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Who are the five writers who are currently making you think about how you write? RF Kuang NK Jemisin Premee Mohamad Rebecca Roanhorse Robert J Bennett

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Me and countless other authors today…😂

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784 words yesterday. But built a spreadsheet which tells me how far behind I'm falling. I'm incurring editing debt too. Everything I inscribe tortures me with thoughts of better scenes I should have written. Decided to give peas a chance. I don't like peas. #bookandgardensummer #writingcommunity

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This week our Wednesday freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson pub, Brighton, from 8pm - 11pm. All tech-related freelancers very welcome. You don't need to book to come along, just drop in whenever you can. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C...

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Just as every prisoner must do their own time, every writer has to focus on their own project. But occasionally I regret not opting for short stories this summer. More chance of some much needed validation. Oh well. Too late. Potatoes. In containers and out. #bookandgardensummer #writingcommunity

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The theme of my Bronze Age set story is becoming dangerously contemporary. Which is inevitable, I suppose, and a great excuse for yet more research. The chard alone is thriving right now. But then temps are bumping along in single figures centigrade. #bookandgardensummer #writingcommunity

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The Political Scene Podcast provided essential context today. The chaos is the point. play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr...

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seedling watch: my black knight scabiosas were first to emerge, putting all the other seedlings to shame, but have now given up, trying to figure out if there’s anything to be done but start again

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When your brain just doesn't have the juice to write, edit instead. Because editing is writing. Still a win 🙌 Wishing you all a productive session! #writingtips #5amwritersclub #writingcommunity #editing #writingtip #writesky

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Starting each day editing the previous day's work. And so 1500 words became 900. This is the problem with word count as a metric. Keeping my banked words. In fact I should get a bonus for cuts! Meanwhile, spring has unsprung. The chard soldiers on though. #bookandgardensummer #writingcommunity

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Today's readings for my science fiction class: "Snow" by John Crowley and “Behind Our Irises” by Tlotlo Tsamaase. Curious what they'll think of both stories. VERY different stories indeed.

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Something I thought a lot about, too, as I was finishing up #TheSovereign. It couldn’t just be X wins or X loses, because it’s all so much more complicated than that. In short stories, I call this a moment of aperture, which I stole from S.

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Episode #5 of my short-ish introduction to moral philosophy is out today - dealing with fame, money and pleasure (all the good stuff!). garethsouthwell.substack.com/p/virtue-5 You can also catch up from the beginning here: garethsouthwell.substack.com/p/virtue-int... #BookSky 💙📚 #philosophy

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Hey #WriteSky, question for you: What tags are you tracking on BlueSky these days? I have #WritingCommunity and a few others, but they don't seem super active. Wanted to know which tags my fellow writers and poets are using across any and all genres. 😁

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In my book, Between Two Rivers, I take you through what it was like to go to school in ancient Babylonia. Discarded clay tablets from schools preserve the many stages of education and also just…kids being kids. Like one who did this little doodle of (maybe) the teacher

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Our weekly freelancers meet up is happening in the Lord Nelson Inn, Brighton, tomorrow from 8pm to 11pm. Freelancer or want to be? Come along, we're very friendly! Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C... Thread of our chat lasts week: * Blocking over aggressive website crawlers * Local games

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Hard to get over stage fright in the opening. The temptation is to rewrite it over and over again... But I'm 1500 words in and less shy now. Planted leeks and stared impotently at last week's trays, wondering if the old potting compost was a fatal mistake. #bookandgardensummer #writingcommunity

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I think having a few life challenges is important to keep us awake. Have a great Sunday everyone and may the new week bring you nothing you can't handle.

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It is the fourth anniversary today of the best lede for a newspaper article ever. I love the Irish. ☘️

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We had a great time yesterday even after my face interacted with the driveway. I feel better but look much worse. Here’s a picture of what it did to my glasses. Lucky I have an older pair as a spare.

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I read some of The Phaedo and a little of Greek and Roman Political Ideas by Melissa Lane. I rolled around some in Rabih Alameddine's Divas of Verse - www.divasofverse.com. I ignored geese at Sheffield Park and tolerated cats. I bought seeds. Tomorrow, I start writing again. #bookandgardensummer

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I love this whole thread. And I also love how across time and space, people have scribbled versions of "I was here!" onto whatever was available.

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A very satisfying revelation about my finale today -- that the boss fight will play out like a Socratic dialogue with poison and swords on hand to mark the score. Some bed prep, and sprinkling around wild flower/grass seed like a delightful fairy. #bookandgardensummer

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Keep it as close as possible to the max wc to elevate your chances. Especially for debut authors. Authors with multiple published books + fan base can have higher wc because they have a proven track record. You find this resource helpful: reedsy.com/studio/resou... #RevPit #MeetTheEditor

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Story planning ongoing, but I won't be finished by next week. Need to decide whether to hold back or wing a draft. Meanwhile prepared the top bed for beans. Adding lots of compost and erecting wigwams. Made a half decent loaf of bread. #bookandgardensummer

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Improving your code like a ninja in the night. Why refactoring can feel like a crime. hiddenhat.press/the-guilt-of...

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Perfect title — the famous quote from The Great Gatsby which i also used as the opener of my memoir Burn Book. We need more insiders there and elsewhere to come forward and explain what happened since these careless people have never been more powerful. apnews.com/article/meta...

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Worked on the 'all is lost' sequence. It has to be more than despair. There needs to be an awakening. Which, reading the news, feels apt today. Sowed tomatoes in the greenhouse. Meanwhile, the rhubarb is showing every sign that it will go crazy again this year. Also apt. #bookandgardensummer

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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address: Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.

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Love this new shirt.

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This Wednesday our tech freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson pub in Brighton, 8pm-11pm. Freelancer or want to be? Come along, we're very friendly! Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C...

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Worked on the story's finale, raising the stakes and building in surprising inevitabilities. Not there yet but it's better. Meanwhile, planted perpetual spinach. Still frosty here in the morning, so not planting out yet, but preparing the beds with kitchen compost. #bookandgardensummer

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With spring almost here, I'm going to devote more effort to my writing project and my veg garden. Both often neglected in the past. Refining my outline this week before beginning another draft. In the garden, I straightened my tumbledown greenhouse tent and planted my first seeds. Up first: chard.

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This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson pub, Brighton from 8pm - 11pm. Freelance & struggling with finding work, client comms or just want a chat with friendly, interesting folk? Come along! Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C...

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when the crowd cheers for the Nazi salute, what you have is a crowd full of Nazis

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I will use every tool at my disposal to protect this country from Trump. I will litigate to defend voting rights until there are no cases left to bring. I will speak out against authoritarianism until my last breath. I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.

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This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson pub, Brighton, 8pm-11pm. Join us to chat all things self employment and tech, and a fair amount of nonsense too. Last week: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C...

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The #1 reported reason people avoid doctor’s appointments is because they’re afraid of finding out they have a serious illness. If you have that fear, that’s normal and you’re not alone. Also remember, there is basically no serious illness that isn’t less serious if you catch it sooner.

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Hello! I am looking for beta readers for book one of my epic high fantasy. You can check out this form for more info about the story/to sign up: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #writing #fantasy #fantasybooks #amwriting

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Home made pizza disaster. Send food!

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Reading for the evening. For everyone.

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Unsuccessfully Dealing With the Natural Beauty of Receiving a (Form) Rejection

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Sorted. 😉😎

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Hello all - staying on Twitter but miss my academic community! I'm a historian of early modern colonialism at the University of Bangor. I publish on the East India Company and more recently anti-colonial resistance in 'The Great Defiance: how the world took on the British Empire'. Also: dad jokes.

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It's...not countering if....it's....the same stuff.

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Spot on from @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

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The cognitive dissonance of getting up every morning and making coffee and walking the dog and going to meetings and answering emails and wondering what to make for dinner while there is a real live actual coup d’etat happening is BONKERS

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This Wednesday our freelancers meet up is in the Lord Nelson Inn, Brighton, from 8pm - 11pm. Our chats last week, and opinion about easing back on using AI tools in programming: www.brightonfarm.com/2025/meeting... Map to the pub: maps.app.goo.gl/cvx8bVp8Aj6C...

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