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B Thoreau 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦<p>Hey, writing community, do you ever bounce between two very different projects or do you prefer to focus on one project only before tackling another? What works best for you? </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a></p>
Dilman Dila<p>I contributed an essay to this book, which is a collection of academic-type writings by Africans who write speculative fiction, on their influences and worldbuilding and such things. I particularly talk about how my research into pre-colonial African cultures inspired me to imagine a future without central governments, where technology has enabled direct democracy. It's now a a Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist!</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/AmWritingSFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmWritingSFF</span></a> <a href="https://mograph.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>The <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> for Saturday 15 March 2025 is:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/indigo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indigo</span></a></p><p>The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.</p><p>@ me, if you like, or just include the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.</p><p>If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MicroFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MicroFiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallStories</span></a></p>
Wandering Shop Stories<p>Today's Wandering Shop Stories <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/prompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prompt</span></a> is <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a>. Feel like writing something short and sweet that has the word "lead" in it? Check out the definitions of the word at: <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">merriam-webster.com/dictionary</span><span class="invisible">/lead</span></a> Join in and tag it with <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wss366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wss366</span></a>! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/WritingLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingLife</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a> h/t <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonequest.net/@tobadzistsini" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tobadzistsini</span></a></span></p>
RJClik<p>@dailyhaikuprompt <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a> <br>-Full Moon</p><p>A naked goddess,<br>Bathes the night in eerie blue,<br>Save for drifting clouds.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/smallpoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallpoems</span></a></p>
GaiaCrisisPhil<p>Three books on water</p><p><a href="https://rebellibrary.com/march-2025-water/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rebellibrary.com/march-2025-wa</span><span class="invisible">ter/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/XR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XR</span></a></p>
Iridivergent<p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AmReading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmReading</span></a> Never Say You Can't Survive by Charlie Jane Anders and my one regret so far is that I didn't read this sooner.</p><p>Regardless, it's definitely what I need to read right now.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a></p>
ItsCarryl<p>Realised I didn’t answer that dialogue qu directly at first, so posting my thoughts here.</p><p>I like to make it snappy for a while and let them expand some too. I’ve also recently had them sighing and frowning, trying to reduce how often they do them, and ending up with more as I try to reduce one by replacing it with the other. So many subtle expressions I can’t describe, so maybe they suppress an eye roll, and one did that four times in the chapter.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a></p>
Mistress witch writes<p>I was about to write post like "This is 30", to show that it is not as awfully old as everyone always made me believe ... </p><p>... but coming right out of the hospital kind a killed the mood *hysteric laughter*</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a></p>
Quinn Blueheart 🔞✍️🔥<p>Working on some saucy stories after biking to the café. Matcha Latte in my cup, fingers on the keys, where should I post my <a href="https://smutlandia.com/tags/fetish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fetish</span></a> stories, Theoreads?<br><a href="https://smutlandia.com/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://smutlandia.com/tags/Erotica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erotica</span></a> <a href="https://smutlandia.com/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://smutlandia.com/tags/BDSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDSM</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity<p>After I discovered my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tourettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourettes</span></a> I almost thought I was accidentally faking around others.</p><p>My tics would get more frequent, almost like I was trying to show off, not made better by several cruel people saying the same thing.</p><p>I realized it was due to being embarrassed, and stressed out by strangers, both of which increase the frequency of my tics. Especially if people started looking at me.</p><p>Once I made this connection I was able to let go of that.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ticdisorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ticdisorder</span></a></p>
Frey HG<p>429 words of Cold Morning written today. Not bad </p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/queerwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>queerwriters</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Look in any direction along the political spectrum and sperm are in danger, or endangering someone else." —Rosecrans Baldwin for GQ</p><p><a href="https://longreads.com/2025/03/14/are-men-in-a-spermpocalypse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/03/14/are-m</span><span class="invisible">en-in-a-spermpocalypse/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sperm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sperm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/IVF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IVF</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"During that last tortuous summer at West Chapple, he found her one day standing in the rain in just a light summer dress repeating the words, 'We should die here. We were born on the farm and we should die here.'"</p><p><a href="https://longreads.com/2025/03/06/madness-melancholy-or-murder-an-ancient-english-farms-50-year-old-mystery/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/03/06/madne</span><span class="invisible">ss-melancholy-or-murder-an-ancient-english-farms-50-year-old-mystery/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=social</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/truecrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truecrime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Devon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/countryside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>countryside</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a></p>
J. M. Brister<p>After surviving a brutal attack, Freya Morgan is haunted by a man who refuses to let her go. No matter where she hides, he always finds her. Desperate to protect her, her father sends her deep into the mountains, to the secluded home of bestselling author Brian Ash.</p><p>But isolation doesn’t mean safety. As an undeniable attraction builds between them, Freya is terrified that Brian will uncover the truth she’s so desperate to hide.</p><p>🔗<a href="https://amzn.to/3kaYZ6L" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/3kaYZ6L</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Steven Cudahy<p>give up my self<br>for a chilly belonging<br>barely a breath's length</p><p>daily rituals<br>a primitive blade<br>to shed true skin</p><p>that milling congregation<br>stark lights and plastic carpets<br>hotdesking across stained veneers</p><p>worship to evade violence</p><p>a pass to pass<br>consecrated spaces<br>restricted access</p><p>stacked inbox catastrophes<br>voices in the ether<br>false idols and dead gods</p><p>a necessary inefficiency<br>to be altar-burned<br>when no longer needed</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> 14 March 2025 - hallowed</p>
Mistress witch writes<p>It's a full moon again, and my witch and I love deconstructing superstitions, so here we go: Why the moon does not have an effect on our bodies AND why it's so tempting to believe it does! Enjoy reading. Only includes a little math. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/06/25/the-moon-the-tide-and-us-deconstructing-a-superstition/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mistresswitchwrites.com/2024/0</span><span class="invisible">6/25/the-moon-the-tide-and-us-deconstructing-a-superstition/</span></a></p>
Jarrett<p>Almost 33k words on my current <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fantasybook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasybook</span></a> I have a lot still to figure out, but I’m making progress. </p><p>Anyone interested in a young adult fantasy like the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narinabooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narinabooks</span></a> but without the religious undertones? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>storytelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
RationizedInsanity<p>Being homeless was better than living in the house I grew up.</p><p>I was free, and roamed the world as I saw fit, and most shelters were cleaner. You have no idea how sad of a statement that is if you've never been.</p><p>I was alone mostly as a child, and covered in fleas, and lived in filth. I couldn't leave either, and just had to suffer. Was beat daily for being sick.</p><p>Begging for help, and nobody would so I stopped talking entirely.</p><p>I will never stop speaking now.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ptsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ptsd</span></a></p>
Documentally<p>New dispatch... <a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/documentally/p/thin-places-515" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/document</span><span class="invisible">ally/p/thin-places-515</span></a><br>There's some <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> workflows for podcasting on the fly, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a>, ebook reader chat and loots more stuff.</p>
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