Pilot 🧑‍✈️✈️ Amateur writer of crime thriller, horror and fanatasy 1 completed novel, 1 almost done, 3 others in progress Believer in humanity even if I sometimes seem otherwisehttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3m3ugu75clk2qHad to use "slope" for this one. From my crime thriller #wip. A young woman is being pursued by a group of corrupt cops on the payroll of a serial killer she escaped from, while on the phone with an honest detective trying to track her down. #writesky #writingcommunity #wipsnips [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Oct 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3ugu75clk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3m3saxvr34k2qJust realized wipsnips made me realize improvements and corrections to make in the section I posted. Always that feeling that nothing is ever good enough, no matter how many times you revise #writingcommunity #writesky22 Oct 2025 16:23 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3saxvr34k2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3m3saovbnts2q#WIPSnips The crew of a Canadian ocean liner in 1928 has encountered what appears to be the Lusitania. When a German ocean liner arrives, they agree to search it together #writingcommunity #writesky #writingprompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3saovbnts2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lsts6owvbc2j#WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #writesky #horror #novel From my horror novel. In 1928, a Canadian ocean liner is responding to an SOS signal. As they approach, the crew identify the ship as the Lusitania, the real British vessel that sank in 1915. They're terrified as what they see is impossible30 Jun 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsts6owvbc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lskqcpia6k2xWell, after five months of a combo of writers block, changing companies and banging my head on the keyboard, finally finished my second novel. 150k. Like the first, will never publish probably, just do this for fun, am not a professional. Feels good all the same. #writing #wip #amateurwritier #novel27 Jun 2025 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lskqcpia6k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lfujrmeodk2oI'm a #fool for thinking I can do it. Or am I crazy for thinking I can't? Those are my thoughts every morning before getting coffee. They say it's easy but no. Have you ever tried grabbing someone's coffee and running? Sure, some let me go but others chase me. Don't get me started on cars. #vss36516 Jan 2025 14:51 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfujrmeodk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldyqyzpslk2aHe loved watching the sun come up. The way the water would #glisten beneath the sky, the waves lapping gently. It was so beautiful. So pure. A lovely way to start the day before heading to the office to drone on for hours and hours. But at least each morning he had these few minutes. #vss365 #prompt23 Dec 2024 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldyqyzpslk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldwb4hukis26The #tranquility eluded me. No matter what I tried, I couldn't relax. No amount of meditation, quiet time, or hobbies could do the trick. I had no idea why my high stress job and skydiving hobby wasn't bringing the calm that I sought. Even the red bull energy drink did nothing. A mystery. #vss36522 Dec 2024 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwb4hukis26https://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldsay3rd3s2qIm working on a short horror story inspired by monopoly. It's not fanfic, just inspired by. Currently 4k words in out of a 6k target. It takes itself entirely seriously. #writingcommunity #amwritimg #horror21 Dec 2024 06:18 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldsay3rd3s2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldpk2tzlqk2nJust tried submitting a short story for the first time. It's certainly going to be rejected but its an interesting feeling, particularly that no matter what I do, it will never be good enough in my mind. I'm sure the rejection will sting but it helps that this isn't my career lol #writingcommunity20 Dec 2024 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldpk2tzlqk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldn6ydjxms25Even if I never submit or get accepted, I'm finding the submissions listed on horror tree to be so fun to follow. 3 of the 4 short stories I've written the last 6 days have been in response to their prompts. Guess now I have to write a horror story based on a table top game... #writingcommunity19 Dec 2024 05:59 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldn6ydjxms25https://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldlhvkxmps2rTwo detectives believe a northern charter company they've been investigating is dumping bodies in the wilderness for a syndicate of corrupt cops #wipsnips #writingcommunity #wip #writesky #writingprompts [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Dec 2024 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldlhvkxmps2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldkm3j2i5s2fOne reason I was reluctant to get into writing short stories is I was afraid I'd run out of ideas too quickly. I've now written three in the last two weeks in order to delay finishing my novel and not running out of ideas yet. We'll see if that lasts. #writingcommunity #shortstory #wip #fiction18 Dec 2024 05:16 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldkm3j2i5s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldhkpfchh22bAfter writing 1500 words of aftermath from my novels big showdown, I then finished a 5k word horror short story that I may actually think is good enough to submit somewhere. Telling myself to remember I'm a pilot, not a writer, still a nice thought #writingcommunity #horror #shortstory #amwriting17 Dec 2024 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldhkpfchh22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldfc6rzemc2mHi, I'm Ray, I write crime thrillers and horror (as an amateur). I'll be spending January focusing on short stories, largely of the horror variety and occasionally different genres, trying to hone my skills and editing the two novels I wrote into something remotely readable. #startingoffwrite [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Dec 2024 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldfc6rzemc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldfbveea7s2mFinally finished the big showdown in my WIP that had been stumping me for days. 144636 words. Which now means I have to end the novel in two to three chapters 🙃 #writingcommunity #amwriting #wip #fiction #indieauthor16 Dec 2024 02:30 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldfbveea7s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldei2ijqws2qAs the Boeing 737 crossed the #threshold, the pilot reduced the power to idle and let the landing gear make contact with the ground. As they landed and the plane began to slow, he felt the pressure lift. Another safe flight. Another day fighting the inposter syndrome. Another the next day. #vss365 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Dec 2024 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldei2ijqws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldcwph7jis2kHaving gone from writing thousands of words a day to hundreds as I near the end of my WIP, I need to learn how to take my own advice that any amount of writing is the correct amount if its at your own pace #writingcommunity #wip #fiction #amwriting15 Dec 2024 04:04 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldcwph7jis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldbqmxabd22aThe campers had no idea the mutated #axolotl was watching them. Fifteen feet long as a result of the pollution, it needed a lot of food. Not all the campers, maybe 4 or 5 of them would be enough. It wasn't an evil creature, just a hungry one. It hadn't asked for the habitat to be destroyed. #vss365 [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Dec 2024 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldbqmxabd22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ldafjzl5k22bAfter 141k words in my WIP of writing in third person, I have concluded that I like writing in first person better like my first book, a story of 156k. Not gonna change it at this point, just took a long time to figure that out #writingcommunity #fiction #indieauthor #wip #firstperson #thirdperson14 Dec 2024 03:52 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldafjzl5k22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ld6yhjuijk2aTwo Toronto detectives have travelled north to Thunder Bay to investigate a link between corrupt cops and a local charter company. On arrival, they meet with their contact at the local station of the provincial police, due to a mistrust of the municipal force. #writingcommunity #wip #wipsnips [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6yhjuijk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3ld6xhtecz22iThe student thought he could use the new AI model to help with his assignment, but he didn't know it was #overfit with data. Arrogantly, he didn't even look at the paper that was produced before submitting it. For an assignment on the history of Mars, he turned in a paper on Bert and Ernie. #vss365 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld6xhtecz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lcysuvtvm22tGot another 1000 words of my horror short story, procrastinating on writing the last chapters of my novel. Sure it's sadness at saying goodbye to the characters and not laziness or writers block... #writingcommunity #horror #shortstory #fiction #wip11 Dec 2024 03:29 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcysuvtvm22thttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lcxm2anyrk24No one knew, but there was a #latent flaw in the Boeing planes control system. In an effort to prevent a crash, it would inadvertently cause one by pushing the nose down. Boeing didn't want to tell the pilots. If they did, it would show they were misleading. Nothing would happen. Right? #vss36510 Dec 2024 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxm2anyrk24https://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lctv7y7f322nStarting to wonder if it's bad that I think the short stories I work on are better than the novel wip (which i still think is good, but maybe bloated) #writingcommunity #fiction #wip #shortstory #horror #horrorstory09 Dec 2024 04:28 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lctv7y7f322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lcrgrv7ynk2sI think I've developed the short story bug. After writing my first horror short story yesterday, I started another today even though I still have at least 5 chapters on my other WIP. Gonna have to be careful not to run out of ideas too quickly #writingcommunity #wip #fiction #horror08 Dec 2024 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcrgrv7ynk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lcpyqxzsys2zThe main character and his partner prepare to interview an officer that shot an unarmed suspect, and meant to demonstrate the new culture the police are aiming for in this universe #writingcommunity #wip #wipsnippet #police [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Dec 2024 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcpyqxzsys2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lcow6nwh5c2wI don't know if any #horror fans out there are interested, but if you are, I wrote this little aviation horror story and would love to know what people think. #writingcommunity #completed #shortstory #indieauthor #pilot #horrorstory https://medium.com/@graywhale57/radial-325-9d5e35a1bcda07 Dec 2024 05:02 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcow6nwh5c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lcmffyfz5k2aWell, I finally finished the chapter I'd been struggling with, 100 more words bringing my #WIP to 156K. After that, wrote a 1500 word horror short story called Radial 325 about a pilot trapped in a small plane over a dark bay. Because why not? #writingcommunity #horror #indieauthor #horrorauthor06 Dec 2024 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcmffyfz5k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/rlorca25.bsky.social/post/3lckyijlv2s2oThe main character, Detective Menzies, is calling out his boss on her treatment of one of his subordinates who she suspects is corrupt. While sympathetic to her as a former Professional Standards cop, he dislikes how hard she goes at it without evidence. #wipsnips #wip #writingcommunity #corruption [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2024 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:dgf5onybiys5lt7ckydpsdve/app.bsky.feed.post/3lckyijlv2s2o