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Sam Maiden

@samthebraveuk.bsky.social

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Writer | Movie buff | You lose 100% of the hotdog eating contests you don't enter. 📚 #WritingCommunity #booksky

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Sep 8

They almost had me with the hair. 😥

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Loved this!

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Aug 4

Shout out to the streaming service caption teams who insist on putting [Speaks Language] over the top of the embedded subtitles so we have no clue what people are saying 👌

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Mar 19

Musk is against remote work, but I'm curious how many in-office days he has while running DOGE, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company, X, etc...

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thanks for this, that's great advice and I love the idea of visually formatting it in scenes. Thanks!

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 22

Congrats and good luck with the next steps!

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 21

Literally day one. You think they might have eased into it.

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 21

What makes a book a great horror, and how do you personally tackle the challenge of writing something that should be interpreted as unsettling and scary? #writingcommunity

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 21

Hey can I be added? Love horror and also writing horror right now which I'll be querying this year.

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 21

Good luck! I'd read that book just for the title~

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 20

This sounds like exactly what I want to read right now. The cover looks awesome!

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 20

Loving this cover 😎

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 20

No matter how many people say #booksky is pronounced Book Sky, I can't help but say it booksky like Zelenskyy.

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 7

Welcome to the good side!

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 5

Cutting is such an underated part of writting. Sometimes you need to get rid of something to make it work.

lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · Jan 5

I cut 18 pages out of the draft of my foraging book this morning, it felt amazing, took out a recurring section that just wasn’t working. Only the best stuff is going in

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Jan 4

The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez. Got it in the post today and I'm so excited to get fully stuck in.

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Dec 23

These are amazing 👏

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Dec 23

When writing, how do you jump into chapter 10 and continue the story? I get stuck and find myself re-reading everything to get back into the flow, but it causes so many issues. #amwriting #writingcomminity

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 29

What does it say about me when I see a ginger cat diving into water to save a duck?

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 29

You heard it here first, folks. 🃏

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 29

So deserved! 👏

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 28

If you enjoy Slay the Spire, I highly recommend Balatro. It's so good.

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Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 25

I love short chapters. It's like a little treat.

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 25

Did Harry Potter even even graduate from Hogwarts? I mean, those last two years were a bit sketchy, ciruculum-wise.

Sam Maiden @samthebraveuk.bsky.social · Nov 24

The Daughters' War by Christopher Buehlman 🗡

How about you?

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