Writers need community, and I’ve been craving a space that focuses on the craft—on helping writers (at all stages, with all goals) grow into the best writer they can be… so I made one. Introducing booked! 🔗 in my 🔗🎄 #writesky

My six year old niece is practicing her jokes. Here’s an example: What happens when raccoons die? People bury them!

We are road trippin’ today and our car conversation so far has exclusively been creating a breakfast menu for Zaxby’s. 😅🤣

MS Word Pro: the onedrive connectivity means I can use it across four different devices without having extra steps. MS Word Con: sometimes if the last version doesn't finish uploading I have to go through four devices to figure out which one has the draft. #amwriting #writerprobs

It’s rainy and chilly, and the weather is supposed to carry into the weekend. Plus, my husband will be out of town. You know what that means? 👀✨

It seems fitting that B&N is doing a preorder sale while I’m currently watching the consequences of my own actions from April taking charge. But hey, I’m getting six new books in the next two weeks!

Currently in the part of writing where I stare at my screen and am surprised when an hour passes with only a hundred new words. 😅

When her prototype fails, Cecilia partners with her college rival to fix her protection charms, but after weeks of blazing chemistry in the lab and the bedroom, she's falling for him—if only her research would ward her traitorous heart. #QuestPit #OS #AG #A #F #R

Adding benefits with her hot, magical engineer rival seems risk averse, but when Cecilia realizes he’s no longer the man he once was, it’s too late to use their research into protective magic to ward her heart... #QuestPit #OS #AG #A #F #R

Starting wordcount today: 22182 Ending wordcount today: 28740 I may have done 20% of the cleaning I wanted to today, but draft 2 of museum WIP is well on its way. ✨ #amwriting #writingcommunity

“This, and” for ENCHANTMENTS & ADVERSARIES, a cozy Romantasy feat.: 💜 a plus sized lead ✨ engineering + alchemy = magical engineering 🏡 complicated, messy family dynamics and real-world problems 📱 low fantasy with Rom-com vibes #writesky #cozyromantasy #obsub

I think one of the weirdest parts about being on sub with no book sold is that I feel like I’m in a vortex where nothing and everything is happening and I don’t know what to talk about on social media. 😅

It’s been a while since I’ve done a #WIPSnips, so here’s a peek at Museum WIP, my cozy Romantasy in which a magical artifact causes a lot of love-based calamity. 😅 #amwriting #amediting #cozyromantasy

I’ve always joked I could live off potatoes and though I still think that’s true if I see mashed potatoes again before thanksgiving, it’ll be too soon.

Got all 4 wisdom teeth taken out yesterday under general anesthesia (they were worried because one is all tangled up in a nerve, but it was okay!) so today calls for Aussie cuddles & an LOTR marathon. 🩷

Drop line 8 from page 187 of your MS and tag 3 friends “I’m drenched.” (Yes, the context is exactly what you think it is 😅) I’m not going to tag, but if you think this sounds rad and no one has tagged you, pls feel free to reshare! 🫶

Picture this: it’s 10a. My nervous Aussies are finally settling post fire works and being their normal selves. And all of a sudden? A succession of booms. The Aussies are nervous and while hide for the rest of the day again. 😭

I fear I am incapable of writing anything but a love interest who is down bad™️ 😅

My surgery got postponed THREE times but I just realized that it is currently set for the same week as Urge & Rose in Chains come out and that feels like a gift from the universe. 🤣

Every time I task myself to write a a short story, my brain noodles the idea into a novel. We don’t have time to write twenty novels a year, brain. Please curb your enthusiasm. 😭😅

I haven't participated in #WIPSnips in a long time, so here is the tiniest tease from Museum WIP: "Why are you whispering?" "It feels unholy to speak full volume around the books."

Drafting update: I’m back to wanting to be parted from the characters so little, I fall asleep hoping to dream about them. 🫶

I LOVE scent matching a candle to a WIP. My museum curator FMC is all sweetness and this brown sugar & honey candle is perfection. (Has the freewrite fixed me? TBD as I am posting this to BSKY instead of writing) #amwriting #writesky

My Spotify shuffle just said “hey you’re listening to The Talking Heads, I bet you’d love this Gracie Abrams song” and while Spotify is not wrong it still feels so random. 🤣

Why am I always researching metallurgy? 😅

I’m drafting from the couch while Mr Hayls watches venom. It’s a weird experience to look up from writing and see venom fight carnage with the only thing I can hear being the upbeat pop from my noise cancelling headphones. 😅

My preorder copy of ‘The Knight & the Moth’ is estimated to arrive Wednesday, and now I’m faced with the age old: can I practice patience for a day or do I give into the chaos gremlin and get it on audio Tuesday? 🤣😅

Okay, this time I caved. 😅

hello, it is me again certain that a freewrite would "fix" me. 😅

The third thing was the pottery piece I spent over three hours meticulously painting to look like a Van Gogh (and with ceramic glaze... not easy!) firing poorly (something where the paint and clay don't behave together) and the ceramic studio said it must be thrown away.

So far, turning 34 has brought me; - two erupting wisdom teeth (surgical consult tomorrow, but I have all four apparently) - a broken driver’s side seatbelt It comes in threes, so what’s next? 🤣😭

When her prototype fails, Cecilia partners with her college rival to further her research into protection charms, but after weeks of blazing chemistry in the lab and the bedroom, she's falling for him—if only her research would ward her traitorous heart. #PosterPit #Agented #OS #A #F #R

While planning museum WIP, I envisioned a fantastical world injected with 90s nostalgia and all the whimsigoth vibes my heart could spawn. While drafting, I keep reaching for big band music and I think it's my subconscious telling me it needs 40s flair instead. 👀

My social media is overtaken by Katniss & Peeta edits and I am not at all mad about this. 🤣

Trying to find the right flowers for this vase has been a struggle, and I’m not happy with this arrangement but I painted this bag end vase months ago and it was beyond time to see it on the shelf. Plus, I had the perfect spot for it. ❤️

Scam "literary agency" Envision Literary Agency is impersonating Penguin Random House with fake publishing offers, via the email below, using the fake email address [email protected] 🧵1/8

Red Dead Redemption X Beauty and the Beast X Hades and Persephone A King In the Garden “The man was back. Standing just at the edge of her garden, staring at the little cabin. Like she always did, Mari ignored him.” #1stlinepit #f #a #wip

EMILY WILDE x BOOK LOVERS "Sometimes, I like to shed my skin and wear the pages of books instead." #1stlinepit #WIP #CozyRomantasy #agented

#1stLinePit After my mother died, the smell of smoke clung to me for days. It was tradition in Doverum to burn the dead. It had been for longer than anyone could remember, stretching back through generations in a never-ending cycle of life and death, flame and ash.🖤 #WIP #YA #RF

I’ve reread my book approximately 4.5 times in 2 weeks. Can I count this toward my yearly reading goal? 😅🤣

Ali Hazelwood + Magic = E&A When your former lab partner, rival, & forever pest offers you a research partnership you can’t refuse AND worms his way into your dog’s heart, you have to find space for him, too. #ChaosPit #agented

When her mortal enemy goes MIA, she sets out to FINISH HIM, only along the way she discovers he looks GOOD shirtless. As she questions her morals and sanity, she uncovers truths about her world that leave her SHOOK. When doing what’s right isn’t good, it’s time to be bad. #ChaosPit #WIP #agented

Made a #pitchcard and soon there will be an #agentsguide for An Ordinary Name, my gothic horror romantasy! Fingers crossed I’ll join the query trenches in a few months 🖤✨ #writingcommunity #writersky

Hi, @haylswrites.bsky.social! I made some custom feeds for #ChaosPit today, if you want to share! #ChaosPit - Most Reposts bsky.app/profile/did:... #ChaosPit - Most Likes bsky.app/profile/did:... #ChaosPit - Support (Pitches that could use some support) bsky.app/profile/did:...

The whole thread has so many great resources for artists!!

Cecilia’s Rivals-to-Lovers Solution: 💖an unnaturally attractive magical engineer 🧪co-researching protective amulets 🍻accidental dinners 🐾a besotted dog 👗a plum dress ✨a magical boost of confidence 👀a lab mishap 💋a rooftop kiss #ChaosPit #cozyromantasy #agented Art by moth.deity!

I would also like to note with #ChaosPit, we do run the event simultaneously on our discord where the limit does not exist and you can share all the memes you’d like! You can find an invite link on our website. ❤️

#ChaosPit Party Question 3 - like before, feel free to quote repost your answer or put it in the comments! #writesky #writingcommunity

#ChaosPit Party Question 2 - like before, feel free to quote repost with your answer or put it in the comments below. #writesky #writingcommunity