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Short fiction writer, mom, and lover of words from Ypsilanti, MI. http://writermcnaughton.wordpress.com You can find this contest goblin on 11:59, Writing Battle, NYC Midnight, Not Quite Write, Globe Soup, and more... https://linktr.ee/writermcnaughton
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@akscotland.bsky.social I think the opposite of "write every day" is that you can't use the word "day." Which doesn't really restrict writers a ton... maybe it means the story has to be set at night?

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SUBMISSION CALL! submissions are open for (s)crawl literary magazine's inaugural fall 2025 issue. see submission guidelines & submit your work on our website: scrawlmag.com know someone who would be interested? tag them and share this post to spread the word! #litmag #horrorlitmag #horrorwriters

submitted 38 days ago • 11 comments

#amwriting (or brainstorming or outlining): - #TwistedTournament 🦄 round 1 from @twistinthetale.bsky.social (due 2/19) - Shirley Jackson Tribute 👻from #CosmicHorrorMonthly (due 3/7) - #FleshFiction 😳 from @notquitewrite.bsky.social (due 8/24) They’re all swirling around in my head together!

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Join us!!!!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

This is going to be a running thread for me of all my suggested #writingbattle genres: Road Trip Cozy Horror Workplace Epistolary Pen Pal Romance Food Horror Space Western Big Game Lost Love The Fall Historical Thriller Historical Comedy Secret Identity

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

@thestorygraph.com Which show/network will you be on this morning?

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Updates from December 2024 and January 2025: Stories written, contest results, submissions, plans for February

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

“It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion on them. On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit all day, every day, on top of another creature and not have the slightest thought about them whatsoever.” Douglas Adams

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

submitted 33 days ago • 338 comments

I'm tied for second in my house in Writing Battle ❤️! (h/t @kennethroland.bsky.social)

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

We’re in a situation now where the president is unilaterally expanding his own authority beyond anything the constitution recognizes, and then we wait to see whether his deeply compromised judges will decide to change the law in his favor post-hoc.

submitted 34 days ago • 5 comments

Contest goblins!* What are you working on now? What’s next for you? *H/t @exeterstevens.bsky.social for the phrase

submitted 34 days ago • 7 comments

I registered for @nycmidnight.bsky.social’s #ShortStoryChallenge2025 back in October, forgot about it for months, decided not to enter, then was surprised to wake up Saturday morning to prompts! I guess I’m doing the thing!

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

@annewilkins.bsky.social Welcome!

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome, all you new Bluesky #writingbattle Battle Ravens! And welcome to anyone else who'd like to join us! writingbattle.com

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

@exeterstevens.bsky.social They tell me you're responsible for the term "contest goblin" and I want to thank you!

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

Done! #NotQuiteWritePrize

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Signed up for my first @notquitewrite.bsky.social this month, thanks to an entry gifted by my husband! (If you want to hint about writing contest entries as gifts, just share this post widely! writermcnaughton.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/w...)

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

I’ve implemented a policy this morning where I have to do ten push-ups every time I check the Submission Grinder. I’m either going to finish this paper on time or become the strongest person in short fiction.

submitted 60 days ago • 6 comments

My writing and reading stats for 2024

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

Big day for people selling pretty notebooks today

submitted 61 days ago • 17 comments

Everyone prepare yourself for my screenplay where Popeye and Tintin are WWI ambulance bearers, and the soundtrack is just Ravel’s Boléro over and over again.

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments