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Each of these is is more than 100,000 words (shorter attention spans to the left, walking wounded from academia to the right) guaranteed to leave you with a literary hangover by the time you get back to work on Monday.
I don't know if anyone else has gone through this. I've started #writing a new play. It's awesome and flowing, but it's triggering the fuck out of me. I won't go into details. I thought it would be fine and easy going and it is. But after I write, my mood crashes. It's not just the subject matter. It's the act of opening up. Has anyone else gone through something like this? It's fucking exhausting and I'm questioning if I should write at all. #writerscommunity#writerscoffeeclub#AuDHD#ptsd
I think thanks to the absence of algorithm, the use of hashtags and for a secret third reason I can't explain (I'm not complaining), mastodon is the place my still awkward writings seems to reach more people and get more attention. I'm not completely surprised but I like how content oriented this platform is. I feel it's the only place my words are actually reaching someone. #writingcommunity#writerscoffeeclub#writerscommunity#poetrycafe#poetrycommunity
“The agents and publishers up until maybe this year have put tremendous stock in it but authors for a very long time have been trying to get the word out that hey, this is not a safe place for us. We have no protection. It’s totally unhinged.”
I agree. Kinda sucks there. Hey #writerscommunity !! What's the best alternative to Goodreads?
#WritingCommunity: Have you ever pondered the legality of using trademarked brand names in your fiction? Well, check out this helpful article via Sidebar Saturdays for the expert opinion of an intellectual property lawyer. @bookstodon
"Horror Writing Prompts" by Rayne Hall.
This book is crammed with fertile seeds for fiction that will thrill, disturb or scare your readers. Each prompt comes with a wealth of suggestions for how you can develop it to suit the kind of story you want to write. Plant those seeds into the rich ground of your own imagination, and watch them grow.
😊 Sulu the book-reading black cat recommends:
"Writing Gothic Fiction: Learn to Thrill Readers with Passion and Suspense" by Rayne Hall.
E-book or paperback. http://mybook.to/Goth
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Right all things signed, and what I can tell you is I’ve been commissioned to do the writing for a project with Skittledog an imprint of Thames & Hudson
I’m looking forward to this as it will be my first professional writing gig and I’m so chuffed and excited
There will be more when I can let you know, but I’m going to be a professional writer!
I'm still doing some summer murder reading. Here's a line from The High Window that only Chandler could write: "From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away"