Member profile time - this week with added magical cats and a bunch of IRL chickens.

I think I might take a break from marketing. The pressure I'm putting on myself to sell books is killing writing for me. I'm not happy with anything I'm producing (writing and cover designs) because I'm worried about it not selling. Weirdly though I still want to try in-person selling. I think I

This year marks 25 years since Fellowship of the Ring came out?? *turns to dust*

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When a character promises something to another character but they won't be able to keep it because you're a cruel author 😭 #AmWriting #WriteSky

Ew. TikTok are really pushing AI tools to sellers. They've just added generating AI audio based on your own voice. I haven't managed to sell there but others seem to have great success, so I feel like I need to stay. Le sigh.

Also, enjoy this silly video.

I’m arguing with TikTok over them muting audio on a video that’s from Canva and therefore I have a licence to use. I don’t really care about the video. But support have been going in circles clearly not reading my messages well enough to understand. They now want me to claim copyright on the track.

My memory is seriously awful at the moment :( Sorry if I've said I'll do something for you and forgot. I really don't mean to forget!

Only 2 days left to get this bundle!! 💙📚🪐 #IndieAuthors #IndieBooks #BookDeal

How do you prefer to read meowed spelt in books? Meowed or miaowed? #BookSky

The day Ada enacts her revenge on the man who ruined her life, she makes everything worse. A jeweller-turned-thief, she’s familiar with most gems, but the ones she finds in Tamir Alzahar’s house are different. There’s a river of magic inside, and in her untrained hands it proves deadly. 💙📚🪐

Due to early beta reader feedback on Echoes of Chaos, I’m pretty sure I’m going to make a cat a main side character rather than have him be left behind after the inciting incident. Imagine a Labrador sized bengal. That’s Nettle. #BookSky #WriteSky

The day Ada enacts her revenge on the man who ruined her life, she makes everything worse. A jeweller-turned-thief, she’s familiar with most gems, but the ones she finds in Tamir Alzahar’s house are different. There’s a river of magic inside, and in her untrained hands it proves deadly. 💙📚🪐

Don't forget @publisherswkly.bsky.social have embraced genAI. Show them you don't want it but unsubscribing from all their emails (I thought I'd got them all but just got another)

. @discord.com have closed the survey. I thought it was meant to be open longer which I guess means: a) they realise we hate genAI and won’t add it b) they didn’t want people to actually know about the survey so they could pretend people do want genAI and are pissed it got shared. I’m thinking B.

When writers don’t want to repeat words but also don’t want to rephrase the sentence. #SkyWriters #WriteSky

This takes five minutes, is weirdly cathartic and provides you with a wide variety of ways to say 'I do not want this dog shit grey goo generating technology fucking up my user experience and I'm frankly amazed that you all think hammering yourselves in the groin is the move here.'

This is quick! Be sure to use the "other" box to expand on your anger

If you use Discord and you don't want this, it's a really quick form and is worthwhile filling out. I'm also going to be searching for alternatives just in case - companies are infamous for *not listening*.

The reason auto detection of copyright is stupid: I bloody have the licence for it, TikTok you twats. 😩

Me: I want to write all these books set in the same world! Better get to it. Brain: Here's the start of a new story that'll probably be novel length that you can't set in your existing world because of established magic rules. It'll hook you into writing it because it's a redemption arc. 🥲

That was a bit like my Steam multiplayer settings: no, no, never, none, no, God no, never, fuck off, leave me alone, no.

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Tell them we FREAKING HATE IT.

Discord is doing a public consultation about whether or not to include genAI. Go tell them we don’t want it!!! discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #BookSky #SkyWriters #WritingCommunity

Feeling sorry for myself after a school run mobility scooting in icy rain, so I asked husband for a hot water bottle. He also made hot chocolate for the kids 😍 (I don't like it)

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When life gets in the way of writing 😩 #BookSky #SkyWriters

I’m really struggling to expand my social media reach beyond authors. Don’t get me wrong, I love you all (unless you use genAI), but there’s only so many books authors can afford to buy.

Almost used "subpar" in a fantasy book 😬 First known use 1922.

When you casually volunteer for something then immediately panic because your health/poor focus makes you so damn flaky. I just want to be able to be helpful without letting people down.

Added two tasks to my todo list and reviewed the list. Folks, they were already on there. #Fail

I love toblerone. I always have. Except I haven’t had chocolate in months because of my gallbladder. I just had some toblerone and… I don’t think I want to eat chocolate anymore. It hurt my mouth and gave me heartburn and didn’t seem to hit like it used to. So, chocolate was just an addiction?

This writing call theme. *chefs kiss* Basically do a written equivalent of those traumatising 90s safety PSAs. #BookSky #SkyWriters #WritingCommunity dancinggriffinpress.com/blogs/news/s...

Check out this interview with my friend about her picture book! I've been lucky enough to read it pre-launch and it's just beautiful - art and story. It's designed to introduce kids to the concept of how depression can affect parents, using the metaphor of a dark cloud that won't go away. #BookSky

I just rambled about my book and book plans for 1h30 on TikTok live. I really don't think I'm going to get sales this way 😂 I'm fairly sure my book is good, reviewers seem to like it, but I'm just so bad at marketing it. Echoes of Chaos will be easier. "FMC who can commune with

#Critterary Please enjoy some ELEMENTAL DOGS I have a list of over a dozen elemental dogs that exist in my world, but here's some artwork I have of four:

Ooo found a fancy book mockup tool via @bookspotlight.bsky.social's discord. It does charge for some stuff but not this. Not an ad, I just don't gatekeep. printededges.com #SkyWriters #IndieAuthors

I wonder how much extra resources it costs companies when authors obsessively refresh their dashboards. Totally not wondering this because I feel bad about doing it...

Wow. First time I've written a short story in a while, and I did it in one sitting. Exactly 1k words. It's set in the future, post-utopia. I'm going to add links to the real tech stuff I reference, eg brain computers. Should I try to sell it or post on my blog? After editing of course. #SkyWriters

The number of authors I've seen dox their customers on livestreams is INTOLERABLE. UK/EU folks selling books direct need to be keyed up on GDPR rules. LIKE NOT SHARING PERSONAL DETAILS. Stop showing your shipping labels and customer info postits. JUST STOP. #IndieAuthors

Oh crap. The "Past/Present/Future" track from Andor season 2 just came up on my writing playlist. 😭😭😭 It's from the end of the last episode.

Today, I'm adding a new scene to my rewrite of Shards of Truth (Elements of the Fallen book 2). It's needed because I've altered timelines a bit. Gives me a chance to introduce a minor character a bit better, who 💙📚🪐 #SkyWriters

It takes time for digestion to adjust after gallbladder removal and I'm NOT enjoying it. Nausea is the least bad part. (Don't look it up. Just know it's going to take a while for me to get back to normal.) I'll be happier if it makes me lose weight though!! I've been writing a bit today but v cold!

One week post op and the snow dragged me outside. Ok maybe not dragged. I was quite excited! We’re very lucky to have nice fields near the house. #snow

The snow actually settled here!!

If you love indie book bundles, here's one with 27 books for just $15! My debut fantasy novel Reborn in Ash is in it.😁 itch.io/b/3455/the-b... #BookSky #IndieAuthors #BookBundle

Congrats to everyone who got selected for SPFBO XI! And good luck!