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Just hopping on to say that I am finally deleting this app from my phone.
If you want to continue following me and my writing projects, I’m most active on Bluesky
👉 bsky.app/profile/skkell… 👈
Thanks for everything!
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@skkelleywrites
Sam, 30, she/they, queer/weird/INTP/artist/mom, writing contemporary fantasy. I enjoy anime, tea, & dreaming about abandoning society to live in the woods.
Oregon, USA Katılım Aralık 2018
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@Linnaeus_Writer to be fair, he is introduced like a romcom love interest 💀
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When do we first meet the antagonist in your book? 🤔
In Flight, we meet the taskmaster right away in chapter 1 as he checks that the main character is doing his job.
#WritingCommunity #writingq
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@deidrejowen I’d order a printed proof copy (through KDP or Barnes & Noble Press). It’s way cheaper than paying for the ink to print it at home or having it printed somewhere like Staples. 😅
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Have you ever printed off your whole novel? I’m thinking of printing mine! But how do you physically manage reading and working with a STACK of paper? Do you put it in a binder or something?
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This is so subjective. A handful of my favorite chapters in my work are ones that might seem “boring” to some because they focus on small character moments rather than action or drama.
Nick@struutinsky
Writers, do you have a boring chapter? I think every book has one, otherwise it's hard for a reader to take a moment and to process the story 🤔
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I’m incapable of hiding it forever, so they all find out eventually
Douglas Calder@DouglasCalder_
Do your coworkers know you write, or do you keep that private? #WritingCommunity
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Stuck in a feud between two men with nothing left to lose, what’s a girl to do? (Save everyone & pave the way for a brighter future regardless of the odds, ofc)
Sidetracked finale, Resignation, comes out June 1!
physical: forms.gle/fbPoP7AYEjCAhn…
ebook: books2read.com/STpart4
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I’ve moved over to Bluesky, but I wanted to let y’all on Twitter know that Resignation’s (US only) paperback/hardcover preorder form is open.
👉 forms.gle/fbPoP7AYEjCAhn…
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@king_reinhardt no idea; I guess I just never wanted to stop writing the characters 😅
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@skkelleywrites How do you do that?? I would genuinely love to know!
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You mean to tell me there are people who intentionally LOWER the wordcount of their books when they're revising? Couldn't be me! I'm struggling just to get out of novella wordcount territory!
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@_celia_bedelia_ 1. asexual ≠ sex repulsed
2. you can be asexual and experience queer romantic attraction
3. its a spectrum
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No. But they can go find & talk to the first author to publish a book called Sidetracked, Borderline, or Afterglow if they really want. lmao
You can’t copyright or trademark a ONE-WORD title, and I’m a nobody, anyway—certainly not a threat to a big-name author’s sales. 🥴
Stoni Astley@StoniAstley
Indie authors: If an established author contacted you to ask that you change the title of one of your self-published books because their latest release will use the exact same title, would you consider their request? Or would you refuse, or demand financial compenstation?
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@deidrejowen I use my initials, but it’s only because I felt like “SK Kelley” looked better on a book cover than “Sam Kelley”
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If you are a female author/scholar, do you write under initials or a pseudonym to prevent gender bias?
Feel free to comment and discuss.
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@GoreMagick I have too many ideas & like to write my characters talking about things that don’t matter for way too long. The first completed draft of my last book was *215,000* words, and I got it down to just over 198,000. lmao
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how do people write first drafts longer than their final product? i've never understood that.
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Being an indie author means crafting your own path. But how do you find the balance between writing for yourself and writing for your readers?
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@louverlover @ozyfrantz I broke down crying multiple times bc the WIC app said a certain item (the exact brand, size, flavor, etc) was covered but it didn’t ring up as covered. Even though I had the money to cover it, it was still extremely frustrating & I was hormonal due to being postpartum. lmao
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I worked at a grocery store and no one ever broke down crying over WIC. Its pros massively outweigh its cons. There were some people for whom it was a little annoying but more often than not they needed a translator or clarification and then they were set. We had a reference 8.5"x11" 2 sided sheet with pictures and matching foods. People are smart enough to handle that without breaking down.
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there exists a welfare program where you can't buy unhealthy/"expensive" food, it's called WIC, and it's awful. I have a friend who worked at a grocery store and regularly watched people break down crying because they picked a kind of chickpeas WIC doesn't cover
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WIC is so annoying to deal with for MANY reasons, but I still appreciated the $16 of fruit and 1lb block of cheese each month.
ozy brennan 🦙@ozyfrantz
there exists a welfare program where you can't buy unhealthy/"expensive" food, it's called WIC, and it's awful. I have a friend who worked at a grocery store and regularly watched people break down crying because they picked a kind of chickpeas WIC doesn't cover
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@FelicityHewitt_ You can save so much time and energy by publishing your unedited first draft.
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Give me the best piece of writing advice you can (wrong answers only)
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