B.L. Mitchum

Oh, it’s fully accidental ahhah! I got to chapter 6 and I was thinking— if I took a shot for every time I say “his cobalt eyes”, I’d be in the hospital by now 😂
I fell hard into the whole “the eyes are the window to the soul” pitfall.

Editing my draft right now and thinking, “If the author mentions the color of this man’s eyes one more time, I’m going to rage quit.” Except, I’m the author. I’m going to make myself rage quit. #Funny #Writing #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity #EditingCommunity #Fiction #WriteSky #WritingHumor

I always had crushes on the robot characters in shows like that because I related to them and I've been informed that relating to characters that have trouble expressing their emotions or understanding social cues is a sign of autism #Funny #Writing #Adhd #AuDHD #Autism #CreativeWriting #Robots

I’ll get all hyped up seeing a job posting like, “looking for a proofreader,” and then click on it and it’s for training AI. Look, I want to do this full-time but I’m not *that* desperate. We’re in the bad timeline for sure. #Editing #Writing #JobHunting #AntiAi #FuckAi #EditingCommunity #Struggle

You may be thinking, “B.L., did you get any writing done during your hiatus from social media?”
Hahahah… no. But, boy, I *thought* about writing a lot.
Well, here’s to the new year. The goal’s to be a little more consistent lol
#Writing #Writerscommunity #Funny #WriteSky #Writers #CreativeWriting

I hate that my most poetic lines are always about the stupidest things.
“I am an oasis of love in this desert, and yet there is not a soul whose thirst needs slaked!”
(Lamenting about the fact that I can’t pet squirrels.) #Funny #Writing #Poetry #Humor #WritingHumor #WriteSky #CreativeWriting

The go-to move is letting things fall apart and then spiraling over a plot hole it created while the smart characters sit there and stare at me and the goblin like, “If you’re who made us, we’re doomed.”

I love making smart characters, they’re my favorite to write. Unfortunately, they’re written by me, who has a brain operated by a goblin with a joystick. #Writing #Author #Humor #WritingHumor #Funny #WriteSky #BookSky #Characters #OCs #OriginalCharacters #WritingCommunity #Write #Comedy #Writers

I’ve so done that though! Where it’s, like, 7pm and you’re tired but it’s too late for a nap and it’s too early to sleep so you have a cup of coffee and then you’re just awake for the rest of time 😭

My coffee addiction isn’t that noticeable. I just get headaches, can’t think straight, and become lightheaded when I forget to drink a cup. I think that’s just normal authorial behavior! #Funny #Writing #Coffee #CoffeeAddict #Humor #Author #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #Writers #WritingHumor

Writing is one of those things where I sometimes have to remind myself that I love it. Like, yes, most of the time I’m exhausted because of it and I whine about it all the time, but my life would be worse without it. So I guess in that way it’s sort of like parenthood. #Funny #Writing #Parenthood

One day, I will be older than the characters I’m writing for because time moves faster for me than it does for my characters. This is what causes my acid indigestion. #Writing #Funny #WritingHumor #Writers #Authors #Characters #WritersCommunity #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #BookSky #WorkInProgress

My weakness is smart boys who have no emotional fluency tbh 😂
He’s smart but he’s a himbo in his own special way

Rating my characters: He’s a 10 but he’s a detective that could have you figured out in a minute even though he has zero clue about what’s going on in his own life so he’s smart but lacks self-awareness on most levels. #Writing #Author #MyOcs #OriginalCharacters #Funny #WritingCommunity #WIP #Books

HONESTLY 😭😭😭😭

Sorta stuck between wanting to throttle my first draft because it’s not perfect and I know I’ll have to go back through and rewrite it and acknowledging it must be bad before it can be good. #Writing #Funny #Humor #Author #ShittyFirstDraft #Writer #Book #WorkInProgress #WritingCommunity #WriteSky

Coming back from hiatus after weeks of radio silence: Hah. Consistency? I’ve never heard of her. Anyway, yeah, the writer’s block goes brr #ImBack #Writer #WritersBlock #Funny #RadioSilence #Author #Editing #Hiatus #Writing #Books #WriteSky #BookSky #Writing #Write #WorkInProgress #WIP #Funny #Humor

I found the part in my WIP’s plot that I was getting snagged on. This feels an awful lot like missing a loop while crocheting where you have to undo a whole row of loops to fix it and the whole time you are grimacing. #WritingCommunity #Writing #Editing #Crochet #WIP #Writer #Author #WriteSky #Books

Neurodivergent people befriending each other are always like:
“Hello! I have psychoanalyzed you!”
“Interesting! I have also psychoanalyzed you!”
“And we are compatible?”
“Yes! And now we are best friends for life! :)”
#Writing #Neurodivergent #ActuallyNeurodivergent #Humor #Funny #Authors #Adhd

Bright side: I wrote like 5 pages last night and it felt incredible.
Down side: it was because I couldn’t sleep and I was awake until 4am and then woke up at 7:30am to work my day job.
Do I regret it? Not really. #Writing #WritingHumor #Author #Humor #Sleep #Write #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Books

One of my favorite parts of line editing is learning that many authors have the same bad writing habits that I do. I, too, struggle with letting sentences last too long and starting sentences with unnecessary conjunctions. #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers #Grammar #Editing #Author #Books #Write

I follow the rule of thumb that cliches are cliches for a reason: people like them. The important thing is understanding *why* they work so you can make them work for you!! ✨

People are afraid of writing tropes and cliches, but when they’re used correctly, they can really enhance a piece. Readers love the familiar just as much as they enjoy a new twist! #Writing #WriteSky #BookSky #Cliches #Tropes #WritingTropes #WritingCommunity #Author #Books #Writer #WritingAdvice

Like a string pulled taut, he could feel himself fraying. He could no longer resist the constant tugging and pulling. He gave in. Just for some relief in the tension between them. Otherwise, one of them would snap in two, he was sure of it. Before he knew it, their lips were pressed together.

Apparently, the real trick to making it to the 5am Writer’s Club was being back on my ADHD meds. Who would have guessed? #5amWritingClub #5amWritersClub #Adhd #ActuallyAdhd #Funny #Humor #WritingHumor #MentalHealthHumor #Authors #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #BookSky #Writer

I think I’m scared of momentum. I’ll get into a groove with writing to editing, feel like I’m running ahead of schedule, and scramble to slam the breaks like I can and should slow down. Like, woah Nelly, this junction’s going too quick, hold up! #Editing #Writing #Author #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Nooo you can’t! That’s my emotional support Oxford Comma! I swear I’ll shower your manuscript in it to remind you how important it is for reader clarity!! #Writing #Editing #OxfordComma #Grammar #WriteSky #BookSky #WritingHumor #Humor #Funny #Writer #Author #LineEditing #Books #WritingCommunity

I have been struggling for weeks over a metaphor. After researching Victorian communication methods for weeks I have been reminded that my metaphor would work perfectly fine using the idea of eavesdropping through a door. So anyway doors exist. #Humor #WritingHumor #WriteSky #BookSky #Writer #Author

As a line-editor, I have to pick-and-choose my battles. Fighting with authors over using “he or she” rather than opting for the gender-neutral “they” isn’t ever going to get me far. That doesn’t mean that I didn’t heavily debate dying on that hill. #LineEditing #Editorial #WritingCommunity #LGBTQIA+

The metaphor in my head is a walkie talkie. Communication that requires being synchronized to the right station to be uninterrupted. Just one problem; it’s set in 1858 and no such thing exists just yet, so I need to find another metaphor. #Writing #Humor #HistoricalFiction #Metaphor #VictorianEra