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Want to feel schizophrenic? I'm hopping between reading a book, listening to an audiobook, writing a book, and editing a different book. I don't know who I am anymore!

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Making it all the way through dry January this year is going to really feel like an accomplishment holy fucking shit

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In an effort to heal my heart’s disposition toward my fellow man, I’ve been trying to verbally say one friendly thing to any stranger who somehow irritates me in public (usually without their knowing, of course), and honestly, this will either save my soul or finally derange me the rest of the way.

submitted 32 days ago • 6 comments

I lost my mind and started a monthly newsletter. Books, writing, stuff like that. Oh also I promise to include at least one picture of my dogs. Follow along if you want some bullshit sent directly to your inbox every so often: dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/127547... #writingcommunity #booksky

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Seeing the whole "factcheckers are biased" thing going on over at Meta makes me: A) Grateful this place is just full of book dorks that want to talk about adverbs and dogs B) Deeply jealous of those who don't feel the need to connect with strangers to share publications and find kick ass book recs

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I’ve got the snow day infrastructure.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

It’s officially hibernate-with-blanket-and-a-book season. #booksky #writingcommunity

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Going from Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” directly into “The Road” feels like walking out of a spa and into a haunted house. #booksky

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Pro tip: if you’re dumb like me you can reread books after you wait a while and it’s like you accidentally stumbled across your favorite thing! #booksky #amreading #litsky

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Stevie Nicks is to women what Ozzie Osbourne is to men.

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Heyyyyy new short story at @maudlinhouse.bsky.social today. Get your weekend started right with a weird little story. maudlinhouse.net/this-didnt-h... #writingcommunity #booksky

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

How about some books to help you escape the harsh reality of everyday life? #writingcommunity #booksky #bookrecommendations

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

In other news do you listen to Hawaiian albums? This shit fucking rules.

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I started a TikTok account a few months ago and have been posting bookish videos fairly frequently. And hey don’t work harder work smarter so I’m probably just gonna start crossposting those here if y’all are cool with that. #writingcommunty #booksky

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Sometimes I'll put a block of writing into ChatGPT and ask it if it was written by AI for shits and giggles. Generally, if the passage makes sense, it'll say it was written by AI. Stuff like this makes me leery of publications that say they scan for AI-generated content because...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Hey #writingcommunity do you write every day? I go through periods of extreme productivity and balance it with periods of not doing shit but reading. Just curious if I should flog myself for inactivity lmk

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Very admirable amount of chill in this little guy.

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Happy New Murakami Day to all who celebrate

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Forrest Gump is a perfect movie and if you don’t agree with me then I’m sorry but we’re in a fight.

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Torn between keeping tabs on the crazy Trump shit and this:

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Starting a short story always feels like such an undertaking and then you finally convince yourself to do it and it's like "oh yeah I forgot this makes me feel better and helps me think and gives me a sense of purpose my brain feels a lot better now whoa why did they say that..." #writingcommunity

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I wonder if time's ever going to feel normal again of if I'm doomed to say "I haven't known what day it is all week" for the rest of the weeks I have left.

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Got about two pages into a book and realized "Oh shit I read this within the last two years." But I bought it! What a dummy! Do I pretend it's not familiar and keep going? Stop and chalk it up as a loss? Or assume my memory's as bad as I think it is and not worry about it?

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I'd like to create an "Authors of Small/Indie Press Books 2024-2025" starter pack. Is that you? If so, please reply here. Also, if you don't mind reposting this for visibility, I'd appreciate it! #writingcommunity #indiebooks #indieauthors #booksky

submitted 102 days ago • 305 comments

Check out this BEAUTIFUL cover for my collection coming out next year with Running Wild Press. Very stoked. #writingcommunity #smallpressbooks #amwriting #booksky

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