We've released a major version update for Manuscript.Ink this week, adding new ways to manage feedback with views and expanding ways to keep track of reader groups with your AuthoDex. Check it out at manuscript.ink! #writesky #writingcommunity

Writing an argument between siblings. Older sister then activates the magic Star Trek thing out of spite ... because siblings #writing #writingcommunity

Without downloading new pics, where are you mentally?

Feeling self-conscious about being picky with writing apps or materials? James Joyce wrote most of the infamous “Finnegans Wake” using pieces of crayon and cardboard. Use what works for you and keeps ideas flowing! #writesky #writingcommunity

Our general submission window is now open! We want stories and poetry with a strong voice and a sense of adventure, stuff that makes us feel things, stuff that lets us use our hearts and our brains and leaves us wanting more! For our full guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

Thinking about how we all sometimes get stuck on what to put into our stories: #writesky #writingcommunity

The Never Ending Story. ARTAX!!!! 😭

On working with your Beta-Readers: If a beta note makes you defensive, consider noting exactly why before you dismiss it. Sometimes what that reaction is protecting is worth protecting, and sometimes it's what needs to change. It's always good to know which. #writesky #writingcommunity

Sigh. I opened this app today and the world is still on fire.

This is the point at which you strike and shut down the school until they back off. It doesn’t matter that you’re vulnerable, that they can fire you. This is where you have to draw the line or there is no university left.

We built a feedback management tool, because we got tired of juggling a scatter of cloud docs for readers and chasing down notes left in a doc someone emailed three weeks ago. Control who sees your work, what engagement you need, and how you handle what comes back. #writesky #writingcommunity

Check it out manuscript.ink

Sometimes gotten some harsh feedback? William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies' was once rejected with a note calling it "an absurd and uninteresting fantasy which was rubbish and dull." It later went on to sell over 10 million copies. Don't let it get you down! #writesky #writingcommunity

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

The New York Times has a complicated relationship with telling the truth about the powerful, especially 45/47.

You could fit all 94 people in that court house

“God helps those who help themselves”

The new Maul show could have been “Teenage Mutant Jedi Turtles”

There's no greater sign of the iron grip that "both sides" framing has on American journalists than the repeated descriptions of the unhinged tantrum Trump is throwing over the pope's anodyne statements on Catholic doctrine as a "feud" or a "fight" or anything else that implies they're both to blame

Me: I actually hate my neighbor AI Jesus: You're so right! I never thought about it that way. They're the worst

Thinking about how those starting out sometimes get stuck trying to make our first draft our best draft: "Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good." -- William Faulkner #writesky #writingcommunity

Obama's former minister once said "God Damn America" and we never heard the end of it.

Thanks for hosting. Check out my blog cfreak.dev which includes train related content. #SFFChat

Probably about trains since that’s my other nerdy interest. I did a bunch of train related research for one WIP and ended up cutting that part #SFFChat

Somehow I missed question 2. Aside from fringe science stuff I like to read about small towns I picked for certain events. One is Russell, Kansas. I was going to visit this summer but it didn’t work out. (Sorry to anyone from Russell, I destroyed it in the book) #SFFChat

I lose myself in fiction worlds where things work differently than our own. Crime dramas being able to infinity enhance a grainy image are campy but I don’t hate them. I’ll go with the previously mentioned Alistar McClain who knew a lot about war. (Probably through personal experience) #SFFChat

Oh I’m 100% a pantser. I search out info on things as my characters stumble into them. I wouldn’t say a ton of research. I write sci-fi so I read scientific literature and try to ground my fiction in some amount of realism but it’s not the most important thing. #SFFChat

Not that Chris Brown here. My favorite library was the year I was in a boarding school in Kenya, early 90s. I had a whole period each day of “study hall” where I wrote my first “novel” (as good as any 13yo can) and sought out Alistar McClain novels. He’s kind of like nonfiction, right? 😉 #SFFChat

On working with your Beta-Readers: Consider asking them - if you were recommending this story to someone, how would you describe what it's about? Not the plot. What it's about. It's always good to know if your themes are coming through as clearly as your details. #writesky #writingcommunity

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Worried your story might be taking a little long to get onto the page? Bram Stoker took over seven years to research and write his now-famous tale about the vampire Dracula. Keep at it, but your tale isn’t any lesser for taking the time it needs. #writesky #writingcommunity

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Happy #TransDayOfVisibility 💜 I’m Kara, a trans woman author. I love games, anime, and sci-fi, + I’m the creator of the queer Portland magical girl team Magica Riot. I’ve been out since 2019. Despite the state of the world, it’s the best thing I ever did. Support me & buy my books! magicariot.com

Want to read sapphic godpunk? Punk rocker Giulia crosses paths with a literal goddess back stage and whoops, the new fling's ex wants to OD the world on old magic and double whoops, turns out Giulia has some new magic powers too. Full blurb and shopping links ⤵️ katelynforrest.com/once-upon-a-...

It's Trans Day of Visibility and the final day of the Trans Rights Readathon. Why not grab one of these books to celebrate: books.bookfunnel.com/transrightsr...

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Trans Day of Visibility. I’m trans. I’m a writer. I write queer fantasy about a trans woman escaping a theocracy while reality fractures around her. We deserve stories where we survive. 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfVisibility #TransAuthor #TransWriters #QueerBooks #QueerFantasy #IndieAuthor

HEY book readers and people who COULD be book readers soon! I'm a trans author of SFF & horror. My queer horror comedy about a cryptid-hunting YouTuber is #free today for the #transrightsreadathon & #tdov ( #transdayofvisibility ). You can find it at the links below! #transhorror #transbooks

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Cover reveal & crowdfunding announcement! I have written another book. Project Tasman is a sapphic dystopian book about a woman in a psychological experiment. I'm so excited to share this beautiful cover from @bmwillows.bsky.social Follow the BackerKit below, pls www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

So I woke up to a surprising number of sales for my books this morning because of this thread. Which. Thank you. Genuinely. But also. Trans authors. SHARE YOUR BOOKS. Please.

If a cozy fantasy about a trans dragon with her lesbian polycule sounds like your thing, then please check out Dragon's Soul! A story of transformation, acceptance, and belonging. www.tfpublishing.com.au/store/dragon... www.amazon.com/dp/B0F9PBM56T

My autoimmune disease is progressive and terminal; it will make me blind, paralyze me completely, end my life. I have to constantly battle back against it, and I've been doing the bare minimum for years because of cost. I need more, and I need help. Every single cent helps. ko-fi.com/cknightwrites

It's Trans Day of Visibility, but a shout out to the invisible trans people - the ones who haven't realised, the ones who haven't shared it, and, sadly, the ones for whom it's just too dangerous to be yourself in public. I might not see you, but I know you're out there.

Not quite here yet, but happy #transdayofvisibility!

Thank you for doing this! I'm a transmasc butch SFF author, currently working on a queer Gothic gaslamp fantasy web serial which you can read over on my site ( saranadosfiction.com/2023/12/11/a... ) or pick up in ebook form on itch ( finn-mclellan.itch.io )

Trans author here with a trans MC. I write and record a collection of short stories about a young girl learning how to be a knight from her adoptive father (a trans man) in a post-apocalyptic Wales. They're called Raven & Bear. Youtube: youtu.be/lnX47yuoRgo Wattpad: www.wattpad.com/user/TheBram...

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