I’ve dusted off an old abandoned #WIP that’s I’ve had sitting for years (ok decades). I started this story when I was in high school, forgot about it till I found the original papers about 10 years ago. Since then I’ve slowly added to it, but was never my primary focus. I think it’s finally time to finish this story. #writingcommunity#bookstodon#author#AuthorLife#authorsofmastodon#amwriting@bookstodon
The newest edition of @augurmag is officially out. My story “Wolf Mother” is in it. Here are the opening sentences. You’ll have to get a copy to read the rest! “Long lean legs, a tongue dripping with hot saliva, tail held arrow straight. The timber wolf stands at the edge of the trees almost, but not quite, hidden from me by the penumbral pines. She is grey, white, and black, the colours of snow in shadows, her legs planted as firmly as the trees behind her. She pants, but not from the heat.” https://www.augurmag.com#SpeculativeFiction#Fairytale#wolf@indigenousauthors#Wolves#LittleRedRidingHood#AuthorsOfMastodon#CanLit
The #WriteTalkWednesday show has posted it's upcoming themes for 1Q 2024. If you're an author and would like to speak on one of our upcoming themes - reach out!
January - finding joy in our writing/writing what we love
February - finding comfort in our writing, feel good stories of all kinds
March - writing action and adventure
I had a good idea about who I wanted Lauren to be when I started writing The Challenges of Being Me. She appeared as a character in a previous book of mine, and she was the one character I got overwhelmingly positive feedback in DMs back on the bird site and emails. I am so glad I got to dive into growing her character with this latest book.
I had a good idea about who I wanted Lauren to be when I started writing The Challenges of Being Me. She appeared as a character in a previous book of mine, and she was the one character I got overwhelmingly positive feedback in DMs back on the bird site and emails. I am so glad I got to dive into growing her character with this latest book.
Hey, if you're seeing this and you are a published author (indie self-published or otherwise, doesn't matter, so long as you're on fedi) or a writer in general please reply with a link to your work and maybe a gist of what kinda stuff you write.
I'm gonna get some money for the holidays, and since I'm gonna be treating myself to books I don't really need anyway why not support some fedi friends? (consider doing the same too this holiday season) :ablobcatheartsqueeze:
Have you written a #holiday book and would you like to promote it in December? I'm booking guests for the #WriteTalkWednesday show and would love to chat with and promote holiday books (any winter holiday or winter-themed).
As if children's books aren't already losing visibility due to censorship now this...
This year Goodreads has removed all children's books categories from their Goodreads Choice Awards, meaning no more #MG or #PB categories. Worse, Graphic Novel & Poetry, have also been eliminated.
Here you can vote to ask them to bring those categories back:
The second book of the Hooper's Junction series, Arroyo Coyote, will release on November 21st
Prepare to be transported back to the strange world of Dr. Martha Hooper, her mysterious powers and her unconventional connections with friends, family and strangers.
Book 5 of The Silk Rope Masters is slowly coming together. I had hoped it would have been completed by now but Cancer arrived to stuff up my progress.
I'm hoping to have it finished by early in the new year and ready to submit.
I really love working in Scrivener!
I've almost got my #NaNoWriMo spots filled for #WriteTalkWednesday but would love to keep filling the interview spaces. If you want to be on a zoom livestream talking about your books, your writing process, worldbuilding, anything writing and publishing related, let me know!
I'm still looking for authors who have completed NaNoWriMo to come on my #WriteTalkWednesday show and discuss their writing (promo a book or two) and how they made it through #NaNoWriMo
Will need to be avail 6pm CST (central time) on Wednesdays in November.
Looking for #WriteTalkWednesday guests for the month of November. Are you a #NaNoWriMo veteran and willing to chat on a live zoom call at 6pm central on a Wednesday? Let me know!
One of the many things I love about books is that you can buy one for typically a low price and get a couple hours of entertainment from it #writingcommunity#authorsofmastodon@bookstodon
Self-promotion time! What links, pieces of writing, art, and so forth would you like people to see in this chat? Post as many as you like within the character limit! #Writephant
This is an excellent post, especially her point about FB the "friends" there and how pleas for help will go unanswered. It's something I've experienced; I've quit asking.
I feel like we've gotten too silo'd. Sure, when I was RWA and the only erorom author in the group I was looked down upon. The local SF con said I wasn't a real writer because I wrote romance/smut with SFF elements (that still hurts to this day)
So to me, one of the most radical things we can do is reclaim that community. Reach out to one another. I remember group blogs and shared worlds and I'd LOVE to find those again in whatever form they take here. We need to remember that books aren't widgets, their pieces of our soul sent into the world to nourish and sustain not just us, but our readers too.