#5amwritersclub but been awake all night since I've bitten off more than I can chew. Found myself researching old book and magazine covers of literary journals I used to read as a kid when I vacationed in India 😍 Look how beautiful! #amwriting #litfic #litmag #writingcommunity #writesky #journals

Genre boundaries are boring, #5amwritersclub. I want poor and stupid vampires who don't know how to hunt, or Amish people transported to a dystopian fae-land where they fight crime, written in the most #litfic possible way. Pic: Istanbul, 2024 #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky #writerslife

A desk, the laptop, the numerous Pukka pads, something cold to drink and a great big window through which I can watch the world go by. Novel draft awaits, #5amwritersclub. (Photo: the view from our last apartment is what I miss most about it) #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writing #amwriting

Half way through the first draft of the current manuscript. As someone who writes in layers, this is the fastest I've written anything & its scaring the shit out of me. Happy sunny morning #5amwritersclub! A bit of green I captured today, for visual relief. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslfie

Morning #5amwritersclub! Why can't my life be an endless series of writing retreats in exotic locations, fully paid for, with fellow much-cleverer writers? Just why can't it? Some Marrakesh things from last year... #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife #travel #writingretreat

At times #5amwritersclub, I want the piece to be angsty & gut-wrenching with language to shame elegant prose writers. Other times I want to litter f-words & sarcastic banter & call it gritty-writing. Voice, oh voice, where art thou? Sunday sketch. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscommunity

It'll be another scorcher in England today, #5amwritersclub. I'm re-reading a favourite today, but not as a "reader", to actually study structure and do copy work. Will do some free writing for the #WIP on the way. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerscommunity #writerslife #writesky #litfic

I rarely post life stuff here, but finally started on that empty wall I've been putting off, with a very old piece of mine. Returning to the WIP soon, because I have a first draft to finish by the end of this month. #writingcommunity #amwriting #art #artistsky #writesky #writerslife

Super excited to be interviewing @lyviawrites.bsky.social on Sunday for the first episode of The Deep List podcast for Oratoria Magazine ahead of her debut release 😍 Follow so you don't miss out on the release date. #writingcommunity #bookpodcast #booksky #podcast #booklovers #readingcommunity

Couldn't find time to be social today. Thought I'd post an excerpt from the new flash piece that was published in LEON. My new WIP is at 30,000 words, 27 days in. Miles to go before I sleep. leonliteraryreview.com/issue-36-amr... #amwriting #writingcommunity #litmag #flashfiction #litfic #writesky

Morning #5amwritersclub, we're grieving a father who was never able to accept their own daughter's homosexuality. My story Five in a Suitcase is now on Leon Literary Review 👇 leonliteraryreview.com/issue-36-amr... #amwriting #writingcommunity #shortstories #LiteraryFiction #writerscommunity #litmag

Write half in longhand, half type, bullet points and notes where words have not been found yet, links to research to be done, three lines of dialogue, none in order. Then wonder why the draft reads like random scatterings of a lost woman. #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife #5amwritersclub

Last Day of #JuneJottings! Leave a link to your book or pre-orders or promos along with the answer. Are you working to a deadline? When will you be publishing your WIP? If you're going for trad, when will you start querying? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WriteSky

Day 29 of #JuneJottings, we're so close to the end! This is a fun one! If your WIP was a meal, what would you be serving? What cuisine, what dish (or dishes!) and why? #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #BookSky

This one is an excerpt from All Our Goddesses when the FMC drives her niece and her dead great grandmother home, that has the word "riot" in it for #SundaySnips ✍️ #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #HQpress #BookSky #WritersCommunity #AuthorSky

Happy Sunday #JuneJottings Day 28! What is that dialogue you can't seem to edit out? Or maybe you don't want to edit it? Maybe you've built the whole story around it? Can't get rid of it or change it because it's just that good! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #WritingPrompts

Sunny morning #JuneJottings Day 27! Hope everyone is keeping cool. What's the one lie your protagonist tells themselves? Are they in denial? Do they not have all the facts? Is it part of their coping mechanism? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WriterSky

In May I hosted a free matchup program on Reddit, for those who find it difficult to get decent beta readers and critique partners. We had 70 participants! And the next session is in July. All YA and Adult genres. Signups open now 👇🏽 forms.gle/UUgzA3Jo2Yko... #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersky

Hello #JuneJottings Day 26! Have you ever renamed a character in the middle of your WIP? Why? Or do you find it difficult to rename once a name is stuck? #WritingPrompts #AmWriting #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity #Writesky #WriterSky

I just stumbled upon this resource, and what?! If you're writing anything inspired by Japanese folklore (I'm in the research phase for a WIP) then check out illustrated versions on yokai.com and give them some love! What an absolute nugget of gold 😍 #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky @yokai.com

When in trouble, summon all your mothers. The Collective + Keeping Mum = All Our Goddesses #UnhingedPit #A #H #Speculative #WomensFiction #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #AmQuerying #WriteSky

🚩Women 🚩Disobedient 🚩Rich judgmental snobs 🚩Murderers 🚩They're dead 🚩They show up to help their useless descendant get rid of the problematic men in her life. The Husbands x Keeping Mum = All Our Goddesses #unhingedpit #writingcommunity #speculative #womensfiction #amwriting #writing #writesky

Family selfie time!! Say murrrderrr! 📸🔪🥰 Her dead ancestors come back to help her get rid of the men in her life. A Christmas Carol + Keeping Mum = All Our Goddesses #unhingedpit #amwriting #ownvoices #speculative #A #H #writingcommunity

Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 25! Bit of a marketing question. What age range, gender (if at all), community are you writing for or will be marketing your book for? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersCommunity

Hot hot hot Day 24 for #JuneJottings 🔥🔥🥵 Are you avoiding writing a certain part of your WIP? What part and why are you hesitating? Lack of creativity? Mental block? Fear of digging deep for emotions? Laziness? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WriteSky #WritingPrompt #AuthorsLife #WIP

Tragedy from the depths of my handbag. I have lost count of the number of handwritten bits and pieces I have lost to my totes. #writingcommunity #writesky #writerscommunity #amwriting #authorslife #5amwritersclub

Happy #JuneJottings Day 23! When you write, which of the 5 senses do you rely most on? Do you write of sounds or smells or touch? Which do you ignore most? #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WriteSky #WritersCommunity #WritingTips

Morning #JuneJottings Day 22! Is there any mention of weather in your current chapter of the current WIP? Is it important to the setting, symbolic of the events or themes, or does it significantly affect actions etc? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritersCommunity #Fiction

Welcome to #JuneJottings Day 21! It's a fun one today! If all of your characters were at a dinner party, who'd start the argument? #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritersCommunity #AmWriting #WritinfPrompt #Writing #Characters

I can't believe it's Day 20 of #JuneJottings! Let's talk writing advice. What's one writing advice that you like to ignore? Or what's the best advice that you regret not listening to? One advice that you will always follow? #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingTips