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Amanda Hays Blasko
@amandahaysblasko.bsky.social
Writer, Reader, Person (in no particular order).

Read my work: https://www.amandahaysblasko.com/
New fiction piece live with Hawaii Pacific Review. This one is…dare I say…funny?

hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/11/20/d...

#writers #writesky #literaryfiction #satire
a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed and its mouth open .
Alt: a close up of a dog 's face with its eyes closed and its mouth open smiling
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November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You win some, you lose some. Such is the way of the artist.

#writer #artist #writesky
a dolphin is painting a picture and says i am artiste on the bottom
Alt: a dolphin is painting a picture and it says i am artiste on the bottom
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November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Peak experience: writing while watching the leaves fall outside 🍂
#writesky #writingcommunity #fall
a white cat laying in a pile of leaves
Alt: a white cat laying in a pile of leaves
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November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I have experimental speculative fiction short stories. Where should i submit them to?? 🧐

#writesky #writers #fantasy #speculativefiction #literaryfiction
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Querying is an exercise in banging your head against the wall…

*may look like having a good time at a metal concert from the side*

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #metal #comedy
a cartoon character with a broken glass in front of his head .
Alt: a cartoon character banging head on glass which is the screen, which fractures
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September 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Super stoked to have placed 2nd in a flash fiction competition with OxMag.

Read the story here: sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/out-fo...

#writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting
a man in a number 21 jersey is surrounded by other soccer players
Alt: a group of men dance wearing soccer uniforms
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September 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Create like the dawn breaking after the darkest night of the year. Accept the invitation to create as often as it arrives.

My manifestation for the year ahead ✨

#writers #writesky #amwriting
the word create that is displayed on a screen
Alt: the word create is displayed on a flickering screen
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September 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Returning from a trip with too many gifts for myself…🤭

#writers #writesky #books #booksky
August 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
When the pages finally start writing themselves.

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a cat wearing a blue shirt is sitting on a laptop computer
Alt: a cat wearing a blue shirt is typing frantically on a laptop computer
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July 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Days of pained writing sessions followed by days of light, flow, and joy.

Could there ever be any other way? ☀️ ☁️

#writers #writesky #writingcommunity
July 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Visual depiction of me entering my little writing rabbit hole…

#writing #writesky #writingcommunity
a green toy is standing in front of a cave entrance
Alt: a green alien toy is walking into a cave entrance
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July 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Today’s creative inspiration comes from @lizgilbert.bsky.social: “Start in the middle and go both ways.”

Start the hard, messy thing and follow it wherever it will take you. Let inspiration lead the way. ✨

#writesky #writers #writingcommunity
June 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Amanda Hays Blasko
“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit” -Banksy

I’m using this quote on so many levels of my life right now

#writers #writingcommunity #resist
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Just submitted my short story collection to contests for the first time ever. *giggles of joy and despair?*

#writers #writesky #writingcommunity
a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera .
Alt: a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera. The cat, like the poster, is metaphorically screaming, crying and throwing up.
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May 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Turns out that every writer who’s ever said it’s important to write every day was right (imagine that! ). I’m learning that the practice of creativity is greater than the creation of any one thing, or anything at all.

#writers #writingcommunity #writesky
May 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Today’s affirmation: I’m doing what I can every day to touch my art. I am not behind. I’m exactly where I need to be.

#writers #writingcommunity #writesky
April 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Reposted by Amanda Hays Blasko
"When you start working, everybody is in your studio——the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas——are all there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you're lucky, even you leave." —John Cage
March 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
What makes you a writer?
You write.
That’s it. ✍🏻

#writers #writesky #amwriting
March 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Saturday afternoon pages & snuggles with this one. ✨
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March 15, 2025 at 8:11 PM
There’s nothing quite like finally understanding how to revise a story you’ve been struggling with for ages.

The answer: change it so much it no longer resembles itself.

The result: absolute satisfaction.

#writer
March 14, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“Who and what do we omit from the stories we tell?”
Great to hear Karen Russell talk about her new book with @pw.org #writers
March 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ten years in the making, and this book is finally ready for agent review. Wish me luck!
#writingcommunity
March 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM