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Me - sits down at work and turns computer on.

Computer, immediately - “File not found.”

M - “I didn’t even ask you for a file. Stop being so negative.”

#Fridays
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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When you think, is it in your voice? Is it in ANY voice?
#WritingCommunity #writerslife
October 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Me, a discovery writer by nature, getting excited about my new book idea…wanting to try at least a skeleton outline before diving in, but not great at it…just has a bunch of bullet points labeled “feral thoughts” and it’s the most accurate description ever 😂
#WritingCommunity
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September 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Apparently there are people who don’t always have at least a dozen thoughts going through their mind simultaneously…my coworker confirmed this because, apparently, she’s one of them…

Me - What’s that like?
Her - It’s f-ing awesome!
a woman says i 've heard it 's wonderful in front of a used sign
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September 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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When the word processor tries to correct your grammar…but it’s wrong…

#WritingCommunity #writinglife #Revising
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September 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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So many people out there grieving “It’s been my honor,” meanwhile I’m over here sobbing in the corner, gutted and destroyed by “Sure. I’ll be your sister.”…
#readingcommunity #sunriseonthereaping
a woman is making a peace sign with her hand in the water .
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September 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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The two biggest ambitions (aka “lies) in my life: my TBR list and my TBC (To Be Cleaned) list.
#readingcommunity #WritingCommunity
#writerslife
August 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Not me pulling up to my kids’ daycare and having to take a minute to compose myself in the car because Suzanne Collins just broke my heart for the ???th time 😢
#sunriseonthereaping #readingcommunity
August 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Spend a year writing a book, thinking the whole time it’s pretty good…start revising…after reading it like eight times it starts sounding like this…
August 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Thought I hated revising, but I’m actually having fun with it. Know what I wasn’t wrong about hating? Writing query letters😵‍💫
#WIP #Revising #writerscommunity #writerslife
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July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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When you have to get your word count down and you end up hacking an entire scene…
#WIP #writerscommunity #writerlife
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July 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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Working on revisions and I just verbally started explaining why I did something in the manuscript…not sure who I’m explaining it to…I’m the only one here and I already know why I did it…🤔
#WIP #revision #WritingCommmunity #WriterLife
July 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Just ran across a note in my phone from a year ago about two characters in my WIP and possible plot for them…and it’s NOTHING like what ended up in the book 😂
#WIP #revising #WritingCommunity #writerslife
July 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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First draft of my WIP done tonight! I’ve been writing since I was eight and this is by far the fastest I’ve ever completed a first draft…and I had so much fun with it! Revisions and word cuts start soon, but tonight, we celebrate!
#WIP #WritingCommunity #writerslife
two men are dancing together with the words happy dance behind them .
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July 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Me, writing, in the moment - “The knife lay on the floor, a couple feet away and he crawled towards it, reaching out. But another hand got there first, snatching it from his fingers...”

Kid - “Hey, can you make me cinnamon toast?”

#WIP #WritingCommunity #WritingLife
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July 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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When you’re 1 1/2 scene from finishing your book and you have to stop writing to go do “real life”…

#amwriting #WritingCommmunity #writerslife #WIP
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June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Inside every writer are two muses…
(okay, maybe not every writer…)
#amwriting #WIP #WritingCommunity #WritersLife #PlotterVsPantser
June 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Sitting in a chair, trying to figure out if one really could bend down and undo a wrist tie with their teeth…like, “It’s research!”
#AmWriting #WIP #WritingCommunity #writerslife #Castle
June 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Typing “book research” in front of your concerning Google searches like “I’m just a writer! Not a psychopath.”
#WIP #WritingCommunity #Writerslife
June 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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When your character tries to say “Touché” and you have to remind him he’s in an epic fantasy, and that wouldn’t be a thing…
#WIP #WritingCommunity #writerslife
June 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Some scenes are well-behaved…I’ve practiced them in my head…I know what they need to accomplish…some are feral…they have a basic shape, but they bite and scratch and I just have to learn what’s going to happen along with everyone else…
#WIP #WritingCommunity #writerslife
June 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Winning the evening right now…
#WritingCommunity #writerslife #WIP
June 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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The real reason I want to write as a full-time career? So I no longer have to wipe my tears and put on a “brave face” in order to go into my “real job” without people knowing I was just emotionally wrecked and sobbing over fictional characters.

#writerslife
April 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Hope your day is as positive as this straw…or at least not as mind-bogglingly confusing 😂

#writerslife #writerscommunity #cheers
April 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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My short story, “Don’t Talk About the Birds” is out, published by Hiraeth Publishing, in their Flash Digest April 2025 magazine!

First story in a physical magazine instead of strictly online. I’m psyched!

Here’s the link if you want to check it out: www.hiraethsffh.com/product-page...
FLASH DIGEST April 2025 | Hiraeth Publishing
Science fiction, fantasy, ghost, romance, and spooky stories, all served upin small and easily-read portions. Thrill, chill, and don’t spill your wine orbeer as you go through this potpourri of advent...
www.hiraethsffh.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM