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WayWORD Festival 2025
1–5 October, Aberdeen

The programme for WayWORD 2025, the University of Aberdeen’s cross-arts literary festival, is now online.

#Scottish #literature #writing #creativewriting #WritingCommunity

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A thing I love about Austen's work is how immensely quotable it is. All you need to do is open up one of her books and you'll soon enough find a quote to your liking!

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

Light green flowered background. There are two lines of medium green curlycues at the top and bottom of the image. The text reads, "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours, he replied, with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them." Below the bottom two golden yellow lines, it says, "Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen"

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I mean, would it kill you to let Cathy tell you about her ferrets?

#library #libraries #reader #readers #books #book #writingcommunity #ferrets #humor #humour

Three signs -- one says Library Book Return and is on a book drop return slot.
Drop box is broken! Please visit Cathy inside to return books
Update!
Drop box is NOT BROKEN! Cathy is just super lonely and wants to talk to you about her nine ferrets.

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I have three new writing workshops coming up in June and July! Building on the success of Design-A-Ghost, I'd like to invite you to join me to explore some more familiar characters from #SFF and #horror by reading extracts from classic and contemporary authors together, and then using writing prompts and exercises to create your own unique monsters, aliens, and robots! 👹👽🤖

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon #AmWriting #WritingWorkshop

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Want to chat with other members of the #WritingCommunity about the challenges around creating diverse, representative fiction? Join our Tumblr Community, a place for respectful discussion and sharing resources.

https://www.tumblr.com/communities/writingtheothercommunity

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Sniff
Baking
Cookie smell
Grandma's cooking
Unmistakable -
Rich tantalising scents
Resistance impossible
Heaven - a moment on that tray
Fingers poised, waiting for approval
Once we have seized the day, all that's left - crumbs!

#Cookie #MastoPrompt #Etheree #Poem #Poetry #MicroPoems #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

Toffee and Chocolate chip cookies cooling on a wire rack

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A tip others might find helpful.

During editing, I noticed I wrote clunky sentences whenever my POV character saw or heard something. e.g.

“Adam saw the moonlight filter through the bare trees. Somewhere ahead, he heard a vixen scream.”

As someone who writes 1st person or deep 3rd, it’s usually bloody obvious which POV we’re in.

“Moonlight filtered through the bare trees. Ahead, a vixen screamed.”

This works because the reader knows who is doing the seeing and hearing.

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#authors, #writers, #writingcommunity, #gamedevs, #gamedevelopers #gamingcommunity, #artists #contentcreators! Is there anyone here who is on #substack? I'd be more than happy to #connect!
https://substack.com/@myhauger

#writing #creativewriting

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❗❗❗ INCOMING: a book announcement ❗❗❗

This is going to turn out either frabjously amazeballs or utterly disastrous.

https://courtcan.com/2024/09/26/incoming-a-book-announcement/

#AppetiteForParadox #WIP #PeterRollins #pyrotheology #WritingCommunity #nonfiction #MyNextRead #philosophy #theology #DeathOfGodTheology #AtheismForLent #theism #atheism #christianity #faith #doubt

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Was once again reminded of Ursula K. Le Guin's daily schedule, and why this woman was an icon on every single level.

#UrsulaKLeguin #Books #Bookstodon #book #Writing #WritingCommunity

Ursula Le Guin‘s daily schedule

5:30 a.m. - wake up and lie there and think.
6:15 a.m. - get up and eat breakfast (lots).
7.15 a.m. - get to work writing, writing, writing.
Noon - lunch.
1:00-3:00 p.m. - reading, music.
3:00-5:00 p.m. correspondence, maybe house cleaning.
5:00-8:00 p.m. make dinner and eat it.
After 8:00 p.m. - I tend to be very stupid and we won't talk about this.

This was Le Guin's daily schedule first appeared in an interview she gave in 1988 (and more recently reappeared in Ursula Le Guin: The Last Interview and Other Conversations).

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Want to chat with other members of the #WritingCommunity about the challenges around creating diverse, representative fiction? Join our Tumblr Community, a place for respectful discussion and sharing resources.

https://www.tumblr.com/communities/writingtheothercommunity

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Long and Short Reviews is hosting a Winter Blogfest this week.

Every day I plan to reply to this thread with links to the posts and brief descriptions of the prizes you can win by commenting on them.

#Giveaway #Prizes #Bookstodon #ReadingCommunity #WritingCommunity #LongAndShortReviews

A dark blue banner with white snowflakes gently falling from the top portion of it. The blue gradually grows lighter, too, as your eye scans to the bottom of the banner. The text reads” Long and Short Reviews Winter Blogfest. A Prize on Every Post. December 23-27, 2024. www.longandshortreviews.com

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#WritingCommunity, share some examples of good representation of people of faith (Abrahamic or not) you've seen in movies.

Can be something you watched recently or an old favorite 😊

#ThursdayThoughts

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A lot of new folks coming to the #fediverse and I need to update, so here's a new #introduction.

I work as a #video guy. An aspiring novelist looking to connect more with the #writingcommunity. My debut novel is with beta readers.

I'm a rare sports fan on #mastodon, cheering the #Packers, #DCU, #USMNT and #USWNT.

Other stuff you can expect: urbanism (#train and #bicycle in particular), #fitness (mostly weightlifting), #newmusic and #gaming (#tabletop and video).

I tend to follow back.

Picture of the author from behind with a t-shirt and weightlifting belt on doing deadlifts.

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Last chance to buy book 5 in the Silk Rope Masters series!! Grab a copy before it ends.
https://www.evernightpublishing.com/kaden-by-suzy-shearer/

“I adored this story!”

“This book is AWESOME!!! This series and this book is a total must read. Super spicy and steamy.”

“This love story is so full of surprises and has an emotional depth that is amazing. Absolutely loved their journey to happiness and their naughty exploits too!”

#BDSM #maturecouple #romance #contemporary #newrelease #read #readromance #romance #romanceAuthor #romanceNovel #romanceNovels #bookstadon #WritersCoffeeClub #writingCommunity #wordweaver #creativity @bookstadon #romanceBooks #bookstodon

Ebook of Kaden by Suzy Shearer. Background is looking down on a lime-washed wooden surface with a cream scarf casually laid across. There are bunches of mauve & white small flowers resting on the scarf. Above the scarf is a cup of cocoa.

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An Austen relative I’ve never heard of, but she seems like a hoot!

https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/history/dirt-vulgarity-after-jane-austens-10110403

#AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

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#DailyHandwriting 9, What would you take for lunch in the park?

I snuck in the following more obscure words:

- Epicure: one with sensitive and discriminating tastes.
- Halcyon: Idyllic time.
- Harbinger: something that foreshadows a future event.

#handwriting #writingcommunity

Handwritten text in a notebook.

My penchant for indulging in nature's bounty, straight from the stem, rivals that of an epicure. Thus, I cherish the halcyon days of late summer, when I can stroll through the verdant park, collecting jewel-toned strawberries and wild brambles. Such acts instil a profound sense of belonging; a tangible thread of connection to Mother Nature herself. It serves as a poignant reminder that the artificially conceived separation between humanity and the wild is nothing more than smoke and mirrors. Synthetic packaging of food adds a veneer of abstraction to these inherent connections. Thus, deep in the marrow of my existence, I stand, not as a distant observer, but as an integral part of this mystical orchestra, akin to the birds chirping their melodies and squirrels busily hoarding their provisions.

Therefore, in this present moment, I'd become a Johnny Appleseed of sorts, feasting on succulent apples whilst sowing their seeds, a harbinger of future orchards. Meanwhile, I'd blissfully partake in the delicate crunch of sunflower seeds, all the while scattering their counterparts in a serendipitous dance of simultaneous consumption and creation.

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I am an amateur #writer and #photography is immensely interesting to me, and I deeply enjoy wandering, then finding beautiful, strange, and interesting things to capture.

I wouldn't mind being #professional though, so I have an idea I want to try-

I created a #kofi that's similar to #patreon where someone can #commision me for #writing as well as photography.

It's a draft, and #experimental but if you'd like to support or #FediHire me:

https://ko-fi.com/c/472aacf923

#writingcommunity #goodmorning

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#VirtualJaneCon is happening July 19-20. Didn't make previous cons or want to catch up? All videos are on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/virtualjanecon #AmReading #AmWriting @bookstodon #books #Bookstodon #WritingCommunity #ReadingCommunity #Regency #Georgian #JaneAusten @romancelandia

White Background with a black diamond shape. In that shape, in dark pink color, says “Virtual JaneCon.”

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WIP = Woosh! in progress.

Cedric being his subtle self. I like the perspective here.

#wip #fediart #mastoart #illustration #characterdesign #writingcommunity #witch #fantasy

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Stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Why not give your frazzled nerves a warm, literary hug and melt your worries away for a while? This week’s Butch/Femme Fiction Therapy Thursday theme: Love At First Sight.

#loveatfirstsight #therapythursday #butchfemme #lesfic #sapphicbooks #bookstodon #writingcommunity #butchfemme #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks

Eight book covers on a background of a woman reading in a tub filled with warm water and scented flowers for Therapy Thursday on 05/15/25. Theme: Love At First Sight.

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#WritingCommunity, share some examples of good representation of BIPOC identities you've seen in books. Can be a recent read or a book that's stuck with you. We're eager to find some new ones 😊

#ThursdayThoughts