Reposted by ExKayEnDay👻 Brigid Boo Barry 🍂 @brigidbarryme.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I guess this answers all the questions I had about Duolingo. 071 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayEvery Writer @everywriter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025HALFWAY TO HALLOWEEN: 50 Words of Horror Contest www.everywritersresource.com/halfway-to-h... Do you miss Halloween? Here is your chance to indulge. Welcome to our 2025 Halfway to Halloween horror micro-fiction contest, 042 0
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Reposted by ExKayEnDayGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 19/04/2025What are y’all reading and watching this weekend? 77541 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayMarc Tizura @marctizura.bsky.social · 20/04/2025How to eat a chocolate Easter bunny 1. Grab by the throat 2. Bare your teeth 3. Eats its eyes 4. Throw it across the room 5. Scream, "STOP FUCKING LOOKING AT ME!" 6. Enjoy 041 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayBrian Keene @briankeene.bsky.social · 19/04/2025I don’t care how fast your car goes, how you did at the range, how much money you made last year, how many fights you’ve been in, touchdowns you made, home runs you pitched, or women you slept with. My kids like me and I saved 38 kittens. Step to me you better come heavy and pack a lunch. 8685 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayJiaSaykea @jiasaykea.bsky.social · 06/04/2025So, looks like NaNoWriMo is now defunct. For anyone who was on the inside of the goings on this is not surprising. I didn’t use it at all last year because of their awful response to community concerns and I’m proud of my choice. I will continue to do my own thing and look for community elsewhere. 011 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayJulia aka mizzelle @mizzelle.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Wasn't Inkitt the sketchy one Nanowrimo had as a sponsor? 121 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayIsobel_Starling @isobelstarling.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Inkitt have always shady. There were huge issues with their sponsorship for NaNoWriMo in 2022. It doesn't surprise me that they're on the AI honey wagon and looking to flood the market with AI slop! wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.com/2022/11/30/o...wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl.comOn NaNoWriMo, Inkitt, and Being An AuthorContinuity Notes This post has been updated several times and will continue to update if there are any major developments. I have left most of the original text intact. There is a bit at the end ab… 121 0
ExKayEnDay @exkayenday.bsky.social · 06/04/2025If you used the #NaNoWriMo forums, you can download your data (posts, messages, etc) by logging in, going to your profile, going to Preferences, and scrolling to the bottom. Click Request Archive under Export Your Data. Shortly, a .zip file will show up in your PMs. 010 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDaySkyFuneral @aaronmk.bsky.social · 02/04/2025What was the purpose of NaNoWriMo as a non-profit again? To sell writer's retreats? 221 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayMaryam Webster @maryamwebster.bsky.social · 02/04/2025So if you need the context, and as many other #Authors have said, the #NaNoWriMo org not only shot themself in the foot, but then gunned down every other part of the org, before finally decapitating themselves. The #WritingCommunity is not at fault. See the vid. 031 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDaykae @krholton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Goodbye #nanowrimo. It didn't have to be like this, but Kilby chose every wrong thing to do and say she possibly could have and then got mad at the community for calling her out. #writingcommunity www.krholton.com/post/the-off...krholton.comThe (official) end of NaNoWriMoTwo days ago, an email came out putting to rest what most users have known for at least a year: National Novel Writing Month is dead. 061 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayChris Baty @chrisbaty.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I just saw that they’re shutting down NaNoWriMo. 😭 I had a sense the new crew who took over last year were struggling. But it’s incredibly sad to have it end like this. Ugh. So many feelings. 104212 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayYo-Yo Master @astr0nomical.bsky.social · 03/04/2025I think what's disappointing about the Nanowrimo shit is that everyone focues on the AI sponsor and not the fact that they ONLY REASON they had to resort to that was the grooming allegations in the website's youth forum 171 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayElizabeth, Gender Pirate Queen 🏳️⚧️🏴☠️👸 @woebetide.gay · 03/04/2025... I'm extremely pissed at that article. NaNoWriMo got what it fucking deserved for the AI shit, but the allegations of predatory behaviour by a kids forum moderator were not just random baseless attacks from the fucking fascists, and their response was neither timely nor thorough. 121 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDaySinCWorldWide @sincworldwide.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Sisters in Crime is celebrating Diversity Month - a time to recognize the beauty and importance of diversity in all aspects of our world! Our differences make us stronger! #writingcommunity #DiversityMonth 📚💙 0123 0
ExKayEnDay @exkayenday.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Now that #NaNoWriMo is dead, I'd like to make a list of alternative communities and writing challenges. Feel free to add yours (but make sure the community wants to be publicized) at: exkayenday.com/forums/index... Or you can just PM me the details here, and I'll add you.exkayenday.comLocal ResourcesFor links to local resources and writing groups. Please include the city, state or region, and country in the title. 031 0
ExKayEnDay @exkayenday.bsky.social · 01/04/2025For those who'd like to discuss the closure of #NaNoWriMo or who'd like to reflect on our time as a #Wrimo (or who just want to know what the heck's going on), they've opened a discussion on the ExKayEnDay forums. Hope you drop by! exkayenday.com/forums/index...exkayenday.comDing dong! NaNoWriMo is dead.Ding dong! NaNoWriMo is dead. 000 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayNeil S. @usoki.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Well, Apollo... youtu.be/TR6NnjgeIIYyoutu.beThe State of NaNoWriMo - A Community Update - March 2025YouTube video by NaNoWriMo Kilby 011 0
ExKayEnDay @exkayenday.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Today would be a lovely day for #NaNoWriMo to formally abandon its trademarks and dissolve the organization. 140 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 21/03/2025Never publish with someone who talks like they’re doing you a HUGE favor by publishing you. You deserve better. 61044143 0
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Reposted by ExKayEnDayJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Unsolicited writing advice, no. #16140: Don't assume that your desk is where all your writing happens. 90% of the process of creation happens elsewhere. Use whatever time you have. Thinking time; dreaming time; observing time; analyzing time. All this time can be part of your work. Don't waste it. 711392181 0
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Reposted by ExKayEnDayKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 16/03/2025Call it anecdotal, but my Canadian friends who are cancelling their US travel are not doing it because of tariff worries at all; they’re doing it because the US government is currently actively threatening Canada’s sovereignty and economy and they’re all justifiably furious 39292691795 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15/03/2025If you wanna know who the assholes are in any country, just look at those messing with libraries and trying to ban books. Those are always the assholes. 832558 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/03/2025Hello lovely Americans, here’s my pitch to you. Don’t talk about how Canadians and Europeans can save America from ourselves because we can’t do it. They’re not here for that. They’re here to save themselves from us. 26962192 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/03/2025Browsing Wikipedia pages about women in STEM 767447 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 12/03/2025All the love to all librarians always and forever! Wanna find the bad people in any situation? Find anyone messing with librarians. 0937 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayGabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Boycotts aren’t illegal and only a fucking idiot would tell you otherwise. 516011 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 10/03/2025My son Owen did an event at Brian Keene & Mary SanGiovanni's Vortex Books & Comics. He speaks very highly of that shop. Made me want to visit. 12212880801 0
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Reposted by ExKayEnDayAuthor Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2025What would you do if I gave you a kiss? 😘🍫 271 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/03/2025Anyway, to my IMMENSE surprise, the blood test was *negative* for measles immunity! 😱 Apparently I’m one of the unlucky few for whom the vaccine wore off, for unknowable reasons. So today I got a new MMR shot, and next month I’ll get a second. I’m very glad I checked! 1233498214 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/03/2025Quick little health-related thread: There are measles outbreaks happening in the US & Canada because of pockets of very low vaccination rates. I wondered if maybe I might need an update to my vaccines. I got them in the usual way as a kid, but sometimes immunity doesn’t last. So I asked my doctor. 2163711614 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayFinnian Burnett @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Happy Friday #writers ! Does anyone want to share any good news? Small wins? Big wins? For me, it has to be writing three flash fiction stories this week after a long dry spell. #amwriting 10224 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayJohn Langan @johnlangan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Folks, it is Laird Barron’s birthday today. Wish him the best and treat yourself to one of his books. 410016 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayMolly Rookwood @mollyrookwood.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Forever a little baffled when characters, having been inside for a while, mention taking off their shoes. I know this is a cultural thing, but in my mind, shoes are for outside and come off at the door. My characters' shoes do too. So, I'm curious: Is it common to wear shoes inside where you live? 24151 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDayA.K. Stephens @akstephens.bsky.social · 07/02/2025I finally removed all my NaNoWriMo t-shirts & hoodie from my wardrobe. I haven't worn any of them in a year, so I may as well make space for new stuff. I wish I felt sad parting with them, but instead, I feel annoyed. And annoyed mainly by how many I had! #WritersLife #WritingCommunity 041 0
Reposted by ExKayEnDaySacchy @saccharines.bsky.social · 25/02/2025I stopped using NanoWriMo because they said AI was acceptable for writing books because... It's abelist not to let a computer steal other people's work to make a poorly written book? No thanks. That's thinking people with disabilities are not capable of being creative. That's the real abelism. 1223 0