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NC Sayers

@ncsayers.bsky.social
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Hello everyone! I'm NC Sayers, an autistic science fiction and fantasy writer who likes writing about strong autistic heroines. I'll be sharing inspiration, writing events, and trying not to go nuts getting story ideas from the news. Excited to connecting!

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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Mom: Why are you taking a photo of your salad? Me: One of my writing projects is a food dystopia and I need the inspiration. Stop judging me. #WriteSky #WriterSky #SpecFic #SpecLit #amwriting #AmWriting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The latest in getting inspiration for what to describe in a food dystopia story #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #dystopia #dystopian #food #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #amwriting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yes, you can in fact make soap that looks like cake. And yes, I do in fact think there’s a speculative fiction story somewhere in here. #WriteSky #WriterSky #soap
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The latest in getting ideas for what to describe in a food dystopia story #food #WriteSky #WriterSky #AmWriting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The latest in realizing what I might need to describe in a food dystopia novella #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #AmWriting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
When you’re writing a food dystopia story and you realize you need to describe something like this #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #food #FoodSky #AmWriting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Well, that’s depressing. Especially since I’m writing as a neurodivergent writer. #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky #books #BookSky #law #censorship
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
This is what happens when you’re working on a food dystopian novella. You start talking photos of your food. (And yes, it was in fact delicious.) #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #dystopia #dystopian #food #WritingCommunity #WriteSky
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Huh. So that’s what they think an auroch looked like when they were around. (They bred them to look like that, but close enough.) #prehistory #prehistoric #writersresearch
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Don’t mind me. I’m just sitting here wondering how to describe this in a novel or novella. #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
That looks like a biblically accurate angel and I want to see it featured in a food dystopia one day. (If I can describe it, that is.) #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WriteSky #WriterSky #dystopia #WritingCommunity #food
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I wonder how eleven pounds of shea butter can become dangerous in a short story. That is an actual sentence that I just wrote. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
I’m working on a food dystopia and routinely have to take photos of my food so I can refer back to it for writers research. Stop laughing. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky #food #foodie
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Don’t mind me. I’m just taking photos of my food to help me write a story about food being illegal. (Welcome to the world of speculative fiction writers.) #sff #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #SpecFic #SpecLit #food
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Don’t mind me. I’m just wondering if there’s a secret advanced civilization hidden behind this waterfall. Speculative fiction writers have such delightful imaginations. #sff #SpecFic #SpecLit #nature #naturesky #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
For those of you who are struggling with writing research or writing inspiration, this just might come in handy. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommuity #AmWriting #AmDrafting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It’s places like this that writers might visit when they’re on a DIY writing retreat and have some downtime. I apologize for nothing. #WriteSky #WriterSky #AmWriting
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Please tell me I’m not the only one who writes the first draft by hand #AmWriting #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This is what writers do in the name of writer’s research. (And yes, my boyfriend was laughing at me when I told the photo. #WriteSky #WriterSky #WritingCommunity #food
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This is what happens when you pay too little attention in math class. It doesn’t end well.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Mom: So, what did you do for the sake of your writing today? Me: I took a picture of my food. (I swear this will make sense one day.) #WritingCommunity
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
You’re so for free speech you’ll scream whenever someone criticizes you? Cry me a river. #jimmykimmel
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Imagine being so stupid rich to have this in one of your fountains #writingresearch #writinginspiration #versailles
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
How to celebrate closing on a house
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Am I wrong for wanting that lamp in my own home? Nah. #decor
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Sounds about right
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
That’s the first time I’ve seen cheesecake done like that and it was delicious
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
I found myself fascinated with the underside of this critter and I don’t know why
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
When you visit a local nature center and find a random Ralph Waldo Emerson #poem on a tree
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I’m still impressed that there are machines that put this in the foam
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Don’t mind me. I’m just impressed that someone can make a cupcake look like actual flowers. 😅 #cupcake #flowers
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
The idea of an abandoned pool with a tree growing in it strikes me as weird and I don’t know why
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Thanks, boomers. #writingcommunity #writer #marketing
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In crazy times, maybe we all need a little more #poetry in my lives. (Huh. That was an accidental slant rhyme.)
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We probably all know this already. I just like the mental image of giving my story pneumonia. #writing #writer #writingcommunity
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Well, there’s something you don’t see every day in North America. If you ever wanted to know what an Eurasian coot, also called a common coot, looked like, now you know. #bird #birds
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Yup. Sounds about right. #writing #writingcommunity #writerslife #writinglife
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Huh. So that's what a horseshoe crab looks like under the shell.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
That's the first time I've ever seen a planter designed like that. That's actually kind of cool.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
And cue the #haunted vibes of a staircase in a subway station.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Maybe we should all be doing a little more of this.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I still can’t get it out of my head the idea of a world where food like this is illegal. And yes, I am working on the novella. #writer #inspiration #writingcommunity
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Note to anyone who wants to visit #Paris this year. There's a Foucault's Pendulum in the center of the Pantheon. And it looks so cool!
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Welcome to the United States, where there's no shortage of ideas for dystopian fiction.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Am I weird for imagining the interactions that happened when this thing was still in operation? Nah.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Well, there's something that isn't widely known. Thomas Jefferson was also into paleontology and has a fossil named for him. (And yes, this particular cast is in an airport.)
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
See all those pieces of concrete and equipment in the distance? Those are remains of when the Allies landed at Normandy and built a temporary port on the beaches. Even now, almost 81 years later, it's still there.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
If you've never seen the equipment that was featured during D-Day, look no further. And yes--much of it is still there. Some of the bunkers housing the guns are caved in.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Is this swan flirting with me? I think he was flirting with me.
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NC Sayers @ncsayers.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Happy Memorial Day, everyone. And let's take a moment to remember the following.
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