Pirating books? When the library is right there? Or you could borrow the book from a friend? Or, I don’t know, save up like the rest of us do when we want to own something we can’t have right now. Just. Wait. Pirating a book is stealing. You aren’t a real book fan if you’re stealing from authors

Another reason why human artists are better than ai, we consume infinitely less water...which is actually bad, we could do with consuming more

Yeah no I don’t have 100 copies of anything 🤣 I don’t have the room or the wallet for that. #booksky💙📚 #bookish #reading #readers

It has been a long, long, long, long month 🫠 and I am so very sleepy. But I still want to do things. Ugh. 🙃 #writerproblems #nanowrimo #november #booksky💙📚 #writersky

Seems to be a tossup between Muerte & Moloch for vastly different reasons 🤣

I usually read in silence, but write with music

Really had to think about some of these. What would you put? #books #bookish #reading #readers #booksky💙📚

Uhhh let’s call it “not great” considering how she became a ghost 😅 she loved swimming before, but now she’s wary of anything more than ankle-deep

Most of them are, at least for religious people. Some are infamous. 😇😈

Muerte finding another coin in their bag that isn’t theirs 🤣

The vibe I bring to the function

She’s very dedicated and loyal to her loved ones

I haven’t changed much honestly 🤷🏻‍♀️ #booksky💙📚 #books #reading #readers #fantasy

Honestly I’ve probably done #2 but it hit me hard enough that I don’t remember so 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣

I can’t snap, whistle, or cross my eyes

This is what I don't get about people who use AI. The whole point of writing is writing. Like ... what are you even doing here if you don't like writing? Go cook. Go hiking. Go ride a bike. Go play a video game. If you don't like writing ... then don't? But you can't claim a title you did not earn.

Flit hadn’t thought twice about it before she became a ghost, but things definitely changed afterwards

Had a great time this weekend with the #ForgeFam at Fantasy Forge Book Con. Can’t wait for the next one! #booksky💙📚

Here we go!👻🖤

Got all set up for Fantasy Forge tomorrow. Hope to see you there! 👻🖤 #booksky💙📚

Friendly reminder #booksky💙📚!

Save the Cat Writes a Novel (and the original one meant for screenwriters) was incredibly helpful for finding a system for planning my writing. Taking creative writing workshops helped a good bit too.

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one of these people reached out to me on Instagram and was like "can I review your work?" and I said "You are free to do so. I do not pay for reviews." and then, of course, they sent me a price chart 🙄

Cassiel’s cloak. Bruises from battle. Some of the flowers growing in Heaven.

He really was trying to do the right thing, he just went about it the wrong way. And allied himself with the wrong person.

YOU decide who you are and what you do, NO ONE ELSE can make that choice for you unless you let them

Last read: Don’t Let the Forest In by C.G Drews. Can’t recommend this book enough and I can’t wait to get my hands on their other work🖤 Current read: A Children’s Bible by Lydia Millet. It’s definitely interesting. Haven’t read anything like it before. Next read: Haven’t decided yet.

How would you fill the jars #booksky💙📚?

Day 4: I mainly enjoy other YA fantasy writers and draw inspiration from them. Especially people who can remember the lore for 10+ book series because I do good to keep 2.5 straight 🫠

open.spotify.com/playlist/4qa... Almost forgot to post this for day 3. Here’s the #playlist for #vitapersequens and #interim

The archangel Michael is a redhead, so is the demon Merihem. He has his flaming sword, she has a censer that (I’m pretty sure) is gold.

I actually just finished the first of three sections yesterday. I’ll be starting on section two later today. #firstdraftfall #writersky

Constantly. Unless I’m actively focusing on something else. All thoughts are book.

Hi, for any new folks, I’m Allyson McCollum, author of “Mors Obliviscens”. I’m currently working on its sequel and a companion novella. I started writing stories as soon as I learned to read and write as a kid.

Hoping to do even better this month during #nanowrimo and it’s proving much easier with motivation from my friends at @Page One 🖤 #writeonechallenge #writers #writing #writersky

I’m Allyson. I currently write mostly YA fantasy/paranormal. This was completely illogical and I still can’t quite explain how it came to be, but I was afraid of the “Dead End” sign on my road but only when it was dark. It just filled me with the worst sense of dread for no reason. 🤷🏻‍♀️

What tropes are in your name #booksky💙📚 ?

The whole point of art - of any kind - is making it yourself. Putting a little piece of yourself into something beyond yourself. If you can’t be bothered to put in the effort to create it, why should anyone put out the effort to consume it? 🤷🏻‍♀️ #sorrynotsorry #antiai #antiaiart #booksky💙📚

As a reader I would actually prefer no explanation than one that attempts to match my world view. One of the biggest pet peeves I have w/ some other reviewers is when they point out that a magic or science system doesn't follow real life rules. It doesn't have to, hell it shouldn't. Science is 1/

I’m somewhere between a Lawful and True Plantser

I’m Allyson & my current WIP is Vita Persequens, a mid-apocalyptic sequel to my debut novel Mors Obliviscens. This week has been 🫠 writing and otherwise. Things have finally calmed down enough for me to write right before the weekend. Hopefully that trend continues.

Flit’s definitely tougher than me though, no contest 🤣 I don’t go around fighting things two feet taller than me that also have super powers 🤷🏻‍♀️ #morsobliviscens #vitapersequens #ghosts #booksky💙📚#indieauthors

Throwing salt at Flit would just make her madder than she already was, and I’m not crazy enough to even think about swinging at Grim or any of the other entities. Would I like to knock some of them upside the head? Absolutely. Would I survive? No because I can’t outrun them either 🤣 #booksky💙📚