Happy birthday to me! Nothing to do this weekend but read my new books.
31.08.2025 23:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@josephneal.bsky.social
Writer working on Author
Happy birthday to me! Nothing to do this weekend but read my new books.
31.08.2025 23:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just realized the problem with this WIP scene is that I need to write the opposite
11.08.2025 14:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0To Substack or not? #writing
08.08.2025 16:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wizard holding his magic staff of fireballs and his baby weasel familiar on his shoulder. Sword Saint holding her magic rapier and dressed in her dueling armor.
Thanks to @offbeatworlds.bsky.social for the concept art banner for Mac and Zoe! Exactly how I pictured these two as I wrote That Guy That Invented Magic. Now to start my #author website layout.
06.08.2025 15:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just reminded of one piece of advice from my sixth grade art teacher β
A good artist knows when to stop.
As a #writer just starting to look into my publication paths, most disappointing to find is a whole industry built to sell wannabes services. Not a few things, but a LOT. Any many are quite expensive, given the #author ROI. I donβt pretend Iβm revising a bestseller, but Iβd like to break even!
16.07.2025 14:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0IDK if author logos should be a thing or not. Anyways, hereβs my Celtic Chameleon
15.07.2025 18:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#MWW25 was my first ever writer conference and thinking my main takeaway was that everyone I met was a writer, because that is what we do, what we are supposed to do. The difference was only where we are on our author journey.
14.07.2025 20:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thinking how my #writing excuses have evolved-
At 50 I wondered if I waited too long to start an author career.
At 40 I felt like a phony.
At 30 I was sure that I needed some schooling.
At 20 I had nothing worth writing about.
At 10 I liked to write short stories and my friends liked to read them.
Your YA mental health talk was honest and helpful. Only wish it could have gone longer!
12.07.2025 22:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0