Faux Firuta
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Stories, Food & Digital Art.
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California humidity makes the courtroom sticky and citizens sweat through their suits, & someone coughs as the prosecutor lays out the night in September 2025 again & again.
#Short #Story #Quick #Read #CourtRoom #Jury #Defendant #Prosecutor #Lawyer #Fiction #Flash #Readsky #BookSky #WriteSky #Indie
#Short #Story #Quick #Read #CourtRoom #Jury #Defendant #Prosecutor #Lawyer #Fiction #Flash #Readsky #BookSky #WriteSky #Indie
An Alphabet Story XII
Seat Twelve: He sits where the law watches, and the law sits under him.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
California humidity makes the courtroom sticky and citizens sweat through their suits, & someone coughs as the prosecutor lays out the night in September 2025 again & again.
#Short #Story #Quick #Read #CourtRoom #Jury #Defendant #Prosecutor #Lawyer #Fiction #Flash #Readsky #BookSky #WriteSky #Indie
#Short #Story #Quick #Read #CourtRoom #Jury #Defendant #Prosecutor #Lawyer #Fiction #Flash #Readsky #BookSky #WriteSky #Indie
I don't have a problem.
I can stop sniffing books anytime I want.
I just don't want to.
#QuickReads #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #fiction #shortstory #amwriting #freshwriter #author #selftaught #wordcraft #writing #WIP #shortstories #digitaldiary #poetry #novel #writingcommunity #Justwrite 🖖
I can stop sniffing books anytime I want.
I just don't want to.
#QuickReads #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #fiction #shortstory #amwriting #freshwriter #author #selftaught #wordcraft #writing #WIP #shortstories #digitaldiary #poetry #novel #writingcommunity #Justwrite 🖖
November 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I don't have a problem.
I can stop sniffing books anytime I want.
I just don't want to.
#QuickReads #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #fiction #shortstory #amwriting #freshwriter #author #selftaught #wordcraft #writing #WIP #shortstories #digitaldiary #poetry #novel #writingcommunity #Justwrite 🖖
I can stop sniffing books anytime I want.
I just don't want to.
#QuickReads #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #fiction #shortstory #amwriting #freshwriter #author #selftaught #wordcraft #writing #WIP #shortstories #digitaldiary #poetry #novel #writingcommunity #Justwrite 🖖
#Worcestershire #Sauce #bloodymary #Lea&Perrins #Condiments #Gastromancy #Culinary #Umami #anchovies #Oysters #FineDining
The Sauce That Traveled the World
How a strange, salty-bitter-sweet bottle invented in a Worcester pharmacy wormed its way into kitchens, cocktails, wars, & sushi joints worldwide.
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November 8, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Joanne Rowling described that time as being “as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless.”
#QuickReads #writer #amwriting #Booksky #Readsky #Writesky #selftaught #substacker #writerslife #shortstory #freshwriter #novel #writingcommunity #author #WIP #Justwrite 🖖
#QuickReads #writer #amwriting #Booksky #Readsky #Writesky #selftaught #substacker #writerslife #shortstory #freshwriter #novel #writingcommunity #author #WIP #Justwrite 🖖
She Almost Quit and You Almost Didn’t Read This
The one near-quit that changed modern storytelling - and the unsent blueprint for the rest of us.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Joanne Rowling described that time as being “as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless.”
#QuickReads #writer #amwriting #Booksky #Readsky #Writesky #selftaught #substacker #writerslife #shortstory #freshwriter #novel #writingcommunity #author #WIP #Justwrite 🖖
#QuickReads #writer #amwriting #Booksky #Readsky #Writesky #selftaught #substacker #writerslife #shortstory #freshwriter #novel #writingcommunity #author #WIP #Justwrite 🖖
Mold panic: White mold is usually good; green/black molds can be bad. When in doubt, slice and smell…
#Salami #CuringMeat #Startercultures #FoodSky #Gastromancy
#Salami #CuringMeat #Startercultures #FoodSky #Gastromancy
Dry Cure, No Cellar
Urban salumi hacks for apartments, closets, & mini-fridges, with safety tips, practical tricks, and a tiny recipe
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November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Mold panic: White mold is usually good; green/black molds can be bad. When in doubt, slice and smell…
#Salami #CuringMeat #Startercultures #FoodSky #Gastromancy
#Salami #CuringMeat #Startercultures #FoodSky #Gastromancy
Marginalia Mania: Writing extensive notes, arguments, questions, and doodles in the margins of books, having a full conversation with the author and their future self.
#QuickReads #Readsky #Writesky #Booksky #writingcommunity #writerslife #fiction #selftaught #author #Justwrite 🖖
#QuickReads #Readsky #Writesky #Booksky #writingcommunity #writerslife #fiction #selftaught #author #Justwrite 🖖
November 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Marginalia Mania: Writing extensive notes, arguments, questions, and doodles in the margins of books, having a full conversation with the author and their future self.
#QuickReads #Readsky #Writesky #Booksky #writingcommunity #writerslife #fiction #selftaught #author #Justwrite 🖖
#QuickReads #Readsky #Writesky #Booksky #writingcommunity #writerslife #fiction #selftaught #author #Justwrite 🖖
2 types of reader.
The Spine-Cracker breaks it in so it lies flat. It isn't loved until it's comfortably worn.
The Spine-Preserver uses surgical-level care, never opening it past 90 degrees. It's a protected artifact.
We can't be friends if you crack spines of books.
#Booksky #Readsky #Writesky
The Spine-Cracker breaks it in so it lies flat. It isn't loved until it's comfortably worn.
The Spine-Preserver uses surgical-level care, never opening it past 90 degrees. It's a protected artifact.
We can't be friends if you crack spines of books.
#Booksky #Readsky #Writesky
November 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
When they say b consistent in your creation, it isn't always "show up everyday".
If u give a kid a magic talent then be consistent across the realm.
If you've watched Wick, he's not only one in bulletproof suit. Thez bullet proof coresets & sumo body guards Kimonos are bulletproof too.
#writesky
If u give a kid a magic talent then be consistent across the realm.
If you've watched Wick, he's not only one in bulletproof suit. Thez bullet proof coresets & sumo body guards Kimonos are bulletproof too.
#writesky
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
When they say b consistent in your creation, it isn't always "show up everyday".
If u give a kid a magic talent then be consistent across the realm.
If you've watched Wick, he's not only one in bulletproof suit. Thez bullet proof coresets & sumo body guards Kimonos are bulletproof too.
#writesky
If u give a kid a magic talent then be consistent across the realm.
If you've watched Wick, he's not only one in bulletproof suit. Thez bullet proof coresets & sumo body guards Kimonos are bulletproof too.
#writesky
You need to make yourself a ritual with a micro-quota. Even if creators want to paint a picture of all fun pink cotton candy days, you need to treat output as a job: set a tiny daily minimum, defend the time block, publish the draft then iterate.
#Readsky #Booksky #IndieWriter
#Readsky #Booksky #IndieWriter
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
You need to make yourself a ritual with a micro-quota. Even if creators want to paint a picture of all fun pink cotton candy days, you need to treat output as a job: set a tiny daily minimum, defend the time block, publish the draft then iterate.
#Readsky #Booksky #IndieWriter
#Readsky #Booksky #IndieWriter
Whether we want to hear it or not, one of the most common reasons for why we are not successful in our creative endeavors is inconsistent output (lack of discipline).
Stephen King famously writes daily (a set daily word-count & routine) even when inspiration is low.
#Writesky
Stephen King famously writes daily (a set daily word-count & routine) even when inspiration is low.
#Writesky
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Whether we want to hear it or not, one of the most common reasons for why we are not successful in our creative endeavors is inconsistent output (lack of discipline).
Stephen King famously writes daily (a set daily word-count & routine) even when inspiration is low.
#Writesky
Stephen King famously writes daily (a set daily word-count & routine) even when inspiration is low.
#Writesky
Book Organization Beyond the Dewey Decimal System
-All unreads in one place, separate from read ones.
-Arranging in order they were acquired or read.
-The "To-Be-Read" Ladder.
-Genre-Sectioning No Cross-Contamination
-Height-Based Ordering
How do you organize your collection?
#Booksky #Readsky
-All unreads in one place, separate from read ones.
-Arranging in order they were acquired or read.
-The "To-Be-Read" Ladder.
-Genre-Sectioning No Cross-Contamination
-Height-Based Ordering
How do you organize your collection?
#Booksky #Readsky
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Everyone remembers “Mirror, mirror on the wall…”
Snow White’s Queen actually says “Magic mirror on the wall.”
This tiny twist in memory has fueled endless Mandela Effect debates.
#MandelaEffect #SnowWhite #FalseMemory #Fantasy #Fiction #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #CartoonSky #Mirror
Snow White’s Queen actually says “Magic mirror on the wall.”
This tiny twist in memory has fueled endless Mandela Effect debates.
#MandelaEffect #SnowWhite #FalseMemory #Fantasy #Fiction #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #CartoonSky #Mirror
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Everyone remembers “Mirror, mirror on the wall…”
Snow White’s Queen actually says “Magic mirror on the wall.”
This tiny twist in memory has fueled endless Mandela Effect debates.
#MandelaEffect #SnowWhite #FalseMemory #Fantasy #Fiction #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #CartoonSky #Mirror
Snow White’s Queen actually says “Magic mirror on the wall.”
This tiny twist in memory has fueled endless Mandela Effect debates.
#MandelaEffect #SnowWhite #FalseMemory #Fantasy #Fiction #Writesky #Readsky #Booksky #CartoonSky #Mirror
Eat Humble Pie
A pun on "umbles," the inferior offal (heart, liver, intestines) of a deer.
In medieval times, while the lord ate the choice venison, his huntsmen would bake the "umbles" into a pie.
To "eat umble pie" was both literal and symbolic of being in a lowly position.
#Etymology #Readsky
A pun on "umbles," the inferior offal (heart, liver, intestines) of a deer.
In medieval times, while the lord ate the choice venison, his huntsmen would bake the "umbles" into a pie.
To "eat umble pie" was both literal and symbolic of being in a lowly position.
#Etymology #Readsky
October 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Eat Humble Pie
A pun on "umbles," the inferior offal (heart, liver, intestines) of a deer.
In medieval times, while the lord ate the choice venison, his huntsmen would bake the "umbles" into a pie.
To "eat umble pie" was both literal and symbolic of being in a lowly position.
#Etymology #Readsky
A pun on "umbles," the inferior offal (heart, liver, intestines) of a deer.
In medieval times, while the lord ate the choice venison, his huntsmen would bake the "umbles" into a pie.
To "eat umble pie" was both literal and symbolic of being in a lowly position.
#Etymology #Readsky
Mandela Effect
A collective false memory shared by thousands.
You've probably quoted this iconic line for years:
“Luke, I am your father.”
Go watch the scene. The actual line is:
“No, I am your father.”
#MandelaEffect #FalseMemory #StarWars #Psychology
A collective false memory shared by thousands.
You've probably quoted this iconic line for years:
“Luke, I am your father.”
Go watch the scene. The actual line is:
“No, I am your father.”
#MandelaEffect #FalseMemory #StarWars #Psychology
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Mandela Effect
A collective false memory shared by thousands.
You've probably quoted this iconic line for years:
“Luke, I am your father.”
Go watch the scene. The actual line is:
“No, I am your father.”
#MandelaEffect #FalseMemory #StarWars #Psychology
A collective false memory shared by thousands.
You've probably quoted this iconic line for years:
“Luke, I am your father.”
Go watch the scene. The actual line is:
“No, I am your father.”
#MandelaEffect #FalseMemory #StarWars #Psychology
Brewed coffee in a cauldron mug,
Scrolled my grimoire the Kindle plug.
Bookmarks bleed with twist & bite,
Plots burn low, then blaze at night.
Every reader’s a witch, its true
Summon worlds with what we do.
Happy Halloween storybound kin 🎃✌
#Booksky #Readsky #Writesky #Halloween #Witch #Poetry
Scrolled my grimoire the Kindle plug.
Bookmarks bleed with twist & bite,
Plots burn low, then blaze at night.
Every reader’s a witch, its true
Summon worlds with what we do.
Happy Halloween storybound kin 🎃✌
#Booksky #Readsky #Writesky #Halloween #Witch #Poetry
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Pushing the Envelope
To approach/exceed the known limits of performance/innovation.
"Flight envelope" refers to defined limits of aircraft capabilities…speed, altitude, & stress boundaries.
"Pushing the envelope" tested aircraft's performance at the edges of defined safe operation.
#Etymology
To approach/exceed the known limits of performance/innovation.
"Flight envelope" refers to defined limits of aircraft capabilities…speed, altitude, & stress boundaries.
"Pushing the envelope" tested aircraft's performance at the edges of defined safe operation.
#Etymology
October 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pushing the Envelope
To approach/exceed the known limits of performance/innovation.
"Flight envelope" refers to defined limits of aircraft capabilities…speed, altitude, & stress boundaries.
"Pushing the envelope" tested aircraft's performance at the edges of defined safe operation.
#Etymology
To approach/exceed the known limits of performance/innovation.
"Flight envelope" refers to defined limits of aircraft capabilities…speed, altitude, & stress boundaries.
"Pushing the envelope" tested aircraft's performance at the edges of defined safe operation.
#Etymology
Give the Cold Shoulder
Be deliberately unwelcoming/snub someone.
After a medieval feast, guests of honor got hot, freshly cooked meat.
Once done & it was time for less welcome guests to leave, they'd be served cold shoulder of mutton/beef…a signal their presence was no longer desired.
#Etymology
Be deliberately unwelcoming/snub someone.
After a medieval feast, guests of honor got hot, freshly cooked meat.
Once done & it was time for less welcome guests to leave, they'd be served cold shoulder of mutton/beef…a signal their presence was no longer desired.
#Etymology
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Give the Cold Shoulder
Be deliberately unwelcoming/snub someone.
After a medieval feast, guests of honor got hot, freshly cooked meat.
Once done & it was time for less welcome guests to leave, they'd be served cold shoulder of mutton/beef…a signal their presence was no longer desired.
#Etymology
Be deliberately unwelcoming/snub someone.
After a medieval feast, guests of honor got hot, freshly cooked meat.
Once done & it was time for less welcome guests to leave, they'd be served cold shoulder of mutton/beef…a signal their presence was no longer desired.
#Etymology
Pleased as Punch
To be visibly & immensely pleased/proud.
Comes from the violent & popular 17th-century puppet show, Punch & Judy.
The character Mr. Punch is a wicked, hook-nosed clown who takes great delight in his own evil deed, like beating his wife & child & outwittin the devil.
#Etymology
To be visibly & immensely pleased/proud.
Comes from the violent & popular 17th-century puppet show, Punch & Judy.
The character Mr. Punch is a wicked, hook-nosed clown who takes great delight in his own evil deed, like beating his wife & child & outwittin the devil.
#Etymology
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Pleased as Punch
To be visibly & immensely pleased/proud.
Comes from the violent & popular 17th-century puppet show, Punch & Judy.
The character Mr. Punch is a wicked, hook-nosed clown who takes great delight in his own evil deed, like beating his wife & child & outwittin the devil.
#Etymology
To be visibly & immensely pleased/proud.
Comes from the violent & popular 17th-century puppet show, Punch & Judy.
The character Mr. Punch is a wicked, hook-nosed clown who takes great delight in his own evil deed, like beating his wife & child & outwittin the devil.
#Etymology
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#Ghosted #Graveyard #Dating #BooMance #SwipeRight #ComicBook #Romance #Ectoplasm #Halloween #Humor #Ghostly #DatingApp #Afterlife #AIart #Fanart #AIArtsky #AI艺术 #ZombieMatch #Spectral #Cemetery #PumpkinSpiceNight #CostumeParty #HauntedHeart #Supernatural #TombstoneTinder #Eerie #PhantomPassion #Boo
October 29, 2025 at 9:31 AM
#Eminem #Creativity #Artist #Lines #QuickReads #writerslife #freshwriter #wordcraft #Booksky #Writesky #Readsky #amwriting #author #selftaught #shortstory #writing #quotes #writingcommunity #shortstories #amediting #editing #novel #Screensky #WIPwarmup #selfpub #indiepub #amreading #Justwrite 🖖
Quit Whispering, Start Rapping Your Truth
What Eminem’s career teaches about voice, persona, & the ruthless work of being yourself
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October 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Horror's best when it corrupts symbols of safety. A doll's a fossilized innocence memory. They’ve got what every great horror monster needs: infinite patience. They’re cool sitting there, knowing their turn's coming. Your mortality is their deadline. #QuickReads #Writesky #Horror #Readsky #Booksky 🖖
October 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Horror's best when it corrupts symbols of safety. A doll's a fossilized innocence memory. They’ve got what every great horror monster needs: infinite patience. They’re cool sitting there, knowing their turn's coming. Your mortality is their deadline. #QuickReads #Writesky #Horror #Readsky #Booksky 🖖