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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Weeks into the saggy middle of my #novel Like a stale marriage, the magic is gone. Sigh How can I fall in love with my #story again...? Fellow #writers, How is your #WIP going? #writerlife #writerslife #amwriting #writerscommunity

Pile of rejected scenes from a novel's first draft.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Loved this quote: “It’s the whole getting started thing for me. I forget how to write a book. The first ten thousand words are like digging fossils from rocks.” – J. T. Ellison #writer #writingcommunity #writing

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Sylvia Kay Rose Author 🍁 @sylvia-rose-books.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

🩸📚💙 SQUIRRELS: Protect Your Nuts!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 🐿️Get it Here books2read.com/b/mvwBol See Reviews shorturl.at/tkfA0 🐿️🐿️Squirrels 2: Revenge of the Rodents books2read.com/u/3ndzWP 🎬 Screenplay now in progress. #squirrels #horror #horrorcomedy #creaturefeatures #darkcomedy #funny #gory #squirrels #readers

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Sylvia Kay Rose Author 🍁 @sylvia-rose-books.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🩸📚💙 Sci-Fi Horror Comedy! 📚🪐 💀Killer Compost books2read.com/b/47AA5E 🐿️SQUIRRELS books2read.com/b/mvwBol 🪱Attack of the Mutant Space Maggots books2read.com/b/3yyrrV 🛸Giant Shrews from Outer Space books2read.com/b/3LMvdJ #horror #sciencefiction #humor #scifi #readingcommunity #readersky #comedy

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I figure this holds true for all writers.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Doom scrolling social media & preping to go grocery shopping. You?

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

All the time. Looks like you do too.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Despite family in the next room. Despite a critique group Thursdays. Despite fellow #writers here & on social media. Even despite agents, editors, publishers--if the #indie has any. A #writer does the work alone. Kinda like birth & death. #writesky #writerscommunity #writerslife #amwriting

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Yep. I get a couple, at least, everyday. ("I hope I find you well...")

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

What I hope is the 'hook' of my series is an ex-bootlegger turned mob sleuth. So boss advice often sends my MC down very troublesome paths.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Showing mine seems a bit pretentious, so I'll just remind you to consider the classics, i.e. Chandler & Hammitt. Old enough to be hidden gems maybe...

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

As my MC is an ex-bootlegger, gambler, & mob member, he gets advice mostly from his bosses or from very dangerous men. So, yes he generally takes their advice. Takes it, not always does it. Risky.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Stole this from the killzone blog: ”My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you’re a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That’s the way to get an idea.” —Andy Rooney #writingcommunity #writesky

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Stole this from the Killzoneblog: killzoneblog.com ”My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you’re a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That’s the way to get an idea.” —Andy Rooney #writer #writers #writing #amwriting #writerslife

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I'm kind of a tome reader. The more the better, I guess. So, 15 to 25, I guess...

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Wow! Checking on my "Following' tab made me realize I'm way, way, way behind on my 'repost' duties... #writer #writing

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Writing About Writing About Writing @writingabtwriting.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hey you! Your stories are more important than ever. Keep writing. writingaboutwritingaboutwriting.com #writingabtwriting #writingcommunity #quote 💙📚

A piece of paper taped to a purple and pink wall. "We need myths to get by. We need story, otherwise the tremendous randomness of experience overwhelms us. Story is what penetrates. - Robert Coover" underneath is the url writing about writing about writing dot com

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Easier said than done, but true.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Shows my age, but I've certainly read Hammitt & Bradbury for sure. Good luck with catching up & going forward with your challenge.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

inciting incident. demolition of wall at leak source can expose something very dangerous or horrifying.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Sittin' here staring at a blank page. Gel pen laying lonely on the desk 2 inches from my hand. Feelin' like an anchor pressing down on me. Such is the life of a writer... Sigh. #writer #writerlife #writingcommunity #booksky #bsky

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Can we chat here. I try to keep my email 'quiet.'

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Oops, I looked more closely at the images on your page. So I figure you write historical romance.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Right now I'm writing the 4th of a Jazz Age mystery series. I've also written historical fiction. Before I pass on, I'd like to write (finish) what's called a low fantasy, quasi-historical book taking place in Dark Aged Britain. What genre is your fiction?

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

You're welcome and I wish the same for you. I like the bsky writing community as well. 'Been writing since a kid. Seriously since my son found an unfinished mss & bullied me into finishing it. Fate had amazon allow self-publishing at about the same time. You?

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Don’t ask who your audience is…you are the audience: “You are writing primarily to please yourself, and if you go about it with enjoyment you will also entertain the readers who are worth writing for. -- William Zinsser #writingtip #writer #booksky #writersky #writing

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

And same to you and yours. Read your 'somethingisgoingtohappen' interview. Good stuff. So, I came to bsky to give you a follow.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Woefully true, I suspect. I appreciate.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

(((hugs))) I'd send more but I'm too drug out... Feel better.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Not a big fan of adverbs. I try to do without most of them. Truely...

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Well, I write genre but I'm male. Sigh...

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Marian Wilder @marianwilder.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🔥The 'JUDICIAL TALES' Stories and Collections 🔥 👀COLLECTIONS:👀 Judicial Tales Collection 1: books2read.com/u/4AeZdN Judicial Tales Collection 2: books2read.com/u/3LO781 ----- 18+

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Events do not exist; they happen. Consequently, space-time does not exist. - Daryl Janzen, Observatory Manager and Instructor, Astronomy, University of Saskatchewan. (Sure. Sounds right to me.) #cosmology #Space-time #thought

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Nathan Bransford @nathanbransford.com · 14/11/2025

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I'm not against #email or even against email lists. Even being on someone else's email list. Sure it helps us #writers. But I'm not doing it. I want to #write my books, not #content. Burns too much creativity. You won't be getting one from me. #Newsletters either. Sorry. #writerslife #books

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

I'm getting between 1 & 3 of these a day. Sigh.

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Steven D. Malone @bogpaddy.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Good timing, Ama. Had a similar visit from my muse just now. Thanks.

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Author Stephenson & Kitbrick Stop-mo. @authorstephenson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Described as 'bonkers' with twists. Start the trilogy with book one. Listen on Amazon.com at amzn.to/3YRVYhp If you have Audible, it's adbl.co/455tLro Free on #KindleUnlimited at ;- USA amzn.to/3xPq2Qw UK amzn.to/3XVmZAN #SFF #ScienceFiction #booksky

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