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There are a few spaces left for the talk I'm giving tonight about what authors can do to help their career before signing an agent or landing a book deal. It's free to attend (even if you're not part of the Orange County Library System) but you have to register: attend.ocls.org/event/13350654

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7 reviews up on IG for May. Sure, I posted 2 today, but still. June snuck up on me. 📚💙 #BookSky #Bookish #Booksta #BookReview #BookReviewer

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Deadline Jun 15: Novel Excerpt Prize Send an excerpt from your unpublished novel or manuscript in progress up to 5,000 words. Fee: $20. Three winners will each receive $1,000 and publication. Guest judge: Cynthia Pelayo. uncharted.submittable.com/submit/a20ae... via @unchartedmag.bsky.social

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Make that 7 books. I finished one last night so that's cool. Lot of reviews coming this week on IG! 💙📚 #BookSky #BookReviews #BookReviewer #Bookstagram #Reader

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The first 11 chapters of My Brother's Inheritance are feeling pretty good for this draft. But, 12 is where things start to get muddled and need a lot more work... characters to expand on, parts of scenes to cut, and stake sto become clearer. It'll be fun. Right? #WriteSky #Writer #Fantasy #Revising

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Ugh, how is it already the end of the month? Now I need to rapid-fire book reviews again. 6 incoming this week (maybe 7 if I finish my current read). 📚💙 #BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer

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I have not been paying attention to the Pitch events lol. I literally just learned about the current one an hour ago. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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My Brother's Inheritance His brother died. Now he has magic he never asked for, enemies he doesn’t understand, and a legacy that could kill him. Can Orlando survive college, grief, and the supernatural world his brother left behind? #YA #U #F #UF #WIPPit #FBW #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

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Are you an emerging writer or artist? We have just the contest for you! Cash prizes and no submission fees. Don't self reject! Submit before June 2. Please spread the word! Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri... Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...

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This is your reminder to leave a review for that indie book you just read :)

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Hit 100%! There's still a lot of work to do now that I've reread the story, but it was a fun ride reading through My Brother's Inheritance. Tomorrow, #revision planning starts. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy

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I have 4 book to review on IG. Ugh, why must I choose between working on WiP and Social Media? #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚

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Good morning !

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Here’s your gentle reminder: 👉Your worth is not defined by book deals, sales numbers, or TikTok engagement. If you’re showing up, learning, and writing honestly…you’re already doing the brave thing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

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In at 84% now (yes, I'll keep working on it today), but the amount of sighing my characters do, you'd think they're all in a world of oberstimulated pugs. Also, I need a better word that contorted for faces, lol. This is the only project where I use that so often (I'm 90% sure of that). #Writesky

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Words written this week? 15. But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1. Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for. #writesky #amwriting #writerlypost

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Maybe I'm missing something, but I'm not seeing the appeal of the #Drizzt novels... I'm reading Homeland because of a friend's suggestion, and after 20% of the book, I'm still not having fun. I might have to #DNF. Can someone explain the appeal? 💙📚 #Fantasy #Booksky

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April Reading Progress - Wind and Truth - Oathbound - Sunrise on the Reaping Suzanne Collins - Hero's Equinox - Fire and Song - The Sunbearer Trials That puts me at 16/50 for 2025. All 6 were reviewed this week. Find them on my IG (linked in comments) #ReadingGoal #BookSky 📚💙

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I hit 50k on Project AB today! It's officially "book length," but there's still a good amount to go. #WritingJourney #WriteSky #WriterlyPost

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AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.

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Thank you Greyhound!

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Trying to get back into a regular posting cadence. With the month almost over, I need to post my #BookReviews. Just put up reviews for Hero's Equinox by Antoine Bandele and Wind and Truth by Brandon Sanderson. They're in my IG if interested! 💙📚 #Fantasy #BookReview #BookSky #AmReading #ReadFantasy

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Hit 49k on Project AB. Maybe a little under halfway through my original #outline, so rethinking the ending and debating on whether to split this into two books otherwise I'll have something close to 200k for a #FirstDraft (and I'm usually an #underwriter). Or I just go for it. #WritingCommunity

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I'm trying to get back into #Webtoon comics. Right now I'm reading #DigimonLiberator and #OddGirlOut. Any other suggestions? 💙📚 #BookSky #Reader

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My dogs (and I) would be greatly appreciative of that last one

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Trying to get back into posting consistently is TOUGH. Made a post for IG and will co ti years to post stuff there for the time being. 💙📚 #bookstagram #booksky

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We are trying to reach 1,000 pre-sales for Cry, Voidbringer. Which is a tall order! But doable! So do me a favor: (1) pre-order now. But also (2) spread the word! Thank you!! For a limited time only, you can pre-order for 15% with discount code: lovebooksellers 👇🏾 bookshop.org/a/87137/9781...

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I am giving away TWO signed copies of Oathbound. Make sure you go enter while you can!

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#Writing has been tough this month. I'm only at 38k words on Project AM and I have barely edited The Last of the Chosen Ones. I could blame the #DigimonTCG, but really I just need to get back into the habit and not let my new obsession take too much time away. #WriterLife #WriteSky #WriterProblems

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Happy Book Birthday to TJ Young and the Orishas 3: Hero's Equinox. This series is great. I'm over a third done with the E-Arc. It's great and very long. Congrats @antoinebandele.bsky.social Are you going to check it out? #BookRelease #ReadIndie #DiverseReads #ReadBlackBooks #BookSky 📚💙

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Yeah, so I bit the bullet and bought #DigimonTCG cards. Players, what decks do you play? #Digimon #DigimonTCG2020 #Digimon2020 #CardGame #TradingCardGame

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Indeed.

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Finished a short story that is #YuGiOh meets #WorldofWarcraft and other #MMOs. It was a fun and right now it satisfied my desire to start a whole other book. But, I made no progress on #editing Last of the Chosen Ones or #writing Project Animus. Tomorrow's another day I guess. #writingcommunity

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Is the #DigimonTCG fun? It looks fun. I just learned about it and though I have no time to play, a ton of #YGO a day #Magic cards I don't use anymore (various reasons) and I play too much #MarvelSnap, I'm still drawn to the game (probably because of #Nostalgia)

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I'm looking forward to reading it later this month! I just have some other stuff to get through first.

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Finished Ted Chiang's Exhalation today. Such a great Sci-Fi compilation. Of course, it gave me #inspiration for another #bookidea that's basically #YuGiOh meets #WorldofWarcraft and other #MORPG meets #Digimon. To satiate that idea, I even started a short story, but we'll see what comes of it.

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Do I write my book? Work on a short story? Read? Or edit? These are the choices I must make, and I basically only get to do 1. #Writesky #Booksky #Editing #Reading #Writing #WritingCommunity

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