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@beyondcouturefilms.bsky.social

🖤 This REEL Talk is about truth, voice, and what happens when survivors refuse to stay quiet anymore.

📖 Read on Substack.

#WritingCommunity #SurvivorStories #PersonalEssays #MemoirWriters #CreativeNonfiction

The Truth They Fear

Survivors are done being quiet.

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November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Mayra Yadir, Author-Artist of EXUDE, a Mixed Media Memoir

@mayrayadir.bsky.social

today's mantra 🖤✍️📝

#booksky #WriteSky
#ArtSky #indieartist
#PoetrySky
#MemoirWriters
#CreativeWriting
#IndieAuthorLife
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#WritersOfBluesky

November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM

Mayra Yadir, Author-Artist of EXUDE, a Mixed Media Memoir

@mayrayadir.bsky.social

just a small reminder to keep on’ writing ✍🏽 …. the world needs our words, our voices, our art, and our stories

💚

#booksky
#ArtSky
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#CreativeWriting
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November 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM

@nursewhowrites.bsky.social

The Paper Boy & The Winter War (Second Edition) —
A collection of short stories by R.E. Hengsterman
Available in print (12.10.25) and ebook (Preorder Now)
#LiteraryNonfiction #CreativeNonfiction #NarrativeNonfiction #EssayCollection #MemoirWriters #NonfictionBooks #LiteraryMemoir #nursewhowrites

Book cover of “The Paper Boy & The Winter War” by R.E. Hengsterman — a haunting winter landscape with snow-drifted houses and a lone paperboy in the distance, evoking memory, loss, and the quiet wars of ordinary lives.

October 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM

Kristin Demoro

@the-real-kdemoro.bsky.social

Sunday reading for #writing research and pleasure (the memories are many for this Bay Area native). This was published in 1970. 'Twill be interesting to read about so many presumably paved-over routes and points of interest. Am taking notes, too!
#writersky #memoirwriters ##womenwriters #Sundays

A hand holds a book up. It is "San Francisco at Your Feet, the Great Waljs in a Walker's Town. By Margot Patterson Doss. Published in 1970.

September 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM

The Manuscript Editor

@tmeditor.bsky.social

Read why this once-outcast genre still sparks debate (and why we say: Keep writing it anyway):

#CreativeNonfiction #WritingCommunity #MemoirWriters #IndieAuthors #Publishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Writermotivation #Writersky

🔗 www.themanuscripteditor.com/post/the-cas...

The Case of Creative Nonfiction in Literature: Yay and Nay

The case of creative nonfiction has always been interesting. Let’s take a look at how this genre took a legitimate spot in literature.

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July 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM

The Manuscript Editor

@tmeditor.bsky.social

Creative nonfiction was never just “fact with flair.” It’s truth, voice, and story, fighting for space on the literary shelf.

#CreativeNonfiction #WritingCommunity #MemoirWriters #IndieAuthors #Publishing #AmWriting #AmEditing #Writermotivation #Writersky

July 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Kristin Demoro

@the-real-kdemoro.bsky.social

Every year I write or post about missing my dad,I get a little bit closer to him. Year by year. Here we are at the National Press Club, in DC. I was 10 that year. This is my Dorothy Hamill haircut. 😎
#fathersday ##memoirwriters #womenwriters
#lifewriting

A man in a 3 piece suit holds a drink in his hand, as a young girl grins at the camera. They stand in front of a wall of photographs in frames. The man is looking at the girl. He is her father.

June 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM

Charlotte Davis

@charlottedavis334.bsky.social

#memoirwriters #christianwriters #childrenbookwriters

May 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Wild Roof Journal

@wildroofjournal.bsky.social

Where Memoir Meets Haiku by Mary Catherine Harper:
wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/where-memo...

#memoirwriters #haiku #litmags

May 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM

Darla G. Denton

@darlagdenton.bsky.social

Want the full breakdown?

I shared 7 practical ways to build real credibility, even if you’re just starting out.

No fluff, just steps that work.

📖 Read the full post here: darlagdenton.com/2025/05/06/h...

#AuthorPlatform #BookMarketing #MemoirWriters #nonfictionwriters #NonfictionTips

How to Establish Credibility as a Nonfiction Writer

Want to build trust and authority as a nonfiction author? Here are 7 strategies to establish credibility without formal credentials.

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May 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM

Mayra Yadir, Author-Artist of EXUDE, a Mixed Media Memoir

@mayrayadir.bsky.social

🐶 Sunday canine time w Reina … the world’s most adorable pooch everrr 🐶🤍🐶 I read my writing drafts out loud to her & she slobbers all over me in hugs & appreciation 🤍🙏🏾 #amwriting #writerslife #authorlife #indieauthorlife #writersofbluesky
#indieauthors
#selfpubsky
#writesky
#poetrysky
#memoirwriters

May 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM

Mayra Yadir, Author-Artist of EXUDE, a Mixed Media Memoir

@mayrayadir.bsky.social

wonderful afternoon 📚🙏🏾 at the Reston Used Books Store at Lake Anne Plaza … bc sometimes u just need a little inspo #authorlife #amwriting
#writingcommunity
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May 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM

Mayra Yadir, Author-Artist of EXUDE, a Mixed Media Memoir

@mayrayadir.bsky.social

cappuccino-fueled cursive ✍🏽☕️✅ vs keyboard ⌨️🚫 (at least initially) for 2nd book intro 🤍 bc sometimes you hv to FEEL the writing!
#amwriting
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April 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM

Mayra Yadir, Author-Artist of EXUDE, a Mixed Media Memoir

@mayrayadir.bsky.social

earlier 👉🏾 an impromptu working session & collab takeover at a local coffee shop w a dear friend 🙏🏾 2 creamy cappuccinos in, my creative juices were frothing I mean errr flowing ☕️☕️ #writerlife #indieauthorlife #creativity #amwriting #artsky #indieartist #independentartist #poetrysky #memoirwriters

April 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM

Not The Spoon Monster

@notthespoonmonster.bsky.social

I already knew I had bipolar, general anxiety disorder, and complex PTSD.

Since getting feedback on my memoir, I now know I also have ADHD AND AUTISM!

No wonder I'm an alcoholic/addict.

I didn't know how else to cope.

481 days sober now.

#mentalhealthawareness #sobersky #audhd #memoirwriters

March 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM

Amy Lou Jenkins

@amyloujenkins.bsky.social

#MemoirWriters Attract book buyers with your authenticity. How to Write an Authentic Memoir:
Three Powerful Strategies That Keep Readers Hooked. amyloujenkins.com/how-to-write...

February 22, 2025 at 3:28 AM

@WriterAdvice.com

@lgood67334.bsky.social

Writer Advice is running this year's Flash Memoir Contest until March 2. Discover what we're looking for at writeradvice.com/latest-conte.... We're eager to read work from both new and returning writers. #writingcommunity #memoirwriters #lifestories

Latest Contest Information - Writer Advice

Flash Memoir Contest Opens on 12-18-24 Flash Memoir tells a true story, one that you've been a part of as a participant or spectator. It runs 750 words or less. You can submit prose or prose poetry. Y...

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February 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM

Jenny Valentish

@jennyvalentish.bsky.social

I'm running a mini-series a part of my newsletter, about how to write memoir. Here's the latest post on not flat-out diagnosing difficult people and instead using dialogue and scenes to show us the dynamic. #memoir #writing #memoirwriters #memoirwriting

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