Caty McGill

Social media can be exhausting. Where to post? What to post? How often? Is anyone listening? Is this thing on? #amwriting #skywriters #writersofbluesky

Fresh and invigorated from the 2026 Florida Writers Association conference, I spent the day giving my website a little refresh. New blog post (well, a link to a non-writing blog) incoming later today. #writinglife Catymcgill.com

The 2026 Fall Write Brave Challenge has ended! This one was all about the planning and plotting - something that doesn't come easily to this pantser. But, we made it! The story is taking shape. #writebravechallenge #writebrave #writersinthesky #blueskywriters

Editing an old draft into...something (?). My goal is to have a complete outline + 20K words in 30 days, writing 20 minutes a day. The Write Brave Challenge is underway! #WriteBraveChallenge #WriteBrave #AmWriting #LetsWrite

Countdown to the Fall Write Brave Challenge! This year I'll be shifting from my usual Celtic-themed fare to some American-based paranormal stories. Ghosts know no borders 👻Join the writing fun with @writersatelier #amwriting #amwritingparanormalfiction #writebravechallenge

That's a wrap...on this draft, anyway. Time to put away the paranormal and get cozy for a little while. For the #WriteBraveChallenge I will be working on the sweet romance story I outlined for the last WBC. Follow @SeeBridgetWrite on IG for updates.

Weekday writing?? Yup, brought my laptop to work for some lunch hour writing sessions this week. Getting closer to the (draft) finish line. #amwriting

It's coming! Time for the Fall 2025 #WriteBraveChallenge hosted by @WritersAtelier Join us and get your writing project done!

Word count slowly creeping up but there's still a long way to go. #amwriting #amwritingparanormal #thehauntedcelt #WritingGoals

It's coming! Time for the Fall 2025 #WriteBraveChallenge hosted by @WritersAtelier Join us and get your writing project done!

And now for the accurate Week 10 update! Broke the 40K mark, which is very exciting for a "minimalist" writer like myself, who struggles with meeting the genre expectations of word counts. Still plenty of work to do. #amwriting #thehauntedcelt #writingcommunity #writerslife #blueskywriters

Oops! I forgot to update my word count from week 8 to week 9, d'oh! So, at the end of week 9 (8/15) we were actually at 39,801. Past the halfway mark! #amwriting #thehauntedcelt #blueskywriters #writingcommunity #writerslife

Took a break and now it's back to the grind! Writing into uncharted territory now, adding new scenes to amp up the tension. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writersofbluesky #thehauntedcelt

Last week? Yeah, I accomplished nothing. It happens. As writers, we can't get in the habit of beating ourselves up when we don't write. What we CAN do is get back to it. #amwriting #blueskywriters #getwriting

Progress at 64%! Still a long way to go but things are on track. #blueskywriters #amwriting #writinglife

How did I up my word count by 20K in one week?? By inserting all the 3rd draft material that is being kept into the final ("final") draft 😄#amwriting #amediting #thehauntedcelt #writinglife #writingcommunity #halfwaythere #skywriters

Adventures in editing continue. Is it really just "editing" when you've rebuilt your protagonist, reintroduced a previously cut character, and reframed the whole inciting indecent? #thehauntedcelt #amwriting #amediting #isthereanybodyoutthere #writerslife #skywriters

Fake agency alert: Dan Baror International Literary Agency, obviously trying to trick writers into believing they're being contacted by Baror International Inc. (a real agency). The About Us page has been "borrowed", in re-worded form, from the real Baror website danbaror-intliteraryagency.com

Not a lot of progress this week, honestly, but there was a little. #amwriting #amediting #skywriter #writersofbluesky #writinglife

“Nobody could have seen this coming.” In fact, it was entirely foreseeable. When governments undermine or defund the systems & experts responsible for monitoring environmental and weather conditions, it eliminates warnings and leaves people unnecessarily vulnerable to disaster.

Weekly recap of this editing journey #amwriting #writerslife #amediting #blueskywriters

Finally got to watch this absolute masterpiece last night and am spending the day reading/watching all the analysis I avoided so it wouldn't be spoiled 😄 There are so many layers of brilliant storytelling in this film. #sinnersmovie

They pass this crap #budget but a lot of the effects won't be felt right away. This is intentional. People who are outraged now will be dismissed as alarmist when nothing happens immediately. The really bad stuff will happen after 2026 & they'll shift blame to newly elected democrats. Dont forget.

As Week 3 begins, let's recap Week 2! #amwriting #amediting #writinglife #writingcommunity

Today's agenda: Weep Yard work Coffee Attend writing workshop Get some writing done Binge ER reruns Scream into the void #anxiety #writingwhiletheworldburns #writinglife

For those who say “Illegal is illegal.” On this Juneteenth, remember: slavery was once legal. Harboring a fugitive enslaved person? Illegal. Black freedom? Illegal. “Illegal is illegal” has always been used to defend injustice. Legality ≠ morality. Justice calls us higher.

Opposing a king is literally the most patriotic/American thing you can do 💅 ☕️ #flagday

There's a lot of disinformation out there. When you read about something that's happened look for multiple reliable sources to verify. www.politifact.com/article/2025...

Adding/Deleting characters and replacing placeholder names without planning ahead is causing some minor issues 🙃 #writinglife #writersofbluesky #writerproblems #skywriting

Being creative in a messy world isn't always easy, but I'm trying. #thehauntedcelt #blueskywriters #writerslife #writebravechallenge #writebrave

Make time to write this week. You can do it! #getwriting #thehauntedcelt #amwriting #blueskywriters

Saturday writing session with @writersatelier.bsky.social yielded about 700 words. #writebravechallenge #amwriting #writersofinstagram

Tuesday's lunch time writing session for day one of the Write Brave challenge! #writebravechallenge #amwriting #writingcommunity #getwriting

Who says you have to wait until November to hunker down and get that novel written? The Spring Write Brave Challenge starts today! #writingcommunity #writebrave #wtitertok @writersatelier.bsky.social

Have you made your writing plan for next week? Get writing! #blueskywriters #getwriting

How did your writing go this week? #getwriting #blueskywriting

Have you written today? #blueskywriters #getwriting

Have you written today? #blueskywriters #getwriting

Have you written today? #blueskywriters #getwriting

Have you written today? #blueskywriters #getwriting

A fresh new week means a fresh new start to your writing. Get to it! #getwriting #bueskywriters

Need a kick in the pants to stop overthinking or procrastinating? Join the Write Brave Challenge! #writebrave #writingcommunity #getwriting #blueskywriters @writersatelier.bsky.social

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

The Residence is absolute brilliance from top to bottom. The cast, the performances, the writing, the way the story unfolds, all of it. #theresidence #shondaland

It's been hard to write with the current state of the world but I'm trying to get back to it. Just 20 minutes a day is the goal for this week. 20 minutes of escape and letting the words take me where they will. #letsgo #amwriting #amwritingparanormal #writinglife #blueskywriters

So I just watched episode 7 of #Paradise and I'm going to need a few minutes.

Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.

Here are a few of the books that carried me through the holidays and into the new year. Drop your favorite recs for me to read! #blackhistorymonth #blackauthors #amreading #amreadingromance #amreadingfantasy #amreadinghorror

Today's mood: vertigo sucks. At least this episode excluded the rampant vomiting.