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LAST DAY TO REGISTER!!! #skywriters #writingcommunity

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I think this period of American history should henceforth be known as the Reign of Error.

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Our online fiction critique group starts NEXT WEEK! All experience levels welcome. Check out writepittsburgh.com/events for more information on the workshop and your instructor (me!). #skywriters #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #fiction #amwritingfiction #writingworkshop #writinggroup

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

4 spots left! Join our online fiction critique group to get feedback on your work. Starts Feb 23rd. #skywriters #amwriting #writingcommunity #fiction Also, I'm a speculative author myself, as well as classically educated in literary fiction, so you'll get plenty of well-rounded feedback from me.

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Trump was so mad last night, he stormed out after the halftime show and cancelled the penny. Seriously. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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I guess it's good that my WIP is a dystopian novel because I can cathartically dump all my terror and existential dread onto the page. #skywriters

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Join the Write Pittsburgh online #Fiction Critique Group! Bring your work to get feedback (including from me!) and give feedback to your fellow writers. Advanced writing knowledge isn't necessary; your opinion is more important than you think! writepittsburgh.com/events #skywriters #writingcommunity

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If you're a government worker, just dropping this here for you: www.404media.co/declassified...

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If you’re in a particular kind of mood, you can call your reps from the otherwise quiet waiting area while the kids are at their activity, so all the other parents get to listen to your opinions

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FINAL CAMPAIGN WEEK: “Our Dust Earth" a hybrid "Dying Earth" SF anthology & mini TTRPG is 81% base and 67% stretch goal funded. We could use your help to reach our goals this week and fund the project. More info at www.kickstarter.com/projects/526... #sf #sff #rpg #kickstarter

submitted 30 days ago • 3 comments

In less than a month, I'll be leading our NEW fiction critique group for @writepittsburgh.bsky.social. Bring your work, get feedback, and give feedback to your fellow writers on their work. It's a win-win! Check out writepittsburgh.com/events for this and all of our upcoming workshops. #skywriters

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Bluesky has been flooded with automated reply bots - they'll offer a sort of confrontational opinion as a reply. They're pretty convincing and we all need to train ourselves to not reflexively reply to all responses until we check Dead giveaway is new acct, few followers + original posts

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Another doodle.

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Today's doodle/mood.

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Tomorrow, Donald Trump Becomes a Lame Duck President | This reality limits Trump’s political capital and will be limited further should voters do the usual course correction in the next midterm elections, writes @melissaryan.bsky.social.

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Tell your friends! Acquaintances! People you just tolerate! This workshop is solely focused on participant work; you'll be able to get feedback on multiple submissions. New & experienced writers welcome! Check writepittsburgh.com/events for this & all of our workshops #writingcommunity #skywriters

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Friends! Writers! Countryfolk! We have some amazing @writepittsburgh.bsky.social workshops scheduled for the winter term. Join @mchristinebd.bsky.social on January 25th for Scaffolding Your Novel! Only 4 spots left! #writingcommunity #skywriters #amwriting #novel #wip www.writepittsburgh.com/events

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Anyway I was bored during a Zoom call this afternoon and doodled some possums.

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.

submitted 54 days ago • 188 comments

We have a great list of upcoming @writepittsburgh.bsky.social workshops for the winter term, but we just announced my online fiction critique group today!!! Get feedback on your work! Give your opinions on peers' pieces! Join us! #writingcommunity #amwriting #fiction www.writepittsburgh.com/events

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"New Year's Nightmare" is by the youngest Holiday Spirit(s) adult workshop participant, Tahlia Smith. If you like rich people being haunted at the holidays, this story's for you! Read the anthology for free here: www.writepittsburgh.com/holiday-spir... #booksky #ghoststories #writingcommunity

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I reached "The Apocalyptic Rock Fight" in It yesterday, and last night I dreamed that my friends and I had a rock fight on an old wooden castle playground. We won because we had the biggest rocks. I'm not sure how those correlate, but it's probably not good. #booksky Bonus: Neville #catsofbluesky

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From "A Grilled Cheese Ghost Story" by Laine Wilson in our FREE @writepittsburgh.bsky.social Holiday Spirit(s) anthology! For a ghost story collection, we got a lot of heartwarming stories. Ghosts don't HAVE to be scary😉 www.writepittsburgh.com/holiday-spir... #writingcommunity #ghoststory #booksky

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An excerpt from Stacy Keene's "Bleak Midwinter: A Story To Be Read On A Long Cold Night" in our own @writepittsburgh.bsky.social Holiday Spirit(s) ghost story anthology. Which you can read for free! On our website! Which is here: www.writepittsburgh.com/holiday-spir... #writingcommunity #booksky

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Delighted to have a story in Write Pittsburgh’s Holiday Spirits Anthology! My story is ‘Magpie and Jay’ and it’s my first publication in 6 years. I’m proud to share space with such talented writers and very grateful to @writepittsburgh.bsky.social and @slbarrett87.bsky.social for their support!

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This Jolabokaflod, please enjoy our just-released-today Write Pittsburgh Holiday Spirit(s) ghost story anthology!!! You can download it for free on our website! Happy reading 👻🎄❄️ #writingcommunity #booksky www.writepittsburgh.com/holiday-spir...

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Neville "helping" wrap gifts. Funnily enough, I was wrapping his presents to the dogs. #catsofbluesky #merrychristmas

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My parents when I was a teen: Why are you so into medieval weaponry? That's so morbid. We raised you better than that. My parents 20 years later, watching Wolf Hall: Why didn't they kill Thomas More with a guillotine? They also got a mini lecture about how executioners were often drunk & missed 🪓🤷‍♀️

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I emailed responses to two different students who asked for clarification on revision advice today which said that, if they disagree with me, they should stand up for themselves because "it's not my writing. It's your writing. My writing currently has a lot of cyborgs in it." #writingcommunity

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I upped my sweatshirt collection game today (I love sweatshirts). #books #indiebookstore #amreading #writingcommunity

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I've been reading for the Write Pittsburgh Holiday Spirit(s) ghost story anthology, and it's kind of funny how many of the authors put in twist endings. So many people who you don't expect turn out to be ghosts all along. Is this person a ghost? Is that one? AM I??? #writingcommunity #ghoststories

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Got an inbox full of stories to read for the @writepittsburgh.bsky.social Holiday Spirit(s) ghost story workshop and anthology! Maybe I should just pitch workshop/anthology projects for all the things I want to read, because I'm very happy about this one 😂 👻🎄 #writingcommunity #ghoststories

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

Today I wrote 266 words in my novel-in-progress and one post-it note plotting out the entire section I'm working on, so I call that a WIN. #writingcommunity

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I wrote a poem today about how my most terrifying nightmares are ones about zombie apocalypses, and predictably it morphed into being afraid of endless pandemics and the anti-science/anti-vax movements. I was just trying to write a simple poem about zombies to submit to pubs... #writingcommunity

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I made sauce espagnole for the first time today to go with the steak we were having for dinner, and while I was cooking it/tasted it and while my dad was eating it we both independently said, "I guess the French know what they're doing." It was soooo good. 🤯 And not that difficult to make!

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Neville discovered the heating vent (he "discovers" it every season). #catsofbluesky

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Got a story rejection last night. Getting back into submitting stories is fuuuuun, she said sarcastically. (Though, in all seriousness, I know it's a good thing. Plus, in looking around at other publications, I have a better idea of where to send this story!) #writingcommunity

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Making cassoulet and watching Casablanca...not a bad Sunday afternoon.

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Today I wrote a full paragraph of my novel-in-progress in my notes app while working out because it forced its way into my head. Just that one. As soon as I was finished my mind went blank, and I realized I'd missed 5 minutes in the audiobook I was listening to. Writing is weird. #writingcommunity

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There's a wave of impersonator accounts claiming to be various authors on here. Check they are legit. The replies are often an instant giveaway. For instance, multiple identical requests to start a conversation via direct message are a scam artist. Verify anyone claiming to represent an author too.

submitted 93 days ago • 63 comments

Thinking about recording my short story collection as an audiobook. I'm not looking for a service; this will be an entirely DIY job because I'm poor. Has anyone else recorded an audiobook? Do you have any advice? #writingcommunity

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Happy Thanksgiving from these two beautiful knuckleheads. #dogsofbluesky

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We only have ONE SPOT LEFT in our online Write Pittsburgh Holiday Spirit(s) Workshop! You get: ghost story writing prompts, group feedback, AND a spot in the anthology. This might be your last chance to snag a spot! #writingcommunity #ghoststories www.writepittsburgh.com/tickets

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Our turkey leaked all over the fridge, so we're cooking it today. We're steam-reheating it on Thursday. Hopefully this is not the beginning of a theme for Thanksgiving 🦃🙄

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I ran out of room for a hashtag...But we have 2 spots left in our @writepittsburgh.bsky.social Holiday Spirit(s) Workshop, which is for holiday ghost stories (not just Christmas ghost stories), & you WILL get a spot in the workshop's anthology! #writingcommunity #ghoststories #horrorwriting #horror

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