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It's possible to find great beta readers who do love your stuff, but please watch out for the beta reader bots. They appear as soon as you use the word beta!

Sometimes the obsession with realism is insane. Not every story needs to be 100% realistic.

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Ooh, hope it goes well! Having IRL writing friends is the best thing!

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I wish I could figure out how to make them jump out of the books and run around in real life. ... On second thoughts, that may not be wise!

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Good luck with the KickStarter!

Antonin had... kind of a plan. It just went off the rails very quickly. Nadezhda spent a lot of time planning. With a whole team. Zenya is winging it!

Sometimes one great sentence is all it takes to feel like you won.

Beautiful. Much nicer than the rainy, cloudy morning I have here!

Sometimes I'm not even 100% sure it was me who wrote it.

What are these feelings of which you speak?

Damn it, I knew I forgot something! Joke's aside, I don't have writing pants but I do have a writing hat.

I always have half full notebooks scattered around for ideas.

The antagonist we've met so far in the Deception of Avii series isn't the Big Bad. Someone else is pulling his strings. But he still did some really messed up things. The biggest moment that'll hopefully make people empathise is him having to do the right thing for his son, though.

That is an impressive stack of books!

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Reading is all I do when I'm sick. Happy reading and feel well soon!

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Aha, I'm definitely here for free snacks, but I'm writing too. Ish.

Ellie Jay @elliejaywrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Personally, I don't care if people are going to change the ratings on my books because of the Goodreads half-star feature. I care if people leave reviews and ratings of any kind. If you've read anything I've written, abuse the new feature if you must, so long as you rate. #BookSky #BookReviews

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And there are still yet more scams to talk about... This week's article is all about The Great Bot Epidemic. Special shout-out to the b e t a reading bots of BlueSky! You inspired me. jaybirdsindieacademy.substack.com/p/scams-in-t... #WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity #5amwritersclub #scam

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Ellie Jay @elliejaywrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

No, illiterate creep, you cannot 'me'. This has got to be the worst scam email subject line yet. If you must try and steal from me, at least do it with good grammar. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #scam #scammers

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Perfect. We all need one sometimes!

Of course! Good luck with all things writing!

First of the month magic-zero-banishing silly sales pitch! October is the spooooookiest month of all, but if you buy one of my books today, it'll keep you safe from all the ghosts and ghoulies! If you don't... well, I can't make any guarantees of your safety... Don't risk it! #BookSky #WriteSky

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What do you mean, it's the 1st of October? Since when? ... Apparently, we're in another new month. What are your plans, writing community? I have to open That One Project again and decide if I love or hate it. Maybe edit a bit. #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #Writing #5amwritersclub

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Just an FYI to everyone selling anything, but especially those selling 'author services': Commenting on everything I post is not more likely to make me buy from you. It is more likely to make me block you. No one likes a spammer. #Writing #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

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Good luck! That's an insanely busy but incredibly cool schedule!

Definitely! October is one of the best months. Cool weather, spooky decor and lots of time to write!

Morning! I'm excited that October is finally here. One of the best months!

Morning! Good luck with all things writing today!

Writing and not writing are both the worst!

Ellie Jay @elliejaywrites.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

That's the first time I've seen anyone else use it! It's an underrated name! Yeah, I really put her through it... she does get a happy ending though. Eventually.

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I don't have a dog, but walking does often get my brain working again!

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That's really smart, I don't want to stay stuck.

What I Got In My September Indie Book Haul

Let's look at some amazing indie books! Because I've been on a book-buying spree again, despite swearing I wasn't going to... www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdxY... #BookSky #indieauthors #writingcommunity #WriteSky #readers #readingcommunity

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YouTube video by Ellie Jay

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More Indie On A Budget... Up this time, formatting, typesetting and all things making your book's interior nice! This one is a weird topic. Such small changes to the book, so much to consider. jaybirdsindieacademy.substack.com/p/indie-on-a... #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #Writing

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Sounds like a good enough reason to me. Get him out of here!

I love the word! I'd say Nadezhda is a traumamuffin. Both books I wrote about her, she ends up being at the heart of all the terrible stuff that happens.

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The ideas and most of the actual writing. It's the editing and making it sound good, along with the occasional scene that fights back that I struggle with.