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Branwen OShea (she/her)<p>“There is always a way, even if it is hidden from us.”</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/hopepunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hopepunk</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
Lydia Vvinters<p>Zero context fantasy explorations:</p><p>What do we find on an abandoned ship?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>WHAT THE BEST FIRST LINES DO</p><p>Career Authors<br>An exclusive Career Aurhors infographic showing what the best first lines of a story can do.<br>WHAT THE BEST FIRST LINES DO Paula Munier<br><a href="https://careerauthors.com/what-the-best-first-lines-do/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">careerauthors.com/what-the-bes</span><span class="invisible">t-first-lines-do/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>Little-known fact: ravens are better writing assistants than monkeys.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a></p>
Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sonomu.club/@lislegaard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lislegaard</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>andypiper</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sonomu.club/@jennybm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jennybm</span></a></span> I was just thinking that you could replace the word "musician" with "writer", and the word "music" with "text." same questions. 🤷🏻‍♀️ <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IAmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Dominic 🇪🇺 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦<p>Some very good <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> advice here, even if you are not yourself a journalist. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/jan/19/manifesto-simple-scribe-commandments-journalists" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/blog/2</span><span class="invisible">011/jan/19/manifesto-simple-scribe-commandments-journalists</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for February 17, 2025</p><p>Treachery and magic, a history of American Chinese food, a murder inside the Louvre, and more of today's best book deals<br><a href="https://bookriot.com/book-riots-deals-of-the-day-for-february-17-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/book-riots-deals-</span><span class="invisible">of-the-day-for-february-17-2025/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Lydia Vvinters<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 000.42 Bonus Question: Your characters have to huddle/ cuddle to endure a cold storm. Who cuddles with whom?</p><p>They'd be a big cuddle bundle. Ragtag as they are, they are a close family. Lazarus would be the most reluctant, but Helena or Hazel, or perhaps both, would punch him in the shoulder and grab him. Damien would wait until everyone is huddled together, run up, and jump right on top of everyone to join in. It's known as a Hug Attack.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>The Best New Romance to Read This Month, BIPOC Edition</p><p>There has been so much happening that, for once, it feels like February is kind of dragging. From the book ...<br><a href="https://bookriot.com/the-best-new-romance-to-read-this-month-bipoc-edition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/the-best-new-roma</span><span class="invisible">nce-to-read-this-month-bipoc-edition/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Lydia Vvinters<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Does your MC prefer to be indoors or outdoors?</p><p>She feels most at home with grass between her toes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Rage Rumbles 🏴‍☠️🫂🔞<p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> </p><p>Feb 17: How do you get proofreaders/editors if you don’t pay them?</p><p>Kidnap a family member and refuse to release them until the job's done?</p><p>I do all my own work.</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Kimberly Lemming: On Writing a Science Fiction Romance</p><p>In this interview, author Kimberly Lemming discusses the process of writing her new science fiction romance novel, I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com.<br><a href="https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-fiction/kimberly-lemming-on-writing-a-science-fiction-romance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">writersdigest.com/write-better</span><span class="invisible">-fiction/kimberly-lemming-on-writing-a-science-fiction-romance</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Setting the Right Price for a Book: Why Many Authors Undervalue Their Work</p><p>Setting the right price for a book is one of the biggest challenges for self-published authors. Many look at what others in their genre are charging and try to match those prices, but this approach can undervalue their work. Some authors price low...<br><a href="https://selfpublishingadvice.org/setting-the-right-price-for-a-book/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">selfpublishingadvice.org/setti</span><span class="invisible">ng-the-right-price-for-a-book/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Lydia Vvinters<p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> How do you get proofreaders/editors if you don’t pay them?</p><p>The same way they get free design, formatting, illustration work and proofreading from me. 💜 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a></p>
Anna Saultron<p>2/2 gether with the same partners it's still common for Rose, Talisa, Kira and Anika, til she wants M.I.A. and occasionally J. to cuddle but it's barely enough space to that private outside the captains quarters.<br>Of course Arkham &amp; Kira cuddle together later in the story. The machine room crew has a cuddle ritual to introduce people (like a sports team). Mondira isn't used to such close bonds since she comes from a pretty much cyberpunk dystopian world. Some crew members even have pure Sex meetings with others. Nobody is forced into this, and if they don't like cuddling, like Arkham at first they get their space. Sex of course is only allowed in the social units (diverse container modules installed for this mission) or quarters if given.</p><p>Ash as a Spaceship/AI can't interact the same way but Kira starts to gently touch her consoles on occasion, since they are pressure sensitive.</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 000.42 Bonus Question <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/StarRyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarRyde</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GhozTarcCrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhozTarcCrew</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Ashlei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ashlei</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GhozTarc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhozTarc</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Celebrate Black History Month With These Bookish Goodies</p><p>While we love to celebrate diverse writers 24/7/365, it feels especially important to display support for and highlight them more ...<br><a href="https://bookriot.com/black-history-month-bookish-goodies/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/black-history-mon</span><span class="invisible">th-bookish-goodies/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Anna Saultron<p>000.42 Bonus Question: Your characters have to huddle/ cuddle to endure a cold storm. Who cuddles with whom?<br>1/2<br>Well they would come together in a big pile. This situations are called Pinguining by the Brass, but since Pinguins are gone Dodo in 2086, Most people have no idea what it means especially outside Terra if Terrans barely know.</p><p>It's not uncommon for persons in the 24. Century to cuddle. There are even cuddle meetings/cuddle clubs etc they range through all layers of society and there are simply contact once, skin contact once, naked once and even some involving consensual sexual activity.</p><p>On board the Ghoz'Tarc the lines between fellow soldier and private person are very thin Doctor Kaiden and J. regularly cuddle despite both having no romantic or sexual interest in each other. Since Rose, Talisa, Anika &amp; Kira where all together at the academy &amp; at different points to-</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 000.42 Bonus Question <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/StarRyde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StarRyde</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GhozTarcCrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhozTarcCrew</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Ashlei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ashlei</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GhozTarc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GhozTarc</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a></p>
Inkican<p>Attn: Authors and Artists - if you have stuff to give away, or a cool video lounge for me to showcase on GSBCW - please reach out!</p><p><a href="https://inkican.com/global-silent-book-club-week/global-silent-book-club-week-read-along-with-us/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inkican.com/global-silent-book</span><span class="invisible">-club-week/global-silent-book-club-week-read-along-with-us/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GSBCW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GSBCW</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writerscommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writerscommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativeprofessional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativeprofessional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativebusiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativebusiness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creativebusinessowner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creativebusinessowner</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creative</span></a></p>
IndieAuthors.Social News<p>Beautiful and Inspiring Picture Books About Artists</p><p>Five picture books about artists ranging from biographies of real-life artists to stories that celebrate imagination and the creative process.<br><a href="https://bookriot.com/picture-books-about-artists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookriot.com/picture-books-abo</span><span class="invisible">ut-artists/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/SelfPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPublishing</span></a><br><a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/indieauthors" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>indieauthors</span></a></span></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> 17<br>find free proofreaders/editors?</p><p>I’ve no idea, &amp; have heard plenty of horror stories about writers depending on those who weren’t dependable.</p><p>With no budget, &amp; having suffered my own horror stories, I gave up.</p><p>I drafted like a maniac, enabling me to rotate stories, each refreshed to my eyes after long periods away. I also developed a special editing system that alters perceptions.</p><p>You do what you have to do, &amp; sometimes it works.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>