#WritingCommunity - is it ever okay to give up on a Writing In Progress #WIP?

Should #writers always finish a project, even if they're not feeling it anymore? Or does this just result in accumulating a collection of unfinished stories?

#Boosts appreciated - hoping to write an article about it on my #blog

https://markkieltywriter.com/tag/articles/

Today, I have an awesome opportunity for you if you want to support indie authors.

A lot of us have teamed up to give you extra sales or even freebies through Bookfunnel.

There's almost 200 books for you to chose from!

Take a look right here:

https://books.bookfunnel.com/IndieAuthors25/hqdt34o8ym

#ReadingCommunity
#IndieAuthors
@bookstodon

SGT1 - Chapter 15.

The group is walking and walking and sleeping and walking and almost sleep walking.
Then they reach a village where they're welcomed with open arms. Yvette, Lindsay and Doreen don't understand why, but that becomes a bit clearer.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62908528/chapters/163738750

#Reading #ReadingCommunity #scifi #lesbian #queer

@floofpaldi @strangeseawolf @QuokkaMocha

#ScribesAndMakers 3/13. Self-Promotion Day. Let's boost away.

If you enjoy fantasy tales that make you feel good when you finish the story, you've come to the right place.

You can find all my books on my website:

https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/

If you like to buy from the usual stores, here's my author page on Books2Read:

https://books2read.com/hannahsteenbock

And here is my own store (still putting up books):

https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/

You have 30+ books to choose from.

#WritingCommunity
#ReadingCommunity

A new chapter is up for the Twin Worlds.

To Crash's utter surprise, Krighen actually does something thoughtful.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/57662785/chapters/163592065

#TwinWorlds
#YAFantasy
#ReadingCommunity
#AO3

SGT1 - Chapter 14

We're 'coming home', and do brace for the landing.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62908528/chapters/163578688

#Reading #ReadingCommunity #Scifi #lesbian #queer #AO3

@floofpaldi @QuokkaMocha @strangeseawolf

I never have as much fun writing as I do when I'm crashing genres into one another and then sprinkling some history on the result.

https://esraye.com/2025/03/11/my-favorite-thing-to-write-genre-mashups-with-a-historical-bent/

If you ask Harold Galahad, he isn’t fit to lead a crew or command a ship. But nobody is asking Harry.

Instead, he finds himself back on the bridge, on a ship stranded in space, no help in sight, only kept alive by remnants of a gradually failing life support system.

His crew? A nurse running out of tentacles and eyes to care for all the wounded, a chief engineer who knows all about her systems but struggles with people, a chief of security who thinks everything can be solved with paragraphs from the Company’s handbook, a cursing chief of logistics, an anxiety-ridden communications officer, and a first officer who stays mysterious and feigns ignorance. This ship needs a captain to avert a complete disaster that includes the death of everyone on board.

If you enjoy a complex tale that brings a human element to all species that travel space, combined with a multi-layered mystery, and starring a broken hero, Herald Petrel might be the book for you.

Today is the last day you can get #HeraldPetrel for 50% off at #Smashwords due to #ebookweek25

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1584221

Artwork by https://www.instagram.com/aljeensane/
Blurred for direct eye contact.

#ScribesAndMakers 3/7 - Many authors write the book they couldn't find. What does your work offer that you couldn't find elsewhere?

I write wolf shifters without the alpha nonsense and without spice.

Hard to find.

I always hated that alpha stuff (glorified patriarchy and male toxicity, in my eyes), and my Wolves refused to share their bedrooms with me.

Fine. I don't mind being different.

#WritingCommunity
#ReadingCommunity
#WolfShifter

I've been atrocious at pushing my own work lately, but I should at least let y'all know Godhunter is 75% off at Smashwords. They've got a huge site-wide sale going on right now. Worth checking out, especially if you're looking for alternative places to support indie authors.

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1412643

The wait is over! Gas Giant Gambit's cover has been revealed!

https://esraye.com/2025/03/06/gas-giant-gambit-cover-reveal/

After contemplating for a while I decided to join @liminalfiction as an author.

What won me over is that a couple of authors I know from the #WritingCommunity here like @crcollins and @youseeatortoise are there as well. Also, which place doesn't get immediately better when @clacksee is around?

And they have a really cool search option where you can search by tags, something I really miss in online bookstores.

Took me a while to tag #HeraldPetrel and now I have so many ideas... So far I haven't found a way to include a ferocious poodle in one of my stories but that might be a new challenge...

https://www.limfic.com/book/herald-petrel/

I did not think that it could get even better, but A Wolf's Quest made it to #17 in Romantic Fantasy on Amazon COM.

That's all due to you! All of you who are downloading my book from Amazon (and elsewhere!) are helping my Wolves become more visible.

Thank you so much!

All the stores: https://books2read.com/WolvesSouthQuest

Buy direct: https://shop.hannah-steenbock.de/b/wolvesquest

#WolfShifter
#Romantasy
#ReadingCommunity
@bookstodon

If you like:

- ensemble cast #ScienceFiction
- unusual heroes
- a broad range of personalities, belief systems, worldviews, genders, humanoid and non-humanoid species, romantic and aromantic relationships...
- a dystopian setting with light-hearted elements and a hopeful outlook
- a trauma-ridden and a bit dorky main character who doesn't want to be a captain
- a mix of action and emotions
- stories like The Expanse or The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
- solutions not based on violence
- finding out what the heck happened

Then maybe #HeraldPetrel is something for you. It is 50% off at #Smashwords due to #ebookweek25

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1584221

A part of the crew getting together in the canteen and being their own, typical selves was brought to life by @fieryzard