#WritingpPrompt 5
#Fantaiku
#ScifaikuSaturday
#HaikuSaturday
Monthly
#FoxProse
#FaeSense
#FantasyIndiesAugust
#AugustWorldbuilders
#AugCharWork
#AnthropologyAugust
#MythAugust
#SumLuv
#Cartaugust
#Critterary
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#PennedReveries
#WritingLifeMonthly
#TimeTravelAuthors
#ThreeWordGenre
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#Fantaiku
#ScifaikuSaturday
#HaikuSaturday
Monthly
#FoxProse
#FaeSense
#FantasyIndiesAugust
#AugustWorldbuilders
#AugCharWork
#AnthropologyAugust
#MythAugust
#SumLuv
#Cartaugust
#Critterary
#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#PennedReveries
#WritingLifeMonthly
#TimeTravelAuthors
#ThreeWordGenre
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August 2, 2026 at 8:25 PM
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
By the end of Resignation (Sunrise epilogue included), I want readers to feel comforted. No matter what you go through in your life, you won’t always be stuck in that place & life can get better. Healing & recovery isn’t easy or linear, but it is possible.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 30 📚
Are you hoping to share something with your readers beyond a good tale? Is there a deeper meaning you want to impress on them?
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Are you hoping to share something with your readers beyond a good tale? Is there a deeper meaning you want to impress on them?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
By the end of Resignation (Sunrise epilogue included), I want readers to feel comforted. No matter what you go through in your life, you won’t always be stuck in that place & life can get better. Healing & recovery isn’t easy or linear, but it is possible.
#WritingLifeMonthly
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omg there are so many lol
Most backstory details that don’t explicitly come up in Jayde POV still influenced the way I wrote everyone. A (not so) fun (but interesting) one is that Ice is why James picked up a cigarette habit. They did petty thefts together in middle school. 😅
#WritingLifeMonthly
Most backstory details that don’t explicitly come up in Jayde POV still influenced the way I wrote everyone. A (not so) fun (but interesting) one is that Ice is why James picked up a cigarette habit. They did petty thefts together in middle school. 😅
#WritingLifeMonthly
📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 29 📚
We all have to kill our darlings or prune the roses (whatever metaphor you prefer), and that means snipping out parts you loved but have grown wise enough to know it isn't working. What's one of yours?
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We all have to kill our darlings or prune the roses (whatever metaphor you prefer), and that means snipping out parts you loved but have grown wise enough to know it isn't working. What's one of yours?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
omg there are so many lol
Most backstory details that don’t explicitly come up in Jayde POV still influenced the way I wrote everyone. A (not so) fun (but interesting) one is that Ice is why James picked up a cigarette habit. They did petty thefts together in middle school. 😅
#WritingLifeMonthly
Most backstory details that don’t explicitly come up in Jayde POV still influenced the way I wrote everyone. A (not so) fun (but interesting) one is that Ice is why James picked up a cigarette habit. They did petty thefts together in middle school. 😅
#WritingLifeMonthly
Happy birthday!!
It’s cheating since it’s my own book, but Jayde & I share the same birthday (June 1). She turns 19 at the start of Sidetracked, though her actual birthday isn’t featured in the book (because it was lowkey depressing for her 😅).
I’m 4 years older than she is.
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It’s cheating since it’s my own book, but Jayde & I share the same birthday (June 1). She turns 19 at the start of Sidetracked, though her actual birthday isn’t featured in the book (because it was lowkey depressing for her 😅).
I’m 4 years older than she is.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 📚
Mine is in The Lord of the Rings: On October 24, TA 3018, Frodo Baggins woke up in the House of Elrond in Rivendell.
Have you ever found your birthday in a book?
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Mine is in The Lord of the Rings: On October 24, TA 3018, Frodo Baggins woke up in the House of Elrond in Rivendell.
Have you ever found your birthday in a book?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy birthday!!
It’s cheating since it’s my own book, but Jayde & I share the same birthday (June 1). She turns 19 at the start of Sidetracked, though her actual birthday isn’t featured in the book (because it was lowkey depressing for her 😅).
I’m 4 years older than she is.
#WritingLifeMonthly
It’s cheating since it’s my own book, but Jayde & I share the same birthday (June 1). She turns 19 at the start of Sidetracked, though her actual birthday isn’t featured in the book (because it was lowkey depressing for her 😅).
I’m 4 years older than she is.
#WritingLifeMonthly
Each of my books & MCs have their own playlist, but I tend to only listen to them for fun or while drawing or formatting. I listen to instrumental music while writing so I don’t get distracted (often the Homestuck or Undertale/Deltarune soundtracks lol).
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 22 📚
Do you listen to music when you write? I know a romance writer who has a playlist she listens to before writing, so she can get in the mood.
This is mine:
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
Do you listen to music when you write? I know a romance writer who has a playlist she listens to before writing, so she can get in the mood.
This is mine:
open.spotify.com/playlist/37i...
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Each of my books & MCs have their own playlist, but I tend to only listen to them for fun or while drawing or formatting. I listen to instrumental music while writing so I don’t get distracted (often the Homestuck or Undertale/Deltarune soundtracks lol).
#WritingLifeMonthly
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Something Familiar’s opening paragraph is my favorite:
If someone told me a few months back that I’d die before the end of summer, I would’ve laughed them out of the room. But this is the story of how I will almost certainly die, and I’m not laughing.
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If someone told me a few months back that I’d die before the end of summer, I would’ve laughed them out of the room. But this is the story of how I will almost certainly die, and I’m not laughing.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 16 📚
What type is yours?
* Creates emotional tension
* Holds a contradiction
* Disorients the reader slightly
* Raises questions while seeming diffinitive
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What type is yours?
* Creates emotional tension
* Holds a contradiction
* Disorients the reader slightly
* Raises questions while seeming diffinitive
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Something Familiar’s opening paragraph is my favorite:
If someone told me a few months back that I’d die before the end of summer, I would’ve laughed them out of the room. But this is the story of how I will almost certainly die, and I’m not laughing.
#WritingLifeMonthly
If someone told me a few months back that I’d die before the end of summer, I would’ve laughed them out of the room. But this is the story of how I will almost certainly die, and I’m not laughing.
#WritingLifeMonthly
This…is easily my worst typo ever (also my favorite). Of course, as with all of the very worst typos, I caught it perhaps 2 days after I sent out epubs to beta readers. LMAO
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October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This…is easily my worst typo ever (also my favorite). Of course, as with all of the very worst typos, I caught it perhaps 2 days after I sent out epubs to beta readers. LMAO
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Sidetracked series (original paperback) covers + quick Sunrise cover mockup I made in Canva a few weeks ago
I figure I’ll give Sunrise the grunge texture & star overlay like the others, but it’ll be the only one without the bloody handprint.
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I figure I’ll give Sunrise the grunge texture & star overlay like the others, but it’ll be the only one without the bloody handprint.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Sidetracked series (original paperback) covers + quick Sunrise cover mockup I made in Canva a few weeks ago
I figure I’ll give Sunrise the grunge texture & star overlay like the others, but it’ll be the only one without the bloody handprint.
#WritingLifeMonthly
I figure I’ll give Sunrise the grunge texture & star overlay like the others, but it’ll be the only one without the bloody handprint.
#WritingLifeMonthly
👉writing a book is the hardest part of being an author👈
This is…half-true, but I think marketing books & getting people to read them is just as hard (if not harder) than finishing a book is, and the time/effort spent on marketing makes writing more books even more difficult.
#WritingLifeMonthly
This is…half-true, but I think marketing books & getting people to read them is just as hard (if not harder) than finishing a book is, and the time/effort spent on marketing makes writing more books even more difficult.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 13 📚
I have two myths for this one
(1) Writing is easy
(2) Artists should work for love, not money
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I have two myths for this one
(1) Writing is easy
(2) Artists should work for love, not money
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat #thehillIwilldieon
October 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
👉writing a book is the hardest part of being an author👈
This is…half-true, but I think marketing books & getting people to read them is just as hard (if not harder) than finishing a book is, and the time/effort spent on marketing makes writing more books even more difficult.
#WritingLifeMonthly
This is…half-true, but I think marketing books & getting people to read them is just as hard (if not harder) than finishing a book is, and the time/effort spent on marketing makes writing more books even more difficult.
#WritingLifeMonthly
I think my wipsnips snippet for today is perfect for this prompt.
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I decided to write Sunrise because I wanted to explore Jayde & James’ relationship once they’re no longer stuck in semi-delusional survival mode, but it turns out they’re intense ride or die even when their biggest problem is spending Christmas with Jayde’s (very chill) human family.
#WIPSnips
#WIPSnips
October 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think my wipsnips snippet for today is perfect for this prompt.
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how it started (4 single-subject notebooks, totaling just under 22k words)
VS
how it ended (4 chonky novels, totaling just over 600k words)
how it started (4 single-subject notebooks, totaling just under 22k words)
VS
how it ended (4 chonky novels, totaling just over 600k words)
October 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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how it started (4 single-subject notebooks, totaling just under 22k words)
VS
how it ended (4 chonky novels, totaling just over 600k words)
how it started (4 single-subject notebooks, totaling just under 22k words)
VS
how it ended (4 chonky novels, totaling just over 600k words)
Finishing a draft is the hardest part. I get completion anxiety bc I don’t want it to be over, which leads to me procrastinating by peeking at other unfinished projects, rereading/editing what I’ve already written over & over, and doomscrolling on social media.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 10 📚
As a #neurospicy author, I find sticking to one project is really challenging, especially if I'm in a hard slog phase that doesn't give me any dopamine.
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat #findtheglimmers #adhd #dyslexia
As a #neurospicy author, I find sticking to one project is really challenging, especially if I'm in a hard slog phase that doesn't give me any dopamine.
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat #findtheglimmers #adhd #dyslexia
October 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Finishing a draft is the hardest part. I get completion anxiety bc I don’t want it to be over, which leads to me procrastinating by peeking at other unfinished projects, rereading/editing what I’ve already written over & over, and doomscrolling on social media.
#WritingLifeMonthly
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This is always embarrassing to answer for Sidetracked bc I started writing it when I was 13 after being introduced to the YA paranormal romance genre via Twilight. Something about the Twilight Saga really made me want to write my own YA PNR (but Darker™ & Edgier™). So I did. 😇
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 09 📚
This one's not just a book you love, but one that makes you want to write. It could be fiction or non-fiction. What about it inspires you?
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This one's not just a book you love, but one that makes you want to write. It could be fiction or non-fiction. What about it inspires you?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is always embarrassing to answer for Sidetracked bc I started writing it when I was 13 after being introduced to the YA paranormal romance genre via Twilight. Something about the Twilight Saga really made me want to write my own YA PNR (but Darker™ & Edgier™). So I did. 😇
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one each is hard, but here goes 😅
Jayde: “The Moon Will Sing” The Crane Wives
James: “Lucky Charms” Anson Seabra
Ice: “Kronos” Keaton Henson
Night: “My Heart Still Beats” Maria Mena
Crystal: “Stray Italian Greyhound” Vienna Teng
Daniel: “Ghosting” Mother Mother
links below 👇
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Jayde: “The Moon Will Sing” The Crane Wives
James: “Lucky Charms” Anson Seabra
Ice: “Kronos” Keaton Henson
Night: “My Heart Still Beats” Maria Mena
Crystal: “Stray Italian Greyhound” Vienna Teng
Daniel: “Ghosting” Mother Mother
links below 👇
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 08 📚
Is there a song that instantly makes you think of your MC?
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Is there a song that instantly makes you think of your MC?
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October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
one each is hard, but here goes 😅
Jayde: “The Moon Will Sing” The Crane Wives
James: “Lucky Charms” Anson Seabra
Ice: “Kronos” Keaton Henson
Night: “My Heart Still Beats” Maria Mena
Crystal: “Stray Italian Greyhound” Vienna Teng
Daniel: “Ghosting” Mother Mother
links below 👇
#WritingLifeMonthly
Jayde: “The Moon Will Sing” The Crane Wives
James: “Lucky Charms” Anson Seabra
Ice: “Kronos” Keaton Henson
Night: “My Heart Still Beats” Maria Mena
Crystal: “Stray Italian Greyhound” Vienna Teng
Daniel: “Ghosting” Mother Mother
links below 👇
#WritingLifeMonthly
I’m…not sure! Drafting is the most frustrating & time consuming part (the only part I ever get *stuck* on & find myself avoiding/procrastinating), but it’s also the core essence of writing, and drafting when inspired / in the zone is one of my absolute favorite things. 😅
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 07 📚
Okay, so yesterday we did our fav part of the process, now tell us what you wish you didn't have to do...
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
Okay, so yesterday we did our fav part of the process, now tell us what you wish you didn't have to do...
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’m…not sure! Drafting is the most frustrating & time consuming part (the only part I ever get *stuck* on & find myself avoiding/procrastinating), but it’s also the core essence of writing, and drafting when inspired / in the zone is one of my absolute favorite things. 😅
#WritingLifeMonthly
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Editing! I love rewriting scenes and line editing passes. Even proofreading. I think I could spend forever editing. I mean,,, I use to rewrite entire works just for fun. lol
That moment while drafting where you get SUPER inspired & a scene flows very easily is always nice too.
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That moment while drafting where you get SUPER inspired & a scene flows very easily is always nice too.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 06 📚
There are always parts of a job we love more than others. What's your fav part of the process?
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There are always parts of a job we love more than others. What's your fav part of the process?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Editing! I love rewriting scenes and line editing passes. Even proofreading. I think I could spend forever editing. I mean,,, I use to rewrite entire works just for fun. lol
That moment while drafting where you get SUPER inspired & a scene flows very easily is always nice too.
#WritingLifeMonthly
That moment while drafting where you get SUPER inspired & a scene flows very easily is always nice too.
#WritingLifeMonthly
James (Sidetracked) or Daniel (Something Familiar)!
They’re the two I have most in common with. James is just a normal guy, but Daniel has lived through my favorite historical periods, and I would love to ask him about them (he also loves talking about history). i love Daniel 🥲
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They’re the two I have most in common with. James is just a normal guy, but Daniel has lived through my favorite historical periods, and I would love to ask him about them (he also loves talking about history). i love Daniel 🥲
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 05 📚
Tell me the truth, do you write characters you'd love to have in your life? I know I do. Who would you pull from the page to hang out with and why?
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Tell me the truth, do you write characters you'd love to have in your life? I know I do. Who would you pull from the page to hang out with and why?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
James (Sidetracked) or Daniel (Something Familiar)!
They’re the two I have most in common with. James is just a normal guy, but Daniel has lived through my favorite historical periods, and I would love to ask him about them (he also loves talking about history). i love Daniel 🥲
#WritingLifeMonthly
They’re the two I have most in common with. James is just a normal guy, but Daniel has lived through my favorite historical periods, and I would love to ask him about them (he also loves talking about history). i love Daniel 🥲
#WritingLifeMonthly
my laptop isn’t doing well, so I’ve taken over my wife’s haphazard PC setup (and made a complete mess of it)
if you have no idea what you’re looking at, feel free to read the alt text lmao
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if you have no idea what you’re looking at, feel free to read the alt text lmao
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October 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
my laptop isn’t doing well, so I’ve taken over my wife’s haphazard PC setup (and made a complete mess of it)
if you have no idea what you’re looking at, feel free to read the alt text lmao
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if you have no idea what you’re looking at, feel free to read the alt text lmao
#WritingLifeMonthly
Besides mine? 😂😅
I think about The Giver, Fahrenheit 451, and Catcher in the Rye a lot, which is impressive considering I haven’t read them since high school. Perhaps I should reread them & see if they’re as good as I remember.
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I think about The Giver, Fahrenheit 451, and Catcher in the Rye a lot, which is impressive considering I haven’t read them since high school. Perhaps I should reread them & see if they’re as good as I remember.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly October Day 02 📚
I've been updating my bookshelf recently, shifting from digital to physical copies. My new copy of @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social The Night Circus. This book is one I spend a lot of time daydreaming about. Yours?
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I've been updating my bookshelf recently, shifting from digital to physical copies. My new copy of @erinmorgenstern.bsky.social The Night Circus. This book is one I spend a lot of time daydreaming about. Yours?
#writingcommunity #BookSky #BookSky💙📚 #authorchat
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Besides mine? 😂😅
I think about The Giver, Fahrenheit 451, and Catcher in the Rye a lot, which is impressive considering I haven’t read them since high school. Perhaps I should reread them & see if they’re as good as I remember.
#WritingLifeMonthly
I think about The Giver, Fahrenheit 451, and Catcher in the Rye a lot, which is impressive considering I haven’t read them since high school. Perhaps I should reread them & see if they’re as good as I remember.
#WritingLifeMonthly
I’m Sam, an indie author/artist from the PNW USA. I may alternate between talking about Sidetracked’s holiday epilogue novella (cozy winter vibes) & Something Familiar (magic users & familiars vs magical fascists). No real goal this month.
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober #QueerPrompts #WritingLifeMonthly
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober #QueerPrompts #WritingLifeMonthly
October 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m Sam, an indie author/artist from the PNW USA. I may alternate between talking about Sidetracked’s holiday epilogue novella (cozy winter vibes) & Something Familiar (magic users & familiars vs magical fascists). No real goal this month.
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober #QueerPrompts #WritingLifeMonthly
#FantasyIndiesSpooktober #QueerPrompts #WritingLifeMonthly
this was a long month, and I feel like I barely got anything done. But I did well sales-wise thanks to a couple itch bundles. RCCC was a massive L (didn’t even earn back half of my table fee 😭), but I had fun & learned a few things I can apply at my next event.
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📚 #WritingLifeMonthly September Day 30📚
Here we are again. Did you meet your goals this month? What worked, what held you back, what can you do differently next month?
#PublishingChat #tradpublishing #indiepublishing #writingcommunity
Here we are again. Did you meet your goals this month? What worked, what held you back, what can you do differently next month?
#PublishingChat #tradpublishing #indiepublishing #writingcommunity
September 30, 2025 at 4:13 PM
this was a long month, and I feel like I barely got anything done. But I did well sales-wise thanks to a couple itch bundles. RCCC was a massive L (didn’t even earn back half of my table fee 😭), but I had fun & learned a few things I can apply at my next event.
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