Kelley J. P. Lindberg
@kelleylindberg1.bsky.social
Writer, traveler, speaker. Wielder of pen, corkscrew, and good intents. Mostly. Blog and newsletter at www.KelleyLindberg.com. She/her.
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Join me at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (@rmfwriters.bsky.social) Colorado Gold writing conference Sept 26-28 in Denver-Aurora! rmfw.org/conference/
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"Do not mistake fatigue for satisfaction." - @meganefreeman.bsky.social, poet and author at the RMC-SCBWI (@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social) conference last weekend in Denver.
#SCBWI #LettersAndLines2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
#SCBWI #LettersAndLines2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
October 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Do not mistake fatigue for satisfaction." - @meganefreeman.bsky.social, poet and author at the RMC-SCBWI (@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social) conference last weekend in Denver.
#SCBWI #LettersAndLines2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
#SCBWI #LettersAndLines2025 #writingcommunity #amwriting
"You are going to be someone's favorite author." - Ann Rose, Tobias Agency, at the @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social conference last weekend.
#keepwriting #writingcommunity #inspiration #RMCSCBWI #LettersandLines
#keepwriting #writingcommunity #inspiration #RMCSCBWI #LettersandLines
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"You are going to be someone's favorite author." - Ann Rose, Tobias Agency, at the @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social conference last weekend.
#keepwriting #writingcommunity #inspiration #RMCSCBWI #LettersandLines
#keepwriting #writingcommunity #inspiration #RMCSCBWI #LettersandLines
"Talent is the desire to do something combined with hard work to make it happen." -- LeUyen Pham, author/illustrator keynote speaker at @SCBWIrockymtn.bsky.social's Letters & Lines conference this weekend.
#SCBWI #WritingCommunity
#SCBWI #WritingCommunity
October 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Talent is the desire to do something combined with hard work to make it happen." -- LeUyen Pham, author/illustrator keynote speaker at @SCBWIrockymtn.bsky.social's Letters & Lines conference this weekend.
#SCBWI #WritingCommunity
#SCBWI #WritingCommunity
Nothing says Halloween like a spooky story. Ready to write your own? Check out my "10 Spooky Writing Prompts for Halloween 2025" on the
@rmfwriters.bsky.social
blog: rmfw.org/10-spooky-wr...
#Halloween #ghoststories #writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #writingprompts
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#Halloween #ghoststories #writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #writingprompts
10 Spooky Writing Prompts for Halloween 2025
As Halloween creeps closer on black-kitten paws and pumpkins wear leering grins or toothy scowls, we humans begin to feel the presence of those others. Ghost. Ghouls. Witches and sorcerers. Monsters a...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Nothing says Halloween like a spooky story. Ready to write your own? Check out my "10 Spooky Writing Prompts for Halloween 2025" on the
@rmfwriters.bsky.social
blog: rmfw.org/10-spooky-wr...
#Halloween #ghoststories #writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #writingprompts
@rmfwriters.bsky.social
blog: rmfw.org/10-spooky-wr...
#Halloween #ghoststories #writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #writingprompts
At the @rmfwriters.bsky.social #ColoradoGold2025 conference last night, I was honored with the Jasmine Award for volunteer service. There's nothing like being cheered on by 300 amazing friends!
#IAmRMFW #gratitude
#IAmRMFW #gratitude
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
At the @rmfwriters.bsky.social #ColoradoGold2025 conference last night, I was honored with the Jasmine Award for volunteer service. There's nothing like being cheered on by 300 amazing friends!
#IAmRMFW #gratitude
#IAmRMFW #gratitude
Heading to @rmfwriters.bsky.social writing conference tonight! That had me thinking about my tips for surviving and thriving at a writing conf, so I wrote a blog: rmfw.org/12-pro-tips-...
#IAmRMFW #COGold2025 #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #COGold2025 #writingcommunity
Pro Tips for Surviving a Writing Conference
I hate to admit how many writing conferences I’ve attended, as both attendee and speaker. Some might call it an addiction. I call it an essential part of my author journey, where I’ve learned my trade...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Heading to @rmfwriters.bsky.social writing conference tonight! That had me thinking about my tips for surviving and thriving at a writing conf, so I wrote a blog: rmfw.org/12-pro-tips-...
#IAmRMFW #COGold2025 #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #COGold2025 #writingcommunity
Been asked to critique someone's work? Keep kindness in mind, as Amy Armstrong (@saltysweetsnacks.bsky.social) suggests in her article on the @RMFWriters blog: rmfw.org/client-cente...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity #critiquegroups
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity #critiquegroups
Client-Centered Critique
At almost every conference and writing class, I hear someone say that a good critique group is essential. The ancient craft book, How To Write a Damn Good Novel advises aspiring authors to not only fi...
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September 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Been asked to critique someone's work? Keep kindness in mind, as Amy Armstrong (@saltysweetsnacks.bsky.social) suggests in her article on the @RMFWriters blog: rmfw.org/client-cente...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity #critiquegroups
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity #critiquegroups
Traveling always makes my soul rise. "Comfort and Small Indulgences" on my blog today: kelleylindberg.com/comfort-and-...
#writingcommunity #traveling #roadtripvibes
#writingcommunity #traveling #roadtripvibes
Comfort and Small Indulgences - Kelley Lindberg
Ogallala, Nebraska, may not seem terribly sophisticated. And for good reason. It’s not. But neither are most of us. Most of us don’t have the time, patience, or dollars to waste on trying to be sophis...
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August 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Traveling always makes my soul rise. "Comfort and Small Indulgences" on my blog today: kelleylindberg.com/comfort-and-...
#writingcommunity #traveling #roadtripvibes
#writingcommunity #traveling #roadtripvibes
Travis Tougaw has a message on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog this month that I absolutely needed to hear. If you're feeling discouraged by your writing efforts (and even if you're not!), check this out: rmfw.org/the-story-on...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
The Story Only You Can Tell
The world needs you. I hope that doesn’t place too heavy a burden on you. You may have come to the blog looking for writing tips or insight into the writer’s life. Whatever brought you here, I’m guess...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Travis Tougaw has a message on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog this month that I absolutely needed to hear. If you're feeling discouraged by your writing efforts (and even if you're not!), check this out: rmfw.org/the-story-on...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
Have you registered for the @rmfwriters.bsky.social Colorado Gold writing conference yet? The regular registration rate is good until Aug 15, then it goes up! rmfw.org/rmfw-colorad...
#IAmRMFW #RMFWCOGold2025 #Writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #RMFWCOGold2025 #Writingcommunity
RMFW Colorado Gold Writing Conference Is Coming!
Whether you’re new to writing or a seasoned author with best-selling books to your name, the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s 2025 Colorado Gold Writing Conference has something to offer you.
I love...
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August 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Have you registered for the @rmfwriters.bsky.social Colorado Gold writing conference yet? The regular registration rate is good until Aug 15, then it goes up! rmfw.org/rmfw-colorad...
#IAmRMFW #RMFWCOGold2025 #Writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #RMFWCOGold2025 #Writingcommunity
Do you have a "snicker genre"? You know, a genre you would never dream of reading, let alone writing? Gabriella Batel does, and she's writing in it right now, and it makes me want to try something crazy, too! rmfw.org/embrace-your...
Embrace Your “Snicker Genre”
Do you have a “snicker genre”? That genre that, yes, of course, you respect and can appreciate in theory—but holy moly, as for reading it or (aghast) writing it yourself, your personal tastes kick in ...
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August 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Do you have a "snicker genre"? You know, a genre you would never dream of reading, let alone writing? Gabriella Batel does, and she's writing in it right now, and it makes me want to try something crazy, too! rmfw.org/embrace-your...
Join me at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (@rmfwriters.bsky.social) Colorado Gold writing conference Sept 26-28 in Denver-Aurora! rmfw.org/conference/
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
July 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Join me at the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (@rmfwriters.bsky.social) Colorado Gold writing conference Sept 26-28 in Denver-Aurora! rmfw.org/conference/
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
I just read yet another book that pounded the characters with bad news relentlessly, to the point where I just rolled my eyes and didn't care about them anymore. That's the topic of my latest article on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/reader-fatig...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
Reader Fatigue: Is Pacing in Novels a Lost Art?
Lately, I’ve been reading books and watching movies that relentlessly pound their protagonists with traumatic plot point after traumatic plot point, with no sense of timing, pacing, breathing room, or...
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July 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I just read yet another book that pounded the characters with bad news relentlessly, to the point where I just rolled my eyes and didn't care about them anymore. That's the topic of my latest article on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/reader-fatig...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
"We will write on and triumph over these fuckers!" I was told that this week, and I'm thinking of having it plastered across a t-shirt. Who's with me?!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
July 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"We will write on and triumph over these fuckers!" I was told that this week, and I'm thinking of having it plastered across a t-shirt. Who's with me?!
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity
Is today a perfect writing day? Hmmm. I'll have to MAKE it be one, inspired by this post from Amy Armstrong's (@saltysweetsnacks.bsky.social). rmfw.org/the-perfect-...
#IAmRMFW #Writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #Writingcommunity
The Perfect Writing Day
I almost forgot to post today because I was waiting for the perfect day to write it. That didn't happen, and this definitely isn't the post I planned for this week, but let's take a moment to consider...
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July 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Is today a perfect writing day? Hmmm. I'll have to MAKE it be one, inspired by this post from Amy Armstrong's (@saltysweetsnacks.bsky.social). rmfw.org/the-perfect-...
#IAmRMFW #Writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #Writingcommunity
“People are horrible, then they have sex.”
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
July 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“People are horrible, then they have sex.”
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
Reposted by Kelley J. P. Lindberg
To uncover your authentic voice you must paradoxically write with wild abandon and focused intention at the same time. #WriterSky #WriterThoughts #WritersOfBlueSky #writingcommunity
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
To uncover your authentic voice you must paradoxically write with wild abandon and focused intention at the same time. #WriterSky #WriterThoughts #WritersOfBlueSky #writingcommunity
Rainey Hall has some suggestions for refueling your creative writer's spirit and boosting your skillset on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/but-where-do...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
But Where Do I Learn to Plot a Story? You Know, Write a Book?
I too believe, per the below site, that one of the most important tools for authors is reading. Anything and everything imparts a prodigious vocabulary that is absent in many lives. “Ya know what I me...
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June 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Rainey Hall has some suggestions for refueling your creative writer's spirit and boosting your skillset on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/but-where-do...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
Reposted by Kelley J. P. Lindberg
Today is the birthday of African American science fiction author Octavia E. Butler. The winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, she was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. #💙📚
June 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today is the birthday of African American science fiction author Octavia E. Butler. The winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards, she was the first science fiction author to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. #💙📚
Guest blogger Donna Marie Lawrence writes about persevering through writer's block on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/just-write-i...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
Just Write It! Persevere through Writer’s Block – by Donna Lawrence
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about blocks. Not the LEGO blocks, city blocks, television news blocks, concrete blocks, etc. Those “blocks” never affected me much until it came to writing. This pa...
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June 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Guest blogger Donna Marie Lawrence writes about persevering through writer's block on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/just-write-i...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
Think you don't have time to write a book? Neither do most of the people who've written them! See some tips on MAKING time from Travis Tougaw on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/if-i-only-ha...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
If I Only Had the Time…
It happened again. I was talking to a person I’d recently met. My books came up, and he said, “I’d like to write a novel, if I could find the time.”
I get that comment a lot. It always makes me won...
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June 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Think you don't have time to write a book? Neither do most of the people who've written them! See some tips on MAKING time from Travis Tougaw on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog: rmfw.org/if-i-only-ha...
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
#IAmRMFW #writingcommunity
The importance of questioning your habits (in life, and in your writing) in my article on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog today: rmfw.org/question-eve...
#IAmRMFW #WritingCommunity
#IAmRMFW #WritingCommunity
Question Everything (in Life, and in Your Novel)
“Question everything” is good advice for life. But it’s also excellent advice for writing.
Questioning everything means carefully considering the methods and results of things you may do out of hab...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The importance of questioning your habits (in life, and in your writing) in my article on the @rmfwriters.bsky.social blog today: rmfw.org/question-eve...
#IAmRMFW #WritingCommunity
#IAmRMFW #WritingCommunity
Many thanks to incredible author Mark Stevens (@writerstevens.bsky.social) for his many years of blogging and podcasting for @RMFWriters.bsky.social! Read his farewell blog post here: rmfw.org/so-long-fare... And check out his newest novel, No Lie Lasts Forever!
#writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #Mystery
#writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #Mystery
No Lie Lasts Forever: A Thriller
Amazon.com: No Lie Lasts Forever: A Thriller: 9781662529597: Stevens, Mark: Books
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June 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Many thanks to incredible author Mark Stevens (@writerstevens.bsky.social) for his many years of blogging and podcasting for @RMFWriters.bsky.social! Read his farewell blog post here: rmfw.org/so-long-fare... And check out his newest novel, No Lie Lasts Forever!
#writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #Mystery
#writingcommunity #IAmRMFW #Mystery
“I know people who know people and some of them are still in prison.”
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
“I know people who know people and some of them are still in prison.”
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity
#PotentialFirstLine #overheard #Lifebetterthanfiction #cantwritethisstuff #writers #authors #writingcommunity