Me: I'm stuck for this character's motivation.
Spouse: Ooh let me help.
(Spends the next hour troubleshooting with me)
Spouse: I'm really excited about this story, I can't wait to read it.
Me: 🥹😭
Me: I'm stuck for this character's motivation.
Spouse: Ooh let me help.
(Spends the next hour troubleshooting with me)
Spouse: I'm really excited about this story, I can't wait to read it.
Me: 🥹😭
OK who's got tips for writing action scenes where one of the people fighting doesn't have a name yet... I'm relying SO heavily on epithets and I'm just like, there has to be a better way 😅 #writersky
20.05.2025 02:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Occasionally when I'm editing I catch myself overthinking things like if the chapters are the right length, if they're all similar in length to each other, or if the cliffhanger works. And in those moments I inevitably consider going full Terry Pratchett & just not using chapters at all lol 🫠
17.05.2025 01:27 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
What's your favorite word that you can never find an excuse to use in conversation?
Mine is "sonder."
Also worth a mention that I don't have KU, so that's not an issue, but would love if my new ereader could connect to Libby/have library access.
09.01.2025 05:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Old ereader is a Kindle, but having the same concerns about Amzn potentially locking people out without a Kindle. Capitalism 🙃
09.01.2025 05:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Ebook reader folks! What #eReader s are we liking nowadays? I'm in the market for a new one.
Generally would like to avoid being locked in to a specific ecosystem (like the way B&N won't let you download Nook books to put on a non-Nook device), but open to suggestions.
go get a library card
11.12.2024 16:51 — 👍 1096 🔁 214 💬 31 📌 16Neurodivergence is what I was meaning to refer to! But now that I've researched I see the confusion haha.
07.12.2024 20:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😂😂 it's definitely a struggle sometimes, my handwriting gets less legible as I get into it haha. But I've found it helps me think about what I'm writing more than typing, no idea why!!
07.12.2024 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lightning round!
✨️Fav author: Terry Pratchett
✨️Most-used punctuation mark: —
✨️Fav punctuation mark: *
✨️Plotter/Pantser: Plotter, but only recently!
✨️Music/silence while writing: Music
✨️Writing location: The couch
✨️Drink: Matcha cocoa
✨️Typed/handwritten: Handwritten first draft, typed everything else
Hi writers of Bluesky! My name's Marie.
✨️I write 🏳️🌈 & ♾️ fantasy & scifi
✨️My current WIP is a scifi romance
✨️My non-writing spare time is spent playing video games and cosplaying
✨️I have two writing partners: my spouse who listens to me rant, and my dog Navi who sits on my lap while I write