Deep in design-mode building my author website tonight. Honestly, I think writing the miscarriage chapters of my memoir was easier 🙄 Send help! #AmWritingMemoir #BookSky #WritingCommunity

QUESTION: There seems to be a LOT of debate on Reddit about which website platform is best for author profiles and self-publishing. Shopfiy vs Squarespace vs Wordpress etc etc. Which platform do you use and why? #AmWritingMemoir #BookSky #WritingCommunity

QUESTION: When considering how to publish your work, what guided your decision making between self-publishing and a traditional publishing journey? #AmWritingMemoir #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Agree, transparency is definitely important from IVF clinics, but all results will vary couple by couple and by individual. We chose our clinic because we wanted a 'baby making factory' and it still took us five-years and 12 embryo transfers to get our little miracle 💙 #IVF #fertility #surrogacy

Starting the day on a high. Just received some feedback from my writing coach on the birth chapter of my memoir. "THAT'S the ending I've been looking for!" What you've written will be used in your blurb/pitch/promo. Lukas you have done it! (wipes eyes) xo #AmWritingMemoir #BookSky #WritingCommunity

Three rounds of revisions on a key chapter ending. My writing coach said, 'You're ending on logistics, not emotion.' Me: deletes 300 words of COVID drama and adds a quiet reflection scene Result: Ending makes readers cry now Trust your editors folks 🙏 #AmWritingMemoir #BookSky #WritingCommunity

You can't write well if you don't read. Full stop. Your brain needs input to create output. Stop reading and your prose will sound like everyone else's...flat, forgettable, and full of phrases you've heard a thousand times. Never stop reading. #AmReading #AmWriting #BookSky

Hey Bluesky! I'm Lukas, a Sydney-based gay dad who just finished writing a memoir about our 5-year surrogacy journey. Looking for: other memoirists, queer writers and same-sex parents 🏳️‍🌈 Who should I follow? Drop me your recs below 👇 #QueerWriters #WritingCommunity #AmWritingMemoir #LGBTQAuthors

An important reminder to stay humble 🙏 #booksky #quoteoftheday #writer

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I’ve spent the better part of 25-years as a professional writer. PR strategies, corp comms, white papers—you name it, I’ve written it. Words have been my bread and butter, but when I sat down to write my memoir, it felt impossible. Then I learnt this 👇 #WritingCommunity #AmWritingMemoir #BookSky

Today I finished my memoir. 88k words. My son's surrogacy story is finally on the page. I know first draft ≠ finished book, but it's out of my head now. To everyone writing their own hard story...keep going 💙 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmWritingMemoir #WriterSky #WriteSky #BookSky #AuthorSky