This seems like a good time to plug my new novel. The Poisoned Chalice is Book 4 in the Sempronius Scipio series. This one covers the bloody events of the Year of Six Emperors, so Scipio has his work cut out, especially as he has to contend with devious Senators, murderous assassins & angry soldiers led by a vengeful Emperor. The book is available from Amazon in paperback & Kindle formats. #HistoricalFiction #Rome #Writing #Books
this was a very interesting read! although us-centric, the same effect can be seen all around the world, as literature programs in so many countries are modeled after the trends arriving from the usa. so give it a read, even if you hate us politics.
executive summary for writers: don't just fucking show, but also TELL!!!
This being @SAPIENS_org, it is well thought through, fully supportive of trans folks and focused on debunking some of the #myths that the right perpetuate.
I'm really pleased to see serious #academic #writing focused on supporting trans folks. Will the right wing read this? Probably not. Will people who are unaware of the attacks trans folk experience every day read this? Quite probably. Will it help to increase understanding, empathy and allyship? I sincerely hope so.
Wow, the ethics of this seem dubious to me… but also kind of fascinating as an outsider looking in - How Kindle novelists are using ChatGPT / An interview with an AI early adopter theverge.com/23520625/chatgpt-… #AI #writing
Hi everyone! I'm checking out Mastodon. I'm a writer with 29 published romance novels. My book just out is The SEAL's Christmas Dilemma #writing #Promo, #AuthorPromo
People, stop saying "just self publish" when writers share their stress about querying. They know self-publishing exists. They've chosen to query agents/publishers for a reason. Self-publishing is difficult and expensive; you are starting your own business if you choose to go that route. Not everyone wants to, has the capacity to, or can afford it. #Writing #Publishing
I started writing on Substack to talk about the process a manuscript takes in traditional publishing, and how to navigate the process without losing the book's soul.
It's a happy story that starts at the end of many rejections, and I'll post some threads in case the takeaways are faster/easier to get here vs. Substack. The site is The Bird's Eye, and it's completely free and goes to folks' inboxes every other week.
A longtime writer and indie book editor shares notes on debuting with a Big Five publisher. Click to read The Bird's Eye, by Sarah Cypher, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.
Good evening! I just switched instances, so I guess a brief hello is in order. I'm Terryble, #ftm guy from Poland living in Austria, trying to deal with my recently realized disability and an awful job. I'm into #writing, #books especially #fantasy and #sf, #sailing and #socialJustice. And probably several other things when I'm not that tired. Also #dogs, meet Baton too
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I co-authored an illustrated short story from the glider.ink/ project, about 4.5k words. No magazine we sent it to was interested in publishing, so we'd like to put it somewhere on #creativecommons .
What's the best place to publish it? A subpage of glider.ink ? Wattpad? Medium? Somewhere else?
also a #creator - I made my own digital series called Distance about a long distance relationship where you as the audience get to pick which side you want to watch first: www.distancetheseries.com
I'm also from #ukraine (born there, moved to US when I was seven) and live in #losangeles now.
