I just watched "The Marvels". Gosh. Nothing against the actors and the team involved in the production, but I would have had many, MANY better ideas for how to use the invested $270 millions. #WritingCommunity #FilmSky #Marvel

Some are likeable, some defin. hatable. They're not planned before and develop as the stories unfold. Two examples: The epitome of a womanizer. Flirting with every woman crossing his way, even his son's future LI, who punched him cent. ago in the face for repeatedly cheating on his mom. 1/3 #Pantser

I had a whole day. And made it only to the Falls of Rauros. Is today World "Lets Call Ms Ink And Paper" Day!? *groans* #WritingCommunity #FilmSky #TheLordOfTheRings

Today seems like a good day to watch the Lord of the Rings. The whole trilogy. Extended. 🥳 #WritingCommunity #FilmSky #TheLordOfTheRings

The dough leftovers followed the pies, sprinkled with some rosemary and salt, into the oven. #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter

They're in the oven! 😋 #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter

Okay, one person has been grabbed by the ear. Let's see what happens. 🙄🤦‍♀️ #WritingCommunity #BigBabies

Cross season two coming your way February 11🎉🎉🎉 #Cross #AlexCross #SeasonTwo

Filling? Check. Béchamel Sauce? Check. Rolling out the dough? *groans* #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter

Even though I would still prefer a punching bag, cutting onions with also helps relieve frustration. #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter

If I can't write, then I'll make little chicken pies. *shrugs* #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter

Sometimes when I observe the behaviour of adults, I'd like to grab them by the ears and tell them to finally get along. I haven't reached this age without experiencing for myself how deep some wounds can go, but still... *screams inwardly* #WritingCommunity

Being unable to write, feels like I've locked myself out. With the keys in my pocket. But it's not a front door I stand before, but the gate to the endless realms created by my imagination. And there isn't *even* a doorstep I could sit on while waiting. 😅 #WritingCommunity #WaitingToBeLetIn

Squinting as you look out of the window because of the bright light and remembering in some corner of your mind that there is such a thing as spring... #WritingCommunity #SpringIsComing #BackToTheLight

ICYDK, publishing is in a decline. Many authors who have had dependable contracts in the past are now scrambling to make ends meet and seeing lower advances and fewer sales than ever. If you see lots of book publicity posts, it's because we're scared and trying to keep our jobs during The Horrors.

It will be a very short night, but I can‘t leave without posting this link. I never get tired of this wonderful piece of music. Enjoy! #WritingCommunity #MusicSky #HarryGregsonWilliams #PrinceOfPersia #JakeGyllenhaal #GemmaArterton

Helen Mirren is a Queen. Period. #WritingCommunity #FilmSky #Shazam #FuryOfTheGods

It's my birthday, so I'm gonna ask a birthday related question! If birthdays celebrated by your characters, do they have special traditions for the occasion? #WritingCommunity #WritingQ

Hi friends! Here’s your periodic reminder to reach out with any medical questions for your projects. No charge. For serious, I’m just here to improve the medical accuracy in fiction. What you write matters! #writing #scriptsky #booksky #scriptskyuk #gamedev #filmsky

Our library should add one or two bonus weeks for reading really big books. The whole Lord of the Rings (2,174 pages) in three weeks? Even though I'm a fast reader, who do they think I am? The roadrunner under the readers? 🤨 #WritingCommunity #BookSky #BigBooks

What a shame that Shazam 3 wasn't made. These films are so much fun to watch. Is there any chance for the future, @ponysmasher.social? #WritingCommunity #FilmSky #Shazam #ZacharyLevi

Please enjoy me laughing like a maniac while my cat attacks the tie to my bathrobe from the other side of the bathroom door.

#Writing requires many things (most of these skills are learnable parts of this craft), but for me, the most important one is hope. It‘s incredibly hard to create worlds and stories, when the real world‘s literally on fire, because these cruelties kill something in creatives. #WishForWorldPeace

Alex Heffes is such a genius. I really like his scores for wildlife documentaries! #WritingCommunity #MusicSky #AlexHeffes

I'm looking for new music, play some tracks while scrolling through my Bluesky feed and forget about them. Suddenly, dramatic scenes with my protagonist appear before my mind's eye. What the... ? May I introduce you to the autopilot of my imagination? 🙄 (At least it don't leads to plane crashes.)

I can't really put into words how strange it feels to hear fragments of melodies in your tired mind and not know whether you're remembering someone else's music or if your brain composed it–sometime, incidentally–itself. #WritingCommunity #MusicSky

Ha, I did it! I replaced the CMOS battery in my laptop myself for the first time! Steps: -Sending prayers to all deities out there (thanks to the horror stories on the web). -Touching the radiator for grounding (several times, also thanks to the horror stories). 1/4 #WritingCommunity

Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch! www.ashparrish.com

So yesterday, I got an email that my job has been eliminated. handled by AI now. I don't know what to do, so I've set up a ko-fi page. I'm offering ghostwriting services but also accepting tips. I have a number of bills coming due and I'm at a loss. Please repost if you know anyone interested!

Me, on Friday after cooking and tasting a tagine: Hmm, next time I need to use more spices. 🤨 Me, tasting the tagine on Saturday again: Maybe there are enough spices in it after all. 🥵 #WritingCommunity #CookingWriter

This is my favorite track from the music score by Alex Heffes, which reminds me partially of the "The Chronicles of Narnia" soundtrack from 2005 by Harry Gregson-Williams. #WritingCommunity #MusicSky #AlexHeffes #ArtByHumans

I recently watched the BBC documentary "Earth: One Amazing Day" and immediately fell in love with the White-booted Racket-tail hummingbirds. Look at the white feathers on their legs, which to me look more like cute, fluffy harem pants than boots. 🥰 (Source Wikimedia/Lip Kee) #WritingCommunity #Birds

Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.

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This is for those in need of a #break. Close your eyes and imagine you are in a forest. Dusk is already falling. Can you smell the scent of evergreen trees? Hear sleepy birds chirping? And the soft, bright sound of a silver flute? Follow it. Go ahead, don't be afraid. 1/3 #WritingCommunity

In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder: The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.

"But others also do xy!" I can't remember how often I heard that. *sighs* Something doesn't become okay, just because others do it. Do what's right. Because this world needs decent people. None of us is born good or evil. Being good, is a decision you make everyday again. #WritingCommunity

Ha! Found it! 😄 #WritingCommunity

How is it possible to misplace something again, that I literally found a few minutes before? How?! 😳 #WritingCommunity

Oh boy! It took me only 162 days, before I made it #BackToTheKeyboard. This special moment deserves special music. Quick! Saddle the horses, draw your swords, because we're going into a battle! #WritingCommunity #MusicSky #ReallySlowMotion #GiantApes

"You're talking like a book." Yeah, I'm an author and skilled rhetorician (Hey, telling stories is my calling! What else do you expect from me?!) but... still not sure if it was meant as a compliment or an insult. 🤣 #WritingCommunity #IDon'tKnowEither

It was, as always, a pleasure to watch the broadcast of the New Year's Concert at the Teatro La Fenice. Grazie mille. #WritingCommunity #MusicSky #Opera #Venice #Italy

Okay. *stretches the back* My workplace is as clean as before and... *cough* four strudel in the oven (three of them are filled with apples and cinnamon, one with soft curd cheese). Anyone hungry? 😄 #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter #Strudel #FeedingOfTheFiveThousand

I'm watching Kingdom of Heaven, calmly cut apples for apple strudel (some pieces don't make it into the bowl) and think it's a good way to spend the first day of the new year. 😊 #WritingCommunity #BakingWriter #Calm #NewYear

Tonight's wax pouring revealed an elephant with psychedelic ears, four mushrooms, and the little sister of the Spirit of Ecstasy. Now I don't know whether to fear 2026 or look forward to it. 😅 Happy New Year to you all! 🍀 #WritingCommunity #Hope #Peace

The ghosts of Christmas, on Christmas Eve: -Past -Present -Future The ghosts of Christmas, after Christmas Eve: -Feeling of fullness -Heartburn -Tight waistband 😄 #WritingCommunity #Christmas #Dickens

I've made it until today without being Wham!ed (don't you dare!). Anyway, here's my contribution to Christmas songs. Enjoy! Chris Pine obviously had a lot of fun recording this song. #WritingCommunity #Christmas #Spider-Man #IntoTheSpider-Verse

O-kaaay. First the potato demons, now a loudly meowing cat (not something you hear very often in this area) ... should I prepare myself for the ghosts of Christmas? 😬 #WritingCommunity #Christmas #NotScrooge

Tonight's dinner: Grilled chicken with caramelized Parisian carrots, roasted rosemary potatoes and tomatoes, homemade ginger-honey-mint water and for dessert a mini chocolate soufflé. 😋 #WritingCommunity #Christmas #CookingWriter #Yum