Iain Aire
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Word alchemist, the quest for the unobtainable. EcoFiction, Fantasy, SciFi, Crime & Book Binder. The borderland of worlds. www.iainaire.com The Grey Pilgrim’s Gambit https://thegreypilgrimsgambit.laterpress.com Seeds anthology https://seeds.laterpress.com
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Short, skillful exercises that allow you to build a novel #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingadvice #writer #inventingreality www.amazon.com/Minutes-Your-B...
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Short, skillful exercises that allow you to build a novel #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingadvice #writer #inventingreality www.amazon.com/Minutes-Your-B...
Free writing competitions in November, list complied by Erica Verrillo. publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/10/52-w... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #WritingCompetitions #EricaVerrillo
52 Writing Contests in November 2025 - No entry fees
This November there are more than four dozen free writing contests for short fiction, novels, poetry, CNF, nonfiction, and plays. Prizes ran...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Free writing competitions in November, list complied by Erica Verrillo. publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2025/10/52-w... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #WritingCompetitions #EricaVerrillo
Erica Verrillo’s post on markets for writers with disabilities. publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2017/07/mark... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BleSky #BookSky #DisabilityCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #LiteraryCommunity
21 Literary Markets for Disabled Writers
Helen Keller Updated 10/15/25 Though most literary journals are more than happy to accept submissions from disabled writers, there are...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Erica Verrillo’s post on markets for writers with disabilities. publishedtodeath.blogspot.com/2017/07/mark... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BleSky #BookSky #DisabilityCommunity #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #LiteraryCommunity
Juxtaposition! A great article of the technique authors can use. One I will keep to hand. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write... #Author #Writer #Writers #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingTips #WritingAndBooks #Juxtaposition
Juxtapositions Can Make Great Sentences
Contrast, or a juxtaposition, is one of the most powerful elements in storytelling and works just as well in a single sentence.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Juxtaposition! A great article of the technique authors can use. One I will keep to hand. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-write... #Author #Writer #Writers #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingTips #WritingAndBooks #Juxtaposition
Authors take control of their marketing. Cool idea of book vending machine. A model for writers groups to adopt? www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g... #Author #Writing #Writer #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #BookVendingMachines
A book vending machine provides an outlet for D.C.-area authors after funding cuts
Washington, D.C.'s vending machine LitBox distributes books, with a serving of hope as local writers struggle with arts funding cuts.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Authors take control of their marketing. Cool idea of book vending machine. A model for writers groups to adopt? www.npr.org/2025/10/16/g... #Author #Writing #Writer #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #BookVendingMachines
Bookstagram and BookTok to promote your novels. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-promo... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Bookstagram #BookTok #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished
How Authors Can Leverage TikTok & Instagram Reels to Promote Books
Learn how authors use TikTok and Instagram Reels to reach readers, create viral content, follow trends, use hashtags, and boost book discoverability.
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October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Bookstagram and BookTok to promote your novels. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-promo... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Bookstagram #BookTok #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished
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Literary Bulletin gives a free promotional boost to the #WritingCommunity by reposting book publication news, great reviews, poetry readings & book signings, and new work in journals & anthologies.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A 1933 novel, ‘The Crooked Cross’ written by Sally Carson holds a mirror up to our present times, and is potent because of its immediacy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #LiteraryCommunity #Fascism
A prophetic 1933 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all | Charlotte Higgins
Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross was written and set during the rise of nazism. It shows both how extremism takes hold, and the moral certainty needed to resist it, says the Guardian’s chief culture write...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
A 1933 novel, ‘The Crooked Cross’ written by Sally Carson holds a mirror up to our present times, and is potent because of its immediacy. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #LiteraryCommunity #Fascism
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The October Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity newsletter is out! Literary Agents, Submission Calls (Paying markets!), Free Writing Contests, & more. (And it's free!) #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
October 2025 Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity Newsletter
Literary Agents, Free Writing Contests, Submission Calls & more
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September 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The October Publishing and Other Forms of Insanity newsletter is out! Literary Agents, Submission Calls (Paying markets!), Free Writing Contests, & more. (And it's free!) #writingtips #amwriting #publishing #writing #pubtip #WritingCommunity eocampaign1.com/web-version?...
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September's issue of Inner Monologue (my author newsletter) is out!
Download it for free at bit.ly/InnerMonolog....
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Download it for free at bit.ly/InnerMonolog....
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September 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
September's issue of Inner Monologue (my author newsletter) is out!
Download it for free at bit.ly/InnerMonolog....
Please share.
Download it for free at bit.ly/InnerMonolog....
Please share.
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September 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Holy shit omg IT'S REAL???? WTF
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Weekend listeners, don't miss our chat with @raforall.bsky.social!
NEW EPISODE
Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) joins the show to talk about her new @sagapressbooks.bsky.social book of essays, WHY I LOVE HORROR, and we dive into the many horror elements of Shel Silverstein's WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS!
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Becky Spratford (@raforall.bsky.social) joins the show to talk about her new @sagapressbooks.bsky.social book of essays, WHY I LOVE HORROR, and we dive into the many horror elements of Shel Silverstein's WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS!
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Episode 48: Where the Sidewalk Ends with Becky Spratford
Listen to The Scares That Shaped Us on RedCircle
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September 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Weekend listeners, don't miss our chat with @raforall.bsky.social!
Venice floods in 2019 inspired photographer Patrizia Zelano to take on a desperate rescue mission to salvage historic rare books. www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #Author #Writer #WritingCommunity #HistoricBooks #BookSky #BlueSky #Venice #WritingAndBooks
The 100-year-old books salvaged from Venice's floods
In 2019, Venice was hit by its second-worst flood in history. Today, books saved from the water tell a story of loss and resistance.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Venice floods in 2019 inspired photographer Patrizia Zelano to take on a desperate rescue mission to salvage historic rare books. www.bbc.com/culture/arti... #Author #Writer #WritingCommunity #HistoricBooks #BookSky #BlueSky #Venice #WritingAndBooks
Science is catching up with Science Fiction. www.space.com/space-explor... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #Science #SpaceExploration #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Robotics
AIs in Space: From partners in pioneering to the children of humanity (op-ed)
Rather than the fearsome enemies of movies like "The Terminator," as we move into the universe, AIs can be our partners, our children, and perhaps even us.
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September 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Science is catching up with Science Fiction. www.space.com/space-explor... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #Science #SpaceExploration #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Robotics
Book royalties? The Authors Guild is running a free to register Zoom presentation on what authors should know on September 22nd. authorsguild.org/event/book-r... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookRoyalities #TheAuthorsGuild #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished
Book Royalties: What Authors Should Know - The Authors Guild
Deciphering a royalty statement can seem difficult if you are unfamiliar with the jargon and accounting methods used in publishing. To help you understand how royalties work and how to read a statemen...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Book royalties? The Authors Guild is running a free to register Zoom presentation on what authors should know on September 22nd. authorsguild.org/event/book-r... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BookRoyalities #TheAuthorsGuild #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished
A great way to think about meta data. It can tell your story. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-self-... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #MetaData #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished
Tell your book's story with metadata
Your book metadata tells booksellers, libraries, and your potential readers everything they need to know about your book.
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September 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
A great way to think about meta data. It can tell your story. blog.bookbaby.com/how-to-self-... #Author #Writer #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #MetaData #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished
Space.com recognise the SciFi authors who dared to believe! www.space.com/42312-greate... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #SciFi #SciAuthors #ScienceFiction #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #Dytopian
The 25 Greatest Spaceships of Science Fiction
Here’s our rundown of the greatest spaceships of science fiction.
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September 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Space.com recognise the SciFi authors who dared to believe! www.space.com/42312-greate... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #SciFi #SciAuthors #ScienceFiction #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #Dytopian
Surprise yourself when writing mystery plots! Think of the most obvious solution then reverse it? www.writersdigest.com/the-perfect-... #Author #Writing #Writer #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #MysteryNovels #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor
The Perfect Puzzle: 7 Tips for Creating Fiendish Mystery Plots
Author Tom Mead pieces together seven tips for creating fiendish mystery plots that will keep readers turning pages late into the night.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Surprise yourself when writing mystery plots! Think of the most obvious solution then reverse it? www.writersdigest.com/the-perfect-... #Author #Writing #Writer #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #MysteryNovels #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor
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How to Build Your Author's Website: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingfeedback #indieauthor #indieauthors www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...
August 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How to Build Your Author's Website: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingfeedback #indieauthor #indieauthors www.amazon.com/gp/product/194...
Using AI as a research tool to validate ideas for science realism and create a reference bible. janefriedman.com/using-ai-to-... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #AI #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AuthorResearch
Using AI to Explore Scientific Realism and Build Story Bibles for Fiction Writing | Jane Friedman
A sci-fi writer explores how AI can help keep her scenarios grounded in reality and maintain a story bible for world-building consistency.
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August 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Using AI as a research tool to validate ideas for science realism and create a reference bible. janefriedman.com/using-ai-to-... #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #AI #BlueSky #BookSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #IndieAuthor #SelfPublished #ScienceFiction #SciFi #AuthorResearch
Reading for pleasure declined in US by 40% between 2003/2023. Survey indicates a steady decline of 3% per year. www.sciencealert.com/reading-for-... #author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #ReadingTrends #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #ReadingAndBooks #IndieSuthor
Reading For Fun Is Plummeting in The US, And Experts Are Concerned
When's the last time you settled down with a good book, just because you enjoyed it? A new survey shows reading as a pastime is becoming dramatically less popular in the US, which correlates with an i...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Reading for pleasure declined in US by 40% between 2003/2023. Survey indicates a steady decline of 3% per year. www.sciencealert.com/reading-for-... #author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #ReadingTrends #WritersNetwork #WritingAndBooks #ReadingAndBooks #IndieSuthor
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None of my books are in the Narratess Sale because I am a hot mess with no spoons right now but I do have some recommendations if you are looking for SFF books with sapphic / lesbian protagonists you can snag for less than $2.
August 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
None of my books are in the Narratess Sale because I am a hot mess with no spoons right now but I do have some recommendations if you are looking for SFF books with sapphic / lesbian protagonists you can snag for less than $2.
Do any BlueSky users know about Creatorwood? They are in beta test for software that’s converts an authors story into a movie in a few minutes. make.creatorwood.tv #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #MovieSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndMovies #IndieAuthor #StoryBoard
Creatorwood
Turn your books into movies & shows with AI and make money selling your films directly to viewers.
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August 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Do any BlueSky users know about Creatorwood? They are in beta test for software that’s converts an authors story into a movie in a few minutes. make.creatorwood.tv #Author #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #BlueSky #BookSky #MovieSky #WritersNetwork #WritingAndMovies #IndieAuthor #StoryBoard
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Starting a story can feel like standing at the edge of a vast universe, ready to leap into the unknown. I find that letting a character's voice guide you or capturing a vivid moment can spark magic. Embrace those beginnings! 🌌✨ #
How do you start a story? I have one story that have at least four beginnings, different setting, characters that are the roots of the story and will integrate as part of the plot. janefriedman.com/plot-charact... #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingTips #Books
Plot, Character, or Situation: Your Story’s Entry Point Determines Next Steps | Jane Friedman
Knowing which facet most drives the story you want to tell can help you determine next steps and avoid the most common manuscript missteps.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Starting a story can feel like standing at the edge of a vast universe, ready to leap into the unknown. I find that letting a character's voice guide you or capturing a vivid moment can spark magic. Embrace those beginnings! 🌌✨ #
How do you start a story? I have one story that have at least four beginnings, different setting, characters that are the roots of the story and will integrate as part of the plot. janefriedman.com/plot-charact... #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingTips #Books
Plot, Character, or Situation: Your Story’s Entry Point Determines Next Steps | Jane Friedman
Knowing which facet most drives the story you want to tell can help you determine next steps and avoid the most common manuscript missteps.
janefriedman.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
How do you start a story? I have one story that have at least four beginnings, different setting, characters that are the roots of the story and will integrate as part of the plot. janefriedman.com/plot-charact... #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #Author #BlueSky #BookSky #WritingTips #Books