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Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
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How (and Why) to Structure Your Memoir Like a Bestselling Novel
An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/m...
#writingcommunity
An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/m...
#writingcommunity
How (and Why) to Structure Your Memoir Like a Bestselling Novel
An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.
darlingaxe.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
How (and Why) to Structure Your Memoir Like a Bestselling Novel
An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/m...
#writingcommunity
An engaging memoir, while rooted in reality, employs the same narrative devices that make novels compelling.
darlingaxe.com/blogs/news/m...
#writingcommunity
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The world's ongoing response to American political news in 2025
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The world's ongoing response to American political news in 2025
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Before I forget 7, series of 7, 40 x 40”, monoprint, ink on archival paper, 7/25
#ContemporaryArt #ArtCollector #ArtGallery #PortraitArt #DigitalArtist #DigitalArt #Procreate #AffinityPhoto2 #landscape #painting #abstractexpressionism #hyperrealism #art
#ContemporaryArt #ArtCollector #ArtGallery #PortraitArt #DigitalArtist #DigitalArt #Procreate #AffinityPhoto2 #landscape #painting #abstractexpressionism #hyperrealism #art
November 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Before I forget 7, series of 7, 40 x 40”, monoprint, ink on archival paper, 7/25
#ContemporaryArt #ArtCollector #ArtGallery #PortraitArt #DigitalArtist #DigitalArt #Procreate #AffinityPhoto2 #landscape #painting #abstractexpressionism #hyperrealism #art
#ContemporaryArt #ArtCollector #ArtGallery #PortraitArt #DigitalArtist #DigitalArt #Procreate #AffinityPhoto2 #landscape #painting #abstractexpressionism #hyperrealism #art
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November 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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"When the Sky Breaks is a vibrant biopunk science fiction novel that brings us on an incredible odyssey."
mybook.to/whentheskybr...
"When the Sky Breaks is a vibrant biopunk science fiction novel that brings us on an incredible odyssey."
mybook.to/whentheskybr...
November 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
"When the Sky Breaks is a vibrant biopunk science fiction novel that brings us on an incredible odyssey."
mybook.to/whentheskybr...
"When the Sky Breaks is a vibrant biopunk science fiction novel that brings us on an incredible odyssey."
mybook.to/whentheskybr...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Coincidences can work well at the inciting incident or if they make things worse for your protagonist, but otherwise they tend to feel cheap and mechanical.
#creativewriting
#writingtips
#writingcommunity
#writingadvice
#creativewriting
#writingtips
#writingcommunity
#writingadvice
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Coincidences can work well at the inciting incident or if they make things worse for your protagonist, but otherwise they tend to feel cheap and mechanical.
#creativewriting
#writingtips
#writingcommunity
#writingadvice
#creativewriting
#writingtips
#writingcommunity
#writingadvice
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A writing professor once told me,"there is nothing easy or cheap about being clear."
#writingcommunity #booksky
#writingcommunity #booksky
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A writing professor once told me,"there is nothing easy or cheap about being clear."
#writingcommunity #booksky
#writingcommunity #booksky
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November 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Have you read The Secret History? What did you think?
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Have you read The Secret History? What did you think?
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My latest book signing! Only sold five copies, but talked to lots of people, refined my pitch, and got 20 newsletter signups 😁✌️
November 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
My latest book signing! Only sold five copies, but talked to lots of people, refined my pitch, and got 20 newsletter signups 😁✌️
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Attempting to make some reels!
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Attempting to make some reels!
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Everyone should listen to Sparrow 😁😁😁
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Everyone should listen to Sparrow 😁😁😁
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"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
—from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
—from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be."
—from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
—from Hamlet by William Shakespeare
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"Some early reviews of the book have called it “laugh out loud funny,” with one reviewer stating that they spat their drink out of their mouth at one point due to laughter."
Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩
victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict...
#booksky
Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩
victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict...
#booksky
Victoria-based author writes book framing Canada-US trade war as satirical fantasy
Local Victoria author Septimus Brown’s latest offering frames the ongoing US-Canada trade as a satirical fantasy quest titled We’ve Come for Your Eggs (And Other Reasons to Annex the North).
victoriabuzz.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Some early reviews of the book have called it “laugh out loud funny,” with one reviewer stating that they spat their drink out of their mouth at one point due to laughter."
Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩
victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict...
#booksky
Check out the article about my book on Victoria Buzz 🤩
victoriabuzz.com/2025/11/vict...
#booksky
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November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Seems like an appropriate quote today for our neighbours to the south:
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
— Victor Hugo
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
— Victor Hugo
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Seems like an appropriate quote today for our neighbours to the south:
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
— Victor Hugo
“Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.”
— Victor Hugo
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November 5, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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For #WorldJellyfishDay: a sampling of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur's #sciart from his & François Péron's work conducted on the Baudin Expedition to Australia 1800-1804, which more than quadrupled the # of documented #jellyfish species. Muséum du Havre archives: museum-lehavre.fr/en/node/6
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
For #WorldJellyfishDay: a sampling of Charles-Alexandre Lesueur's #sciart from his & François Péron's work conducted on the Baudin Expedition to Australia 1800-1804, which more than quadrupled the # of documented #jellyfish species. Muséum du Havre archives: museum-lehavre.fr/en/node/6
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🧐 The Surprising Power of Letting Myself Be Silly 😜
I did a guest post on Jennifer L. Gadd's blog about my new book: We've Come for Your Eggs.
Check it out:
jenniferlgadd.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/g...
Thanks @jenniferlgadd.bsky.social 🤩
I did a guest post on Jennifer L. Gadd's blog about my new book: We've Come for Your Eggs.
Check it out:
jenniferlgadd.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/g...
Thanks @jenniferlgadd.bsky.social 🤩
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🧐 The Surprising Power of Letting Myself Be Silly 😜
I did a guest post on Jennifer L. Gadd's blog about my new book: We've Come for Your Eggs.
Check it out:
jenniferlgadd.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/g...
Thanks @jenniferlgadd.bsky.social 🤩
I did a guest post on Jennifer L. Gadd's blog about my new book: We've Come for Your Eggs.
Check it out:
jenniferlgadd.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/g...
Thanks @jenniferlgadd.bsky.social 🤩
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The Louvre surveillance password being just Louvre
November 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Louvre surveillance password being just Louvre
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November 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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