@mepurfield

"...trying to find a group of working writers on the internet to check to be a part of."

I don't know what you mean by that. Are you asking about a writer's workshop, group, etc.? Since this is Mastodon, as the old saying goes, "Are we just chopped liver?" Lots of authors here.

Maybe the #writingCommunity or #writersOfMastdon can help if we understand what you're looking for?

@SuigSays

"Health experts recommend standing up at desk, leaving office, never coming back."

I did that last Friday evening about 7:05 PM. I am now retired.

Does that count?

#dayjob #retired #writer #author #writingCommunity #writersofmastdon

Cinnamon whiskey
a stolen kiss
on your lips.

#poetry #shortpoem #poetrycommunity #writing #writingcommunity #writersofmastdon

@joyce

Are you irritated by mistakes in diction when you read a published book?

I'll spot an author a faux pax, especially a diffy. Maybe two in a long work, same with typos. Depends on how egregious it is. However, if it's typical mistakes repeated regularly, or just sloppy writing, it'll throw me out of the story. I do read fan fiction, and I might be more tolerant there. Published books should have professional editors. I've had an editor miss hard diction words in my own writing. I will admit that I've slogged through bad writing for the sake of a compelling story. I'm a sucker for good stories.

Hmm... That makes me think of /The Hunger Games/. The author didn't understand how to write the past tense, and it only got worse when something was written in the future in the past or the past in the past. It made me want to scream. But. I read the story. I read the sequels. Maybe I'm a masochist?

#author #writer #writingCommunity #writersOfMastdon #writing #writingLife

I asked this question over on Twitter, but I'm curious what mastodon creators have got for me...

I'm working on a queer cozy fantasy about a demon running a pub and honestly? I think it's going to be amazing. Actually, I know it's going to be amazing. So I want to help it succeed in ANY way I can. I'm making a list of ideas.

What's the best/craziest/most fun way you've seen a creator promote their work?

#writersofmastdon #indieauthors #smallbusiness #smallcreators #artistsofmastadon #selfpub

"My hands were thinking things, each finger even, tracing the silhouettes of how best to know the truth"

Memories of a Morning Wake

Featured in Soundings East

#WritingCommunity #writing #ireland #movingstatues #art #poetrycommunity #poetry #writersofmastdon

A poem about taking the bus... And suffering another man's crisps...

#Poem #Medium #Writing #WritersOfMastdon #Poetry

https://medium.com/the-haven/another-mans-crisps-d73b7366e5c4

A poem about what we reveal - or think we do...

#AmWriting #WritersOfMastdon #Writing #Poetry #Poem

https://medium.com/know-thyself-heal-thyself/revealing-day-a5cad44206cd

Loud parents... Who are they parenting for? For their children? Or for the public? Or for themselves?

#AmWriting #WritersOfMastdon #Poetry #Poem #Writing

https://medium.com/the-haven/loud-parents-93b39d61d7e

Day two of #FlashFicFeb and this time it's been a visit to the Neverbury post office. I've decided to try and set all my stories in the same village, which has been renamed today from Neitherbury to Neverbury.

Today's story clocked out at 2588 words. If I can keep this up I'll have a tidy collection by the end of the month.

#writingcommunity #writersofmastdon