Zosie
@zosiewrites.bsky.social
Writer, reader, other things
📍 Minneapolis, MN
📍 Minneapolis, MN
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As a cemetery caretaker, please, please, please! Do not leave glass items around plots, it is extremely dangerous. When we are working and cleaning leaves up or mowing sometimes we can't see them and then they shatter and spray glass everywhere and people get hurt.
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
As a cemetery caretaker, please, please, please! Do not leave glass items around plots, it is extremely dangerous. When we are working and cleaning leaves up or mowing sometimes we can't see them and then they shatter and spray glass everywhere and people get hurt.
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We all know ‘tragedy’ comes from Greek.
‘tragos’ = goat
‘aeidein’ = to sing
So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.”
Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.
‘tragos’ = goat
‘aeidein’ = to sing
So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.”
Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.
September 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We all know ‘tragedy’ comes from Greek.
‘tragos’ = goat
‘aeidein’ = to sing
So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.”
Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.
‘tragos’ = goat
‘aeidein’ = to sing
So ‘tragedy’ originally meant “goat song.”
Not to be confused with the GOAT song, which is probably “Fast Car” by Tracy Chapman.
This is giving me ideas! iykyk
TFW you were once a mighty king of the forest, and now your afterlife is spent loitering in a regional airport.
July 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is giving me ideas! iykyk
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If you think traditional publishing doesn’t do *any* marketing, you might just not understand what marketing is.
They can and should do more, especially for their marginalized authors and mid list authors. But they are never doing “nothing”.
They can and should do more, especially for their marginalized authors and mid list authors. But they are never doing “nothing”.
July 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
If you think traditional publishing doesn’t do *any* marketing, you might just not understand what marketing is.
They can and should do more, especially for their marginalized authors and mid list authors. But they are never doing “nothing”.
They can and should do more, especially for their marginalized authors and mid list authors. But they are never doing “nothing”.
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Most common issue I’m seeing in manuscripts in 2025 so far:
Every scene is doing one thing and one thing only.
Try for at least two, but all four would better:
- push plot forward
- explore setting
- internal character stuff
- external character/relationship stuff
#writingtips
Every scene is doing one thing and one thing only.
Try for at least two, but all four would better:
- push plot forward
- explore setting
- internal character stuff
- external character/relationship stuff
#writingtips
February 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Most common issue I’m seeing in manuscripts in 2025 so far:
Every scene is doing one thing and one thing only.
Try for at least two, but all four would better:
- push plot forward
- explore setting
- internal character stuff
- external character/relationship stuff
#writingtips
Every scene is doing one thing and one thing only.
Try for at least two, but all four would better:
- push plot forward
- explore setting
- internal character stuff
- external character/relationship stuff
#writingtips
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Do not Google “how to get published”. That is a surefire way to get scammed.
If you want to be traditionally published, remember that money always flows TO the author.
You can go from “I think I want to write a book” to “my book is published” without paying a cent out of pocket.
If you want to be traditionally published, remember that money always flows TO the author.
You can go from “I think I want to write a book” to “my book is published” without paying a cent out of pocket.
January 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Do not Google “how to get published”. That is a surefire way to get scammed.
If you want to be traditionally published, remember that money always flows TO the author.
You can go from “I think I want to write a book” to “my book is published” without paying a cent out of pocket.
If you want to be traditionally published, remember that money always flows TO the author.
You can go from “I think I want to write a book” to “my book is published” without paying a cent out of pocket.
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Placing you carefully between two pieces of parchment under the weight of a heavy novel and leaving you there for 2-3 weeks to think about what you’ve done
January 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Placing you carefully between two pieces of parchment under the weight of a heavy novel and leaving you there for 2-3 weeks to think about what you’ve done
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my personal favorite comic of 2024
January 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
my personal favorite comic of 2024
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And here's the last of the definitions for the #NoNonsenseGuideToPublishing before I start getting into the meat of the content!
If there's any term after this you feel like I should've covered, let me know and I'll add it in the official version.
Let's dive in!
If there's any term after this you feel like I should've covered, let me know and I'll add it in the official version.
Let's dive in!
Here is part two (of 3) of the definitions for the #NoNonsenseGuideToPublishing. Please see the quoted post below for previous posts.
The next THREE sections of the #NoNonsenseGuideToPublishing are all about definitions!
Because book publishing uses a lot of terms that can be confusing to new authors and folks can get lost in the lingo. To add to the confusion, some of them have multiple meanings, depending on the context.
Because book publishing uses a lot of terms that can be confusing to new authors and folks can get lost in the lingo. To add to the confusion, some of them have multiple meanings, depending on the context.
January 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
And here's the last of the definitions for the #NoNonsenseGuideToPublishing before I start getting into the meat of the content!
If there's any term after this you feel like I should've covered, let me know and I'll add it in the official version.
Let's dive in!
If there's any term after this you feel like I should've covered, let me know and I'll add it in the official version.
Let's dive in!
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All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
December 24, 2024 at 11:53 AM
All I want for Christmas is to pull a loose book from a bookshelf and finally, at long last, find that it opens a hidden door.
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The library is an awesome resource. Aside from books, you can get free entry to museums, they have conference rooms and study spaces you can book, free subscriptions to ebooks, internet access, writing tools, betterment workshops, etc
December 22, 2024 at 7:18 AM
The library is an awesome resource. Aside from books, you can get free entry to museums, they have conference rooms and study spaces you can book, free subscriptions to ebooks, internet access, writing tools, betterment workshops, etc
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this industry is a marathon, not a sprint
remember that
remember that
November 27, 2024 at 10:37 PM
this industry is a marathon, not a sprint
remember that
remember that
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Good morning, Bluesky. There is beauty in the world, if you look for it.
November 21, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Good morning, Bluesky. There is beauty in the world, if you look for it.