Being an adult is apparently forgetting your own birthday. #happybirthday #January
January 13, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Being an adult is apparently forgetting your own birthday. #happybirthday #January
"As we fell back into our nightly routine, a steady calm crept into my chest."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 1: Familiar Stranger
I had nothing for yesterday, but some pretty good options today.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 1: Familiar Stranger
I had nothing for yesterday, but some pretty good options today.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
January 3, 2026 at 4:26 PM
"As we fell back into our nightly routine, a steady calm crept into my chest."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 1: Familiar Stranger
I had nothing for yesterday, but some pretty good options today.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 1: Familiar Stranger
I had nothing for yesterday, but some pretty good options today.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writingandbooks
"And then, I thought of how I let my desire for escape seep through my lips and begin a promise – one I could never keep but never break."
Windmill Keepers Book 2: The Gasmen
Chapter 4: The Potter
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingandbooks
This is it - the year I try to publish this series.
Windmill Keepers Book 2: The Gasmen
Chapter 4: The Potter
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingandbooks
This is it - the year I try to publish this series.
New Year, New Background!
I felt it was time for a little overhaul of the graphic, and what better time to do it than on January 1st?
The #WIPSnips word for January 1st is "begin"
Happy New Year!
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
I felt it was time for a little overhaul of the graphic, and what better time to do it than on January 1st?
The #WIPSnips word for January 1st is "begin"
Happy New Year!
#WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 PM
"And then, I thought of how I let my desire for escape seep through my lips and begin a promise – one I could never keep but never break."
Windmill Keepers Book 2: The Gasmen
Chapter 4: The Potter
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingandbooks
This is it - the year I try to publish this series.
Windmill Keepers Book 2: The Gasmen
Chapter 4: The Potter
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingandbooks
This is it - the year I try to publish this series.
I was never one for resolutions, but going to make some today.
I'm going into 2026 with a resolve to write more, save more, and to be better with my health. Here's to a year of improvement.
#HappyNewYear
I'm going into 2026 with a resolve to write more, save more, and to be better with my health. Here's to a year of improvement.
#HappyNewYear
December 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I was never one for resolutions, but going to make some today.
I'm going into 2026 with a resolve to write more, save more, and to be better with my health. Here's to a year of improvement.
#HappyNewYear
I'm going into 2026 with a resolve to write more, save more, and to be better with my health. Here's to a year of improvement.
#HappyNewYear
Happy Holidays to everyone except the person who decided to get my daughter a rock tumbler for Christmas (it was me).
#merrychristmas #happyholidays #christmas #rocks #geology #parenting #rocktumbling
#merrychristmas #happyholidays #christmas #rocks #geology #parenting #rocktumbling
December 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Happy Holidays to everyone except the person who decided to get my daughter a rock tumbler for Christmas (it was me).
#merrychristmas #happyholidays #christmas #rocks #geology #parenting #rocktumbling
#merrychristmas #happyholidays #christmas #rocks #geology #parenting #rocktumbling
It's happening.... I'm getting into birds as I inch ever upwards through my 30's. #birds #birdwatching
December 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's happening.... I'm getting into birds as I inch ever upwards through my 30's. #birds #birdwatching
"In this world, words would carve him hollow and leave him an empty husk – just waiting for a more permanent kind of death."
Windmill Keepers
Chapter 18: The Promise That We Broke
Back to traveling, and back to writing.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers
Chapter 18: The Promise That We Broke
Back to traveling, and back to writing.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity
December 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
"In this world, words would carve him hollow and leave him an empty husk – just waiting for a more permanent kind of death."
Windmill Keepers
Chapter 18: The Promise That We Broke
Back to traveling, and back to writing.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers
Chapter 18: The Promise That We Broke
Back to traveling, and back to writing.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writesky #writingcommunity
I'm just trying to imagine having $30mil and spending it on a fancy egg instead of, like, feeding hungry children or donating to some gofundmes. #faberge #richpeopleproblems #news
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I'm just trying to imagine having $30mil and spending it on a fancy egg instead of, like, feeding hungry children or donating to some gofundmes. #faberge #richpeopleproblems #news
"'I think deep down even the Third knows that.'"
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
#wipsnips #writesky #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
#wipsnips #writesky #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"'I think deep down even the Third knows that.'"
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
#wipsnips #writesky #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 7: Dear Kite
#wipsnips #writesky #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"If I didn’t search every corner of my father’s study or dig out every crevice, then I would spend the rest of my nights staring at the ceiling and wondering what secrets he hid from Icarus and me as my father’s final days crept up behind him."
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky
Windmill Keepers Book 2
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky
Windmill Keepers Book 2
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"If I didn’t search every corner of my father’s study or dig out every crevice, then I would spend the rest of my nights staring at the ceiling and wondering what secrets he hid from Icarus and me as my father’s final days crept up behind him."
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky
Windmill Keepers Book 2
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky
Windmill Keepers Book 2
“'Run! Scatter!' August yelled."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 6: The Heist
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
This was always a fun chapter. I love the growing friendship between Kite and Anila, mixed with the excitement of late night theft.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 6: The Heist
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
This was always a fun chapter. I love the growing friendship between Kite and Anila, mixed with the excitement of late night theft.
November 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“'Run! Scatter!' August yelled."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 6: The Heist
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
This was always a fun chapter. I love the growing friendship between Kite and Anila, mixed with the excitement of late night theft.
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 6: The Heist
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity #writesky
This was always a fun chapter. I love the growing friendship between Kite and Anila, mixed with the excitement of late night theft.
"When the others joined me, we worked on the plane for the entire day – building and testing and tearing our progress down when it didn’t work."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"When the others joined me, we worked on the plane for the entire day – building and testing and tearing our progress down when it didn’t work."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
#yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"But last week, the son of the pub owners called her the creepy ghost girl in front of half the town when she went to pick up an order."
Breech (Working Title)
Calian, 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
I know it's yesterday's, but I didn't want to miss this one.
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy
Breech (Working Title)
Calian, 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
I know it's yesterday's, but I didn't want to miss this one.
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"'How in Heaven’s name did you build an airplane?'"
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Believe it or not, the escape plan in Book 1 is actually loosely based on Ivo Zdarsky's escape from the soviets in 1984.
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Believe it or not, the escape plan in Book 1 is actually loosely based on Ivo Zdarsky's escape from the soviets in 1984.
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"'How in Heaven’s name did you build an airplane?'"
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Believe it or not, the escape plan in Book 1 is actually loosely based on Ivo Zdarsky's escape from the soviets in 1984.
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Believe it or not, the escape plan in Book 1 is actually loosely based on Ivo Zdarsky's escape from the soviets in 1984.
"When the chill seeped past our woolen shirts, we had to stop and huddle together for warmth."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
This is a section of the book I always love for some reason - the quiet progress that happens over winter months.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
This is a section of the book I always love for some reason - the quiet progress that happens over winter months.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"When the chill seeped past our woolen shirts, we had to stop and huddle together for warmth."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
This is a section of the book I always love for some reason - the quiet progress that happens over winter months.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 16: Crosswinds
This is a section of the book I always love for some reason - the quiet progress that happens over winter months.
#wipsnips #writingcommunity #yabooksky #booksky
"'Use that money to buy up some of the grazing fields out west. Start raising cattle and sheep. Sell the meat to the local butchers.'''
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
"'Use that money to buy up some of the grazing fields out west. Start raising cattle and sheep. Sell the meat to the local butchers.'''
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian,1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #fantasy #booksky #writingcommunity
Five minutes into a scroll through Audible when I saw that one of the readings I was looking at was generated with AI. Cancelled that membership forever.
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Five minutes into a scroll through Audible when I saw that one of the readings I was looking at was generated with AI. Cancelled that membership forever.
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
#booksky #yabooksky #writingcommunity #ai
"Despite the blurriness of the picture, I recognized it as the second-hand image of her mother – a snapshot from Yi Min’s camera of the news story."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Despite the blurriness of the picture, I recognized it as the second-hand image of her mother – a snapshot from Yi Min’s camera of the news story."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 8: Digging Up Hatchets
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"Nellie brushed her fingers along the rolls of film, drumming a little song with her fingers."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
"Nellie brushed her fingers along the rolls of film, drumming a little song with her fingers."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 6: The Vanished
I got two in once scene, but stuck with this one.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"With one unbroken movement, he scooped Lavender’s face into his hands and placed a kiss on her forehead."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"With one unbroken movement, he scooped Lavender’s face into his hands and placed a kiss on her forehead."
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Book 2
Chapter 5: Four Stags
Here's hoping the first book of this series ever sees the actual light of day.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"On rare occasions, they were too busy covering up Windsor’s murderous trail to remember at all. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"On rare occasions, they were too busy covering up Windsor’s murderous trail to remember at all. "
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 9: The Lies We Tell Ourselves
I swear, grief is like a quiet ghost, haunting every chapter of this book.
#wipsnips #yabooksky #booksky #writingcommunity
"He was tall, with neatly parted dark hair and steel-colored eyes. The man gave me a slight smile and something about it made me feel ill."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"He was tall, with neatly parted dark hair and steel-colored eyes. The man gave me a slight smile and something about it made me feel ill."
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
Windmill Keepers, Chapter 14: Robotic Hearts
I had a few good ones for this, but opted for a later chapter.
#wipsnips #yabookssky #booksky #writingcommunity
10+ years ago, I wrote a story about a billionaire family making their living off of child slavery and shielded from consequence because of the protections afforded to the energy industry. I left the project unpublished because it felt unrealistic.
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
10+ years ago, I wrote a story about a billionaire family making their living off of child slavery and shielded from consequence because of the protections afforded to the energy industry. I left the project unpublished because it felt unrealistic.
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
But, uh....
#gatsbyparty #booksky #writingcommunity
"'We’ll make a nice profit, which is why I came looking for you.'"
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"'We’ll make a nice profit, which is why I came looking for you.'"
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
Breech (Working Title)
Calian - 1204 in the Age of the Warring Gods
#wipsnips #booksky #fantasy #writingcommunity
In complete nerd news, I was extremely excited to use the word "concomitant" in a post for one of my IT classes.
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In complete nerd news, I was extremely excited to use the word "concomitant" in a post for one of my IT classes.
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday
I am fun at parties.
#writingcommunity #booksky #dictionary #wordoftheday