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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I suppose the opening section of my book is a good example of the narrative voice. :) #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

Text reads: "Black cattle in a neighboring pasture stared mutely at Colleen from behind a wire fence. They look depressed, she thought, then turned her face towards the trees that grew beside the reservoir.
She wished she could have stayed at home and wandered through the woods by the creek near her house that day, or curled up with a good book, wandering through a story. Most of all, she wished she could have just been left alone.
As she gazed at the shadowy forest that seemed to call to her, she thought she saw a dark figure with a pale face standing at its edge, but she blinked and it was gone.
Her mind was playing tricks again."

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Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜 @pamelajeong.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hey friends of the #WritingCommunity & #WriteSky! 👋💚 Please join me in October for 🍲📚 #LitHodgepodge 📚🍲, a game of daily #writingprompts with a dash of this and a dollop of that, questions with meat plus a sprinkling of garnishes. Let’s have some miscellaneous fun! More info & preview below ⬇️

LITERARY HODGEPODGE
An October Prompt Game of Miscellaneous Proportions

[Graphics of stars, a crow, and a smoking cauldron with a tiny frog on its side]

DAILY THEMES

MONDAYS WITH MARCEL
Answer interview questions from the Proust Questionnaire as your character (and yourself, if you wish!)

TUESDAY TROPES
Discuss (and snip, if you wish) archetypes & tropes in your WIP

WEDNESDAY WORDSMITHS
Share a snip from your WIP that showcases a specified literary element or stylistic device

THURSDAY THRIFTED THERAPY
Dive (un)deep into the (pop) psychology of your character

FRIDAY FLIGHTS OF FANCY
Indulge in some frivolous “what if” daydreaming about your writing

SATURDAY SNAP JUDGMENTS
Post a non-AI image of your character and invite others to make assumptions about them

SUNDAY SHOUT & SHARE
Connect with other writers in the community by asking questions about the writing process

[Graphic of a talking black cat]
“Lighthearted fun! Fun connections! Connect light hearts?”

Hosted by @pamelajeong.bskysocial

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Betsy Uhrig @betsyuhrig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

👻Spooky books + 🍬candy = the perfect Halloween pairing! Free shipping today and tomorrow from Bookshop.org: bookshop.org/beta-search?.... #kidlit #MGlit @simonkids.bsky.social

Spooky Books for Kids graphic featuring The Polter-Ghost Problem and Mind over Monsters

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The concept of my MG novel, The Braided Thread, began with my obsession with a winter queen/witch archetype in fairy tales. She's usually portrayed as malevolent. But I wanted to write a story where she is powerful, certainly, but benevolent, instead. #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Banning a booke ys extinguishing a beacon. Banning a booke ys silencinge a thousand voyces speakinge yn the heart. Banning a booke ys refusinge to looke at the stars. Banning a booke ys damming a streame of feelinge and invitinge flood. Banning a booke ys making a violent litel shryne to ignorance.

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Skog @skog100.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today 29th Sept is Michaelmas day ..these Asters are known as Michaelmas daisies as they flower around now , in Wales its known as " Haf Bach Mihangal " which means Michaels little summer as its often warm around that time ..warm and humid today so the weather got it right for once

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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23/09/2026

Unlike Section 28, these rules are spread across a myriad of documents, which will make it harder for LGBTQIA+ groups to fight to overturn their harmful impacts Read our full analysis 👇

Section 28 2.0 begins
Children in England are back at school, in a new era of strict rules on what teachers can say about LGBTQIA+ identities.
Schools have begun implementing guidance and curricula which require them to segregate Trans+ pupils, while teachers are banned from “encouraging” pupils from ‘questioning their gender’. Many view the new rules as directly parallel to Section 28, the now-revoked law that banned schools and local authorities from “promoting” gay identities until 2003.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The most popular books in my Middle School were Flowers in the Attic, Cujo, and It. I tried to read War and Peace in the 7th grade. But I wasn't normal. We studied Greek mythology (talk about racy and violent) and Edgar Allen Poe (a murdered corpse under the floorboards) in class that year.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Streams appear in my book many times. In this snippet, Colleen has just achieved something she has never done before -- walking for six whole miles. She and her guide, Old Kay, finally reach a stream, only to discover something of a surprise on the other side. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity

Text reads: "Colleen’s feet and legs were sore and weary, and she was thirsty and hungry, but she was also proud of making it so far. Catching the sweet smell of burning wood, she hoped they’d soon find themselves beside a campfire, eating something freshly grilled.
"Can I drink the water?" she whispered.
Kay shook her head. "Wait ‘til we get to the spring. It isn't far."
Finally, they came to a point where a narrow stream flowed into the lake. On its other side, the land was flat, except for a small ridge on the lakeshore where a thin column of smoke curled above the trees.
A roughly dugout canoe lay on the opposite side of the stream. And a man, who was small, muscular, brown, and nearly naked, was wading into the water beside it."

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My MC has lost the innocence of her childhood and she is very bitter about it. She copes by withdrawing from other people and finding solace in nature. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WritingQ

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Writing is the medium that works best for me for self-expression. While I enjoy other creative pursuits as well, writing helps me process things and communicate them, which is very good for my mental health.

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

how about some good news: new cat just dropped!!!!

a photo of a small, spotted wild cat, with orange fur and brown circular markings, staring up with big golden eyes.

Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years

A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.

This 10-year-old male tiger cat is the first of his species (named Leopardus tilcayo) known to science. He is approximately 18 inches from head to end of body and weighs only 3 pounds, making him smaller than the average domestic cat. This video was captured at the Senda Verde Animal Refuge in Bolivia’s Yungas region, where he currently resides.

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VeronicaAG @veronicatess.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Learn to self-empower yourself with positive thoughts about you. Then when others try to knock you down, they will hit a brick wall!

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"All the months are crude experiments out of which the perfect September is made." - Virginia Woolf 🎨 Abby Jacobs

Illustration depicting an autumn scene with trees with orange and red foliage, a cottage and a woman feeding chickens and ducks.

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Kettle @kittenstrudel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ashley Percival, untitled, colored pencil, pen, paint, and digital tools, 2026

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hit me with the first line of your novel, published/finished or not. "Black cattle in a neighboring pasture stared mutely at Colleen from behind a wire fence." -- The Braided Thread, MG Fantasy

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Kelsea Wolf 📚 ✨ @kelseawolf-writes.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Alice Ashwood and the quest to pass her creative writing class. She’s open to notes, writing may be more difficult than curse breaking after all. From The Society of Curse Breakers #UnhingedPit #F #MG #YA #Q #amquerying #mgfantasy

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Meet Will from Within the Black, Book 2 of The Nowhere Series from Undertaker Books. Middle grade horror that deals with grief and anger and family and friends. 📚🩸

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Forests Forever @forestsforever.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names. “Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.”

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Eagles and wolves: The long-lost animals that live on in Irish place names

Long-standing Irish place names hark back to a world alive with cranes, wolves and eagles. Now these old names are piquing the interest of nature-lovers and ecologists.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I dropped into @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Dublin today to sign copies of my new book, Setting the Land Free. There I got the fantastic news that the title is already at no. 10 in the Irish non-fiction sales charts. I'm *really* proud of this book.

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Frog pushed a coat down over the top of Toad. Frog pulled snowpants up over the bottom of Toad. He put a hat and scarf on Toad’s head. “Help!” cried Toad. “My best friend is trying to kill me!” “I’m only getting you ready for winter,” said Frog.

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Florida Freedom to Read Project @flfreedomread.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“The options are fewer and farther away in rural communities, so removing a book from a school library can have a greater practical effect on whether a young person can obtain it,” William Johnson of @penamerica.bsky.social said. www.cfpublic.org/education/20...

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Nearly 600 books were banned from Florida schools last year

The removals were reported in just 10 of Florida’s 67 school districts. Three are in Central Florida: Orange, Polk and Sumter counties.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Things I was afraid of as a child: My toys coming to life The vacuum cleaner Tornados Dead animals A boy who wouldn't leave me alone Clowns

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

All of my my public schools had libraries: grade school, middle school, high school. Every school should have a library, and going to the school library and checking out books or doing research for class should be part of the curriculum.

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Martha Hickson @sassylibrarian.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

THE LIBRARIANS is coming to digital October 6th, and you can pre-order it on Apple TV just in time for Banned Books Week! Pre-order now: tinyurl.com/TheLibrarian... @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

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The Librarians - Apple TV

Librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy and our First Amendment Rights. As they well know, controlling the flow of ideas mean…

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is my cat, Poppy. She is very cute and very sweet. She also loves it when I bring anything into the house from the garden. Flowers in a vase are usually for hiding behind, as if she was in the jungle. They might also get nibbled. Vegetables and fruit, however, are definitely toys. #Wholesome

Photo of a really cute gray tabby sitting next to a vase with orange geums in it.

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Get To Know Nature @gettoknownature.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Contrast I managed to find both a dark bird against a light background and a light bird against a dark background in the same photo! Poking around in my archives is fun (Cormorant and Snowy Egret) #birds 🌿

Two birds perch in a bare tree. A cormorant is dark against the light sky while a white egret stands out against the dark tree trunk.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Colleen and Eafah travel through wilderness during most of the book, so there are moments when they are focused on the tasks of surviving -- building fires, making shelters, finding food and water. For Eafah this isn't extraordinary, but for Colleen it is part of what she learns on her journey.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'd like to see a retelling of Harry Potter from Dudley Dursley's point of view.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Describe your music taste in three artists: Alasdair Roberts The Pogues Willie Nelson

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is why foxes have a reputation for being smart.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Someone told me "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

There is an ancient war that is central to my story, but whether it affects the present or not is hard to answer, because my characters travel through time. Most of the action occurs before the war, although they do jump to a time after the war, as well.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My side characters range in age from an infant to a woman who is thousands of years old. No age is off limits for me to try to write, though I probably write characters my own age or younger better than older characters. Experience helps!

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Alexi Francis from The Waking Wood, with minutely detailed penmanship and die-cut pages leading the reader further into the intricacies of the wood and progressively introducing its wildlife. The book is out from Big Picture Press on 13 August. @bonnierbooks.bsky.social

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Maps maps maps very nicely illustrated maps Though I love a good index of characters and places with pronunciations too.

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Currently an exhausted mossy shape, but proudly becoming more of an ancient oak of weirdness with every day.

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ᴀᴍʏ ᴡᴇʙᴇʀ sᴛᴜᴅɪᴏ @amyweberstudio.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Owl Dream Original painting Amy Weber 3x4 Art. I created this original work of art with mixed media mainly watercolor on watercolor paper. #amyweberstudio #owl #automaticsurrealism

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Emily Wahl @emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My friend is close to finishing a short doc on a sweet story about a community coming together to protect kids after a dark tragedy struck their small town -- and it's Halloween related, which is the best kind of relation, IMO. Chip in to support independent film and non-commercial storytelling.

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Donate to A Small Town, a Big Imagination, and One Unforgettable Story, organized by Jean Herbold

We’re in the final stretch of creating the short film documen… Jean Herbold needs your support for A Small Town, a Big Imagination, and One Unforgettable Story

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USBBY @usbby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On display at #IBBYWorldCongress2026, featured in "Reading with Pride: Stories for Everyone/Lire avec fierté: histoires pour tous" #kidsbooks from @nubeocho.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social and one by @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social too!

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