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Anne Bellows | Indie Author
@annebellows.bsky.social
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I'm a sci-fi and fantasy writer and lover of epic worldbuilding, morally grey characters, and monster allegories.
www.annebellowsbooks.com
https://linktr.ee/AnneBellows

#indieauthor #writer #queerauthor #amwriting
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I think when people reject “soft” male characters, what they’re thinking of is men who whine and cry a lot, who are aggressively non-aggressive and can’t stand up for themselves and need constant help from everyone around them.
A counter: Aragorn.
#fantasy #lotr
July 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Do you like vampires? I *love* vampires, and I love writing about them. Why? A thread:
#vampires
July 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Book Giveaway!

Got a wishlist and a tight budget?

Visit www.annebellowsbooks.com, fill out the short address form with your shipping info for paperback, or email for ebook, and join the coven!
#bookpromo #darkfantasy #queerlit #queerfiction #lgbtq+ #indieauthor
June 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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In terms of ‘writing what you know’ there’s an idea to consider if you’re struggling to write concepts far beyond your understanding: Write something else. (1)
March 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Remember kids: Fiction is relative and the rating scale is limited. Comparing a campy slice-of-life novel to a space opera epic as if one is objectively superior when they both aim to tell wildly different stories is a disservice to both. There is enough room for us all.
#writing #fiction
March 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Crawling out of the seven-month writing hole that would not let me move past fixing the first six chapters only to find the remaining twelve so outdated a whole extra book now comes before them:
I swear I love what I do. I promise.
#amwriting #writerproblems #indieauthor #writersblock
March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Me: Hates the look of the s’s when s-ending names have possessives.

Also Me: Iris, Seamus, Ellis, Lucius, Itryus, Aleks, Elias, Markus, Mathis, Brigs, Tannys, Ress, Wes…
#writerproblems #amwriting
March 5, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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I submitted a short 3k word story to a Reedsy contest, expecting nothing. I lost, but! It got 6 likes and a nice little comment asking about my other work. Little victories.
#amwriting #indieauthor #writinglife #reedsy
March 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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I think the dichotomy of the storytelling mindset falls into two camps:
“Hey wouldn’t be awesome if__?”
and
“Hey wouldn’t it be f*cked up if__?”
And I think that’s beautiful.
#amwriting #writing #writersofbluesky
March 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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When I come across a witty burn on social media so complete that there aren’t even ashes left to dance in, I tip my hat, ‘cause I’ll never be that clever for my characters and I’m not even mad.
#amwriting #writersofbluesky #writinglife
February 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Kind of crazy how productive the power of procrastination makes you in other areas of your life. Gotta write? Nope, let's clean the house, repot the plants, scrub the bathtub, reorganize the pantry... wish it worked the other way around.
#amwriting #writerproblems
February 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Creatives when a new idea won't leave you alone:
#amwriting
February 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Crazy thing about being an author on social media is seeing, in real time, audiences completely missing the point of what you say. Can’t please ‘em all! You will find readers who get it, don’t harp on the ones who don’t.
#writing #writersofbluesky #amwriting
February 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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To date, since I started my tumblr writing blog back in October 2023, I have only had 2 posts breach 10k notes. One took several months, back when I was a little smaller. The second one took 1 month and 3 days. I thought I’d share:
#amwriting #writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice
The sound "oh" tagged in different tones of voice and emotion. Small worldbuilding elements both fantastical and from the real world to add to your story
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Not all cliches are made equal, but here's 10 I'd be quite happy never reading again.
#writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice #writingtips #amwriting

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10 Tired Narrative Shortcuts That You Can Avoid
All of these come with the caveat of except when done well. I’m ordering these from “I’m annoyed but I’ll get over it” to “Nope, DNF”.
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February 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Waking up at 3am in a cold sweat to add a detail to patch a plot hole that's been evading you for weeks: Yeah writers have a perfectly healthy relationship with their craft.
#writersofbluesky #writerproblems #amwriting
February 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Editing in Comic Sans to better catch typos and finish that much faster so I can change my font back to something sensible.
#writerproblems #amwriting
February 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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If you keep waiting for the perfect time to publish or the "perfect" manuscript to come together, you could be waiting forever. I turned a casual idea into my debut novel after 9 years of nothing, in one month. Just do it!
#writing #writersofbluesky #writingcommunity #writinglife #amwriting
February 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Book Giveaway!
Queer Indie Lit | 'Eternal Night of the Northern Sky'
A new adult vampire fantasy romance novel. First of 4 in a brand new saga!
#bookgiveaway #bookpromotion #indieauthor #queerlit #vampires #newadultromance #lgbt #books #freebooks
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February 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Plot holes! Every writer's bane. Here's some suggestions for what, and what not, to do to fill them.
#writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #indieauthor #amwriting

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Plot Holes and How to Fill Them (Or, The Hidden Potential in Your Mistakes)
“But why didn’t they just do that earlier!”
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February 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Ever get the sense that a fictional argument comes out of nowhere? Here's some suggestions on how to prevent this.
#writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #indieauthor #amwriting

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Writing Tone #2: Avoiding Manufactured Sincerity
There’s a scene in season 5 of My Hero Academia where two beloved teachers have been brought to some high security prison to interrogate a…
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February 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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It's book release day!! I thought I'd share a shoutout to my fellow indie authors, in all stages of their journeys.
#writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #indieauthor #amwriting #indieauthors

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In a celebration of my Amazon Release Day, here’s a shoutout to indie authors
To those who find time to write in between two jobs and the second shift
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February 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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What no one tells you about writing fantasy #2!
Seven reasons this genre is amazing to write in.
#writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #indieauthor #amwriting #fantasy

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What No one Tells You about Writing Fantasy, #2!
Fantasy knows no bounds, it can encompass all other genres within it. You can write a fantastical murder mystery, fantasy horror, fantasy…
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February 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Based on a convo I had: Does the sexuality of a fictional relationship determine whether you will engage with it?
Ignore writing quality and personalities.

Based purely on sexuality right when you walk in the door, you have already decided it's not for you.
#polls #queerlit #lgbtq #romance
February 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Exposition dumps aren't all awful all the time, but there are telltale signs of sloppy expositing and we can do better!
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#writing #writersofbluesky #writingadvice #writingtips #writingcommunity #writinglife #indieauthor #amwriting
Writing Exposition (Or Turning a Textbook into a Story)
Exposition concerns every facet of your work from character descriptions, backstories, and relationships, to world history, geography…
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February 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM