Wordle 1.799 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @fersus.bsky.social Victory was not handed easily to me.

every day I log in, stretch my fingers, and go "I wonder if anybody's said something nice about my book today." it's like a special treat I get for having poured every ounce of my soul into my for 3.5 years. if there's a point authors get tired of being praised for their work, I haven't found it yet

I keep an entire folder of screenshots of nice comments people have left because it means that much to me

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

#amwriting #fridayflashfiction #scifi #shortfiction What if a god comes back after 5000 years to find humanity on the brink of destruction by aliens? What if that god was Mars? The story continues, with caveats this week. 👀 Pls enjoy, share widely, comment? 📚️ 🤏 📚️ 🪐 ko-fi.com/post/Wings-o...

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Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

I answer soooo many questions writers wouldn't need to send me if they would only subscribe to my blog.... writerbeware.blog

Read this, it might coat your bones in adamantium. 💜 Or at least let your heart beat stronger for a while.

#WeeknightWriters: My next newsletter edition will be going out in the next few days (should have been today but...schedules changes bc of work lol). Sign up here to get it in your inbox! islanderscaper.kit.com/152bfe6457

To honor her memory, I’d invite you to read one of her books. I suggest this one, where she blends contemporary supernatural romance with Thai mythology. www.goodreads.com/book/show/63...

Darlings! My poetry collection, Offerings for Ordinary Gods, from @clashbooks.bsky.social comes out in exactly two months???? Holy cats! See below for preorder info, if you want to snag a signed copy. (It's available to preorder worldwide, whenever, though!) **jazz hands**

If you haven't subscribed to my #newsletter yet, it might be high time - next issue is due in one week! I share my progress or lack thereof, flashbacks to older pieces and promos! Also the odd advice/experience or favorite curse. 👀 buttondown.com/morriswayts #amwriting #writerslife #findmyreaders

👋 Hello! I’m an autistic, left-wing Yorkshire lass who is (semi-successfully) raising two boys. I’m also a writer and freelance fiction editor. My posts are a chaotic mix of writing, editing, parenting, anti-fascism, and autistic life. Lovely to meet you 🙂 PS Bigotry is not welcome here 💅

Wordle 1.796 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @fersus.bsky.social Funny this comes after posting our getaway vehicles.

#wipwednesday #magicthegatheringprompt #amwriting #18- Five cards, one story - the challenge is up! What are we gonna make of it? Make the most of it - fun! Fun at writing, fun at reading, fun at thinking about magical stories. ❤️‍🔥 ko-fi.com/post/WIP-Wed...

My autism has been kicking my arse more than usual these last few weeks. But today I’ve got nice coffee, a candle, and some ambient music. And I’m working on a client’s developmental edit, which is one of my favourite things to do 🙂 One day at a time… I hope your Wednesday goes as well as it can!

I just wanted to remind you that the universe literally conspired to create you. You are the result of an infinite amount of impossible odds and miraculous circumstances with stardust in your veins and old magic threading your soul and you are so so very important.

#booksky Breaking News! Author Aradhna K. moves her books to aradhna-k.itch.io! Read all about it in her new blog post! 👀💖 *whispers* Ara, I told you to use the boosky hashtag, didn't I? 😂

writing a blog post about my books now being on Itchio makes it more official, right? araopenpages.com?p=4548

This so fucking much. To strive is to allow yourself to fail better, again and again, until you fail so good that nobody but you notices. Damn, until maybe even you are proud of how good you failed. And I CONSTANTLY need to remind myself about that, lest I shy away from the daunting endeavor.

ALLO BONJOUR it seems I have won Le Grand Prix de L' Imaginaire for the French translations of THE ANNUAL MIGRATION OF CLOUDS and WE SPEAK THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN! Thank you @edlatalante.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social and my translator Marie Surger! 😍 gpi.noosfere.org/gpi-2026/

#lookup #sky #clouds Who ordered the overdramatic evening sky? 👀 @nrlines.bsky.social @auntiekristy.bsky.social @alwayscoffee.bsky.social @floregonian.com

Brand new story from me today. Check it out!

let's not talk about how this is going, shall we. 😔 ko-fi.com/post/MENTOR-...

This. ⬇️ The *number* of reviews that have no concept of an author disagreeing with their MC's actions is, uh, very troubling.

If you see this, repost your getaway vehicle.

Wordle 1.795 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟩⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 @fersus.bsky.social I feared for the worst, my hope crumbled...

I just realized I didn't show you all the #bread I made lately. I know, you are all here for my #writing, but who can say no to a lovely piece of bakery? Behold the works of my household, the deliciousness I pulled out of the oven!

I am once again begging, praying, weeping for lists of written instructions rather than videos. I do not want to watch your two minute video in the hope of catching the two seconds where you whizz past what goddamn menu the thing is under. Write. It. Down.

What are the ways—even if they’re small—that you are going to kick ass today?

Dear artists, do you have this problem too, that if your main job is an art job, no matter how much you want to do personal projects, even when you have time for them it suddenly feels much harder than just doing work art? Like you doubt yourself 10 times more. And procrastinate? How you handle it?

Hashtag am querying.

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Very probably the best photo I've ever taken of a 16th Century dovecote with a cow standing in front of it, surrounded by buttercups, looking like she has just dropped a debut album she is thoroughly proud of.

If you're a writer, write "I waited" without saying it. There was a silence that spoke of anticipation. An anxious fluttering in my stomach, really, one I could not quell. I sat on my hands and bit my lower lip to keep from pestering the adults in the car with my only question: "Are we there yet?"

If you're a writer, write "I waited without saying it. MINE: "I went on submission to publishers."

If you're a writer, write "I waited" without saying it. "Seconds trickled into the gap between my last message and her reply, made puddles of minutes, then pooled up to hours, more, until I drowned in the days of silence, afraid to move, afraid to ask her again 'Can you estimate a delivery date?'."

🎉 It's that time again! Submissions time! 🎉 Delighted to announce that submissions are open from the 16th of May until the 26th of May 2026. You can find full details on how to submit and what we are looking for here: www.fullhouseliterary.com/submissions

Tell me something that brought you joy this week. Any old thing will do. Small joys are as good as big ones—sometimes even better.

my books are no longer being distributed by D2D and are only on Ko-fi & Itchio! www.linkedin.com/posts/aradhn...

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#amwriting #fridayflashfiction #fantasy #shortfiction Finally a new #story for you to #read! It has plants, it may or not may have a bomb... Please enjoy, share it widely, and tell me if you liked it. Any help finding my #readers is very much appreciated. 📚️ 🤏 📚️ 🪐 ko-fi.com/post/The-Dev...

Oh, that's hard, not because I didn't do world building, but because imposter syndrome is giving me a hard time to come up with something that is worthy... Probably my Drunken Magic setting, where magic has many sources, but the flows of energy can only be sensed if your senses are 'distorted'.

@scottlynch78.bsky.social Lies of Locke Lamora.

Transportation. It dictates the flow and availability of resources, and thus the power a region and its ruler has.

Backing up the story just enough to give it consistency, but leaving room for new discoveries. Overbuilding means locking yourself in.

Hey, I am Morris from Austria, writing SFFH and overthinking everything. Also, the unicorns ripped the very fabric of reality open with their horns in an concerted effort to switch into another dimension to avoid questions about their ill conceived war against the fey (which they won).

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

little snippet from nowhere now available on Ko-fi! #writingcommunity ko-fi.com/i/IN4N21ZEI3J