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Hillary Millán
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Writer living in Estonia, raising fourth culture kids. Third place winner of The Masters Review 2022-23 Winter Short Story Award.
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Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵

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September 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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My first BBC Travel piece came out this week!

Wondering about #Estonia’s naked wellness tradition? Read on!

👉 www.bbc.com/travel/artic...
Estonia's naked wellness tradition to cleanse both body and soul
Used for centuries by rural Estonians to heal their aches and pains, smoke saunas are a soulful experience that clears the mind and cleanses the spirit.
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May 18, 2024 at 6:58 PM
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Parent-writer tip:

If your kid is old enough, and they like writing / reading / drawing, then do a mini-writing retreat with them!

It’s fun, you spend time together, and you get a little bit of writing done (don’t expect 4000 words! 😅)

#WritingCommunity #momswritersclub
#author #momswhowrite
Cafe table with coffee, juice, muffin, pens and drawing tablet
April 2, 2024 at 10:25 AM
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New kind of #scam is to bait writers by sending an email impersonating a film production company.

Beware of such scams! Please verify the site from which the email is sent.

Use domain validity checks online or google for possible scams.
#authorsky #writersky

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December 19, 2023 at 3:44 AM
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Writers are wizards.

We lock ourselves away within our mystic towers (bedrooms, offices, coffee shops) and utter arcane magicks (lots of swear words) over our ancient tomes (long-ass WIPs) while imbibing potions of potency (ungodly amounts of caffeine).

#writerslife
November 16, 2023 at 10:27 AM
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West-central Wisconsin and the Twin Cities metro area abound with great authors. You can meet more than 40 of them – and even me – on Saturday's Author Fair at the River Falls (Wis.) Public Library.
#author #amwriting #writingcommunity #riverfallswi
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November 10, 2023 at 7:14 PM
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😳Looking for a read that will make your hairs stand on end?

Take a look at my piece”The River at the End of the Road” in The Masters Review 👇

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#author #writingcommunity #amreading #shortstory
Winter Short Story Award, 3rd Place: “The River at the End of the Road” by Hillary Millán
“The River at the End of the Road” by Hillary Millán was chosen by Morgan Talty as the third place finalist in our 2022-2023 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers. Talty writes, “‘The Rive...
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October 27, 2023 at 6:38 AM
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🍁Make time to frolic today. In your writing or with your feet, kick the leaves and let them fly.

#authors #writingcommunity #amwriting
October 26, 2023 at 6:23 AM
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Halloween book club 😁
Cheese covered with Serrano ham and cranberry jelly in the shape of a severed arm
October 19, 2023 at 7:56 PM
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Libraries are gyms for the brain and spas for the soul.📚
A big library. Caption: Libraries are gyms for the brain and spas for the soul.
October 11, 2023 at 5:36 AM
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🎉I have published my first piece of #fiction! And to have Morgan Talty select it from the shortlist… such a boost!

Check it out on The Masters Review here:
mastersreview.com/winter-short...

#writingcommunity #author #momswritersclub
Winter Short Story Award, 3rd Place: “The River at the End of the Road” by Hillary Millán
“The River at the End of the Road” by Hillary Millán was chosen by Morgan Talty as the third place finalist in our 2022-2023 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers. Talty writes, “‘The Rive...
mastersreview.com
October 3, 2023 at 11:48 AM
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And we're only halfway through the week.🤦‍♀️ Have a great day, everyone!🙋‍♀️☕️🍂
Woman with short black hair wearing a red backless dress turning around with a serious look on her face. Today's forecast: exhausted with a 100% chance of needing coffee.
September 27, 2023 at 6:46 AM
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For $1, you can show solidarity with Ukrainian writers and receive their stories. www.kickstarter.com/projects/att... #Ukraine #SFF #EmbroideredWorlds #BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersOfBlueSky #ReadersOfBlueSky
Embroidered Worlds: Ukrainian Fantastic Fiction
An anthology of fantastic stories from Ukraine and the Diaspora, edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, and Iryna Pasko.
www.kickstarter.com
September 15, 2023 at 1:37 AM
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My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.
A cartoon / diagram. (left to right) 1. Three bowls of porridge labelled: Too Hot, Too Cold and Just Right 2. Three Beds labelled: Too Hard, Too Soft and Just Right 3. Goldilocks is sitting on the third bed, she is surrounded by piles of books and is trying to choose between them. The books are labelled: Too Long, Too Short, Too Grown-up, Too Childish, Too Scary, Too Gentle, Too Simple, Too Complex, Too Depressing, Too Jolly, Too Many characters, Too Similar to the Last Book I Read... etc.
September 9, 2023 at 8:31 AM
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Tomorrow sees the publication of Irish open water/ice swimmer Nuala Moore's memoir, Limitless. I finished reading an advance copy today, and I'm here to tell you it's remarkable.

#author #Irish #writing #memoir #limitless
Image of the cover of Irish swimmer Nuala Moore's memoir, Limitless. A huge green wave with white foam and the tiny figure of a swimmer.
September 6, 2023 at 7:05 PM
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A long walk off a short pier sounds more like an invitation than a threat 😊

#swimming #wildswimmer #Estonia
September 5, 2023 at 1:54 PM
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One of the greats of translation, Edith Grossman, has just died.
Edith Grossman, Who Elevated the Art of Translation, Dies at 87
“You are my voice in English,” Gabriel García Márquez told her. She insisted that her name appear on the covers of books she translated, including with that of Cervantes.
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September 4, 2023 at 10:11 PM
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Competitions and submission calls for September 2023

#Writingcommunity #writers

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Comps and calls for September 2023
In several places this site is listed as a British- or UK-centred site, concentrating on UK opportunities. Well…. it’s UK-based, but that’s not the same as UK-centred. Yes, I’m British, and e�...
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September 4, 2023 at 4:54 PM
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Early morning swim in the bog. What a way to start the day!
September 3, 2023 at 6:36 PM