🦋V. Bohème🦋

yes, we need mature, competent team
Canada members

all hands on deck now - deck those that aren't for Canada

lol

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Right there with ya!
I mean how do BOTH cats🐈‍⬛🐈 get sick at the same time?
And then both want to sleep next to me?
And fight over it! All night!😩

Traci, have you ever read The Emotional of Fiction by Maass?
It was an eye-opener for me. Have a wonderful day too! ✍️📚

Love this image! Looks like an old mailbox.
Imagine if instead of bills, the mailbox was filled with flowers💐

Good Morning Batwomen & other gendered bat friends🦇!
Some days we write✍️others we edit.
Others yet, we shmooze with the muse…
Remember: your well-being is part of the masterpiece. 📚
#TransformationTuesday 🦋 #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub #Ally

My dayjob keeps me too busy to do a proper deep dive on this, but I'll try on the weekend because as you properly allude to:
it makes my brain want to explode 🤯

😬Cringe
As a Canadian🍁, I have no idea if this is accurate, but even a portion of that is impossible to wrap my head around...

Definitely not just you. I left work Friday to drive to a writers' festival (which was AMAZING), but came back with a runny nose👃, so the image is barely an exaggeration😁

There is nothing trivial whatsoever about the quiet power of books📚, of storytelling & of the triumphant arrival of a new life.
Congratulations🎉!
Also, what a lovely way your daughter-in-law honours you in your future grandchild's life--no small thing, no small thing at all.

G’Mornin’ #5AMWritersClub
New week, new words. 📚
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #MoodboardMonday:

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Post-festival glow🌟: Left Cabot Trail Writers Festival inspired by voices, kindness & Cape Breton's gorgeous fall colours.🍂 Here’s to courage like @ivancoyote.bsky.social, poetry like @suegoyette.bsky.social...
TY for reminding me why we write—why we need each other.
#WritersLife

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Rugged coast, salt air, crisp leaves—a perfect fall trifecta. 🍂 Add a roomful of writers✍️ & readers—converging on Unama’ki (Cape Breton) this weekend = a cornucopia of awesomeness! Can't wait to hit the road. Roadtrip!!
#Books 📚 #WritingCommunity
www.cabottrailwritersfestival.com

Yes @parisreview.bsky.social

#writingcommunity #october #5amwritersclub #womenwriters

How Long Should It Take to Write a Book? | Jane Friedman Writing a novel requires the creation of a fully populated world. Deities can pull that off in six days, but how long should it take to write a book?

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On this #ThankfulThursday, I'm grateful for books📚, coffee☕ & for authors who give me hope:
"Write. Write well. Write to the end. Take as long as you need."

Who wrote it? Read or bookmark this article for a day you need to hear it.
janefriedman.com/how-long-sho...

What do Trump and Hegseth’s inflammatory speeches to military generals signal? | Moira Donegan The Trump administration evidently seeks to transform the US military into a partisan tool of the president’s regime

Ok, I go back to writing✍️ after this, but:
What the hell is going on over there?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Amazing!!!

kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room . ALT: kermit the frog is using a typewriter in a messy room .

Happy Humpday, #5AMWritersClub creatives 🐪 🌿✨

Keep slurping ☕ and plotting—you’ve got this.📚
Whole day off yesterday: didn't pull off a single leaf🍂 of writing. Got feedback from a beta reader & dove into edits.
#WritingWednesday✍️ it is! #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
Today’s/October plan:

Thanks for the follow, Andrii-following back.
Canada🍁 stands with Ukraine💙💛.
Yesterday, I started training an employee I hired from Ukraine.
She's here alone, no family, but my team is made up of amazing human beings--we'll support & give her our friendship.
May you defeat Putin!🙏
#SlavaUkraini

Great image! What castle is that?

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Today, Canadians🍁commit to learning our shared history with Indigenous Peoples to move us toward a healthier, more just future.
#Storytelling can honour Residential School survivors & remember lost children😢
#EveryChildMatters #IntergenerationalTrauma #Ally

That's my sister's name, Imelda😁--hope the storm turns out like her--she's very kind.

It won't change my mind about Trump, but given he speaks on behalf of the United States, if he were a true statesman, he would apologize.
As an Acadian, Louisiana has always been on my bucket list.
Lt. Gov. Nungesser made me feel I'd be welcome there, and that does go a long way.

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#MoodboardMonday below.
Yep, I really need coffee ☕
Happy Writing!
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #AmWriting

WRITING RUMBLE! Coming soon! writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...

Dearest Martha,

I write from the front lines of war-torn Portland. Today I fought bravely through a hostile farmers market, narrowly surviving a volley of kombucha bottles. Supplies of pour-over coffee and oat milk run low. Clouds of artisanal incense fill the sky, the drum circles beat incessantly

War-ravaged Portland