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Everyone writes at their own pace. Your pace is okay.

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Anything that can go wrong can also go right. Don't give up.

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Thank you so much, Owen! That's incredible to hear and really motivates me to keep pushing myself bit by bit to do things like this.

Thanks, Heather!

It's okay if you're struggling to write this scene. Try moving on to another part of the story.

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About to give my first talk for the Fiction Special Interest Group for @the-ciep.bsky.social soon! Just ran through my slides and caught some silly errors.

None of these options are completely perfect, so I've rated them based on my own feelings and experience with them. There are improvements I want to push them all for, especially in sustainability.

Would you like to see an in-depth review and guide to any of them?

Email service and file hosting: Proton.

Proton is the email service I started using for my work and I absolutely love it. It's encrypted, it's intuitive, and they've expanded into file hosting and beyond.

Focused on privacy, security, funding for good, and freedom.

Based in Switzerland.

Time tracking software: Toggl Track.

A simple time tracker tool that I've used to record my time for projects; their paid plan is a little more comprehensive than the free plan and I do recommend it.

Based in Estonia.

Web hosting, domain names, and email: IONOS.

I use IONOS for my own website, and I've not had a problem with them. While they do provide AI website creation, it's optional and I've never used it.

They're committed to climate-neutral hosting and minimising CO2.

Based in Germany.

Search engine and web browser: Ecosia.

Ecosia uses their profits for climate action, planting trees being their primary objective. They only collect data they say is necessary, and they produce clean energy that exceeds how much energy they use in entirety.

Certified B Corp, based in Germany.

I believe even small businesses like freelance editorial service providers can benefit from using software and websites that buck the trend of being based in America and do good in this world.

Here's a list of recommendations, all based in Europe. That means they also have to be GDPR compliant.

Winter romance writing prompts | H Noss Proofreads Everything goes a bit blue in winter, right? Let’s warm things up with over 20 winter romance writing prompts.

Find 22+ winter romance writing prompts for your current project, something new, or just as an exercise here on my blog: hnossproofreads.co.uk/winter-roman...

Here's some winter romance writing prompts to get you warmed up this holiday!

☕ Whenever it’s cold, they always make their partner a hot chocolate.
❄️ It’s their first snow; now they need to experience everything winter has to offer.

Find even more writing inspo in the link below ⬇️

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Blog Post & Writing Prompts Round Up! (October–December 2025) Han Noss published a post on Ko-fi

Here's a round up of all of the blog posts and writing prompts I've posted since the beginning of October. Just click the link of any you like the look of!

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Welcome back to The Writing Mirror! Today's journalling prompt is:

"What have you accomplished as a writer that your past self would be proud of?"

Comment below or journal away in private!

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Sending positive vibes and well wishes to all of the writers, readers, editorial professionals, book designers, cover artists, and publishing professionals with disabilities today.

To dismiss trans people as criminals is hate.

To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.

To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.

Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.

It can be on any social media platform you like. Just share one post.

Thank you for reading, and thank you even more for acting.

I need you to make social media a kinder place for everyone, regardless of gender, by encouraging empathy and inclusion.

You just need to find one trans or non-binary person and a post that resonates with you. Share it with or without comment. Boost one person's voice.

I'd like you to share one post on social media from a trans or non-binary person. Something positive, insightful, or helpful.

I want you to spread the word that trans and non-binary people exist by sharing our words with the people we can't always reach.

Book recommendations (fiction).
* Jamie by L.D. Lapinski
* Jay's Guide to Crushing It by Ruby Clyde
* This Feast of a Life by Cynthia So
* Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos

Thank you for reading. To finish, here's my call to action.

I feel like I need to adapt how I am to suit that person's assumption or to reject it by going in the opposite way.

6. Book recommendations (non-fiction).
* Homebody: A Graphic Memoir of Gender Identity Exploration by Theo Parish
* Pageboy by Elliot Page
* Queer as Folklore by Sacha Coward

I am not comfortable being referred to as a man or a woman. I see my gender as this comfortable neutral, where I am not tied to any gendered expectations about how I should present myself physically, emotionally, or mentally.

When I'm called "sir" or "ma'am", my stomach sinks.

It's an umbrella term, meant for everyone who doesn't feel like a woman or a man, which includes so many different kinds of people.

Non-binary people can be feminine or masculine. Or they can be androgynous, which is where I sit.

For me, non-binary feels like being outside of gendered concepts.

5. Gender identity.
For simplicity's sake, I usually say that I'm non-binary, because it feels like more people generally understand what that means: I don't identify as either a woman or a man. But "non-binary" does mean something different for everyone.

I now know that this was very clearly gender dysphoria, but without the terminology I had no idea how to explain it. I didn't know how to verbalise what I was going through or how to fix it, which of course means that I never had access to gender-affirming care.

Because fiction has always been fantasy to me, I don't think books dealing with puberty and gendered roles ever made an impression on how I saw gender in the real world.

Until my late teenage years, I would waste every wish I made on magical transformations where I had the body that I should have.

4. Formative moments.
I don't have many memories from early childhood, but I have been told by important adults in my life that I would absolutely refuse to wear gendered colours (especially the colour associated with my assigned gender, but both blue and pink for years).

Don't we all deserve bathrooms that are more secure, as single-room bathrooms with proper locks as opposed to stalls with gaps and often faulty locks? Don't we all deserve to access help and support for different forms of abuse?