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A.R. Millner

@armillner.bsky.social
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Fiction writer, sometimes poet. Killing my inner demons one word at a time while navigating the hardships of middle age. linktr.ee/armillner She/They non-binary weirdo

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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Welcome to Bluesky, @darkminded.bsky.social, so cool seeing you here! If you're looking for the #WritingCommunity here, I have 12 Starter Packs named "Writers of all kinds" in my profile page. Each one has 150 writers. 😉
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Are you a #writer seeking an agent? @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social is creating a starter pack! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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Darya is querying @aryazare.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Finally worked up the courage to share this BUT, I struggled to understand querying and google some how only seemed to help AFTER I was 50 queries in. So, I’ve made my own little blog to help other #queryingauthors who are struggling thequeryhandbook.co.uk
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The Query Trenches Handbook
A one-stop guide for authors
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I’ll play; I could use the reminders. This is a pleasing meme. I will talk about nice things and I'd love to hear about yours. 1 like = 1 thing I love
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Never been a fan of watching or reading the news, for mental health reasons, so I stopped doing it decades ago. Now, however, seems like there's no escape from it as everyone and their dog are talking about "it" one way or another. Considering taking a hiatus from SM for a 3 months/25 years period.
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elliejoypanic @elliejoypanic.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
warm lines save lives. please share 💖 credit ig: @/inclusivetherapists
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
If you love arts, and awesome people, consider subscribing to Mikey's patreon. Just 4 bucks (or more if you feel inclined) are enough to unlock a whole world of wonder!
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I like clear book covers, meaning title & author's name at the front, blurb and author's bio on the back. When author's name takes half the space, there's a lot of "from the author of...", "winner of the..." or god forbid "an irresistible read, said X", it's a clear NO for me. It feels aggressive.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Can't believe Netflix canceled one of the best written series with a huge fan base after 2 seasons but it spends money on ridiculous things like The Decameron. I had to stop watching after ep 2: predictable scenes, cliché characters, zero witty dialogues... Who tf wrote the script, a 12 y/o kid?
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a close up of a woman 's face with the words " i asked you to believe " above her
Alt: Actress and fimmaker Brit Marling as the OA from the series The OA, saying "I asked you to believe in impossible things".
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
THIS. 👇🏻
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This explains a lot. 😶
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Knitting & dry humping, your average Saturday morning activities. 😏
A hand is holding a half knitted sock. On the background, a white cat with big dark tabby spots is humping that person's left leg while grabbing a blanket between his teeth.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
17 cousins from dad's side reunited yesterday at the notary's some of them hadn't see in decades. I recognized them all bc they've become carbon-copy of their parents. Looking at your old makers is like watching a magic, silly mirror; it doesn't matter how you look now, you'll become them one day. 😬
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Noclypso Cousins GIF
Alt: Noclypso Cousins GIF
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 17/01/2025
📢 Bluesky 1.96.5 rolling out now A couple of quick updates for everybody! Have a great weekend! • On desktop web, clicking your profile pic now opens a quick account switcher • You can now report a DM conversation without opening it • Improvements to gestures on Android
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Have been pretty quiet here lately, IRL too. Life has been a bitch these past months but things could take a turn for the better soon🤞🏻. Writing has stopped for now, can't find the words or the will, reading have lost its appeal too so I'm binge-watching good stuff and knitting socks.
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a cartoon dog is laying in a bed knitting
Alt: a cartoon dog is laying in a bed knitting
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This is awful. Dog owners, watch the treats you're giving to your loved pets! ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
"Working toward a better communal infinite game solidifies meaning in our lives." This, and then more. 🙌🏻
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Great thread with useful info. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Free book by @willthewriter.bsky.social!!! ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Post a female character you love.
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a person is being attacked by a giant alien
Alt: Xenomorph Queen from the movie Aliens.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Free 🍑 stuff! Best advertising strategy ever 😁
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Describe your in-person social skills with one image.
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a cartoon character with glasses and a white coat
Alt: Dr. Farnsworth from the Futurama series looking confused and saying "my whaaa?"
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Checking this right now. 😮
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mere rain @mererain.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
SF story contest for non-pro writers (defined as not SFWA members, making under 1k annually from writing). Includes a Youth category. @parseconfluenceink.bsky.social parsec-sff.org/short-story-...
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Short Story Contest – Parsec Inc.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Me examining a new follower:
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a cartoon character named spongebob is holding a box in his hand in front of a door .
Alt: spongebob is holding a box in his hand outside his house, looking suspiciously to both sides and retreating backwards into the house.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My 1st #writing project ever is a dystopic sci-fi thriller that I started longtime ago but shelved it, turning my attention to shorter projects. I didn't plan to continue it as it's very long and complex but it never stopped calling me. I'm reading it today & damn, it's so good! Time to work on it.
Photo by Galina Nelyubova on Unsplash.
A digital composition of diverse green square shaped glass objects and blue crystal spheres, all in different sizes. A human wearing white trousers and sweater is standing at one side, with a sphere covering their head as if it were a helmet.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
"Because life is both very short and very long, and there’s no point in writing something you don’t have your entire heart in, and there’s no point in holding back, in regretting what you were too afraid or ashamed to share." Yes, please. Write what you love & forget about pleasing everyone.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Bringing this back for the new peeps 😉
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
For some reason I wasn't feeling excited about watching Nosferatu today, despite waiting for it for months. I avoided spoilers, ignored teasers, with the idea of getting into the experience with zero expectations. Veredict at the final credits: meh. Final veredict after dissecting it: let it burn.
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a close up of a person 's feet with flames coming out of their feet
Alt: Three torches in flames making a casket's lid burn.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
For all the newcomers, and some not so new too. 😉
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
It's so cool to see all the newcomers from the other place, specially those from the #WritingCommunity! If you're looking for writers to follow, I have created 11 Starter Packs, with 150 writers on each of them (in my profile page). Use the #WritingCommunity, #writers, #poetry, etc liberally. ⬇️
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CJ Meade | Book Dragon @cjfmeade.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Hey everyone! I am working on putting together a starter pack of people from Bookthreads to make it easier to find everyone. If you are coming over from Bookthreads and are not on the list, or know of someone else who is not on the list yet, let me know so I can add you/them! go.bsky.app/Q8GpnBf
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Thalia [tə'lɪə] @letsaskyourmom.com · 08/01/2025
One of the things I missed the most when I joined Bluesky the last go around was that there didn’t seem to be a good way to connect with the awesome parent community I had found over here. Let me know if you want to be in this pack!
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Whoa, I don't know who farted on the other place but I just woke up to a lot of new book/pen followers. Welcome! Just remember: there's no algorithm here so the way to visibility is ENGAGEMENT. Lurking & liking don't push your posts, you must comment, participate actively in conversations. ⬇️
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I'm not a fan of spy stories. They tend to lose my interest on the first 10 minutes; also, they take themselves too seriously. James Bond is a prick with too much ego, sorry not sorry. Jackson Lamb, though? He and his fuck ups may be the scum of the Service but they are 🤌🏻. And that wry humor, omg...
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a man eating a bowl of food with chopsticks
Alt: Gary Oldman on the role of Jackson Lamb of the series Slow Horses eating a bowl of ramen with chopsticks
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
(If you see this feel free to do it) pronouns: they/she height: 167 cms shoe: combat boots zodiac: Sagittarius smoke: never, any kind tattoos: nope piercings: regular ears. I tried more but they didn't cure well 😬 drink: water, frutal teas. IBS took away my favorite one, Indian Tonic 😩
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Using a gif, video, or image, share a film that you immediately fell in love with
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a woman with blonde hair is smiling while holding a red popsicle
Alt: Actors Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston in a scene of the movie "Only lovers left alive". Both are wearing silk bathrobes, sitting in opposite chairs inside a living room with green walls, playing check and eating popsicles made with blood. She's moving one piece on the checkboard and saying "check mate, darling"
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W.A. Kelly Author @wakellyauthor.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
WRITERS: Are you ready to face the challenges of 2025 and beyond? I’ve created a FREE Writer’s Survival Kit with tips on how to escape the quicksand of Writer’s Block & slay the dragon of Self-Doubt. Grab it here - dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/935577... #Writers
A cover for a free downloadable writer’s survival kit.
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Mickey’s in Cognitive Decline @mickeybiz.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
My posts often sound like I am a bot trained by a high school student solely on Bill and Ted movies. When, actually, I am the ghosts of three famous historical figures in a phone booth. Be Most Excellent to Each Other, dudes. 💛
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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Bluesky wrapped 2024 stats for A.R. Millner:
Most active month, November
Total posts, 2350
Longest streak, 2 days
Title earned: Like Magnet
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Good morning! On these last days of the countdown, I'm feeling the passing of the time in a different way.
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Witness of Time
We can't stop progress, even if it hurts
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Do you feel like stopping time from changing things sometimes? #WritingCommunity
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Witness of Time
We can't stop progress, even if it hurts
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Isaac Thorne, Horror Author @isaacthorne.com · 26/12/2024
If any of you folks peruse Reedsy Discovery and wanna upvote TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE (releasing Jan. 28, 2025), I won't stop you. reedsy.com/discovery...
The cover of TAB'S TERRIBLE THIRD EYE on Reedsy Discovery. To the cover's left is a BUY button and a PREVIEW button.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Love can be a massive destruction weapon. #WritingCommunity
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Sometimes Love Isn't Enough
What happens when the love of your life isn’t what’s best for you? What if, despite the unmistakable feelings, the undeniable chemistry, the certainty that you’re meant to be, you’re doomed to make…
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Me facing 2025
Actress Jamie Lee Curtis aiming a gun to the camera on a scene of the movie Halloween Ends.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Winter weather sometimes comes with unexpected life lessons... #WritingCommunity
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The Gold Ring
I’ve hated snow since I have memory. Don’t get me wrong—of course it’s beautiful with its pristine whiteness and the way it covers all the ugly things with a soft, pillowy blanket, but when you look…
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
A brief glimpse inside someone's ordinary life... Or not so ordinary? #WritingCommunity #flashfiction
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Moments of a life
Wednesday
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Dan Coxon @dancoxon.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
I haven't spoken about this online until now, but my latest short story collection, Come Sing For The Harrowing, will be going out of print at the end of December - having been in print for only a little over two months.
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A.R. Millner @armillner.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
This is freaking awesome 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
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