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A J Lockhart
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I'm still in flux about what chapter to open with - but this one has my vote so far
At the limo parked 50 metres away, Shields watched the former president step away from her daughter’s tomb to give Gerald the private time he liked to have.
November 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 13th is "build"

Closest I've got...

Anderson vs Build A Bear

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“Rory has the same word stitched into the underside of his left paw as you do on your necklace, and that plane. I thought, on Rory, it was just like a trademark. You know, like a Build-A-Bear or something. But no. So, riddle me this, H, what the actual fuck is goin—”
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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#AwesomeCharacters
Aliana, Lord Deran’s dead wife. Their love was legendary. His choices after her death hound him and others. She haunts Deran but not through current off-page actions.
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 19h
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

Are there any characters that are important to your story but who haven't appeared in person on the page?

Someone historical? Or who died before the events of the story? Or someone absent for other reasons?

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November 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Nygel being Nygel, again, and Welling thinking of consequences …

From ‘The Big Feat’.

#WiPSnips
“Lissen ‘ere, copper. You don’t like me, an’ I don’t like you, but Miss Eedith’s dahn there, and M’str’ss Hurkull, too, and if’n you don’t get up off your lazy arse and …” Welling dragged Nygel away. Then pushed him further away. Nygel pointed a finger around Welling. “… I’ll give you what for, you …” Welling pressed a hand against Nygel’s mouth before he said something that only made everything worse. This was going so very badly and Welling had to wonder if it wasn’t just some exercise in futility. Maybe they were already dead? Then he’d only be wasting his time here when he could be back at the flop house to see if he’d become destitute. He’d have to start again, build up his store of information, rebuild his trust among the criminal element. Or, and this made him feel sick, get a job. “Murple Hurkull, you say?” Brohdee’s fingers drummed on the desk surface. “My, my. Murple Hurkull.”
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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from page 69 of Pandora's Secret

#booksky #writesky
The Russian was making her move. Early. He and everyone else involved in Operation Pandora would be neutralised. As to when? It would just be a matter of scheduling. That was how she worked.
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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I suspect Anderson would rather be anywhere but there... she's not into sharing much. Yet.
charliedeltawrites.bsky.social Charlie Delta @charliedeltawrites.bsky.social · 1d
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters

It's talent show day!

We are all putting together a talent show! What will your character's act be? Extremely flexible prompt, any talent goes!

If they don't like performing what backstage job would they want?

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November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Her service weapon, maybe?

Relationships, human interactions, bonds, feelings... not her thing

yet
isaacxisaac.bsky.social Isaac X Isaac @isaacxisaac.bsky.social · 3d
Today's random #Lovember #WritingPrompt for the #WriteSky #WritingCommunity:

What was the first important bond your main character formed outside of their family?
November 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 12th is "shirt"

From Pandora's Secret again

Shields vs other people's blood

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He had managed to find showers he didn’t know existed in the basement, and a staffer had gone to buy him clothes from what appeared to be a surf shop. Where do you even find something like that in Washington, DC? But here he was, in surf shorts and a bright blue and pink Hawaiian shirt. He suspected Pam, the Secretary of State, had something to do with this. But for now, he was just happy to be out of the clothes he had been wearing that had been covered in other people’s blood.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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#Novmemeber 12
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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By sheer coinkidink, I happen to have used today’s #vss365 prompt word in ‘Reign, Dear’. 😅
Then he saw perhaps the only person that he could rely on to be sensible. There, still examining the remains of Old Man Hobble’s house, stood Goody Tallheart. Ignoring the protests from the villager that had little chance of having a single Big Coin, let alone a million, Boulder rushed to the witch’s side. She had a book in her hand and Boulder almost turned to run the other way, but he had to show bravery in the face of literature.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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#Novmemeber Late to this one - but going to run with the old two truths and a lie - otherwise I am useless at this stuff!

My great-great something-or-other wrote Reilly Ace of Spies.
My dad worked for MI6 before my mum did
My grandfather on my mum's side was a Battle of Britain pilot
sagetgreene.bsky.social Sage T. Greene, Author @sagetgreene.bsky.social · 3d
#Novmemeber 10

Corporate-style icebreaker jump scare 😱: tell us a fun fact about you, the author!

This is meant to be fun, so if "fun facts" make you cringe, feel free to adjust this prompt. You could do two truths and a lie, or just give us a non-personal fun fact that brings you joy.
10. Get to know the author: a fun fact about YOU A prompt game for the month of November, titled #Novmemeber (as in meme). Hosted by @sagetgreene.bsky.social . The bottom says "Have fun, interact, and remember alt text!" There is a silly emoji face with wild eyes and tongue sticking out, and some fall-style leaves in the corners.
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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No burgers for today’s #WIPSnips but I’ve got hot dogs which is kinda close. The name causes some confusion for Isley. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 11th is "burger"

Don't have burger. Food is the best I can do

from Pandora's Secret

Anderson vs holiday photos

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While she didn't claim to understand holidays, at least some good food was just down the road. She suspected she should be smiling at this point. She’d seen colleagues’ photos from holidays on their phones. Thousands of them. All with smiling idiots doing something pointless.
November 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I had to put this in last night. 😬 No burgers in this setting, but they do have sandwiches. 😁

From ‘Reign, Dear’.

#WiPSnips
“Forgive my interruption, sir, but I fear the evening closes in and I believe another snow shower approaches.” He had a big overcoat folded over his arm and then began wrapping it around Boulder’s shoulders. “I have taken the liberty, sir, of soliciting the service of a small cart to return us to the palace. I have a sandwich, for the return journey, and a flask of brandy, should the chill grow too frigid. After you, sir.” Boulder didn’t have the strength to fight against it. He sloped back toward where the villagers had continued to organise the search for Old Man Hobble, now that the distraction of the ‘Queen’ had gone. Good people. Proud people, who didn’t deserve to have royalty making them feel like they were lesser because of their place in society. Not even fake royalty. It was getting dark, and cold, and he accepted the brandy. He needed a drink. T’was the eleventh night of Festivus, and all through the village nothing stirred that night. Except for a large amount of people with butterfly nets. A wish was a wish, after all.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Another Nygel moment …

From ‘The Big Feat’.

#WiPSnips
Yet Nygel loved the place. Well, not so much ‘loved’ as didn’t hate. Well, that was debatable too, but it allowed him in, which went a long way to being considered his local. People tended to leave him alone here, which he appreciated far more than the attention he usually got, which was often insulting and casually violent. People didn’t like Nygel. He bothered them. Not Lally, though. Lally didn’t just let him hang around. Lally actively looked out for him. Protected him, sometimes. Covered up all of Nygel’s many mistakes.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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Just walked across London Bridge behind someone smoking a doobie - stunk to high (ha!) heaven. 8am spliff that’s commitment, but ugh I feel ill just from the heavy smell.
a man with a tattoo on his arm is sitting at a table in a dark room .
ALT: a man with a tattoo on his arm is sitting at a table in a dark room .
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November 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Its #football ffs I think the #bbc might be need a thesaurus as well as a new dg… if it doesnt contain a thinly veiled death threat, it aint ominous - as a writer friend just said to me.
#writingcommunity what unnecessary word salad have you seen today… 🤦🤣
November 10, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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#pretendpanel

It depends - if I’m being paid to write or rewrite a film then yes I have a target. If it’s something speculative like my first novel then no. But I try & write when other commitments, family, life, film work & other things allow.
#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
karamoonauthor.com Kara Moon (the artist formerly known as Hiria Dunning) @karamoonauthor.com · 6d
Greetings, #pretendpanel! One week into writeathon month, I'm wondering how you feel about this notorious topic...

November 7th: X number of words per day - are you a fan of this approach or not?

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Authors #WritingPrompts
#pretendpanel a daily prompt tag hosted by @hiriadunning.bsky.social November 7th: X number of words per day - are you a fan of this approach or not? Please support your fellow #pretentpanel posters with replies, likes and reposts New #pretendpanel questions every Friday and Saturday. Hop in any time!
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I had a really bad stutter when I was younger & I associated reading with being picked on to read out loud at school. I hated it. I didn’t really start reading till I was in my late teens & then I loved it. My mum used to give me books with swear words and sex in & I’d be like you’ve read this?!🤪
woodenvelt.bsky.social Samantha Breaux @woodenvelt.bsky.social · 6d
Welcome to #Bookvember Day 7!

Follow the directions on the prompt card and share your love of the written word with others.

#BookSky #WriteSky #Books #Authors #WritingCommunity
Bookvember, a book share prompt game for writers and readers by @woodenvelt.bsky.social Day 7: Was your reading monitored by adults when you were a kid or was it a free for all? Did that scar you or set you free? Remember: Quote post using #Bookvember. Use alt text for images. Have fun and interact with others!
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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🎉 SILVER & SMOKE is out now in the UK, US & Canada! 💕 The Ashes of Thezmarr series is complete — my heart is so full. Aussie & Kiwi friends, your turn is coming soon! 💫 Grab your copy here: www.amazon.com/stores/Helen... 💖Much love, Helen 💖
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Words can be hard, especially when you try to sound eloquent …

From ‘The Big Feat’.

#WiPSnips
Behind her, she heard the sharp intakes of breath from the big men and a sudden movement, but the man turned a stiff, thick neck toward them and waved them away with an irritated scowl. Murple had the distinct feeling she had escaped a sudden, and quite accidental, stabbing. They had moved so fast and her old body, as well as her mind, had started failing her more and more. “Forgive the indolence of my boys. They see insult in many things that are merely inconsolable.” The man, with the thick Pastan accent tried gainfully to speak with learned affectation and failed horribly. He did try, though, so Murple didn’t correct everything. Her name, though, she could not abide mispronunciation. “Mistress Hurkull. Did I get that right? Good. Mistress Hurkull, I have greatly admired your work. Greatly admired. Your quite deserved reputation precludes you.”
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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The #WIPSnips word for November 7th is "movement"

From Pandora's Secret

Anderson vs the biometric scanner.

#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Then, decision made, she reached for his lower right arm and bent it up and around behind his back. Something snapped. But his fingers were still facing the wrong way. So, she grabbed his hand and twisted it at the wrist joint, in a rotating movement that arms are not designed to do. Bones crunched. Sinew snapped. Finally, his fingers were facing the way she could use them.
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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If anyone is looking for writing sprints this weekend, One Hundred Hours of Writing on Twitch has begun!

I’ll link the first streamer and the website to check the full schedule to see who is live below!

I (Rosie) will be streaming thrice!

6am (EST) Friday, 8pm Friday, 10pm Saturday

#WriteSky
November 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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#Novmemeber 7
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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When did we become so childish about science....

i don't get it
November 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM