Aspiring author of women's fiction, fantasy, and romance. Follow me to find out when the sequel to Book 0 drops. 📚 You might also catch me blogging approximately once a year on https://www.christinaruss.com.https://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3mgxd3t35ec2gSomebody told me that Threads is toxic, and I thought, "I'm a writer. That sounds like the place for me." On a more serious note, it seems to be the place where all of my #writer friends hang out, so I'll give it a try. https://www.threads.com/@christinarussauthor/post/DV1K61yDqkc?xmt=AQF0bSFQeHGbm2UtT4AovlRFsxu6xaIfyQZw_iEELNYndN1NMuoDmjT00rFcW-BfX4N6GoU&slof=113 Mar 2026 16:21 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgxd3t35ec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3malpmueqb22zGuess who just finished her first draft? #writing #writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersofbluesky #writersky #writinglife22 Dec 2025 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3malpmueqb22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3macoq3bngs2xAnd what am I going to do after I finish this first draft? I'm going to immediately jump back into a story that fizzled out last year. I think I now have the magic ingredient to make it work this time around. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting19 Dec 2025 02:52 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3macoq3bngs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3macon6wlw22xI have 3 scenes left before I finish my first draft. When I started this manuscript in January, the road ahead looked impossible, but now I'm here. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting19 Dec 2025 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3macon6wlw22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3m7h4a7xh322gNo one asked, but I want everyone to know that I haven't stopped writing. I'm at 84k words on my current manuscript. That's actually 4k words over target. I no longer doubt whether I can do it. I've already done it at this point. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting08 Dec 2025 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7h4a7xh322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lsod7mzqyc2iHitting a rough patch in the middle of my draft has been my favorite thing. Haha. On a more serious note, it has also given me the opportunity to revisit my outline and recenter my goals to make sure I'm hitting the right beats. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting28 Jun 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsod7mzqyc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lsar4bazac2iI still exist, and I'm still writing. On my way to 50k words this week. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting23 Jun 2025 04:37 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsar4bazac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lrh4i57e522iEnglish is hard and nonsensical at times, so you should never be surprised when you guess at the existence of a hyper specific word and find that, yes, it actually exists. Today, that word is "trapezoidal" for me. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting12 Jun 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrh4i57e522ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lr5gy5wktk2iI'm so incredibly late, but today is a great day to support writers of women's fiction! If you're curious about what exactly women's fiction is (no, it's not just fiction centered around women), the WFWA has a simple, understandable definition. #writing #booksky #writingcommunity #womensfiction09 Jun 2025 03:32 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5gy5wktk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lr5gd7ppz22iMany of the best things about my #writing lately have honestly been complete accidents. This doesn't mean I don't outline; it just means that I leave enough wiggle room to flex my creativity and see what happens. #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting09 Jun 2025 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr5gd7ppz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqya5455f22iI'm officially halfway through my first draft! So happy I could dance! #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting07 Jun 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqya5455f22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqy6wyqsyk2iJust in case you need some motivation right now. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting #writersofbluesky #writersky #writinglife07 Jun 2025 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqy6wyqsyk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqtee3pbkk2iAnd daily word goal has been met. A little over 39k words written in total for this first draft so far. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting05 Jun 2025 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqtee3pbkk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqrxi7x7j22iManifesting: I'll hit 39k words today. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting04 Jun 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqrxi7x7j22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqmvs2nf422iSelling a book is hard. I see so many promotional posts with very little engagement. I've even seen influencers with tons of followers struggling to sell books. If you can't stomach not selling a single book, you've picked a strange hobby. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting02 Jun 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmvs2nf422ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqlvwv2gqk2iI recently increased my daily goal to 500 words per day. I realized that I had been selling myself short; I regularly exceeded my previous goal. I can always adjust down if I need to. I'm not running a race. I'm writing a book. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting02 Jun 2025 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqlvwv2gqk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqls64p7zc2iCan't believe I'm on my way to 38k words. Consistency has certainly paid off. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting02 Jun 2025 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqls64p7zc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lqht7j6hmk2iVacations, even short ones, are a bit disorienting for me. They disrupt my writing schedule and make me somewhat anxious. I enjoyed myself, but I'm glad to be back on schedule. Now on to the next mini milestone: 36k words. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting31 May 2025 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqht7j6hmk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lq4vnu5cjk2i1. Actual romance rather than a fixation on how tall or muscled up a MMC is. 2. More average-looking characters. And I don't mean characters who think they're ugly but are actually considered quite attractive by our cultural norms. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 May 2025 04:57 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lq4vnu5cjk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpzlfzpqc22iWriters of Bluesky, I'm curious after sharing yesterday's hot take: What are YOUR hot takes about writing and publishing? #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting25 May 2025 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzlfzpqc22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpwvpbmbd22kAlso, I feel inclined to say this today. Might be a hot take: If you've never published anything, writing needs to be your primary focus - not social media marketing. If you don't have a product, you have nothing to sell your followers. #writing #writesky #writingcommunity #amwriting24 May 2025 19:42 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwvpbmbd22khttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpwvlcpe422kOfficially sitting at 34k words on my draft. I think I've earned a reading break. #writing #writesky #amwriting24 May 2025 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwvlcpe422khttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpv7qcvxek2fDaily word goal met, now off to do some beta reading.24 May 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpv7qcvxek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpv7jx6q522fI truly don't watch enough movies to remember my #LastFourWatched, but I'd jump on the #LastFourRead train in a heartbeat. Haha.24 May 2025 03:33 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpv7jx6q522fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpqf7qkwys2fTo add to this, no need to feel bad about not meeting those reading goals we all like to set at the beginning of the year. If you meet your goal, that's great. If you don't, that's also great. The important thing here is that we're all #reading. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2025 05:31 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpqf7qkwys2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpq7jc5rsc2fAs a night writer, I feel like I always miss most of the conversation here. By the time I log on, everyone in my timezone has already had all of the fun.22 May 2025 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpq7jc5rsc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpq65zh5ek2fThis girl just crossed the 33k word mark in her draft, and it's not a complete mess. Thank the writing gods for outlines. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting22 May 2025 03:25 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpq65zh5ek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpnsetdfck2fSometimes we're so afraid of being bad that we don't even try to be good. Finish the draft. Don't worry about how good it is until it's done. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting21 May 2025 04:49 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnsetdfck2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csrussauthor.bsky.social/post/3lpnsbmaqo22fI've written enough words over the past 12 months to write an entire book, yet I don't have a completed first draft to show for it. That stings a little, but at least I learned some things along the way. #writing #writers #writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting21 May 2025 04:47 +0000at://did:plc:pcdcwc2v7thbjxlpisvv536w/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpnsbmaqo22f