Amanda Hays Blasko

a man in a white shirt and blue jeans is dancing on a stage Alt: a man in a white shirt and blue jeans is dancing on a stage

Fav song to create to?

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Suggestions to escape the reading/writing slump?? The blank page is becoming an abyss. And the abyss is def staring back.

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a man says this is a huge decision with his hands in the air Alt: a man says this is a huge decision with his hands in the air

the struggle between wanting to write and wanting to read 🫣

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Stare at the wall? 🙃

I usually revise if I can’t write or in desperate times, I start making lists of cool words or phrases and see if I can make anything happen from there

a kitten is laying on its back in a cage with the words `` love me love me '' written on it . Alt: a kitten is laying on its back in a cage with the words `` love me love me '' written on it .

Caught in the kind rejections loop.

Thanks…but like me more, pls?

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New fiction piece live with Hawaii Pacific Review. This one is…dare I say…funny?

hawaiipacificreview.org/2025/11/20/d...

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a dolphin is painting a picture and says i am artiste on the bottom Alt: a dolphin is painting a picture and it says i am artiste on the bottom

You win some, you lose some. Such is the way of the artist.

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a white cat laying in a pile of leaves Alt: a white cat laying in a pile of leaves

Peak experience: writing while watching the leaves fall outside 🍂
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Thank you!!

I have experimental speculative fiction short stories. Where should i submit them to?? 🧐

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Metallica for me 😎

a cartoon character with a broken glass in front of his head . Alt: a cartoon character banging head on glass which is the screen, which fractures

Querying is an exercise in banging your head against the wall…

*may look like having a good time at a metal concert from the side*

#writingcommunity #amwriting #writesky #metal #comedy

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Super stoked to have placed 2nd in a flash fiction competition with OxMag.

Read the story here: sites.miamioh.edu/oxmag/out-fo...

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the word create that is displayed on a screen Alt: the word create is displayed on a flickering screen

Create like the dawn breaking after the darkest night of the year. Accept the invitation to create as often as it arrives.

My manifestation for the year ahead ✨

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A stack of books sitting on the floor against a pastel background

Returning from a trip with too many gifts for myself…🤭

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When the pages finally start writing themselves.

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Days of pained writing sessions followed by days of light, flow, and joy.

Could there ever be any other way? ☀️ ☁️

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This is gold 💙

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Visual depiction of me entering my little writing rabbit hole…

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I know the feeling. You got this!!

Today’s creative inspiration comes from @lizgilbert.bsky.social: “Start in the middle and go both ways.”

Start the hard, messy thing and follow it wherever it will take you. Let inspiration lead the way. ✨

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“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit” -Banksy

I’m using this quote on so many levels of my life right now

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Exactly! Channeling this energy today ✨

a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera . Alt: a close up of a white cat 's face with blue eyes looking at the camera. The cat, like the poster, is metaphorically screaming, crying and throwing up.

Just submitted my short story collection to contests for the first time ever. *giggles of joy and despair?*

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Turns out that every writer who’s ever said it’s important to write every day was right (imagine that! ). I’m learning that the practice of creativity is greater than the creation of any one thing, or anything at all.

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Today’s affirmation: I’m doing what I can every day to touch my art. I am not behind. I’m exactly where I need to be.

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Thanks for the free submission period! How long does it last/when does it close?

"When you start working, everybody is in your studio——the past, your friends, enemies, the art world, and above all, your own ideas——are all there. But as you continue painting, they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if you're lucky, even you leave." —John Cage

Omg this is such a great idea.

Just started querying agents. Lots to learn tbh