Cindy Shiner
@shinewoman.bsky.social
Spec #Novelist, #Screenwriter | Former Journalist | Bylines Washington Post, NPR | 🐴 Girl | #scriptsky
Motto: Think big, live small
Motto: Think big, live small
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August 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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An Unexpected Threat on the Horse Trail in Spain, Part 2
Navigating the human herd
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July 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My latest from #Spain - on navigating the human herd
#Travel
#Horses
#Equestrian
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#Travel
#Horses
#Equestrian
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An Unexpected Threat on the Horse Trail in Spain, Part I
Navigating the human herd
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July 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
My latest from #Spain - on navigating the human herd
#Travel
#Horses
#Equestrian
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#Travel
#Horses
#Equestrian
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Coming up this week on my ShineWoman Substack!
Managing the unexpected on my horse riding adventure in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was a wild ride, continuing this year's theme of random events that can threaten to throw you off track.
#Travel
#Adventure
#Equine
#Women
#Resilience
Managing the unexpected on my horse riding adventure in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was a wild ride, continuing this year's theme of random events that can threaten to throw you off track.
#Travel
#Adventure
#Equine
#Women
#Resilience
July 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Coming up this week on my ShineWoman Substack!
Managing the unexpected on my horse riding adventure in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was a wild ride, continuing this year's theme of random events that can threaten to throw you off track.
#Travel
#Adventure
#Equine
#Women
#Resilience
Managing the unexpected on my horse riding adventure in Spain’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. It was a wild ride, continuing this year's theme of random events that can threaten to throw you off track.
#Travel
#Adventure
#Equine
#Women
#Resilience
Have you been #DOGEd, otherwise laid off or forced to reckon with family or financial upheaval? I figure that covers a lot of us. Check out my latest on #Substack. If you like these posts, please pass on - subscription is free or cheap!
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#OlderWomen
#Aging
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#OlderWomen
#Aging
A House Divided
Parsing things, preserving memories
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July 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Have you been #DOGEd, otherwise laid off or forced to reckon with family or financial upheaval? I figure that covers a lot of us. Check out my latest on #Substack. If you like these posts, please pass on - subscription is free or cheap!
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#OlderWomen
#Aging
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#OlderWomen
#Aging
Check out my latest story from my month-long trip to Spain to figure out my life after being DOGEd!
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Barcelona: A Love Letter. Reflections on my youth in a changing city
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Barcelona: A Love Letter. Reflections on my youth in a changing city
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Barcelona: A Love Letter
Reflections on my youth in a changing city
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July 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Check out my latest story from my month-long trip to Spain to figure out my life after being DOGEd!
If you like what you see, subscribe (free or cheap) for more
Barcelona: A Love Letter. Reflections on my youth in a changing city
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If you like what you see, subscribe (free or cheap) for more
Barcelona: A Love Letter. Reflections on my youth in a changing city
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Check out my 3-part narrative on horse #voluntourism gone awry while traveling in #Spain. You can find it on my Substack ShineWoman - subscribe for free for that story and more on my travel adventures after getting #DOGEd.
Below Rudy the sheep next to my Land Rover accommodation at the stables.
Below Rudy the sheep next to my Land Rover accommodation at the stables.
June 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Check out my 3-part narrative on horse #voluntourism gone awry while traveling in #Spain. You can find it on my Substack ShineWoman - subscribe for free for that story and more on my travel adventures after getting #DOGEd.
Below Rudy the sheep next to my Land Rover accommodation at the stables.
Below Rudy the sheep next to my Land Rover accommodation at the stables.
I saved a life today.
It was reptilian, but still a life. And in this era of anti-grace and official desire to put people “in trauma,” any act of kindness, no matter how small, can feel like rebellion.
#DOGE
#unemployment
#USAID
#Musk
#FederalWorkforce
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It was reptilian, but still a life. And in this era of anti-grace and official desire to put people “in trauma,” any act of kindness, no matter how small, can feel like rebellion.
#DOGE
#unemployment
#USAID
#Musk
#FederalWorkforce
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Finding Grace on a Suburban Road
Even the smallest acts of kindness are life affirming
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May 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I saved a life today.
It was reptilian, but still a life. And in this era of anti-grace and official desire to put people “in trauma,” any act of kindness, no matter how small, can feel like rebellion.
#DOGE
#unemployment
#USAID
#Musk
#FederalWorkforce
open.substack.com/pub/cindyshi...
It was reptilian, but still a life. And in this era of anti-grace and official desire to put people “in trauma,” any act of kindness, no matter how small, can feel like rebellion.
#DOGE
#unemployment
#USAID
#Musk
#FederalWorkforce
open.substack.com/pub/cindyshi...
One line stood out:
"...we did it without a massive budget, props departments and special-effects teams."
I understand the benefits of reduced costs - look what digital did for indies. But how many creatives will be put out of work with #AI? Thoughts?
#scriptsky
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"...we did it without a massive budget, props departments and special-effects teams."
I understand the benefits of reduced costs - look what digital did for indies. But how many creatives will be put out of work with #AI? Thoughts?
#scriptsky
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We Made a Film With AI. You’ll Be Blown Away—and Freaked Out.
We tried to direct an AI film. The tools are magic. The process is madness.
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May 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
One line stood out:
"...we did it without a massive budget, props departments and special-effects teams."
I understand the benefits of reduced costs - look what digital did for indies. But how many creatives will be put out of work with #AI? Thoughts?
#scriptsky
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...
"...we did it without a massive budget, props departments and special-effects teams."
I understand the benefits of reduced costs - look what digital did for indies. But how many creatives will be put out of work with #AI? Thoughts?
#scriptsky
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-f...
Hot off the keyboard! If you like what you see, subscribe (free or cheap) and share!
#scriptsky
#writing
#writers
#travel
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#scriptsky
#writing
#writers
#travel
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Hitting the Horse Trail in Spain
Finding my footing after getting the boot
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May 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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#scriptsky
#writing
#writers
#travel
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#scriptsky
#writing
#writers
#travel
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"Do they have the new insurance bro?"
My auto corrected text to my son after his dentist visit.
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My auto corrected text to my son after his dentist visit.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"Do they have the new insurance bro?"
My auto corrected text to my son after his dentist visit.
*info
My auto corrected text to my son after his dentist visit.
*info
This headline looks like it belongs in The Onion instead of the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
May 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This headline looks like it belongs in The Onion instead of the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
U.S. Orders Intelligence Agencies to Step Up Spying on Greenland
Life is life-ing at an incredibly accelerated rate lately. And I ate almost a whole strawberry rhubarb pie.
May 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Life is life-ing at an incredibly accelerated rate lately. And I ate almost a whole strawberry rhubarb pie.
Coffee rooster.
Somehow, in this time of #unemployment the kitchen has become my studio. There can be beauty in uncertainty, creativity in limbo.
I didn't intend to create the rooster. But a quieter mind can enable us to see.
Have you been creative lately? Would love to see ☀️
Somehow, in this time of #unemployment the kitchen has become my studio. There can be beauty in uncertainty, creativity in limbo.
I didn't intend to create the rooster. But a quieter mind can enable us to see.
Have you been creative lately? Would love to see ☀️
April 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Coffee rooster.
Somehow, in this time of #unemployment the kitchen has become my studio. There can be beauty in uncertainty, creativity in limbo.
I didn't intend to create the rooster. But a quieter mind can enable us to see.
Have you been creative lately? Would love to see ☀️
Somehow, in this time of #unemployment the kitchen has become my studio. There can be beauty in uncertainty, creativity in limbo.
I didn't intend to create the rooster. But a quieter mind can enable us to see.
Have you been creative lately? Would love to see ☀️
Voila my first sourdough. It makes unemployment taste so much better.
April 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Voila my first sourdough. It makes unemployment taste so much better.
"It looks like flubber," my son said.
This is not a promising start to my sourdough.
This is not a promising start to my sourdough.
April 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
"It looks like flubber," my son said.
This is not a promising start to my sourdough.
This is not a promising start to my sourdough.
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Wall Street rallied for a moment because investors got a piece of fake news. Pathetic. Not the behaviour of rational, informed and thoughtful adults but of spoilt, rich, stupid infants. A reminder that our problems aren't solved just by removing Trump. No. The WHOLE SYSTEM of capitalism must change.
April 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Wall Street rallied for a moment because investors got a piece of fake news. Pathetic. Not the behaviour of rational, informed and thoughtful adults but of spoilt, rich, stupid infants. A reminder that our problems aren't solved just by removing Trump. No. The WHOLE SYSTEM of capitalism must change.
Back to the #novel. Some stories are just better as novels and don't translate well as #screenplays - they become different stories. I tend to know instantly when a story is either and I really shouldn't waste time thinking otherwise.
Maybe others have different experiences?
#scriptsky
Maybe others have different experiences?
#scriptsky
April 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Back to the #novel. Some stories are just better as novels and don't translate well as #screenplays - they become different stories. I tend to know instantly when a story is either and I really shouldn't waste time thinking otherwise.
Maybe others have different experiences?
#scriptsky
Maybe others have different experiences?
#scriptsky
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I don’t know who made this but they won Monday.
April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I don’t know who made this but they won Monday.
Banana bread is an acceptable dinner item, right? Because it's bread. It's not cake, definitely not cake. 🍌
April 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Banana bread is an acceptable dinner item, right? Because it's bread. It's not cake, definitely not cake. 🍌
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Don't write a story where the protagonist changes at the end.
Write a story where the protagonist changes throughout, and that change allows a satisfying end.
My screenwriting improved dramatically when I realized the difference.
#screenwriting
Write a story where the protagonist changes throughout, and that change allows a satisfying end.
My screenwriting improved dramatically when I realized the difference.
#screenwriting
April 5, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Don't write a story where the protagonist changes at the end.
Write a story where the protagonist changes throughout, and that change allows a satisfying end.
My screenwriting improved dramatically when I realized the difference.
#screenwriting
Write a story where the protagonist changes throughout, and that change allows a satisfying end.
My screenwriting improved dramatically when I realized the difference.
#screenwriting
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Yodellers of the world, you never stood a chance: Monkeys will always be better at yodelling than humans because they have a "cheap trick" hidden in their voice box, scientists reveal.
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April 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Yodellers of the world, you never stood a chance: Monkeys will always be better at yodelling than humans because they have a "cheap trick" hidden in their voice box, scientists reveal.
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The odious Trump seeks to drive a wedge between people from #Canada and #USA. Yet North Americans are some of the finest people I follow. So here’s the first of 3 packs celebrating them. Great North Americans, #writers, #campaigners, #poets and other really good people. Please follow and repost
March 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The odious Trump seeks to drive a wedge between people from #Canada and #USA. Yet North Americans are some of the finest people I follow. So here’s the first of 3 packs celebrating them. Great North Americans, #writers, #campaigners, #poets and other really good people. Please follow and repost