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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 3h

Me and my loosey goosey string joint hands are writing today

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 22h

My wonderfully deranged and fucked up Cylus Keene has come back from the war!!!! What sins will he commit?!?!!??!!?!?

Cori Catchthorne @coricatchthorne.bsky.social · 22h

Chapter 2.4 of Europa University: Admissions is out, free on my website: www.coricatchthorne.com/admissions-2... , Tumblr coricatchthorne.tumblr.com/post/7970542... , & AO3 archiveofourown.org/works/700126... !
In which Cylus makes a new acquaintance and questionable decisions.
#EuropaUniAdmissions

Screenshotted text: “Oh, who am I kidding,” the man preened into the countertop mirror, admiring the sway of strands on the second piece yet again. “The first is smarter, less threatening, but when have I ever cared about blending in?“

“Shall we move on, then?” Cylus knew he ought to try and sell the man on both ‘lines; but impatience pressed his words into imperious sharpness.

It brought the man’s head up and around.

For an instant, Cylus felt the true balance of power between them, a pit opening in his stomach. An insulted customer could cost him this job. And what would the mysterious V do to him—or worse, to Cynthia?—then?

But the man burst into a delighted guffaw that simultaneously flooded him with relief and poured fuel on his undiminished annoyance. “Truth and Fortune! Where’s that all that salesman’s charm gone? No, no, don’t worry,” he lifted a hand before Cylie decided how to respond, “I know how it is. Suit the tone to the customer. And I do like a boy with bite.”

*Call me a boy again, and I’ll show you my bite.* His forearms itched beneath shirt and hidden sheathes.

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🪱🃏 𝕱𝖆𝖌𝖌ø𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖁𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖓🦷🪳 @babettecirque.bsky.social · 17d

Apparently a lot of ppl needs to hear this

#bskycensorship

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 23h

This post made it really socially awkward for me to log on till I did book stuff, but I wanted to procrastinate so bad that I went outside and dug a really big hole to avoid both writing AND publicly admitting I wasn't writing.

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Lilly Lockwood 🔥Pre-Order Broken Bells!🔔 @voicesofvalhoon.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the paperbacks I ordered to sell in my direct store were damaged and while the book is still perfectly readable I can’t in good conscience sell them at full price. So good news for you! If you want to snatch up a paperback of SoBB for just $10+shipping look no further!

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The spine of one of the damaged book showing that it’s been bent

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

I did it!!! I got my Internet hall pass until tomorrow!!

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

🥹🥹

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

So did you work on your book or do I have to go over the Rules 😆

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Omg ily😭

(Too many snips and shenanigans tricked my gnat-like brain into thinking I actually worked on my book when I actually only talked about it 😭😭)

But I did do a few hundred words!!

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Every day I get on this website and i am attacked for no reason

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Stupidest thing about #dogwood2 is probably 80% or more of it is ALREADY WRITTEN, start to finish. Not like "almost done but needs an ending." Literally I just have to plug in some flashbacks here & there. Which we all know writers love their flashbacks.

Anyway I banged on the opening some today.

Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

All right guys here's the script

Aud: [says anything]
Y'all: did you work on your book aud
Aud: no but I
Y'all: your book aud
Aud: yeah definitely but real quick first
Y'all: your book

And then you kill me.

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Roan 🐺 | drafting: 105k/??? @faindriart.bsky.social · 1d

If you ever read a book bc of me and you hated it, that's not my fault. However if you LIKED it then that was 100% bc of my influence and wisdom.

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Life imitates art!

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

😭😭

Illustration from THE LITTLE PRINCE: the prince has angry caterpillar eyebrows

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

IT'S NOT 😭🤣

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

All right guys here's the script

Aud: [says anything]
Y'all: did you work on your book aud
Aud: no but I
Y'all: your book aud
Aud: yeah definitely but real quick first
Y'all: your book

And then you kill me.

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Man was afraid for his life

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Husband asking what the hell my problem is.

Glasses frames shadow gave me angry eyebrows 😔

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Me when roan won't let me bluff cringe grovel people-please or chameleon my way through a conversation in which I have no facts to support my outlandish claims

Geralt (a grown ass man) lying flat on his back in the sand looking dead

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 1d

Give him the chair!!!!

I actually only recently learned what a book boyfriend was. I did not know people were reading cuz they want to *be* or *be with* the MC/LI.

Honestly what a brilliant writing/marketing trick. Wish I'd thought of it.

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 2d

It's the mortifying ordeal. Every day I wake up and it's the mortifying ordeal again.

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 2d

In the moment, I really do believe with all my heart that I'm answering these writing related prompts in good faith, and every time I circle back to re-read my own response I realize all I did was talk about the humiliation kink again.

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Aud Connelly @audconnelly.bsky.social · 2d

but it really is hard to write those honest feelings down, it is like being exposed. so a lot of MCs are now untouchable unflappable badasses, which is totally valid i'm not the MC police. But a lot of really interesting conflicts stem from HOW we deal with being a person with hurtable feelings.

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