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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My husband researching cars: it does 0-60 in 3.2 seconds and carries 350 horses and 5 torques and the truck is 3.7 cubits and the windshield can take 4gs. Me: Car fit family? Car fit budget? Car goes? Car goes good? Car goes good long time?

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The projects I'm working on are still new enough I haven't thought of actors yet.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'd also love to be able to make a passable income to have no other day job!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I also fantasize about my characters on screen! Do you have any actors in mind?

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For me, it's having to explain to non-writers how slow the publishing process is.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I love getting to delve into alternate egos and bringing them to life.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

With a young toddler, I tend to write (when I get the chance) during the midday nap! I'm prepping for a big move this fall so I'm not sure I'll get much of a routine at all soon.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Have you always been a night writer?

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#MomsWritersClub Q3: on the flip side of the previous question, what is the biggest struggle of being a writer? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#MomsWritereClub Q2v (8/12) As we head into a new school year and need new people, it will inevitably come up that you're a writer. What would you say is the best part about being a writer? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hi #momswritersclub. Shay here hosting from Western WA. Mom to 1.5yo and 6yo boys. I write fiction and am currently focusing on a romance among other things.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

#MomsWritersClub Q1: 8/12 As we come to the close of the summer, our schedules are likely to shift again. What is your regular writing routine and how will it shift? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Welcome to #MomsWritersClub night, parent writers of BlueSky! First tell us a bit about yourself! Remember our chat goes on 24 hours to accomodate for schedules and time zones! #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I mean, it's kind of light on the romance, but it is going to be a main through line!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The average amount...? She's always aware how she presents herself and will dress up or down depending on the situation but doesn't fret too much about it.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I haven't gotten this far into the depth of my character yet, but probably something functional and comfortable since she's an academic and an archeologist.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I mostly keep their big characterstics in my head, but intricate details like names of their friends I write down in a project-dedicated notebook

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I'm still early in this project so I'm still getting to fully know the characters, but so far my MCs lowest point happens just before the beginning of the story: her husband leaves her after a tragedy.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

That is really a great friction point!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is an interesting one bc my MC is recovering from and going through her greatest fear! It is also one of my greatest fears now, which is outliving my children.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Hi! Popping on late because I forgot it was Wednesday! Currently working on a romance/contemporary fiction.

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Tracy Grant @tracygrant.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Welcome to #MomsWritersClub night, parent writers of BlueSky! Tonight we're talking about main characters. First tell us a bit about yourself! Chat goes on 24 hours to accommodate for schedules and time zones! #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Not really. They're more on the ace Academic end of the discipline!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I wrote a lot more in general back before kids 🤣

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I've been going to concerts, and have a couple more planned for the summer!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It's contemporary! But it is about archeologists, so still has a thread of history!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

My main goal is to get to 15k words in my romance novel.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I'm good at using actual travel time (planes, cars) to write but pretty much nothing gets done the rest of the trip.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It does seem like every residency and contest and fellowship has deadlines in the summer!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

It's been mostly in the 60s and low 70s up here in Western WA for nearly two weeks! Meanwhile the rest of the world...

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Q3: Summer often is a time of increased travel for many families. Are you good at keeping up with your writing routines when you travel or do you vacay from writing as well? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

For me, it's somehow both. I feel like I'm solar powered so I get a lot more energy in the summer. But when the weather is nice I feel guilty not making full use of it (especially living in the PNW!)

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I take a "shoveling sand into the box" approach just try to get words on the page and write plot points as fast as possible, not getting bogged down with details or even full scenes.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Q2: keeping in theme with summer. Does the season's weather make you more or less- inclined to write? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We're now fully mid-summer, and often in writing projects, we tend to slump in the middle. How do you stay motivated at that point? #amwriting #momwriters #parentwriters #writingcommunity #momswhowrite #MomsWritersClub

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Shay here hosting from WA. Mom to 2 boys, 6 and 19 months. Currently working on a romance novel and a dystopian novel!

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Themes do tend to pop up as I'm going, but the narrative arc is more or less the same.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Not usually. Most of the time the change is just cutting out exposition and getting closer to the meat of the story.

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Shay Galloway @thegallowcat.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I love poignant, poetic first lines.

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