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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 22h

Celebrating the birthday Miguel de Cervantes, I am reminded that not all dreams are impossible. 📚💙 I #amwriting #nevergiveup #neversurrender More: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, #Spanish writer, #playwright and #poet - #DonQuixote poets.org/poet/miguel-... #writers #quotes on #writing

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Bryn Donovan @bryndonovan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

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I love cheering on other writers and I love to see another author succeed. But I woke up this morning feeling terrible guilt about posting about my book to movie deal, and about throwing a watch party. I don’t even know why! It’s so dumb! #writingcommunity #authorlife #hallmarkmovies #romancelandia

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Well, that clears it up nicely! I #amwriting in shades of grey tonight. 📚💙

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Confucius said, "Sit down, open a book, and learn something." Twenty-five hundred (and five) years later - still true. 📚💙 More: Confucius, Chinese philosopher, writer, and politician of the Spring and Autumn period - plato.stanford.edu/entries/conf... #Confucius #quotes on #reading

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Confucius said, "Open a book and learn something." Twenty-five hundred (and five) years later - still true. 📚💙 More: Confucius, #Chinese philosopher, writer, and politician of the Spring and Autumn period - plato.stanford.edu/entries/conf... #Confucius #writers #quotes on #reading

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Celebrating Samuel Adams’ birthday, I #amwriting – not with the tools of a tyrant, but with the heart of a poet. 📚💙 Samuel Adams, American statesman, writer, and an integral part of the success of the Boston Tea Party. More: www.bostonteapartyship.com/samuel-adams #authors #quotes on #writing

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Happy Birthday, Irvine Welsh, #Scottish novelist, playwright, screenwriter, director, and short story writer. Author of Trainspotting. 📚💙 More: scottishbooksinternational.org/irvine-welsh/ #writers #quotes on #writing #mysticism #IrvineWelsh #birthday

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Remembering the birthday of Josef Škvorecký, I am–like everyone–dealing with my weaknesses. I'm still #writing though. 📚💙 Josef Škvorecký CM, award-winning Czech-Canadian, #writer & #publisher - Recipient of Neustadt International Prize for Literature 1980 - www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2...

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Remembering the birthday of T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, award-winning American #writer and poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1948) - www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/t-s-eliot 📚💙 #booksky #poet #quotes on #libraries and #hope

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Ken Stark @kenstark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In honor of T. S. Eliot’s birthday, I #amwriting #poetry for many, many reasons. 📚💙 #booksky More: T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot, award-winning American #writer and poet, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1948). www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/t-s-eliot #poet #quotes on #language #TSEliot

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When Arcadia Falls forgets its missing, only the outcasts remember—and they are the town's last hope. Read Arcadia Falls getbook.at/arcadiafalls FREE on #KindleUnlimited Also on #audiobook A #horror novel for all ages. #FREE #audible #YA #mustread #suspense #thriller 📚💙

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Remembering the birthday of William Faulkner, I'm embracing my demons – and #amwriting with other people’s money 📚💙 #youhavebeenwarned More: William Cuthbert Faulkner, Nobel Prize winning (1949) laureate from Oxford, Mississippi, #writer #poet and #screenwriter - www.nobelprize.org/prizes/liter...

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The Bookbinder’s Apprentice

New review for The Bookbinder's Apprentice and Other Impossible Love Stories 📚💙 On sale: www.amazon.com/Bookbinders-... "A speculative romance collection explores four unconventional relationships shaped by time, history, mortality, and the supernatural." readerviews.com/reviews/the-...

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The Bookbinder’s Apprentice and Other Impossible Love Stories by P.J. Braley is a short story collection encompassing four tales of love. The main short story is the third: “The Bookbinder’s…

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Remembering the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer - 📚💙 More: library.sc.edu/spcoll/fitzg... #FScottFitzgerald #writers #quotes on #writing #courage #NevergiveupNeversurrender

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Remembering the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer - 📚💙 More: library.sc.edu/spcoll/fitzg... #FScottFitzgerald #writers #quotes on #writing

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Remembering the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer - 📚💙 More: library.sc.edu/spcoll/fitzg... #FScottFitzgerald #writers #quotes on #writing #courage #NevergiveupNeversurrender

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Remembering the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer - 📚💙 More: library.sc.edu/spcoll/fitzg... #FScottFitzgerald #writers #quotes on #writing

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Remembering the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer - 📚💙 More: library.sc.edu/spcoll/fitzg... #FScottFitzgerald #writers #quotes on #writing

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The Bookbinder’s Apprentice

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The Bookbinder’s Apprentice and Other Impossible Love Stories by P.J. Braley is a short story collection encompassing four tales of love. The main short story is the third: “The Bookbinder’s…

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AllAuthor @allauthor.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Remembering the birthday of F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer - 📚💙 More: library.sc.edu/spcoll/fitzg... #FScottFitzgerald #writers #quotes on #writing

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Find out why this book is quickly becoming a fan favorite! #Bestseller #ReadingList

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Celebrating #BruceSpringsteen ’s birthday, I'm sharing my obsession with #words - I #amwriting 📚💙 Happy Birthday to The Boss - Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, American #songwriter - Recipient of Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe awards and others. More: www.biography.com/musicians/br... #TheBoss

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Remembering the birthday of Frodo and Bilbo Baggins by filling the empty pages of my book with dreams, adventures, and friendship. 📚💙 I #amwriting #scifi #fantasy More: www.tolkienestate.com/writing/the-... #JRRTolkein #internationalhobbitday #LOTR

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Some writers write for the #story - some #writers write for the #words - but I, I #amwriting for the days of glory that I know will surely come. 📚💙 Happy Birthday, #StephenKing - award-winning American writer. Recipient of National Medal of the Arts (2014) –http://stephenking.com/the_author.html

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Remembering the birthday of a man who, if judged by his ash, lived well indeed. Hallelujah. 📚💙 More: Leonard Norman Cohen, award-winning Canadian #writer #songwriter #poet 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award www.leonardcohen.com & www.britannica.com/biography/Le... #LeonardCohen #quote #poetry

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PJ Braley @pjbraley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I may not understand an artist’s point of view, but one day I stepped into a writer’s conscience and lost myself. 📚💙 Remembering Maxwell Perkins' birthday, book editor extraordinaire to Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, et. al. lithub.com/on-max-perki... and pjbraley.com/hello-world/...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I don’t know where the #words come from, but I know they are as real & true as anything I’ve ever known. Is that my method? No, it’s my life. 📚💙 Remembering Maxwell Perkins’ birthday, editor to Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, et al. lithub.com/on-max-perki... & pjbraley.com/hello-world/...

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One more example of how a personalist regime they cannot conceive of a bipartisan institution to the point they would prefer to destroy it if they cannot repurpose it to their ends. See, also, much of the rest of the federal government, our military, science, higher education etc.

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Remembering the birthday of Donald Hall, I am swept up in the beauty of language – of #words – sweet, fiery, and elegant. 📚💙 More: Donald Andrew Hall, Jr., award-winning American #poet #writer #editor and U.S. Poet Laureate 2006 - www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/donald... #writers #language

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Born this day, William Maxwell Evarts Perkins, American book editor at prestigious NY publishing house Charles Scribner's Sons, and #editor to Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Wolfe, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, et al. 📚💙 lithub.com/on-max-perki... - pjbraley.com/hello-world/...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Celebrating the birthday of George R. R. Martin, I am treading the narrow edge of becoming a mere passerby of my own life – I #amwriting #stories 📚💙 Happy Birthday, George R. R. Martin, award-winning American writer. More: georgerrmartin.com/about-george... #GRRMartin #GOT #quotes #writing

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SHOUT-OUT to all proud members of the MAGA-Resistance Movement in their defense of the Kennedy Center. It will NEVER have the Orange Felon's name on it, just as it will continue to be the Gulf of MEXICO, Lake ONTARIO & the Department of DEFENSE. #AccountabilityIn45Days 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊

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#FirstAmendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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To celebrate Soledad O’Brien’s birthday, let’s brush up on our #storytelling abilities and change the world together. 📚💙 More: Soledad O'Brien, award-winning American Journalist. www.imdb.com/name/nm06398... -and- soledadproductions.com/soledad #writers #quotes #journalism

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Celebrating Samuel Johnson’s birthday, I #amreadng and #amwriting in slightly unequal proportions (currently about 70-30). 📚💙 What is your reading/writing ratio? More: Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer, writer, and #poet - www.bbc.co.uk/history/hist... #writers #quotes on #writing

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