“Write what should not be forgotten.”
— Isabel Allende
Art and stories are absolutely necessary during the darker timelines, precisely because we need the hope of the ending, and the light of the truth afterwards.
#KeepWriting
#booksky #stories #writingcommunity #authors #art #create
Picture is of a (temporary) book cover. A golden crown is centered on a black background. White text reads "Long Live the Queen, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke"
Opens tomorrow.
I'm really excited! How cool must it be to be one of the readers and editors, getting an early, raw glimpse at so many creative people's works??
I hope it's a blast for everyone! - Good luck! 😁🤞🎉❤️
#Revpit #Writers #Publishing #Revision #manuscript #books #editors #contest
"That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth."
- Tim O'Brien
#booksky #quotes #books #stories #reading #writing #writingcommunity #indieauthors #fiction #truth
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“The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it.”
- Samuel Johnson
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Also, who the hell doesn't like 3rd person?? I hate 1st person, and I will not read in 2nd. If I wanted a 2nd person story, I'd play DnD.
We read to experience OTHERS. We fan fic to experience ourselves. Jesusfuckingchrist. 🤦♀️
"I want it to be as dumbed down as possible."
There it is. And if that's the trend in literature, then it is a sad trend indeed.
Maybe ask yourself WHY you want to only engage in dumb things. Do you want to be dumb? Are you dumb? Do you really have no wish to not be dumb?
#literature #trends #books
"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose, or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in a human situation."
- Graham Greene
#booksky #writingcommunity #therapy #art #music #author #thehumancondition #📚💙
Picture is of a (temporary) book cover. A ship is on the open sea, with giant white wings for sails. Text reads "High Winds and Low Whispers, a story of Dainu, by JG Duke".
Jaris has returned to his homeland after years of maritime adventures.
He was told he would be welcomed as a hero. He was told his insights were invaluable. He was told his fellow Purnma were the greatest beings in Dainu!
He was lied to.
#AStoryOfDainu #AmQuerying #SaturdaySelfPromotion #Pitch
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you."
- Mortimer J. Adler
#books #booksky #quotes #reader #readingcommunity #QualityOverQuanitity #GoodBook #indieauthors
I feel like I may have just had a stroke reading that.
Jebus! If only they spent that energy and time writing their own books, they would have to try to steal yours!
The jokes write themselves. 🤦♀️
#Irony #NoAI #AIisnotart #IHateAI #JustSayNo #HashtagOverload
"Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one."
- Terry Pratchett
#booksky #books #stories #quotes #imagination #indieauthor #writingcommunity #modernlife #reading #FictionMatters #KeepTheHumanitiesHuman
”It wasn’t until I started reading and found books they wouldn’t let us read in school that I discovered you could be insane and happy and have a good life without being like everybody else.”
– John Waters
#books #quotes #reading #bannedbooks #booksky #authors #discover
When I was a kid, I wrote about a holiday in my fantasy book that was so cool, and utterly original, and nothing like what ppl here did....Except that I didn't know about the world and its glorious, varried traditions.
Happy Holi, and happy Day of the Ribbons - whichever you celebrate. Lol
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
- Fernando Pessoa
#quotes #reading #literature #WhenOverwhelmed #ModernLife #books #reader #library #author
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"All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know."
- Ernest Hemingway
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"Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia."
- Kurt Vonnegut
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Who do you write for? Yourself, a friend, a character?
Or for the hope of fame?
Abducted into a foreign army, Tro must adapt in order to survive this strange land full of magic and violence. War is hell, but maybe he doesn’t have to endure it alone.
#AStoryOfDainu #EpicFantasy #Book #IndieAuthor #AmQuerying #SaturdaySelfPromotion #Logline #Pitch
Keep the humanities human.
Just say NO to artificial intelligence.
"There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story, read sometimes for the words--the language. But when you find a book that has both a good story and good words, treasure that book."
- Stephen King
#books #reading #stories #words #goodwriting
"Judging a fish by how well it climbs a tree" and all that.
Zidka can (kinda) see the future which is a mighty powerful gift, but Tosee could, hypothetically, never need to go hungry EVER.
The point was that Alia gave the gifts based on the needs, and so no one is "more and less" than the other- they're just different.
Def depends on the definition. The Irsak tribe can learn to break apart literal mountains, so can be very destructive, but the Alam can live hundreds of years, and it's entirely innate, so... Depends on the purpose.
The Alek-Ejos are the strongest clan within a tribe, so maybe them? #Febchantment
Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our Second Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 26, 2026. 🎉🎉🎉
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