Beem Weeks
@beemweeksauthor.bsky.social
Author of novels and short stories. Metalhead. Music lover.
Inspiring Prompts to Spark Your Imagination storyempire.com/2026/02/05/i...
Inspiring Prompts to Spark Your Imagination
Greetings to one and all. Beem Weeks back with you for my first post of the new year! Today, I’m sharing a few short writing prompts to inspire those who may be just getting started, or for those w…
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February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Inspiring Prompts to Spark Your Imagination storyempire.com/2026/02/05/i...
Book Reviewing for Authors. Part 3, Special Situations and Awkward Anomalies. The latest from Story Empire! #WritersCommunity storyempire.com/2026/02/03/b...
Book Reviewing for Authors. Part 3, Special Situations and Awkward Anomalies
This is my third and final post on book reviewing for authors. Part 1 Part 2 What about refusing to write critical reviews? Consider this quote from an author: “We don’t know if you finished…
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February 3, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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If you care about worldbuilding that feels real, you’ll want to read this.
Stephen C. Cote discusses writing Shard, his process, and why setting is one of the most powerful storytelling tools we have.
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Stephen C. Cote discusses writing Shard, his process, and why setting is one of the most powerful storytelling tools we have.
New interview on WriteStats: writestats.com/stephen-cote...
Stephen Cote on Writing Science Fiction, Leaving Academia, and Imagining Futures That Matter
Stephen Cote discusses his journey from historian to sci fi author, the Shard series, his writing process, and how science and history shape his fiction.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
If you care about worldbuilding that feels real, you’ll want to read this.
Stephen C. Cote discusses writing Shard, his process, and why setting is one of the most powerful storytelling tools we have.
New interview on WriteStats: writestats.com/stephen-cote...
Stephen C. Cote discusses writing Shard, his process, and why setting is one of the most powerful storytelling tools we have.
New interview on WriteStats: writestats.com/stephen-cote...
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Tired of guessing what readers really want? 💡
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WriteStats turns raw numbers into clear answers → writestats.com
📊 Spot the trends before they peak
📈 See what's getting readers talking
📚 Make every release a smarter move
#WritingCommunity #BookData #BookSky
August 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Tired of guessing what readers really want? 💡
WriteStats turns raw numbers into clear answers → writestats.com
📊 Spot the trends before they peak
📈 See what's getting readers talking
📚 Make every release a smarter move
#WritingCommunity #BookData #BookSky
WriteStats turns raw numbers into clear answers → writestats.com
📊 Spot the trends before they peak
📈 See what's getting readers talking
📚 Make every release a smarter move
#WritingCommunity #BookData #BookSky
Bad Advice from AI: Crappy First Drafts storyempire.com/2026/01/29/b...
Bad Advice from AI: Crappy First Drafts
New writers receive so much advice early in their journey, the last thing they need is inaccurate advice from a bot. If you missed the first post in this series, you can find it HERE. As I mentione…
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January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Writer's Tips January 2026 - #Blogging Tips, Author #Scams, and #Writing Tools dgkayewriter.com/2026/01/28/w... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social @hughsviewsandnews.com @annerallen.bsky.social
Writer’s Tips January 2026 – #Blogging Tips, Author #Scams, and #Writing Tools
Welcome back to my new 2026 Writer’s Tips. In this edition, Hugh Roberts offers great tips on how to avoid Blog Overload, Anne R. Allen has the latest Author Scams going on, and the Kindlepre…
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January 28, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Writer's Tips January 2026 - #Blogging Tips, Author #Scams, and #Writing Tools dgkayewriter.com/2026/01/28/w... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social @hughsviewsandnews.com @annerallen.bsky.social
How to Pitch a non-fiction book to a publisher storyempire.com/2026/01/27/h...
How to Pitch a non-fiction book to a publisher
In my last post, Writing for Magazines, I discussed how writers could branch out into non-fiction, even if they usually write fiction. Many of us have specialist knowledge – a profession, a h…
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January 28, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Science Fiction: What is it? storyempire.com/2026/01/22/s...
Science Fiction: What is it?
Hi, gang. 👋🏼 Craig with you again for some more science fiction. We broke down the old formats of hard science fiction and soft science fiction. After understanding that much, there is so much more…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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Does Your Writing Space Need a Spruce Up? storyempire.com/2026/01/20/d...
Does Your Writing Space Need a Spruce Up?
Posted by Joy York This one is a bit personal. My original writing space was upstairs in a low ceiling, oblong room over the garage with minimal spotlights and a small window. It has a beautiful 40…
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January 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Applying Japanese Design Principles to your Writing storyempire.com/2026/01/14/4...
Applying Japanese Design Principles to your Writing
I recently came across a post on Threads about Japanese design principles. As I was reading, it occurred to me that these could be applied to writing as well. In fact, I’ve often found inspiration …
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January 15, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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Hello 80's Leg Warmers - What's Old is New dgkayewriter.com/2026/01/13/h... @dgkayewriter.bsky.social
Hello 80’s Leg Warmers – What’s Old is New
Happy New Year! I needed a digital week off and it was well appreciated. And while I was off, we’ve had nothing but arctic temps here in Canada – mainly, Toronto. This brings me to the …
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January 14, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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The State of One Writer’s New Year's Resolutions storyempire.com/2026/01/13/t...
The State of One Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions
Determined this would be her year of change,she sharpened a #2 pencil to a fine point andopened her spiral notebook to the first clean page.There she wrote resolutions in a column. Resolutions sure…
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January 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The State of One Writer’s New Year's Resolutions storyempire.com/2026/01/13/t...
Punctuation Part X: Periods, Question Marks & Exclamation Points storyempire.com/2026/01/08/p...
Punctuation Part X: Periods, Question Marks & Exclamation Points
Greetings Storytellers, Diana here with my final post on punctuation. Perhaps you thought this series was completed in 2025, but alas, there was one more to go, and what an exciting way to kick off…
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January 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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The year is 2113. A deadly virus has swept through the earth and killed off 50% of mankind.
#Teen #YA #MustRead #AllAuthor
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#Teen #YA #MustRead #AllAuthor
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January 9, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The year is 2113. A deadly virus has swept through the earth and killed off 50% of mankind.
#Teen #YA #MustRead #AllAuthor
@authoraaronryan.bsky.social
#Teen #YA #MustRead #AllAuthor
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Smorgasbord Book Reviews Retro - January 2025 - #Wales #Memoir Beth Haslam, #Murder #Mystery Sharon Marchisello, #Crime Australia Fiona Tarr, #Supernatural John W. Howell, #History #SouthAfrica Pat Spencer smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
Smorgasbord Book Reviews Retro – January 2025 – #Wales #Memoir Beth Haslam, #Murder #Mystery Sharon Marchisello, #Crime Australia Fiona Tarr, #Supernatural John W. Howell, #History #SouthAfrica Pat ...
Good books deserve being shared on a regular basis and as always during the year I will revisit my reviews from the last 12 months to remind you of my recommendations. The first review for 2025 was…
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January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Smorgasbord Book Reviews Retro - January 2025 - #Wales #Memoir Beth Haslam, #Murder #Mystery Sharon Marchisello, #Crime Australia Fiona Tarr, #Supernatural John W. Howell, #History #SouthAfrica Pat Spencer smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/s...
Conquering Publishing Woes Part 1 storyempire.com/2026/01/06/c...
Conquering Publishing Woes Part 1
Greetings, SE’ers! We’re back! I’m thrilled to have the first post of 2026, and it will kick off a short series in which I will share some of the publishing obstacles I faced in 2…
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January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! storyempire.com/2026/01/01/h...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
All of us at Story Empire wish each of you a prosperous and happy New Year! In the Chinese zodiac, it’s the year of the horse. The Horse is known for being spirited, self-focused, optimistic,…
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January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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So You Want to Write a Novel storyempire.com/2025/12/28/s...
So You Want to Write a Novel
Click/tap to return to mini-course home page and list of modules. Premise, Title, Cover, Blurb Click on the arrow to open and close each section. Review of Previous Discussions In Module 1, we expl…
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December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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A Christmas Homecoming: A Short Story ... and more from Yvette M Calleiro maureentwomey.wordpress.com/2025/12/18/a...
A Christmas Homecoming: A Short Story … and more from Yvette M Calleiro
by Yvette M Calleiro (and Sally Cronin): “Mary always knew she was adopted. When she turned seventeen, her loving parents died in a car crash. After a year of living with an uncaring grandmot…
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December 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Smorgasbord Book Reviews Revisited December 2024. #Christmas D.L. Finn, #Prehistoric #Thriller Jacqui Murray, #Romance Jan Sikes, #Aviation #Memoir Brian Meadley, #Fantasy D. Wallace Peach, #Thriller Lisette Brodey smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
Smorgasbord Book Reviews Revisited December 2024. #Christmas D.L. Finn, #Prehistoric #Thriller Jacqui Murray, #Romance Jan Sikes, #Aviation #Memoir Brian Meadley, #Fantasy D. Wallace Peach, #Thriller ...
I hope you have enjoyed the series of posts revisiting the book reviews from 2024 and here is the final post today with recommended books from December 2024 The first review for December was for th…
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December 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Smorgasbord Book Reviews Revisited December 2024. #Christmas D.L. Finn, #Prehistoric #Thriller Jacqui Murray, #Romance Jan Sikes, #Aviation #Memoir Brian Meadley, #Fantasy D. Wallace Peach, #Thriller Lisette Brodey smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
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✍️ The Reviewer 99¢
💙📚💙 #Humor #Satire #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
A short story about a mentally unstable Indie-Author and the review that destroys his life…
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💙📚💙 #Humor #Satire #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
A short story about a mentally unstable Indie-Author and the review that destroys his life…
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December 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
✍️ The Reviewer 99¢
💙📚💙 #Humor #Satire #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
A short story about a mentally unstable Indie-Author and the review that destroys his life…
www.amazon.com/dp/B01N249E76
💙📚💙 #Humor #Satire #ShortStory #WritingCommunity
A short story about a mentally unstable Indie-Author and the review that destroys his life…
www.amazon.com/dp/B01N249E76
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Facing fresh drama, unexpected confessions and life lessons, Ava must decide: are second chances worth the risk?
#MustRead #AllAuthor #BookSky
#MustRead #AllAuthor #BookSky
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Facing fresh drama, unexpected confessions and life lessons, Ava must decide: are second chances worth the risk?
#MustRead #AllAuthor #BookSky
#MustRead #AllAuthor #BookSky
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THE TORTOISE'S TALE is a LIBRARY JOURNAL best book of the year!
“The book is both beautifully written and thoroughly researched and will tug at the heartstrings, making readers feel invested in the fate of Magic and those she encounters.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review
“The book is both beautifully written and thoroughly researched and will tug at the heartstrings, making readers feel invested in the fate of Magic and those she encounters.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
THE TORTOISE'S TALE is a LIBRARY JOURNAL best book of the year!
“The book is both beautifully written and thoroughly researched and will tug at the heartstrings, making readers feel invested in the fate of Magic and those she encounters.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review
“The book is both beautifully written and thoroughly researched and will tug at the heartstrings, making readers feel invested in the fate of Magic and those she encounters.”
—Library Journal, Starred Review
