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Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrim’s Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
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Editing tip! When proof reading, read each page from the bottom to the top. This isolates every line, taking it out of context of the narrative and making it easier to spot spelling and punctuation errors. #skywriters #authorlife #amediting #amwriting

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Patricia A. McKillip (1948-2022) was one of the finest fantasy writers of the modern era. While many people in the our field re-visit the work of Tolkien regularly, for me it's McKillip I read again and again. This edition, with art by Kathleen Jennings, looks stunning.

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In this new collection of uncanny short stories, award-winning author Will Wiles finds sinister creatures and subtle nightmares in mundane modern environments. #BookSky

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Stunning Iranian calligraphy. Nastaliq by Shirazi, which auctioned for $10,353 www.iranart.news/Section-news... #Author #Writers #WritingCommunity #Calligraphy #Art #BlueSky #BookSky #ArtSky

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Erica Verrillo has compiled 77 free writing contests for March. publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/02/77-f... #Author #Writers #WritingCommunity #WritingCompetitions #Writing #BluueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #EricaVerrillo

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Have you thought about binding your novels? Bookbinding supplies with new partnership between University Products and EX-LIBRIS www.universityproducts.com/conservation... #Bookbinding #Writers #WritingCommunity #Writing #BlueSky #BookSky #BookBindingSky #WritingNetwork #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

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Have you thought about crowdfunding your novel? Oriana Leckert of Kickstarter discusses process. www.thecreativepenn.com/2025/02/24/k... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #Podcast #Crowdfunding #Kickstarter #IndieAuthor

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Do you know best time for book, eBook or audio book releases? Alli podcast discussion on the topic. selfpublishingadvice.org/podcast-best... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky #BlueSky #PodcastSky #WritersNetwork #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #eBook #AudioBook

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FYI a US Book Collection competition. lithub.com/submissions-... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCompetition #BookSky #BlueSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingCommunity #Competition #BookCollection

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The Seer: An Irish Druid in Roman Britain Displaced Irish #Druid, Bronan, knows the real reason for the fall of Edenshire His gazing bowl never lies The king is dead And it’s his fault books2read.com/theseer #HistoricalFantasy #fantasybooks #EpicFantasy #HistFic #myth #magic #WhatToRead

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Secrets weave the fabric of a story, inviting readers to delve deeper. They create tension and intrigue, making every turn of the page feel electric. Embrace the mystery, and let it guide your journey. #booksky #books

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How are your writing New Year resolutions holding up? Abandoned at the wayside? Erica Verrillo commits to recycle her writing. Cool! publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2024/12/2025... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky#BookSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor

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Do your characters have secrets that compel the story forward? A great article on the dynamics of secrets with examples. www.writersdigest.com/write-better... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingTips #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #SecretsInFiction

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Did you know that the code LOVEBOOKSELLERS will give you 15% off at Bookshop.org? HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is back in stock! 1/2 #books 🧪 #history #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #politics #18thC bookshop.org/a/106227/978...

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Portland! Next Monday please help launch Omar El Akkad's searing new book at @powells.bsky.social.

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Three ebook formatting tips, part IV #selfpub #amwriting #writingcommunity #writers #authors #writerreality

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

What a lovely blog post! ☺️

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Check out this amazing review of my dark fantasy book A Dragon of the Veil. Oh my word! #fantasybooksky #booksky #fantasybooks 💙📚🐉⚔️

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Alice Walker, the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction "I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart." #booksky 📚💙 #writingcommunity #authors

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#FebruaryWorldbuilders 22: Rulers Three rulers stand head and shoulders over the others: Marc Frederick - King of Essera; honorable and clever Dorilian - Hierarch of Sordan; volatile and headstrong Nammuor - Nuarch of Mormantalorus; sorcerer, possibly insane #EpicFantasy

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Book Cover of the Day:

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I am so glad I bailed on substack a few years ago when it was still easy to migrate. Now I guess substack makes it harder to leave, so they can hold folks hostage. There are writers I love who still publish on there. I dearly wish I could give them money, but I don't want substack to get its cut. 😭

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Druid Tree Lore 25. Whitebeam : has magical properties, its wood used for wands and staffs. The Anglo-Saxons often used Whitebeam as a boundary marker #trees #folklore #druidry

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Bizarre, food aid filled American libraries; food for peace. bbc.com/news/article... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #Libraries #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #History #LiteraryCommunity

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How good are you as an author at manipulating time? Larkin provides a great discourse on the process. www.livewritethrive.com/2025/02/12/h... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingTips #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor

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Preorder Karla's Choice by @harkaway.bsky.social in paperback from @waterstones.bsky.social and this weekend only receive 25% off the RRP. Simply enter PREORDER25 at checkout. Only available online: bit.ly/PBKarlasChoice

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Love the new cover @canongate.co.uk 😍

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Can you tell a story in less than 60 seconds? Jenny Hoyos deconstructs the concept. Useful for social media posts! www.ted.com/talks/jenny_... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #60SecondStory #SocialMediaPosts

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Use bridge to transition from flashback to present #amwritingcrime #authorproblems #indieauthor #vss365 #aipchat #writerreality

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Is the author’s dystopian future not what we expect? Future generations don’t see the need to read or write because of AI? www.ted.com/talks/victor... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookSky #BlueSky #WriteSky #TedTalks #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #AI #Dystopia #AugmentedReality

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Wow, my short story collection is proving really popular; thank you all for your support.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

We’re currently open & looking for prose up to 2,500 words, poetry, flash, unclassifiable/hybrid work, & art including comics, collage, drawing, etc. under the big ol pointy goth/punk/anti-fascist umbrella.

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🇳🇿📚 NZ authors & publishers! The Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award celebrates enduring children's & YA fiction. If you have a book that's been in print for at least 5 years and hasn't won a major NZ award, it could be a perfect fit. Nominations closing soon! www.storylines.org.nz/award/storyl...

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writing tips: go to a diner with an old friend, learn how to play the cello, roam around the woods, look at a leaf for too long, have a weird dream, read, & write

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No better analogy to writing a novel than Legos. You have a perfect picture of what the book should be and a lovely tangle of characters, places, plot points, and words in front of you to sort. Easy, right? #5amwritersclub #WritingCommunity

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Virginia Woolf took self publishing to the extreme, type setting her writing. Respect! lithub.com/inky-and-det... #Author #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #SelfPublished #IndieAuthor #VirginiaWoolf #Literarycommunity

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Patrick Walsh weird writing advice contrary to intuitive thinking. Grab a coffee Patrick’s different take gets you thinking. youtu.be/bcI1f9jq3so?... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookSky #BlueSky #WriteSky #YouTube #WritersNetwork #WritingTips #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor

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‘Bad Bookish Behaviour or Literary Asshole’ Kristen Arnett romps across the literary landscape, beer in hand. lithub.com/am-i-the-lit... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookSky #BlueSky #WriteSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #BookCovers

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Feast on 101 SciFi tropes. Lucky, lucky, lucky www.writerswrite.co.za/101-sci-fi-t... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #SciFiSky #ScienceFictionTropes #WritingAndBooks #WritingTips #IndieAuthor

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Aw, thank you. 😊 I can speak to this as a reader/listener, oddly enough. I listened to the audiobook recently and got addicted to my own novel, lol. Listening to it made it a new experience for me and, yes, Femi rocked it. Know what I did when I got to the end? I immediately started over again, 😆.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Woo Hoo!!! My novel, Countenance, won first place in Contemporary Fiction at the 2025 International Impact Book Awards!!! It's on Amazon if you'd like to give it a read!

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Iceland Skalds part of a rich literature tradition dating back to medieval period, captured on vellum parchments. www.medievalists.net/2024/12/sear... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingAndBooks #Medieval #History #IcelandicSkalds #Parchment

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The Quantum Realm really screws with your head. New research suggests time flows both ways. SciFi prompt? www.surrey.ac.uk/news/physici... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #SciFiSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WritingAndBooks #WritersNetwork #SciFi #QuantumRealm #TimeTravel #IndieAuthor

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Will Packer’s book inspires hope and self belief, at a time when those in power tell you ‘you have no value.’ theatlantavoice.com/will-packer-... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WriteSky #WillPacker #WritingAndBooks #WritersNetwork #DontLetTheBastardsGetYouDown

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Amazon constrains the author/readership relationship. Would you buy a book you can’t possess? lithub.com/next-week-am... #Author #Writer #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BlueSky #BookSky #Amazon #WritersNetwork #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #WritingAndBooks

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Thank you @transworldbooks.bsky.social for this gorgeous copy of #TheSpyCoast by @tessgerritsen.bsky.social 💙📚 This first book in #TheMartiniClub series is out now and I'm really looking forward to reading it! Book two, #TheSummerGuests is out 27th March. 🤩

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