<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news, <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is up.<br>Publishing: An International Conundrum.<br><a href="https://buff.ly/6naXRp2" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/6naXRp2</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
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<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is now up on my free Substack.<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/who-owns-your-ideas?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/who-owns-your-ideas?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/maureenc</span><span class="invisible">risp/p/who-owns-your-ideas?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>A CHAOS OF LIGHT<br>New Writing Scotland 43<br>Ed. by Kirstin Innes, Chris Powici & Niall O’Gallagher</p><p>“writing that unsettles and challenges, that questions assumptions and gets us to look at, when it feels so much less painful to look away… A rich, boisterous, tender, charming, angry, sorrowful, gleeful mix”</p><p>Available now from all good bookshops!</p><p>@bookstodon <br>@writingcommunity </p><p><a href="https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="asls.org.uk/publications/books/newwriting/nws43/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">asls.org.uk/publications/books</span><span class="invisible">/newwriting/nws43/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/newwriting/" rel="tag">#newwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news <a href="/tags/writingcraft/" rel="tag">#writingcraft</a> tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is up now on Substack.<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/it-used-to-be-so-simple?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/it-used-to-be-so-simple?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/maureenc</span><span class="invisible">risp/p/it-used-to-be-so-simple?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/writerscoffeeclub/" rel="tag">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> How’s your writing progress so far this year?</p><p>Working on the 11th novel of the series, Silhouette of Ravens, which has taken some turns I did not expect, but interesting ones. I have not been as productive in writing this past month, a bit more focussed on visuals. I have some illustration and artwork to do, and that always gives me a clearer view of the story in the end. Like this new cover design for 11.</p><p><a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a></p>
<p>Splicer Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a></p><p><a href="https://ambientdread.net/2025/11/15/nov-14-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/11/15/nov-14-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/11/15/no</span><span class="invisible">v-14-2025/</span></a></p>
<p>WRITERS!</p><p>Submissions are invited to NEW WRITING SCOTLAND 44! We want poetry & prose in English, Gaelic, & Scots from writers who are Scottish by residence, birth, or inclination. All successful contributors are paid – deadline 31 Oct!</p><p>@writingcommunity </p><p>Submit free via Submittable 👇</p><p><a href="https://nws.submittable.com/submit" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>nws.submittable.com/submit</a></p><p><a href="/tags/scottish/" rel="tag">#Scottish</a> <a href="/tags/literature/" rel="tag">#literature</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/iamwriting/" rel="tag">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/poetry/" rel="tag">#poetry</a> <a href="/tags/shortfiction/" rel="tag">#shortfiction</a> <a href="/tags/shortstories/" rel="tag">#shortstories</a> <a href="/tags/scots/" rel="tag">#Scots</a> <a href="/tags/scotslanguage/" rel="tag">#Scotslanguage</a> <a href="/tags/gaelic/" rel="tag">#Gaelic</a> <a href="/tags/gaidhlig/" rel="tag">#Gaidhlig</a></p>
<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is up now on Substack. Trying Not To Be Political. <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/trying-not-to-be-political?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/trying-not-to-be-political?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/maureenc</span><span class="invisible">risp/p/trying-not-to-be-political?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>Last Stand on a Dying World<br>Semper Audacia, 99¢ Space Opera <br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauthor/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauthor/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/mpaxauth</span><span class="invisible">or/p/semper-audacia-99-space-opera?r=40xifa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <br><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/readers/" rel="tag">#readers</a> <a href="/tags/booklovers/" rel="tag">#booklovers</a></p>
<p>Are you one of those people who say "I'd rather read your crappy original writing than something generated by AI?" Now's the time to put your money where your mouth is!</p><p>I, without any previous experience, wrote 100 different short stories, around 1,000 words each, for a total of over 105,000 words! Find them on my <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a>, or don't; it's a free country!</p><p><a href="http://maxalmonte.com/blog/i-wrote-fiction-for-100-days-straight-and-heres-what-happened/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="maxalmonte.com/blog/i-wrote-fiction-for-100-days-straight-and-heres-what-happened/"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">maxalmonte.com/blog/i-wrote-fi</span><span class="invisible">ction-for-100-days-straight-and-heres-what-happened/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#amWriting</a> <a href="/tags/fedifiction/" rel="tag">#fedifiction</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingCommunity</a></p>
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<p>Stale Dread </p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/artifacts/" rel="tag">#artifacts</a></p><p><a href="https://petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/may-9-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/may-9-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/1</span><span class="invisible">0/may-9-2025/</span></a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/dailyhandwriting/" rel="tag">#DailyHandwriting</a> 9, What would you take for lunch in the park?</p><p>I snuck in the following more obscure words:</p><p>- Epicure: one with sensitive and discriminating tastes.<br>- Halcyon: Idyllic time. <br>- Harbinger: something that foreshadows a future event.</p><p><a href="/tags/handwriting/" rel="tag">#handwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is now up, free on Substack. Creator Imposter Syndrome.<br><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/creator-imposter-syndrome?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/maureencrisp/p/creator-imposter-syndrome?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/maureenc</span><span class="invisible">risp/p/creator-imposter-syndrome?r=8opd8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a><br><a href="/tags/bookindustrynews/" rel="tag">#BookIndustryNews</a></p>
<p>Bridge from yesterday's dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/artifacts/" rel="tag">#artifacts</a></p><p><a href="https://petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/may-15-2025-2/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/17/may-15-2025-2/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/1</span><span class="invisible">7/may-15-2025-2/</span></a></p>
<p>Okay, mastodon. I need a poll to resolve a conflict with my writing coach. It's about a particular literary reference that they don't get, but that I hope most people will. Here's the Scenario:<br>Char1: Give me X.<br>Char2: Okay, here's X.<br>Char 1: Thanks. Now give me Y.<br>Char 2: Geez, give a mouse a cookie...</p><p>(It's my first poll ever, so apologies in advance if I screw it up._<br><a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#amwriting</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/sciencefiction/" rel="tag">#sciencefiction</a></p>
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<p>Focal Repairs</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a></p><p><a href="http://ambientdread.net/2025/11/22/nov-21-2025/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="ambientdread.net/2025/11/22/nov-21-2025/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">ambientdread.net/2025/11/22/no</span><span class="invisible">v-21-2025/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social</span></a></p>
<p>Here is an essay by John <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gruber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gruber</span></a></span> discussing political language while taking down a memo about Minneapolis by Tim Cook of <a href="/tags/apple/" rel="tag">#Apple</a>—however, I am citing it as noteworthy for <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#writers</a> and <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#authors</a>. Specific colorful evocative language that leads to readers (or the audience for a speech) to seeing, feeling, even smelling smoke or sweat in a situation, possibly even the fear, is essential and critical to telling a story, or to making an argument. This article is worth your time to read.</p><p><a href="https://daringfireball.net/2026/01/politics_and_the_english_language_january_2026_edition" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="daringfireball.net/2026/01/politics_and_the_english_language_january_2026_edition"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daringfireball.net/2026/01/pol</span><span class="invisible">itics_and_the_english_language_january_2026_edition</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/boostingissharing/" rel="tag">#BoostingIsSharing</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#writer</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#writersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/timcook/" rel="tag">#TimCook</a></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/scribesandmakers/" rel="tag">#ScribesAndMakers</a> 15. How's your creativity going? Is there anything you would like help with?</p><p>I'm liking the zero pressure approach. Making some changes, and rediscovering the rough edges of sketches. I've been "finishing" too much. Need to relearn that rough and dynamic doesn't always mean unfinished. I spent far too many hours trying to "finish" this, only to like the rough sketch a lot more. So, I'm embracing it. </p><p><a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a> <a href="/tags/witch/" rel="tag">#witch</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is up.<br>Standing Up.<br><a href="https://buff.ly/RrOdoCN" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/RrOdoCN</a> <br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>Out now!!<br>Save $1.25 and buy direct from Evernight Publishing.</p><p><a href="https://www.evernightpublishing.com/her-cravings-mastered-by-suzy-shearer/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.evernightpublishing.com/her-cravings-mastered-by-suzy-shearer/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.evernightpublishing.com/he</span><span class="invisible">r-cravings-mastered-by-suzy-shearer/</span></a></p><p>Can 51 year old Jessica allow one man to control her again?</p><p>Especially now she's come face-to-face with Aiden Dowling, 54—a confident, attractive Dom, who looks at her like an apex predator.</p><p><a href="/tags/read/" rel="tag">#read</a> <a href="/tags/readromance/" rel="tag">#readromance</a> <a href="/tags/romance/" rel="tag">#romance</a> <a href="/tags/romanceauthor/" rel="tag">#romanceAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/romancenovel/" rel="tag">#romanceNovel</a> <a href="/tags/romancenovels/" rel="tag">#romanceNovels</a> <a href="/tags/bookstadon/" rel="tag">#bookstadon</a> <a href="/tags/writerscoffeeclub/" rel="tag">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/wordweaver/" rel="tag">#wordweaver</a> <a href="/tags/creativity/" rel="tag">#creativity</a> @bookstadon <a href="/tags/romancebooks/" rel="tag">#romanceBooks</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/menage/" rel="tag">#menage</a> <a href="/tags/threesome/" rel="tag">#threesome</a> <a href="/tags/mmf/" rel="tag">#MMF</a> <a href="/tags/bdsm/" rel="tag">#BDSM</a> <a href="/tags/oldercouple/" rel="tag">#oldercouple</a> <a href="/tags/maturecouple/" rel="tag">#maturecouple</a> <a href="/tags/contemporary/" rel="tag">#contemporary</a></p>
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<p>My weekly roundup of <a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#publishing</a> news and <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> craft tips and <a href="/tags/bookmarketing/" rel="tag">#bookmarketing</a> links is up. <br>Working Together<br> <a href="https://buff.ly/3Qp94Or" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>buff.ly/3Qp94Or</a> <br><a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a></p>
<p>Bill Dread</p><p><a href="/tags/socialsplatter/" rel="tag">#SocialSplatter</a> <a href="/tags/sundries/" rel="tag">#Sundries</a> <a href="/tags/poems/" rel="tag">#Poems</a> <a href="/tags/posts/" rel="tag">#posts</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/yesterdaysriff/" rel="tag">#YesterdaysRiff</a> <a href="/tags/haiku/" rel="tag">#haiku</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="/tags/blogging/" rel="tag">#blogging</a> <a href="/tags/artifacts/" rel="tag">#artifacts</a> </p><p><a href="https://petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/may-23-2025/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/24/may-23-2025/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">petrd1.wordpress.com/2025/05/2</span><span class="invisible">4/may-23-2025/</span></a></p>
<p>Like a lot of industries, the publishing industry's purpose is to put more money in the pockets of those who already have to much... 😒 </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@galacticwriters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>galacticwriters</span></a></span> @writers <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@writingbooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>writingbooks</span></a></span> @keepwriting @aiop</p><p><a href="/tags/publishing/" rel="tag">#Publishing</a><br><a href="/tags/writingmemes/" rel="tag">#WritingMemes</a> <a href="/tags/meme/" rel="tag">#Meme</a> <a href="/tags/memes/" rel="tag">#Memes</a> <br><a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#Author</a> <a href="/tags/authors/" rel="tag">#Authors</a> <a href="/tags/indieauthor/" rel="tag">#IndieAuthor</a> <a href="/tags/indiebooks/" rel="tag">#IndieBooks</a> <a href="/tags/amwriting/" rel="tag">#AmWriting</a> <a href="/tags/writerdons/" rel="tag">#Writerdons</a> <a href="/tags/writers/" rel="tag">#Writers</a> <a href="/tags/writer/" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a> <a href="/tags/writingcommunity/" rel="tag">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="/tags/writinglife/" rel="tag">#Writinglife</a> <a href="/tags/writersofmastodon/" rel="tag">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#Bookstodon</a></p>
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