I just submitted my flash fiction to The Masters Review's Flash Challenge! Join me - subs are open until Nov 23: mastersreview.com/submissions/ #shortstory #amwriting #amsubmitting #writers

I just submitted my short fiction to @newenglandreview.bsky.social! Join me—subs are open until Nov 1 for fiction, poetry, nonfiction, dramatic writing, and translation, but may close early if they reach their cap: nereview.com/ner-submissi...

If you're looking for beta readers, The Shit No one Tells You About Writing podcast has opened their August submissions for their Beta Reader Match Up! Find out more: www.biancamarais.com/beta-reader-...

For those of you who are trad published, how many books did you write until you got to "the one" that was picked up? And if it was your first book, how many drafts did that take? #amwriting #writingcommunity

I was thrilled to learn today that my dear friend & writing mentor @HodesTamar has been longlisted for the 2025 Comedy Women in Print Prize! So well deserved, Tamar!

Book shopping today! I've been taking @cece_lyra_agent's fab course Writing Emotions & Relationships and she's mentioned so many books for my TBR list, including YELLOWFACE by @kuangrf & BLUE SISTERS by Coco Mellors. Can't wait to start reading! #amreading

Novelists, what are the most major changes you've had to incorporate during revision? I'm staring down adding a red herring and a new character to my WIP. 🙄 #amwriting #amrevising

I just submitted my flash fiction to @SmokeLong—join me! Free subs close tomorrow (June 30th) for short fiction up to 1,000 words: smokelong.submittable.com/Submit #amwriting #amsubmitting #shortstory

A little bit of ✨news✨ I'm a finalist in the Maggie Awards! NOT READY TO MAKE NICE is the book of my heart, & I'm so stoked to see her get some love from industry professionals & stand next to other incredible books ❤️ #writingcommunity #booksky @charmstrong.bsky.social

I just submitted my short fiction to @electricliterature.com! Join me—subs for short stories are open until July 6, or until their cap is reached! electricliterature.submittable.com/submit #amwriting #amsubmitting

Novelists, what would you do? When I wrap up this WIP & start querying I could either work on book 2 in the planned series (a bit of a gamble—what if no one wants book 1?) or start work on one of my other book ideas (building characters + world from scratch). #amwriting #writingcommunity

Super excited to start beta reading a high heist fantasy written by @myleejmiller.bsky.social today! Who else is currently beta reading for another writer? 🧐📚 #SFF #amreading #writingcommunity

Back in Winchester yesterday—walked past the cathedral & looked up at the limestone crags imagining the haunting Aisling Cathedral in transporting gothic romantasy THE KNIGHT AND THE MOTH. Alas I did not come across any talking stone gargoyles. 🤣#amreading #books #SFF #fantasy

Happy Tuesday! How are all your WIPs coming along? I'm in the endless revising spiral. 😵‍💫 #amwriting #writingcommunity

I had to share this free class from Derek Santos Olson & @MSWLMA—it's a total goldmine of all things stakes. If you want your reader to care about your protag, you should watch it! www.crowdcast.io/c/your-emoti... #amwriting #writingcommunity

Let's talk about revising your first chapter. We all know how important the opening is. Do you salvage much from your earlier drafts? Or do you find your first chapter is stronger if you write it again from scratch? #amwriting #WritingCommunity

When you're doubting you'll ever be successful as a writer, and your 5-year-old says: "If you're a writer, it means you need to have a lot of hope. Hope so that the publisher publishes your book." 😲😲😲 So here's to hope, writer friends! #WritingCommunity #amwriting

I just submitted my short fiction to @narrativemag.bsky.social's 2025 NARRATIVE PRIZE! Are you an emerging writer?Join me! Deadline for short stories, novel excerpts, poems, graphic stories, & lit nonfiction is June 15: www.narrativemagazine.com/great-storie... #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Fantasy writers, do you write the novel as the story needs to be written, regardless of length, or do you try to keep it under 100k to maximise interest from agents? Asking as a debut author. Obvs it's different if you're Sarah J Mass or George R R Martin. 😅 #SFF #amwriting #writingcommunity

I am beyond excited to share Inkfish Mag's eco & nature writing edition which features my flash fiction THE LAST TWO! A big thank you to the editors for including my first published fiction.🥳 inkfishmag.com/the-last-two/ #shortstory #WritingCommmunity #amwriting

To the writer revising in circles and wondering if this WIP will ever be finished—you'll get there. #amwriting #writerscommunity #writinglife

Today I'm in Winchester reading science fantasy romp #GideontheNinth. The gothic architecture here is really vibing w/ the dark necromancy world-building of this book. Also, dirty-magazine-reading female protag Gideon makes me snort with laughter about every 4 pages. #SFF #books

Reminding myself to celebrate every win. You guys, draft 3 of my WIP is messy at 95,193k words, but DONE!! 🎉Grateful to everyone on here who's given me tips to get to this point. Pretending for the rest of the day that there isn't a mountain of revision to do. 🤪 #amwriting

Writers, let's talk vicarious suspense (where the reader knows something the protag doesn't). How many chapters do you think you can sustain this before it's ineffective? For e.g. the reader gets frustrated or thinks the protag is stupid for not figuring something out. #amwriting #writingcommunity

I'm trying to get into the instagram writing community and would love to follow you there too! Please share your handles with me so I can follow and uplift you on both platforms—thanks! #WritingCommunity #writerslift

Is it just me, or does your writing come out worse when you're sick? It's making me super depressed today. 🤒 #amwriting #writingcommunity

What are your favourite traits in a protagonist? Positive or negative. #amwriting #writingcommunity #books

Novel writers, when writing a trilogy or duology (as opposed to a series of standalones), do you create a new theme in each book to anchor your protag's arc to? Or stick with book one's theme? #amwriting #WritingCommunity #WritingChat #books

Which character is your favourite in your WIP and why? Would you like to hang out with them, or ring their neck?! (Sometimes my favourites are the shady ones!) #amwriting #WritingCommunity #fiction #authors

I'm off on a family vacation tomorrow—and this will be me sneaking off to write when I think they're not looking. 🤫 #amwriting #WritingCommunity #WritingObsession

When you're not writing, what hobbies do you find help your creativity/output? I find gardening & cycling are both great for putting me in that mind state where ideas come. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Happy Tuesday! I'm at 78,000 of a planned 90k in the third draft of my WIP. How is your progress going? Sending good writing vibes! #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Sit on your pile of napkins! Alise Morales nails all the tropes in "The Lead In Every Romantasy Book" 🌶️🌶️🌶️: youtu.be/ejklu1OvWFs?... #romance #books #amreading #fantasy

Novel writers, your opinions please! Should I revise as I write? I have a number of changes in my WIP which are rippling backwards into previous chapters—should I revise those chapters now, or keep working forwards first? #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Writers, what resource has helped you most for learning to write a great query letter? I'm currently bingeing The Shit No One Tells You About Writing podcast and I'm looking for recs of books, youtube channels, websites etc. Thanks! #amquerying

Writers, I woke up this AM knowing I'd be drafting the All is Lost/Disaster plot point of my novel & I had serious adrenaline! I didn't realise writing a story could illicit the same emotions as reading one. Has this happened to you? #amwriting #writingcommunity

Novelists, which nonfiction books about writing craft have you found most useful to guide you? I'm getting a lot out of Lisa Cron's "Story Genius" right now & would love more recs. #amwriting

Really enjoying Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias - it's scriptwriting focused but applies to prose too. Do you consciously think of creating that WOW feeling on as many pages of your novel as possible? #amwriting #WritingCommunity

I just submitted my short fiction to The Baltimore Review! Join me - general subs for poetry, fiction & creative nonfiction are open until May 31: baltimorereview.org/submit #writingcommunity #amsubmitting #amwriting

Writing community, do you read other people's books while you're working on something, or do you worry it will influence your ideas or change your voice too much? #amwriting

When you think up an awesome plot point you *must* include and then realise it messes up everything else in your novel 💔 #writingcommunity #amwriting #plotting

I just submitted to @inkfishmagazine.bsky.social! Join me - they are open for nature & eco-writing in poetry & prose until May 15! inkfishmag.com/submit/ #writingcommunity #amwriting #amsubmitting

Phew, just submitted my short fiction to The London Magazine! Aim high, right? Join me - subs are open until May 31 in nonfiction, short fiction & poetry: thelondonmagazine.org/submission-g... #amsubmitting #amwriting

Fun word facts for your Thursday! The plural of nieces and nephews is niblings, the plural of sphinx is sphinges, and the singular form of spaghetti is spaghetto. I commit to referring to each spaghetto next time I make pasta. #language #words

Okay, my writing stats for April! ⭐ Conceived, drafted & completed 5 short stories ⭐ Submitted short stories to 12 magazines ⭐ Received 3 submission declines 🥳 (each decline is a step closer to acceptance, right?!) ⭐ Wrote 23,399 words of the third draft of my novel. Phew! #amwriting #amsubmitting

Fab roundup of the UK's short story scene from @saltpublishing.com, including recommended journals, competitions, indie publishers & more: www.saltpublishing.com/blogs/magazi... #amwriting #shortfiction #amsubmitting

Does spending time thinking up answers to imaginary interviews about your novel count as working on it? 🤔 #amwriting #WritingCommunity

Always love me some Hafiz. ♥️ #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth

Just attended my first writing group in 20 years. It was so helpful to be among others with stories swirling around their heads. I definitely recommend if you're feeling isolated—get vulnerable, find a writing community, & in the right group your words will be held & supported. #amwriting

I'm a big fan of foreign signs as found poetry. I came across this one in Japan in 2018. You've got to love a culture where instructional signs are basically haiku. #poem #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity