted writing: "No redemption arc will be possible."

I find listening to anything with very many lyrics distracting unless it is extremely familiar, so mostly I listen to instrumental music, movie and game sound tracks, etc. I really like a little group called Sheverb; their music sounds like the epic soundtrack to a western movie that never was.

You're going to go through life reading books that you didn't like. That doesn't mean it's a bad book, it just means it wasn't for you.

You know what I wish I could find more of? Media analysis that is detailed but generally neutral-to-positive in character.

Is this meme still hip and cool? No? Well, you should still send us your 100-word stories.

Special Submissions Call! Disability Pride & Magic! The Castle gates are open for an extended special submissions call from 7 January to 31 March, and we are looking for stories celebrating disabled authors, character and themes for this event. Details Below!

🤡 I'm already pretty afraid of clowns so at least this shouldn't cause any *new* nightmares, right....?

#writingadvice On paragraphs, a thread: Not gonna lie, Writing!me splits paragraphs of prose mostly on the basis of vibes. But Editing!me knows there are some helpful guidelines that make prose clearer and more engaging to a reader: 1/

I'm surprised no-one seems to be using the name "uncanny sally." Seems like that one would have been in the first million sign-ups at least