Bri Maresh
@brimaresh.bsky.social
Writer, reader, Alaskan, teacher.
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🚨Giveaway Alert!🚨Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer is a devourable book that you won’t be able to put down! Enter on Goodreads for a chance to win an advanced copy! Open US only. Ends 12/10.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Catching snowflakes ❄️🫎
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
November 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Catching snowflakes ❄️🫎
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
📸 Jane Thompson
#alaska #moose #elandthemoose #akwildlife #awcc #alaskawildlifeconservationcenter
Just write the thing. You can fix anything but a blank page. #amwriting #steponetellthedamnstoryalready
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just write the thing. You can fix anything but a blank page. #amwriting #steponetellthedamnstoryalready
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If you are dealing with a lapse in SNAP benefits in Alaska:
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
If you are dealing with a lapse in SNAP benefits in Alaska:
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
The Food Bank of Alaska has a list of food resources - for Anchorage & Mat-Su here's a list of hot meals and food pantry hours:
foodbankofalaska.org/hubfs/Websit...
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Start the countdown! Only 5 days left until ClusterCon II!
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
November 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Start the countdown! Only 5 days left until ClusterCon II!
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
Link to livestream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg-1...
Video: blue_mirmaid (Twitter)
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Very real kids hear all of us when we show distain, contempt, or mockery for kids like them. Please, let's be mindful of how we speak. Let's choose respect and compassion. The more we feel respect & compassion for ourselves, it can flow out of us to them. 8/
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Very real kids hear all of us when we show distain, contempt, or mockery for kids like them. Please, let's be mindful of how we speak. Let's choose respect and compassion. The more we feel respect & compassion for ourselves, it can flow out of us to them. 8/
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A Monday haiku
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Monday haiku
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
My brain will not brain,
no matter how much coffee.
Screen font so tiny.
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Got amazing feedback from a @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social thing I did - really smart feedback, hyped to dig in to revisions and polish things up. It’s very motivating.
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Got amazing feedback from a @manuscriptacademy.bsky.social thing I did - really smart feedback, hyped to dig in to revisions and polish things up. It’s very motivating.
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Really grateful that they are reporting the impacts of the other small communities too.
On the ground reporting from devasted village of Nightmute, from the critical subsistence site of Umkumiut, and Toksook Bay. The brutal storm pushed salt water into many #subsistence fresh water areas. Many areas will have severe subsistence impacts #halong #alaska
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
Halong takes heavy toll on Nightmute and seasonal camp at the heart of Nelson Island life
During the storm, wind speeds on the island reached 100 miles per hour and caused massive flooding of low-lying areas, floating homes off their foundations in Nightmute and destroying the subsistence ...
www.kyuk.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Really grateful that they are reporting the impacts of the other small communities too.
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All #writers really need to read this post. The scams are morphing faster than we can keep up... and it's terrifying the lengths the scammers are not going to. Seriously, READ THIS POST! #writingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #AmEditing
New #WriterBeware blog post: An army of bots on Discord, flashier websites, impersonations: the Nigerian marketing scams are not just proliferating, but morphing. I've never seen anything like it. writerbeware.blog/2025/10/20/a...
Army of Bots: Deeper Into the Vortex of Nigerian Marketing Scams - Writer Beware
I’ve published a couple of posts now about the tidal wave of AI-driven marketing scams from Nigeria that has swept over the writing world in the past year or so. A hallmark of these scams has been how...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
All #writers really need to read this post. The scams are morphing faster than we can keep up... and it's terrifying the lengths the scammers are not going to. Seriously, READ THIS POST! #writingCommunity #WriteSky #AmWriting #AmEditing
I thought today was Tuesday. Not sure how that happened.
October 21, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I thought today was Tuesday. Not sure how that happened.
Thrills and Chills beta group virtual write-in is tonight! Looking forward to getting some words in!
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thrills and Chills beta group virtual write-in is tonight! Looking forward to getting some words in!
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The Editorial Board of @adn.com
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Editorial: Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
From Homer to Washington, D.C., too many in power have forgotten that the First Amendment protects even speech that makes us uncomfortable.
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October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The Editorial Board of @adn.com
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
Free speech isn’t free if politicians decide what can be said
“This is not a small-town squabble. It’s a breach of one of the most basic principles of American democracy: that a free press must be free from government interference.”
re: MAGA Rep. Sarah Vance
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"Every spectral footstep, every door opening without a sound, blurs the line between psychological unrest and paranormal activity." - One Tribune
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
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Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
Available now at your favorite digital store!
Straw Girl by Brigid Barry
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October 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
"Every spectral footstep, every door opening without a sound, blurs the line between psychological unrest and paranormal activity." - One Tribune
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
Straw Girl is a haunting so subtle, you'll question reality. Maybe keep the lights on. Just in case.
books2read.com/u/3JB1zK
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If you have the ability to help, please do. Thank you.
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you have the ability to help, please do. Thank you.
How are the rest of you #amquerying writers coping with the nerves that set in? I'm running out of things to clean/organize, and I'm at the point in drafting my next book where I'm working on structural things which takes way more brains than nervous energy... #writersky #amwriting
October 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How are the rest of you #amquerying writers coping with the nerves that set in? I'm running out of things to clean/organize, and I'm at the point in drafting my next book where I'm working on structural things which takes way more brains than nervous energy... #writersky #amwriting
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As of October 16th, the QT request rate is down to 4.2%. Down four tenths of a percent since June.
And now the QueryTracker request rate is down to 4.4%. That's a drop of .2% in under 8 weeks. If this rate continues we'll be at 0% by 2029.
That's me being facetious, of course. Somewhat facetious. At least 4.4% facetious.
#writingcommunity #amquerying
That's me being facetious, of course. Somewhat facetious. At least 4.4% facetious.
#writingcommunity #amquerying
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As of October 16th, the QT request rate is down to 4.2%. Down four tenths of a percent since June.
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I love using the 3 Act Structure because it's an easy formula. Specifically, I follow K. M. Weiland's suggestion for structuring scenes because I like it best: www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/secrets-stor...
October 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I love using the 3 Act Structure because it's an easy formula. Specifically, I follow K. M. Weiland's suggestion for structuring scenes because I like it best: www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/secrets-stor...
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Comp titles are so hard!
Stuck in research and panic?
We can help.
📖Day One: Live Class with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer
📝Day Two: Workshop Comps with fellow writers + agent guests
📚Day Three: Comp Title Feedback Panel with Agent John Cusick (he's amazing!)
incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com
Stuck in research and panic?
We can help.
📖Day One: Live Class with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer
📝Day Two: Workshop Comps with fellow writers + agent guests
📚Day Three: Comp Title Feedback Panel with Agent John Cusick (he's amazing!)
incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com
InCOMParable - Master Your Comp Titles
A new way to use comps to control the conversation around your book. Interactive workshopping, focused classes, and nostalgic 2000s quiz.
incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Comp titles are so hard!
Stuck in research and panic?
We can help.
📖Day One: Live Class with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer
📝Day Two: Workshop Comps with fellow writers + agent guests
📚Day Three: Comp Title Feedback Panel with Agent John Cusick (he's amazing!)
incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com
Stuck in research and panic?
We can help.
📖Day One: Live Class with Agent Jessica Sinsheimer
📝Day Two: Workshop Comps with fellow writers + agent guests
📚Day Three: Comp Title Feedback Panel with Agent John Cusick (he's amazing!)
incomparable.manuscriptacademy.com
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Undated "Hills Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska," oil on canvas by Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin (1895-1986). Via Bonhams. #alaskahistory #alaska
October 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Undated "Hills Outside of Fairbanks, Alaska," oil on canvas by Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin (1895-1986). Via Bonhams. #alaskahistory #alaska
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Don't forget to vote! Fat Bear Week matches 5 & 6.: explore.org/fat-bear-wee...
Fat Bear Week 2025
Fat Bear Week 2025
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September 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Don't forget to vote! Fat Bear Week matches 5 & 6.: explore.org/fat-bear-wee...
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To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
To help other authors brace for reality in publishing better than I did, I’m dishing the DIRT: 80+ ways you can get rejected in publishing after getting an offer for a book deal open.substack.com/pub/dianaurb...
I'll admit, I really enjoyed this one - the abrupt horror/thriller pivot delighted me. but I could see how it wouldn't speak to everyone.
The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
What a weird book 🤣
First half was really engaging suspense with the backdrop of a friendship that ended quickly
Second half became horror, action, adventure
Idk it’s not for me but if you like horror and weird surprises than you might love this book!
#books
What a weird book 🤣
First half was really engaging suspense with the backdrop of a friendship that ended quickly
Second half became horror, action, adventure
Idk it’s not for me but if you like horror and weird surprises than you might love this book!
#books
September 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'll admit, I really enjoyed this one - the abrupt horror/thriller pivot delighted me. but I could see how it wouldn't speak to everyone.