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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

I was stressing out that I hadn't written much in one project lately because I hadn't finished any chapters. As I finished one today, I realized it's because it was just over 5k... so I've been making progress the whole time, it just wasn't showing up in the chapter count

when ppl decide to have a virtual meeting in the middle of a crowded coffee shop...

We are entering the final week of our campaign to pay for the publishing of The Salt in the Sea by J. D. Rivers – and we’re 90% of the way to our baseline goal! Today, we've shared all of chapter 1 as a PDF, so check it out by visiting our campaign page today: duckprintspress.com/the-salt-in-...

Today ☺️

This week: - Writer's block and how I deal - Excerpt: hockey meet ugly

New month, new writer bingo! Some of the usual prompts mixed in with some new ones to help get you writing ☺️

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March wasn't a good month for me. There was about a two week stretch where I didn't have the time/motivation to write. I was able to pick it up midway through last week: five of those recorded chapters were since then. Gonna focus on consistency in April

GCP - gratuitous cat pictures 😸 my pretty princess Paloma ♥️

Up from one book in February to two in March, but I genuinely loved this one!!

This weekend!!! If you're local to Western PA, stop by!

I want to draw more women in armor ✨

me: *hates body horror* also me: *decides to watch The Substance on a Saturday afternoon*

What does your brain look like while editing? (note: this is specifically when editing my own work that I clearly wrote on my phone using Swype lol)

I have had an awful past two weeks writing wise, so few words and so little motivation 😮‍💨

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I think I'll start sharing lines for #sixsentencesunday to help motivate me to write and edit - this week is a snippet from my mm hockey meet ugly. Riley offers to teach Evan how to win a hockey fight

TFW the next book in the series has the same narrator

Writing buddy 😻

Tomorrow! - Sports Romance Con - Sports Romance (i.e. how much sports to include in the romance) - Meet Riley Barczyk - Short Story: Ryan/Lars Four Nations (pt 1)

the kiss of Death

Me: just gotta buckle down and finish writing book 1- My muse: here's a scene from book 5 :) Me: That book is literal years away from publication. I have to write four full novel length books in the series to get to that scene. My muse: :D Me: ugggh fine give it to me, I might as well write it down

February wrap up: I felt all over the place with writing. I definitely made progress with projects I needed to, but I wanted to accomplish more. Going to try to buckle down in March and finish some short stories to get them off my list

me to me as I write "even" for the 20th time in this 2k chapter: writing time is for writing, editing is later

It's March! New #writerbingo is ready for writers looking to switch up their writing routine ✍️

I only read one book this month so there wasn't much competition 😅

they're... they're everywhere!

I'm watching Emma 1996 for the first time ever and the casting is just wild. Like obviously I knew Gwyneth Paltrow as Emma is a Choice. Fanny is Mrs Elton? Nightcrawler is Mr Elton? Atia of the Julii as Jane Fairfax? EWAN FUCKING MCGREGOR!? I'm dying, send help.

Share a character (/actor, really) who didn't deserve their fate

If you see this, share a skeleton