Cheryl
@greywriter.bsky.social
I worked for 40 years so I could retire and write novels. I hope to be able to share them one day!
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Cheryl
@greywriter.bsky.social
· Apr 5
Lucy Ward stared at the cell phone in her hand, trying to see the smiling face of six-year-old Emily Hutton that she knew was there. All she could remember was a pair of small feet, one shoeless.
#1stlinePit #Q #A #PT #CMe
#1stlinePit #Q #A #PT #CMe
9 word thriller. Looking for cabin with one entrance. No exit preferable.
August 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
9 word thriller. Looking for cabin with one entrance. No exit preferable.
I was going to post "Feed Them". That isn't it, "Let Them Have the Food" is. It is also unbearably sad.
August 25, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I was going to post "Feed Them". That isn't it, "Let Them Have the Food" is. It is also unbearably sad.
Creative beta reader recruitment - I wonder if a book club or writing class would be interested in taking on a work in progress and providing feedback?
August 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Creative beta reader recruitment - I wonder if a book club or writing class would be interested in taking on a work in progress and providing feedback?
This is accurate.
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
This is accurate.
Psychological suspense teaser. A story where the 2020's were the good old days. <insert scream>
July 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Psychological suspense teaser. A story where the 2020's were the good old days. <insert scream>
It isn't always easy to write psychological suspense while living in one.
June 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
It isn't always easy to write psychological suspense while living in one.
My novel mentions getting back to life post COVID (still some masks -no illness). I was told to edit that out as it is distracting. Do we just never mention it again?
June 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My novel mentions getting back to life post COVID (still some masks -no illness). I was told to edit that out as it is distracting. Do we just never mention it again?
Writer friends, agents and other literary wonks. What are your thoughts on writer submitted manuscripts to publishers? Should we hold on for an agent so we don't risk losing that publisher? Let me know what you think. #Iamquerying
May 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Writer friends, agents and other literary wonks. What are your thoughts on writer submitted manuscripts to publishers? Should we hold on for an agent so we don't risk losing that publisher? Let me know what you think. #Iamquerying
May is going to be awesome!
May 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
May is going to be awesome!
Reposted by Cheryl
Dead animals cried in the streets of Katunga, capital city of Kayar empire.
Tadese (my older sister), and I snuck out of the Afin, palace of the Lafin. We followed the sounds until we arrived at the justice quarters at Oja’ba, the Lafin’s market.
#1stLinePit #YA #A #F #C
Tadese (my older sister), and I snuck out of the Afin, palace of the Lafin. We followed the sounds until we arrived at the justice quarters at Oja’ba, the Lafin’s market.
#1stLinePit #YA #A #F #C
April 5, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Dead animals cried in the streets of Katunga, capital city of Kayar empire.
Tadese (my older sister), and I snuck out of the Afin, palace of the Lafin. We followed the sounds until we arrived at the justice quarters at Oja’ba, the Lafin’s market.
#1stLinePit #YA #A #F #C
Tadese (my older sister), and I snuck out of the Afin, palace of the Lafin. We followed the sounds until we arrived at the justice quarters at Oja’ba, the Lafin’s market.
#1stLinePit #YA #A #F #C
Reposted by Cheryl
"I’m never making it to seventeen.
That’s the thought that keeps drilling into my head as I sit in the Afterlife Terminal, squeezed between two Peace Corps."
#1stLinePit #WIP #YA #SF
That’s the thought that keeps drilling into my head as I sit in the Afterlife Terminal, squeezed between two Peace Corps."
#1stLinePit #WIP #YA #SF
April 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"I’m never making it to seventeen.
That’s the thought that keeps drilling into my head as I sit in the Afterlife Terminal, squeezed between two Peace Corps."
#1stLinePit #WIP #YA #SF
That’s the thought that keeps drilling into my head as I sit in the Afterlife Terminal, squeezed between two Peace Corps."
#1stLinePit #WIP #YA #SF
Lucy Ward stared at the cell phone in her hand, trying to see the smiling face of six-year-old Emily Hutton that she knew was there. All she could remember was a pair of small feet, one shoeless.
#1stlinePit #Q #A #PT #CMe
#1stlinePit #Q #A #PT #CMe
April 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Lucy Ward stared at the cell phone in her hand, trying to see the smiling face of six-year-old Emily Hutton that she knew was there. All she could remember was a pair of small feet, one shoeless.
#1stlinePit #Q #A #PT #CMe
#1stlinePit #Q #A #PT #CMe
Any of my writer friends attending writers workshop in T.O.?
April 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Any of my writer friends attending writers workshop in T.O.?
Bring back the house hippo. That is all.
March 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Bring back the house hippo. That is all.
Great news today. A short story got accepted into an anthology. I'm very excited!
March 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Great news today. A short story got accepted into an anthology. I'm very excited!
To all the authors who had their work consumed by AI, my only comfort is that the machine also consumes garbage. It will spit out garbage. Still isn't okay.
March 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
To all the authors who had their work consumed by AI, my only comfort is that the machine also consumes garbage. It will spit out garbage. Still isn't okay.
I felt like a writer today. I may not tomorrow, but today is a good day
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I felt like a writer today. I may not tomorrow, but today is a good day
Working madly on preparing for Toronto Writers Conference. I had planned on Thrillerfest but Elbows Up, let's do this at home.
March 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Working madly on preparing for Toronto Writers Conference. I had planned on Thrillerfest but Elbows Up, let's do this at home.
30 days for my first in-person pitch! Advice? Is freaking out now too soon?
March 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
30 days for my first in-person pitch! Advice? Is freaking out now too soon?
Plan was Thrillerfest, but your president scares me.
March 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Plan was Thrillerfest, but your president scares me.
Booked my hotel and train for Writers workshop in Toronto. I'm quite excited!
March 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Booked my hotel and train for Writers workshop in Toronto. I'm quite excited!
Reposted by Cheryl
Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features
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February 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!
Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106
Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...
For every person, American or Canadian, who asked why we care about U.S. politics. Asked, and answered. Vice le Canada.
February 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
For every person, American or Canadian, who asked why we care about U.S. politics. Asked, and answered. Vice le Canada.
A little annoyed with the teenager. Switched all the clocks to analog now he has no idea when anything is happening.
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A little annoyed with the teenager. Switched all the clocks to analog now he has no idea when anything is happening.