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Homo Sapien of the Cenozoic Era. He / Him / His 🏳️‍⚧️ Protect Trans Kids, no excuses! 🏠 A home for everyone, no excuses! 💀 End all wars, no excuses! 💰End inequality, everywhere, no excuses! 📚 Books / ✍️ Writing Goodreads: Paul Dee Story Graph: paul_d
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5 things I do to help improve my writing: - Write every day for at least half an hour. - Prioritise creativity over productivity. - Study the craft of writing. - Seek out poorly written books and read them. - Exercise. #WritingCommunity #Writing #WritersLife #WritingTips

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It is fair to say we’re all living in interesting times. I don’t know about you, but my journal is nearly full #booksky#writingcommunity

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Im really excited to announce that my partner and I have created a website where you can ✨read over 50,000 English language books for free directly online✨ It’s called OpenChapter.io 📖 We’ve put a lot of thought into it, and we think you’ll love it! I know we do #freebooks #kindlebooks #booksky

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Book Summary in one sentence. Animal Farm - George Orwell Old McDonald had a farm, but the pigs had other ideas. #booksky #bookreview

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Is it just me, or is Pete Benchley’s Jaws a case in which the film is better than the book?

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A conversation heard at a writing group meeting. “AI is stealing our writing! It just reads all the books it can, then uses what it learned to write new stories and claims they’re original works.” “Isn’t that what every human author does, though?” #writing #writingcommunity

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“Seems the only war that matters now is Poor vs Rich. It’s not Left vs Right, Socialist vs Conservative, Christian vs Muslim. The frontline of this war is inequality. You’re either a have or a have not. So pick your side and get to work.” Overheard in a Pub in London. #writingcommunity

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Book summary in one sentence. Dune - Frank Herbert: Dune: Sermon on the Mount, but Jesus is a boy who rides a giant worm whilst pursued by Nuns. #booksky #writing

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Book summary in one sentence: Frankenstein - Mary Shelly: Play with fire, and you get burned, but play with bits of people, and it’s a whole lot worse. #booksky #writing

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Book summary in one sentence: Carrie - Stephen King: Pre-menstrual high school outcast destroys everything and everyone. #booksky #writing

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Book summary in one sentence: The Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham: To survive, sometimes you need to make hard choices or weed-killer. #booksky #writing

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Book summary in one sentence: Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë: Yorkshire Romeo and Juliet, but she finds someone better, making Romeo a little bit cross. #booksky #writing

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Books summarised in one sentence: Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov: Middle-aged man kidnaps underage girl and destroys her life. #booksky #writing

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Writers block is the fear that you won’t do your story justice, so every time you sit down to write you are paralysed by doubt. #writersblock #writesky #writingcommunity

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"Good dialogue should reveal character, right Marty?" Ben toyed with the small ball. " And must move the story forward." Marty was upright on the sofa. "And be real, like this, talking." Ben smiled, "Did we nail it?" "No, Ben." Marty licked his lips, "I'm your dog." #writesky#writing#writingtips

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Word of the Day: Somnolent Meaning: Sleepy or drowsy; inducing sleep. Synonyms: Drowsy, soporific, lethargic Antonyms: Alert, wakeful, energetic Example: Students nodding off during the professor's somnolent lecture missed little. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #writesky

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Happy Imbolc to all you wonderful Pagans, Heathens, Druids and followers of the path. Blessed Be! Picture from the May Queen Crafts website (not affiliated, just a lovely picture) #pagansky#witchsky#heathensky#occultsky#druidsky

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Word of the Day: Lambent Meaning: Softly glowing or flickering. Synonyms: Radiant, shimmering, glowing Antonyms: Harsh, glaring, dull Example: The lambent glow of the candle danced along the walls. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #writesky

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Word of the Day: Ebullient Meaning: Overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement. Synonyms: Exuberant, lively, spirited Antonyms: Apathetic, indifferent, restrained Example: He burst into the room, ebullient and uncontainable. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #writesky

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Word of the Day: Cynosure Meaning:A person or thing that is the centre of attention or admiration. Synonyms: Focus, centrepiece, attraction Antonyms: Obscurity, insignificance Example: She stepped into the spotlight, the cynosure of every gaze. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #writesky

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this is how it feels to reach 30 MILLION users!!!

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Word of the Day: Ephemeral Meaning: Lasting for a very short time. Synonyms: Transient, fleeting, momentary Antonyms: Permanent, enduring, lasting Example: The ephemeral glow of the fireflies was woven through the twilight. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #writesky

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Word of the Day: Peregrinate Meaning: To travel or wander around from place to place. Synonyms: Wander, roam, traverse Antonyms: Stay, remain, settle Example: Penelope Thorn loved to peregrinate through town. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #writesky

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As all that value in the stock market goes *poof* over an early report on Chinese AI, i want you to remember something. STOCK đź‘Ź MARKET đź‘Ź VALUES đź‘Ź ARE đź‘Ź NOT đź‘Ź REAL đź‘Ź We made them up, its a farce whose whole purpose is to create artifical value. #deepseek #ai #openai #tech #stockmarket

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Word of the Day: Susurrus Meaning: A soft, murmuring, or rustling sound. Synonyms: Murmur, whisper, rustle. Antonyms: Clamour, din, cacophony. Example: The soft susurrus of the silver stream swirled through the stillness. #writingcommunity #booksky #writing

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I don’t care if you’re a relative, a fantasy novelist, or an elected official, transphobia is manufactured outrage and transphobe are trash. None of America’s problems are cause by trans people. None. But a LOT are caused by bigots.

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I saw this book prominently displayed at our local library. I will read it with my family. Educate yourself and others. #booksky #bannedbooks

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•sarcasm on• I have no idea what this might look like. You? •sarcasm off•

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5 things I do which really help: Give myself permission to write. Try to be a better human than I was yesterday. Daydream. Read a wide variety of works. Read things I love (especially short stories, lots and lots of short stories). #booksky #writingcommunity #writing

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5 things I don’t do, which really helps: Say that I’m a writer. Talk about what I’m writing. Expect anyone to want to read my writing. Compare my writing to anything other what I wrote yesterday. Explain myself to anyone. #booksky #writing #writingcommunity

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