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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to write urban fantasy, because I’ll just say things like “this prophecy could have been an email”.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Happy one year anniversary to my episode on The Creepy podcast. You can check out “Pieces” at www.patreon.com/creepypod/po...

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Written by: Maire E. Brown *** Narrated by: Megan McDuffee *** Content Warning: Gore

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

If you’re not explaining the plot of your book like Stephon from Saturday Night Live describes New York’s Hottest Clubs, then I don’t want to hear it.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

That’s a wrap on draft 2 of my next book!

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

To-ing and fro-ing in spite of this economy.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Reading for fun should be fun. Somehow, that idea is still easy to forget.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Woke up early and wrote a short story before work this morning. I’m not sure what I’m doing right, but there have been far too many concepts floating around my brain lately.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Florence + the Machine’s newest album Everybody Scream was the same way for me.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Some days, I am a competent writer. Other days, I spell it “rool” instead of “rule”.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just wait until they find out I’m scrolling when I have a book to write 😬

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Every horror writer inevitably has that moment where they ask themselves, “is this too gross?”

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Matthew Holvey 📻 station-dark.com 📡 @matthewholvey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Just like in The Proposal, I hope my own manuscript serves as a catalyst and counter-leverage in a romcom about a publishing editor-in-chief and their assistant. #writing

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Combining three chapters into one is simultaneously a gut punch and fascinating. At least it made the book better. #editing

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Loot drop after defeating me: - single pink wireless earbud - mug - handful of loose coffee beans - a cheese stick - a dog toy - a d20 (cursed) - half-finished manuscript draft

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Taking this excellent piece of writing advice as my cue to stop scrolling and start writing today.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I finally got a library card in 2026. I cannot recommend the Libby app enough!

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Don’t forget that watching/reading The Hunger Games is festive in the U.S. today, since the reaping takes place on July 4 every year.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I just signed a contract for a story to be used in an anthology collection!

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

*Whispers* Amazon doesn't need your money, but your local independent bookstore does.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Misusing punctuation in the first draft as a little treat.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

I’m in the phase of writing where the only person my horror novel is scaring is editors.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

One year ago today, I became a published author! You can check out ‘Pieces’ on page 100 of Suburban Witchcraft Magazine, issue #9.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Draft 2 is always harder than draft 1, but it’s also so much more rewarding. I love when it goes from a story idea to a book.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Time to stop putting off my writing and get a few chapters sorted today.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Got my first full manuscript request today!

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I have to finish writing my book because I want to go to writing conventions as someone who’s published a book. The world is a cruel place.

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danielle weisberg @danielleweisberg.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

If you’re wondering what it’s like to be a writer I just out loud said “oh, I know!” immediately followed by “eh, I don’t know.”

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Dragged my lazy bones in front of this laptop because it’s time to write!

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Prepping for a murder mystery dinner this week and I’m way too stoked about the themed food.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I feel like logging out of your day job and into your WIP is like a rite of passage as an author.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I’m Maire E Brown. I write horror comedy and horror lit fic. My strange writing tip is to reward yourself for rejection. It improves your relationship with it, so it doesn’t sting so much.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Just checked out my first audiobook through Libby! Supporting my local library AND saving money on audiobooks? Don’t mind if I do!

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Why are all my new short story ideas about bugs? On an unrelated note, does anyone know of magazines or anthologies looking for a plethora of bug-related horror?

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

How was I supposed to resist the sale at the used book store? They were $0.25 a piece and they were on my list.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I have now sent more than 30 queries for my horror comedy Help Wanted: Seeking Exorcist. Fingers crossed!

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Nothing quite like the feeling of a friend reading the book you recommended and loving it.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I love when a story idea outside my usual genre pops into my head. Like, hello my funky little friend. What are you doing here?

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Working on my book is rarely photogenic, but today it’s looking pretty good.

A table with a latte, a paper copy of a book, and a red pen.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“… hire your inner critic to be your copy editor. But do not let her write.” -Courtney Maum, Before and After the Book Deal.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Someone told me today that my short story made them feel “squirmy”. As a horror author, this is a massive compliment.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Happy Independent Bookstore Day to all who celebrate.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Found my first absolute nonsense sentence in the WIP I’m editing. Not even sure what I was trying to say with that one.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

If you’re looking for a bite-sized thriller, check out my flash piece Breadcrumbs at everydayfiction.com/breadcrumbs-...

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BREADCRUMBS • by Maire E. Brown – Every Day FictionBREADCRUMBS • by Maire E. Brown – Every Day Fiction

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Tonight’s writing goal is to reach the 30,000 word mark on my WIP. I’m 1,500 words away, so it feels pretty manageable.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Meal prepped in the afternoon so I can write this evening and I am THRIVING.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

If my book can make someone laugh, then that’s enough.

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Maire E Brown 📚 @booksandbylines.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Don’t mind me, just casually adding, “Oh, we hateses AI, Precious” to the list of phrases I say from time to time.

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