You know about preorder sales, but do you know WHY they’re important? The ⬆️ books purchased before the release date, the ⬆️ the author’s chance at a long-term career writing novels for YOU to keep enjoying. A quick summary of how it works (And, yes, library sales are awesome!) #writersofmastodon #writingcommuntity #authors #preordersales

You know about preorder sales, but do you know WHY they’re important? The ⬆️ books purchased before the release date, the ⬆️ the author’s chance at a long-term career writing novels for YOU to keep enjoying. A quick summary of how it works (And, yes, library sales are awesome!) #writersofmastodon #writingcommuntity #authors #preordersales

Biographies NEVER end well for the Main Character.

#writersonmastodon #writingcommuntity

I’m grateful to the editors of One Art, an online poetry journal, for publishing two of my poems. https://oneartpoetry.com/2023/03/24/two-poems-by-katherine-riegel/ #poems #poetry #grief #writingcommuntity

Hey #writingcommuntity, anybody here? 😁
I've joined the march of #TwitterRegufees

Anyone else just exhausted all the time???? I have no solutions, only problems. #blog #fatigue #emotionalhealth #writingcommuntity #tired #sleepy #problems #complaintdepartment #mentalhealth #blogging

https://drunkbeth.wordpress.com/2023/02/21/what-its-like/

Don’t forget to love yourself today and every day! :) #poems #poem #writingcommuntity #poetrycommunity #love #selflove #selfcare #writing #inspiration

That's what #books are for...To #travel without moving an inch.
~Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

#quotes #writing #writingcommuntity

Added 2k words today to the YA anxious girl story of my heart for a total of an additional 8k words. I’ve made lots of changes on this manuscript based on agents’ feedback and I feel like this story has so much more depth than it did before. (And I was in love with it then!)

Am I scared to send it back to agents who requested a “revise and resubmit?”

I am. Utterly terrified.

Nevertheless, onward.

#writingcommuntity #writersofmastodon #amwriting #amquerying

#blog #fitness #gymculture #writingcommuntity #blogpost #mentalhealth
https://drunkbeth.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/reframing-fitness-as-physical-health-for-mental-wellbeing/

Hey folks, I need advice in advocating for my payment as a freelance content writer. I got questions handed to me and need some perspective on a few of them. This is for the freelance option (full-time/part-time separate).

2. What is your desired salary in US$ per word?

3. How many hours per week can you dedicate to Captain Words?

5.  How many words can you [Write/Edit] per hour ?

Any advice is very appreciated! #writingcommuntity #contentwriter #salary #lifeadvice #LookingForFeedback

Only managed a poem today. Still infinitely more than writing nothing. #writingcommuntity

How do you pronounce the word “homage?”

Am I correctly assuming “om-ji” is a crass American English take on the look at me I’m speaking French pronunciation “oh-mahzh?” | HF #words #writing #writingcommuntity #poll

My private #writingprompt challenge.

Physical exercise builds muscles, agility, and endurance. #Writing is no different. If you don’t regularly put pen to paper, atrophy sets in. That’s why I’m finding ways to routinely flex and strengthen my creative prowess.

My intention here is simple, expand my vocabulary while getting the ink to flow again. The throwdown entails crafting a weekly post centered around a new word and its meaning. Silly, but the games on me, not you! | HF #writingcommuntity

I’ve regretfully learned the key is to pay attention and listen to a person’s stories the first time around. There's no opportunity for follow-ups once they’re gone; that intimate, rich history is lost or fragmented at best. | HF #regrets #familyhistory #stories #writing #writingcommuntity #listening

Stories can make someone immortal, as long as someone else is willing to listen. ~Mateo Torrez from ‘They Both Die at the End’ by Adam Silvera.
#quotes #familyhistory #stories #writing #writingcommuntity #listening

I’ve regretfully found the key is to pay attention and listen to a person’s stories the first time around. There's no opportunity for follow-ups once they're gone, that intimate history is lost or fragmented at best. | HF #regrets #familyhistory #stories #writing #writingcommuntity #listening

“Stories can make someone immortal, as long as someone else is willing to listen.
~Mateo Torrez from ‘They Both Die at the End’ by Adam Silvera #quotes #writing #writingcommuntity #books

Hemingway to Angelou; 19 Famous Authors and Their Typewriters | Mental Floss

We #writers have it easy today, thanks to technology and #ChatGBT. Imagine the struggles #Hemingway had trying to knock out the 128 pages it took to create ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ on a #typewriter.

Heck, it was like pulling teeth just to compose this post on the Olivetti Lettera 32 I borrowed from Tom Hanks! | HF #writing #writingcommuntity

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/80104/19-authors-and-their-typewriters

@Andrena Love this image. My current WIP is loosely set in that area, in Bronze Age...thanks this sparks my creativity and makes me want to sing and write. #WIP #Nanowrimo #writingcommuntity #writer #shortstories #creativity