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Sandy Day
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I'm a recovering chatterbox and writer of riveting slice-of-life poetry, memoir, and fiction; author of 6 books so far. Lover of cheese, coffee shops, and illustrations. I live on the shore of Lake Simcoe in Canada. https://sandydayauthor.substack.com/
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My new essay, "Venom" is up on Substack. Link in the comments. #writer #amwriting #writesky #personalessay
March 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
@lynnespreen.bsky.social Hi there! So nice to see you here. 🦋
March 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It my be #groundhogday but it's also Do-Nothing-Day over on my blog. Read my new humorous essay about organizing my 93-year-old mom's life, or attempt to organize and battle her resistance. Link in the comments.
#amwriting #writesky #personalessay #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity
February 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Just finished watching Somebody Somewhere. What a great show. I'm so sad it's over, but I feel good about Sam's future.

#tvseries #somebodysomewhere #goodshows
February 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The dog sniffed its way across the snowy back yard and squatted. And pooped. Jerry Shagg averted his eyes, and mortified, Cedar hurried him from her office, #wrestled his coat out of her closet, and sent him on his way.

From the Christmas novel I'm writing.

#amwriting #writesky #wipsnips
February 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Langston Hughes (1902) - poet, social activist, playwright.

I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I'll be at the table. ...They'll see how beautiful I am -- I, too, am America.

#booksky
#writingcommunity
#authors
February 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I've been absent. I'm a bit depressed. Can you blame me??
February 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My new personal essay, in which I admit a certain embarrassing weakness, is up! See the comments for the link.

#amwriting #writesky #author #writer #personalessay #shortstory #gamblingaddiction
January 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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One day you’re young and cool and the next you’re putting on reading glasses to eat spaghetti.
January 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Eavesdropping
When wasn’t I eavesdropping?
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January 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My latest #story, "Toast" is up! It's a quick read. Please check the comments for the link.

#amwriting #writesky #author #novelist #personalessay #writingcommunity
January 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s a small fib. Kelvin has spent plenty of time at the garage...but after I noticed his paws were slowly turning grimy with oil and messing up the back seat of the Mustang, I left him at home.
“There’s no one who can cover for you?” Her question is icy.
“I work alone. I’m a #mechanic.”

#writesky
The #WIPSnips word for January 4 is "mechanical"

Remember if you don't have the word exactly that synonyms, variations and ✨vibes✨ are fine.

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WriteSky #WritingPrompts
January 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🎥 Remix creative works like THE SKELETON DANCE for our 2025 Public Domain Day Remix Contest!⁠

Use one or more classics from 1929 to create your 2–3 minute short film.⁠

📆 Deadline: Jan 17, 2025⁠
💰 First prize: $1,500⁠
👉 Details: blog.archive.org/2024/12/16/2...
January 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’ve hit some weird nerve.
“You are not interested in me?” he repeats, incredulous. He snorts. “I was doing you a favor. But if you can’t #accept it, so be it.”
I swallow a lump of fear. I’ve never encountered anyone so out of touch. My dad is controlling but this is a whole new level.

#amwriting
January 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hey @bsky.app One #notification is all that's necessary for follows. Not a notification for each follow. I think, wow, I have fourteen notifications, only to discover that 13 of them are random follows.
January 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The hospital sprawls on my left, rundown, and depressing, looking as though instead of tearing it down and starting fresh, the #government just kept tacking on wings. The building is a mishmash of eras and styles, wood and brick and cinderblock. My mother lies somewhere inside...

#WIPSnips #writer
Aaahh! It's January 2025! Happy New Year!

I feel like 2024 absolutely flew by. It's hard to believe #WIPSnips started in September 2023! Seems like it was just yesterday.

The word for today is "government"

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
January 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The sun is tangled
        in black branches,
raving like Absalom
        between sky and water,
struggling through the dark terebinth
to commit its daily suicide…

-Leonard Cohen

#lyrics #poem #poetry #writingcommunity #photography #b&w
December 31, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Before I reach it, he scrambles in reverse out of the garbage can, a Chinese food container dangling from his mouth. #Surprised to see me, the goofy, almost cross-eyed, Lassie-type dog cowers, looking guilty, crouching low to the ground, his ears back, tail curling beneath his rear end.

#amwriting
*pops champagne*

Happy New Year's Eve! I wish you all a happy and safe evening saying goodbye to 2024.

The #WIPSnips word for December 31 is "surprise"

#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts #WriteSky
January 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I love this image generated by my writing coach, Kevin T. Johns. Inspires me to make writing plans and goals for 2025!

#amwriting #newyearsgoals #writinggoals #writingcommunity #writesky #author #writer
December 30, 2024 at 4:04 PM
As we move around the dance floor, in spite of all this wedding #nonsense, I find I’m enjoying myself, remembering afternoons of spinning and waltzing around the living room with my mom, records on high—foxtrotting and jitterbugging, Johnny Mathis, Sam Cooke, Elvis Presley.

#amwriting #WIPSnips
December 29, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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December 28, 2024 at 5:22 AM
It's #caturday all weekend! My new story is up. I hope you enjoy it.

#amwriting #author #writesky #catstory #christmas
Not a Creature Was Stirring...
This scratchy wicker chair digs into my paws, but I’m staying put.
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December 29, 2024 at 3:51 PM
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And now, I will take you
to one of the bookstores in Kyiv.

I want you to see how beautiful
Kyiv is.
December 27, 2024 at 4:52 PM
I’m frantic and unable to concentrate. My expenses are spiraling out of control. Apartment cleaning. Dog kennel. I have to find a place to #stay for the weekend. And, I have no street clothes to change into!

#WIPSnips #WIP #novel #amwriting #author #writer #writesky #writerscommunity
December 28, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I hope you will check this space tomorrow for my #caturday story! It's going out in my Sunday newsletter. Feel free to sign up here if you want early access. 🐾
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The ramblings and scribblings of a recovering chatterbox. Click to read Sandy Day, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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December 28, 2024 at 5:03 PM