Writing, and will soon be querying. Ace (demi) and here for writing, friendship, and chuckles only.https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mig26khwkc2bFrom 'The Reluctant Goddess' #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mig26khwkc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mgrko4ioh22sThe first draft of my synopsis is 3 pages longer than my novel. That went well. #amwriting #writerslife #writingcommunity #amquerying11 Mar 2026 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrko4ioh22shttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mgds6wlaxk2bOkay, that's 23 pages of chapter notes completed ready for the #synopsis. Now what the hell am I supposed to do? 😅 I'm thinking of sacrificing a goat... #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #amquerying05 Mar 2026 21:58 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgds6wlaxk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfwahzhews2o#WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Feb 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfwahzhews2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfvp374dlk25Beta readers are invaluable, but they are offering an opinion and not the only solution. Get rid if they tell you different!! #WritingCommunity #writerslife #amwriting28 Feb 2026 07:25 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfvp374dlk25https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfub2u3jhc25Was struggling to see how I could compress 16 pages of chapter bullet notes into a 2 page synopsis. Currently I'm thinking Times New Roman, 3 point, and single line spacing...😅 #synopsis #amwriting #amediting #amquerying #writerslife #WritingCommunity27 Feb 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfub2u3jhc25https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfs3i4mdyc27What I wouldn't give to be able to be objective about my own prose. But I am sure no one really is. It's why I'm always happy to read the opening chapters for other writers. We all need honest critique. #amwriting #writerslife #WritingCommunity26 Feb 2026 20:56 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs3i4mdyc27https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfpqadrk7s2yHalfway through my novel, making ultra-condensed bullet notes for each chapter. They run to eight pages... So, how long does a synopsis have to be?😒 #synopsis #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #WritingCommunity25 Feb 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpqadrk7s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfooy7kwb22nIs it possible - ever - to read a book you've written and not feel the urge to change something? I guess novels are never finished, just finished 'enough'. #amwriting #amediting #writerslife #WritingCommunity25 Feb 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfooy7kwb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfnhiahyxs2nNo matter how awesome I think my writing is, there does come a point where I get a little tired of reading it again and again and a-bloody-gain! #amwriting #amediting #writerslife #WritingCommunity #writersofBSky25 Feb 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfnhiahyxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3mfju7obfms2vOkay, I'm going to try and write a synopsis. I might die. #amwriting #synopsis #WritingCommunity #writerslife #Writer23 Feb 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfju7obfms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3ltm3hjdmsk25I've just finished the first draft of my #WIP. 🥳 The final 2k took me about as long as the first 70+k! Gonna celebrate with a decaf coffee, and then think about edits before seeking a fresh #betareader or two. #amwritingfantasy #writerslife #WritingCommunity10 Jul 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltm3hjdmsk25https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lsbog35o2c26I'm a few hundred words away from finishing my #WIP, the 10th novel I've written and the 1st one I feel is perfect for querying. Took me 16 years (and 10 novels) to reach a point where I feel I'm in with a great chance of wooing an agent. #amquerying #amwriting #Writer23 Jun 2025 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsbog35o2c26https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqpalgmxqc23When Persephone 'Queen of the Underworld' met Lucifer (who is female in this story.) #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpalgmxqc23https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqp6tyuwh22rStill early in my #WIP, and Theemol is just letting her sense of humour be known... #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts03 Jun 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp6tyuwh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqp2wi77ds2vFrom chapter 3 of my #WIP where 'barbecue for one' Ryan is trying hard to come to terms with Theemol's unexpected appearance... #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts03 Jun 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp2wi77ds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqpalgmxqc23When Persephone 'Queen of the Underworld' met Lucifer (who is female in this story.) #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqpalgmxqc23https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqp6tyuwh22rStill early in my #WIP, and Theemol is just letting her sense of humour be known... #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts03 Jun 2025 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp6tyuwh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqp2wi77ds2vFrom chapter 3 of my #WIP where 'barbecue for one' Ryan is trying hard to come to terms with Theemol's unexpected appearance... #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts03 Jun 2025 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp2wi77ds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqnxulgavs2uLOL, I've just been checking my #WIP, ready for #WIPsnips later today (Tuesday) and see the word is 'wait'. I couldn't choose which one to use, so there's gonna be 4 or 5 of 'em incoming... Sorry! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts02 Jun 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqnxulgavs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqmb6v6k322uMy active #WIP didn't have a single 'mission' in it so this is from my other one, Harvester 'V', a high fantasy. #WIPsnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jun 2025 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmb6v6k322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqkamwspjc25This is from the opening chapter of my #WIP - the event that is the catalyst for the story. The 'It's' looks like bad grammar, but I promise it's not!!! #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts #WIPSnips [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jun 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqkamwspjc25https://bsky.app/profile/gavrushka.bsky.social/post/3lqhgfntxw22bFrom midway through my #WIP, the Reluctant Goddess. #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts Religious themes... [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 May 2025 09:23 +0000at://did:plc:bqpe74h62nsffrtdkt63fdua/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqhgfntxw22b