Wytwavedarling (she/her)
@wytwavedarling.bsky.social
Writer. Book Coach. Editor of Horror & Sci-Fi & Fantasy & PNR. Lover of Moose and Wolves and Snakes. VP of HOWL Society.
Find my horror stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Marshlands Horror & Howls from the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror!
Find my horror stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Marshlands Horror & Howls from the Wreckage: An Anthology of Disaster Horror!
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a man in a suit and tie says edit edit edit in front of a shelf full of shoes
Alt: a man in a suit and tie says edit edit edit in front of a shelf full of shoes; graphic is from Project Runway
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I've put together a PowerPoint on the different editing levels, how to determine what your MS needs, and guidance on how to find & choose a freelance editor IF you need one. Feel free to DM me your email address if it would be of use to you!
#Writing #AmWriting #Editing #Editors
#Writing #AmWriting #Editing #Editors
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New #WriterBeware blog post: Yet another in the growing catalog of AI-driven writing scams from Nigeria: a multi-layered marketing/editing referral scheme that begins with a message or email from someone purporting to be a well-known author writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
New #WriterBeware blog post: Yet another in the growing catalog of AI-driven writing scams from Nigeria: a multi-layered marketing/editing referral scheme that begins with a message or email from someone purporting to be a well-known author writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
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I'd love if just one reporter could maybe lightly challenge him on the fact his administration is the enemy of affordability
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
Trump on if he'll sign an Epstein files release bill: "We have nothing to do with Epstein. The Democrats do. All of his friends were Democrats. You look at this Reid Hoffman, Larry Summers, Clinton... all I want is I want for people to recognize the great job I've done on pricing, on affordability."
November 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'd love if just one reporter could maybe lightly challenge him on the fact his administration is the enemy of affordability
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
(see the near-total destruction of federal consumer protection and corporate oversight)
just one
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You know who’s not on the Epstein list? Drag queens who read children stories in libraries - Cheri DiNovo
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
You know who’s not on the Epstein list? Drag queens who read children stories in libraries - Cheri DiNovo
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They think we’re all so stupid
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
They think we’re all so stupid
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Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 17, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Something lovely to start the week! 🐙🏺❤️
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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they did WHAT
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
they did WHAT
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I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
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I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
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And tries to restrict abortion rights even more. Every single plan the Rs field is absolute crap designed only to benefit rich white bigots and should be shot down repeatedly. CALL YOUR SENATORS & tell them stop being idiots.
A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies. n.pr/49LUSKf
On day 43 of the shutdown, a vote in the House could bring the impasse to an end
A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
And tries to restrict abortion rights even more. Every single plan the Rs field is absolute crap designed only to benefit rich white bigots and should be shot down repeatedly. CALL YOUR SENATORS & tell them stop being idiots.
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Earnest post: there is increasingly direct evidence that Trump participated in child sex trafficking or at least knew about it.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
He should resign, be impeached and removed from office, and prosecuted.
Even if you don’t think that WILL happen it’s important to say publicly that it SHOULD happen.
November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every time I write a synopsis for a client, I invariably brace myself for the barrage of questions about what was left out, who was left out, and the themes that don't come across. Synopses are necessary, but nobody likes these oddball creatures :( #AmEditing #Editor #Synopsis #AmWriting
a man in a suit and tie with the words it is what it is written below him
Alt: a man in a suit and tie with the words it is what it is written below him
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November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every time I write a synopsis for a client, I invariably brace myself for the barrage of questions about what was left out, who was left out, and the themes that don't come across. Synopses are necessary, but nobody likes these oddball creatures :( #AmEditing #Editor #Synopsis #AmWriting
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This is what makes these 8 senators unqualified for office in this moment. They're negotiating with a terrorist for things already enshrined in law, and in so doing are emboldening him to greater acts of terror... against us.
What “concessions” did Democrats get for their cave? Not nothing. But by treating these things as “concessions,” Democrats are ultimately rewarding Trump for his bare-knuckle shutdown tactics.
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Today's Morning Shots, featuring @eggerdc.bsky.social: www.thebulwark.com/p/dems-rewar...
Dems Reward the Hostage-Taker
Perhaps ending the shutdown was the responsible thing to do. But by caving, Democrats risk legitimizing Trump’s maximum-pain shutdown tactics.
www.thebulwark.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is what makes these 8 senators unqualified for office in this moment. They're negotiating with a terrorist for things already enshrined in law, and in so doing are emboldening him to greater acts of terror... against us.
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Democrats caved again. Right after the electorate handed them massive wins across the country.
2026 is the year for progressives. Centrist politicians share the same billionaire donor base as MAGA.
Therefore, Centrists will always listen to billionaires over voters. Vote them out. No more excuses.
2026 is the year for progressives. Centrist politicians share the same billionaire donor base as MAGA.
Therefore, Centrists will always listen to billionaires over voters. Vote them out. No more excuses.
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Democrats caved again. Right after the electorate handed them massive wins across the country.
2026 is the year for progressives. Centrist politicians share the same billionaire donor base as MAGA.
Therefore, Centrists will always listen to billionaires over voters. Vote them out. No more excuses.
2026 is the year for progressives. Centrist politicians share the same billionaire donor base as MAGA.
Therefore, Centrists will always listen to billionaires over voters. Vote them out. No more excuses.
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I'm sad, but I'm trying. Happy Saturday! Hope you read/watch/make something spooky today.
![WHEN YOU'RE DEAD INSIDE BUT STILL TRY TO BRIGHTEN OTHERS DAY!
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November 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'm sad, but I'm trying. Happy Saturday! Hope you read/watch/make something spooky today.
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As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As always, today is a great day to support artists, writers, creators of all sorts. If you have the means, buy a book, sign up for someone's Patreon, commission an art piece. It's also a lovely day to leave a nice comment, post a short review, spread the word about someone's work. Everything helps.
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Absolutely sadistic.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Absolutely sadistic.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
A Dem Congress should pass a law banning anyone who is currently serving with ICE or CBP from future Fed employment.
The Feds should condition all future Fed grants to police depts on blanket refusals to hire ppl who were in ICE/CBP right now.
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The things i want to say cannot be said publicly.
I want consequences, to say the least
I want consequences, to say the least
Or Rodney Taylor, a disabled double amputee who’s been in America since he was two years old.
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
He was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE grabbed him
His health is declining, they won’t let him get his legs and they’ve placed him in solitary
www.disabledginger.com/p/help-rodne...
Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE
Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.
www.disabledginger.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The things i want to say cannot be said publicly.
I want consequences, to say the least
I want consequences, to say the least
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
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If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
If you just cancel flights, then they're actually not late! Brilliant stuff from Sean Duffy here
If you're looking for a laugh this evening, the replies here are golden.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
If you're looking for a laugh this evening, the replies here are golden.
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Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
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Honestly I want to see Mamdani make a whole video series where he intentionally ghosts real estate magnates’ calls. I want to see him laughing at angry voicemails and listening in on assistants telling O’Leary the Mayor Elect just stepped out oh wait I see him let me just oh nm that wasn’t him sorry
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Honestly I want to see Mamdani make a whole video series where he intentionally ghosts real estate magnates’ calls. I want to see him laughing at angry voicemails and listening in on assistants telling O’Leary the Mayor Elect just stepped out oh wait I see him let me just oh nm that wasn’t him sorry