D.S. Duffy
@dsduffy.bsky.social
Would-be novelist. Currently working on a historical fiction novel set during the Revolutionary War.
Crossed 70,000 words. 12 scenes left to go before first draft is done. #amwriting
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Crossed 70,000 words. 12 scenes left to go before first draft is done. #amwriting
Over my winter break I wrote nine scenes and about 17,000 words.
Fifteen more scenes left to write before my first draft is complete.
#amwriting #writinglife
Fifteen more scenes left to write before my first draft is complete.
#amwriting #writinglife
January 7, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Over my winter break I wrote nine scenes and about 17,000 words.
Fifteen more scenes left to write before my first draft is complete.
#amwriting #writinglife
Fifteen more scenes left to write before my first draft is complete.
#amwriting #writinglife
Today I've learned about wigs. Men's wigs.
The wig offered a practical solution to a universal plague of the eighteenth century: head lice
#HistoricalFiction
The wig offered a practical solution to a universal plague of the eighteenth century: head lice
#HistoricalFiction
a woman is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and a phone .
ALT: a woman is sitting at a desk in front of a computer and a phone .
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December 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Today I've learned about wigs. Men's wigs.
The wig offered a practical solution to a universal plague of the eighteenth century: head lice
#HistoricalFiction
The wig offered a practical solution to a universal plague of the eighteenth century: head lice
#HistoricalFiction
I've been researching and writing my historical fiction novel for 8 years. Yesterday, I learned a major piece of background *by accident* that absolutely changes a major character.
If I would have been a faster writer, I would've published years ago...and have been very wrong. #histfic #writinglife
If I would have been a faster writer, I would've published years ago...and have been very wrong. #histfic #writinglife
December 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I've been researching and writing my historical fiction novel for 8 years. Yesterday, I learned a major piece of background *by accident* that absolutely changes a major character.
If I would have been a faster writer, I would've published years ago...and have been very wrong. #histfic #writinglife
If I would have been a faster writer, I would've published years ago...and have been very wrong. #histfic #writinglife
When you're out of practice, writing every day is exhausting.
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
When you're out of practice, writing every day is exhausting.