If they get this right, this could be brilliant. Even if they get it wrong, the original is still brilliant. Win-win. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...

Question for #skywriters: besides the actual act of writing on your project, how do you do the deliberate practice of becoming a better writer? Do you have things you study? Ways you practice?

Why doesn't Google Docs have a way to export the entire contents of a file with tabs at once? This seems like a thing lots of people would want to do?

Cassie just wanted to take pictures. Instead: a fae mall full of glamor, glitter, and gaslighting. Her BFF’s brainwashed, her crush is cursed, and her only weapon is her ability to cut the crap. Labyrinth meets Twin Peaks in the food court. The Crystal Court: Mallrats of Destiny #QuestPit #WIP #F

She just wanted a story. Now she's the headline. Cursed, crashing (and crushing?) with a half-fae detective, being hunted by vampires & magical union thugs, and possibly unraveling reality. At least the coffee’s good. Noir mystery + urban fantasy. October Daye + The Dresden Files. #QuestPit #Q

I'd be a great storm chaser meteorologist. If I could wrap my brain around the math.

Over 1700 words today! I love it when I get into flow. #WIP #booksky #skywriters

I just wrote this line that's making me cackle: “That’s it?” she said hoarsely. She coughed and cleared her throat. “That’s all it took? This is some Wizard of Oz, ‘You’ve always had the power to go home,’ crap.” #booksky #amwriting #WIP

Oh god. My ceiling is crackling. We think it might be wasps in the walls. Being a homeowner is so fun...

Hit 20k words on the fae mall novel! #wip #booksky #amwriting

#booksky a tip from your friendly digital marketer: If you are marketing your book, you MUST include a link somewhere — in the post, a comment on the post, or AT MINIMUM in your bio. People are lazy and forgetful. Make it easy for them to purchase.

Even if none of these recent query requests turn into anything more, the feeling of being wanted is SO VITAL to keeping one's spirits up as a writer.

* quietly hyperventilates *

I (m/527) gave free bloodwork to a cursed journalist w/ unstable magic, maybe flirted, definitely didn’t drain her (I'm a VEGAN FFS), and gave her vital magical insight in exchange for a vial of blood I technically now own, but her bf is pissed. AITA? #unhingedpit #f #m #a #VincenzotheVeganVampire

HOLY SHIRTBALLS I got a query request from #SmallPit for my noir fantasy mystery!!!

Her BFF's been brainwashed. Her maybe-crush is definitely cursed. And her only weapon is her ability to cut through the crap. It's like "Labyrinth" hit the food court with "Twin Peaks" in this creepy fae portal fantasy set in 1987. #unhingedpit #ya #WIP

I'm Lacy and I write about the thin line between the "real" world and the supernatural (at least, that tends to be the theme in my work!). I have a finished noir fantasy mystery and a WIP fae portal fantasy set in a 1980s mall. I've been writing stories since I could hold a pencil. #BluePitHype

Just submitted my pitch for #SmallPitch: Cassie just wanted to take some Polaroids at the mall. Now she’s trapped in the Crystal Court: a fae funhouse of cursed couture, mirror doppelgängers, and glitter that bites. Her BFF's been brainwashed. Her maybe-crush is definitely cursed.

I've just realized that my fae fantasy set in a mall in the 1980s is a horror...

Whoo! Topped 10k on my #80sfaemallfantasy novel today! And I registered for the Colorado Gold writer's conference in September — my reward for finishing the rewrite on my #noirfantasymystery novel in May!

Shirley McClain came into the kitchen store in Santa Fe where I worked and the owner sent me to get her a big salad, which I then handed to her.

I had several, but the one I remember was about a military squad that had mech suits. Pretty sure I never came up with an antagonist or WHY they had mech suits, but I was deeply invested in their interpersonal relationships.

1407 words tonight on the #80smallfantasy! #amwriting #booksky #writersky

1,490 words on the #80smallfantasy today! #writersky #amwriting

1486/2788 words today. #amwriting #80smallfantasy

NEW PROJECT! I'm starting a new book — a YA fae portal fantasy set in a mall in the late 1980s! And today I started drafting. Goal is a finished draft by September. LET'S GO! 1329/1329 words today. #80smallfantasy

Which one are you?

My #WIP takes place in a nameless city vaguely patterned on Chicago.

One of my favorite characters in my #WIP is Vincenzo, the vegan vampire. “Lunch?” Vincenzo looked disgusted. “Oh, no. Honey. Is that what you thought? Oh god no. I’m a member of VETH.” “VETH?” “Vampires for the Ethical Treatment of Humans. I’m a vegan, for god’s sake! Honestly. I’m offended.”

I would need a lot more than 300 ch to explain all the ins and outs of magic in my #WIP but essentially, each supernatural creature has their own kind of magic, with some inherently magical (like ogres and werewolves) and some able to do magic (like witches and fae). #urbanfantasy #writingcommunity

My coach wants me to celebrate finishing the rewrite portion of my book editing process. What do you do to celebrate milestones #booksky #skywriters?

Um, hi, hello, this is right up my alley for my urban fantasy #WIP. 1. My WIP has a dual POV between Julia Cartwright, the normal human cursed with the sight, and David "Mac" MacInish, the grumpy half-fae detective cursed with finding out who cursed her.

Finished my rewrite of the existing part of my novel today and now I'm ready to write the new third act! Thanks @danaiwrites.bsky.social for the developmental edit that led to this!

Two copywriters at a blockchain conference. We were easily identifiable as the only two people without backpacks. The places I end up with @lacylu42.bsky.social ...

She's my rep and I'm proud of her dedication, but also WTF GOP? She should have been allowed to vote remotely.

The fam and I went to a protest today at our local library. It was moved inside due to weather, and we didn't get to see much because they had more than 4 times the number of people they expected — and we were overflowing the overflow room.

Watching a police show and the victim is a crazy "eco-warrior" — and the things they describe him doing are all things I do? Garden, rain barrels, canning your own jam... (Only thing I don't have in common is solar — yet!)

The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS

I would doomscroll less if there was less doom to scroll. 🤷🏻‍♀️

On the night she was shot, Julia Cartwright wasn’t thinking about magic. #WIP #WritingCommunty #AmWriting #SkyWriters

This would be amazing.

One of my favorite insults in my WIP is when a dandy vampire insults some witches by calling them "off-the-rack suits." #AmWriting #SkyWriters #WritingCommunity

#writinglifemonthly is coming up. Starting Feb 1st, we'll focus on getting to know your main character. Each month, we'll set an accountability word count goal. Join us to share your work and build community. #WritingCommunity #BookSky💙📚 #AmWriting #Writers #Authors #WriteSky #WritingPrompts

NEW: Per court order, the White House has RESCINDED the freeze on federal grants. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

WOO! Thank you Senator!

Hey guys! I’ve started something new. My new Substack… Go check it out! jimacosta.substack.com/p/hold-on-to...

My husband is going to his research job this morning not knowing if he will have a job after today. He’s in biological research in kidney disease. He mentioned, if they can’t pay to feed the mice for their study, the mice will die and all their work will be gone.

Our emotionally constipated detective shares coffee instead of feelings. #WIPSnips #writingcommunity #skywriters