Azure

Azure

@azurewrites.bsky.social

Writer, cat-butler, student

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Heya! Still don't have an introductory post on my profile, so decided to get on with it instead of writing 😌 🍀Azure(penname), 30, she/her 🍀have a black cat named Gece(his name means night!) 🍀Always battling procrastination 🍀Love love love fantasy, romance, and adventure stories Nice to meet you! 🥰

Finished the story and wrote a review that was more like gushing haha You can find the link to the book here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

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#WriterSky #WritingCommunity I need all of your attention right now. This just popped up in my feed and I'm, obssessed. Brb, need to see if I can find it on storygraph so I can add it to my TBR

I sit down for #FFYW and this time, my heart is beating too fast. Yesterday, I was sleepy and now I'm too awake. How do I calm down and get writing 🫠 #writingcommunity #amwriting

I have big feelings about this so here is a thread: I always considered myself to be Circassian AND a citizen of Turkey. I'm not a Turk but I'm Turkish because I'm of this country. My ancestors, having lost in a war years and years ago, came to the lands that were then called Ottoman Empire. 1/?

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Recently realized I might technically be "white". As someone born and raised in Turkey, it never occurred to me that I might not be my ethnicity to the world around me. I'm Circassian, my ancestors were exiled to Ottoman Empire and I'm just, white? That feels like it erases a big part of who I am.

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had to assimilate themselves to survive. I don't know how to speak Adigabze. I don't know most of our traditions. I live in a vague place, not knowing where I belong in the world because the world my ancestors belonged to doesn't exist anymore. I don't believe we should bring the lands back, 4/?

that doesn't solve anything. We live here, in Turkey, for better or worse and we would be just as out of place in the lands our ancestors lived in. I don't know what I'm trying to say. I think I just want to let that part of myself, my ancestery, recognized as it is. For better or worse, I'm Adige.

I have big feelings about this so here is a thread: I always considered myself to be Circassian AND a citizen of Turkey. I'm not a Turk but I'm Turkish because I'm of this country. My ancestors, having lost in a war years and years ago, came to the lands that were then called Ottoman Empire. 1/?

Azure@azurewrites.bsky.social

Recently realized I might technically be "white". As someone born and raised in Turkey, it never occurred to me that I might not be my ethnicity to the world around me. I'm Circassian, my ancestors were exiled to Ottoman Empire and I'm just, white? That feels like it erases a big part of who I am.

I never considered that I might be white because I belong to this country, as much as one can when they're of a different ethnicity than the majority. But does that make my ancestory "boring"? I don't think so. White people have so many ethnicities that get grouped together and me being 2/?

caucasian(as in from the people of West Caucasus), an Adige, doesn't make me white. I really dislike being grouped together with a whole other group of people just because of what, skin color? I especially dislike being seen as a part of conquerors and assimilators when my ancestors themselves 3/?

Recently realized I might technically be "white". As someone born and raised in Turkey, it never occurred to me that I might not be my ethnicity to the world around me. I'm Circassian, my ancestors were exiled to Ottoman Empire and I'm just, white? That feels like it erases a big part of who I am.

I did only three assignments in total yesterday and today but it feels like such a weight off my shoulders! I'm ready to do some freewriting now to warm up for my wip draft 💪 I need to finish a significant section of it by the end of June but I'm gonna try and spend these days in a productive way

#WriterSky and #WritingCommunity: freewrite every day you can. Set a timer and write whatever comes to mind. Sometimes it will give birth to gems like this one today

#WriterSky #WritingCommunity Sometimes you write amazing lines in your first draft. And sometimes you write: [insert a scene building up to the following scene. Something something interactions between Piper and Charlotte]

#WriterSky #WritingCommunity What to do when you have a nagging feeling that scene you wrote for the chapter in fact belongs in the one before? I can't see a way to continue this chapter in a natural way but it's only been one(1) scene in the chapter. I might go over the scene again

#WriterSky #WritingCommunity I need all of your attention right now. This just popped up in my feed and I'm, obssessed. Brb, need to see if I can find it on storygraph so I can add it to my TBR

Only 26 Days until the release of my cozy fantasy, Sweet Music!! Here’s a peek at what’s inside! ☕️🎻 #cozy #fantasy #book #author #writingcommunity #authorlife #amwriting #books #slowburnbooks #romance #romantasy #selfpub

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Hi #amwriting and #writingcommunity! It is almost time for FIGHT FOR YOUR WRITE (#FFYW) to begin—who’s participating? This is our first year on Bluesky and we’re so looking forward to it! This event is ideal for anyone seeking a #nanowrimo replacement. More details below! 👇

Just noticed I currently have 111 followers 👀 Nice number haha Thank you to all of you for the follow! Is this too early to celebrate? I could give away some writing feedback or do something else if anyone is interested. Open to suggestions!

#writingcommunity how do we feel about editing while drafting? I personally can't part with it because I need to know exactly what happens, in a specific scene for example, before I build onto it

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Some people, when they encounter stories---books, film, TV, etc---take pleasure in identifying the bones of story: Who is the protagonist; We are now in the second act; This character fits that trope; It is a found-family story; For this arc to be satisfying, this beat needs to happen; Etc. 1/

I...I'm very frustrated #writingcommunity. I'm stuck and it seems I can't make progress on any project. I think it's because I'm rushing but I don't know how to stop or at least slow down

#WritingCommunity I'm stuck on the first chapter of my novel. I would like to read some examples and analyze how others tackle that first chapter. Anybody interested in letting me read the first chapter of their wip and provide feedback?

#unhingedpit was so fun! I'm so happy with the likes I got and intrigued by the shares I saw 👀 I love this event because it allows us to show our creativity without the pressure of fitting in a marketing box. Great work, #writingcommunity!

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Happy Sunday! What if it’s not that you need to “allow” yourself to relax and it *is* that you have an overactive brain that literally *doesn’t* relax, ever, combined with years of stressing when things slip through the cracks so now you do the thing as soon as you think of it to avoid that stress?

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I (23F) got possessed by a demon. My exorcist was a creep, so I ran away before he could exorcise me. He then tried to kill me and sold my ONLY FRIEND (23M) to gladiator traders. I need to save my friend - so I struck a bargain with the demon for help... AITA? #UnhingedPit #Fantasy #WriteSky #Q #F