Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 20hI’m writing a biographical historical fiction novel. 110
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 20hThanks! I was able to start reading and making notes. 110
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This article hit home and now I’m looking forward to my writing session tomorrow #amwriting #writingcommunity 361
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigAnodyne Magazine | Subs CLOSED @anodynemag.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Literary magazines are how most of your favourite authors got started. They should be a critical part of the reading zeitgeist, not a niche. That’s what #LitMagWeek is all about. 0125
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigFlash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Today, we’re very excited to be releasing our Oct 2026 “Paranormal Noir” issue 🎉 This collection is sure to kickstart spooky season for you with ghosts, spies, cosmic horrors and the _mostly_ dead 👻 #litmagweek #flashfiction #horror #fantasy #sciencefiction flashfictiononline.com/issues/octob...flashfictiononline.comOctober 2026 - Flash Fiction Online 0154
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 184129294183
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigJames Aura @jamesaura.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Rachel Carson's 'Silent Spring' was published on this date in 1962 #booksky (I hope you've read it by now) 095
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026New book review #booksky #writingcommunity #review 070
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thank you for this beautiful and touching representation of Alzheimer’s. I lost my Pap to the disease earlier this year. I feel blessed to have sat with him in his final days. 110
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigRob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 21/09/2026#booksky #writerssupportingwriters #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...inventingrealityediting.comEmploy lock-in to ensure you have a storyTo pump up the suspense in your story – nay, to even have a story – you will want to ensure your character experiences a “lock in.” A lock-in occurs when a character cannot escape a situation becau… 022
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This weekend @toasted-cheese.com hosted a 48-hr writing contest for a 4,000-5,000 word short story. I write slowly but I attempted it anyway. Technically, I failed finishing my 1st draft an hour after it was due. But I had so much fun and now I have a draft of story #writingcommunity #happy 020
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigSplit Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Cradling our past, I ask what he wishes to get his wife for her birthday tomorrow." Don't miss Lisa K. Harris's heartfelt micro-memoir FRILLY BLOUSE from our SEPTEMBER ISSUE. ✨️ buff.ly/1MXOfhy 081
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It is officially the start of one of my favorite times of the year. I can’t wait to read your entries! Free to enter with cash prizes. Good Luck! #writingcommunity #microfiction #submissons #writers #fiction 061
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigMadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 09/09/2026#FreePalestine 🇵🇸 I support Macklemore. What he said, needed to be heard. Stop this genocide. 803023807
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigThe Story of Writing @sownow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026“So many things are possible as long as you don't know they are impossible.” -American writer Mildred D. Taylor, born on this day in 1943 A great-granddaughter of an enslaved woman, Taylor is best known for her writing for children and young adults. 🧵 #WriterSky #BookSky #Newbery #BOTD 1133
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigWendy Tokunaga @wendytokunaga.bsky.social · 10/09/2026“If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.” — Edgar Rice Burroughs #writing #stories #inspiration #quotes #authors #writingcommunity 031
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Another wonderful episode. I really needed the reminder about over explaining, trusting the reader, and sticking to only what the character would notice. 010
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigMicheleAlouf.bsky.social @michelealouf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026So honored that A Lesson Before Writing chose my story, "Big Gertie and Just Walter" (published in the Potomac Review, Issue 78, Spring 2026), for one of their episodes. Thank you, Ted Morrissey, Grant Tracey, and Brady Harrison! @tedmorrissey.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comEpisode 37Podcast Episode · A Lesson before Writing · July 20 · 1h 27m 0117
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2026That’s a great tip. I’m going to give it a try. 110
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 29/08/2026So happy to have this story about my grandparents published on their anniversary. #writesky #grief #writingfiftywordstories.comJOZZIE STUCHELL VELESIG: My Mourning RoutineI spit toothpaste in the sink and dial a digit at a time. Numbers tied to pigtails and “can I come to stay?” Those not used enough while crossing college lawns. When adulthood came, the ones I call… 021
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I can’t stop thinking about this book @fsgbooks.bsky.social 000
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Loved this episode and her thoughts on research in historical fiction. 010
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigThe Epilogue @theepilogue.net · 17/09/2025Many thank yous to the lovely @gailcarriger.bsky.social who stopped by The Epilogue... to talk about the Heroine’s Journey, writing series, and the writer as archaeologist. Give a listen and subscribe! Read The Heroine’s Journey! #writers, #writing, #authors, #writingcommunity, #writerskytheepilogue.netGail Carriger: The Heroine’s JourneyExplore the unique storytelling journey of legendary quests and the heroine's path in fiction with bestselling author Gail Carriger. 1186
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigThe Epilogue @theepilogue.net · 03/06/2025In this first episode of the Epilogue… I interview author David Slayton. David is the author of White Trash Warlock, award-winning Dark Moon Shallow Sea. And upcoming Redneck Revenant! Thanks to @drslayton.bsky.social for taking the time to talk to me. #writers, #authors, #writingcommunitytheepilogue.netDavid Slayton: Writing Your Own StoryExplore writing advice from authors David Slayton and Michael Stubblefield, discussing identity, magic, and crafting unique characters. 2249
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I'm so happy to have my poem published in the new issue of @prosetrics.bsky.social 041
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I like doing my first drafts on a typewriter. 110
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigStory Street @storystreetwriters.com · 12/05/2025Something to do this Summer! 100 words micro flash fiction contest. $100 prize. Submissions open May 16-30.storystreetwriters.comSummertime Sadness: Flash Fiction Contest! 0107
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigScubaSuzyQ💙🦋 @susanmcgraw88.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Thank you, Ben of Ben & Jerry's - The children and their parents left in Gaza are being STARVED to death and the bombings continue. This isn't war...This is vicious GENOCIDE. #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 413462
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigWriting for Wellbeing @writeforwellbeing.bsky.social · 22/04/2025‘There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.’ — Ursula le Guin writingforwellbeing.co.uk #writing #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity 2307
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I did a thing and have a 50-word story @ fiftywordstories.com/2025/04/21/j...fiftywordstories.comJOZZIE STUCHELL VELESIG: A Job Well DoneThe sweet smell of the fresh plaster filled the room. Troweled on smooth and soft, hardening, a stone rolled before a tomb. He breathed in the scent of his labor and washed and packed his tools. He… 041
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Good reporting here. Student paper gets what the bigs have missed. White House is actually threatening to defund all of bostons major hospitals www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comTrump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest | News | The Harvard CrimsonThe Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts... 10654242385
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigPaulette X Zander @inktoyou.bsky.social · 15/04/2025“And finally: Ask this question every day “What is mine to do?” Not: Can I fix everything? Not: Is it enough? But: What is mine to do today? Then do that. And tomorrow, do it again. That’s how resistance grows. “open.substack.comFour Immediate Steps to Resist AuthoritarianismA practical guide to reclaim agency and push back—starting today. 13114
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/04/2025I've been clear: if President Bukele doesn't want to meet here in D.C., then I intend to go to El Salvador this week to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition and discuss his release. Kilmar was illegally ABDUCTED and deported by the Trump Admin. He must be brought home NOW.youtube.comIf Bukele doesn't want to meet in D.C., I'll go to El Salvador to check on Kilmar Abrego GarciaYouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen 63294221987
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/04/2025If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me. 6844576514030
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigPatti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound ) DAY 1 APRIL 2025 TODAY HISTORY MADE Hope you were able to watch & listen Senator Cory Booker 25 hours of GOOD TROUBLE How proud John Lewis would be How proud & thankful we are of you Senator This is What America Needed Now, WE must stand by Cory & fight 261460312
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigZombie Mitch @sempersincerus.bsky.social · 02/04/2025An incredible job, sir! Putting this here for those (like me) who missed some details the press caught. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...nytimes.comCory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record (Gift Article)The New Jersey senator spent much of his speech, which ended after more than 25 hours, assailing the Trump administration. He eclipsed Strom Thurmond’s filibuster of a civil rights bill in 1957. 05310
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigHunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · 02/04/2025In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.” A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...talkingpointsmemo.comCory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US SenateOnly two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate... 373200644310
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigStory Street @storystreetwriters.com · 31/03/2025Congratulations to Story Street's own Jack Morgan for winning first place in the 2025 Chapter One Prize. Read his winning entry, "Dust Rolls Up" by clicking below. We are so proud of you, Jack!! @writingcommunity.bsky.social, #writers, #writingcontest, #writinglifegutsygreatnovelist.comWinners 2025 - gutsygreatnovelist.comAnnouncing the winners of the 2025 Chapter One Prize. Congratulations to John Morgan (1st), Caitlin Quinn (2nd), and Ucheoma Onwutuebe (3rd)! 254
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigDerf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Good news. Comics creator Rebecca Burke has finally been released by ICE after two horrific weeks in one of their gulags and is on a flight back to the UK. Don't come here. Not for awhile, maybe years and years.standard.co.ukBritish tourist detained at US border over visa released, family sayRebecca Burke, 28, was denied entry into Washington State after US immigration officials accused her of travelling on the wrong visa 10876299
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigStrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Hundreds of Jewish people and their and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting, “We want justice. You say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and, “Fight Nazis, not students!” The ICE arrest of Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil has spawned this immediate and ongoing civil disobedience. 622034580
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025At least there are books and I read some great ones in February 💙📚 140
Jozzie Stuchell Velesig @jozziewrites.bsky.social · 06/03/2025This is blood on trump’s hands and every spineless republican who bends over backwards to support his every whim. bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comUkraine: Aid worker describes escape from deadly Russian strikeKarol Swiacki spoke to the BBC after surviving a missile strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, which killed four. 000
Reposted by Jozzie Stuchell VelesigKalie May @kaliehargrove.com · 05/03/2025Not so fun fact: If you think gender-expansive people are new, is probably because your forefathers tried to genocide any cultures that accepted gender-expansive people... 1319
