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@shaydeejay.bsky.social
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✏️ writer, 👩🏽‍🏫 college prof., 🐾 dog mom
Current WIP: “Heritage”
Email: squirrelwrites.scribbles@gmail.com
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shaydeejay.bsky.social
I did write yesterday, I just forgot to cry about it…

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December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
1,117 words written 😌 great progress

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November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
So I didn’t revise my manuscript yesterday BUT I did write a little fanfiction for my own entertainment and, to me, that counts 🥹

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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Clocking today’s progress at 985 words written. As long as I keep the momentum of at least a few sentences per day I think I’ll be happy. Even a little bit at a time can add up.

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#amrevising
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Oh, we are SO back! I’ve missed this feeling of creation.

Today’s wc: 2,188

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#amrevising
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
I am DETERMINED to write this weekend! I haven’t even looked at my manuscript since August. The grading has taken over…

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#amrevising
#amspiraling or #amcrashingout, I’m not sure yet
November 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
I’m stuck grading and still not able to find time to revise my manuscript but I keep telling myself that I should be more active up here.

Question: what playlists, music, or sounds help inspire you to write?

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September 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
I’ve been so drained from preparing for and then entering the new semester I haven’t had any energy to revise 😭 it’s been, like, a month

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August 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
2.3k words accomplished today for revisions. Time to hibernate again 🫡

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July 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Fanfiction has taken over my brain. And I’ve lost my ADHD medicine. But it’s in the house.

Somewhere…

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July 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Most inconsistent revisions of the summer over here 👋🏾

Finally finished revising chapter four with about ~1.4k words. Thought I’d be halfway done with revisions by now but the joke is on me, huh?

#authors #writing #writingcommunity #writerlife #writersky #bvm 🖤✏️ #writer #amrevising
July 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Felt like I was spiraling into an existential crisis over things I can’t control. So, I put the doggies to bed and sat down to revise. 2517 words written.

#authors #writing #writingcommunity #writerlife #writersky #bvm 🖤✏️ #writer #amrevising

On a different note. Any international uni’s hiring?
June 22, 2025 at 4:35 AM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
1.1K words today. My brain hurts because I realized the first chapter has information I repeated in the third chapter 🥲

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June 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
So I didn’t revise much today. BUT I did construct some pretty in depth character sheets and that’s progress, too.

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#amrevising
June 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Chapter 3 revisions clocking in at 822 words. I’m essentially rewriting my manuscript lol

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#amrevising
June 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Editor debrief was a success 👍🏽
Very excited to get into the revision zone next week! Even as we were talking, my brain was thinking about how I could incorporate her feedback

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May 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Now that the semester is over and I’m on vacation, what are some things you guys do to advance your writing skills? I already signed up for a weekly writing course. But I want to hear what others have to say.

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May 19, 2025 at 2:05 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
I took last week to just completely relax. No revising. No editing. I haven’t even opened my manuscript feedback. I’m ready to get back into it now, especially since I have a meeting with my editor on Friday.

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May 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Got the feedback from my editor. She was really amazing, her criticism was lovely and I got my first chance to look at my manuscript through another’s eyes! Going into revisions now and WOW Google docs is pretty well set up.
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April 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Word of the day: today.

Official editing of my manuscript begins TUH-DAY!

My mother secured her Ph. D in psychology TUH-DAY!

Wins going all around!

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#amediting
April 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Editor secured 🤝🏽

🎤She’s a writer she’s an author 🎶💃🏽

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March 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
I’ve done it. I’ve officially finished the first draft of my first ever full length novel.

When is it appropriate to cry? 😭

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March 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
shaydeejay.bsky.social
Put in 6.6k words in yesterday. Today makes the perfect day to finish it all up 😌

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#amdrafting
March 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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nightvaleradio.bsky.social
Please do not speak loudly in the library. You might wake "it" up.
March 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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nightvaleradio.bsky.social
No, I think it's fine that you foiled my evil plan. You just didn't have to be so rude about it, that's all.
March 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM