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spottedpen.bsky.social
Writer, Teacher, Dreamer, Developmental Editor, Poet—intensely interested in small moments of beauty. Writer of fiction, essay, and short fiction. Delighted by humor and absurdity. Striving for radical curiosity! https://shelliraespotts.weebly.com/my-work
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Forever pissed that I have to be Aware and Informed instead of reading science fiction and fantasy and writing stories. I'm a children's literature critic, not an expert on government! (Not a fan of this timeline. At all.)

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Easy overview of the #kidlit community on Bluesky for #booktok friends who have wandered over and feel overwhelmed: briankirbystudio.com/kidlit-commu...

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My husband grew up in California. I lived there for 10 years growing up. We are both architecture junkies. We just got back from a trip to LA to celebrate his birthday. I’m just heartbroken for that beautiful, vibrant city. #losangeles #california

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Stuck? It might be because you unconsciously think that script choices you make now are locked. Switch to index cards, which relax you with their inherent plasticity. #writingcommunity #playwriting

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The Broken Spine @brokenspinearts.bsky.social #poetry #poets #poetrycommunity #poems #writing #writers #writingcommunity #amwriting #books #reading #amreading

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Art by artists is important. And so is humor.

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Soup of the day. Clean out the fridge soup with ham, orzo, potato, carrots and onions, white beans, and some artichoke dip leftovers. Stirred in some fresh kale. #soupseason #norecipes

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Sunset off the winter solstice line at @griffithobserv.bsky.social Almost there. (The birds were paid actors) #solstice #sunsets #celestialgeography

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Dear diary. It’s been 347 days since my last meal. Or at least 3 hours. The human refuses to relinquish the peanut butter. #dogsareweird #hungry #begging

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Live theater is truly one of the most humanizing experiences. Beauty and the Beast at Hale Theater in SLC was amazing. #theatre #performance #art

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Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this

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Realizing I might have gone overboard while playing with my new gimbal. The whole page is different angles of sunflowers. 😂#photography #flowers #amateur

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Trying to figure out how to teach media literacy for my college classes in the current media climate. #truth #medialiteracy #teaching

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“All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change. God is Change.” — Octavia E. Butler

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When the college son decides to sew for a final project. He has a …less traditional process. 😂

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What we need is a showing for people who cry easily. That way we can sob together.

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THREE new #booksky feeds for the nerds. 🫡 1️⃣ - SciFi/Fantasy/SpecFic - use 🪐📚 to post to feed 2️⃣ - Smut/Erotica/🌶️ - use 🌶️📚 to post to feed Add a 💙 at the end of either of those emoji combos to post to the main 📚💙 feed as well. 3️⃣ - Booksky Trending 🔥 - same feed, sorted by popularity Enjoy! 🫶🏻

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Trying to recover from dental surgery and wondering what my writing would sound like under the influence of anesthetic. Worth it? 😂🤦🏻‍♀️ #failedrootcanal #ouch #restday

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I loved what Ada Limon had to say about writer's block in her talk at #NCTE24 today: "It is not so much that you don't have anything to say; it's that you have so much to say." We have to take time to sort through the overwhelmingness of it all, time to let one good idea at a time shine through.

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The Discoveries writing development programme and prize for unpublished women writers in the UK accepts novels in any genre of adult fiction, with entrants invited to submit the first 10,000 words of their novel and a synopsis

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Did not get as many words written today as I wanted, so I’m distracting myself with snapshots of sunsets. #beautyinnature #sunsets #writing #inspiration

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Just a Rocky Mountain girl wishing she could grow bougainvillea and knowing it’s hopeless. #photo #frustratedgardener #natureisbeautiful #photography #zone4gardening

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There is something about this shade of red against a bright blue sky that inspires me to write. #photography #fall #writerlife #writer #poetryinnature

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This is a very good list. I am going to add a few things which are more nebulous, but just as important. TEND TO YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. 1) Check in with your friends and loved ones, especially if they are vulnerable under the incoming admin. If you have been out of touch, don't worry. Reach out now.

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