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- Writing beyond the superficial 'what' - and finding the deep meaning. @KathyMcKernan at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/w... #memoir #writinglife #creativewriting
- Too much going on today. Couldn't manage it. Giving myself grace #accountability #writinglife
- I'm 99.9% certain what I delivered earlier today were the final notes on the galley pages for TO DEFY FATE, my #StarTrekPicard novel due in stores on or about April 28th. If all goes to plan, the next time I see it likely will be when I open a box of copies at Ward Manor. #StarTrek #WritingLife
- I think I will put this in the preface of my next book... #postscript #andrewsmcmeel #writersofbluesky #writinglife #publishing #loonpoint
- What do we do with our ideas? @dianaruzova.bsky.social on collecting, classifying, clarifying, chasing at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/f... #writinglife #writingcommunity #creativity #authorlife
- In an attempt to improve my self-promotion, here is an event in Beaverton, Oregon, where I will be participating! beavertonlibrary.org/Calendar.asp... I'll be reading one of my short stories that will be published later this year! #writinglife
- 15 years ago the publisher of my first book insisted I have an author site under my name. Although allergic to self-promotion, I did, and regularly posted essays despite dismal views. Last month a few of my essays hit it big -- in China! lauragraceweldon.com #writinglife
- Sometimes, you need a new writing form. @JoshuaMartin at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/22/b... #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting
- Revision isn't negative; isn't fault-finding. It's finding your way. Beautifully said by @heidicroot.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/r... #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting #lifewriting
- An Introduction to, The Boy Behind The Glasses, this was written when I started archiving my work in 2020. #TheBoyBehindTheGlasses #PoetryAsArchive #ALifeWrittenDown #HandwrittenPoetry #PoetryThroughTime #PoetryCommunity #WritingLife
- On finding your writing voice... from the voice within - @MariaBOlujic at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/t... #writingcommunity #creativewriting #writinglife
- If writing your author newsletter is a chore, your recipients will know. Here's what to do about that (apart from giving up) @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/n... #writingcommunity #authorlife #writinglife
- Creativity is uncertainty. It's scary for all of us. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/n... #writingcommunity #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting
- Does every line serve the book? I stumbled across this vintage @dintywmoore.bsky.social post while researching @brendanomeara.bsky.social's podcast and it's every bit as fresh today brevity.wordpress.com/2021/10/22/w... #writinglife #cnf #authorlife #WritingCommnunity
- As if writing a book isn't hard enough, you then have the embarrassing agony of selling it. @leapage75.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/w... #writingcommunity #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting
- Something more meaningful than mugs - a fresh and wise take on Christmas gifts for writers. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/g... #writingcommunity #Christmas2025 #writinglife #authorlife #skywriters
- When our online digital lives require so much of us, when do we get time for our books? @danalaq.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/d... #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting #publishing
- Writers, who was/is your mentor? What role have they played in your writing life? Here's Lise Mayne on this subject: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph... #writersky #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingmentors
- Many #writers get stuck because they mentally treat their #roughdraft like a more finished draft. Let go of that. It’s called a ROUGH draft for a reason. Give yourself permission to write poorly, explore the story, go down rabbit holes. There will be time to perfect the story later. #writinglife
- Read back over the story last night, cleaned it up, and handed it to @jendaby.bsky.social and the offspring for review. Then cleaned up the book interior as well. #alwaysworking #writinglife
- Saying goodbye at the fall writing retreat at Sorrento Centre in Sorrento, BC. Thanks to all these lovely writers for making it such a wonderful week. #writingretreat #amwriting #writingcommunity #writinglife
- It's the final day of our fall writing retreat at Sorrento Centre in Sorrento, BC. Today we talked about how to get our work out there. Here's the follow-up blog on the subject: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph... #writingretreat #amwriting #writingcommunity #writinglife
- Moments from the 2025 Fall Writing Retreat at the Sorrento Centre in Sorrento, BC. #amwriting #writingretreat #writinglife #writingcommunity
- Day 4 of our fall writing retreat at Sorrento Centre in Sorrento BC. Today we talked about process and structure. Here's the follow-up blog on the subject: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph... #amwriting #writingretreat #writinglife #writingcommunity
- It's day 3 of our fall writing retreat at the Sorrento Centre in Sorrento BC. Today we talked about the problems that can arise when writing from real life inspirations. Here's my follow-up blog on the topic: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph... #writingcommunity #writinglife #writingretreat
- How many of you conduct interviews for fiction? We're talking about that on day 2 of our fall writing retreat at Sorrento Centre. Here's the follow up blog to that discussion: www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca/cms/index.ph... #amwriting #writingretreat #writinglife
- Day 2 of our fall writing retreat at Sorrento Centre in Sorrento, BC. Much of the food on our plates is produced on site at the Sorrento Centre farm. #amwriting #writingretreat #writinglife #writingcommuniity
- I’m enjoying a quiet morning at the SCBWI Carolinas fall retreat watching these three fishermen cast in one direction, oblivious to the fish jumping consistently behind them. Perfect snapshot of narrative distance working in real time. #povmatters #writingcraft #writinglife #morningmeditation
- I got a string of flattering emails about my books yesterday. Normally I’d be delighted, but these were generated by AI. The messages mentioned specific books I’ve written. I’ve written about it on my blog. #KidLitUK #BookSky #WritingLife #WritingCommunity jonathanemmett.com/2025/07/auth...
- I spend my work days imagining myself in a different body, living an entirely different life. It's fun examining how we perceive & make sense of our world & exploring how that might differ if I were a tiny squishy being. #writinglife #oceanworld #scicomm
- Imagine a life spent riding currents, never touching solid earth! @mbarinews.bsky.social Senior Scientist Bruce Robison is a midwater ecologist; he suspects this pelagic octopus is Japetella diaphana. ROV pilots collected this footage during the 2023 #OctopusOdyssey expedition at 1,047 meters.
- Do you fear you can't do justice to your story? Why that feeling is actually a good sign. @jessicastrawser.bsky.social careerauthors.com/on-writing-a... #writingcommunity #writingtips #writinglife #authorlife #skywriters
