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mynextnotebook.bsky.social My Next Notebook @mynextnotebook.bsky.social · Nov 9
A lot of authors prefer to record their book queries manually, & our popular Submission Trackers, with latest additions "Sepia Books" & "Coffee and Notes" help fill that need.

Check out the full Tracker range here:
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📢📚#writingcommunity #author #indieauthor
November 9, 2023 at 2:22 PM
I MAY currently be halfway through an action/drama TV series, but the vague seed of an idea that came to me 2 weeks ago, suddenly exploded in my head & I spent today writing 1 full episode of that instead.

I NEVER have 2 screenplays on the go at once, so, this is a little annoying.

#scriptsky
October 30, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Just nine scenes and 1/3 into Ep7, and I've got two murders on my hands already (and one poor bugger doesn't even get a name)!
In my defence, it's been quite a stabby-free show up to now, and Roberts WAS getting a little antsy!

#scriptsky #filmsky
Screenshot of part of a screenplay. The text reads: INT. ABANDONED FACTORY/CORRIDOR - NIGHT A blood-soaked ROBERTS strides along the corridor and away from the office, holstering his gun as he leaves. He steps over the slumped form of the MAN and disappears into the darkness. Through the still open office door, the dead body of SULLY lays dead on the floor, the table leg stump sticking out of his face, and an ever-expanding pool of blood seeping across the dusty floor of the abandoned factory.
October 28, 2023 at 11:50 AM
If you're looking for smut, comedy, and action rolled into one, then download your copy of Kat Amongst the Pigeons!

Available for just $1.99/£1.99 from Oct 29 - Nov 02 (PDT) on Amazon.
📢📚 🔥✍️

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October 28, 2023 at 8:00 AM
Reposted by Tom Marlowe
stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Oh hey, UK friends, I have literally no idea why it's currently so cheap, but the beautiful hardcover edition of my short story collection, Touchstones, is listed at £3.52 on A*zon right now. Snap it up! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1739117611
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October 25, 2023 at 1:39 PM
S2E6 is done and dusted.
18:20 - That' me done for the day!
#scriptsky
October 24, 2023 at 2:16 PM
SCREENWRITING PROBLEMS #174
When you have the perfect cliffhanger ending for your half-hour episode...

But you're still on page 13!

#scriptsky
Screenshot of part of a screenplay. The text reads: --- Still staring at the couple, who are now talking earnestly, Roberts makes a call. ROBERTS Yeah, it’s me. Change of plan. I’ll only be bringing one of them in... (beat) What...? Oh, the usual... No! I’ll take care of it. Roberts looks up at the couple in the courtyard. He focuses on Milo, who is laughing now. ROBERTS (cruelly) It is one of the perks of the job, after all.
October 24, 2023 at 8:36 AM
Any musicians out there in my TL???
mynextnotebook.bsky.social My Next Notebook @mynextnotebook.bsky.social · Oct 16
Available in 9 or 12 staves, and with or without bars, our 8.5x11, 160-page range of sheet music is now available.
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October 16, 2023 at 10:36 AM
Stop getting so wound up by AI taking our creative jobs!
(stolen fro... ehem. Found on Threads)
a screenshot of comedy computer code: 10 PRINT "Scanning websites, books, and images for data..." 20 FOR I = 1 TO 5 30 PRINT "Analyzing data set ", I 40 NEXT I 50 PRINT "Generating low-quality examples as AI learns..." 60 PRINT "Oops! AI seems to have gone haywire!" 70 FOR J = 1 TO 3 80 PRINT "Error in iteration ", J 90 NEXT J 100 PRINT "Now, it's scanning its own low-quality examples..." 110 FOR K = 1 TO 4 120 PRINT "Reviewing self-generated example ", K 130 NEXT K 140 PRINT "This is the epitome of AI's downfall!" 150 GOTO 140
October 12, 2023 at 7:05 AM
Not me bragging that my recent release - 100 Lewd Limericks - just broke the Top 50 in two categories! If you've not got yours yet, you can find it here, as part of the Pervy Poetry collection on Kindle, or as a super-sexy, matte-finished, coffee-table book.

mybook. to/pervypoetry

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A rendered image of the square, coffee-table book 100 Lewd Limericks, showing the tan-coloured front and back covers, with cartoon people laughing, and three open books, showing different parts of the interior, including the introduction, one limerick, and the 'about the author' section. A screenshot of an Amazon page, showing book rankings. 100 Lewd Limericks is shown to be number 41 in Limericks and Humorous poetry, and number 86 in Erotic Poetry.
October 11, 2023 at 7:03 AM
Guess I have to give this guy a writing credit now...
I've written worse than this myself :)))

#scriptsky
A ginger cat lays asleep on a computer keyboard. a photo of a computer monitor showing part of a screenplay. The text says: Marion: Well, I did it for twenty-odd years. It's your turn now. Tyrone: I can do that, I guess. So tell me. Do I get magic po... The rest of the screen is full of random numbers and letters, from where the cat has lain.
October 2, 2023 at 6:43 AM
Oh "goodie" I have an invite code. Now who should I invite to this world of Twitter-Lite toxicity? 🤔
September 30, 2023 at 6:52 AM
Not the best review. But I'll take it...
mybook.to/tommarlowe
#books #erotica #comedy
A ginger cat sits beside a book. The title is "The Barman", and shows a handsome, topless, bearded male holding a cocktail.
September 29, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Cold Open is hot!
Ep 5 truly underway.
#scriptsky
A screenshot or part of a screenplay. It reads as follows: The light surrounding Roberts goes out, leaving the faintest of silhouettes, created by whatever ambient light exists in the room. ROBERTS (ironically) Well... I guess that means the meeting’s over. END COLD OPEN BEGIN MAIN TITLES
September 29, 2023 at 6:58 AM
My fellow Scripters.
When writing, are you Team Film or Team TV?

I'm Team TV.
I've only got one 'finished' feature (& 3 abandoned).
It's a very different skill-set than writing TV, and I don't find it easy. Yet, I've written 6 full TV series (6-8 hours each) this year.

TV for ME!

YOU??
September 28, 2023 at 10:03 AM
Time for the obligatory, periodic 'BUY MY BOOKS" post.

Nude and lewd (occasionally food).
Imbued with "rude", when secretly viewed.
Don't be a prude. Go on, get crude.
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Paperbacks to make you hard, hardbacks to make you.. ummm, wait!, and eBooks that, err... Ah, bollocks!
mybook.to/tommarlowe/
A grid of 14 book covers with such titles as "Demon in the Dark, Kat Amongst the Pigeons, 100 Horny Haiku, and Sensual Sonnets.
September 26, 2023 at 2:18 PM
Keeping character in their place :)))
martinjmalcolm.bsky.social Martin Malcolm @martinjmalcolm.bsky.social · Sep 26
Yep. Thankless.

Me, I give in to my characters’ importunate demands *every time* and then punish them later when they least expect it.
September 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM
And... as the tumbleweed rolled silently across the #screenwriting corner of Bsky...

#scriptsky
September 26, 2023 at 10:07 AM
Does anyone have a quirky file-naming process?
After several years, mine evolved to the following layout.
So, my last show would look like:

DREAM DATE 1.09 - Xxxxx (2x.x8).fdx
when writing it, and renamed to

DREAM DATE 1.09 - Fight or Flight (20.38).fdx
when finished.

Is that weird?

#scriptsky
September 17, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Tom Marlowe
kayoticreads.bsky.social
hey #writingcommunity
I'm starting a new release blog and need YOUR BOOKS.

Do you or someone you know have a book releasing between now and the end of the year?

Comment below!! Follow for future updates!!

Thank you!!

#authors #indie #books 💙📚
September 17, 2023 at 1:45 PM
DAMN, I hate my characters! They just do whatever they want, then throw the problem at me to fix when they've run out of ideas.

#scriptsky
September 17, 2023 at 2:30 PM
So cute, you almost want to eat him!
September 17, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Account updated. Decided to go with my 'other' name here.
I have about four names: A stage name, a writer name, a legal name, and the name people call me behind my back :)))))
September 17, 2023 at 9:35 AM
Ooh, well that's a nice surprise. Finally, after a year, my show (rewrites/acting) has just dropped the first episode.
It was good to see what they did with it.
Unf, it's behind a paywall - sorry!

Terrible strapline - Don't blame me.

#scriptsky
A thumbnail that says The House of Van Helsing in gothic writing, Underneath - one hundred years later, a debt comes back to bite. All these words are on a smoky blue background
September 16, 2023 at 4:48 PM