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Brawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 30/04/2026

I’d add words of wisdom from my stepmother—“A hobby is something you spend money on. If you make money on it, it’s a job and you’ll eventually need a new hobby.”

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Trixie hopes you had a good time writing today. I’ve nearly hit 2,000 words today, which is huge for me. A lot of it is character work, dynamics and setting up for things later. Time to take a nap. #writingcommunity #amwriting

Trixie the dog, a kelpie mix, has her head resting on the arm of my chair. She’s staring at me with her big brown eyes

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 05/04/2026

We are so, so small. #Artemis

Looking through one of the four windows of the Orion spacecraft, a tiny crescent Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space and grows smaller as the crew journeys closer to the Moon. Part of the window edge is visible; the rest is darkness. [Alt-text slightly revised from ESA/NASA version]

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Dix @dixonij.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Hey to all my Creator friends out there: Ya might want to check your Adobe subscriptions before the next billing cycle.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I had such big goals for writing last week and I only reached a quarter of the way. But I have today free, I’ve had brunch and coffee, and I’m now at my desk. Time to write a whole bunch of words. #writingcommunity

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

also seriously, no matter how much you are posting i promise you someone has not heard of your book / movie / tv show / comic etc

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Your somewhat yearly reminder to subscribe to fiction magazines so you, too, can experience this joy.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I've been in a reading slump as of late, which isn't to speak on the quality of the books but more just *gestures wildly*. So I made a decision to pick up my magazine fiction reading once again. The joy I had just experienced. Past me subscribed for a year. I have several editions to catch up on.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

So you know that book I was pantsing? The one where I got 12,000 in with no idea where I was going and fumbling through? I found the characters. I found the world. I found the story. And I scrapped the 12,000 words. Time to start fresh with a plan. #amwriting #writingcommunity

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Saw Kisschasy, Yellowcard and Good Charlotte last night in Bendigo. 15 year old me is thriving and it was banger after banger after banger. One of the best concerts I’ve been to.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

There’s something magical about the exhaustion that comes after a night of seeing live music. I just ate a giant bowl of pasta and I’m now going to merge into the couch with a book.

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Stephanie Convery @gingerandhoney.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

"QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne." So um, what the fuck was all that about then, UniMelb? www.qut.edu.au/news?id=203300

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Meanjin returns home: QUT to become custodian of Australia's iconic literary journal

QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.

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Hopes for Writers @hopesforwriters.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I hope you cut yourself some slack when you're tired or when pushing through wouldn't serve you or the work

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I haven't had the space to write in the last few days, until tonight. I'm very tired. But amongst it all, some words have been written tonight. We also have a project name change - Project Bone to Project Rune. Better aligned as the world has evolved. #writingcommunity

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Trixie hopes you enjoyed the words you wrote today (I haven’t written yet, hence the side eye)

Trixie, black kelpie with brown paws and mouth, giving the most bombastic eye.

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Read the whole thread. "If your art didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be working so hard to steal it."

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

In the beginning, this novel was being pants with only two plot points in mind. But now I have reached a point where I have an idea of where I'm going and I've now created the goal posts to mark the beats. It's a fantasy murder mystery! How fun! #amwriting #writingcommunity

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Wondering why you should write now with the world the way it is? Have you taken time recently to read a book? Was it a welcome relief? A moment of calm? Of normalcy? Sure it was. That's why you need to write, so your book can be that for someone else. And, of course, you do it for yourself too.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.

“Miguel and Tulio, Tulio and Miguel, mighty and powerful gods!”

Two main characters, Miguel and Tulio, from The Road to El Dorado. Miguel on the right is wearing a loose red shirt, brown pants, blonde with a beard. Tulio, on the left, is wearing a blue fitted shirt with a brown vest and green pants with a brown vest, black hair in a pony tail. Both have their arms wide open in a proud pose.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Today was the first day back to work for the year. It was hard. I was tired. I wanted to go to bed early. But I sat down to the laptop and got it done. Even hit word count, somehow. Time for sleep. #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

It might be helpful right now to remember that collective achievements for the common good are possible. We don’t know the names of everyone who contributed to this and some are probably lost to history. But all of their individual contributions mattered.

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P.A. Cornell (She/Her) @cornellwriter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Yesterday I woke up feeling like hardly anyone’s reading my work and no one cares. Then I opened an email from someone telling me they loved one of my stories and how important they feel it is. All this to say, let people know when you like their art. Your words can find them when they most need it.

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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson @jendn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Imagine you were about to appear at a writers' festival to talk about your first book... then the whole thing fell apart. I wanted to find debut authors who almost talked at Adelaide Writers' Week. These are 21 folks I've identified so far but *please* let me know who I've missed or mixed up.

A list of 21 debut authors who almost appeared at a writers’ festival.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I finished it. 5⭐️. No notes. Did in fact cry multiple times.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Half way through and the tears have hit. Oh no.

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Liz Hicks @lizhicks.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Not apocalyptic looking at all

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 09/01/2026

100/124 writers due at Adelaide Writers Festival have pulled out, as has sponsor, the Australia Institute. I'm loving this display of solidarity, and rejection of racism and Islamophobia.

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard

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Night Shades ⏾ @nightshadesmag.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

night shades is OPEN! 🛸 500 words max, any speculative 🛸 sim subs ok (multiples not) 🛸 quick response and pro+ pay please read the guidelines! www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/

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Night Shades is a fiction magazine that publishes four speculative stories per month. Night Shades is OPEN Night Shades opens sporadically and for indeterminate periods of time. The detai...

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires

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Dr Susie Walsh @susiewalsh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer. If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't. You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy. If you have been instructed to leave. Leave early. #Bushfire

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

I have to say being sick while having time off work and it being over 40 degrees is an awful combination. I had such a productive few days and now this is me

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 06/01/2026

Have your fire plans ready folks.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Second read for the year and I read it in 24 hours. What an absolute rollercoaster, a master craft of fast pacing. Did I predict the plot? Yes. Was I entertained the whole time? Absolutely. I’m seeing the movie on Friday and I’m excited to compare them. #amreading

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Dr Craig R McClain @drcraigmc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

The deepest confirmed fish observation occurred at ~8,300 m. I know the shape behind it is another fish’s tail, but my brain insists it looks like the foreground fish is wearing a party hat. #deepsea #marinelife www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I'll forever be thankful for my year 7 English teacher for introducing us to Spirited Away. It holds a special place, right alongside Kiki's Delivery Service.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I've been typing on and off today inbetween other tasks in this new story and a new character has appeared that I haven't planned for. What a surprise! Is this a budding romance or a friend? Who knows! We'll find out! #amwriting

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Love this from Guillermo del Toro

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art,” he said. “At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always the prelude to fascism. When they tell you it doesn’t matter, when they tell you a fucking app can do art you say, if it’s that important, why the fuck do they want it so bad? The answer is because they think they can debase everything that makes us a little better, a little more human. And that, in my book, and in my life, includes monsters.”

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I need you all to know that I named my main characters prior to starting a draft and I feel that is an achievement. I've come along way from [Main] and [1] and [2], look at me go! #writingcommunity

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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I've seen a few people posting stuff along the lines of "2026 is the year I'm going to read more!" My friend, don't pressure yourself. Even as an author, I say this: Read better, not more. Read what you love, stop reading something that isn't working for you. Don't aim for more, aim for pleasure.

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Sinners Phan @cindyphanauthor.com · 05/01/2026

Trying to relax with some reading only to have Helen Humphreys come out the gate swinging 🫣

Excerpt from Wild Dogs (p. 139):

I spent years not painting. Not doing something takes up as much time as doing it, more perhaps because your failure to act takes up a lot of space in your thoughts. It takes up all your thoughts, really. Years of not painting drove me crazy. How would I ever know how good I could have been? Perhaps all my best painting would have happened in those years of not painting. What if not painting had destroyed my gift forever? On and on it went like this, day after day, night after night. I walked from room to room, trying to drive these thoughts out of my head, and all that happened was that I tired myself out with the pacing, and the loneliness whistled around me, and I ended up sprawled on the couch, drinking again. I’d wake up in the morning feeling groggy and sorry for myself and facing yet another day and night of not painting.

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I've had such a lovely afternoon by letting my mind wander in the world and politics of my next novel. I'm going to call it Project Bone for now. (hehe, not sexual but also, hehe.) #writing #amwriting

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G. H. Austin @ghaustin.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Watched the Stranger Things finale tonight after a three hour drive home. No spoilers but I did cry. I can see where some criticism could come in but I think the last hour was done perfectly for the story itself. #strangerthings

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