PJ Braley
@pjbraley.bsky.social
Whatever else I may be, words are the best part of me.
Author of the Fire Slayers series - and -
The Bookbinder's Apprentice and other Impossible Love Stories
https://pjbraley.com/
DMs only if I've met you - in person, not in your dreams.
Author of the Fire Slayers series - and -
The Bookbinder's Apprentice and other Impossible Love Stories
https://pjbraley.com/
DMs only if I've met you - in person, not in your dreams.
Wishing Stewart O’Nan a very happy birthday, I #amwriting #scifi and giving my characters everything they need–-and not one iota more. 📚💙
More: Stewart O'Nan, award-winning American #writer - #author of Henry, Himself - stewart-onan.com/bio/
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...
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More: Stewart O'Nan, award-winning American #writer - #author of Henry, Himself - stewart-onan.com/bio/
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...
#writers #quotes
February 5, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Wishing Stewart O’Nan a very happy birthday, I #amwriting #scifi and giving my characters everything they need–-and not one iota more. 📚💙
More: Stewart O'Nan, award-winning American #writer - #author of Henry, Himself - stewart-onan.com/bio/
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...
#writers #quotes
More: Stewart O'Nan, award-winning American #writer - #author of Henry, Himself - stewart-onan.com/bio/
and
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart...
#writers #quotes
Celebrating James Michener’s birthday, I am using the swirl and swing of words to untangle human emotions –
I #amwriting #fiction
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More: James Albert Michener, award-winning (Pulitzer Prize 1948; Presidential Medal of Freedom [1977]) American #writer - achievement.org/achiever/jam...
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I #amwriting #fiction
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More: James Albert Michener, award-winning (Pulitzer Prize 1948; Presidential Medal of Freedom [1977]) American #writer - achievement.org/achiever/jam...
#quotes
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Celebrating James Michener’s birthday, I am using the swirl and swing of words to untangle human emotions –
I #amwriting #fiction
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More: James Albert Michener, award-winning (Pulitzer Prize 1948; Presidential Medal of Freedom [1977]) American #writer - achievement.org/achiever/jam...
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I #amwriting #fiction
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More: James Albert Michener, award-winning (Pulitzer Prize 1948; Presidential Medal of Freedom [1977]) American #writer - achievement.org/achiever/jam...
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“But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.” James Joyce - Dubliners
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Remembering the birthday of James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, #Irish #writer and #poet -
jamesjoyce.ie/james-joyce/
@jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social @jamesjoyceuk.bsky.social
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Remembering the birthday of James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, #Irish #writer and #poet -
jamesjoyce.ie/james-joyce/
@jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social @jamesjoyceuk.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 3:20 AM
“But my body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.” James Joyce - Dubliners
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Remembering the birthday of James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, #Irish #writer and #poet -
jamesjoyce.ie/james-joyce/
@jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social @jamesjoyceuk.bsky.social
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Remembering the birthday of James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, #Irish #writer and #poet -
jamesjoyce.ie/james-joyce/
@jamesjoycecentre.bsky.social @jamesjoyceuk.bsky.social
Today I am digging Langston Hughes, award-winning American #poet #writer #playwright and social activist.
I #amreading #poetry
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
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I #amreading #poetry
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Today I am digging Langston Hughes, award-winning American #poet #writer #playwright and social activist.
I #amreading #poetry
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
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I #amreading #poetry
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
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Celebrating the birthday of James Mercer Langston Hughes, award-winning American #poet #writer #playwright and social activist. 📚💙
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
#writers #quotes on #writing #nofear
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
#writers #quotes on #writing #nofear
February 2, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Celebrating the birthday of James Mercer Langston Hughes, award-winning American #poet #writer #playwright and social activist. 📚💙
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
#writers #quotes on #writing #nofear
More: www.poets.org/poetsorg/poe...
#writers #quotes on #writing #nofear
Celebrating the birthday of Norman Mailer, I am sitting in my little room where I #amwriting and loving it. 📚💙
More: Norman Kingsley Mailer, Pulitzer Prize (2) winning American #novelist #journalist #playwright film-maker, and political activist - www.albany.edu/writers-inst...
#writers #quotes
More: Norman Kingsley Mailer, Pulitzer Prize (2) winning American #novelist #journalist #playwright film-maker, and political activist - www.albany.edu/writers-inst...
#writers #quotes
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Celebrating the birthday of Norman Mailer, I am sitting in my little room where I #amwriting and loving it. 📚💙
More: Norman Kingsley Mailer, Pulitzer Prize (2) winning American #novelist #journalist #playwright film-maker, and political activist - www.albany.edu/writers-inst...
#writers #quotes
More: Norman Kingsley Mailer, Pulitzer Prize (2) winning American #novelist #journalist #playwright film-maker, and political activist - www.albany.edu/writers-inst...
#writers #quotes
Remembering the birthday of Zane Grey, I am being very expressive today…I #amwriting #scifi
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More: Zane Grey, American writer – author of “Riders of the Purple Sage” etc. www.nps.gov/upde/learn/h...
#writers #quotes on #writing
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More: Zane Grey, American writer – author of “Riders of the Purple Sage” etc. www.nps.gov/upde/learn/h...
#writers #quotes on #writing
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Remembering the birthday of Zane Grey, I am being very expressive today…I #amwriting #scifi
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More: Zane Grey, American writer – author of “Riders of the Purple Sage” etc. www.nps.gov/upde/learn/h...
#writers #quotes on #writing
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More: Zane Grey, American writer – author of “Riders of the Purple Sage” etc. www.nps.gov/upde/learn/h...
#writers #quotes on #writing
Remembering the birthday of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President.
More: www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/frankli...
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www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr
#FDR #quotes on #books #freedom
More: www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/frankli...
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www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr
#FDR #quotes on #books #freedom
January 31, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Remembering the birthday of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. President.
More: www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/frankli...
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www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr
#FDR #quotes on #books #freedom
More: www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/frankli...
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www.fdrlibrary.org/fdr
#FDR #quotes on #books #freedom
Celebrating Paddy Chayefsky’s birthday, I think of #writing – not as an art or as work – but as the singular joy of my life.
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, only three time Oscar-winning American #screenwriter - also #playwright & #novelist -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_C...
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, only three time Oscar-winning American #screenwriter - also #playwright & #novelist -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_C...
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Celebrating Paddy Chayefsky’s birthday, I think of #writing – not as an art or as work – but as the singular joy of my life.
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, only three time Oscar-winning American #screenwriter - also #playwright & #novelist -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_C...
I #amwriting 📚💙
More: Sidney Aaron "Paddy" Chayefsky, only three time Oscar-winning American #screenwriter - also #playwright & #novelist -
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_C...
I've discussed the difference between #writer and #author without a definitive definition. This one, however, is quite eloquent. 📚💙
Remembering the birthday of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature (1948); author of “Gigi” -
amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
Remembering the birthday of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature (1948); author of “Gigi” -
amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I've discussed the difference between #writer and #author without a definitive definition. This one, however, is quite eloquent. 📚💙
Remembering the birthday of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature (1948); author of “Gigi” -
amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
Remembering the birthday of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for Nobel Prize in Literature (1948); author of “Gigi” -
amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
To honor Colette’s birthday quotation, I can only add, “let it be so.”
I #amwriting tonight. 📚💙
More: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948; author of “Gigi” - amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
#writers #quotes on #writing
I #amwriting tonight. 📚💙
More: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948; author of “Gigi” - amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
#writers #quotes on #writing
January 29, 2026 at 3:12 AM
To honor Colette’s birthday quotation, I can only add, “let it be so.”
I #amwriting tonight. 📚💙
More: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948; author of “Gigi” - amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
#writers #quotes on #writing
I #amwriting tonight. 📚💙
More: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, #French #novelist nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948; author of “Gigi” - amsaw.org/amsaw-ithapp...
#writers #quotes on #writing
Not feeling very sensible today, I #amwriting and #lovingit !
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More: Lawrence George Durrell, #British #writer and #poet - www.lawrencedurrell.org/bio.htm
#writers #quotes on #writing and being sensible
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More: Lawrence George Durrell, #British #writer and #poet - www.lawrencedurrell.org/bio.htm
#writers #quotes on #writing and being sensible
January 28, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Not feeling very sensible today, I #amwriting and #lovingit !
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More: Lawrence George Durrell, #British #writer and #poet - www.lawrencedurrell.org/bio.htm
#writers #quotes on #writing and being sensible
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More: Lawrence George Durrell, #British #writer and #poet - www.lawrencedurrell.org/bio.htm
#writers #quotes on #writing and being sensible
Happy Birthday, Novala Takemoto (The Wild Rose), Japanese author and fashion designer. aka Toshiaki Takemoto.
More: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
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egl.livejournal.com/3863071.html
More: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
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egl.livejournal.com/3863071.html
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Happy Birthday, Novala Takemoto (The Wild Rose), Japanese author and fashion designer. aka Toshiaki Takemoto.
More: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
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egl.livejournal.com/3863071.html
More: www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
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egl.livejournal.com/3863071.html
Celebrating the birthday of Nick Flynn, I #amwriting and hoping to inspire my writer friends to inspire other writers.
Writing: the ultimate cosmic pebble. 📚💙
Happy Birthday, Nick Flynn, American #writer #playwright and #poet - More: nickflynn.org
#writers #quotes on #writing #inspiration
Writing: the ultimate cosmic pebble. 📚💙
Happy Birthday, Nick Flynn, American #writer #playwright and #poet - More: nickflynn.org
#writers #quotes on #writing #inspiration
January 26, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Celebrating the birthday of Nick Flynn, I #amwriting and hoping to inspire my writer friends to inspire other writers.
Writing: the ultimate cosmic pebble. 📚💙
Happy Birthday, Nick Flynn, American #writer #playwright and #poet - More: nickflynn.org
#writers #quotes on #writing #inspiration
Writing: the ultimate cosmic pebble. 📚💙
Happy Birthday, Nick Flynn, American #writer #playwright and #poet - More: nickflynn.org
#writers #quotes on #writing #inspiration
Remembering the birthday of Virginia Woolf, I #amreading and celebrating the beauty of secondhand #books.
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, #English #writer - www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
#writers #quotes
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, #English #writer - www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
#writers #quotes
January 26, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Remembering the birthday of Virginia Woolf, I #amreading and celebrating the beauty of secondhand #books.
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, #English #writer - www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
#writers #quotes
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, #English #writer - www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
#writers #quotes
Even if my writing never matters to anyone else, it matters to me. It is my heart, my soul, and my breath. Pick up a pen and breathe with me.
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, English #writer -
www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
❤️ #writers #quotes on #writing
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, English #writer -
www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
❤️ #writers #quotes on #writing
January 26, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Even if my writing never matters to anyone else, it matters to me. It is my heart, my soul, and my breath. Pick up a pen and breathe with me.
📚💙
More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, English #writer -
www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
❤️ #writers #quotes on #writing
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More: Adeline Virginia Woolf, English #writer -
www.virginiawoolfsociety.org.uk/resources/vi...
❤️ #writers #quotes on #writing
In honor of the birthday of Robert Burns, I am choosing one of his quotations as ready armor ere my best laid schemes gang aft a-gley. 📚💙
More: Robert Burns, #Scottish #poet and #lyricist -
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets...
#writers #quotes on #quotations
More: Robert Burns, #Scottish #poet and #lyricist -
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets...
#writers #quotes on #quotations
January 25, 2026 at 8:17 PM
In honor of the birthday of Robert Burns, I am choosing one of his quotations as ready armor ere my best laid schemes gang aft a-gley. 📚💙
More: Robert Burns, #Scottish #poet and #lyricist -
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets...
#writers #quotes on #quotations
More: Robert Burns, #Scottish #poet and #lyricist -
www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets...
#writers #quotes on #quotations
Happy Birthday, David Gerrold, award-winning American #sciencefiction #writer and #screenwriter - #StarTrek #author - The Trouble with Tribbles - www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4wM...
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More: theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2024/02/20/q...
❤️ #tribbles
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More: theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2024/02/20/q...
❤️ #tribbles
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January 25, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Happy Birthday, David Gerrold, award-winning American #sciencefiction #writer and #screenwriter - #StarTrek #author - The Trouble with Tribbles - www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4wM...
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More: theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2024/02/20/q...
❤️ #tribbles
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More: theastoundinganalogcompanion.com/2024/02/20/q...
❤️ #tribbles
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Just write.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Remembering the birthday of Charles Fulton Oursler (aka Anthony Abbot), American #journalist #playwright #editor and #writer - Author of “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” 📚💙
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_...
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_...
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Remembering the birthday of Charles Fulton Oursler (aka Anthony Abbot), American #journalist #playwright #editor and #writer - Author of “The Greatest Story Ever Told.” 📚💙
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_...
More: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_...
Remembering the birthday of Richie Havens with a song that moves me. #freedom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynx...
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More: Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens, award-winning American #songwriter and #musician www.npr.org/artists/1536... and www.allmusic.com/artist/richi...
#writers #quotes on #writing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynx...
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More: Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens, award-winning American #songwriter and #musician www.npr.org/artists/1536... and www.allmusic.com/artist/richi...
#writers #quotes on #writing
January 22, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Remembering the birthday of Richie Havens with a song that moves me. #freedom
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynx...
📚💙 ❤️🎵
More: Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens, award-winning American #songwriter and #musician www.npr.org/artists/1536... and www.allmusic.com/artist/richi...
#writers #quotes on #writing
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rynx...
📚💙 ❤️🎵
More: Richard Pierce "Richie" Havens, award-winning American #songwriter and #musician www.npr.org/artists/1536... and www.allmusic.com/artist/richi...
#writers #quotes on #writing
Sending birthday wishes to R. A. Salvatore from all the characters sitting on my shoulder. 📚💙
I'm listening and #amwriting #scifi
Happy Birthday, Robert Anthony Salvatore (nom de plume, R. A. Salvatore), award-winning American author - rasalvatore.com/biography.aspx
#writers #quotes on #writing
I'm listening and #amwriting #scifi
Happy Birthday, Robert Anthony Salvatore (nom de plume, R. A. Salvatore), award-winning American author - rasalvatore.com/biography.aspx
#writers #quotes on #writing
January 21, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Sending birthday wishes to R. A. Salvatore from all the characters sitting on my shoulder. 📚💙
I'm listening and #amwriting #scifi
Happy Birthday, Robert Anthony Salvatore (nom de plume, R. A. Salvatore), award-winning American author - rasalvatore.com/biography.aspx
#writers #quotes on #writing
I'm listening and #amwriting #scifi
Happy Birthday, Robert Anthony Salvatore (nom de plume, R. A. Salvatore), award-winning American author - rasalvatore.com/biography.aspx
#writers #quotes on #writing