It amazes me how deer adapt to the winter. What graceful animals they are. #nature #holidayseason #5amwritersclub

Turning the pages of a book you are holding in your hands is an underrated pleasure. #5amwritersclub #writing #twistysuspensemystery

Is this the most delicious sound in the world? (The sound of a knife slicing through just baked sourdough.) #sourdough ##5amwritersclub #twistymysterysuspense

Looked up a word I learned on NYT’s Connections today. Not buying this explanation of its etymology. #5amwritersclub #writing #books #reading #language

A few lucky authors don't have to revise their work. I am not one of them. #humor #revision #twistysuspensemystery #5amdritersclub

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In 1941, a teenage pilot training for World War II wrote "High Flight," a poem that is now considered immortal. #history #poetry #aviation #5amwritersclub #writing

All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words. - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis #5amwritersclub #writing #books #reading #Inspiration

Nature has a sense of humor. #winter #Michigan #nature #5amwritersclub

Books and solitude are a little bit of heaven on earth. #5amwritersclub #writing #books #reading #Inspiration

In 1963, one poem broke the nation’s heart. Here’s the story - and the poem. #poetry #history #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity

Enjoying the simple things. Feeling blessed. Happy Thanksgiving! #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #hygge #autumn #Thanksgiving

Friends make life better. Happy Sunday, Bluesky friends! #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity bsky.app/profile/nanc...

Fairy tales do come true 🎶🎵… #5amwritersclub #writing #writing-community #revision

What happens when a suspense novelist bakes a loaf of bread? #5amwritersclub #sourdough #writingcommunity #mysterybook #humor

They called it a tragedy . . . #mysterybooks #plottwist #5amwritersclub

There’s 🎶 music 🎵 in these words.

Books have emotional impact. Which book have you read this year that moved you deeply? For me, it was John Preston’s The Dig. #BookTok #humor #5amwritersclub

Writer Confronts Her Muse #BookTok #mysterybooks #writinghumor #comedy #5amwritersclub

A poem about autumn and growing up and losing the fresh eyes of childhood. Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins captures the poignance of the season. #NovemberCozy #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #autumnaesthetic #mysterybooks

Things we don’t say out loud? #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #humor

Old school handwriting still rocks. ✍️ #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #handwriting #cursive

Autumn morning. A hint of frost on the grass. Leaves gently falling. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #autumn

Cozy autumn morning. Having a cup of hot tea. Enjoying a candle by the fireplace. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #hygge #autumn

Spotted in my town. Set up by a local art studio. Repurposed newspaper vending machine. Very 70’s. Very 😎 #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #seventies

Loving this art work! Happy Halloween, fellow readers, writers, and bakers and bread aficionados! (Art spotted in the Etsy WordyBunnyBoutique tee shop.) #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #sourdough #bread

My latest loaf of my 100% organic whole wheat sourdough bread. I know not everyone likes rustic bread like this, but imho it’s the best! #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #sourdough #bread

Homer has more readers today than he ever had in his lifetime! #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

What a difference a decimal makes! (Fellow shoppers were taking pics of this very high-priced piano at Costco today. I ❤️ Costco, btw.) 😄 #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

“Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” ― H.G. Wells #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

Bought this beautiful paperback edition of John Preston’s The Dig from Blackwell.co.uk (Free shipping!) Printed and bound in Britain, it arrived in pristine condition. Has that wonderful new book scent. I ❤️ ordering some of my books from the UK. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

Do you know who Françoise Gilot is? You should! She’s one of the few women who walked away from Picasso’s abuse and thrived. Four of his previous “muses” died in poverty, one of them went mad, and one committed suicide. youtu.be/chkbyLaY4hs?... #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

It’s hard to find dense, hard-crusted European-bakery-style bread (my fave). Not to mention how pricey this healthy, honest kind of bread is. Really pumped to have learned sourdough basics well enough to bake loaves like this. #5amwritersclub #art #writingcommunity #sourdough #bread

My second loaf ever of 100% organic whole wheat sourdough. I remembered to slash the dough this time. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #sourdough

My first loaf of homemade whole wheat sourdough bread. I forgot to slash the top before baking. Oh, well. Smells wonderful! #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #sourdough

Happiness is . . . listening to Coldplay while taking an autumn walk in Michigan. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #happinessis

Here’s a list of cover designers someone sent to me. Thoughts? Damonza Book Cover Zone Paper and Sage Designs Fiverr Self-Publishing Lab JD&J Design Authors Support #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

I’m looking for a cover designer. Self-pubbed mystery-suspense novelists, please recommend your fave cover designer. Include images of their work too, if you can. TIA #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

Started reading Elizabeth Bowen’s The Death of the Heart, but won’t finish it. Bowen succeeds too well in portraying the stultifying life of Portia, a friendless orphan in 1930’s bougie Britain. Exquisite writing. Claustrophobic effect. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

For the love of heaven, why does every recipe I search for online require scrolling down through endless blather? #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity #recipes

Nothing is too wonderful to be true. - Michael Faraday. Michael Faraday was a self-taught scientist whose discoveries became the basis of all modern theories of electromagnetic phenomena. #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

Love this - The Sportsman’s Prayer #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

Read before the day starts. It limbers your imagination, your curiosity. It trains your empathy. That’s medicine for all. - Patrick Page #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

To practice, art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it! - Kurt Vonnegut #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writingcommunity

Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett #5amwritersclub #writing #art #writinglife

Walk on air against your better judgment. - Epitaph of poet Seamus Heaney Minutes before he died, Heaney texted his final words to his wife. They were the Latin phrase “Noli timere" (“Be not afraid"). Image: Lazare

Stop trying to fix everything! Good advice from Jennifer King Lindley and the latest issue of Real Simple - realsimple.com #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #writers #writesky

In the mood for a spooky story? Check out my latest YouTube video, 😮 youtu.be/TidDrhkAGFg?... #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #writesky #folklore #ghosts

Did you know that my home state, Michigan, is home to the first Dark Sky Preserve? www.michigan.org/darksky #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #writers #writesky #astronomy #nightsky #stargazing

And a Happy Saturday to you! #5amwritersclub #writing #writingcommunity #writers #writesky