Yes, I’ll be going to StokerCon. Yes, I’ll have books to sign. Yes, there will be custom bookmarks. May even squeeze in some writing, too. ✍️

As the world collapses and society unraveles like a mothballed sweater, I can now say that I received five years of positive feedback from my students. Every semester they’ve enjoyed my teaching style, even the ones who hated English and writing said they liked my class. Yay teaching! #teaching

That feeling you get when you think of a better ending to your short story AFTER you submitted it. 😫

I don’t know what’s more disturbing, that I wrote a story about a serial killer or that the serial killer eats granola bars.

“Rage Room” sent to the publisher, secret cryptid manuscript printed for editing, and two short stories await my attention. #writing

Final edits on my story for the Villains anthology, then editing two stories that will be submitted Friday! StokerCon next week! #writing

I wrote 3,300 words today, a brand new short story!

Okay, writers! Let’s do this! *screaming myself awake* *consulting hastily-scribbled notes* *brewing mug of wakey bean juice* *slapping imagination in the face with a dead haddock* *mining all that repressed trauma* *primal screaming in front of open Word doc* #5amwritersclub

What’s the point of writing anymore? If some mediocrity craps out an AI-generated novel and sells it, what’s the point of sacrificing time and energy improving your writing through discipline and skill? When the AI slop sells better than a novel that took the writer time to write, why bother?

Write what you want even if others aren’t reading it. The void taunts you like your worst schoolyard bully. Most of the time you’ll fight for relevance in a world that doesn’t want your stories. And this indifference gnaws at your soul. #5amwritersclub

Word of the day: Antidisestablishmentarianism. If that’s your safe word, you’re probably gonna die.

Your holy grail as a writer is reaching readers and leaving a lasting impression. Make them feel something and remember you. That’s the high I’m chasing, my impossible quest for relevance, the North Star guiding me to the keyboard. Just show up and write. #5amwritersclub

One of my poems will be published in New Jersey Bards Poetry Review 2026! I’ll be a published poet! #5amwritersclub

Accountability check: Wrote 1,100 words today on a new project. ✍️ #novel #writing #darkacademia

Writing a new novel is like diving into a world you’ve never encountered before, but one that excites at every turn. Keep up the momentum, writers. Dive into your writing and pursue it relentlessly. Onward! #5amwritersclub

April 30 is National Bugs Bunny Day AND National Oatmeal Cookie Day! Celebrate accordingly.

I asked my students what novels they read in high school English class. Not one of them said a damn thing. Do schools not teach literature anymore? #teaching

Assigned “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman for my English class and it would’ve been a great discussion had anyone actually bothered to read it. #teaching

Time to begin writing that new novel, a project that’s been living in my head for the last two months. Plotting it today, with character notes. Maybe sketching a map. Pre-writing is about discovery. Onward! #5amwritersclub

First draft of the new cryptid novella is finished and printed for editing! Onward! ✍️ #writer

Happy Anniversary to my wife and best friend. You are a constant reminder that in a world of absolute hell, heaven can exist. You are my bliss. Thank you for being a loving, supportive, and steadfast partner. I love you, you sexy vixen. ❤️ #love #happyanniversary❤️💑

Teachable moment, English edition: Discussed “Two Ways of Seeing a River” in class today and only one student knew who Mark Twain was.

Authors who have fans: What’s that like?

Thank you, @kaitlincorvus.bsky.social for your feedback! Glad you liked my little horror tale!

My father told me if I’m not making money from my writing, it’s a waste of time. What a thing to say! I’m already disillusioned enough as it is!

I’m pleased to announce The Book of Wine and Sorrow won two BookFest Awards! 🥉 It’s the third book in The Martyr’s Vow series to win multiple awards!

Today the student who has called me “Mr. Eric” all semester said I was his favorite teacher. That little kindness brightened my day. 😭

Hey, authors. We’re all struggling to sell our novels. What you don’t want to do is reproduce a missing persons poster of a child just to garner clicks. I know you might think this is edgy, but it’s every parent’s nightmare. Try not to sensationalize traumatic moments just to shill your books, okay?

Biting heads of chocolate Easter bunnies, drinking masala chai, writing lesson plan for class. How is your Saturday?

Submitted my story “Rage Room” to the publisher. Now it’s with a beta reader. Onward! #writing

What fights the self-doubt, the self-loathing, the impostor syndrome nibbling at your soul every time you write? The absolute sheer terror that your work might not be that bad. There’s a possibility - no matter how small - that a reader will like your stories. Keep that faith. Keep writing.

After string of bad publishing news over the past few weeks, (I’ve read the word “unfortunately” more times than I’d like.) I taught a Kurt Vonnegut short story in class today, so there’s that.

I’m not a failure. I’m a slow-burn success. #writing

Thinking about the time I told a family member I wrote horror. “I never knew you wrote that.” Her face wrinkled. “Horror scares me.” Yes, that’s what it’s supposed to do, Aunt Agnes.

Sent a story out last night. Fingers crossed! 🤞

Thinking about that book signing at a local convention where a woman came up to my table and looked askance at my books. “It’s horror,” I told her. “That’s where you lost me,” she said and walked away.

Cut 300 words from the latest short story. The editing process allows us to view our stories with a fresh perspective. Paragraphs are tightened. Darlings killed. Brevity rules. Onward! #5amwritersclub

The anxiety that I’ll never be published again haunts me. I’m afraid writing is futile, that I’ll waste all my time, that I’ll never be good enough. And yet, there are books I want to write and stories that need telling. Writing is hard, people. Be gentle with yourselves. #5amwritersclub

Hello, Bluesky! This is me. I write stuff. Pleased to meet you. #writer #books #author

What movies/shows are about academia, specifically from a professor’s standpoint? So far I’ve seen: The Chair Lucky Hank Rooster Adjunct What are your recommendations?

Finished writing one of the darkest short stories I’ve ever written. My fiction is getting darker, violent, and more cynical lately. Plenty of shattered bones and broken hearts. #writer

That SNL skit about new emojis was hilarious, and then I remembered my latest novel has a demon fight on an aerial tramway. Tramwaaayyyy! 🚡👹

Let your stories obsess you to the point where you’re practically feral, a word-addled mess and mad prophet stumbling from the woods babbling nonsense. Write to enshrine these feelings, capture a bit of this delightful madness you’ll share with the world. #5amwritersclub

THE OCEAN HUGS HARD is a mystery with the salty whiff of the ocean, a tinge of nostalgia, and a dollop of mind-shattering eldritch horror. 🏅Winner (Horror: Paranormal/Supernatural) 2025 American Fiction Awards #folkhorror #horror #noir #mystery #book

Today's SSP #authorspotlight goes to @Scribe.bsky.social! Eric Avedissian is a speculative fiction author who has contributed to four of our Anthologies- Panthology, Horn(y), Cozyish, and dreamcaught. His published work includes the novels Accursed Son, #booksky #writesky 🪐 📚 💙

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Today in class I let the students pick a topic for their free writing assignment. They chose to write about a zombie attack in New York City during the Fourth of July. The stories were imaginative, creative, and surprisingly wholesome. #teaching

Editing a short story for an anthology. Writing is a lonely endeavor.

Rewatching The Chair. This nameplate is epic.

I’m just a writer editing a story for an anthology that will publish in June. One of the most visceral and violent stories I’ve written and one of the most poignant. Stay tuned….