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Morgan Hazelwood

@morganhazelwood.bsky.social

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I'm a fantasy writer w/a pile of rejection letters & a new #WIP, a voice actor, & supporter of all creatives! I help run MyAgentDatabase (on Patreon) for querying authors. Plus, I'm the Blogger/Youtuber/Podcaster of "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings"

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · Jul 26

Hey, Blueskies!

I'm a fantasy writer with a pile of rejection letters & a new work-in-progress. I love connecting with readers, writers, &fans of all sorts. I've been sharing "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings" since 2015, first as a blogger, now, as a Youtuber&Podcaster as well.

Great to meet you!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14h

Does anyone else want to put a 'p' in 'dreamt'?

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 18h

I've seen literary breakdowns that explain that is why Pride and Prejudice works for so many women. He recognizes he messed up, fixes things behind the scenes -- not for acknowledgement, and takes steps to improve himself and his habit of snap-judging people.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 18h

What would your henchman/goon blurb look like?

Mine: This henchman needs lot of books for enrichment and downtime to work on her own projects, but is at excellent organization, making the lair feel welcoming to those invited, and justifying her villain's actions.

From Tumblr:

Beast-Glatisant:
Villain going to the goon shelter to pick out a new henchman.

Beast-Glatistant: this energetic and diabolical boy was rescued from a goon hoarding situation... he loves pulling levers, gloating, and turning cranks with great abandon. prefers to be the only goon. needs an active lair with plenty of enrichment.

beast-glatisant:
now this fella comes with some baggage. his previous villain was going to have put down when he refused to perform unsedated human vivisection as a form of torture. one of our agents intercepted the execution and brought him to the goon shelter. would thrive in an environment of G or PG-rated villainry.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. But most of these books are PRE-divorce. And maybe not focused on becoming better versions of themselves, just getting a younger partner.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 1d

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Meanwhile, most of the women's lit I've run into is either about the 20s single-woman or the post-divorce glow-up.

I'm tired of those stereotypes: the male "mid-life crisis" & the female "post-divorce glow-up". Men should be having glow-ups, too!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 1d

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When I read literary fiction slush, about half the stories were about a middle-aged man, checked out of his marriage, having/fantasizing about having an affair with a hot, younger woman. I am NOT the target audience for that.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 1d

FYI: My head is 50% cold meds and 50% congestion right now. 2nd test in 3 days still says not covid or flu a/b.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 6d

As a reminder, no stream tomorrow! Who else will be at the Maryland Renaissance Festival? I might stream when I get home, though, if I'm not exhausted from the heat.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 11d

New "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings" episode is out. From Grimm to Disney and Back Again: The Changing Fae.

#podcast #fae #fairyTales

Wherever you get your podcasts or morganhazelwood.fireside.fm/from-grimm-t...

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 12d

It's sunday, it's afternoon, and I have snacks. Come hang out with Doc and Sako and me! youtube.com/live/cOiFhIl... AND twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14d

I'll applaud you!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14d

I think they liked them. One poem about my vacation and shitty knees and one as an ode to Summer.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14d

It's a 4th Friday. That means I spent the last hour remembering how to write poetry before open mic night.

@spilled_ink_va #poetry #coffeeshop #openmic

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14d

I'm doing a series of peer reviews for work and I learned a new word! 'extirpate' was not a typo. It means "to destroy completely of to pull up by the root." (m-w)

#wotd

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 14d

List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. Beta reading/editing
2. RPG gaming systems and adventures
3. Weird family dynamics (I'm an identical twin and it just spirals from there)

Roger Whitson @rogerwhitson.bsky.social · 15d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep:
1. The triangle era of Superman comics.
2. William Blake's approach to mysticism & illuminated printing.
3. Why Dark Souls is a Buddhist game.

Matthew Kirschenbaum @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social · 15d

list 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep

1. Letterpress printing
2. Infantry tactics from the 30YW to Napoleon
3. Mid-era Sonic Youth

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 15d

Y'all. The stupidest thing about burn out is there's no "okay, all better" day, and then you can get back to doing all the things you were doing before you burnt out.

Apparently, it's a trudge. And if you go back to all the things, you're already primed to fall back into that burnout.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 17d

WTF, y'all. Tonight, I was gonna do some dayjob stuff, current WIP revisions, and/or some scripting updates for my vetted agent database project.

Instead, I worked on a 'Writing Romance' workshop for middle schoolers that I'm giving in FEBRUARY.

Hyperfixation? This was NOT our priority tonight.

Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 19d

I'm home from CapClave and settled in just in time for my weekly productivity livestream with Doc Coleman and Sako Tumi, where sometimes we're productive and sometimes we're not, but we always bring snacks.

#streaming

On Twitch AND Youtube. twitch.tv/morganHazelw... && youtube.com/live/2cVWE6P...

Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream

It's Sunday, it's afternoon, and that means it's time to join Morgan and Friends for a Lazy Sunday Afternoon Productivity Stream. Please, invite your friends! Sometimes we're productive, sometimes we...

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 20d

Does anyone else ever have the feeling that if they don't finish the current book they're reading, the couple will never get together and it will be their fault?

#romance #books

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 21d

At CapClave this weekend, talking about books, tropes, and more.

If you're near Rockville, Md, come say hi!

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 25d

Things fb reels have taught me (part 1256): the opposite of "easy peasy, lemon squeezy" is, in fact, "hard lime, difficult time".

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 25d

New podcast episode: Tips from pro-writers about turning a short story into a full novel! They're very different forms of writing.

Checkout out "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings" wherever you get your podcasts, or at morganhazelwood.fireside.fm/short-storie...

#podcast #writingTips

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 26d

When writing about oracles, be very careful at the difference between sooth and soothe.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 26d

While he's usually pushy on Sunday afternoons, especially when I get over to my computer, I think he's figured out that the "3, 2, 1, boom chaka laka" is the trigger for his gooshy food, because he MEOWED at that.

Then LITERALLY spun in circles as he led the way to the gooshy food cabinet.

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Morgan Hazelwood @morganhazelwood.bsky.social · 26d

Y'all. This cat.

Catticus gets gooshy food once a week, on Sundays, usually during the first sprint of my co-working stream. Whenever we go to sprint, I usually do a "3, 2, 1, Boom (chaka laka oo oo oo)" (because I'm easily amused).

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