Hello, I am looking for self-published #horror writers to read their books and give them a little bit of exposure through short reviews. Please mind that the review could be negative (it's what they call constructive these days) if I don't like the book.
You can suggest own books or your favorite writers.
Please no fan fiction.
Let's go.
The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 12 April 2025 is:
The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.
@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.
If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.
#ScribesAndMakers 12th April 2025. Shameless self-promotion day. Show us what you're proud of. Let's boost away.
My #histfic debut "The Plague Angel" has spawned not only a prequel, but now a sequel also! So, much to my surprise, I'm now about halfway through writing a medieval trilogy:
Behind the Pen Case Study: How Author Charles Brass Uses Email Promotions to Build Long-Term Visibility
Go behind the scenes with sci-fi and fantasy author Charles Brass as he shares his writing routine, marketing wins, and how Written Word Media helped boost his book…
https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/behind-the-pen-case-study-how-author-charles-brass-uses-email-promotions-to-build-long-term-visibility/
#AuthorBlog #Marketing #Resources #SelfPublishing #Writing
@indieauthors
how I wish
I had the energy
of playing kittens
#dailyhaikuprompt - kittens
#haiku
#poetry
#poetrycommunity
#writing
#writingcommunity
#cats
#kittens
#writersCoffeeClub 12/4: How would you write a story with a cast of one? Could you?
It’s not hard to think of various setups. There’s a section in my WIP where one character is shipwrecked and has to make his way alone across a lonely island. But it’s only there in the greater story because he’s telling the tale to two others. That, for me, is the interesting part; there’s still an interplay between characters.
I could write a solo story, but would I want to?
#books #writing #writersofmastodon
#WordWeavers 12/4: MC POV: Name three dangers that exist in your world. How do you protect yourself from them?
Jerya: poverty, enslavement, disease. And, no surprise, they’re all linked. Can’t tackle one in isolation.
I’m well protected personally. Marrying an Earl is a good way to do that. But I couldn’t live with myself if I wasn’t doing everything I could to tackle the problems.
#books #writing #writersofmastodon
Where do you go to?
Every time I reach for you,
you are never there
I suspect you hide away,
so I can’t depend on you
The new place I am at is very homey.
Basically just a giant house they converted into a care facility so it feels more like just being at home.
I could get used to this place, and the food is better too honestly.
Guess almost dying of lung infection was actually a net positive, and I can relax for a bit and get things set up slowly.
Also really nice to have a shower, hospitals suck and I start feeling dirty after a while.
Just had a skin searing hot one, the best kind :D
#WordWeavers 2504.11 — Could your SC do your job?
I'm retired. Pretty much any of them could do that. To the extent that the main series antagonist is also a secondary character, getting to be retired is the WHOLE POINT of her existence from her point of view!
[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]
#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory
Yay!
I am leaving the hospital today finally.
Going to a new place is always scary for me though. I am going to a different, but similar facility to where I was staying before.
Hopefully it isn't a total mess, but I don't think anything could be worse than Soul Housing, which put me in the hospital.
Then I have a reference for more permanent housing later, just need to call even if it is awful.
My #health is MUCH better, that will be my shield no matter what happens.
Link to Characterization In The Buffyverse—'Angel' Season 2, Episode 5 written by me for comicon.
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#WritersCoffeeClub April 12. How would you write a story with a cast of one? Could you?
I could. I mean, I'd find a way to make it work. But I have no interest in doing that. I love working with dialogue. The play of what's said, what's not said, what body language and "business" and props tells you. It's so much fun. That's my comfort zone.
I finally got around to notifying the NZ Society of Authors and the publisher that one of my books is in the LibGen database used by Meta without authorisation to train its AI. Some journal articles I wrote are also in the database. I am no fan of AI, and I have a strong aversion to Meta, so I am VERY cross about this 
Vielleicht hat mich zu dem Stil ja inspiriert, dass der Tobias Moretti im neuen "Mein Tirol" Magazin zu lesen war. Vielleicht war es auch etwas ganz anderes.
https://scriptorium77.com/2025/04/11/stille-is-was-andres-als-ruhe/
I've been writing using em dashes since the 1990s. The reason AI uses em dashes is because it was trained on my writing, and that of countless other humans like me.
Birds
There they are
Just fluttering along.
Flying around,
Doing nothing wrong.
When suddenly – VROOM
And a bug is gone.
My response to the Writer's Digest 2025 April PAD Challenge: Day 11
