H. Damova
@damova.bsky.social
📝 Debut writer
🫣 Expert introvert
🫥 Professional procrastinator
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🫣 Expert introvert
🫥 Professional procrastinator
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Hardest part of finishing a manuscript is resisting the urge to rewrite the opening once again. For like the sixth time.
Fellow writers: tell me this is normal. Kinda. Or lie to me please.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Fellow writers: tell me this is normal. Kinda. Or lie to me please.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
December 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Hardest part of finishing a manuscript is resisting the urge to rewrite the opening once again. For like the sixth time.
Fellow writers: tell me this is normal. Kinda. Or lie to me please.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Fellow writers: tell me this is normal. Kinda. Or lie to me please.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Here we are again!
I thought it'd take just a bit to re-re-read my manuscript but after many hermitic months doing what all debut writers do—staring at pages, questioning every choice, and discovering new ways to procrastinate—my Hard SF novella is finally done
#WritingCommunity #HardSF #AmWriting
I thought it'd take just a bit to re-re-read my manuscript but after many hermitic months doing what all debut writers do—staring at pages, questioning every choice, and discovering new ways to procrastinate—my Hard SF novella is finally done
#WritingCommunity #HardSF #AmWriting
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Here we are again!
I thought it'd take just a bit to re-re-read my manuscript but after many hermitic months doing what all debut writers do—staring at pages, questioning every choice, and discovering new ways to procrastinate—my Hard SF novella is finally done
#WritingCommunity #HardSF #AmWriting
I thought it'd take just a bit to re-re-read my manuscript but after many hermitic months doing what all debut writers do—staring at pages, questioning every choice, and discovering new ways to procrastinate—my Hard SF novella is finally done
#WritingCommunity #HardSF #AmWriting
So vacations are over and here we're again living the caffeinated owl life
#writing #writer #writerscommunity
#writing #writer #writerscommunity
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So vacations are over and here we're again living the caffeinated owl life
#writing #writer #writerscommunity
#writing #writer #writerscommunity
How's going with my WIP?
Two completely different endings and I can't decide. Let's alpha readers roast it 😩
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Two completely different endings and I can't decide. Let's alpha readers roast it 😩
#writing #writerscommunity
August 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
How's going with my WIP?
Two completely different endings and I can't decide. Let's alpha readers roast it 😩
#writing #writerscommunity
Two completely different endings and I can't decide. Let's alpha readers roast it 😩
#writing #writerscommunity
Like many writers I'm a procrastinator.
But I also have OCD about unfinished tasks.
Basically my life is a hell between “I’ll do it later” and the crushing anxiety for not having done it yet.
Welcome to my TED Talk
#writing #writingcommunity
But I also have OCD about unfinished tasks.
Basically my life is a hell between “I’ll do it later” and the crushing anxiety for not having done it yet.
Welcome to my TED Talk
#writing #writingcommunity
July 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Like many writers I'm a procrastinator.
But I also have OCD about unfinished tasks.
Basically my life is a hell between “I’ll do it later” and the crushing anxiety for not having done it yet.
Welcome to my TED Talk
#writing #writingcommunity
But I also have OCD about unfinished tasks.
Basically my life is a hell between “I’ll do it later” and the crushing anxiety for not having done it yet.
Welcome to my TED Talk
#writing #writingcommunity
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I won 2 jury prizes in 2 different awards and didn’t even make it to the finals in 2 others.
An emotional rollercoaster that reminded me that literature is personal even for pro juries.
Maybe you’ve found your audience maybe not yet.
But keep the light on.
Let people see your work
#writingcommunity
An emotional rollercoaster that reminded me that literature is personal even for pro juries.
Maybe you’ve found your audience maybe not yet.
But keep the light on.
Let people see your work
#writingcommunity
July 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I won 2 jury prizes in 2 different awards and didn’t even make it to the finals in 2 others.
An emotional rollercoaster that reminded me that literature is personal even for pro juries.
Maybe you’ve found your audience maybe not yet.
But keep the light on.
Let people see your work
#writingcommunity
An emotional rollercoaster that reminded me that literature is personal even for pro juries.
Maybe you’ve found your audience maybe not yet.
But keep the light on.
Let people see your work
#writingcommunity
Trad publishing was a painful waiting for a positive response followed by a constant "wtf should I do after?"
Self publishing is a time consuming "wtf should I do now" madness.
I mean, I'm really determined to live the indie experience to the fullest but... jeez...
#writer #author #writingcommunity
Self publishing is a time consuming "wtf should I do now" madness.
I mean, I'm really determined to live the indie experience to the fullest but... jeez...
#writer #author #writingcommunity
July 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Trad publishing was a painful waiting for a positive response followed by a constant "wtf should I do after?"
Self publishing is a time consuming "wtf should I do now" madness.
I mean, I'm really determined to live the indie experience to the fullest but... jeez...
#writer #author #writingcommunity
Self publishing is a time consuming "wtf should I do now" madness.
I mean, I'm really determined to live the indie experience to the fullest but... jeez...
#writer #author #writingcommunity
June 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I had to pull AURORA from ARC reading.
Over a year after my last edit I got THAT comment: the one that hits blows your mind and makes you rethink everything. So yeah I’m rewriting like the first 1/3 of the book. Again.
Yay🫠
I hate it. But now I can’t sleep until I fix it
#writers #writingcommunity
Over a year after my last edit I got THAT comment: the one that hits blows your mind and makes you rethink everything. So yeah I’m rewriting like the first 1/3 of the book. Again.
Yay🫠
I hate it. But now I can’t sleep until I fix it
#writers #writingcommunity
June 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I had to pull AURORA from ARC reading.
Over a year after my last edit I got THAT comment: the one that hits blows your mind and makes you rethink everything. So yeah I’m rewriting like the first 1/3 of the book. Again.
Yay🫠
I hate it. But now I can’t sleep until I fix it
#writers #writingcommunity
Over a year after my last edit I got THAT comment: the one that hits blows your mind and makes you rethink everything. So yeah I’m rewriting like the first 1/3 of the book. Again.
Yay🫠
I hate it. But now I can’t sleep until I fix it
#writers #writingcommunity
Love when someone I know buys my book saying "I'd like to buy your book even if it pays you just a couple of beers".
Thanks darling, but with trad publisher my royalties are more like a coffee.
Espresso.
Short.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Thanks darling, but with trad publisher my royalties are more like a coffee.
Espresso.
Short.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
June 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Love when someone I know buys my book saying "I'd like to buy your book even if it pays you just a couple of beers".
Thanks darling, but with trad publisher my royalties are more like a coffee.
Espresso.
Short.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Thanks darling, but with trad publisher my royalties are more like a coffee.
Espresso.
Short.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Today alpha readers of my latest 113,000 words sci-fi noir sent me the manuscript back. This means I really should start second round of editing.
Yay...
#writingcommunity #writersky
Yay...
#writingcommunity #writersky
a man in a plaid shirt is sitting at a table and making a face .
ALT: a man in a plaid shirt is sitting at a table and making a face .
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June 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Today alpha readers of my latest 113,000 words sci-fi noir sent me the manuscript back. This means I really should start second round of editing.
Yay...
#writingcommunity #writersky
Yay...
#writingcommunity #writersky
Considering the recent events, next time I'm gonna write a dystopian novel, the backstory would simply be: "...and then they voted for the wrong dude"
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#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
June 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Considering the recent events, next time I'm gonna write a dystopian novel, the backstory would simply be: "...and then they voted for the wrong dude"
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Is there a video game you wish you had written? Think about story, set, lore, etc.
If so, which one?
Mine:
Mass Effect
Dishonored
(If source material is book/movie/comic/etc doesn't count)
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
If so, which one?
Mine:
Mass Effect
Dishonored
(If source material is book/movie/comic/etc doesn't count)
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
June 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Is there a video game you wish you had written? Think about story, set, lore, etc.
If so, which one?
Mine:
Mass Effect
Dishonored
(If source material is book/movie/comic/etc doesn't count)
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
If so, which one?
Mine:
Mass Effect
Dishonored
(If source material is book/movie/comic/etc doesn't count)
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
When you would just like to write but your brain decides it's the perfect moment to focus on a list of perfect answers for that quarrel—like five years ago—when you said nothing clever
#writers #writingcommunity #booksky #authorlife #writinglife
#writers #writingcommunity #booksky #authorlife #writinglife
June 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When you would just like to write but your brain decides it's the perfect moment to focus on a list of perfect answers for that quarrel—like five years ago—when you said nothing clever
#writers #writingcommunity #booksky #authorlife #writinglife
#writers #writingcommunity #booksky #authorlife #writinglife
May 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Best and most relaxing part in fantasy writing is the map.
Change my mind
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Change my mind
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
May 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Best and most relaxing part in fantasy writing is the map.
Change my mind
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Change my mind
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Dear fellow indie authors I need some suggestions: are you using KDP or IngramSpark or something else—and why that platform?
#indieauthor #Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#indieauthor #Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Dear fellow indie authors I need some suggestions: are you using KDP or IngramSpark or something else—and why that platform?
#indieauthor #Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#indieauthor #Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I want a typical author's profile photo in b&w, with the deep look and chin on my fist, looking profound and philosophical.
But my eye sockets are soo deep I'd probably look more like a zombie raccoon on LinkedIn.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
But my eye sockets are soo deep I'd probably look more like a zombie raccoon on LinkedIn.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
May 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I want a typical author's profile photo in b&w, with the deep look and chin on my fist, looking profound and philosophical.
But my eye sockets are soo deep I'd probably look more like a zombie raccoon on LinkedIn.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
But my eye sockets are soo deep I'd probably look more like a zombie raccoon on LinkedIn.
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
My novel watching me procrastinating again:
Every post you read
Every tea you make
Every sneak you eat
Every break you take
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see?
You're postponing me
The blank page awaits
The words you should set free
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Every post you read
Every tea you make
Every sneak you eat
Every break you take
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see?
You're postponing me
The blank page awaits
The words you should set free
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
May 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My novel watching me procrastinating again:
Every post you read
Every tea you make
Every sneak you eat
Every break you take
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see?
You're postponing me
The blank page awaits
The words you should set free
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
Every post you read
Every tea you make
Every sneak you eat
Every break you take
I'll be watching you
Oh, can't you see?
You're postponing me
The blank page awaits
The words you should set free
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I'm working on dark fantasy saga and I'm wondering if literary agents would like to receive pitch and project and -in case they're interested- work together or prefer to be contacted only when it's fully completed and just decide if it fits or not.
Any idea or experience?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
Any idea or experience?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
May 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I'm working on dark fantasy saga and I'm wondering if literary agents would like to receive pitch and project and -in case they're interested- work together or prefer to be contacted only when it's fully completed and just decide if it fits or not.
Any idea or experience?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
Any idea or experience?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
As an author I should have online presence, profiles are asked in many submission guidelines.
I know nothing about marketing or SMM and any day spent trying to figure out what to do is a day I'm not writing.
Is it just me struggling with that or am I in a good company in this hell?
#WritingCommunity
I know nothing about marketing or SMM and any day spent trying to figure out what to do is a day I'm not writing.
Is it just me struggling with that or am I in a good company in this hell?
#WritingCommunity
May 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
As an author I should have online presence, profiles are asked in many submission guidelines.
I know nothing about marketing or SMM and any day spent trying to figure out what to do is a day I'm not writing.
Is it just me struggling with that or am I in a good company in this hell?
#WritingCommunity
I know nothing about marketing or SMM and any day spent trying to figure out what to do is a day I'm not writing.
Is it just me struggling with that or am I in a good company in this hell?
#WritingCommunity
There's a question in submission forms I can't get over: "why are you the right person to write this novel?"
What is the expected answer other than: because *I* wrote it?
What other requisites are needed to be the right person to create something you actually created?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
What is the expected answer other than: because *I* wrote it?
What other requisites are needed to be the right person to create something you actually created?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
May 12, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There's a question in submission forms I can't get over: "why are you the right person to write this novel?"
What is the expected answer other than: because *I* wrote it?
What other requisites are needed to be the right person to create something you actually created?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
What is the expected answer other than: because *I* wrote it?
What other requisites are needed to be the right person to create something you actually created?
#Writing #WritingCommunity
If my cyberpunk noir novel starts with a hallucinated blowjob could it be listed as a romance book?
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
May 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If my cyberpunk noir novel starts with a hallucinated blowjob could it be listed as a romance book?
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#Writing #WriterSky #AmWriting #WritingCommunity