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Lukas Stone
@stonestories.bsky.social
Sydney-based storyteller writing about same-sex parenting, surrogacy, breaking generational trauma, and documenting my journey to getting my first book published. Raw, real, occasionally sweary.
Substack: https://substack.com/@stonestories
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Hey Bluesky! I'm Lukas, a Sydney-based gay dad who just finished writing a memoir about our 5-year surrogacy journey.

Looking for: other memoirists, queer writers and same-sex parents 🏳️‍🌈 Who should I follow? Drop me your recs below 👇

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Starting the day on a high. Just received some feedback from my writing coach on the birth chapter of my memoir. "THAT'S the ending I've been looking for!" What you've written will be used in your blurb/pitch/promo. Lukas you have done it! (wipes eyes) xo

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December 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Three rounds of revisions on a key chapter ending. My writing coach said, 'You're ending on logistics, not emotion.'
Me: deletes 300 words of COVID drama and adds a quiet reflection scene
Result: Ending makes readers cry now
Trust your editors folks 🙏

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December 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
You can't write well if you don't read. Full stop. Your brain needs input to create output. Stop reading and your prose will sound like everyone else's...flat, forgettable, and full of phrases you've heard a thousand times. Never stop reading.

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December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Hey Bluesky! I'm Lukas, a Sydney-based gay dad who just finished writing a memoir about our 5-year surrogacy journey.

Looking for: other memoirists, queer writers and same-sex parents 🏳️‍🌈 Who should I follow? Drop me your recs below 👇

#QueerWriters #WritingCommunity #AmWritingMemoir #LGBTQAuthors
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
An important reminder to stay humble 🙏

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December 18, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Reposted by Lukas Stone
Teens discover books on social media. What will the under-16s ban do to their reading? theconversation.com/teens-discov...
Teens discover books on social media. What will the under-16s ban do to their reading?
Social media communities on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube have encouraged teens to read for fun. Now, Australian teens are banned from them until they turn 16.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I’ve spent the better part of 25-years as a professional writer. PR strategies, corp comms, white papers—you name it, I’ve written it. Words have been my bread and butter, but when I sat down to write my memoir, it felt impossible. Then I learnt this 👇

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How I went from dreading 3,000 words to writing 60,000
And how I now sometimes write 5,000+ words before lunch!
substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Today I finished my memoir. 88k words. My son's surrogacy story is finally on the page.

I know first draft ≠ finished book, but it's out of my head now.

To everyone writing their own hard story...keep going 💙

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December 18, 2025 at 4:35 AM