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Feeling awful again this morning, but that seems to be my normal lately. 🤒 BUT! I did get some #writing done, so yay me! Half an hour is better than nothing, right? ✍️ Back to the doctor's this afternoon. Hopefully I'll get some answers and a solution to this fatigue. 🤞

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Please let me know if you figure it out!

#AwesomeCharacters Ella is sixteen, so would likely just say "I'm in high school," but of course there is much more to her life than school. I doubt she'd be allowed to go to a cocktail party. She'd rather be with her friends at the beach, anyway. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Feel awful today. Pain, fatigue... Says a lot that I'm actually looking forward to my doctor's appointment tomorrow. I'm hopeful that I'll at least get a better explanation for my symptoms than "it's just a virus". And even more hopeful that I'll get an actual treatment this time. #Chronicillness

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So sorry for your loss. It's a hard thing to go through.

Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hey #writers! Do you find book titles tricky to create? How do you decide on titles for your stories? Do you write the draft before naming the story? I find making up titles quite difficult. Or I think of something good and it's already been used, of course! #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WritingQ

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

#AwesomeCharacters Ella's healthiest relationship is with her parents. It's a shame what happens to them... She will have a healthy relationship with her LI (not up to that bit yet). Not that their circumstances are healthy, but they do love each other. #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Good morning everyone! Hope you're having a good day. I wrote for an hour this morning and it's only 9:07 am. I must be feeling a bit better. Really happy about that. How's your #writing going today?

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Fiction: "Upended Life" (Artemis University, Book 1) by Erin R Flynn Nonfiction: "The Long Walk" by Libbie Hawker "Plot Your Series in a Weekend" by Heather Cardona

My MC, Ella, is quite sneaky. She can creep through the bush unseen, but she doesn't get the award. The antagonist, Viktor, gets the Sneakiest Character Award. He's a special forces soldier, so he's trained that way. He's also manipulative, and vengeful... #AwesomeCharacters #WritingCommunity

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Any #writers out there with #chronicillness? Health issues often mean I end up taking long breaks from my writing. For anyone else who has this problem, how do you pick up the threads of your story again? For those who can write through illness, do you have any tips on how? #WritingCommunity

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I've been absent from Bluesky for a bit. And absent from my #writing as well. My health hasn't been that great, but I'm hoping that I'll be able to get back to writing now, even if it's only a little a day. Even 100 words a day is better than nothing, right? #writingcommunity #chronicillness

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Years ago I worked at a cafe at the Southern Cross University library in Lismore NSW. There was a koala colony on campus. One day I saw a koala walking into the library. I think it wanted an education too. Not sure what this one was up to. Any guesses? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

abc.net.au

Koala catches a ride on Brisbane bus after dash across busy suburban street

A rescue groups says the quick-thinking of a Brisbane bus driver could have saved the koala — named Peri — from being hit by traffic on a busy road.

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Please do! We need it! And hope you have a wonderful birthday! 🎂

Eve Harms, Orph Understander @eveharms.com · 13/12/2025

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It's time for slower art. The constant churn and grind pushed by techno capitalism has reached its inevitable conclusion with AI slop. Let's make our best work and be patient with our process. Let's release art that's worth stopping for and savoring. Let's show each other what humans can do

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I'm still in deep shock over the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach last night. I woke up this morning hoping I'd dreamt the whole thing. Nope. This is real life, not a nightmare. I don't know what to feel or think right now other than sorrow and horror. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

abc.net.au

Live: 'We refuse to let them divide us' Albanese says after massacre at Jewish festival

Fifteen victims have died, including a 10-year-old girl. One of two alleged gunmen has also died, while a further 38 people are in hospital.

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

So according to him I stopped being a woman when I had a hysterectomy? Huh?

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I love getting to that stage of editing. Hope you're enjoying it. Good luck with yours too.

Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Have been back to my #writing this last week after an unavoidable break. Spending time getting my head deeply into my story again. . I've been retyping the whole 10 chapters I've done already with a light edit. Hope I can start writing more new words soon. I do love this story. #WritingCommunity

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Been away. Had a #chronicillness flare. Out of action a few months, got better.🤒 Went away for a break visiting relatives.😁 REALLY needed it. Got home and promptly got a bad cold.🤧 Getting better at least. I want to get back to #writing. But right now need to rest or the fatigue won't go away.🛏️

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I hope you are feeling better and can write again.

Thank you. I guess I have a drive to write that is always there, even when I can't physically do it. Makes those times when I can't write difficult because I miss it so much, but I always get back to writing when my health is going through a better phase.

Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

It's hot (38C/100F) and very windy and there is a bushfire down the road. Not a great day. 🥵 The fire isn't super close, but it is less than 2 km away, so a little bit close for comfort. Hope everyone else is having a more pleasant day.

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I play this song (My Freedom by Two Steps From Hell) before each writing session to get me in the mood to write. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-y_... Then I put on a playlist I create from various movie, tv show and video game soundtracks. Music is a huge part of my writing process.

youtube.com

Two Steps From Hell - My Freedom (Miracles)

YouTube video by Two Steps From Hell

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Health issues. I have chronic health issues that fluctuate, and often spend long periods unable to write. I work on maintaining my health as much as possible, but the times when I can't write is something I just need to accept. Unless there is a cure for my illness there is no way to overcome it.

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

How much my condition fluctuates. Just because I seem OK today doesn't mean I won't be incapacitated tomorrow. Also, I did yoga before I got sick. It did NOT stop me from getting health problems and chronic pain. Definitely isn't a cure. So annoying when people think yoga will fix everything.

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 23/10/2025

If Ace Week has you curious about asexual characters, especially books with leading ace characters written by asexual authors, here's 15 of them. ♠️🌈📚

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I hadn't hard of him before he died either. I'm not American though.

Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Not quite. I have a bit of updating to do on my outline, but soon I'll be writing again. I hope!

Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I want to get back into my writing after I stopped in June due to illness. ✍️ Today I read my WIP so far (about 1/4 of the book). 📖 I was scared to read it and that I'd hate it. Plenty to fix, but I actually enjoyed it and it reminded me why I love this story. 💖 #WritingCommunity #ChronicIllness

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I like to write to film/tv/video game music. I use the music to brainstorm to, dreaming up story ideas. Then I create a playlist, like my own soundtrack to my story and listen to it as I write and edit. I find it hard to write with lyrics in the background, so I always use instrumental music.

If it's helpful, it's not procrastination. It's preparation. Some writers gather pictures of what their characters might look like. In Sims 4 I have created all of the major characters in my WIP and used mods to play out story ideas. Don't know how helpful it is to my writing, but it is fun.

I do this. Actually thought I was being weird. Glad I'm not the only one!

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That sucks. It's a horrible feeling when you can't write, isn't it?

I finished it on Tuesday as well. I agree about the plot, but I still really enjoyed it and am looking forward to season 3 too.

Oh, and I have a bunch of new followers while I've been away. Great to meet you all. I will get into the follow-backs as soon as I can. Sorry for being slow. Been away 'cause I've been sick. #WritingCommunity #ChronicIllness

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Been away for a while. I haven't been able to write. Been very sick. I hate that. I'm hoping I'll be well enough to get back into it soon. Before I can, I need to read through my story so far to refresh my memory. I'm kinda scared to. What if it sucks? #Writing #WritingCommunity #ChronicIllness

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It's weird. If I did post a comment somewhere, I have no idea what it was now. Oh well.

Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Wow. I haven't been on here for a couple of days and I've come back to a bunch of new followers. Hi and welcome! What happened? Did I get put on someone's follow list? Thanks to whoever it was, if that's the case.

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Kim Haas @kimhaaswriter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Read this in the latest issue of “Writer’s Digest.” Needed to read her take on writing amidst chaos. Words are healing. The right words reach me exactly when I need them. Words are magic.

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Susan @susanjenner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I really needed to hear this right now. Thanks for posting this.