The ONC is here!
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The ONC is here!
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Great chapter!
01.02.2025 00:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The 2025 Open Novella contest begins Feb 1st. You choose one of their prompts to write your novella around. You get 12 weeks to write at least 20k words (40k max). This will be my 5th year participating. There’s usually 700-800 participants (my sister won last year 🏆). It’s really fun!
29.01.2025 22:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Sometimes I wonder if my characters would like me. Then I remember I’ve ruined their lives, so…
27.01.2025 22:54 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Worldbuilding is fun until you realize you’ve spent two hours naming rivers no one will care about. Progress?
14.01.2025 02:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I have free audiobooks on SoundCloud AND YouTube ✨ #reading
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I asked my brain for story ideas last night. It gave me insomnia and an existential crisis instead.
09.01.2025 02:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Some writers outline. Some pants. I personally prefer the third option: chaotic spiraling with a hint of existential dread.
02.01.2025 15:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My writing process:
Step 1: Write the thing.
Step 2: Read it back and cringe.
Step 3: Set it on fire (metaphorically).
Do you like your dark fantasy with a bit of mystery? Read “Emergence” here 👉🏻 cyndagallagher.univer.se/emergence
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Fantasy readers are like, “This world is cruel, bleak, and full of suffering. 5 stars. When’s the sequel?”
(I’m fantasy readers)
Found a plot hole today. Fixed it by pretending it’s foreshadowing. Editing is a skill, folks.
07.12.2024 16:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you interact with my posts I WILL follow you. It’s just the rules 🤷🏻♀️
Tbh I just get super excited when other bookish people can relate to me. I’m like, did we just become friends??? 😂
To published indie authors, why are your books not in your links? Some of you just link to another social media account while others don’t have any links at all 😰 Some bios say “Search for my book on Amazon”.
Yes, this is a genuine question.
@michaelkfalciani.bsky.social thank you for the follow! 🤩
06.12.2024 18:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reading a fantasy book: This 900-page tome is just a light weekend read.
Writing my own book: Why is 500 words so much??
Wrote 1,000 words today. They were all bad, but I’m choosing to call it character development—for me.
05.12.2024 20:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I told myself I’d write today. Instead, I rearranged my bookshelf. This counts as productivity, right?
04.12.2024 21:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Today I wanted a coffee for lunch.
Instead I ate real food and had a V8.
You can clap now.
Updates 👀
Free fantasy ebook coming soon? New post out now!
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Anyway, happy turkey day to those who celebrate, but especially those who harbor a deep sense of disappointment that they'll never be able to attend a massive feast like appears in pretty much every Redwall book.
28.11.2024 20:09 — 👍 152 🔁 15 💬 6 📌 0Idk man. You can’t tell me frogs don’t taste like straight up pickles. They give off a real pickley vibe.
30.11.2024 00:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My little sister won Wattpad’s 2024 Open Novella Contest! It was her first ever novella. I’m so proud! Check it out here www.wattpad.com/story/363263...
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Black Friday kindle sales (aka free books) have me in a CHOKEHOLD 🥴
30.11.2024 00:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.
Go shop local today. ❤️
Happy you’re here, a little about me:
🖤 Dark/high fantasy author
🖤 Manga/anime enthusiast
🖤 Mood reader (love indie authors)
🖤 Gamer (video and tabletop)
🖤 Midwest daydreamer
🖤 Coffee
🖤 Pets
🖤 Naps
🖤 linktr.ee/cyndagallagher
Thanks for stopping by 🖤
I hope this letter finds you, in your changes.
29.11.2024 00:44 — 👍 597 🔁 65 💬 17 📌 7A square image of book covers lined up 6x9. At the center, text reads "170 Books for $0.99 or free. Indie Black Friday Sale, November 29- December 1."
Hey everyone! Happy holiday sales weekend! Check out all these amazing indie titles for $0.99 or even free through the weekend!
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