Robert E. Saunders
@resaunders.bsky.social
Journalist, writer and outdoors enthusiast. Author of "Tales of the Beechy Hollow Great Outdoors Club" available on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Beechy-Hollow-Great-Outdoors/dp/B0FTT78W4K
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My first book is finally live on Amazon! It's been a tough, but rewarding journey. Thanks to all for the encouragement along the way.
Here's the full wraparound cover with art by the talented @kimberlybrown.bsky.social
(Hopefully, the art shows up.)
#booksky #writingcommunity
Here's the full wraparound cover with art by the talented @kimberlybrown.bsky.social
(Hopefully, the art shows up.)
#booksky #writingcommunity
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@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."
January 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM
@petebuttigieg.bsky.social: "We have an ICE agent who should have been trained not to be in front of a vehicle and never to shoot into a moving vehicle, and yet this happened on [Kristi Noem's] watch. The whole POINT of Homeland Security is to make this country more stable and safe."
“Writing itself is a difficult and exacting process, and nothing I know this side of sunbathing in a cyclotron can break a human being as quickly and thoroughly.”
— Harlan Ellison
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— Harlan Ellison
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December 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“Writing itself is a difficult and exacting process, and nothing I know this side of sunbathing in a cyclotron can break a human being as quickly and thoroughly.”
— Harlan Ellison
#writingcommunity
— Harlan Ellison
#writingcommunity
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Tonight in The December Comfort Watches: A Fish Called Wanda, the first and to date the only film that made me laugh so hard I almost peed myself right there in the movie theater:
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Twenty: A Fish Called Wanda
I have thought a number of films have been riotously funny, but only A Fish Called Wanda made me laugh so hard that I was in very real danger of pissing myself right there in the movie theater. It …
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December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Tonight in The December Comfort Watches: A Fish Called Wanda, the first and to date the only film that made me laugh so hard I almost peed myself right there in the movie theater:
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First award for my book, "Tales of the Beechy Hollow Great Outdoors Club."
A Literary Titan Gold would have been nice, but this is probably more motivating—there's always the next book.
And the badge looks cool on my cover. 😎
#writingcommunity #booksky #bookawards #firstbook #appalachia #outdoors
A Literary Titan Gold would have been nice, but this is probably more motivating—there's always the next book.
And the badge looks cool on my cover. 😎
#writingcommunity #booksky #bookawards #firstbook #appalachia #outdoors
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
First award for my book, "Tales of the Beechy Hollow Great Outdoors Club."
A Literary Titan Gold would have been nice, but this is probably more motivating—there's always the next book.
And the badge looks cool on my cover. 😎
#writingcommunity #booksky #bookawards #firstbook #appalachia #outdoors
A Literary Titan Gold would have been nice, but this is probably more motivating—there's always the next book.
And the badge looks cool on my cover. 😎
#writingcommunity #booksky #bookawards #firstbook #appalachia #outdoors
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Is revision always necessary? Not for Jim Harrison:
"I wrote Legends of the Fall in nine days and when I re-read it, I only had to change one word. There was no revision process. None. I had thought so much about the character that writing the book was like taking dictation."
#WritingCommunity
"I wrote Legends of the Fall in nine days and when I re-read it, I only had to change one word. There was no revision process. None. I had thought so much about the character that writing the book was like taking dictation."
#WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Is revision always necessary? Not for Jim Harrison:
"I wrote Legends of the Fall in nine days and when I re-read it, I only had to change one word. There was no revision process. None. I had thought so much about the character that writing the book was like taking dictation."
#WritingCommunity
"I wrote Legends of the Fall in nine days and when I re-read it, I only had to change one word. There was no revision process. None. I had thought so much about the character that writing the book was like taking dictation."
#WritingCommunity
My first editorial review is in... four stars from Literary Titan.
#Writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #fiction
#Writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #fiction
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
My first editorial review is in... four stars from Literary Titan.
#Writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #fiction
#Writingcommunity #booksky #indieauthor #fiction
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That’s not just a White House demolition. That’s Southern-style middle-finger politics in action.
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
That’s not just a White House demolition. That’s Southern-style middle-finger politics in action.
First reader-submitted photo of my book shared on social media. It was fun seeing this.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
First reader-submitted photo of my book shared on social media. It was fun seeing this.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
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My first book is finally live on Amazon! It's been a tough, but rewarding journey. Thanks to all for the encouragement along the way.
Here's the full wraparound cover with art by the talented @kimberlybrown.bsky.social
(Hopefully, the art shows up.)
#booksky #writingcommunity
Here's the full wraparound cover with art by the talented @kimberlybrown.bsky.social
(Hopefully, the art shows up.)
#booksky #writingcommunity
October 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My first book is finally live on Amazon! It's been a tough, but rewarding journey. Thanks to all for the encouragement along the way.
Here's the full wraparound cover with art by the talented @kimberlybrown.bsky.social
(Hopefully, the art shows up.)
#booksky #writingcommunity
Here's the full wraparound cover with art by the talented @kimberlybrown.bsky.social
(Hopefully, the art shows up.)
#booksky #writingcommunity
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
My first experience dealing with Amazon KDP has mostly been positive. I'm thankful for the unlimited edits. I've uploaded my manuscript several times, each time thinking it was the "final" version.
Weird that they allow pre-orders for the ebook, but no reviews before publication.
#WritingCommunity
Weird that they allow pre-orders for the ebook, but no reviews before publication.
#WritingCommunity
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My first experience dealing with Amazon KDP has mostly been positive. I'm thankful for the unlimited edits. I've uploaded my manuscript several times, each time thinking it was the "final" version.
Weird that they allow pre-orders for the ebook, but no reviews before publication.
#WritingCommunity
Weird that they allow pre-orders for the ebook, but no reviews before publication.
#WritingCommunity
Yes, editing can be painful.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his friend, Maxwell Perkins, that he cut 18,000 words from his book during editing. The book was "The Great Gatsby."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his friend, Maxwell Perkins, that he cut 18,000 words from his book during editing. The book was "The Great Gatsby."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Yes, editing can be painful.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his friend, Maxwell Perkins, that he cut 18,000 words from his book during editing. The book was "The Great Gatsby."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote to his friend, Maxwell Perkins, that he cut 18,000 words from his book during editing. The book was "The Great Gatsby."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky
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Keep in mind that EVERYTHING he says or does going forward is to distract from the EPSTEIN files.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
August 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Keep in mind that EVERYTHING he says or does going forward is to distract from the EPSTEIN files.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.
One "good" thing about my dog's UTI -- she's been getting me up at 4:30 a.m. every morning the last few days. So, I've finally joined the 5 a.m. writer's club.
(She's on medicine and getting better.)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
(She's on medicine and getting better.)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
July 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
One "good" thing about my dog's UTI -- she's been getting me up at 4:30 a.m. every morning the last few days. So, I've finally joined the 5 a.m. writer's club.
(She's on medicine and getting better.)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
(She's on medicine and getting better.)
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
"You want to cultivate a clear blank—a mind that is open, vulnerable, and plain. Empty, basically, of thought. This is a writing mind. When you are empty, you are able to focus."
- Heather Sellers, "Page After Page"
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- Heather Sellers, "Page After Page"
#writingcommunity
July 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"You want to cultivate a clear blank—a mind that is open, vulnerable, and plain. Empty, basically, of thought. This is a writing mind. When you are empty, you are able to focus."
- Heather Sellers, "Page After Page"
#writingcommunity
- Heather Sellers, "Page After Page"
#writingcommunity
Bonnie Friedman:
A young painter comes to Michelangelo and says, 'I've seen your religious paintings. Teach me to depict the human soul.'
'Fine,' he says. 'Learn to paint a human knuckle. Observe it closely...study its shifts of color. You paint a soul only by painting a knuckle.'
#writingcommunity
A young painter comes to Michelangelo and says, 'I've seen your religious paintings. Teach me to depict the human soul.'
'Fine,' he says. 'Learn to paint a human knuckle. Observe it closely...study its shifts of color. You paint a soul only by painting a knuckle.'
#writingcommunity
July 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Bonnie Friedman:
A young painter comes to Michelangelo and says, 'I've seen your religious paintings. Teach me to depict the human soul.'
'Fine,' he says. 'Learn to paint a human knuckle. Observe it closely...study its shifts of color. You paint a soul only by painting a knuckle.'
#writingcommunity
A young painter comes to Michelangelo and says, 'I've seen your religious paintings. Teach me to depict the human soul.'
'Fine,' he says. 'Learn to paint a human knuckle. Observe it closely...study its shifts of color. You paint a soul only by painting a knuckle.'
#writingcommunity
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Superman has always been woke ☺️
July 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Superman has always been woke ☺️
July 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I would pay a boatload of money for someone to teach my corgi Clyde or Claudia’s corgi Gracie to do this. But I think only Gracie would be adventurous enough to take to it
ht: @amazlngnature.bsky.social
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July 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I would pay a boatload of money for someone to teach my corgi Clyde or Claudia’s corgi Gracie to do this. But I think only Gracie would be adventurous enough to take to it
ht: @amazlngnature.bsky.social
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Still need help with my book cover. Fiction. Humorous outdoor stories. Adult. Limited budget. Suggestions welcome.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
June 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Still need help with my book cover. Fiction. Humorous outdoor stories. Adult. Limited budget. Suggestions welcome.
#booksky #writingcommunity
#booksky #writingcommunity
