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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

That was the second thing I thought after YAY DODGERS.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

Sacrifices must indeed be made!

Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

That's a great read. Thanks for passing it along.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

I'm one of a chorus of people raving about @caitlinstarling.com's The Starving Saints but what a knockout book. It's a fever dream of a love story, a cautionary tale, the best book involving cannibalism I've ever read, gorgeously written and paced, with three deeply flawed kickass POV characters.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

I stopped buying coffee at shops a few months ago so I could buy more books. I totally see what you mean.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

This is what sucks about watching Gen X go full MAGA. I grew up on this. My friends grew up on this. And now they’re all fascist-lite or worse. Did they learn nothing?

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

I had this from the library but didn’t have time to finish it. $2.99 is indeed a steal!

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

Okay, so. I finished The Starving Saints and OMFG you did not set my expectations high enough. I don't even know where to start talking about all the things that blew me away (*flaps hands incoherently*).

The writing. The creeping (and creepy) doom. The pacing. The inventiveness. All of it.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my goodness are you in for a treat! Both are AMAZING.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

Read this. Then read the rest of the series. Then read the Starmetal Symphony books. Make Alex’s books a part of your life. You will thank me, I promise.

Alex White @alexwhite.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, I know that everything is terrible right now, but I also have to make money, so I'm going to tell you that A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe is on SUPER SALE this month! Just $1.99!

Amazon:
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Bookshop (Buy indie!):
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A Big Ship at the Edge of the Universe (The Salvagers Book 1)

A washed-up treasure hunter, a hotshot racer, and a deadly secret society. They're all on a race against time to hunt down the greatest warship ever built. Some think the ship is lost forever, some t...

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 1d

Love this whole series. Alex White never disappoints.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 3d

Listen, Mariners. The only safe relievers right now are the ones who haven’t pitched for the Dodgers.

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AJ Gonzalez @ajgonzalezwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Blake Treinen trying to get onto the team bus en route to the Philly airport.

a man wearing a black t-shirt with the word jets on it is standing next to a trash can .

Alt: Athlete is locked out of the training facilitt

media.tenor.com

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Phyllis @phyfash.bsky.social · 4d

DO YOU HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT OUR LORD AND SAVIOR

FREDDIE FREEMAN

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 4d

#weeknightwriters #firstdraftfall Character development. Halfway in now, I’ve got a lot of “what I’ve written” vs. “what I planned”. To get to the finish line, I want to dial in where the MC is at mentally and emotionally, where she wants to get to and why. Touching base before the home stretch.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 4d

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall Check-In Time! Let us know what you're working on rn or what kind of progress you made on your WIP #WritingCommunity

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall Nightly Check-In: What aspects of your story are you working on tonight? If you’ve already worked on it, how did it go?”

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Dream Foundry @dreamfoundry.bsky.social · 4d

Need some accountability or encouragement or want to set some goals? Join us in November for our annual Free Fall Challenge.

Sign up: airtable.com/appR4SL...

promo image for Dream Foundry's Free Fall Challenge, November 1-30, 2025

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 6d

like why is my skyline filled with shit like “LLMs could be conscious! do we even know what consciousnesses is?” when communities filled with PEOPLE are being destroyed so that techbros can have the fantasy of enslaving machines? cause that’s what they are fucking talking about

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 7d

Standalone, or at least that’s the intent now. There’s series potential and lots of other stories to be told in this world. #weeknightwriters #firstdraftfall

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 7d

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall

Is your project a standalone or part of a series or a larger body of work? Let us know!

These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...

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Is your #FirstDraftFall project a standalone or part of a series?

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 8d

As long as the loudest folks on the left insist tone-policing, compromise on human rights, and acquiescence are our only options for a unified country, they will continue to lose the faith of the marginalized. And even when they win, they’ll just be waiting to lose the same way again.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 8d

It’s a story I’ve been trying to write for 25 years. It’s morphed a lot, but it still builds from the core idea I had all those years ago. I’ve had so many failed attempts. I need to finish a draft to prove to myself that I can. I want to learn the lessons that come from finishing. #firstdraftfall

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 8d

#WeeknightWriters #FirstDraftFall #WritingCommunity

Tell us about your project and why you decided to work on it for this event.

These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...

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Why did you choose this project to write for #FirstDraftFall?

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❤️‍🔥Postseason Catchers❤️‍🔥 @dodgersmac.bsky.social · 9d

🐄 🔑 🎰

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 9d

Because corporate America has been soooooo good at predicting the actual future, rather than the "we need people to buy our broken POS application to make back the money we lit on fire" future?

Yeah, I think kids'll be fine without learning how to make deepfake videos and crappy LLM-written trash.

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 9d

Hi #weeknightwriters! I'm planning to work on an existing novel WIP for #firstdraftfall with an eye toward finishing the full draft by the end of the year. I need to do some more outlining of the back half of the story, which is where I'm stuck right now.

Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 9d

Good morning #WeeknightWriters! Welcome to #FirstDraftFall. What kind of project will you be working on?

These questions are from our First Draft Fall worksheets! For the full worksheets, join our membership program at ko-fi.com/weeknightw...

Fall forest scene overlaid with the words “#FirstDraftFall - October - Planning
What kind of project are you working on for #FirstDraftFall? A short story? A novella? A novel? A script? Something else altogether?

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Julia @julesanew.bsky.social · 9d

I don't usually like full cast narration, but the Sleeping Giants audiobook worked perfectly in that style. The interview-style framing of the book almost demanded it.

I really need to listen to the next two. Maybe after I finish The Starving Saints.

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