H. A. Spector, MFA
@haspectorwrites.bsky.social
Chair, Oregon Horror Writers Association//Writer//Podcaster//Video Game & TTRPG Enthusiast//Game Master and so much more. Writing Tales of Fantasy and Horror!
You can check out my website where I host my blog for even more! www.haspector.com
You can check out my website where I host my blog for even more! www.haspector.com
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The Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library featured great readings (and monsters and monster assistants!)
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Horror Authors Book Party at Beaverton City Library featured great readings (and monsters and monster assistants!)
Recently had one of my short stories picked up for publication! If you want to check it out (need a free reader subscription to do so) check out the link below!
www.darkharbormagazine.com/my-little-desert-oasis/
Thanks @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social
www.darkharbormagazine.com/my-little-desert-oasis/
Thanks @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social
www.darkharbormagazine.com
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Recently had one of my short stories picked up for publication! If you want to check it out (need a free reader subscription to do so) check out the link below!
www.darkharbormagazine.com/my-little-desert-oasis/
Thanks @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social
www.darkharbormagazine.com/my-little-desert-oasis/
Thanks @darkharbormagazine.bsky.social
After 35 grueling weeks of non-stop writing, revising, editing, reading, etc., I have finished my novel and thus have finished all coursework for my MFA degree! What's next? I am letting it sit in a drawer for 3+ months to get distance. Then back to revise once more!
#AuthorSky #BookSky
#AuthorSky #BookSky
August 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
After 35 grueling weeks of non-stop writing, revising, editing, reading, etc., I have finished my novel and thus have finished all coursework for my MFA degree! What's next? I am letting it sit in a drawer for 3+ months to get distance. Then back to revise once more!
#AuthorSky #BookSky
#AuthorSky #BookSky
Hello from StokerCon 2025! Shouting out a few pieces of writing advice I’ve heard so far:
1. If you wanna learn how to be concise with words, study rap lyrics.
2. “Writing rituals are just excuses not to write.” -SGJ
What’s your favorite piece of writing advice?
#BookSky #Writer #Author
1. If you wanna learn how to be concise with words, study rap lyrics.
2. “Writing rituals are just excuses not to write.” -SGJ
What’s your favorite piece of writing advice?
#BookSky #Writer #Author
June 14, 2025 at 4:11 AM
For the first time in my life, I have officially completed a manuscript for a novel. It's a surreal feeling to finally put a big ol' green check mark next to "write a novel" on my bucket list.
Up next, 10 weeks to edit it from top to bottom so I can finish this MFA . . .
#BookSky #Writing #MFA
Up next, 10 weeks to edit it from top to bottom so I can finish this MFA . . .
#BookSky #Writing #MFA
June 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
One week remaining to finish my first draft of my Thesis novel for my MFA degree.
It’s surreal to think that I’ll have completed a draft of a manuscript for the first time in my life.
Bucket List Item: ✅
Then 10 weeks to fully revise and edit before final submission!
#BookSky #WritingJourney
It’s surreal to think that I’ll have completed a draft of a manuscript for the first time in my life.
Bucket List Item: ✅
Then 10 weeks to fully revise and edit before final submission!
#BookSky #WritingJourney
May 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
One week remaining to finish my first draft of my Thesis novel for my MFA degree.
It’s surreal to think that I’ll have completed a draft of a manuscript for the first time in my life.
Bucket List Item: ✅
Then 10 weeks to fully revise and edit before final submission!
#BookSky #WritingJourney
It’s surreal to think that I’ll have completed a draft of a manuscript for the first time in my life.
Bucket List Item: ✅
Then 10 weeks to fully revise and edit before final submission!
#BookSky #WritingJourney
Episode 8 of Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews drops tomorrow at 5am on all your favorite podcast platforms! On this week's episode join me as I welcome to the show Briar Hyssop as they read their #weirdfiction short, "The Ballad of M'Yon'Ezu". Hope you enjoy!
#BookSky #PodSky #Podcasts
#BookSky #PodSky #Podcasts
May 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Episode 8 of Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews drops tomorrow at 5am on all your favorite podcast platforms! On this week's episode join me as I welcome to the show Briar Hyssop as they read their #weirdfiction short, "The Ballad of M'Yon'Ezu". Hope you enjoy!
#BookSky #PodSky #Podcasts
#BookSky #PodSky #Podcasts
Hey everyone! A bit late on the post, but nonetheless wanted to let you all know that the next episode of Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews is live and available wherever you get your podcasts!
Warning: Sexual Topics and Mature Language
youtu.be/9WUfc77e1FA?...
#BookSky #Podcast #Writer
Warning: Sexual Topics and Mature Language
youtu.be/9WUfc77e1FA?...
#BookSky #Podcast #Writer
6. "The Package" by Randall Madden
YouTube video by Heath Midkiff
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April 28, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hey everyone! A bit late on the post, but nonetheless wanted to let you all know that the next episode of Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews is live and available wherever you get your podcasts!
Warning: Sexual Topics and Mature Language
youtu.be/9WUfc77e1FA?...
#BookSky #Podcast #Writer
Warning: Sexual Topics and Mature Language
youtu.be/9WUfc77e1FA?...
#BookSky #Podcast #Writer
Episode 5 is now live wherever you get your podcasts (we are also now on YouTube)! This week, I talk to four amazing people making an impact on the literary community by starting their own online speculative fiction magazine!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
#BookSky #podcast #writer #magazine
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
#BookSky #podcast #writer #magazine
5. Starting an Online Speculative Fiction Magazine
Podcast Episode · Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews · 04/02/2025 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Episode 5 is now live wherever you get your podcasts (we are also now on YouTube)! This week, I talk to four amazing people making an impact on the literary community by starting their own online speculative fiction magazine!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
#BookSky #podcast #writer #magazine
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...
#BookSky #podcast #writer #magazine
The next short story episode of Ink to Paper dropped yesterday feature indie author Chloe Longstreet and their short story "Grandpa's Little Protégé". Go check it out wherever you get your podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
#booksky #author #writing #indie #shortfiction #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
#booksky #author #writing #indie #shortfiction #podcast
4. Grandpa's Little Protégé by Chloe Longstreet
Podcast Episode · Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews · 03/19/2025 · 20m
podcasts.apple.com
March 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The next short story episode of Ink to Paper dropped yesterday feature indie author Chloe Longstreet and their short story "Grandpa's Little Protégé". Go check it out wherever you get your podcasts!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
#booksky #author #writing #indie #shortfiction #podcast
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/4...
#booksky #author #writing #indie #shortfiction #podcast
To be respectful and not to disparage any writer's work, I'll be vague here. I DNF'd a horror book the other day because it had content that gave me the ick over and over. But, it felt weird DNFing a book as this was my first. Do you all do it? Why or why not?
#BookSky #TBR #DNF
#BookSky #TBR #DNF
March 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hey Writers! How do you become unstuck when writing a scene? Do you skip it and come back? Do you power through to get a first draft? Do you twirl around in your chair until your brain thinks of something? Let me know!
#Writer #AmWriting #BookSky #Author #WIP
#Writer #AmWriting #BookSky #Author #WIP
March 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hey Writers! How do you become unstuck when writing a scene? Do you skip it and come back? Do you power through to get a first draft? Do you twirl around in your chair until your brain thinks of something? Let me know!
#Writer #AmWriting #BookSky #Author #WIP
#Writer #AmWriting #BookSky #Author #WIP
12 weeks until my full first draft of my manuscript is due for Thesis. 12 weeks to write 60k words. 12 weeks until I can officially say, I've written a novel front to back. #BucketList #BookSky #Writing #AmWriting #Author #MFA
March 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
12 weeks until my full first draft of my manuscript is due for Thesis. 12 weeks to write 60k words. 12 weeks until I can officially say, I've written a novel front to back. #BucketList #BookSky #Writing #AmWriting #Author #MFA
The new episode of Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews is now live wherever you get your podcasts! Come listen as I interview indie author Chloe Longstreet on their journey publishing "The Undead Uprising." #BookSky #Writing #AmWriting #podcast #author
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
3. The Indie Publishing Journey with Chloe Longstreet
Podcast Episode · Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews · 03/05/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The new episode of Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews is now live wherever you get your podcasts! Come listen as I interview indie author Chloe Longstreet on their journey publishing "The Undead Uprising." #BookSky #Writing #AmWriting #podcast #author
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...
The next episode of Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews drops tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! Here is a sneak peak into the conversation with indie author Chloe Longstreet! #writing #amwriting #BookSky #podcasts
March 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The next episode of Ink to Paper: Stories & Interviews drops tomorrow wherever you get your podcasts! Here is a sneak peak into the conversation with indie author Chloe Longstreet! #writing #amwriting #BookSky #podcasts
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Sorry if I’m a broken record about utilizing your local library but also please go get a library card even if you don’t plan on doing anything with it! Anything we can do to support libraries as institutions by bumping their stats is a net good!
February 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Sorry if I’m a broken record about utilizing your local library but also please go get a library card even if you don’t plan on doing anything with it! Anything we can do to support libraries as institutions by bumping their stats is a net good!
Therapy is a slow process, but so good for the soul. Everyone should have access to free or affordable mental health care. Let’s continue to fight for the country we want, and kick orange tyrants to the curb so we can get back to progress instead of regression.
#Therapy #MentalHealth
#Therapy #MentalHealth
February 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Therapy is a slow process, but so good for the soul. Everyone should have access to free or affordable mental health care. Let’s continue to fight for the country we want, and kick orange tyrants to the curb so we can get back to progress instead of regression.
#Therapy #MentalHealth
#Therapy #MentalHealth
As I get ready to dive into Don’t Nod’s new game Lost Records, I’m reminded that video games can teach you how to write just as well as reading books can. Especially with dialogue and natural conversation.
Give them a chance. Especially narrative games.
#writing #author #VideoGames #Learntowrite
Give them a chance. Especially narrative games.
#writing #author #VideoGames #Learntowrite
February 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
As I get ready to dive into Don’t Nod’s new game Lost Records, I’m reminded that video games can teach you how to write just as well as reading books can. Especially with dialogue and natural conversation.
Give them a chance. Especially narrative games.
#writing #author #VideoGames #Learntowrite
Give them a chance. Especially narrative games.
#writing #author #VideoGames #Learntowrite
The second episode (and our first short story!) is out today wherever you get your podcasts! If you feel inclined, please leave a review and give us a follow! Available wherever you get your podcasts!
#writer #author #podcast #BookSky
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#writer #author #podcast #BookSky
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2.
Podcast Episode · Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews · 02/19/2025 · 15m
podcasts.apple.com
February 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The second episode (and our first short story!) is out today wherever you get your podcasts! If you feel inclined, please leave a review and give us a follow! Available wherever you get your podcasts!
#writer #author #podcast #BookSky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
#writer #author #podcast #BookSky
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
If you haven't listened to Episode 1 you are missing out on some awesome advice on how to write kick-ass fight scenes!
(Available wherever you get your podcasts!)
open.spotify.com/episode/7b7m...
#Writer #Podcast #AmWriting #Author
(Available wherever you get your podcasts!)
open.spotify.com/episode/7b7m...
#Writer #Podcast #AmWriting #Author
1. How to Write Kick-Ass Fight Scenes with Jakob Tice
Ink to Paper: Stories and Interviews · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
If you haven't listened to Episode 1 you are missing out on some awesome advice on how to write kick-ass fight scenes!
(Available wherever you get your podcasts!)
open.spotify.com/episode/7b7m...
#Writer #Podcast #AmWriting #Author
(Available wherever you get your podcasts!)
open.spotify.com/episode/7b7m...
#Writer #Podcast #AmWriting #Author
As a "pantser", I start every project with a hard "I don't outline" approach. Then I get lost in the beginning of the middle. Which inevitably turns me into an plotter. Do I stick to that outline? hell no. Does it make me feel better in the moment? yes.
#writingcommunity #writers #author #books
#writingcommunity #writers #author #books
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 AM
As a "pantser", I start every project with a hard "I don't outline" approach. Then I get lost in the beginning of the middle. Which inevitably turns me into an plotter. Do I stick to that outline? hell no. Does it make me feel better in the moment? yes.
#writingcommunity #writers #author #books
#writingcommunity #writers #author #books
Reposted by H. A. Spector, MFA
February 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM