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18th Aug 2026. What are your limits for writing outside your lived experience?

I write SF: writing *within* my lived experience isn't really part of the job!

So I use this thing I call "my imagination" and feed it by reading and traveling and talking to people.

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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
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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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Anyone else exhausted by BOTH the AI slop and the epidemic of accusing things you hate of being AI? Me too! I was too, so this month’s podcast is on that topic: You Sure You’re Hunting Real Witches?

#antiai #writers #writingcommunity #books

https://writingafflictionpodcast.com/ai-witch-hunt/

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I usually prefer the socially unacceptable forms, but I'll allow it 😜😁

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"Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public."
Paul Coelho

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#ScribesAndMakers 7/4 Sample?

This is the beginning of The Last Princes, my latest release. It's a Steampunk short story, currently on sale for 99ct.

You can grab it directly from my store, without DRM, delivery by BookFunnel:

https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/b/lastprincess

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#Steampunk

$Screenshot from my manuscript (yes, I write in old-fashioned Manuscript Format). The text reads: Chapter 1 Aline turned the steering wheel a fraction to the left, and the Falcon gently approached the jetty. She kept a close eye on the wind and nodded in satisfaction as a soft puff pushed the airship into the perfect position. A few moments later, the Falcon was firmly tied to the jetty, and the evacuation could begin. Captain Franzon had put her in charge of it. Quickly, Aline cut off the propellers, set the rudders to center and left her position at the steering wheel. Captain Franzon gave her a nod, and so she hurried off the bridge of the Falcon and down the stairs to the main deck of the airship to supervise the evacuation. The air wharf in Sandhurst was the oldest of the Empire, and it was practically unimaginable that it should fall into the hands of the enemy. But the war wasn’t going well, Aline could feel that in her bones.$

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59d

Time for a mental health break. Enjoy some fantasy fiction.
Witch's Familiar & Whimsical Stories includes a sardonic talking cat and a cross-dressing witch:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CVQTPYSS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.tfQoz8HnKf2VombwqWN6ceNs9aoSJw0fCg6SP_N95VaUXN9mBlHPTh43SnuWTlJZ8GUmJmEgUtqkTU54yC0ofnkSLHBRIr3cSPU4yYu8mY_03qVChv-WFP3p2X5DIs528wt14gm8wp2njj9s8TQuljFTydNwLkI5v1lThRBvCc15NqXMD1hBUT-MEkyVjK-dHbGFc8c1EgXbYbxWM00ahQ.NAHE-CcYMjQsp3w8LXhwxz0aJlYUf40fxJbxXqYq7cc&qid=1725151995&sr=8-1

#Witches #cats #fantasyfiction #whimsy #LGBTQIA #acecharacters #asexual #asexualcharacters #feministfiction #fantasy #cozyfantasy #Halloween #Samhain #whimsical #whimsicalfiction #Wicca #WritingCommunity #fiction #writing #indiebooks #bookish #books #booksbooksbooks #witchbooks

Witch cottage miniature rooms with a stack of copies of my book Witch's Familiar and Whimsical Stories--which has the same miniature witch kitchen illustrating the front cover

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I need to get off Google Docs. It's where I've been doing my writing for years. As of this week, it's got AI nonsense all over the damned place. No, I don't want AI to even out my writing. How do I disable this shit?

How do I get all my writing to an AI-free program without ripping out my hair?

I want to be able to access my documents across different devices. How can I do this?

I am not a programmer.

#WritingCommunity #GoogleDocs #FediHelp #AISlop

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Are you a book reviewer? We're looking for book reviewers for Musecharmer Media Network. We'd love to hear from you and showcase your reviews.

https://home.musecharmer.network/book-reviewers-wanted/

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57d

Disagree 🤔 I mean it would be easier without all that writing but it's also the only requirement for being a writer 😁

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Post by Andrew Nadeau

me: I’m a writer
him: what do you write?
me: haha, tha—that’s not how it works

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Personally I like to edit in new and improved typos with every round of editing 😁 Even grammar has to 'Evolve or Die' in this new fast paced world 😜😂

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Post by Tahra Seplowin

Shout-out to the typos that make it through three rounds of content edits, copyedits, and two rounds of proofreading. I am inspired by your dedication and tenacity.

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NAMING THE SNAKES: New Writing Scotland 44
Edinburgh launch
15 September, Blackwell’s, South Bridge – £3 / £11 with book

Celebrate the latest issue with a mix of readings of poetry, short fiction & non-fiction in English, Gaelic & Scots – all welcome!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/naming-the-snakes-new-writing-scotland-44-tickets-1995684361648

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #poetry #shortstories #shortfiction #writing #writingcommunity #booklaunch #Edinburgh

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If you have read any of my books, I'd love to hear from you. You can leave reviews on Goodreads or just send me your feedback for publication on my website.

https://books.creativeramblings.com/

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My weekly roundup of #publishing news #writing craft tips and #bookmarketing links is now up for free on Substack. If you subscribe you get it in tour inbox every week.
https://maureencrisp.substack.com/p/shining-a-light?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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RE: https://mastodon.art/@NickEast_IndieWriter/117273896524163336

For anyone interested after a number of suggestions my recommendation is...

Payhip 🎉 It seems to be a lot like having a writer page but without a lot of the hassle.

Personally, I don't like subscriptions and wouldn't buy anything from one, but if that's your jam I recommend Ko-Fi 😁

@galacticwriters @bookstodon @writingbooks

#Ebook #Ebooks #Sales #DRM #DRMFree #Question #WritersCoffeeClub
#Author #IndieAuthor #Indie #Writers #Writing #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
#BoostingIsSharing

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I mean I really thought no one loved the spectacluar Plains of Procrastination in the super-comfy Lands of Laziness more than me, but I guess this little hobbit is going on an adventure 😂

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Post by Gabino Iglesias

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Got a couple of hours of writing done today 😁

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Libraries Give Us Power: Literacy & Technology
24 September, Gourock Library. Free, booking required

How are technology & artificial intelligence changing the ways we write, read & engage with stories? From AI-generated writing to changing reading habits, join Peter Mackay, Chris McQueer & Adam Felix O’Brien to explore what these developments mean for writers & wider society.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/libraries-give-us-power-literacy-technology-tickets-2000142977488

#Scottish #literature #writing #technology #storytelling #writingcommunity

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Quick question, for writers/artists of speculative fiction based in the EU. We are organizing the first edition of a specfic festival sometime next year, perhaps in May, in Kampala. It's still very early stages of planning, but there's a grant by Goethe to facilitate travel of artists based in the EU, and deadline is in September. So I'm wondering, if you are eligible to apply and want to visit our festival as a guest, well, send a DM....

https://www.goethe.de/prj/aep/en/cal/ssa/mobility-grants-for-artists-an.html

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Physical pre-orders of my next book Horns of Shadow & Gold are up!

Books are set to be ready by the end of the month for fulfillment in Canada.

The book will be set up via print-on-demand distribution releasing Sept 25th, making it available internationally at many local bookstores and libraries by request.

Learn more and preorder here: https://audrabalionart.square.site/product/horns-of-shadow-gold-pre-order/OXQVUOE5CPJU5WPD6C7NRPTP

If you prefer digital, go here: https://empyclaw.itch.io/horns-of-shadow-gold

#books #writing #fantasy #indieauthor #selfpublishing #writingcommunity

Square cover for Horns of Shadow & Gold by F. David Schultz. Features a staunch figure in a gold horned headdress in the foreground in white and blue rising from a mountain range and a shadow with spiral horns looming behind.

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27th Aug 2026. Does 'humanity' as a concept figure often in your works? How so?

"Humanity" is a very dangerous concept because denying the humanity of a target group is a necessary precondition for genocide.

(Currently working on a space opera in which *our* kind of humanity is long-extinct, but there are many distinctly different hominin descendant species running about. Will be using it later to take some pot-shots at "scientific" racism.)