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AI Content vs Human Written Content for SEO

By Kayla Chauvel For decades, one powerful concept has captured the imaginations of millions: artificial intelligence (AI). An evergreen topic in popular culture, it’s been the subject of dozens of bestselling novels and blockbuster films, like...
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/ai-content-vs-human-written-content-for-seo/

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OMG. 🤣

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I always wonder a bit if #writers avoid creating fun character names because of the red squiggle line from word or other document processors. They're annoying to look at and I'm too lazy to make it go away so I wind up with tons of squiggle marks all over. #amwriting #writinglife #writingcommunity #writing

For all the latest SF, fantasy, and horror short story submission calls and market listing updates, plus one of the secrets to great plotting, go to https://aswiebe.com/marketlist/mar-2023/

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#amwriting #writingcommunity #submissioncall #marketlist #sciencefiction #fantasy, #horror

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror submission calls and market list updates! Featured: Deathcap & Hemlock wants dark flash fiction written as recipes, pays $10, no reprints, due 3/31/23.

https://www.deathcapandhemlock.com/submit

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#amwriting #WritingCommunity #horror

painting enchantment
wet pigment staining pure white
Moments of pure bliss!

Wishing that each of you finds your bliss whatever it is. :)

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-abstract-art-pure-enchantment-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #follow #nature #poets #poems #writer #writers #colorfulart #colorful #life #abstract #abstractart #hope #drip #painting #paintings #contemporaryart #modernart

https://wordswordswordsediting.com/ladiesoftheblog/a-pickle-for-the-hatty-ones
#amediting #editing #EditingServices #newblogpost #blog #blogging #writingcommunity #editingskills

All of the VSS365 posts I made on Twitter

#vss365 #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #authorblog #blogpost #authorslife

https://siphomoloi.wixsite.com/author-site/post/all-my-twitter-vss365-posts

@neve
I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com
See me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.
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@neve
The Once and Future King
Five Children and It
Advanced Word Problems in Portal Math
The Nine Billion Names of God
The Space Willies
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“There’s no need for you to shoot at each other. Space is big enough for both of you to go on your way, and you won’t have to cross paths. Where are you headed?”

“To the peace conference,” they said simultaneously.

#WritingWonders #WritingCommunity

_Lord of the Black Mountain_ Chapter Seven #book #fantasy #writingcommunity In which we find out what Teren has been up to. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/62335/lord-of-the-black-mountain/chapter/1143559/seven Join Royal Road to comment/review!

Got on a roll today, banged out almost 2500 words between lunch and a post-dinner sesh. Current word count for REFUGE: 67993. Phew!

#WritingCommunity #accountability

Edited a longer #sff piece today and hope it’ll be ready for subs soon. Hope to finish it this week! #amwriting #writingcommunity

Your occasional reminder that RUBICONS is available for pre-order wherever fine books are sold. Support #IndieWriters and #IndiePublishers.

Some things can't be taken back.

#writingcommunity #writerslift #Writers #Writer #author #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #writersoftwitter #AuthorsOfTwitter #fiction #fictionbooks #fictionwriter #sciencefiction #youngadult #horror #superheroes #Arkansas

@neve

A3: Titles are so difficult!

I recently heard that titles are your first hook, and the pressure is on!

I try to find a word, a line, a core theme, or something from a related work to title a story. If an editor ever asked if I'd be willing to re-title a story, the answer is probably yes.

#Writephant #amwriting #writingcommunity

@neve
Hard. Hard. Hard.
But when I have the right story title, the story follows.
#Writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting

@neve
All the time. Sometimes the perfect name comes calling late.
#Writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting

The Void - Dark sci-fi space opera.

Aleph Corporation - Vulcan-class.

As a specialised battleship-killer, the Vulcan-class is peerless, employing the very best technology. Only the Republic comes close to the advanced systems in this ship.

As it is also quite expensive to build, the Aleph military is smaller than the other corporations. But make no mistake, this ship is superior.

https://www.ratchman.com/hardware/aleph

#scifi #sciencefiction #audiobook #thevoid #scifibooks #writingcommunity #writing

@neve important, and finding the right one may take time.
And I think about how things sound--everything might be read aloud sometime--I *do* regret those Mayan names in that one story . . .
#Writephant #WritingCommunity #amwriting

@neve Characters tend to live in my head for a long time. Some show up, name in hand. That's always awesome!

Some are shy and I have to spend a long time with them before I come up with their name - they remain some letter of the alphabet until I figure it out.

Some I use anagrams or look at names in various online groups I'm a member of.

Some I use https://www.behindthename.com/ to search for names that represent what I want.

#Writephant #amwriting #writingcommunity

Q4: What are some of your favorite titles? It’s perfectly fine to mention your own — go for it! (But please save any links for the self-promo opportunity at the end of the chat)

#writephant #writing #writingcommunity

Q3. How do you come up with story or book titles? Do you find it easy or hard?

#writing #writephant #writingcommunity

Q2. How often do you change character names in subsequent drafts?
#writephant #writing #writingcommunity

When it comes to picking character names, I don't know that I have a specific method, it's usually whatever comes to mind. Sometimes I'll use the Scrivener name generator for ideas.

#writing #writephant #WritingCommunity

1/
Even small moves can make BIG differences

Let that be your “#hustle” ✅

Read more here 👉 http://bit.ly/3CnKwz1

#career #life #opinion #blog #motivation #substack #writingcommunity #writerslift

Ep 530: Chris Wright, journalist and co-author of ‘The Millionaires’ Factory’.

Chris Wright, journalist and co-author of The Millionaires’ Factory. Should you write about real places? And win The Vein of Gold by Julia Cameron.  You can listen to the episode below, on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or add the podcast RSS...
https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/ep-530/

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FRIENDS! MY NEW BOOK IS OUT! 🥳🎉🎶💃😁

MALEFACTORS is a collection of speculative fiction short stories about bad people doing bad things to worse people. These are the scofflaws, scoundrels, and outright villains. Get it at Amazon for now, but it'll distribute to other platforms soon!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZ1HSZ6S

Yay #books!!!

#fantasy
#scifi
#specfic
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#ShortStories
#Kindle
#paperback
#indie

Hi everyone. Was on a really cool psychosis/mania ride when Valium put the brakes on which means I’m tired. Here’s a cool pic. Nice numbers. Pleased with myself. I love readers. So very tired.

#sapphicmigration #sapphicauthor #romanticfantasy #sapphicreader #mentalHealthMatters #Bipolar #depression #anxiety #mentalillness
#sapphicromance #sapphicbooks #sapphicfiction #wlw #wlwbooks #wlwromance #lesfic #lesbian #lesbianfiction #romancebooks #writer #writingcommunity

Painted Bride Quarterly: Market Spotlight

For this week's market spotlight, we look at Painted Bride Quarterly, a quarterly online literary publication with an annual print...
https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/painted-bride-quarterly-market-spotlight

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It’s #MicrofictionMonday!

https://amandaquraishi.com/microfiction-monday-3-20-23

#fiction #microfiction #writing #writingcommunity #writingexercises

The problem with working on my book after dinner is that now I want to stay up all night working on it 👀

#writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #editing #revisions

Time for the #VisualWritingPrompt for 03/20/23!

Write a 480-ish character #SciFi story about this AI generated image.

#WritingCommunity #Midjourney #WritingPrompt #SecretSciFiNetwork

I might treat myself to a new notebook tomorrow. 😁

Question is, will I actually write in it?

#amwriting #writingcommunity #writing

distrust at first
had to prove I
was worth my mare's trust

#575Prompt - distrust
#haiku
#senryu
#poetry
#writing
#writingcommunity

@aethelshane

It's "UN French Language Day," which gives me a good excuse to post my latest limerick:

Pardon My French!
http://www.madkane.com/humor_blog/2023/03/20/french-language-humor/

#Limerick #Limericks #Rhyme #Poetry #TinyPoems #SmallPoems #Poets #Prompts #Prompt #WritingPrompt #Poem #AmWriting #MicroPoetry #Writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Language #French #UN #UNFrenchLanguageDay

Has anyone here ever done a #kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a creative project like a #book? Would you be willing to talk with me? #connecting #writingcommunity

This ✨Wonderful✨ private note from an 87 year old #French #woman , #today 🤗

"Vive la #france !"

Anyone know a good #translator ?

#translation #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #writing #WritingCommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #boost #Mastodon #introduction #introductions #Fediverse #SilentSunday #Monday #literature #readers

Reading #The ArtistsWay ..

"As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to constantly replenish our creative resources as we draw on them"

What's your preferred way of refilling your well of creative energy?

#arts #creativity #WritingCommunity
#urbansketching #watercolour

If your story plays out across multiple time zones (and especially If you're writing a story that is contingent on exact times), Scrivener is an excellent tool. You can put the time a chapter plays out in the metadata for that chapter, along with any notes. I've found it helps eliminate continuity problems before they arise, if you're a plantser like me.

#WritingTips #WritingCommunity #Scrivener

I woke up to this beautiful photograph of my book, PHILOSOPHY IN THE GARDEN (Scribe).

UK designer Dominic Bellamy makes these arrangements on his Instagram, and I’m so pleased to be part of one. https://www.instagram.com/p/CqA3rrhoA2A/?igshid=Mzc1MmZhNjY=

#garden #gardening #philosophy #philosopher #reading #literature #books #bookshelf #janeAusten #writingCommunity #writing

#WritingWonders 3.20 - 2 of 2 - Share a snippet of a fight, battle or conflict scene.

Part 1 is an excerpt rewritten from a longer much more horrifying tract published elsewhere, modified to fit the SFF universe I'm currently working in with a derivative character.

This piece was summarized in the "coping with pain" writing wonder.

These people don't use the term magic, but I used here as a placeholder because explaining the severely limited physics basis is beyond the scope of an excerpt, despite the hints I dropped.

Devil-girl is a self-pejorative, but I had to leak more about the post-human "Haves" in the story to make it work. Yes, her horns look like rebar. Despite having them, she is the same species as you.

Here, my MC's success shapes her very differently than most people would be such an experience. I won't say the word. This doesn't mean she isn't scarred!

Please check out my #writingAdvice on fight scenes in this post and comment how well I stuck with it: https://eldritch.cafe/@sfwrtr/109725058892926895

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#BoostingIsSharing

Blue phosphines circled me; he'd bounced my head off a rock.

I'd begged: offered coins, frightened, oblivious I wore nothing—neither my purse nor anything, as he climbed the muddy hill. My skull ached, in addition to my jaw from the sucker punch and my bruised pelvis.

I was a witness. I'd die if I failed to act.

My head lolled, my body clenched by his right arm. He jostled me with each slip; mud sluiced along my rear, down my legs as he reached forward with his free arm and pulled us up.

Panic gave way to calm as defense training cried: surprise, distract, disable, run. Couldn't perform magic; he'd see the glow and I'd never wake again. I was a devil-girl, though, with tiny rebar-like meat-hooks sticking backwards out of my temples.

My head lolled. One bounce, two, three. I took the momentum, bounced my head upward, speared—

He yelped, reflexively flinging me aside, ripping flesh, wrenching my neck. I landed in rotting leaves. I brought my legs to my stomach and connected. Stomach? Groin? I pushed him, pushing myself away.

Lightning flashed—Built like a bear, hand to his cheek his hard eyes met mine—Darkness.

Scrambling downhill on my rear, I spun up Push, providing wan light as my horns burned with magic. He lunged to pin me. My Push shoved me downhill, barely avoiding him... into a tree; this time my magic threw him aside—

Barely a couple paces. "Oh, come on!"

I had shoes, at least. I braced against the tree, kicked as he lunged. Stupid, reflexive. He grabbed but overbalanced, lost his grip.

As he twisted toward me, I performed, lifting him—barely. My magic balked trying to hurt anyone, but I swung toward a low branch. The magic died, but his head struck as thunder rumbled. He fell onto a gnarled root. He thrashed, yelling incoherently.

I slipped downhill, arms out. It felt like skiing had to feel.

Behind, footsteps splashed.

My Stars! I spun up, performed, shoving myself from a tree in my path. I glanced back, targeted, and performed Levitate, lifting him left off his feet. My performance flicked out, of course it did, but yes!, momentum bounced him off the trunk.

I stumbled, shoes hitting the road, coming down sliding painfully on a knee on crumbled asphalt. It struck me as the monster roared his rage: I could not outrun the beast. I threw a chunk of road, then the other piece. I hit him.

He smiled, wiping his dripping nose and bloody face. I was nothing!

He rushed me.

I spun up Push, narrowing it. Work, work, work! At least punch him! I clenched my body, falling on all fours, screaming as I flooded everything into my performance, folding and refolding the area of affect.

Purple-blue flashed blindingly through closed eyelids. I heard a clap of immediate thunder that drowned a cry of pain. I dodged and he misstepped, came down rolling, bounding by to slide into the drainage ditch.

He splashed and immediately levered himself up, mud dripping, eyes enraged.

"What does it take!" I yelled.

I couldn't get up—bruised, scraped, blood in my mouth as nausea rose. My head pounded. I backed on raw hands and knees as he stood, now on the road—

He kept his distance. He ripped off a tattered shirt, eying me like a wolf disbelieving a baby fawn had kicked him in the jaw.

I kept my Push variant from spinning apart as he gave me the time to spin it up again.

He feinted.

I flinched, but crouched forward, bull-faced and glaring up. "I hurt you, didn't i?"

He lunged. I performed my miracle, eyes closed, accepting fate.

Hot bits of asphalt peppered my face and arms, and clattered on the road. Blinded again, ears ringing, I rolled right.

He kept running. I turned, even as I saw I'd blasted a crater in the road. In the moonlight, he ran like a deer, but I knew he'd stalk me later—

Or find another to savage! It focused my rage and outrage. I planted my stinging knees and hands, leaned forward, directing all the energy in my body, channeling my life into performing, targeting until... I bellowed, "Never. Hurt. Anyone. Again!"

A river of will flooded through me. The maths and visualization balanced and I performed a miracle. Flash. Thunder.

Force shoved back on the road, flattening me. Ears ringing loudly, I pushed wet hair from my eyes. but through falling rain, I saw a dissipating cylindrical cloud of steam swirling along the road. Something burned in a pile at its end despite the shower.

Perhaps the magic worked because it saved others from my fate. I huffed, mouth ticking, but, in steps, I began to grin. I'd done something miraculous.

What did I feel? I'd beat him. I'd won.

I'd fought back and...

Won. Tears burned. Rage drained out, leaving...

Pride. I felt...

Happy! I hurt, but no achievement came without sacrifice, right?

Right?

I started laughing.

I was finally free. I'd never be chattel again.

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#BoostingIsSharing

croci burst open
purple explosion
Prince springs to mind

#haiku
#senryu
#poetry
#writing
#writingcommunity

#Today, I'm digging into the program coursework to become a certified book coach. It's an investment in a new career to help other writers and improve my own process. Today's lesson was about diversity in authorship as well as story. Things are getting better, but we've still got a long way to go. Onward and upward!

#AuthorAccelerator #BookCoach #WritingCommunity

NFT Books for Authors in 2023: Over Before They’ve Barely Begun?

Are NFTs for authors over before they've barely begun? Today, the Alliance of Independent Authors welcomes partner member James Faktor from Bookvolts to update us on the latest developments around NFTs for authors in 2023.
The post NFT Books fo...
https://selfpublishingadvice.org/nfts-for-authors-2023/

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#Writing

ON SCREENWRITING: TWENTY (MORE) SCREENPLAYS BY WOMEN TO STUDY

In this sequel to a piece I shared a while back, I've curated twenty more utterly f@cking brilliant screenplays written by women for you to download for free and study.

Includes titles like THELMA & LOUISE, LOST IN TRANSLATION, LEGALLY BLONDE, ERIN BROCKOVICH, and many more.

Read here: https://medium.com/@cole.haddon/on-screenwriting-twenty-more-screenplays-by-women-to-study-4d91bacf4620

#screenwriting #screenwriter #writing #storyteller #film #movies #cinema #writer #writingcommunity #writinglife #amwriting

possibilities
are endless colorful drips
Art reveals itself.

#MastoPrompt - drip

ART https://fineartamerica.com/featured/abstract-art-possibilities-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #follow #nature #poets #poems #writer #writers #colorfulart #colorful #life #abstract #abstractart #hope #drip #painting #paintings #contemporaryart #modernart

The excitement is building already! Have you seen this sneak preview of #BordersBookFestival in the Scottish Borders including a special event by two-time #WalterScottPrize winner #SebastianBarry, plus our 2023 prizegiving? Do join us if you can. https://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/23384614.early-peek-borders-book-festival-headliners/

#writingCommunity #bookFestival #Scotland

I suppose I should answer my own question:

I'd move to Ardonna in a heartbeat. Despite its issues, & the fact that people are largely the same everywhere, it holds more opportunities than our world. No one needs be hungry or homeless, for example.

#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthorsOfMastodon

Question for my fellow writers this morning:

If you could live in the world you created, would you?

If your story takes place in our regular world, would you hang out with your characters?

Why or why not?

#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthorsOfMastodon

I'm humbled and grateful to all those who have supported The Book of Constellations and voted my show one of the "Best Existing Story-Based Production" in the Audio Verse Awards.

Thank you so much!

http://bookofconstellations.com

#AudioFiction #AudioFictionPodcast #podcast #podcasts #AudioDrama #AudioDramaSunday #awards2022 #sciencefiction #sff #scifi #hopepunk #alien #indie #audioverseawards #writing #writingcommunity

DIVINE BY PAMELA WILLIAMS

Gentle breeze upon
Ivy entangling the mind
Sunshine saves the soul

#dailyhaikuprompt #ivy
Meet Divine a fascinating stilt walker character at Animal Kingdom camouflaged amongst the trees, often hard to find.

👇#SharePamsArt👇
https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/10120-divine-pamela-williams.html

#TheArtDistrict #Haiku #Poetry #SmallPoems #Prompts #Poem #WritingCommunity #camoflauge #nature #tree #leaves #green #PoetryCommunity #Writing #AYearforArt #BuyIntoArt #POTD #Photography #FediGiftShop #smile #follow

you don't have to be
ivy league educated
To think for yourself...

#DailyHaikuPrompt - ivy

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/colorful-brain-art-just-think-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #colorfulart #artists #writer #writers #poets #poems #healing #spirituality #spiritual #inspiration #thinking #brain #brainpower #education #university #school #selflove #selfhelp #power #neurology #poet #poem #ArtMatters #mastodonart #fun #cute #teachers #teaching

low simmer anger
a secret one sided fight
suddenly explodes

#dailyhaikuprompt
#writingcommunity
#poem #poetry
#haiku #prompt - rage

if I were a bear
I would eat lots of honey
and sleep all winter

#dailyhaikuprompt
#writingcommunity
#poem #poetry
#haiku #prompt - bear

Last year, I wrote this piece for the Pride and Prejudice zine, A Truth Universally Acknowledged.

"The Fall of the House of De Bourgh" reimagines Anne de Bourgh as a gothic heroine.

I love to think about the characters who barely grace the page, what their perspective on the story is and what their own stories might be like. This was definitely an exercise in that, and it's a piece I'm really proud of.

If you didn't get a copy of the zine when it was available, you can read it now on Patreon and Ko-fi!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/fall-of-house-of-78794873

https://ko-fi.com/post/The-Fall-of-the-House-of-De-Bourgh-A0A3ISTJF

#JaneAusten #PrideAndPrejudice #ShortStories #WritingCommunity #gothic

Reminder that I keep up a free aggregated paying calls for submissions email newsletter for writers. Subscribe by RSS or email. Subscribe via email at https://rk.groups.io/g/writerop/join, or RSS, at https://rk.groups.io/g/writerop/rss #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Publishing #Fiction #Nonfiction

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I have it on good authority tomorrow's #Writephant is going to be awesome! Come join fellow #writers for a chat on Monday, 3/20 at 7pm EDT / 4pm PDT.

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Writing alt text for romance audiobook covers while I'm working on promos, I find myself asking the eternal question:

"How many times can I write 'muscular, shirtless man' in a single day?"

😂

#BookMarketing #BookPromotions #Bookstodon #Romancelandia #WritingCommunity #Audiobooks

@kristianeleigh @bookstodon It 100% depends on the writer and the story. Some stories work well in 1st person. Others needed the 3rd person voice. And 2nd person is damn hard to pull off and pull it off well. In my opinion, if the narrative is well written, whether it is in 1st, 2nd or 3rd will not be something you even notice, because it fits so well that it becomes invisible. #creativewriting #writingcommunity

🐋 #Whale 🐋
#dailyhaikuprompt

Living in the sea
Swimming with purpose endlessly
Chomping up my prey

👇#SharePamsArt👇
https://3-pamela-williams.pixels.com/featured/10956-killer-whale-pamela-williams.html

♥️#ArtMatters♥️
Please support Independent Artists they depend on kind people that support us! Thanks for your Boosts & Follows!!

#TheArtDistrict #Haiku #Poetry #SmallPoems #Prompts #Poem #WritingCommunity #sealife #animals #coastaldecor #PoetryCommunity #Writing #AYearforArt #BuyIntoArt #Art #MastoArt #FediGiftShop #smile #follow

“The essence of time is flux, dissolution of the momentarily existent; and the essence of life is time.” So writes Joseph Campbell in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, and no truer statement could there be.

https://odinhalvorson.substack.com/p/the-essence-of-time-is-flux?sd=pf

#Writing #Writers #WritersofMastodon #WritingCommunity #Newsletter #Medium #Substack #Articles #Thoughts #Ideas #Rambling

Time for the #VisualWritingPrompt for 03/19/23!

Write a 480-ish character #SciFi story about this AI generated image.

#WritingCommunity #Midjourney #WritingPrompt #SecretSciFiNetwork

Working on some promos today and a caught a typo just in time before I accidentally invented the "Runaway Bridge" romance subgenre. 😅

#Romance #Romancelandia #Romancebooks #Bridges #Typos #Bookstodon @romancelandia @bookstodon #WritingCommunity

https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Angel-Colleen-Millsteed/dp/0228888727/ref=monarch_sidesheet

My book has been published. Wahoo.

#poetry #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity

TFW you finally work up the nerve to hit “send” on a submission and Outlook inexplicably won’t do it and it sits in the outbox and you keep trying and then worry the editor is going to receive a dozen emails from you and think it’s spam
#WritingCommunity

I'm feeling overwhelmed, #WritingCommunity. Social media posts, blogs, writing, critiquing, editing, and, you know, life. It's too much. I need some tips. #writing #editing #author #help

subtle never works
Mother Nature doesn't play
Earth is in danger!

#DailyHaikuPrompt - subtle
#MastoPrompt - mother

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mother-nature-abstract-goddess-art-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #nature #spring #peace #love #goddess #women #woman #colorfulart #artists #writer #writers #poets #poems #healing #spirituality #spiritual #inspiration #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #mothersday #mother #nature

#sherrybriscoe.com #amwriting #author #authorlife #book #bookmarketing #books #creativewriting #indieauthors #indiewriter #novelist #selfpub #writer #writerssupportingwriters #writing #writingadvice #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingtips

Sad honk. I went to book a Book Barbarian promo to overlap with a sale I'm in at the start of April, but they require at least 10 Amazon reviews (on .com) and I'm still stuck on a measly 5 😭

The struggle is real. If only they accepted Goodreads reviews! I've managed to scrape 12 there.

I would say I don't know how some people manage to get hundreds really fast, but I'm sure the answer is selling a kidney for a NetGalley listing.

#writingCommunity

#SundayStory #StorySunday - Great ghost story by #MaríaAlejandraBarrios
Not all ghosts are dead people.

https://www.latinelit.com/julieta

@smokelong @bookstodon #amReading #GhostStory #writers #writingcommunity

IMO haiku are not about words, but images

8) Write a haiku involving this image, but *not* this word:

- ARROW

and tag it: #imagiku 8 #haiku
= and FOLLOW #imagiku AND @imagiku

over to you …
and boost this, & responses!

My personal view of Haiku https://clover.serveblog.net/w0dz/so-what-is-haiku

My subs: (eventually) clover.serveblog.net/w0dz/imagiku-arrow
previous: https://writing.exchange/@w0dz/110027420031349478

This is not a DAILY prompt.

#poetry #poetryCommunity #smallpoems #amwriting #writingCommunity #senryu

https://bit.ly/AWCraftChatWCVideo

#WritingCommunity #WritingCraft #Conversations #Writing #AmWriting #Bookstodon #SplendidAnatomies #WritersofMastodon

Okay, here is my Writing Pro Tip for the day. If you're using Word on your laptop and you don't have a mouse, you can assign "accept change and move to next" to a keyboard shortcut and it will make your life way better than trying to right click things with a trackpad. Go to Options > Customize Ribbon -- keyboard shortcuts is randomly at the bottom of that page.

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“Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.” - James Baldwin

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madeleine
is a zine by @simonrussell that I'm in.

It's cheered me up earlier this year, to write some comics fandom memories down.

When kickstarter releases the funds, Simon will be sending out backers' copies. Also a donation of £750 to Alzheimer's Research UK.

I've loved being part of this. Thanks you to everyone who's backed it and been involved!

@zines
#art #comics #zine #memories #alzheimers #scifi #history #Marvel #DC #nostalgia #WritingCommunity

Somedays it hits me that:

- there are tens of thousands of available books, from both publishers and indies
- There's a shrinking pool of readers
- Most people would rather watch TV/play video games
- I'm a nobody
- People still read my books and that's f'n amazing.

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@james

Sounds just like regular magic wizards.

(I #AmWriting a fantasy novel set in a world where they publish an annual encyclopaedia of fatal wizard mishaps, misspelled magic, and otherwise humourous wizard fatalities.)

#WritingCommunity

YAY! Got another supporter over at my @comradery page! Check it out here. https://comradery.co/weirdwriter #Patreon #Disability #WritingCommunity

My latest short story has some satirical touches (okay, dollops).

I may have chosen too easy a target, but I was in a hurry to publish it – an irony in itself.

https://reiditwrite.substack.com/p/publish-no-matter-if-damned-or-proud

#satire #shortstory
#publishing #publishers

#writer #writers #writing
#amwriting #writerslife #writingcommunity #writerscommunity

#prose #poetry #flashfiction

In response to the rapid rollout of AI tools and products: the Human Artistry Campaign, established by a broad coalition of creators' groups, with a mission of, among other things, addressing copyright issues involved in AI "training" #WritingCommunity https://www.humanartistrycampaign.com/

if you're here because you have concerns about #algorithms and #AI, and have ever wondered about how it all might affect your #healthcare, well, I wrote a book about that, and it seems it's not exactly #ScienceFiction anymore

#books #bookstodon #thriller #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #MedMastodon

Things I wonder about #selfpublishing : How do you determine the book is ready? If you get published someone determines for you if it has the spark, the Zeitgeist, the whatnot. People with experience will determine what it lacks and what it needs. What can you do to determine all of this yourself? How do you find the right editor when you're new to all of this? How do you give yourself the best chance? #writingcommunity

It can be helpful to hear about other people's declines, so every Friday in 2023 I'm posting my submission statistics.

December 31 - March 17

Submissions: 41 (+3) (week goal: +7)
Personal Declines: 14 (-)
Form Declines: 18 (-)
Withdrew: 6 (-)
Acceptances: 2 (-)
Total Fees: 0 (-)

#WritingCommunity #LitMags #Writing #Writer #AmWriting #WritersOfMastodon

Read more: Not for lack of trying, but there are only three

I run a free calls for submissions list for writers. Evreything runs on RSS so all bloggers get credit and links and more, and you don't get junk! Subscribe via email at https://rk.groups.io/g/writerop/join, or RSS, at https://rk.groups.io/g/writerop/rss #Publishing #Writers #WritingCommunity @scifi

My revision class is working on sentences. So many ways to think about writing sentences!

Like how they can mimic the actions that are happening--like making them quick & explosive or long & meandering according to the action. Not every sentence--that can get tedious--but some. Or else I think about how the construction can mimic the way the narrator thinks.

How do you think about sentences?

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I'm looking for beta readers into experimental stuff.

I have a really good book. In a pop-culture library, it would be shelved somewhere between Le Guin and the Wachowskis. It's a contemporary hard sci-fi mystery.

The story is told in such a way that I can compile it into into two separate, shorter books… I think. A "Human Version" and an "Alien Version" (POVs). I'm curious if it really works, and for that I need fresh eyes.

Curious? Let me know!

#bookstodon #WritingCommunity #BetaReaders

Mon premier profil d'autrice !

Je suis presque émouvue.

(non en vrai, ça faisait plus d'un an que je traînais des pieds et la rédactrice de la rubrique m'a collée au pied du mur la semaine passée, mais bon. Ça peut toujours servir un de ces 4.)

#Ecriture #Writing #writingcommunity

https://medium.com/london-writers-salon/up-close-with-st%C3%A9phane-g-perahim-c471d68c11e4

I'm honored to be the first-ever guest judge for Tadpole Press's 100-Word Writing Contest! This iteration's theme is using humor as healing, and I'm excited that I get to be part of the judging process.

The contest is open to all #writers! Learn more: https://bit.ly/42fCRxV

#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writer

Proofreading: It matters!

#writing #writingcommunity #proofreading #humor #humour #funny #kfc #yesitseemslikely #intestinaldistress

a quarter century flies
parallel to the white stork
I am a mother.

#DailyHaikuPrompt - Stork
#MastoPrompt - quarter

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/infinity-baby-love-always-and-forever-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #poets #poems #writer #writers #writinglife #mom #mother #mothersday #baby #babies #children #kids #child #motherhood #mommy #birth #birthday #love #loveart #family #daughter

Good morning everyone! It's Thursday again, and we're starting the morning with another #WritingTreat

It's okay to come in and be snooze, I know I am today, and just hang out for a chat.

We usually hang out and write on and off for 2hrs.

https://meet.jit.si/TheWritingTreat

Room is open, and I'm just fetching tea and stuff.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Thought I'd do a thank you toot.

Since I've come to the fediverse, I have felt liberated enough to explore and pursue my passions for writing. It is so refreshing to connect with other like minded creatives, hone my craft and not be judged.

The support of the #writingcommunity is fantastic. I've felt confident enough to publish work, begin a blog, start up a podcast, and have pieces published in my local writing group publication.

While I'm still on the birdsite, I'm spending less and less time there.

So, thank you one and all.

#writing #amwriting #writingcommunity #flashfiction #amwritingfiction #grateful

Speechless to see my book on this list

#TheAlgorithmWillSeeYouNow made it to the finalist round of the Screencraft Cinematic Book Competition

Honored to be in this group!
#WritingCommunity #books #bookstodon

https://screencraft.org/blog/2023-screencraft-cinematic-book-competition-finalists/

flamingos are pink
a lengthy proposition
The truth a dull gray.

These birds aren't actually pink.
Born gray, their food choices tinge their feathers its characteristic shade. I use creative license. ;)

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enchanted-flamingo-tropical-bird-art-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #AYearForArt #mastoart #fediart #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoes #micropoetry #poet #poem #nature #writer #fun #cute #bird #birds #flamingo #flamingos #tropical #beach #beachlife #beachy #beaches #nature #coastal #animals

If you enjoyed that piece, please take the time to stop by my #KoFi page:

https://ko-fi.com/scribblerrva

While you’re there…
- please check out my Gallery.🙏🏾
- pleeease buy a copy of my book “A Song of Freedom: A Hip-Hop Novella”🙏🏾🙏🏾
- pleeeease help me accomplish my $50
Ko-Fi goal🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Every little bit of support helps. If you can help me out, God bless. If not, no worries, boosts are welcomed and encouraged! Thanks in advance!!!

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Tip from a slush reader: The "cover letter" for your short story should be as brief as possible.

Here's an excellent template. Feel free to use it. Note the lack of genre identification and story summary.

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Dear Reader:

Thank you for considering “[title]” (X words) for publication in [Market Title]. Previously, my fiction has appeared in A, B, and C.

Sincerely,

[Your name]
[Mailing address]
[phone number]
[email address]

#writingtips #writingcommunity #writing #shortstories

@Wolven We went to college to learn to think and become creative, to not have to be mechanics or factory workers or do menial office work, to not be replaced by robots or automation. Why do I feel like I've seen the grim reaper? Or seen then load the A-bomb into the Enola Gay?

#author #writingCommunity #writers #gpt4 #ai #BoostingIsSharing

we busy ourselves
until our souls glaze over
Just bee still and breathe...

#DailyHaikuPrompt bee
#MastoPrompt glaze

ART
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#art #artwork #artist #artists #ArtMatters #AYearForArt #artistsofmastodon #mastoart #fediart #selflove #selfhelp #selfcare #spirituality #health #spring #springtime #seasons #haiku #poetry #writing #writingcommunity #smallpoems #micropoetry #poet #poem #follow #nature #poets #poems #writer #writers #fun #cute #bee #bees #honeybee #honeybees #nature

Shimmering sugar
Baked and filled with delicious
Morning time devours

Every Friday for the past 7 years my grandkids partake in #donutfriday and I get a little Snapchat video of the fun. A tradition I have grown to adore!

#mastoprompt #glaze

👇#SharePamsArt👇
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Please support Independent Artists

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#Bees land on blossoms
Pollinating and Buzzing
Time to land now - Sting!

#DailyHaikuPrompt - #Bee

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Please support Independent Artists they depend on kind people that support us! Thanks for your Boosts & Follows!!

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Garden spirits roam
Beneath the shrimp plants
Along the hibiscus
Between the orchids
Hanging soulfully
Their names carved
Into oddly shaped stones
A constant reminder
Of sweet furry paws
Gentle giants and little friends
Never forgotten

ART
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/garden-spirits-vibrant-red-flowers-by-sharon-cummings-sharon-cummings.html

#art #artwork #artist #artists #AYearForArt #ArtMatters #flower #flowers #floral #spring #springtime #garden #poetry #poet #poem #writing #writingcommunity #dog #dogs #pet #pets #cat #cats #red #garden #gardening #writer #poems #poets