Today, I'm off on my honeymoon cruise. This should power me to do more writing.

Writing Tip: Don't be afraid to "kill your darlings." If a line, scene, or character you love isn't serving the plot or pace, cut it. Save it in a "spare parts" document. The story always comes first. Your writing will be stronger for it. #WritingTip #WritingCommunity #booksky

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Whst I love about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is how it proved sci-fi could be deeply, absurdly funny. It used glorious tangents not as distractions, but as the point. It tackles the biggest question—the meaning of life—and shows the quest itself is beautifully, hilariously pointless.

Whst I love about The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is how it proved sci-fi could be deeply, absurdly funny. It used glorious tangents not as distractions, but as the point. It tackles the biggest question—the meaning of life—and shows the quest itself is beautifully, hilariously pointless.

After time, bitterness can dissolve away your heart's capacity to dream, like poison. #booksky #poetry #micropoetry #books

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I will never get over how Terry Pratchett used satire not just to be clever, but to build a world where the most silly, moving stories are just about people—goblins, witches, coppers, all—trying to do their best. It’s the most human thing there is. #Discworld #booksky

I got an early start in spooky season reading with vampires this month. #silviamorenogarcia #anthonybourdain #stephaniemeyer #bujold #rfkuang #TheTaintedCup #booksky

I retired from my corporate job 5 years ago today. Since then, I have self-published 12 novels. www.amazon.com/stores/autho... #PrideAndPrejudice #MrDarcy #JaneAusten #Regency #Romance #Romancelandia #KindleUnlimited #Books 📚💙

Your first draft is a skeleton. Revision adds the muscle, skin, and soul. Writing Tip: Read your work aloud. Your ear will catch clumsy phrasing, repetitive words, and unnatural dialogue that your eyes skim over. It’s the simplest, most powerful edit you can do. #WritingTips #AmWriting #booksky

#art #censorship #freespeech #artist

NEWSFLASH: ALL THE MOST POWERFUL MEN ON THE PLANET ARE IN THE EPSTEIN FILES. I don’t even need the files to tell me that. All I have to do is look at how people are acting.

Every day is a new opportunity for growth. You just have to put yourself out there, be open to all the options at your disposal, and continue doing what you do best: writing.

Writing Tip: Hunt for "was" and "felt." Often, they signal you're telling an emotion or state. Replace them with sensory details that show it. #WritingTip #booksky

I can’t fathom how McDonald’s has become a successful delivery meal. I have very snobby, arrogant opinions about paying retail+delivery for lukewarm McDonald’s, which is only “decent” when fresh and warm.

Writing Tip: Vary your sentence length. A long, flowing sentence sets a scene. A short one creates punch. It adds rhythm.It builds tension. It gives your reader room to breathe. Like this. #WritingTip #booksky

Not every page needs to be a thunderstorm of drama or a dense forest of description. Sometimes, the most powerful thing you can do is give your reader—and your ideas—a little room to breathe. It’s in that spaciousness that emotion settles and connection truly happens. #booksky #writer

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Transforming Heroes now has an audio book. books.apple.com/us/audiobook... #booksky #powerrangers

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#booksky, like many folks who love to read more these days, just can't find the time.

There are fewer than three weeks until I go away on a cruise. I am busy at work. My foot still hurts, but it's a lot less. I am not sure what post to make for Booksky. I am working on the RPG and hope to do some writing this week. I also want to post more on here, but we will see.

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“The threat of games is not in telling us who we are, but in telling us how the systems around us operate, revealing their hypocrisies, our own complicities, and how we are in fact produced through that system.” - Of Floating Isles by Kawika Guillermo (p156) #booksky 🌎📚💙🌈📚💡

People buying ARCs of books that aren't even released yet for $500 is crazy business. 😳 Lord. What if the book is bad? lol #Booksky 📚

I write in different genres, each have their own tropes, which makes it an interesting process to switch back and forth. I had to do extensive research for my upcoming historical women’s fiction, A Woman’s Fight, and sometimes went down that ol’ rabbits hole. #booksky #books #fiction #ilovebooks

#booksky I think there is no such thing as a bad story—just bad exclusion. Yet some stories are harder to exclude than others.

#booksky I think there is no such thing as a bad story—just bad exclusion. Yet some stories are harder to exclude than others.

#booksky who is up for a #writerlift?

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There are fewer than four weeks until I go away on a cruise. I am busy at work. My foot still hurts, but less. I am not sure what post to make for Booksky. I am working on the RPG and hope to do some writing this week. I want to post more on here as well, but we will see.

I have been summoned! Have you read any litRPG before? What are your favorite books outside the genre? What are you in the mood for? I imagine I was tagged because I've done a number of rec lists (including this one for people who checked out DCC), but I should really do one for genre newbies

#booksky I want to read some lit rpg books. Where to start? Any suggestions?

My foot still hurts, but less than it was. I'm not done writing, but I'm working on my tabletop RPG. It's all coming together for the next stage of play testing.

Got the movie version of The Thursday Murder Club and its so pretty and floppy 🥺 #BookSky

My rom-com WIP is at 12.4k words!!!!🎉 that’s roughly 50 pages of awkward banter, accidental touches and way too many coffee shop scenes☕ #amwriting #romcom #WIP #writingcommunity #selfpub #writers #indieauthor #oc #gamedev #romance #booksky

Transforming Heroes is cyberpunk meta power rangers mixed with Line of Duty and seasoned with Peaky Blinders. books2read.com/u/496dGk #writing #book #powerrangers #mecha #cyberpunk #booksky

#Bookdsky White Clockwork now has an audiobook my book from mybook.to/whiteclockwork (free on #KindleUnlimite) #WhiteClockwork #amwriting #WritingCommunity #bookblogger #books #Novel #5amwritersclub #reader

My foot still hurts, and I haven't done any writing. But TTRPG is coming alone.

#booksky I have heard it said that writing is easy, but good writing is hard. I agree with that. Also, bad writing can still be enjoyed. The story doesn't need to be well-written to be something I want to read. It helps, and we who write should aim for good.

Transforming Heroes is cyberpunk meta power rangers mixed with Line of Duty and seasoned with Peaky Blinders. books2read.com/u/496dGk #writing #book #powerrangers #mecha #cyberpunk #booksky

#Bookdsky White Clockwork now has an audiobook my book from mybook.to/whiteclockwork (free on #KindleUnlimite) #WhiteClockwork #amwriting #WritingCommunity #bookblogger #books #Novel #5amwritersclub #reader

Foot still hurts. Did some work on ttrpg. Now, I need to find time for writing.

#Bookdsky White Clockwork now has an audiobook my book from mybook.to/whiteclockwork (free on #KindleUnlimite) #WhiteClockwork #amwriting #WritingCommunity #bookblogger #books #Novel #5amwritersclub #reader

Transforming Heroes is cyberpunk meta power rangers mixed with Line of Duty and seasoned with Peaky Blinders. books2read.com/u/496dGk #writing #book #powerrangers #mecha #cyberpunk #booksky

My foot still hurts, and I've been given some antibiotics. Hope that helps. At some point, we need to find time to write. Have been working on tabletop rpg.