Hello! I'm open to unsolicited submissions for the first time in ages... Looking for: Adult Epic Fantasy and Horror only Guidelines are here: www.dongwonsong.com/submission-g...

stupid cat is distracted by his cell phone and will be attacked by a vampire

Offering query package editing services! I just got an enormous medical bill, and as you all know, i’m unemployed due to my health. But I love editing query packages, and I’m pretty good at it too. Please DM me if you’re interested! Shares are welcome.

Looking for something to fill the NaNoWriMo-shaped voice in your life? Check out #FirstDraftFall, our challenge to write a first draft in the fall, separated into three parts: October - Planning November - Drafting December (until the 12th) - Wrapping up See the full schedule at the link below!

#WIPsnips this was a fun scene to share - from vampire novel, currently revising

First time #WIPsnips, long time listener, very tired so this day is appropriate, enjoy

A Great Horned Owl digging deep in its wing feathers to preen #birds #owls

Actively disagree with the view that depressed characters are passive and, hence, “boring”. Passive implies no skin in the game. Often depressed characters have TOO MUCH skin in the game and it’s already been burned (hopefully metaphorically), and they are feeling hopeless and helpless and want to

The Owl, Voysey, 1897.

It’s funny that even when writing short stories, the 75% mark is where I schedule my breakdown. Like, I am 2300 words in oh God I shall Never Finish this Monstrosity how can I summit the mountain I suck everything is awful the HUMANITY >:O #amwriting

Writing tip: As a writer, it's essential to find your voice. Have you tried your jacket pockets? Have you looked in the car? Perhaps it's on the nightstand or the bathroom sink? Have you checked on top of your head?

Coming to realise that my two primal character archetypes are “the one who apologises” and “the one who says sorry isn’t good enough” #amwriting

The two hardest things in writing are starting and finishing. So many people want to, but so few start. Then of all the people who start, so few finish. Start the thing, then finish the thing. Everything else comes after. Finished can be made good, but it must be finished first.

A Great Grey Owl in a stunning flight. 📸francoispotvin.photography #Nature #owl #Bird

Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce. Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.

For Booksky 📚 ❌ Goodreads: owned by Amazon. ✅ StoryGraph: black woman-owned, inclusive, has mood based recommendations! ❌ Audible: owned by Amazon. ✅ Libro.fm: supports local books stores.

Fantasy Magazine is back!! Exciting.

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

Baby! Little puff ball on a big branch. Perfection 😭

The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast is open to fiction submissions during January. Lesbian/sapphic historical short stories. PAYING MARKET. (I'm at the point where I'm terrified that I won't have enough submissions to justify continuing next year.) alpennia.com/lhmp/essays/...

“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”

Must. Hold. Back. Urge. To. Pet. Sad. Wet. Predator. 🦉💕

God in captivity

Has not done one single thing wrong in her life. An actual baby 😭

This time, finish a first draft that doesn't require 4+ full edits inc. rewriting half the novel several times in a row 😭🙏

This is happening. Literary agents and unagented writers from all genres, details will be posted next week. Writers — Polish those manuscripts and be ready to pitch on January 27th.

Any fiction writing groups that meet regularly on discord for sprint sessions? This disorganised bean needs accountability #writingcommunity

This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.

Hello friends and enemies, please tell me about your queer adult SFF that comes out in 2025! ❤🧡💛💚💙💜

The most realistic thing about Indiana Jones is that a man found one fit that he looks good in and wore that shit for the rest of his life.

what is bluesky for if not stating wildly hopeful goals in a public forum? I will finish my depressed vampire roadtrip novel by the end of the year! 25k go go go #writingcommunity

The most important artistic advice I can impart on people is to stop saying self-depreciating things about your work when you show it to people. Break the habit, it’s not funny, it’s not cute, it’s impulsive self-harm we do to try to take away the power other people could have to bruise our egos.

Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar: I call this one "The Count." 🪶