#writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting From my untitled w-i-p. 1910 Jane Dancy

#writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting From my untitled w-i-p. 1912 Ned Brown

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM—I'm going to the gym later. Old cat is yelling at me. Working on the part of the rev where everything gets really sad. Then violent. But sad first. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Old cat came out for crunchy food. Coffee's made. Char arc revision is over halfway done & the big changes are in. Need to re-braid these pages with the rest of the narrative before making more changes. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Thanks for asking. Continue with revision. I'm a bit over halfway through with this char arc. Go to the gym. Endure the rain. #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters

Still waiting for the release of all the Trump-Epstein files.

Still waiting for release of all the Epstein-Trump files.

#writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting From my untitled w-i-p. 1909 Cordelia Oliver

#writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting From the still untitled w-i-p. 1910 Cordelia Oliver

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Old cat came out for some water and didn't yell at me. It's supposed to snow tomorrow, so I feel bad for the trees that started budding and the frogs that were looking for action. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Go to new gym on Friday. Revise next chunk of mss. Read & critique "A Good Man is Hard to Find" & "What Would I Do For You, What Would You Do For Me?" for craft discussion on Wed. americanliterature.com/author/flann... audio versions sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2024/02/... #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters

#5amwritersclub AM walk cold. Heard owls over the weekend and then very early this morning, the sound of a train in the distance. Char's shenanigan seq is written and revised once. Needs to sit before I go thru it again, so moving on. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#writersky #queerwriters #historicalfiction #WIPSnips #amwriting From the still untitled w-i-p. Thanks @rosie-j-potter.bsky.social for doing the WIPSnips. 1908 Frank Smith

#5amwritersclub AM walk very cold. But the sky was clear and the moon was low and gold through the trees. My brain keeps pinging me with bits to slip into this revision. Now to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Got a bit further with character arc revision. Still haven't printed it out, though. This character's internal conflict is more clearly external now. Yay. This week's goal is to write the new crime-y sequence. Looking forward to it. #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters

#5amwritersclub AM walk cold and down came the rain. Heard owls over the weekend, one in the Japanese maple right outside the window. Continuing revision with a sweet scene & then shenanigan sequence. I'm so much better at the shenanigans. Now to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub AM walk quiet and cold. High clouds, bright moon. Revision feels like it's working as this char's arc gets more grounded in place. Esp. good as this char's location is key for all POV characters since they all end up there. Now to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub AM walk quiet and cold. Fog trapped in trees at the bottom of the hill. Clear, star-filled sky. Didn't print out mss yesterday. Got wrapped up condensing and cutting opening sequences. Hope to print out pages later this AM. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub AM walk quiet, no rain, and not cold. No owls, no deer, no eagles. I noticed yesterday the grass getting spring green & it's way too early. I feel a hard cold coming to teach us all a lesson. Printing out bits of mss today. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub AM walk quiet and not too cold. Moonlight diffused through high clouds. You know when you're figuring out how to fit a ton of detail in your story and suddenly everything snaps in place? Yeah, that's a great feeling. Now to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Got a bit done last week on revision. Think I'll print out and work analog later this week. Almost said something about using scissors to revise but saw it could be read as an entendre and it's not. 1) way too weak—if I entendre, you'll know it, and 2) ow, paper cuts. #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters

#5amwritersclub AM walk was very quiet and not cold. Sky orange-gray of low clouds and reflected light. Continuing mss revision. Change in setting brings in sports and sport-related activities (like gambling) to char's narrative. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Listening to Mozart's Requiem in D Minor. What sounds like ornament isn't. Focusing on anchoring this character in setting, developing place as reflection of his inner life. To work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Just finished listening to @peter23.bsky.social and @nikeshaelise.bsky.social on Nikesha's pod, Black & Published. Fav quote is from Peter: Summary is the death of good fiction. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... #amwriting #amquerying #queerwriters #historicalfiction

Still waiting for the Epstein files.

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM, though taking a walk later. Heard no owls, though we saw three bucks and two does walking from the back woods to the front yesterday. Slept late & not well. Old cat is mad at me. Need to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Back to revision of single character arc, focusing on two consequential changes. Wish I'd thought of them sooner, but at least I got them before the polish stage. My goal is to have the new material in place by end of week. #queerwriters #lgbtqwriters #WritingCommunity

#5amwritersclub No owls, no deer, cold & dry walk. Some stars punched thru low clouds reflecting light from town seven miles away. Quiet—not even a train whistle from the valley. Old cat yelled at me once and has gone back to sleep. To work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Change a letter, ruin a film: Dye Hard

#5amwritersclub Owls last night, no deer this morning, a train in the distance with rumble and whistle clear in the cold & fog. Sharp stars above ground-hugging fog. Winter is deluge or clarity. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

Week went okay. 1. Continue rev chunk of mss. & return to char arc rev. 2. Continue tidying Wonder Hut. 3. Start ceiling trim. 4. Critique story for Wed writers group. I finished sewing dish towels. I'm terrible at sewing, the worst in the history of thread. #queerwriters #historicalfiction

Thanks #5amwritersclub for being a little bit of bright in a whole lot of dark. And not just because the sun's not up yet. Saw 2 deer on my walk this AM. Hope to finish these rev notes Fri or Sun. Help at little food bank this PM so need to get to it. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

1. Finish rev for chunk of mss. 2. Return to character arc rev. 3. Continue Wonder Hut tidy. (Q: Is it possible to have too many tools? A: No. That's just crazy talk.) 4. Finish sewing dish towels. (Just learning & damn, I'm terrible.) 5. Start trim on ceiling. #queerwriters #historicalfiction

#5amwritersclub Easy walk this AM. Warmer than yesterday. Light rain turning into hard rain as I type. Saw no critters. Last night I sewed & I suck, but we got dish towels now. This AM revise w/side quests into streetcar routes c. 1912. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Saw two deer this AM. No snow, but it was cold. Came in, read news, and tried, stupidly, to make sense of the world. Felt useless. And then didn't. Art matters. Showing up matters. There's more to the world than cruelty. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No owls or walk this AM. Supposed to snow later. Stumbled over a series of strange actions by an obscure historical figure (already in my story) that give stronger motive to a main char's choices. Align almost perfectly. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

1. Get through revision notes for this chunk of mss. 2. Tidy up notes from research of a red-light district c. 1910. 3. Face the disaster that is my metalworking shop, the Wonder Hut. #queerwriters #historicalfiction

#5amwritersclub Heard no owls and took no walk bcz of crappy weather. I've taken walks in winter rain and I end up feeling cold and slightly damp the rest of the day. Just not into it. My hair is fluffy now, like it's trying to escape. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Heard an owl last night despite the rain. My breath was a cloud of fog on my walk. Light from town reflected in the low clouds to the west. I'm the only one awake in a house wrapped in sleep. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk again. Battling with the warm blankets & the blankets are winning. Ongoing research on one small thing has yielded a way to condense char's entire arc. I know what happens & why, still sharpening the how. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. It's been good sleeping in. Fun holidays. Now trying to get back to my routine. Lots of research & revising to simplify locations & slow down pace—char goes through a lot quickly, but it can't feel rushed. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Last night, heard small owls in the distance. Took a walk this AM. Crisp, cold, quiet. Stars showing through breaking clouds. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No AM walk. Yesterday returned the lost phone. Little food bank got thru the floods so far & I set out donated gifts while listening to Shapiro's The Year of Lear, then packed diapers 10 to a bag. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Took a walk, found a phone with its flashlight on. I'll track down who it belongs to at a decent hour. Progressing on this char's steps to tragedy. I keep whispering, "you don't have to do that," but he doesn't listen. Back to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Long walk yesterday PM and even the ducks were like, "WTF with this rain?" Have to check locations in old paper and ink directories. Need a list or I'll wander the local history section going, "Ooooo." Now to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Long walk later today & may check on the little food bank. Bit of wind yesterday, with a downed power line at the end of the road. The old cat is up. The big cat sleeps the sleep of the just. And to work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Rain thundering. Little chance of flood here, but the creeks are swollen & the rivers, rarely docile but not unfriendly, are a rushing, determined force. Food bank where I volunteer likely affected. Wait & work. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Took a couple days to rest and finish painting the front door. Thinking about how geography of key location is a map of char's inner life. And how he's always running from place to place. Didn't see it till I stepped back from revision. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub Saw a deer this AM. Got back before the rain. Changing this char's antagonist to a different guy. Fits the history & makes the conflict more personal. A new take on an old crime that might be accurate & works better for the story. Fun. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting

#5amwritersclub No walk this AM. Constant thrum of rain thru the night. Must condense without losing tension. Too much stuff happening, so action isn't revealing/pushing story forward but just stultifying. The delete key is my friend. #queerwriters #historicalfiction #amwriting