If you're not working on your book because you're just trying to survive...

I've been there. And you're not alone.

Your book will be there when you're ready to return. I promise.

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Avoid these 6 nonfiction writing mistakes and write your book faster!

And, TBH, some of these mistakes are good problems to have... like having too much to say for one book.

Read more at my Substack, Inside the Inkhorn. You know where the link is. 😉

Nonfiction authors! Are you writing your first chapters before you've really determined who your book is for?

Make sure to define your target reader before you start drafting. Why?

Read my article on Inside the Inkhorn.

inkhorn.substack.com/p/your-ideal-nonfiction-reader

Villains are having a moment right now.

For this blog post on writing villains, I pull from fiction and real life in this time of bro-llionaires and broligarchs.

Read on my website or at Inside the Inkhorn on Substack. More below!

If new authors figured out their POV character before they wrote a scene, I swear they'd be able to avoid so many other common writing pitfalls.

Check out how in my new post on Inside the Inkhorn.

Like AOC suggested, I'm leaning into the things that I do well, and that's writing and educating. Right now, I'm focusing on a series of blog posts that address some of the biggest structural issues I see in draft manuscripts. 1/

There really is nothing like making my little social media carousels about writing while a South African billionaire/tech-douche takes over the US government and steals all of our financial information.

Ditch Google.

h/t @destinysugarbuns.bsky.social

By saying that high-risk people can just "stay home" or that they'll "fall by the wayside" or that "I'm over covid," we become vulnerable to eugenicist thinking. High-risk, disabled, and chronically-ill people deserve access to public spaces and community too. 1/

May I present to you the most amazing piece of spam email I think I've ever received. I actually worked on Libya in my time as an analyst, before the Arab Spring, which makes this even more hilarious.

This right here. If you're not wearing a mask in public because you're worried you might "look weird," or "no one else is doing it" or (my favorite /s) "it's not required," what else will you not do if sh*t really hits the fan? 1/

I'm not leaving Meta. But I am diversifying.

My presence on some of these platforms is still small, but I'm working to deliver education and inspiring information to help you write your book, whether it be a sci-fi epic or the next great personal development workbook.

Links in alt text.

I reached my goal of 10 people registering for my upcoming free class on how to start writing a nonfiction book 🎉

Can we make it 15?

Replay available for registrants, of course!

www.akeyeswriting.com/write-your-h...

AND my historical fantasy novel set in ancient Egypt! Can 16-year-old Sati survive military training and stop a plot to overthrow the pharaoh? Read and find out!

$5 of every purchase of a signed copy goes to charity helping vulnerable people in the US. 5/5

akeyeswriting.com

@timrayborn.bsky.social and I have already raised $170 for marginalized and at-risk people in the US.

Help us reach $200 by purchasing a signed copy of my novel, Daughter of Sekhmet, or Tim's novel, The Forbidden Summoning.

We're donating $5 from every book purchase!

#Fantasy #HistoricalFiction

Lots of people still COVIDing are looking for ways to move their body. So I'm offering a 4-week online class series: Belly Dance Basics! Attend live or do the recordings.

If you're "still COVIDing" and want to take a fun, gentle dance class, comment, and I'll give you the discount code.

Many thanks to @timrayborn.bsky.social for gifting me these reads from delilahsdawson.bsky.social and drlindseyfitz.bsky.social ! Never enough books about disturbing subjects on my bookcase, apparently. 🤣

IT'S HAPPENING!