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Sal
@st-artecona.bsky.social
Writing Romantasy
STArtecona.com
https://www.tiktok.com/@startecona
As a Miamian, this girl is probably from Tampa or Orlando if I had to guess.
This is cool as hell and **mad** fascinating
OSINT folks, the bar has been raised
August 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Passed the 70,000 word mark!
August 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
August 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
It’s been a minute, but here’s another accountability post. I’m circling the airport, just two and half scenes to go!
August 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Now that I've seen the printed version with my own eyes, I am very excited to share my ten illustrations for the Mountain Goats animal sticker set, new merch for their summer tour! @themountaingoats.bsky.social

I wrote about each one on my blog: www.cathygjohn.net/blog/2025/7/...
July 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
July 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#querytip: The bulk of your query letter should be your pitch. Your metadata, your bio, and any other bonus info you provide COMBINED should be half or just barely more than half of your query letter. Bare minimum 40% of your query letter should be your pitch paragraph(s). Ideally closer to 50%.
July 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
July 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
So my beta reader suggested I end the story much sooner than I anticipated and save the rest for my sequel. If I do this I might be… done with my second draft? Idk how to feel about that lol. Kinda feels like cheating. Going to take a look at that this week.
#writesky
July 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
July 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Women are “naturally experiencing their emotions more intensely, and those are gifts. They’re not symptoms of a disease," said Roger McFillen, a doctor on an FDA panel that largely argued against pregnant women taking antidepressants.
Is the FDA about to keep pregnant women from taking antidepressants?
A panel of experts repeated what one women's health expert called "MAHA talking points."
www.motherjones.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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When ICE agents questioned a group of 11- to 14-year-olds who’d just finished batting practice, their coach, Youman Wilder, stepped in. “I’m willing to die to make sure these kids can get home,” he recounted afterward.
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
www.newyorker.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
731 words since last check in. Passed the 68k mark.

#wordcount #accountability #writesky
July 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Good morning✌️🍀
July 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Did I get everything I needed done today? No.
But at least I can say I did try my best.
July 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Didn’t even open my laptop this morning :/
I’m going to give myself grace. Yesterday was very hard.
#accountability #wordcount #writesky
July 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Rose is going through it
July 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Well, survived another day at work
July 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Skylark opens up about her past!
July 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
With both my sister and my uncle going through it, I think, at this point, the word ‘cancer’ is going to be psychologically triggering for me, like in a clinical sense.

I feel like I’m dissociating rn.
July 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
476 words today. Today felt more productive than yesterday, and I passed the 67k mark.
#wordcount #accountability #writesky
July 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Oh dear god. Andrea wrote some of my favorite poetry
July 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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🐘"Babar dreamed of a great city full of elephants, where they could all live in peace and happiness.🐘

~Histoire de Babar, 1931

#JeandeBrunhoff #vintagebooks #Kidlitart #childrensbooks #illustration #kidsbooks #kidlit #picturebooks #BookSky #ArtSky #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #KidSky #kids
July 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM