Samyra Stuart-Altman
@drsamyrasa.bsky.social
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Veterinarian 👩⚕️🐾 Writer 📓 Artist👩🎨
Sometimes when I’m working on a story, I take a step back and pick up my sketchbook to really launch myself into the world I’m building. It just so happens there’s a pretty stern Cape Buffalo in my most recent creation.
#WIP
#amwriting
#horror
#sketch
#artist
27 days ago
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He insists I dedicate this book to him. And…I probably will do exactly that.
#amwriting
#wip
#horror
#cats
about 1 month ago
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My co-author on every project.
#amwriting
#WIP
#writing
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about 2 months ago
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The next WIP also happens in this universe…or some broken version of it.
#amwriting
#wip
#horror
#writer
3 months ago
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My next WIP happens somewhere in this universe. (Me, transporting a sedated giraffe in South Africa)
#WIP
#amwriting
#wildlife
#africa
#veterinarian
3 months ago
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The face you make when you try to smell your own nose. Coincidentally, the same face I make while trying to solve a plotting problem.
#amwriting
#writing
#veterinarian
8 months ago
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My face may be blurry, but her smile is not. Morning frolics with some piggies before getting back to my creative projects.
#writer
#pigs
#farmyard
#veterinarian
#amquerying
10 months ago
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My short story TERMINAL NOSTALGIA appears in Symphonies of Imagination this month! (Pearl is either unimpressed or not surprised l)
#writer
#published
#amquerying
#cats
11 months ago
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Writer’s block, or co-author? Maybe both.
#writing
#amquerying
#horror
12 months ago
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Surround yourself with those who adore you the way this guy adores the treat I’m holding 😉 Looking forward to another year of writing!
#dog
#vet
#shelter
#writingcommunity
#amquerying
12 months ago
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Telepathically dictating her memoirs to me. “Chapter 3 - I did not consent to this vet visit, nor did I consent to this photo. And yet, here we are. They all say I’m adorable.”
#cats
#writer
#writingcommunity
#vet
12 months ago
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Today’s writing prompt comes from the back of a dump truck. I see a skeleton that’s either politely interrupting my nightmare with a raised index finger, or his hand is turned and he’s giving me the finger. Either way, perspective is everything.
#horror
#writing
#amquerying
12 months ago
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When you’re trying to pitch your novel to an agent or editor, but you’re really just a cozy house-cat who wants to hang out and read together.
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#writing
#publishing
#cats
#fiction
#horror
about 1 year ago
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What genres do you write? Me: Oh, you know, speculative fiction, horror, and medical records.
#writer
#amquerying
#chihuahua
#veterinarian
#horror
#fiction
about 1 year ago
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That little story that I’m working on? It also takes place here(ish). I took this photo from the trail, just outside of The Polar Bear Capital of the World. Bundle up. It’s going to be a cold one.
#horror
#novel
#arcttic
#writing
#amquerying
about 1 year ago
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Little ol’ me, trying to introduce my novel in a query.
#writng
#cats
#amquerying
about 1 year ago
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Submitting more short stories. My assistants are putting in some OT.
#AmQuerying
#subs
#writing
#cats
about 1 year ago
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The face you make when you find a typo after completing a submission 😑
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#writing
about 1 year ago
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Took a break from vetting/writing to be a background actor for a day. DEANER ‘89 is out!
about 1 year ago
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Their album drops next week. What’s the title of their hit single?
#cat
#catvet
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Samyra Stuart-Altman
The New Yorker
about 1 year ago
Shirley Jackson’s short story from 1948, which inspired the most mail The New Yorker had ever received in response to a work of fiction.
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“The Lottery,” by Shirley Jackson
Fiction, from 1948: “The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/06/26/the-lottery?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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My next story takes place here. Or some version of here. Anyone else out there using a photo to set the tone when you’re writing a long one? What about a 6 hour audio loop of a snowstorm? Just me?
about 1 year ago
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I wrote ICE CURTAIN while daydreaming about the International Date Line, time travel, and regret. It was produced on Creepy in September. Many thanks to the editors that selected my work 💗
#writer
#published
#shortstory
#podcast
about 1 year ago
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What do anechoic chambers, the death of songbirds, and the band Wilco have in common? They all appear in my short story UNSOUND, published in Symphonies of Imagination
#published
#writer
#shortstory
about 1 year ago
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At the end of every sunbeam is a writer getting interrupted by their cat(s).
about 1 year ago
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