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Writer, thinker, dreamer. Laughter is medicine. #BookSky

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) YouTube video by JulesTV

Laugh of the day for Friday the 13th!
Rocky Horry Picture Show.

#laughterismedicine #comedy

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13.03.2026 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Whatโ€™s this sound like to you?! This is โ€œheavy foot.โ€ โ€” dm me the word โ€œMonโ€ & Iโ€™ll send you my
Whatโ€™s this sound like to you?! This is โ€œheavy foot.โ€ โ€” dm me the word โ€œMonโ€ & Iโ€™ll send you my YouTube video by Mon Rovรฎa

New discovery! Check out Mon Rovia.
#music #artistry ๐ŸŽถ

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13.03.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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Happy Friday the 13th!
Be BOLD, Be Unafraid.
The black cats and ravens are on your side.

13.03.2026 14:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The McCormack Writing Center Places Artists and Community First - Electric Literature As they shed the Tin House Workshop name, Executive Director Lance Cleland discusses the values that remain at the organization's core

Good work: Creating spaces where writers can engage deeply - while staying nimble and responsive to your community and the world.

#writingcommunity #writers

electricliterature.com/the-mccormac...

13.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#WritingCommunity #poetry

13.03.2026 14:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ghost Writing: On AI Before AI When is an author not an author? The question feels like the lead up to a nerdy joke. But these days, with the looming presence of artificial intelligence, I feel as if I am asking that question evโ€ฆ

Emily Hodgson Anderson paints an introspective ghostly picture on AI here.

"These earliest example of ghostly writing made us as a society more comfortable with not knowing, or not asking, how some forms of writing were produced."

#writing #AI #ghostwriting

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12.03.2026 14:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€œIf it sounds literary, it isnโ€™tโ€: The deceptively simple rules behind good writing Anne Lamott and Neal Allen join us to discuss why embracing constraints can be the best way to find freedom in the craft.

"My job is the sentence, and secondarily the paragraph or flow, and only thirdly the content of what I have learned or am learning" Allen in the intro.

My fav - "above all, wants to keep their reader turning the page."

#writing #books #booksky

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11.03.2026 14:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"The need for this kind of interpretive work is not a shortcoming of any given piece of writingโ€”like itโ€™s failing to communicate and needs a translator. Rather this interpretive effort shows just how much the work could successfully communicate and why itโ€™s art in the first place. "

#books

11.03.2026 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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100+ Writing Jokes That Will Keep You Laughing Out Loud Enjoy the funniest collection of writing jokes including jokes about writing, creative writing jokes, essay writing jokes, and more that will make you laugh

It's hard to laugh when so many awful things are going on. We can still care very much, do what we can, work together for better days ahead. Let's not let the bad guys take our joy. Laughter is medicine.
Here's some silly writing jokes/puns.

Laugh of the day:

jokespunfun.com/writing-jokes/

10.03.2026 20:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I Protest: Our Writing Is Never Pointless March 8th is not just a date on the calendar. It carries the weight of years of struggle, suffering, and
10.03.2026 14:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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To every #writer out there building worlds one sentence at a time, keep going.

10.03.2026 14:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nick Petrie: The Joys and Challenges of Writing a Long-Running Series The creation of every book still feels like holding a newborn kitten in my hand, a small and fragile creature that I never quite believe will grow strong enough to survive on its own.ย  Although Iโ€™vโ€ฆ

A LOT of gems for writers in this piece by Nick Petrie.
I'm hoping my W.I.P could potentially be a long running series. Definitely saving this for future reference.

Thinking a lot about his guiding principle- "to simultaneously meet reader expectations and subvert them."

#BookSky #writing

10.03.2026 14:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jen's fallen to the communists | The IT Crowd #shorts #comedy  #theitcrowd #funny #richardayoade
Jen's fallen to the communists | The IT Crowd #shorts #comedy #theitcrowd #funny #richardayoade YouTube video by TeaBreakComedy

Laugh of the day.๐Ÿ˜€

#comedy #laughterasmedicine

09.03.2026 15:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œYou wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.โ€
โ€• Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

#BookSky

09.03.2026 14:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cursive handwriting makes a comeback in Pennsylvania A new mandate specifies that all Pennsylvania students must be taught cursive in public and private schools.

Hooray for cursive writing!

"When writing cursive, students are learning how to connect letters while engaging in spelling words โ€” foundational skills for how much students write and the quality of their writing"

09.03.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hild Novel set in 7th-century Britain. Winner of the Washington State Book Award. โ€œIn its ambition and intelligence, Hild might best be compared to Hilary Mantelโ€™s novels about Thomas Cromweโ€ฆ

The first line of a current book I'm reading:

"The child's world changed late one afternoon, though she didn't know it."

#BookSky #books #reading

07.03.2026 18:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for taking the time to show and explain. Fascinating to see the process, how the painting evolves~~ I will have to remember the white gouache. Lovely additional touch. Beautiful piece.

06.03.2026 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Accidentally Traumatized Elmo?! ๐Ÿ˜ญ
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Accidentally Traumatized Elmo?! ๐Ÿ˜ญ YouTube video by SuperSim

Laugh of the day. ๐Ÿ˜€

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06.03.2026 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I Talked to 150 Writers and Hereโ€™s the Best Advice They Had I once heard John Irving give a lecture on his process at the Iowa Writersโ€™ Workshop, an in-depth account of the way his novels come to be. He kicked it off by writing a single sentence on the chalโ€ฆ

I like to read my writing aloud.

In this piece, novelist and poet Jesse Ball says, "โ€œSound gives us clues about what is necessary and real" - you discover the weak parts, harder to find when just reading.

So much more great advice here too. #BookSky

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Love your paintings and drawings. I dabble...If you don't mind me asking, is your technique watercolour first, ink after? Or does your order depend on the painting? Fluidity in technique?

06.03.2026 15:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Snowbelle (Himalayan dwarf rabbit - white with ruby eyes, black nose, ears, tail, chest patch and paws) and Jet (black rabbit with tiny tan specs on paw tips) in a wooden castle on a light green bunny print rug.

Snowbelle (Himalayan dwarf rabbit - white with ruby eyes, black nose, ears, tail, chest patch and paws) and Jet (black rabbit with tiny tan specs on paw tips) in a wooden castle on a light green bunny print rug.

Good morning! โ˜€๏ธ It's almost the weekend! ๐Ÿ˜˜

#bunny #rabbit

05.03.2026 13:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 2050 ๐Ÿ” 142 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Laugh of the day.

Big fan of Gary Larson
And Kangaroos
And nerds!

05.03.2026 15:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
And This Is Why The Boondocks Will Always Be A Classic Show ๐Ÿ’ฏ
And This Is Why The Boondocks Will Always Be A Classic Show ๐Ÿ’ฏ YouTube video by RapMarathon

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05.03.2026 15:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love developing characters that are unabashedly themselves. In all their beauty, in all their pain, in all their quirks and favorite things.
Has a penchant for a lasso?โ˜‘๏ธ
Likes to bang papers together with a stapler really hard because it is so satisfying? โ˜‘๏ธ
Skips till they're no longer sad? โ˜‘๏ธ
YES.

05.03.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This vibe...

Art is life.

05.03.2026 15:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œA nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.โ€

โ€• Martin Luther King Jr.

05.03.2026 15:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Karen is a workaholic | Will & Grace
Karen is a workaholic | Will & Grace YouTube video by Will & Grace

Laugh of the day.

Karen, aka, the fabulous Megan Mullally ๐Ÿธ

youtube.com/shorts/rsOv1...

04.03.2026 18:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Your Kids Go First: Antiโ€‘War Pixarโ€‘Style Protest Anthem (Mustโ€‘Hear Satire)
Your Kids Go First: Antiโ€‘War Pixarโ€‘Style Protest Anthem (Mustโ€‘Hear Satire) YouTube video by John D. Cundle

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