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Shantell Powell<p>I finished revising a new short story and sent it off to a magazine. It's YA, and it's got heavy metal and dragons. Woohoo! <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortStory</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/YA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YA</span></a></p>
Katherine Villyard<p>Kosher 101 <a href="https://www.katherinevillyard.com/2025/04/22/kosher-101/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">katherinevillyard.com/2025/04/</span><span class="invisible">22/kosher-101/</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwritingfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwritingfantasy</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@a.gup.pe</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon@fedigroups.social</span></a></span></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> April 22: Earth Day! Who’s your most travelled character? Your least travelled?</p><p>They're all kids who were abducted into a cult on Ganymede. One of them spends a few months in central Manitoba. I guess she wins.</p><p><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/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</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/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <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/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WordWeavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordWeavers</span></a> Apr 22 Would your story work in a vastly different setting?</p><p>It could be done as a fantasy piece, remote lands for planets, magic instead of cosmic powers. It would very quickly be a very different story, though.</p><p><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/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</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/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <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/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/ScribesAndMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScribesAndMakers</span></a> 22. How do you feel about the different qualities of film vs. digital photography?</p><p>They have different textures. Those textures can be used to different purposes.</p><p><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/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</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/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <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/AmWritingSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingFantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingFantasy</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Scriberspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scriberspace</span></a></p>
Brendan<p>I've seen a lot of <a href="https://zenarca.de/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> on here talking about leaving <a href="https://zenarca.de/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>. I did it a couple years ago and wrote honestly about the pros and cons here: <br><a href="https://write.as/brendanhalpin/on-leaving-amazon-as-a-writer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">write.as/brendanhalpin/on-leav</span><span class="invisible">ing-amazon-as-a-writer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zenarca.de/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://zenarca.de/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a></p>
Kathy Bryson<p>Could be why labs and tech feature so heavily in sci-fi worlds - </p><p>I Used to Work at NASA. I Have Some Insights About <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sex</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a>. <a href="https://buff.ly/PvviXx8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/PvviXx8</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amreading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amreading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingtip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingtip</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldbuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldbuilding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a></p>
Ellen's Very Southern Voice<p>I've been working on this essay forever. About my ancestral grandmother Ellen, her spreading the Lost Cause Myth, which justified lynching, and living in Mississippi at the same time as anti-lynching crusader Ida B. Wells-Barnett. I feel good about it, but it's long, 3400 words, and complicated in my expanding understanding of the deep damage Ellen did. I don't know if anyone will ever want to publish it. But I've done what I can. Now for readers.</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/AmEditing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmEditing</span></a></p>
AmbientDread<p>Penciling some prose<br>By lamplight in my garret <br>Teenage evening flow</p><p><a href="https://toot.io/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <a href="https://toot.io/tags/Lamplight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lamplight</span></a><br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.io/tags/craiyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>craiyon</span></a></p>
Christina Anne Hawthorne<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Today</span></a> 22</p><p>Good day!</p><p>It’s difficult to get up when there’s a soft, purring creature snuggled tight to your chest.</p><p>FIVE chapters left to edit in Book3.</p><p>When I walk this morning it’ll be freezing. The nights remain cold, the days mild.</p><p>I’ll then draft this week’s blog post, part two in a self-editing series.</p><p>Be everwell.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a> <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/Aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aging</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/HealthyLiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLiving</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/HealthyLifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HealthyLifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/GetOutside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GetOutside</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hiking</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Trails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trails</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NatureLover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NatureLover</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
Marjolein Rotsteeg<p>nomination for <br>an official new colour<br>spring sky blue</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> - spring sky<br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetrycommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetrycommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/blue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blue</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/poetry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>poetry</span></a></span> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/haiku" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>haiku</span></a></span></p>
Orion (he/him)<p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 650:What profession would you have if you lived in the world of your WIP?</p><p>I thought about this and realized: a) I'd be what I am, a writing prof, but more importantly, b)my protagonist's arcology is going to house a university!</p><p>Each arcology has a set of industrial floors that makes something or provides a service.Why one that's essentially a "college town"?</p><p>I'm concerned it's a little up my own butt,but I'm also tickled by the idea. Tee hee!</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></p>
Andy B (she/they)<p>My character just yelled, "WATER!" at his kids to get them to stop fighting and reflected that when they were little he'd had to use actual spray bottles. These catkin twins may get a YA spinoff at some point because I freaking love them.</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/AmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWriting</span></a></p>
Jesse<p>You are not your story.</p><p><a href="https://ilikehowyouthink.com/posts/you-are-not-your-story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ilikehowyouthink.com/posts/you</span><span class="invisible">-are-not-your-story</span></a></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/UsedToBeCoaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsedToBeCoaching</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</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> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blogging</span></a></p>
Elektra<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@neve" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neve</span></a></span> <br>I'm Elektra Hammond. Find me at untilmidnight.com</p><p>See me talk about SF/F, writing, comics, TV, and Supernatural at Con-Tinual (the Con that Never Ends) on Facebook and Youtube.</p><p>My next convention will be Balticon on Memorial Day weekend, where Permutations, an anthology based on Jack Chalker's Well World will launch.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writephant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writephant</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/amediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amediting</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/alternatehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alternatehistory</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writersofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writersofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/ConTinual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConTinual</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>supernatural</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/permutations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>permutations</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wellworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wellworld</span></a></p>
Orion (he/him)<p>I had a "clever" idea to introduce a character in the middle part of my book only to find them again,years later,having transitioned,and play it as a surprise.</p><p>As in,we meet Jacinta, and then much later,we meet Wiktor,and my POV character reveals they're the same person by reintroducing herself to him (Wiktor).</p><p>But then I thought, am I perpetuating the stereotype that trans ppl are trying to "trick" us cissies? Thoughts?</p><p><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/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</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/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersOfMastodon</span></a> <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/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a></p>