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I love this sensual piece by @kitdewaal.com. It deftly combines memory, lived experience, opinion and advocacy. Also resonated with my own experiences.

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#InternationalFamilyDay #Writing ✍️How to write about folks and family→ www.ainegreaney.com/blog/writing...

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✍️Writing Tough Stuff: Five Tips to Make it Easier: ✍️https://www.ainegreaney.com/blog/writing-tough-stuff #Writing #WritingCommunity

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#Booksky 📖 It's Mother's Day here in the U.S. So sharing this piece on writing the "baddie mother." As the fictional Mommie Dearest upends our learned beliefs and expectations, why does this character sizzle on the page? #Writing #writersandreaders #books ainegreaney.medium.com/mother-gone-...

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Here's an excerpt from my short fiction collection at @storeybookreviews.bsky.social. Thank you!

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There's nothing like hearing from a reader friend. #Booksky Very grateful.

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I loved this essay. Take a read ...

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#Bealtaine here on the #Massachusetts coast. Very low tide this morning.

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#writingtip #writingtips #BraveWrite #AuthorLife#writers inventingrealityediting.com/2...

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@writingcommunity.bsky.social @wrtrstat.bsky.social "Finding and Keeping the Joy in Writing." I loved writing this guest blog, including my 4 tips. Get link to full article and a review of my short-fiction collection, "Trespassers and Other Stories" at LINK 👉 tinyurl.com/yr7fcpz2

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Finding and Keeping the Joy in Writing. Guest post at Madeline Sharples book-review and writing site. #booksky #WritingCommunity #Writingandbooks @womenwritersnet.bsky.social www.madelinesharples.com/heres-though...

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#Booksky "And without all of these (kiddie novels), would I have grown into that teenage kid, ostensibly a (sort of) “good girl,” who, by her 19th birthday, had read three banned books?" #WorldBookDay #Readers #Irishwriters www.ainegreaney.com/blog/on-worl...

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"Surviving Writers Rejection:" ✍️ Just refreshed this one on the blog. #writingandbooks #Authorsandwriters #WritingCommunity #booksky www.ainegreaney.com/blog/2015/05...

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We just ended #NationalLibraryWeek, so posting this piece on how books can broaden our worlds and minds--plus enhance human empathy. #booksky📚 #Writingandbooks #IrishWriters ainegreaneywriting.blogspot.com/2024/10/this...

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#booksky📚 "Each of the 11 stories brought a fresh surprise, full of longing, regret, and an exploration of interpersonal relationships and family ties that kept me turning the pages until the end." A lovely review of my new book, "Trespassers and Other Stories." finishedpages.com/book-review-...

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#NationalLibraryWeek - I wrote a love letter to public libraries and what they meant for--and still mean--in my life. "Public Libraries and the Public Good" #BookSksy #Irishwriters #Writingandbooks #writingcommunity www.ainegreaney.com/blog/2022/04...

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My latest free writing tip at the #writing blog ... #WritingCommunity #Authors www.ainegreaney.com/blog/stickin...

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@gregbuchananwriter.com Thanks for setting up writers from Ireland and UK. #author

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#WritingCommunity ✍️ Many of us start out with great writing plans. But then, life gets in the way and we get distracted. Here are my tips for sticking to your plan: www.createwritenow.com/journal-writ...

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Happy National Poetry Month! I just dabble in poetry, but here's a COVID pandemic-era poem I was proud to have published. #writingcommunity. grey-sparrow-press.com/39-the-dream...

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Launched the virtual book tour for my new short-story collection, starting with interview at Women on Writing. See the tour calendar + topics we'll be chatting about for the next few weeks. #booksky #Trespassers #IrishWriters #WritingandBooks #Writing muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/03/tres...

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Honored to have this hybrid essay just pubbed in @themilkhouse.bsky.social, a journal of rural writing.

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🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Delighted to be part of @erynecki.bsky.social "Authors Answer" series about the person behind the written ✍️ page. It's easy to blather on about your writing (and knitting) when you have such lovely and thoughtful questions from the interviewer. 🙏 #writingcommunity #Irish Writers #books #Booksky

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Author @ainegreaney.bsky.social is an Irish-born author who lives North of Boston. She knows how to knit, “complicated stuff,” and enjoys books by “bilingual or second-language authors.” Her 5th book is a collection of transatlantic short fiction. Read our Q&A on my Authors Answer Substack.

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#authorsky #amwriting #writersky #writingcommunity #indieauthor

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#WorldBookDay - Remember the first children's book you ever read? Where were you at that time? I was a kid in our house and farm in rural Ireland when I read "The Secret of Moon Castle." The rest is history. #Irishwriters #Books #Writing www.enidblyton.net/secret-serie...

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This looks great. #IrishWriters #WritingCommunity

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Brene Brown on Empathy: "Empathy is a choice, and it's a vulnerable choice." Also: Beware those "At least" statements! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Evw... #wellness #narrmed

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Probably not on any biggie national calendar, but today is National Essay Day. A long, long time ago, essays were my first and real entree into writing. Here's one of my hermit-crab essays. #writingcommunity #Irishwriters → www.litromagazine.com/usa/2023/04/...

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6 tips for writing during these anxious days (and weeks). #writingcommunity #Irishwriters www.ainegreaney.com/blog/2020/05...

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Delighted to be interviewed about how, when I fell in love with books, reading and writing. Also answer some q's about my latest publication! #Booksky #authors #writingandbooks #authors www.chcel Postapterchirp.com/post/beyond-the-pages-an-inside-look-at-the-mind-and-motivation-of-%C3%A1ine-greaney

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“I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.” ― W. Somerset Maugham #AcademicSky #WritingSky

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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?

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“We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941

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New blog post, "Smitten by Stories." Why and how I first fell in love with orature or told stories. Plus: the cultural legacy of a live-in grandfather. #Booksky #WritingCommunity #Authors www.ainegreaney.com/blog/how-i-f...

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#SundaySentence - "Story is the most powerful force in the world--in our world, maybe in all worlds." From: "Bad Indians," by Deborah A. Miranda. Reading this brilliant, multi-genre #memoir now. #booksky #WritingCommunity.

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