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@golgaloth@writing.exchange · 3d ago

Your characters are banned, from a place, or engaging in a certain activity. What clever work around do they find? #Pride #writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev

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Xauri'EL Zwaan

@XauriEL@mastodon.nz · 4d ago

I have a new patron-only post up on Patreon! BIG THINGS are coming, including for free members, and YOU could be part of the action, so why not join today? https://www.patreon.com/xauriel/posts/june-2026-patron-160485187 #AmWriting #SciFi #ScienceFiction

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Christina Anne Hawthorne

@CA_Hawthorne@writing.exchange · 4d ago

#Today 14 #SilentSunday Water is life. Flowing water is passion. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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Ellis Cú Anann Arcwolf

@ellisarcwolf@hcommons.social · Jun 06, 2026

Ellis's Introductory Post (CW: Eye contact; 1/2) Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive

Hi! I'm Ellis: a clinician, a speculative author, a philosopher, a scientist-practitioner, and a mythopoeist. By day, I serve as a mental health professional and work with high-acuity, underprivileged folks in Pittsburgh. By night, I weave legends from the transgressive reality of our cruel, uncaring world. I publish under Ellis Cú Anann Arcwolf, but I do business as, J. Ellis Burgos. Right now I'm working on developing my career both as clinician and as both fiction and nonfiction author. I'm thrilled to join all of you here at hcommons.social, and I'm excited about building culture with all of you. My bibliography is accessible from my website: https://www.ellisarcwolf.com #Introduction #WritingCommunity #SpeculativeFiction #TransgressiveFiction #Worldbuilding #AmWriting #Essays #Mythology #Linguistics #Conlangs #QueerWriter #Neurodivergent #Plurality #FFXIV

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

@riversidewings@anarres.family · Jun 07, 2026

"Once-- had it been so many years?-- Tokiwa had held the young slip of a girl wearing an awkwardly lanky, testosterone-poisoned frame, and let her weep in relief after her first estrogen shot. Helping Ayako’s daughter slowly, inexorably become herself had redeemed some of Tokiwa's grief." #amwriting

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Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)

@golgaloth@writing.exchange · May 24, 2026

Your character has a signature move. One day it fails. #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity

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Christina Anne Hawthorne

@CA_Hawthorne@writing.exchange · May 07, 2026

#Today 07 Good day! *Image: 2 weeks ago on Milltower Ridge 67 years ago, a breech birth, a “blue baby,” I wasn’t expected to survive the day. I won’t keep you in suspense about how that turned out. Beyond that, I’ll spend the day with Evie Cat and my characters, my family. Be everwell. #WritingLife #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Aging #HealthyLiving #HealthyLifestyle #GetOutside #Hiking #Trails #HikingAdventures #Nature #NaturePhotography #NatureLover #Photography #LandscapePhotography

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Christina Anne Hawthorne

@CA_Hawthorne@writing.exchange · May 07, 2026

#WorldOfOntyre 07 Another trip around the sun for me. I could lie and say I’ve big plans, but I don’t, though I’m hoping for a solo hike tomorrow. Today, I’ll spend time with my characters. They’re the family I chose. A found family? Kind of. I’m grateful to every one of them. They’ve helped me with life, and have gotten me through some truly awful times. How could I not be thankful for that? Be everwell. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmWritingFantasy #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #Fiction

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River Crow

@therivercrow@bardicperspiration.club · May 05, 2026

Going to give Ellipsus a try as a way of organising my writing notes - other writery people have recommended. And they're LGBT-run and anti-AI so that's a win. I kinda hope this helps me write more, because honestly half my trouble is trying to wrangle docs, notes scrawled on random bits of paper, and the AO3 submission form (which is a nightmare). #AmWriting #WritingCommunity https://ellipsus.com/generative-ai

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Princess Nettles Succubish

@tiefling@bardicperspiration.club · May 05, 2026

@therivercrow@bardicperspiration.club I'm curious how u like it. I use uhm novelWriter but that's BC it is all local. #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

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Miriam's a Menace

@miriamrobern@dice.camp · May 04, 2026

i have reached the kissing parts. #amWriting #BrickedUp

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scholar_farmer

@scholar_farmer@zirk.us · May 02, 2026

Query: What do you recommend for PDF reading that allows highlighting and annotation -- for a PC? Yes, I'm an old fogey and have relied on pen-and-ink until now. And yes, it's probably time to move digital. But no, the Adobe world is NOT an answer. And cloud-services are a no-go; I'm on rural internet Suggestions? #AcademicChatter #AmWriting #Research #Tools #PDFAnnotation

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk · May 03, 2026

Added a smidge under 4000 words to the WIP today and we're into the end game. Should finish "The Damsel and the Mermaid" tomorrow. Exciting. Kind of Disney Sirens meets Splash! but sapphic. #amWriting #sapphic #romantasy #mermay #mermaid #wlw

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk · May 03, 2026

In today's writing: --- They used a boathook under her arm to draw her closer then two men grabbed her to pull her aboard. They managed to get her halfway. “She’s a heavy thing, slippery too,” said one. “On three. One… two… heave!” Moments later the dead dark-skinned woman was dragged aboard, along with her fins and fish tail. None of them spoke for a very long time. --- ~ "The Damsel and the Mermaid" #amWriting #sapphic #romantasy #wip #writing #mermay #mermaid

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 26, 2026

#eroticMusings Week 48 (April 26-May 2) Setting PoV (any character): What’s something you think is special about the place you’re in?

Maylees is absolutely delighted to discover that mermaids do, in fact, exist after she rescues one (called Khu) from drowning.

A drowning mermaid? It’s complicated, and ultimately sapphic.

Although it’s on order I don’t yet have a machine capable of rendering Maylees, Khu and the ocean in the same image but here’s a textual taster. (Oh, Khu cannot pronounce Maylees name, it comes out as “Nayee”.)

The soft warmth of Nayee pressed against Khu’s body and she never wanted it to end. Only the slightest boost from her tail kept them both floating, as the ocean rose and fell around them.

#writing #writingCommunity #amWriting #sapphic #romantasy

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Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop · Apr 20, 2026

#amwriting So yesterday my headmeat horked up the following (in "Space Princess Star", ongoing WIP: see alt text for contents). See, this is why I don't need a therapist! (Exit stage left, to the tune of "They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Ha!")

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adaddinsane (Steve Turnbull)

@adaddinsane@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 18, 2026

That's 2000 more words on the WIP so we're at about 7K, which is nice. I do work better with a deadline, and very loud jazz in my ears. #amWriting #fantasyRomance #writing

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Liana Brooks

@LianaBrooks@mastodon.online · Apr 16, 2026

The protagonist is the most important person to the reader. The villain is the most important person to the author. Your antagonist has to be strong or your hero never can be. #LianaEdits #AmEditing #Writing #AmWriting

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Jürgen Hubert

@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social · Apr 13, 2026

I've never tried to hide that I want to build up my side business of translating old German folk tales into a significant side income. "Quit your day job" levels are unrealistic, since my day job pays decently and I quite like the benefits, but maybe it will be possible to work reduced hours one day. Currently, I earn about €200 per months. I do have some expenses - commissing cover illustrations, hiring a copywriter, and pay for domain and website maintenance (which has gotten more expensive as of late - thanks, #LLM scrapers!). https://sunkencastles.com/the-books/ Right now, my books are primarily a marketing tool for my Patreon campaign, although I do get some money from them. My sales per year are: 2020: 71 (Release of "Sunken Castles, Evil Poodles") 2021: 69 2022: 133 (Release of "Lurkers at the Threshold") 2023: 78 2024: 50 2025: 52 Even though I haven't released a new book since 2022, book sales haven't declined nearly as much as is usual for books. I assume that this means that knowledge of their existence is spread by word of mouth - thanks to everyone who has recommended them to others! Still, I really need to get "Old Goatfoot" out (the next book) - and I have enough material to start on the manuscripts for "Magic in Theory and Malpractice" and "Unnatural Taxonomies" as well (with "Spirits in Motion" not far behind). While publishing my weekly translations on Patreon remains the first priority, this is the second highest one. https://graphtreon.com/creator/sunkencastles Speaking of my Patreon campaign, it has generally plateaued since its high point in 2023. I suspect the reason for this, too, is the lack of new books, which are the visible representation of all the work I do. If my people see more of my books on the shelves, they will be more intrigued in the early release material I publish there. And once my Patreon campaign grows big enough, I hope to use it to pay for custom illustrations for the tales - but alas, I am not there yet. But of course, I do further marketing beyond selling books. After I abandoned/fled Twitter, I focused on #Mastodon as my primary marketing tool. I tried a #Facebook page for two years or so, but that was a waste of time - I never attracted even a hundred followers, and I refused to pay Meta for advertising. Better to stick to the #Fediverse, where there is no algorithm that hates you. Still, even my Mastodon-based approach has seen some refinement. I used to share my tales as screenshots, but that was not ideal from an accessibility point of view. Thus, I spent seven months on building up a wiki repository, and now share invididual tales as links: https://wiki.sunkencastles.com/wiki/Main_Page This required a lot of effort which distracted me from working on the book manuscripts. But now it is functionally complete, and I think the end result is worth it. So here you have it: My focus for the rest of the year is to get my next book published, and hopefully this will bring me a further increase in revenue. Does anyone have any further questions about my work as an independent author/translator, and my future goals? #amwriting

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@indieauthornews@indieauthors.social · Apr 12, 2026

RE: https://mindly.social/@floofpaldi/116382690989479871 Writing momentum gets traded in the form of word-count comparisons, revision plans, and a light, personal look at the confusion of chapter/word-density. #IAS #IndieAuthor #IndieAuthors #AmWriting

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