pounceswithwolves
@cayseshultz.bsky.social
Likes to read & repeat things in her own words. Much sarcasm. Very neurodivergence. Lots of masks, few spoons. 2E Mom of two 2Es.
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I DO NOT use gen-AI in my novels. But I also don’t judge those who do.
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I DO NOT use gen-AI in my novels. But I also don’t judge those who do.
Pinned
One dead Dad.
One wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom.
A life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing extended family.
And an inherited power, suppressed for years, that is about to hit a tipping point.
#YA / #NA #Fantasy
#Alt-History #PNW
“Coming-of-Rage”
#Spoonies & #2E Rep
#amquerying
One wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom.
A life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing extended family.
And an inherited power, suppressed for years, that is about to hit a tipping point.
#YA / #NA #Fantasy
#Alt-History #PNW
“Coming-of-Rage”
#Spoonies & #2E Rep
#amquerying
What’s that? New pre-outlines for Chapters 6 and 7 of #PollyOllyOxenFree? Why, I shouldn’t have! 😜
I’d LOVE to hear any and all inklings and ideas before I write the drafts! 🥰
#fiction #YAFantasy #amwriting
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I’d LOVE to hear any and all inklings and ideas before I write the drafts! 🥰
#fiction #YAFantasy #amwriting
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A Novel Experiment: Episode 11 - In Which Project Burnout Strikes...HARD
And I Write Two Chapter Braindumps out of Spite
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November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What’s that? New pre-outlines for Chapters 6 and 7 of #PollyOllyOxenFree? Why, I shouldn’t have! 😜
I’d LOVE to hear any and all inklings and ideas before I write the drafts! 🥰
#fiction #YAFantasy #amwriting
open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...
I’d LOVE to hear any and all inklings and ideas before I write the drafts! 🥰
#fiction #YAFantasy #amwriting
open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...
Fun facts:
I post something sincere here? Gain a follower.
I post the same sincere thing over on the angry place? Lose three.
Both of these results boost my spirits. The latter cracks me up 😂
#WritingCommunity #amquerying #amwriting
I post something sincere here? Gain a follower.
I post the same sincere thing over on the angry place? Lose three.
Both of these results boost my spirits. The latter cracks me up 😂
#WritingCommunity #amquerying #amwriting
a black and white photo of a woman with a quote that says life is not all lovely thorns and singing vultures
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman with a quote that says life is not all lovely thorns and singing vultures
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November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Fun facts:
I post something sincere here? Gain a follower.
I post the same sincere thing over on the angry place? Lose three.
Both of these results boost my spirits. The latter cracks me up 😂
#WritingCommunity #amquerying #amwriting
I post something sincere here? Gain a follower.
I post the same sincere thing over on the angry place? Lose three.
Both of these results boost my spirits. The latter cracks me up 😂
#WritingCommunity #amquerying #amwriting
If the only thing to come out of my attempt to be an author is that I became friends with a bunch of amazing authors, editors, and lit agents?
Yeah…I’ll consider that a win.
6 year old me definitely would 👭🏻
#writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #amediting
Yeah…I’ll consider that a win.
6 year old me definitely would 👭🏻
#writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #amediting
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If the only thing to come out of my attempt to be an author is that I became friends with a bunch of amazing authors, editors, and lit agents?
Yeah…I’ll consider that a win.
6 year old me definitely would 👭🏻
#writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #amediting
Yeah…I’ll consider that a win.
6 year old me definitely would 👭🏻
#writingcommunity #amquerying #amwriting #amediting
Sometimes weird pieces come out & decide they don’t need editing but totes belong on the main blog.
This is one of ‘em. Didn’t have the ❤️ or 🥄s to say no 😂😬
#fiction #shortstories #cPTSD #therapy #AuDHD #WritingCommunity #amwriting #neurospicy #2E
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This is one of ‘em. Didn’t have the ❤️ or 🥄s to say no 😂😬
#fiction #shortstories #cPTSD #therapy #AuDHD #WritingCommunity #amwriting #neurospicy #2E
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Just Don’t Care
A rough-finished piece, from a cross-wired switch, about your well-meant but woefully ignorant advice
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November 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Sometimes weird pieces come out & decide they don’t need editing but totes belong on the main blog.
This is one of ‘em. Didn’t have the ❤️ or 🥄s to say no 😂😬
#fiction #shortstories #cPTSD #therapy #AuDHD #WritingCommunity #amwriting #neurospicy #2E
open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...
This is one of ‘em. Didn’t have the ❤️ or 🥄s to say no 😂😬
#fiction #shortstories #cPTSD #therapy #AuDHD #WritingCommunity #amwriting #neurospicy #2E
open.substack.com/pub/cayseshu...
Found an old draft today. It hit hard. By law, I am now obligated to share 2022 me’s abandoned attempt at processing #feels in a timely manner.
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #cptsd #audhd #traumarecovery #prose #poetry #couldbebetter
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#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #cptsd #audhd #traumarecovery #prose #poetry #couldbebetter
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The Exquisite Pain of an Unconditional Gift
Embers from Past Flame Consume Again—and Again.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Found an old draft today. It hit hard. By law, I am now obligated to share 2022 me’s abandoned attempt at processing #feels in a timely manner.
#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #cptsd #audhd #traumarecovery #prose #poetry #couldbebetter
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#WritingCommmunity #amwriting #cptsd #audhd #traumarecovery #prose #poetry #couldbebetter
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I don’t do political posts often but I’ve been feeling feisty lately.
On a TOTALLY unrelated note, did you know that the mob used to use large-scale, rapid-construction, low-oversight projects to hide evidence of their crimes?
#releasethefiles #funfacts #remodeling #conspiracycanbefun
On a TOTALLY unrelated note, did you know that the mob used to use large-scale, rapid-construction, low-oversight projects to hide evidence of their crimes?
#releasethefiles #funfacts #remodeling #conspiracycanbefun
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I don’t do political posts often but I’ve been feeling feisty lately.
On a TOTALLY unrelated note, did you know that the mob used to use large-scale, rapid-construction, low-oversight projects to hide evidence of their crimes?
#releasethefiles #funfacts #remodeling #conspiracycanbefun
On a TOTALLY unrelated note, did you know that the mob used to use large-scale, rapid-construction, low-oversight projects to hide evidence of their crimes?
#releasethefiles #funfacts #remodeling #conspiracycanbefun
Genre Fiction: The Kitschy Box of Books
A totally accurate metaphorical explanation for classic literature’s longstanding beef with genre fiction.
#writing #genre #fiction #humor #WritingCommunity #itsokaytolaugh #itsajoke #mediumwriters #writesky #booksky #amwriting
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A totally accurate metaphorical explanation for classic literature’s longstanding beef with genre fiction.
#writing #genre #fiction #humor #WritingCommunity #itsokaytolaugh #itsajoke #mediumwriters #writesky #booksky #amwriting
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Genre Fiction: The Kitschy Box of Books
A Totally Accurate Metaphor for Classic Literature’s Longstanding Beef with Genre Fiction
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October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Genre Fiction: The Kitschy Box of Books
A totally accurate metaphorical explanation for classic literature’s longstanding beef with genre fiction.
#writing #genre #fiction #humor #WritingCommunity #itsokaytolaugh #itsajoke #mediumwriters #writesky #booksky #amwriting
medium.com/@pounceswith...
A totally accurate metaphorical explanation for classic literature’s longstanding beef with genre fiction.
#writing #genre #fiction #humor #WritingCommunity #itsokaytolaugh #itsajoke #mediumwriters #writesky #booksky #amwriting
medium.com/@pounceswith...
Can we PLEASE normalize finding someone new on social, deep scrolling their profile, and liking whatever the hell we want to like regardless of how long it has been since they posted it?
i.e., I’m not obsessed, I just discovered you & want to give past-you props for their portfolio of awesomeness.
i.e., I’m not obsessed, I just discovered you & want to give past-you props for their portfolio of awesomeness.
stitch is surrounded by hearts and love stickers
ALT: stitch is surrounded by hearts and love stickers
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October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Can we PLEASE normalize finding someone new on social, deep scrolling their profile, and liking whatever the hell we want to like regardless of how long it has been since they posted it?
i.e., I’m not obsessed, I just discovered you & want to give past-you props for their portfolio of awesomeness.
i.e., I’m not obsessed, I just discovered you & want to give past-you props for their portfolio of awesomeness.
What IS IT about putting pen to paper that turns all my “genius”ideas into illegible garbage?
#amwriting #amediting #totallythepapersfault
#amwriting #amediting #totallythepapersfault
a woman wearing a grey sweatshirt that says ' i love you ' on it throws papers in the air
ALT: a woman wearing a grey sweatshirt that says ' i love you ' on it throws papers in the air
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October 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
What IS IT about putting pen to paper that turns all my “genius”ideas into illegible garbage?
#amwriting #amediting #totallythepapersfault
#amwriting #amediting #totallythepapersfault
I think the biggest hurdle for #witers w/ #ADHD is enduring the constant rejection…when you already struggle daily w/ #rejectionsensitivedysphoria.
On one hand, it’s handy bc you expect it, but it also makes maintaining hope a hell of a lot harder.
#amquerying #Neurodivergent
On one hand, it’s handy bc you expect it, but it also makes maintaining hope a hell of a lot harder.
#amquerying #Neurodivergent
October 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I think the biggest hurdle for #witers w/ #ADHD is enduring the constant rejection…when you already struggle daily w/ #rejectionsensitivedysphoria.
On one hand, it’s handy bc you expect it, but it also makes maintaining hope a hell of a lot harder.
#amquerying #Neurodivergent
On one hand, it’s handy bc you expect it, but it also makes maintaining hope a hell of a lot harder.
#amquerying #Neurodivergent
What if the only people who can teach you to control your powers are the ones your father died freeing you from & that your family spent their lives hiding you from.
And, what if you grew up shamefully suppressing said powers because “martyr” family told you they were a myth?
#DVPit #F #ND #CI #MH
And, what if you grew up shamefully suppressing said powers because “martyr” family told you they were a myth?
#DVPit #F #ND #CI #MH
October 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Either Avery Black’s skin affliction went from nuisance to painful to paralyzing and now has decided to become blatantly & publicly murderous.
OR
It is no longer possible for her to suppress the ancestral power she’s been gaslit into believing was all myth and delusion.
😠😡🤬
#DVPit #F #CI #ND #MH
OR
It is no longer possible for her to suppress the ancestral power she’s been gaslit into believing was all myth and delusion.
😠😡🤬
#DVPit #F #CI #ND #MH
October 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🐙 OctoFacts 🐙 for #worldoctopusday:
1. A group of #octopi is called a consortium.
2. The plural form of #octopus is #octopuses.
I think we can all agree, 2 is wrong. I propose the plural form of octopus be officially changed to octopees. As in:
“Look at the glorious consortium of octopees!”
🐙🐙🐙
1. A group of #octopi is called a consortium.
2. The plural form of #octopus is #octopuses.
I think we can all agree, 2 is wrong. I propose the plural form of octopus be officially changed to octopees. As in:
“Look at the glorious consortium of octopees!”
🐙🐙🐙
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🐙 OctoFacts 🐙 for #worldoctopusday:
1. A group of #octopi is called a consortium.
2. The plural form of #octopus is #octopuses.
I think we can all agree, 2 is wrong. I propose the plural form of octopus be officially changed to octopees. As in:
“Look at the glorious consortium of octopees!”
🐙🐙🐙
1. A group of #octopi is called a consortium.
2. The plural form of #octopus is #octopuses.
I think we can all agree, 2 is wrong. I propose the plural form of octopus be officially changed to octopees. As in:
“Look at the glorious consortium of octopees!”
🐙🐙🐙
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They Call Her Wicked
✨editor interest✨
A slow-seeping poison is infecting Appalachia, and Briar must stop it before shadow creatures are unleashed into her world. But on her journey to find help, buried secrets of her past are revealed, changing her life forever. #A #F #DVpit #ND #DIS
✨editor interest✨
A slow-seeping poison is infecting Appalachia, and Briar must stop it before shadow creatures are unleashed into her world. But on her journey to find help, buried secrets of her past are revealed, changing her life forever. #A #F #DVpit #ND #DIS
October 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
1 dead Dad.
1 wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom.
1 life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing family.
And one inherited power, suppressed for years, about to hit a tipping point—uncovering truths about her life she’d been led to believe were all in her head.
#DVPit #CI #MH #ND #F #A
1 wrongfully Asylum-ed Mom.
1 life forced into servitude & solitude by social-ladder-climbing family.
And one inherited power, suppressed for years, about to hit a tipping point—uncovering truths about her life she’d been led to believe were all in her head.
#DVPit #CI #MH #ND #F #A
October 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Caelis is a failed sniper with broken augments. Serenya is a genetically engineered supersoldier who wants to bake cookies. Before they were enemies, now they're humanity's only hope to stop a signal erasing entire colonies.
Unless they kill each other first.
#DVpit #A #SF #MV
Unless they kill each other first.
#DVpit #A #SF #MV
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Mother of War = The Witcher X NieR Replicant
When Mya Kenorfield’s son, Wenru, is suddenly kidnapped, she has to save him before King Sorga realizes that Wenru is a powerful sorcerer in his own right and becomes even more tempted to drain Wenru’s power for his own.
#DVPit
#F
#A
#DIS
#LGBT
When Mya Kenorfield’s son, Wenru, is suddenly kidnapped, she has to save him before King Sorga realizes that Wenru is a powerful sorcerer in his own right and becomes even more tempted to drain Wenru’s power for his own.
#DVPit
#F
#A
#DIS
#LGBT
October 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The Curse of Bethel Grove
✨Editor interest ✨
Charlie returns home and finds herself caught between her first love and a newcomer. But as sparks ignite, a curse awakens. To save the town, and the men she loves, she must finish a forgotten song before the curse claims them. #DVpit #A #PR #ND
✨Editor interest ✨
Charlie returns home and finds herself caught between her first love and a newcomer. But as sparks ignite, a curse awakens. To save the town, and the men she loves, she must finish a forgotten song before the curse claims them. #DVpit #A #PR #ND
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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🇸🇻An #ownVoices Nahua romantasy set in precolonial Latam🇸🇻
When Itotia’s ritual binds their lives together, deity Metztli grapples with mortality & Itotia learns the gods aren’t as benevolent as she thought
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+
❤️🔥 Enemies→Lovers
🤝🏼 Bargains
#DVpit #A #F #Latine #LGBTQ #Myth
When Itotia’s ritual binds their lives together, deity Metztli grapples with mortality & Itotia learns the gods aren’t as benevolent as she thought
🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+
❤️🔥 Enemies→Lovers
🤝🏼 Bargains
#DVpit #A #F #Latine #LGBTQ #Myth
October 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Avery Black’s skin affliction went from painful to paralyzing by age 4; on the eve of her 17th its chosen to become blatantly & publicly murderous.
OR
It’s now harder to hold in the ancestral power she’s been gaslit into believing was myth after 17yrs of suppressing reality.
#DVPit #F #CI #ND #MH
OR
It’s now harder to hold in the ancestral power she’s been gaslit into believing was myth after 17yrs of suppressing reality.
#DVPit #F #CI #ND #MH
October 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fresh off the brain after a week brewing in the back of it.
This is for all those still learning they don't need to empty themselves to hold space for others.
#prose #poetry #cptsd #writingcommunity #writesky #familysystemstheory #emotionalcaretaking #overfunctioning
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This is for all those still learning they don't need to empty themselves to hold space for others.
#prose #poetry #cptsd #writingcommunity #writesky #familysystemstheory #emotionalcaretaking #overfunctioning
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Empty Bowl, Full of Fruit
The Over-Functioning Emotional Caretaker: Metaphorical Poem of How Taking on Other’s Burdens Can Become Your Main Identity
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October 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Fresh off the brain after a week brewing in the back of it.
This is for all those still learning they don't need to empty themselves to hold space for others.
#prose #poetry #cptsd #writingcommunity #writesky #familysystemstheory #emotionalcaretaking #overfunctioning
medium.com/@pounceswith...
This is for all those still learning they don't need to empty themselves to hold space for others.
#prose #poetry #cptsd #writingcommunity #writesky #familysystemstheory #emotionalcaretaking #overfunctioning
medium.com/@pounceswith...
In case anyone wants to see what was happening at the ICE facility in #Portland/#PDX the last few nights.
So war zone.
Much fire.
Very disaster.
youtu.be/BQt9Jev2c14?...
So war zone.
Much fire.
Very disaster.
youtu.be/BQt9Jev2c14?...
October 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
In case anyone wants to see what was happening at the ICE facility in #Portland/#PDX the last few nights.
So war zone.
Much fire.
Very disaster.
youtu.be/BQt9Jev2c14?...
So war zone.
Much fire.
Very disaster.
youtu.be/BQt9Jev2c14?...
#Fantasy and #Speculative #Booksky people.
How do you take your books?
Actual or Audio?
Bought or Borrowed?
Series or Singles?
Vetted or Vibes?
Cover or Content?
Lyrical or Literal?
I must know.
#writerslife #writesky #fictionbooks #WritingCommunity #whatyawantfromme
How do you take your books?
Actual or Audio?
Bought or Borrowed?
Series or Singles?
Vetted or Vibes?
Cover or Content?
Lyrical or Literal?
I must know.
#writerslife #writesky #fictionbooks #WritingCommunity #whatyawantfromme
a man in a green shirt holds a stick and says all right then keep your secrets
ALT: a man in a green shirt holds a stick and says all right then keep your secrets
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October 1, 2025 at 4:35 AM
#Fantasy and #Speculative #Booksky people.
How do you take your books?
Actual or Audio?
Bought or Borrowed?
Series or Singles?
Vetted or Vibes?
Cover or Content?
Lyrical or Literal?
I must know.
#writerslife #writesky #fictionbooks #WritingCommunity #whatyawantfromme
How do you take your books?
Actual or Audio?
Bought or Borrowed?
Series or Singles?
Vetted or Vibes?
Cover or Content?
Lyrical or Literal?
I must know.
#writerslife #writesky #fictionbooks #WritingCommunity #whatyawantfromme