My opinion on the Discourse is that when you put out a casting call for the most beautiful woman in the world, you are lucky that Lupita is available. (This also plays in a fun way with the fact that there are multiple versions in which Helen never went to Troy, but waited it all out in Egypt!)

As a friend who survived that time put it: "never forget conservatives want to kill you and liberals want you to die quietly."

The #WIPSnips word for May 15th is "title" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

All instances of the word "title" are way late in the book, so I opted for "CEO" plus some serious "title" vibes (in the business sense). Cory is negotiating, and his coworker Trey is making life very difficult. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Rafe, Miles From Morning's MC, lives on coffee so I was surprised that the word caffeine only shows up three times in the whole story ☕ 🏷️ #WIPSnips (caffeine) #QueerWriters #LGBTQWriters #Writers #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

#WIPSnips May 14: This one gets some fun worldbuilding in! I knew I wanted a non-imported caffeinated beverage, but the locations aren't suitable for growing coffee -- so I did some research and learned about yaupon holly, one of only two plants in North America that are naturally caffeinated!

#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity Not as many mentions of coffee as I thought in the Good Thyme Inn book. Hmm, might have to fix it. Here's the introduction to one of the inn's regular customers

This is a little further on in the book than I'd prefer to share, but I loved writing this scene, so I think it's worth it. Viyana is looking for the right morning tea. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

📅 Mark your calendars!! Flights of Foundry returns September 18 - 20, 2026. See you there!

Good morning! It's #WriterShareWednesday! Share a project you've published OR a pitch for your WIP and we'll give it a boost! (No AI, and please add alt text to any images you post)

Today is the day! My @reactorsff.bsky.social story is out in the world! A queer couple escapes persecution by buying a home in an almost identical dimension. reactormag.com/this-is-not-...

Chanterelle Haven't used watercolors in a while. I usually have a hard time keeping them blendy without it just becomin a mess. But I switched materials recently, and now they are a joy

dear god PLEASE let this also lead to a wider acceptance that treatment needs to include *improving quality of life* and not just "how to make them have baby"

If you're in the SF Bay Area, you can join me and @charliejane.bsky.social tonight at 7pm to celebrate the release of this book at Books Inc Opera Plaza! I'll also be in SoCal, SLC, St Louis, and Des Moines. More information and tickets here: us.macmillan.com/tours/sarah-...

Yesterday I failed my "persistence" saving throw. Instead of editing No Dream I chose characters and wrote 700 words on a new book. 🤦

Cory is trying to keep his "colleagues" from dismissing Viyana out of hand during their first group meeting. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

It's a new week of #WIPSnips! The word for May 11th is "nothing" #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters What bird do you think represents your character best? Either by appearance or personality? Share an image or gif you think captures them! And explain if you like! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

So cool.

Hey look, it's an interview with me about IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS at paulsemel.com! paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... #IgnoreThisBook

SURPRISE ADDITIONAL GIVEAWAY! @bogiperson.bsky.social is giving away a copy of IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS from Patreon - will ship to any place USPS ships to. Open until May 17. You do not have to be a paid backer to enter. www.patreon.com/posts/back-w... #IgnoreThisBook

Get to know your mutuals. NERD EDITION. Your DnD Main: Druid Your MtG deck: Green/Blue Your WH40K army: Space Wolves

Get to know your mutuals. NERD EDITION. Your DnD Main: Sorcerer Your MtG deck: Blue/Black Your WH40K army: Craftworld Eldar

Very early #WIPSnips in my current WIP. Valir is being *theatrical*. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Do not plan your sex scene on the basis of 'is this hot' or 'does this show how sexy my MCs are', still less 'we haven't had a sex scene in three chapters'. Plan it from what you need to achieve in terms of plot movement or character work. And *then* make it hot.

We need to take Rilla to the vet for more testing, and it's expensive as heck. If you enjoy my work and you want to leave a tip to help us out, I'd greatly appreciate the support. Thank you kindly. Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/jeremycshipp Venmo: venmo.com/u/2252430720... PayPal: www.paypal.com/paypalme/Jer...

Petition for everyone who mocks romance and everyone who yucks at the Bad Sex Award to have to write and share a serious sex scene first, so they can show us all how easy it is.

Ah, the struggle between the new shiny submission call and the old, creaky, "must-be-edited" manuscript.

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Viyana is having brunch with her best friend Dash after she's met Cory for the first time. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

May 11th – nothing #AnthropomorphicNovel, today! Ray is investigating a murder. So far the potential witnesses have not had much to offer her. She is getting some important information on local hotels, though! #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

This is it 👇

If we're to have any shot of getting out of this, I really need my fellow white people to get past our apparently hardwired belief that something being illegal means it's impossible. Because I keep having the same conversation over and over again.

Very strange to live in a world in which writing my blurb is immediately followed by authoring my "no AI in my books at all" statement

May 8th – north Av’ry and Mikiva have just been broken out of prison by a masked stranger. She seems to have an odd plan for their escape. #DawnsBlood #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Viyana has just gotten into a car with Cory, and she's taking him to her place for the first time. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips

Celebrate the #booklaunch of Ada Hoffman's IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS! Tuesday May 12 6PM @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social #Toronto buff.ly/0bGaj19 There will be a reading, Q&A, and Ada will sign copies of their books! Can't make it? Order your signed and personalized copy online

I have for decades had several chronic health conditions that limit my ability to write too but I'd rather lay down and die than use AI. Adapting means using ergonomic equipment, joint braces, text to speech, standing desks etc. AI isn't adapting, it's admitting defeat.

personally I think it's a very big deal that the Canada bureau chief for the @nytimes.com — certainly one of the highest-paid journalists in the country — asked an unspecified "AI tool" what Poilievre said & published its AI-hallucinated quotes in her reporting.

You can't "earn" a billion dollars and none of their examples did. Michael Jordan earned $93m playing basketball. He's worth $3.5b today because of our meticulously-engineered legal, economic, and tax structures that prioritize accumulated capital and property over everything else.

Hooray! You can now preorder the absolutely *gorgeous* OwlCrate limited edition of Enchanting the Fae Queen, complete with so many gorgeous illustrations, a ribbon bookmark, and a bonus chapter: www.owlcrate.com/collections/... (But be quick, because it is a limited edition!) #romancelandia

A4: To make life more pleasant for Future Me, I should probably take a break from editing & get my writer's website up. I'll be less stressed later. To make life more pleasant for Current Me, I think I'll spend a little more time sniffing lilacs. #WeeknightWriters

A3: The spring flowers blooming and our old man cat who is purring up a storm on my shoulder. #WeeknightWriters

Hi, #WeeknightWriters! I'm Gabe, a trans man that likes writing MM romance and dark fantasy. I've been editing and formatting Beautiful, But Deadly, my upcoming monster romance novella about a trans man that falls in love with the beast that was terrorizing his town. Week has been pretty good!

Hello #WeeknightWriters ! This week hss been odd. It was supposed to be vacation. But medical issues for my wife forced us to cancel and stay close to home. We are still off work. But stuck local. We've done all we can to make the best of it. Feeling pretty good.