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Writer, artist, ukulele enthusiast. Rewrite: 23/47

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · Aug 9

This is a call for #betareaders on my WIP! Looking for members of the #writingcommunity who would be available in November. Gaslamp fantasy, expected ~150k words. I can offer money, a read swap, or an art commission as payment.

Leave a comment or DM if you are interested!

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Alyssa Matesic @alyssamatesic.bsky.social · 2d

If you're deep in the querying trenches and every rejection is sending you down a spiral, listen up:

Rejection isn't a step back, but a stepping stone FORWARD.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 4d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 5d

50k in 2 weeks 😳

Granted it is REwriting so at least half of it is literally retyping things that I already wrote, but I'm still reWRITING it, no copy pasting allowed.

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Cen Galdre @cengaldre.com · 7d

The Ebony Earrings sold but I still have the Castello Boxwood Snake Charm Earrings with Sterling Silver hardware available on my ko-fi.

ko-fi.com/s/543b2d30c8

as well as other earrings with stainless steel.

ko-fi.com/s/b241fa37aa

Gabon Ebony Teardrop Earrings with stainless steel hardware

Zebrawood "Bardiche Earrings" with stainless steel leverbacks.

Maple Crescent Moon Earrings with Stainless Steel leverbacks

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 5d

This is fun 👀

Alyssa Matesic @alyssamatesic.bsky.social · 5d

As a book editor, I have worked with hundreds of writers across almost every fiction genre. One of the most fascinating things I've learned?

Most writers fit into one of four writer types. And no, it's not about plotters or pantsers!

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 8d

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”

Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 8d

“… on October 6, 2025, the USCIS director is authorized to create new law enforcement positions which may …

Carry firearms, conduct vehicular pursuits, and use force, up to and including lethal force, when appropriate.”

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/uscis-s...

New USCIS ‘Special Agents’ Will Be Given the Power to Arrest, Use Deadly Force Against Immigrants - American Immigration Council

USCIS, the agency tasked with issuing green cards, will have “special agents" authorized to carry firearms and arrest immigrants.

www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 10d

Act 1 rewrite down 😎

Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 13d

Truly is the best feeling, enjoy it to it's fullest ^^ Happy birthday!

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Ange @gunsmile.bsky.social · 15d

Announcing #PlotTober, a WIP plotting prompt game for the month of October!

Here is a preview of the full list of prompts. I will post each individual prompt daily at midnight EST for participants to quote repost.

#WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #WritingQ #AmWriting #WriteSky

#PlotTober
a WIP plotting prompt game by @gunsmile.bsky.social

INTRODUCTIONS
1. Introduce yourself & WIP
2. Ideas, tropes, themes
3. Other inspiring media
4. Desired setting

MAIN CHARACTER
5. Initial ideas for MC
6. Immediate goals
7. MC's motivations
8. Possible conflicts
9. Personality traits
10. Backstory & traumas
11. Growth & change
12. Antagonists

PLOT SKELETON
13. Story beginnings
14. Story endings
15. Story midpoint
16. Inciting incident
17. Act 1 to Act 2
18. Act 2 part 1
19. First pinch point
20. Act 2 part 2
21. Second pinch point
22. Dark Night of the Soul
23. Overcoming despair
24. Story climax
25. Resolutions

OTHER IDEAS
26. Supporting characters
27. Important locations
28. Genre options
29. Music vibes
30. Art/aesthetic vibes
31. Month-end wrap-up

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Tajja Isen @tajjaisen.bsky.social · 16d

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus

Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

thewalrus.ca

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B. van Bodegom 📃is querying & writing @bvbodegom.bsky.social · 18d

To track my queries, I created a simple spreadsheet template. I shared it with a #writingcommunity I'm a part of on Discord, but thought maybe some people here could use it, too.

tinyurl.com/mv5aebc2

It's very simple but helpful, at least to me. #amquerying #spreadsheet

Agent Query Sheet Template - Copy

tinyurl.com

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Jillianne Hamilton 🦇 @jilly.ca · 18d

“I use it for brainstorming.” is quickly becoming my most hated pro-AI statement.

YOU TOOK YOUR BRAIN OUT OF THE EQUATION. THAT IS NOT BRAINSTORMING.

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Susan Savage Lee @susansavagelee.bsky.social · 18d

What are some dealbreakers for you when reading? #writingq #WritingCommunity #reading

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S J Pomeroy @sjpomeroy.bsky.social · 20d

In a world where therapy has not been invented, AuDHD has never been treated, a hyperactive woman gets together with a King w/ daddy issues.
I joked about using this song as a pitch but here I am!!!
....🥁 (drum roll please)

A Solemn Silhouette.

#UnhingedPit #F #amquerying

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 19d

If you remember this post from a few years ago no you don't

Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 19d

I am…
□ single
□ taken
✅ falling for a woman I was sent to spy on while she is vulnerable from an abrupt breakup (I arrested her girlfriend)
#UnhingedPit #A #F #W

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 20d

Still 1000x more compelling than anything gen ai would spit out 😌 I would read this story

Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 20d

At last had time to read before rewrites begin, and oh boy was it worth the wait!! I knew I was going to love T'sidaan but I didn't expect how MUCH they would delight me with every appearance, especially as Nesi's relationship with them grew. Great read overall! Thanks @mcflycahill90.bsky.social

Turquoise book cover frames in cream with red text "AUDITION FOR THE" across the top, and "FOX" in cream diagonally across the center. There is a grinning red fox leaping across the center of the word. The author's name "MARTIN CAHILL" is in red at the bottom. Near the top in small text is the blurb "Stunning imagination. - N. K. Jemisin"

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 21d

No 😔 I've just finished the 2nd complete draft of my WIP and still haven't settled on the title (promise I will have one picked by the time the next draft goes to my betas), and the casual trilogy from a couple years ago only ever got a placeholder. #writing

Lara Rouse @lararouse.bsky.social · 21d

#writingcommunity Writing Question

Do you always know the title of your work when you begin?

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Maisie Bannion 🩷 querying @maisiebannion.bsky.social · 21d

anyone available to provide feedback on my reworked query letter for my YA paranormal romance? happy to swap 🙂 #amquerying #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #critiquepartner

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 22d

Have you saved the writing community feed here? I'm always finding new writers to follow on there.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 25d

My beta reader/dev editor and I have just finished going through the last chapters tonight before I rewrite. Here is my second favorite note. My first favorite is funnier but also unfortunately contains a massive spoiler. #writing #amrevising

screenshot of a Google docs comment from the user Meg that just says "too much shirt"

Meg is Rewriting ✨ @megsteadman.bsky.social · 26d

Like, my last complete draft of this was finished back in 2022, and I wrote 3/4 of a failed draft between that one and this one. I've shelved so many WIPs in my life that every time I actually complete something it just floors me.