Azeem Duran
@azeemduran.bsky.social
📖 Fantasy Author and Avid Reader
✏️ Editing FC (Project 4) | Drafting AB (Project 8)
🌈 Advocate for Diverse Stories
📚 Reading is Political
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✏️ Editing FC (Project 4) | Drafting AB (Project 8)
🌈 Advocate for Diverse Stories
📚 Reading is Political
Join my journey!
IG: https://www.instagram.com/azeem.duran?igsh=MXJqYzZnM3Rlcndxbw==
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Got an email about the Anthropic settlement this morning. If you're a traditionally published author whose book came out before 2023 (I think), you may be eligible to file a claim.
More information here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
And here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
More information here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
And here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
October 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Got an email about the Anthropic settlement this morning. If you're a traditionally published author whose book came out before 2023 (I think), you may be eligible to file a claim.
More information here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
And here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
More information here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
And here: authorsguild.org/advocacy/art...
KPop Demon Hunters had no reason to be as good as it was. 20/10.
#Fantasy #KPopDemonHunters #ContemporaryFantasy #UrbanFantasy #KDrama
#Fantasy #KPopDemonHunters #ContemporaryFantasy #UrbanFantasy #KDrama
June 23, 2025 at 5:53 AM
KPop Demon Hunters had no reason to be as good as it was. 20/10.
#Fantasy #KPopDemonHunters #ContemporaryFantasy #UrbanFantasy #KDrama
#Fantasy #KPopDemonHunters #ContemporaryFantasy #UrbanFantasy #KDrama
Sometimes I think that my dogs are trying to stop any potential for a writing career. Then I remember that they can't #read, but it gives me an interesting #shortstory premise.
#PetsofBlueSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Fantasy
#PetsofBlueSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Fantasy
June 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sometimes I think that my dogs are trying to stop any potential for a writing career. Then I remember that they can't #read, but it gives me an interesting #shortstory premise.
#PetsofBlueSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Fantasy
#PetsofBlueSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #Fantasy
June 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
#TIL that I've been calling #ContemporaryFantasy books Urban Fantasies. I had no clue the genre existed. It's my own fault for not learning ALL the #Fantasy Genres. Now I'm rethinking how indescribe My Brother's Inheritance. At least there's time before I enter the query trenches.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
June 21, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#TIL that I've been calling #ContemporaryFantasy books Urban Fantasies. I had no clue the genre existed. It's my own fault for not learning ALL the #Fantasy Genres. Now I'm rethinking how indescribe My Brother's Inheritance. At least there's time before I enter the query trenches.
#WritingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
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BREAKING: Trump said protesters at his little military cosplay parade will be met with “very heavy force.”
That’s dictatorship talk. Protesting is your RIGHT. Don’t flinch. Don’t fold.
Also, NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday—not Sunday. Pull up.
That’s dictatorship talk. Protesting is your RIGHT. Don’t flinch. Don’t fold.
Also, NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday—not Sunday. Pull up.
June 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BREAKING: Trump said protesters at his little military cosplay parade will be met with “very heavy force.”
That’s dictatorship talk. Protesting is your RIGHT. Don’t flinch. Don’t fold.
Also, NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday—not Sunday. Pull up.
That’s dictatorship talk. Protesting is your RIGHT. Don’t flinch. Don’t fold.
Also, NO KINGS PROTEST is Saturday—not Sunday. Pull up.
Just got back from #Portland! While there, I learned it was the start of #PortlandBookWeek. Wish I was there longer to visit more #indiebookstores. Oh well, there's always next year! 💙📚
#BookishTravel #BookSky #Reader
#BookishTravel #BookSky #Reader
June 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Just got back from #Portland! While there, I learned it was the start of #PortlandBookWeek. Wish I was there longer to visit more #indiebookstores. Oh well, there's always next year! 💙📚
#BookishTravel #BookSky #Reader
#BookishTravel #BookSky #Reader
I don't usually reread books, but this is making a compelling case.
June 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I don't usually reread books, but this is making a compelling case.
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There are a few spaces left for the talk I'm giving tonight about what authors can do to help their career before signing an agent or landing a book deal. It's free to attend (even if you're not part of the Orange County Library System) but you have to register: attend.ocls.org/event/13350654
Career Development for Pre-Published Authors
Literary agent Paula Weiman will discuss how to best prepare for a career as an author before landing the first book deal.
attend.ocls.org
June 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
There are a few spaces left for the talk I'm giving tonight about what authors can do to help their career before signing an agent or landing a book deal. It's free to attend (even if you're not part of the Orange County Library System) but you have to register: attend.ocls.org/event/13350654
7 reviews up on IG for May. Sure, I posted 2 today, but still. June snuck up on me.
📚💙
#BookSky #Bookish #Booksta #BookReview #BookReviewer
📚💙
#BookSky #Bookish #Booksta #BookReview #BookReviewer
June 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
7 reviews up on IG for May. Sure, I posted 2 today, but still. June snuck up on me.
📚💙
#BookSky #Bookish #Booksta #BookReview #BookReviewer
📚💙
#BookSky #Bookish #Booksta #BookReview #BookReviewer
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Deadline Jun 15: Novel Excerpt Prize
Send an excerpt from your unpublished novel or manuscript in progress up to 5,000 words. Fee: $20. Three winners will each receive $1,000 and publication. Guest judge: Cynthia Pelayo.
uncharted.submittable.com/submit/a20ae... via @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Send an excerpt from your unpublished novel or manuscript in progress up to 5,000 words. Fee: $20. Three winners will each receive $1,000 and publication. Guest judge: Cynthia Pelayo.
uncharted.submittable.com/submit/a20ae... via @unchartedmag.bsky.social
April 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Deadline Jun 15: Novel Excerpt Prize
Send an excerpt from your unpublished novel or manuscript in progress up to 5,000 words. Fee: $20. Three winners will each receive $1,000 and publication. Guest judge: Cynthia Pelayo.
uncharted.submittable.com/submit/a20ae... via @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Send an excerpt from your unpublished novel or manuscript in progress up to 5,000 words. Fee: $20. Three winners will each receive $1,000 and publication. Guest judge: Cynthia Pelayo.
uncharted.submittable.com/submit/a20ae... via @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Make that 7 books. I finished one last night so that's cool. Lot of reviews coming this week on IG! 💙📚
#BookSky #BookReviews #BookReviewer #Bookstagram #Reader
#BookSky #BookReviews #BookReviewer #Bookstagram #Reader
Ugh, how is it already the end of the month? Now I need to rapid-fire book reviews again. 6 incoming this week (maybe 7 if I finish my current read). 📚💙
#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
May 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Make that 7 books. I finished one last night so that's cool. Lot of reviews coming this week on IG! 💙📚
#BookSky #BookReviews #BookReviewer #Bookstagram #Reader
#BookSky #BookReviews #BookReviewer #Bookstagram #Reader
The first 11 chapters of My Brother's Inheritance are feeling pretty good for this draft. But, 12 is where things start to get muddled and need a lot more work... characters to expand on, parts of scenes to cut, and stake sto become clearer. It'll be fun. Right?
#WriteSky #Writer #Fantasy #Revising
#WriteSky #Writer #Fantasy #Revising
May 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Ugh, how is it already the end of the month? Now I need to rapid-fire book reviews again. 6 incoming this week (maybe 7 if I finish my current read). 📚💙
#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
May 28, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Ugh, how is it already the end of the month? Now I need to rapid-fire book reviews again. 6 incoming this week (maybe 7 if I finish my current read). 📚💙
#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
#BookSky #Booksta #Reader #Fantasy #BookReview #BookReviewer
I have not been paying attention to the Pitch events lol. I literally just learned about the current one an hour ago.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
May 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I have not been paying attention to the Pitch events lol. I literally just learned about the current one an hour ago.
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky
My Brother's Inheritance
His brother died. Now he has magic he never asked for, enemies he doesn’t understand, and a legacy that could kill him.
Can Orlando survive college, grief, and the supernatural world his brother left behind?
#YA #U #F #UF #WIPPit #FBW #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
His brother died. Now he has magic he never asked for, enemies he doesn’t understand, and a legacy that could kill him.
Can Orlando survive college, grief, and the supernatural world his brother left behind?
#YA #U #F #UF #WIPPit #FBW #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
May 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Are you an emerging writer or artist? We have just the contest for you! Cash prizes and no submission fees. Don't self reject! Submit before June 2.
Please spread the word!
Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri...
Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...
Please spread the word!
Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri...
Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...
May 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Are you an emerging writer or artist? We have just the contest for you! Cash prizes and no submission fees. Don't self reject! Submit before June 2.
Please spread the word!
Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri...
Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...
Please spread the word!
Writers: dreamfoundry.org/wri...
Artists: dreamfoundry.org/art...
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This is your reminder to leave a review for that indie book you just read :)
May 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is your reminder to leave a review for that indie book you just read :)
Hit 100%! There's still a lot of work to do now that I've reread the story, but it was a fun ride reading through My Brother's Inheritance. Tomorrow, #revision planning starts.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy
In at 84% now (yes, I'll keep working on it today), but the amount of sighing my characters do, you'd think they're all in a world of oberstimulated pugs. Also, I need a better word that contorted for faces, lol. This is the only project where I use that so often (I'm 90% sure of that).
#Writesky
#Writesky
Words written this week? 15.
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
May 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Hit 100%! There's still a lot of work to do now that I've reread the story, but it was a fun ride reading through My Brother's Inheritance. Tomorrow, #revision planning starts.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Fantasy
I have 4 book to review on IG. Ugh, why must I choose between working on WiP and Social Media?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚
May 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I have 4 book to review on IG. Ugh, why must I choose between working on WiP and Social Media?
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚
#WritingCommunity #WriteSky #ReadingCommunity #BookSky 💙📚
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Here’s your gentle reminder:
👉Your worth is not defined by book deals, sales numbers, or TikTok engagement.
If you’re showing up, learning, and writing honestly…you’re already doing the brave thing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
👉Your worth is not defined by book deals, sales numbers, or TikTok engagement.
If you’re showing up, learning, and writing honestly…you’re already doing the brave thing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
May 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Here’s your gentle reminder:
👉Your worth is not defined by book deals, sales numbers, or TikTok engagement.
If you’re showing up, learning, and writing honestly…you’re already doing the brave thing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
👉Your worth is not defined by book deals, sales numbers, or TikTok engagement.
If you’re showing up, learning, and writing honestly…you’re already doing the brave thing. #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying
In at 84% now (yes, I'll keep working on it today), but the amount of sighing my characters do, you'd think they're all in a world of oberstimulated pugs. Also, I need a better word that contorted for faces, lol. This is the only project where I use that so often (I'm 90% sure of that).
#Writesky
#Writesky
Words written this week? 15.
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
May 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In at 84% now (yes, I'll keep working on it today), but the amount of sighing my characters do, you'd think they're all in a world of oberstimulated pugs. Also, I need a better word that contorted for faces, lol. This is the only project where I use that so often (I'm 90% sure of that).
#Writesky
#Writesky
Words written this week? 15.
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
May 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Words written this week? 15.
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost
But! I've read over half of Project UD aka My Brother's Inheritance (formerly My Brother's Keeper). My plan is to edit it and start Querying it no later than Octiber 1.
Is it an ambitious goal? Yes, but it's one I'm up for.
#writesky #amwriting #writerlypost