Frank Oreto
@frankoreto.bsky.social
Dad, author, maker and eater of tasty food
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Got my burgundy velvet swoveralls in the mail today. Xmas is saved. And I look so fancy
December 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Got my burgundy velvet swoveralls in the mail today. Xmas is saved. And I look so fancy
Good night editing. Got my new story "Of Jackals and Wolves" to the point I could send it to other readers to rip apart.
Why should I have all the fun.
Why should I have all the fun.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Good night editing. Got my new story "Of Jackals and Wolves" to the point I could send it to other readers to rip apart.
Why should I have all the fun.
Why should I have all the fun.
Absolutely no writing or editing yesterday. But I did hang out with my daughter Josie on discord and watched an episode of Star Trek with her, so I win life. I also slept in a Stokercon t-shirt that night. So, that's almost like writing, right?
#writing #horrorauthor #balance
#writing #horrorauthor #balance
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December 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely no writing or editing yesterday. But I did hang out with my daughter Josie on discord and watched an episode of Star Trek with her, so I win life. I also slept in a Stokercon t-shirt that night. So, that's almost like writing, right?
#writing #horrorauthor #balance
#writing #horrorauthor #balance
I went through a first editing run for my thrift shop story, "Of Jackals and Wolves" I'm actually feeling pretty good about it. Still a ways to go, but the bones are good.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I went through a first editing run for my thrift shop story, "Of Jackals and Wolves" I'm actually feeling pretty good about it. Still a ways to go, but the bones are good.
Rough draft completed! Moving on. #writing #horrorauthor
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Rough draft completed! Moving on. #writing #horrorauthor
I wrote a story from scratch today. A writing exercise that was supposed to be 200 words ended up as a 1400 word story.
Wrote, edited and ready for beta reads.
it's called The Weight of Their Disappointment. (Which may also be what I feel from my beta readers)
We'll see. #writing #horrorauthor
Wrote, edited and ready for beta reads.
it's called The Weight of Their Disappointment. (Which may also be what I feel from my beta readers)
We'll see. #writing #horrorauthor
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November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I wrote a story from scratch today. A writing exercise that was supposed to be 200 words ended up as a 1400 word story.
Wrote, edited and ready for beta reads.
it's called The Weight of Their Disappointment. (Which may also be what I feel from my beta readers)
We'll see. #writing #horrorauthor
Wrote, edited and ready for beta reads.
it's called The Weight of Their Disappointment. (Which may also be what I feel from my beta readers)
We'll see. #writing #horrorauthor
When the universe goes mad laugh louder.
My imaginary friend Cyril told me that. And it's not bad advice.
My imaginary friend Cyril told me that. And it's not bad advice.
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When the universe goes mad laugh louder.
My imaginary friend Cyril told me that. And it's not bad advice.
My imaginary friend Cyril told me that. And it's not bad advice.
For the first time, I was called on to make a Turkey for an actual thanksgiving dinner. My Josie and I whipped something up and I don't think it turned out half bad. 🍽️ #cooking #HappyThanksgiving
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
For the first time, I was called on to make a Turkey for an actual thanksgiving dinner. My Josie and I whipped something up and I don't think it turned out half bad. 🍽️ #cooking #HappyThanksgiving
Another scene down. Got to kill a bad man, ruin a promising relationship and put a pretty bow on things to wrap it all up. But that's for another day.
Goodnight
#writing #horror #booksky
Goodnight
#writing #horror #booksky
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November 25, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Another scene down in my horror short story tentatively called "A Sky Dark with Starlings" two more scenes and a wrap up. Then it's on to this year's Xmas story. #horror #writing #booksky
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November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I like to write a spooky Christmas story every year about this time. And I always worry I won't think of one.
Luckily inspiration struck and I wrote a two page outline/synopsis for this year's story this morning. It's plum Dickensian.
Now I just have to write it!
#booksky #writing #horror
Luckily inspiration struck and I wrote a two page outline/synopsis for this year's story this morning. It's plum Dickensian.
Now I just have to write it!
#booksky #writing #horror
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November 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You deserve this.
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
You Sexy Thing
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November 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
You deserve this.
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
Yeah you, over there, with the face.
Now let's dance around this living room like we mean it! #ohyeah!
youtu.be/fx841-D0wSM?...
As a writer I sometimes feel like a spy.
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As a writer I sometimes feel like a spy.
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
But the secrets I steal are the banal oddities of everyday life. Like...
"The kindergarten teachers met together once a week in Ms. Baxter's home room, five mature,professional, women scrunched knees to chest in tiny plastic chairs." #writing #horrorauthor
So, I get ideas from juxtaposing my everyday experiences with the weird and horrific including my day job. How worried should I be about my boss seeing a thinly veiled story about my workplace?
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So, I get ideas from juxtaposing my everyday experiences with the weird and horrific including my day job. How worried should I be about my boss seeing a thinly veiled story about my workplace?
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
1 super worried, use a pseudonym.
2 not worried at all. No one reads your stuff, Frank
#horrorauthor
Started writing a new story this morning. Tentatively titled "A Sky Dark with Starlings"
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
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November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Started writing a new story this morning. Tentatively titled "A Sky Dark with Starlings"
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
But now I have to drink coffee and get to work.
#booksky #writingcommunity #horror
These are a few of my favorite things
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
These are a few of my favorite things
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
Writing
Cooking
Reading
Thrift shops
I choose a random-record from the goodwill boxes as my thrifting soundtrack.
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I choose a random-record from the goodwill boxes as my thrifting soundtrack.
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
This week it was Charlie Rich's "Every Time You Touch Me (I Get High)"
An album whose core message is Charlie Rich really wants to have sex with you... a lot.
Made for oddly awkward shopping. #thriftshop
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Didn't get to write until ten pm. 931 words. Not bad for a late start after a long day.
Trippy stuff tonight. I liked it. #horror #writing
Trippy stuff tonight. I liked it. #horror #writing
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November 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Good morning! Writing at 11am for an hour if anyone wants to join me.
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November 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Good morning! Writing at 11am for an hour if anyone wants to join me.