Becoming a New Writer in the New Year
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/05/becoming-a-new-writer-in-the-new-year/
#Inspirations #Lamentations #provocations #REALWORLD #newwriter
Becoming a New Writer in the New Year
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https://writerunboxed.com/2026/01/05/becoming-a-new-writer-in-the-new-year/
#Inspirations #Lamentations #provocations #REALWORLD #newwriter
The dream of publishing a book is still alive. A lifelong goal of mine is to publish a fiction novel. I don’t have any goals for commercial success—this journey is the goal. #writing #newwriter #WritingCommunity
Little did I know that writing that book was the start of a whole new life for me. I had sporadically blogged for years, lacking both dedication and proficiency, but something in me had shifted. I…
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Showing my behind the scenes of writing will ruin this "joke" but tis ok. Tis Mastodon. I can always reuse the following in another form eventually.
Demonstrating my use of "/" to offer alternate wording options when quickly jotting an idea I plan to revise later (if at all):
Bad food: THIS IS TERRIBLE! TASTE THIS!
Capitalism: THE WORK GRIND IS SOUL CRUSHING! GET A JOB!
/WORK LIFE IS…
/THIS SYSTEM IS SOUL CRUSHING. GET INTO IT! /GET ON BOARD!
It feels amazing to know an editor considers my work good enough to publish.
By branching out into different publications on #Medium, I have discovered a core list of publications that never reject my work.
Read on to find recommendations that worked well for me as a #NewWriter. 👇 #Writing #Writer #MediumPublications
"Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it."-C.S. Lewis
#AuthorQuote #AmWriting #NewAuthor #NewWriter #IndieAuthor #Writing #Author #Writers
Got my me.dm Mastodon account back yay!!!
Now someone please remind me to never, ever delete the sodding thing again!
New Short Story is up! The Witch Hunter General is set in a world where the witch hunts never ended, they just modernized. There is mention of police violence, but nothing gratuitous. This is really the first time I've managed to actually finish a writing project and share it widely, so I would appreciate any thoughts on it! Thanks! (Boosts are also good!)
https://publish.ministryofinternet.eu/itzyg/the-witch-hunter-general