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Kris Bock Romance/MysteryWriting When You Have Children: Try trading babysitting with other writing parents. Or start a play group/writers group: the kids play, the parents write or critique. Read more 👉 <a href="https://lttr.ai/Ad7ny" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lttr.ai/Ad7ny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writersky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersky</a>

Kris Bock Romance/MysteryWriting When You Have Children: “It was impossible for me to write with my kids awake and active. I either tried to get both kids to nap at the same time or I spent my non-existent savings on two hours of babysitting.” Read the article: <a href="https://lttr.ai/Ad7lX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lttr.ai/Ad7lX</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writersky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersky</a>

E.S. RayeAs a Canadian author with my debut novel coming out in September, seeing my book on the Indigo website is surreal.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writersky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/skywriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skywriter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogDay 7It's done ... I've submitted my piece to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingBattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingBattle</a>Ten edits/redrafts Seven days Seven beta readers One writer One story Done ✅ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A Blog<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingBattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingBattle</a> .. Day 5Words have been rearranged. I believe I'm selecting them in a coherent way, and in the correct order. Time will tell.A few more adjustments and we'll get some beta readers involved...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a>

Kris Bock Romance/MysteryWriting When You Have Children: Time is especially precious when you have young children. Here's some advice from writing mothers. Read the full article: Write Better Right Now Substack ▸ <a href="https://lttr.ai/AdvMS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://lttr.ai/AdvMS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writersky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersky</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogOnly 15 hours to go!I know what I'll be doing for the next week or so... that's right, procrastinating!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingBattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingBattle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Adventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FairyTale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairyTale</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a><a href="https://writingbattle.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://writingbattle.com/</a>

Khleedril<a href="https://mastodon.social/@WhoNeedsABlog" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WhoNeedsABlog</a> Congratulations! Your click-bait worked with me.I write reviews for my own benefit, and let people look at them if they want to. My blog is at <a href="https://rdmp.org/bookblog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rdmp.org/bookblog</a> and my review of Hyperion is at <a href="https://rdmp.org/bookblog/?review=hyperion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rdmp.org/bookblog/?review=hyperion</a>.I will also say that I enjoy reading others reviews, and even reviewing the review, as a means of broadening my mind and putting my own thoughts into perspective.<a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A Blog<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhoNeedsABlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoNeedsABlog</a> does book reviews?(Content Warning: All words are generated by humans)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a><a href="https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews-hyperion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews-hyperion/</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogRamblings from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhoNeedsABlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoNeedsABlog</a>(Content Warning: All words are generated by humans)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a><a href="https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/who-needs-a-blog-about-influential-teachers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/who-needs-a-blog-about-influential-teachers/</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogI've just received my prompt from the Globe Soup Paranormal Flash Fiction Challenge. I guess we'll see if I can write supernatural stories...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobeSoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobeSoup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Paranormal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paranormal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Supernatural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Supernatural</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a><a href="https://www.globesoup.net/2025-paranormal-flash-fiction-challenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.globesoup.net/2025-paranormal-flash-fiction-challenge</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogWithout further prompting (👀) I decided to go for it. The least I'll get is another story I can work with.Join me in the NYCMidnight 2025 Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! nycmidnight.com/ffc<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NYCMidnight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYCMidnight</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogI'm in... although, I think I may be entering more competitions than I can manage. Ah well...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishFantasySociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BritishFantasySociety</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SFFH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFFH</a><a href="https://britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-short-story-competition-opens-for-entries/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-short-story-competition-opens-for-entries/</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A Blog<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhoNeedsABlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoNeedsABlog</a> does book reviews?(Content Warning: All words are generated by humans)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a><a href="https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews-extremophile/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/04/04/who-needs-a-blog-with-book-reviews-extremophile/</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogMore ramblings from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhoNeedsABlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoNeedsABlog</a>(Content Warning: All words are generated by humans)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buxton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buxton</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookShop</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobeSoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobeSoup</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCompetition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCompetition</a><a href="https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/who-needs-a-blog-for-a-little-catch-up/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/who-needs-a-blog-for-a-little-catch-up/</a>

C.J. Payling/Who Needs A BlogI did a thing... One of my stories has been published! Tell me what you think.(Content Warning: All words are generated by humans)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SciFiShorts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SciFiShorts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FlashFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FlashFiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WriterSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WriterSky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhoNeedsABlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhoNeedsABlog</a><a href="https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/red-dust/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cjpayling.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/red-dust/</a>

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