Maryn
marynblackburn.bsky.social
Maryn
@marynblackburn.bsky.social
Trade-published writer of erotica, introvert, academic-adjacent, wine lover. Self promote more than occasionally and I'll mute you. Sorry, that's not marketing.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I have a family member with a vast collection of wrestling action figures. Easy to shop for him! Don't think he's on here, though.
I read some profiles and they're ALL about writing. I want to talk about other stuff, too, like my professional wrestling action figures.

Does ANYONE care?

jfrazierwrites.substack.com

#writing #Haiku #Poetry #art #writesky #booksky #books #reading #poetry #amwriting #novel #amreading #amwriting
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wisconsin is by far the hardest-drinking place I've ever lived. We haven't had an adult beverage in four days, which is quite unusual. Can't wait for wine with dinner!
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There's your new signature line and personal motto!
I will fight God! 😂
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Similarly, when a professional editor tells you what they consider your ms's weaknesses, listen to and seriously consider what they say.
Just some very general advice, apropos of nothing:

If you're smart enough to hire a professional for advice, be smart enough to listen to what they tell you.

e.g., don't hire an attorney to advise you on your divorce (or anything, really) and then ignore what they tell you.
November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Man makes plans, God laughs.
I had huge ambitions for releasing things in November and... well... hahaha.

Ha.
November 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Our "lost" remote slipped between the arm and cushion of the sofa and fell through to the springs under the seat, which has fabric at the bottom so it could not fall through. Worth tipping the sofa to check!
We have lost the tv remote.

We've looked and looked.

Now I'm checking place like "the fridge" and "the pockets of the coats I wore last winter" bcz I'm running out of options and REMOTES DON'T VANISH!
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
You could frame that print and hang it in my house!
November 12th, 2025
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Exactly! Thanks Liz for calling it exactly as it is.

The hypocrisy party.

#Pinks
#Hypocrites
November 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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Hey @blueshieldca.bsky.social , I’ve been trying to get help through customer service, grievance submissions, etc., but my claims from even August haven’t been reviewed yet and I can’t afford this. Is there anyone else I can contact?
November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've walked so many miles on the Erie Canal, and your photographs are making me really homesick. Lovely work!
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Are they sending the kids on the boarding plank off to drown?
Love this...

The Book Boat Women of the Mississippi.
#booksky📚💙
#amwriting
#amreading
#writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I wrote for about two hours. I may give it another half hour later, but two hours of actual writing rather than dithering is pretty decent for me. (I write a book a year, if that.)
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Since I learned of this a few years ago, I haven't bought a Barilla product. No sale price is going to change my mind. I'd love to have other people do the same.
Incidentally, Barilla’s owner is a big Trump supporter and has said he doesn’t want gay people buying his pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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We have to wait until tomorrow night to watch the Green Bay Packers play.

You know what that means…
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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In a nutshell. I wish I knew who to attribute this to. #USpoli
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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In case you missed it, I wrote a thing to hopefully help folks not land in the wrong place. Since then, it’s been agent/editor approved more than once. Hah.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/too-many-s...
Too Many Sharks: A Warning About "Agents"
No, seriously
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Go see our Brigid Barry on Thurs, Nov 13th from 6-7pm at:
Berwick Public Library
103 Old Pine Hill Rd.
Berwick, ME 03901
📚👻💜🍂

@brigidbarryme.bsky.social #mainebookevents #mainelibraries #maineauthors #booksky #readersky #rowanprosepub #berwickpubliclibrary #maine
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Smoked gouda awaits you.
I didn't get to eat Gouda cheese for the first time until I was in my 30s, and that's a significant part of my villain origin story.
a cartoon mouse is holding a piece of cheese in its paws
ALT: a cartoon mouse is holding a piece of cheese in its paws
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November 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Doesn't it make you wonder why some small business hasn't seen this opening in the market and done their best to fill it?
Realizing this morning that the majority of my sewing projects have been related to the fact that the folks making horseback riding clothes and boots don't seem to understand that riders come in all sizes.
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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I did not know that Clemens started a “relationship” with a FIFTEEN year old girl. I do remember Mindy McCready from her singing (country songs like Ten Thousand Angels) but didn’t know this of her. The man is absolutely vile.
November 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Oh, no! I hope you're financially okay. I was heartened to see that the local foodbanks report record giving, and the community cupboard (and fridge) for the unhoused is so full they've asked us to hold off on giving more until there's room for it.
I'm 99 percent sure I'm getting laid off at the end of this month, but I still managed to set up a wee recurring donation to my local Second Harvest food bank. You can do it. #snap
November 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I confess a bit of a spoonerism on "clocks back." Made me laugh at my stupid brain. Then I remembered that without DST, in some places sunrise would be 3:30 am, in others sunset close to 11:30 pm. Not sure I could deal.
Insomnia plus clocks back... equals such a fucking early morning.

Who started this daylight savings bullshit? Seriously. We need to stop changing clocks and just deal with the darkness of our days.
#5AMWritersClub
#writesky
#skywriters
#AKRomance
#writingcommunity
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
McQuaid, IIRC.
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM