Cynthia Taylor
@cyntaylor42.bsky.social
Fantasy writer | Worldbuilder | Avid Reader
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Taking the plunge and writing the kind of books I love to read: slow-burn rebellion, burdensome magic, and complicated loyalties.
Currently Reading: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
🇨🇦
Taking the plunge and writing the kind of books I love to read: slow-burn rebellion, burdensome magic, and complicated loyalties.
Currently Reading: Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Ah, I have been really looking forward to this one!
Excuse me while I disappear for a few days.
Excuse me while I disappear for a few days.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Ah, I have been really looking forward to this one!
Excuse me while I disappear for a few days.
Excuse me while I disappear for a few days.
Ok, so this week was not great. Missed a bunch of days while I coped with moving my mom. So I need to pull double duty for a while to catch up! 3000 words today. Need a few more days like this!
Quantity over quality, alas.
#NaNoWriMo #IAmWriting
Quantity over quality, alas.
#NaNoWriMo #IAmWriting
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Ok, so this week was not great. Missed a bunch of days while I coped with moving my mom. So I need to pull double duty for a while to catch up! 3000 words today. Need a few more days like this!
Quantity over quality, alas.
#NaNoWriMo #IAmWriting
Quantity over quality, alas.
#NaNoWriMo #IAmWriting
Note to self: the first chapter is FINE. Stop futzing with the individual word choices. Stop thinking about rewriting it. Just keep going.
#IAmWriting #NaNoWriMo
#IAmWriting #NaNoWriMo
November 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Note to self: the first chapter is FINE. Stop futzing with the individual word choices. Stop thinking about rewriting it. Just keep going.
#IAmWriting #NaNoWriMo
#IAmWriting #NaNoWriMo
Storygraph October Wrapup!
It’s been a weird few months. I’ve been reading like it’s a mission to distract me from the grief and the caregiver burnout, but I’m not sure I’m actually enjoying it like I should.
Going to focus on writing for a while and slow down.
It’s been a weird few months. I’ve been reading like it’s a mission to distract me from the grief and the caregiver burnout, but I’m not sure I’m actually enjoying it like I should.
Going to focus on writing for a while and slow down.
November 2, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Storygraph October Wrapup!
It’s been a weird few months. I’ve been reading like it’s a mission to distract me from the grief and the caregiver burnout, but I’m not sure I’m actually enjoying it like I should.
Going to focus on writing for a while and slow down.
It’s been a weird few months. I’ve been reading like it’s a mission to distract me from the grief and the caregiver burnout, but I’m not sure I’m actually enjoying it like I should.
Going to focus on writing for a while and slow down.
Accountability post!
Day 1 of #NaNoWriMo and I hit 1500 words!
Establishing the theme while I introduce my FMC who has carved out a relatively comfortable existence in an oppressive society.
Of course, we’re gonna rip that relative comfort away…
#IAmWriting
Day 1 of #NaNoWriMo and I hit 1500 words!
Establishing the theme while I introduce my FMC who has carved out a relatively comfortable existence in an oppressive society.
Of course, we’re gonna rip that relative comfort away…
#IAmWriting
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Accountability post!
Day 1 of #NaNoWriMo and I hit 1500 words!
Establishing the theme while I introduce my FMC who has carved out a relatively comfortable existence in an oppressive society.
Of course, we’re gonna rip that relative comfort away…
#IAmWriting
Day 1 of #NaNoWriMo and I hit 1500 words!
Establishing the theme while I introduce my FMC who has carved out a relatively comfortable existence in an oppressive society.
Of course, we’re gonna rip that relative comfort away…
#IAmWriting
I’m going to take this post as a sign, showing up in my feed a day after seeing this book in my local bookstore and snapping a picture because the cover is so beautiful and I made a note to look it up.
Going back to buy it for my plane ride tomorrow.
Going back to buy it for my plane ride tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m going to take this post as a sign, showing up in my feed a day after seeing this book in my local bookstore and snapping a picture because the cover is so beautiful and I made a note to look it up.
Going back to buy it for my plane ride tomorrow.
Going back to buy it for my plane ride tomorrow.
I had this strange idea that the loss of a parent would somehow be less painful as an adult.
I was so wrong.
I was so wrong.
September 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I had this strange idea that the loss of a parent would somehow be less painful as an adult.
I was so wrong.
I was so wrong.
Just got up and running with The StoryGraph. I do like data - this could be my new favourite app.
September 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just got up and running with The StoryGraph. I do like data - this could be my new favourite app.
Quiet peaceful morning.
August 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Quiet peaceful morning.
Matcha & Latte in a coffee shop with my daughter. ❤️
August 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Matcha & Latte in a coffee shop with my daughter. ❤️
Good morning!
Hope everyone finds peace and comfort today.
I’m not a photographer, but this is the place I am blessed to wake up in today. Trying to start the day off with appreciation.
Hope everyone finds peace and comfort today.
I’m not a photographer, but this is the place I am blessed to wake up in today. Trying to start the day off with appreciation.
August 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Good morning!
Hope everyone finds peace and comfort today.
I’m not a photographer, but this is the place I am blessed to wake up in today. Trying to start the day off with appreciation.
Hope everyone finds peace and comfort today.
I’m not a photographer, but this is the place I am blessed to wake up in today. Trying to start the day off with appreciation.
Random book sale on the side of the road? Why, don’t mind if I do!
August 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Random book sale on the side of the road? Why, don’t mind if I do!
Torn over which book to read next.
Feel like I should finish “Blood over Bright Haven” because I liked “The Sword of Kaigen” so much and everyone seems to love this one, but I am halfway through and really struggling to connect with it.
Any recommendations, #booksky?
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Feel like I should finish “Blood over Bright Haven” because I liked “The Sword of Kaigen” so much and everyone seems to love this one, but I am halfway through and really struggling to connect with it.
Any recommendations, #booksky?
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August 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Torn over which book to read next.
Feel like I should finish “Blood over Bright Haven” because I liked “The Sword of Kaigen” so much and everyone seems to love this one, but I am halfway through and really struggling to connect with it.
Any recommendations, #booksky?
📚🪐
Feel like I should finish “Blood over Bright Haven” because I liked “The Sword of Kaigen” so much and everyone seems to love this one, but I am halfway through and really struggling to connect with it.
Any recommendations, #booksky?
📚🪐
New month, new book!
Something soothing about a physical book :)
“The Fallout of Fallacy” by @kristinambarbee.bsky.social
Something soothing about a physical book :)
“The Fallout of Fallacy” by @kristinambarbee.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New month, new book!
Something soothing about a physical book :)
“The Fallout of Fallacy” by @kristinambarbee.bsky.social
Something soothing about a physical book :)
“The Fallout of Fallacy” by @kristinambarbee.bsky.social