It’s odd how I can simultaneously know the voices in my head aren’t real while also deeply empathizing with them, spilling tens of thousands of words out in their name.

I know we’re not supposed to get feedback until the draft is done, but I’m reaching way outside of my comfort zone on this one and would appreciate a gut check! It’s shaping up to be a corpo/psych thriller, only 5 chapters so far. DM if interested. Can share content warnings if needed.

From an interlude of Signal. Something a little darker, a little more psychological than I thought I had in me. Simon's POV begged to be told in present-tense, which has been a fun exercise! #WIPWednesday #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

From an inspiration-fueled piece of flash fiction, The Songs of Our Mothers: medium.com/@mwhittaker0... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

Everyone knows Sunflower, the quiet master of the forge who repairs their broken tools. Few know her as the armorer who supplied Turquoise's Rebellion. None know her story, the for behind the pain she has carried for a century. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WIPSnips

I presented from behind a podium today. As a hand talker, that poor microphone took quite the beating.

This story is getting difficult. Chapter 4 took almost two weeks, trying to pack a pendulum of emotion into it. I’m barely getting to know the MC but I’m already worried about how bad he’s going to hurt by the end of this.

Drakes are 0-2 in Super Bowls.

Nothing says “peaked in high school” like calling yourself “Kid” into your 50s. Even Bow Wow knew when it was time for change.

Real disappointed in Green Day. They had the platform. They had the captive audience. The opportunity was right there. And they still didn’t announce Half-Life 3.

They’ve replaced dog whistles with megaphones and telling us we’re hearing things.

My MC’s sister swears a lot. It’s weird to write because I don’t, but I’m not here to tell Becca who she is. It started as a kid, when the swear jar money was going to be used for Disneyland funds. Now, she struggles to get her four-year-old to stop using “Mommy words.”

All of the madness has inspired me to learn to play angstier songs. After the 20-something-th run of Killing in the Name Of, a story stopped by to smack me in the face. This is that story, as it begged to be told, with a bonus deep cut Utah joke for good measure! #writeSky #writingCommunity

The quality of Ted Lasso has a kind of inverse relationship to the quality of *waves at everything* So yeah. Maybe Ted Lasso doesn’t need a season 4, but the world does.

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

Prior to moving to Wisconsin, I experienced exactly one day in the single digits. Just one. But the plus side is that 20 degrees feels downright balmy. Still prefer this to triple digits in the desert though!

Friends have fallen. Hope dwindles. All that remains is a final push to claim their future. #WIPSnips

My beta reader has been commenting using a character’s sort-of catchphrase. I think that means they’re getting into it? They’re a couple chapters from the big twist. That’s the make or break point so I might just hide from the internet this week. #writeSky #writingCommunity

After 3 weeks of heartbreak and terror, it feels important to do something... So, I'm happy to announce that with the leadership of Jane Hadley (proud Minnesotan, indie romance author, historian & friend), and in collaboration with author Andie James, I'm helping organize Romance For Minnesota, 1/2

Feedback on the opening of my WIP compared it to a Phillip K. Dick story. And whether they meant it this way or not, I’m taking that as a compliment and never letting it go.

I’m going to treat reading like running. For now, it’s about finishing that marathon. Every race is a chance to improve my form and get a better time. The next race is about memory. “Severance” meets “They Live” and it’s already asking me to step out of my comfort zone. #writingCommunity #writeSky

My coworkers are trying way too hard to make important decisions at 4pm on a Friday before a three day weekend.

Trying to catch a Voltorb feels like hitting a mfer with another mfer

I'm juggling three stories in my head right now. I still don't know which one to go with, so I've decided to just start writing and see which one sticks. The Signal is giving me "Severance meets They Live" vibes, which can a trippy kind of fun!

From the opening scene of The Reclaimed. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity

“Homeland Security refused to release more information, unless the tribe “entered into an immigration agreement with ICE.”” They are literally holding these people hostage.

“They’re not Secret Police, they’re Unidentified Federal Officers.”

Imagine wearing desert camo in the snow.

“The Good Place” is basically just “Lost”, but with a boat load of heart and better at pretty much everything.

I miss a lot about PDX. Rain, trees that stay green in the winter, more good food than you’ll ever get to eat - but not the 10-ish pounds I left there due to lack of said good food. Jax, on the other hand, *loves* the Wisconsin winter.

Red survived the fight, but the cost was high. With no hope for repair or a recharge, he finds peace through memories captured in art. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

I received a request for the full manuscript and now all the sudden a billion things obviously need to be changed. Here we go I guess! #writingCommunity #amQuerying

Central Office's command was law, enforced by the soulless Reclaimers. Until now, no one dared to fight back. But Red hadn't been given a choice. From The Reclaimed, chapter 9: Spares #WIPSnips #writingCommunity

How do folks find beta readers? Are there online reading/writing groups? Do you invite close friends? #WritingCommunity

Even after being cast into metal and having no memory of their human lives, the RAILs still seek expression. They still have stories to tell. And they still fight. #WIPSnips #writingCommunity

I don’t know why but query rejections sting a lot more this time around. #writingCommunity #amQuerying

I'm thinking of the next project. There's the one where the CEOs are ghouls who force return-to-office so they can leech our souls, or the one where the media uses frequencies to make us forget the news as they report it. Then there's this, The Last Scrollkeeper. #writingCommunity

Nobody *wants* to have their consciousness stuffed into a robot. The company says they're all criminals - but what crime would lead to this? #WIPSnips #writingCommunity #amQuerying

They sure do want us to be distracted this week.

Red learns why being a Shiny is special, and what survival costs in this new life. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #amQuerying

I’d love to find an agent with “robots as a stand-in for Workers’ Rights” on their MSWL. #amQuerying

Following my kiddo’s advice, I’m rewriting a character’s arc. I shouldn’t be allowed to do this. I’m reaching back and changing history, completely altering everything that makes someone who they are. It’s too much power for any person to hold over another. #WritingCommunity

Are we still doing that thing where people get fired for condoning political violence?

My 14 year old, otherwise known as the best beta reader ever, insists my first book is my better effort and offered advice to fix it. I’d given up on it, but he thinks if I rewrite one POV to include more action that it solves a lot of issues. He’s been pretty spot on so far. #WritingCommunity

They've reached their destination, only to find they weren't the first. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Sunflower kept to her forge, hiding from the connections that ended with pain. And yet budding hope pulls her forward, past her memories and trauma, toward a future worth protecting. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Who we want to be is not always who we are. #WIPSnips #AmQuerying

The good news: EKG is clean, I just need to take it easy for a few days. The bad news: I’ve reached the stage in life where all the doctors are too young

I think I experienced actual shock from pain this morning. Was absolutely dripping sweat, nearly threw up, got incredibly lightheaded and then blacked out. Glad my wife was already there so I sort of just slumped into her but it was something else. -5/10 would not recommend

My 14 year old says this book is a lot better than my first. Is there a way this kid could be my agent? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #AmQuerying