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M. Thomas Cooper
@cooperthewriter.bsky.social
Writing, reading, wine, cycling, stand-up comedy, the Theatre, improv, poetry, and cats.

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I do not write for likes or to publish, but to explore a world outside myself. Please always feel free to ask me and/or challenge me. I'm not afraid, and will always enjoy sharing and comparing through caring. Cheers to helping rather than hindering. Let's do this. The World deserves so much more. 👍
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SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR M❤️NSTER WINTER 2026

Find the link for your work:
🖌️ #Art - forms.gle/yQYSVpfSBNsUdusk8
🖋️ SFW #Writing - forms.gle/oQtBAnv6BPpRoc9i8
✏️ NSFW Writing - forms.gle/inQLjYyGifVw...

Submissions close December 15 (so you have lots of time to finish that WIP!)
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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No, I WON’T be still. You shouldn’t either. STAND UP! Fight 💪

#poetry #poem #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets #instapoetry #vss365 #choka #creativewriting #writingcommunity
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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I dont own a Freewrite, but since NaNoWriMo has fallen to AI Slop I sugges checking out their alternative:
NoNotWriMo
Don't use AI, create with your own brain. Sign up here, writer friends 📖✒️
getfreewrite.com/pages/nonotw...
NoNotWriMo
NaNoWriMo has fallen. A group of intrepid rebel writers has banded together to take its place and fight back against the AI-fication of everything.
getfreewrite.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I called it a self-help book.
But it doesn’t help.
It understands.
And then offers you wine.
🕳️ Open the book. Let it hold your sadness gently by the chin:

a.co/d/36Hn0Nd

#Art #BlacksiteLiterature #WritingCommunity #lit #Writer #writing #reading #artists #poetry #Art #resist #Booksky
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The guys celebrating their day--Happy National Black Cat Day!
#blackcats
#blackcatsrule
#blackcatmorjo
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
If you're looking for a "seasonal suggestion," I can recommend....
October 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
October 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Apologies to all the independent bookstores and their lovely employees, but sometimes (being an addict) a thrift store score is just too much. 😀
#Writers #books #writingcommunity #novels #BookSky #reading
October 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Yes, this is happening... SOON :)
September 30, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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The Art of Myth-Direction

Pre-Order the eBook Now
Available September 12th
a.co/d/5e4KFjr

#writing #writingcommunity #booksky #amwriting #debutnovel
September 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Dear writers and readers, I've a question regarding presale incentive(s): would a dollar off and a dollar to charity be enough? Or do people just want "stuff"? Keychains, bookmarks, autographs? Thoughts? THX! #authors #booksky #novelwriting #marketing #WritingCommunity #indieauthor #writersofbluesky
August 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
No Googling... Fake or real quote: "Honestly, I’d prefer to become comfortable with the unrelenting silence than the need to ignore the blind cacophony."
--Malcolm James Blackwell, Comfortable Squalor
August 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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WriteGirl, a creative writing organization that mentors teen girls/gender-expansive youth in Los Angeles and beyond is looking for women/gender-expansive women to help steer teens to higher education and careers.

visit www.writegirl.org/volunteer for more info. Deadline: August 1; 213-253-2655.
July 28, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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July 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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June 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Join us tonight
March 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I find "listen to the women" excellent advice in this specific case and... in life in general. ♀️

#VoteNO 👎
March 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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👊🏻👊🏻👊🏻
March 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Finally saw the Bonhoeffer film. While I enjoyed seeing the nearby locations where it was filmed, I think that it tried to cram too much information into too little time. A better script – or better editing – could have done justice to this man who had a message for his day – and for ours.
Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice.
More like this at jpmaney.com/galleries/
March 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM