It’s hard to stomach but the truth is that nobody cares about your growth apart from you. Looks into the mirror saying his affirmations: “I will get 50 publications this year!” So here’s a pat on the back Ash 🤚You deserve it! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ShortStory

“The room received the wreckage and asked no questions.” An ageing writer dies moments after finally producing the only sentence that could have saved him. The Satis House is live in Expat Press. expatpress.com/the-satis-ho... #LitFic #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Published #FlashFiction

Looking back at my old life writing tech thought leadership. My work gets cited in academic journals, but none of it feels remotely as meaningful as publishing fiction. online-journals.org/index.php/i-... #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitFic

Do people still make About.me pages in 2026 or is this the online equivalent of buying a fax machine? Either way: about.me/ashley.mangtani #WritingCommunity #Networking #AmWriting

Just remembered I wrote a whole book during the height of the pandemic! #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting www.waterstones.com/book/howexpe...

Who else is addicted to checking their @submittable page? #WritingCommunity #Submissions #ShortStory

Check out my 75-word story published on @paragraphplanet.bsky.social. “The Myrtle” a continuation of Giambattista Basile’s fairy tale from the Pentamerone. Curious what people think about retellings that push beyond original endings #FlashFiction #FairyTales #WritingCommunity www.paragraphplanet.com

Published today in @paragraphplanet.bsky.social — “The Myrtle”, my 75-word continuation of Giambattista Basile’s 1634 fairy tale from the Pentamerone, where the myrtle finds her own justice. Really proud of this one. #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #LitMag www.paragraphplanet.com

Thank you @paragraphplanet.bsky.social for featuring my 75 word story going live (May 12). It’s tricky to land an emotional punch in so little space. Every word has to earn its place and my refusal to write happy endings only makes it harder. www.paragraphplanet.com #WritingCommunity #Microfiction

Things have moved very fast. 3 stories accepted for publication in 2 months. Honestly shocked and incredibly grateful. If you’re submitting, don’t give up. I'm building a WhatsApp community for writers to share tips, life, inspiration & publishing advice. Interested? DM Me #WritingCommunity #LitMags

Author, bookseller, and publisher friends: Please keep posting your positive stories about selling books through Bluesky, and I'll package them up and show them to publishers so that we can get more book publishers and even more authors and book conversation here!

I just had a short story accepted for the print edition of the #WashingtonSquareReview I am gobsmacked 😶 I thought I’d share it with people who actually care 🫶 Published in early August. God that feels like a lifetime 📝 #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #KeepGoing

Just putting it out there because I can’t sleep. Tomorrow is going to be a good news day 🤞I can feel it. Red eyed and resenting my laptop after sending out 50+ submissions. #WritingCommunity #ShortStory #Sleep

I’ve made a living off writing. Not many people can say that. Then I tell you my job. “I’m a content manager” you say “oh right” and the conversation sours. Pivoting to fulfil my creative dream so that beautiful words make me rich instead of ugly ones. Here’s to being unafraid 🙈 #WritingCommunity

Built a list of literary magazines accepting short fiction subs in May. From cult indie journals to major lit mags, weird fiction, horror, flash, speculative, and fairy tale markets. Save it before submission season eats you alive: shorturl.at/6Zamh #WritingCommunity #LitMags #ShortFiction

I’ve had such a brilliant response for beta readers that I’ve created this Google Form to help streamline the application process. If you’d like to join my team you can apply here: ⬇️ forms.gle/KppyyCVrX5oH... Also setting up a WhatsApp group. DM me your mobile numbers to join 📲 #BetaReaders

Stand by for Redeployment is published today in CommuterLit. A story built over a year, now out in the world. What would you risk to start over? Read it here: ⬇️ commuterlit.com/2026/05/wedn... #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting #FlashFiction #ShortStory #Literature

I’m writing a reimagining of the ending of The Myrtle, from The Pentamerone. In the original, seven jealous women destroy a girl who lives inside a myrtle plant and are thrown into cesspits. Beta readers needed! #WritingCommunity #BetaReader en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Pen...

I want to share an incredibly personal memoir published in Mercurius One. It’s a nostalgic, queer coming-of-age reflection on love, identity and breaking free from 2000s cultural myths to find self acceptance. #QueerMemoir #QueerVoices #IndieLit #ComingOfAgeStory www.mercurius.one/home/life-lo...

“Stand by for Redeployment” published in #CommuterLit on May 6. When an organism reclaims Earth, paramedic Dan Mercer learns authorities sacrificed his crew to track the outbreak. Refusing the system, he builds an underground refuge and must decide what he will sacrifice to keep survivors alive.

How many projects do you keep on the go at once? I’ve got 6 short stories in progress, 1 major WIP, and 3–4 submissions out. Feels normal now but I’ve no idea what the baseline is. How many are you juggling? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersOfBluesky #ShortStory

Working full time as a content manager, studying part time for a master’s in environmental science, and writing at least 15 hours a week, I thought it was finally catching up with me. Then I got a 98 on my last assignment and landed a publication in CommuterLit! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitMags

Which lit mags do you keep going back to when you submit and what drives that choice? Prestige , response times, editorial taste, or just a sense that your work fits there. What matters most when you pick where to send your writing? #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitFiction #WritersOfBluesky

A few days ago, I wrote about how painful it is to spend months on a story only for it to go nowhere. Today I found out Stand-by for Redeployment has been accepted by CommuterLit and will be published next week. Keep going. #WritersOfBluesky #BookSky #ShortStory #AmWriting #WritingLife #LitFic

Observation Five short stories charting civilisation’s downfall over a hundred year period. Each captures a pivotal moment in humanity’s encounter with a hostile species long thought extinct. Would you read it? Beta Readers Needed! #WritingCommunity #SciFi #ShortStories #WIP #SubmissionCall

Observation Something is in the water. It shouldn’t be there. And she can’t shake the feeling she’s being watched. The samples are wrong. The readings don’t make sense. What do you think it is? #SciFiHorror #ShortStory #AmWriting #WIP #WritingCommunity

Spending months on a story that won’t land? “He leaned as close as he could, his breath warming my face. His eyes had sunk deep, glassy and unfocused. I searched for the man I’d known half my life.” Looking for beta readers for Stand By for Redeployment #WritingCommunity #BetaReaders #AmWriting

I’m nearing completion of a new flash fiction set around a tsunami in Koh Lipe, Thailand. Its emotionally sharp, cinematic and has a twist that will make you spill your cuppa. I’m looking for a small number of beta readers and will return the favour. #FlashFiction #AmWritingFiction #BetaReaders

Still feels surreal saying this… My story, The Late Night Show, was published in Litro Magazine as an Editor’s Choice. Would love to know what you think, especially how you read the ending. Read it here: www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/... #WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting #FlashFiction