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Becca Puglisi & Angela Ackerman's Emotion Thesaurus.
Like any thesaurus, it rarely provides the words directly, but kicks off your thought process in a different direction.
Like any thesaurus, it rarely provides the words directly, but kicks off your thought process in a different direction.
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Becca Puglisi & Angela Ackerman's Emotion Thesaurus.
Like any thesaurus, it rarely provides the words directly, but kicks off your thought process in a different direction.
Like any thesaurus, it rarely provides the words directly, but kicks off your thought process in a different direction.
Wow, that's a great prompt! I neither read nor write horror, but I might be tempted, just to name a book "Mushroom Madness"
February 5, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Wow, that's a great prompt! I neither read nor write horror, but I might be tempted, just to name a book "Mushroom Madness"
Comps. Researching comps. Reading comps. Losing my mind trying to come up with a couple of appropriate and helpful comps.
February 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Comps. Researching comps. Reading comps. Losing my mind trying to come up with a couple of appropriate and helpful comps.
So you're back? From outer space?
January 31, 2026 at 12:21 PM
So you're back? From outer space?
Deffo. Should you ask a reader to spend 400 pages inside the head of an unsympathetic character? I've DNF'd for less.
January 25, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Deffo. Should you ask a reader to spend 400 pages inside the head of an unsympathetic character? I've DNF'd for less.
Worth remembering that the first sci-fi story ever was written by a woman: Margaret Cavendish's 1666 "The Blazing World"
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Worth remembering that the first sci-fi story ever was written by a woman: Margaret Cavendish's 1666 "The Blazing World"
Hey Bette, how are you comp'ing your story? I'm using PHM although it is also 'grounded' (earth-bound), to capture the problem solving and urgency, but am worried that agents will expect spaceships and aliens and stuff.
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Hey Bette, how are you comp'ing your story? I'm using PHM although it is also 'grounded' (earth-bound), to capture the problem solving and urgency, but am worried that agents will expect spaceships and aliens and stuff.
Not strictly a genre, but #hopepunk -- boy do we need it!
For example, Becky Chamber's The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the best way to escape an angry planet.
#beckychambers
For example, Becky Chamber's The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the best way to escape an angry planet.
#beckychambers
January 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Not strictly a genre, but #hopepunk -- boy do we need it!
For example, Becky Chamber's The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the best way to escape an angry planet.
#beckychambers
For example, Becky Chamber's The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is the best way to escape an angry planet.
#beckychambers