R.K. Thorne

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#AwesomeCheracters #Antagonists

Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.

I still struggle with that all the time haha

Oh a really good lesson @beccasyme.bsky.social taught me was that people sometimes conflate confidence + correctness! It’s so hard to ignore! But just because someone is confident doesn’t mean that they’re right. Some of the smartest people I know aren’t super confident because… it’s complicated!

This has been a tough month, physically and mentally via psychic dmg from the news, but I think I've worked out a system to help manage it... AND I met my word count goal for the month already!

#writingcommunity #wordcount #goals

I haven't been able to get mine to watch much Sesame Street sadly, but other PBS shows yes. But it was shocking to me how many shows were like actively morally corrupt, promoted bullying. We had to screen everything. Oddly, some of the Netflix originals were on the better side, such as Tumbleleaf.

It sort of worked, sort of didn't, because everyone has different life circumstances and writing speeds and preferences.

BUT sometimes if you cherry pick tactics from 10 different people, those tactics don't work *at all* when you frankenstein them together. Just something to keep in mind!

There's a lot of advice out there. My advice would be, think about how are you going to prioritize sorting through it all and think strategically before diving into the tactics. When I was starting out, I tried to find someone who had a career sort of like I wanted and mimicked what they did.

In spite of all that's going on, I was able to pour some words on the page this week, over 6,000! I can't wait to share them soon.

A beige bird stands on a horizontal branch looking over its right shoulder towards us. Its tail feathers are very ragged and feathers on its back and head are ruffled.

Mourning Dove looking bedraggled. Especially that tail

Relatable.

Not the tail part. Obviously I don’t have a tail. But if you could have seen my hair when I got up the morning…

#birds 🌿 #MourningDoveMonday

I would write a poem
about what it makes you
if you look Good in the face
and fire your gun
But she was the poet who wrote about making room for wonder
And you are the one who took her words

Gentle reminder that EVERYONE shot by ICE or the police is innocent. Every single one. Cops aren't Judge Dredd. A person is innocent until proven guilty IN A COURT, so until a person is found guilty by a judge or jury, they're innocent. They're ALL innocent.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but cops are not allowed to shoot people just because you didn't do what they said.

That is called murder when they do that.

Some cops are working hard to convince people otherwise.

I love this time of year for planning! But I can't seem to make decisions with all the uncertainty in my life and in the world. What about you? Do you have your Q1 or 2026 planned out?

Stealworkers

My hero needs to cook my heroine something sexy… what should he cook, do you think? Or should he bake…

#writingcommunity #writingquestions #writingq

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// Stay warm + stay kind!

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I hope you have a truly wonderful Thanksgiving. The stress of the last few years has been hard on all of us, and I hope there's space for you to feel true gratitude for the wonderful things in each of our lives. And if you are struggling, don't hesitate to reach out. Know you are not alone.

A cartoon that says KLINGON TURKEYS Finally a Thanksgiving Dinner that bites back! There are two turkeys dressed like Klingons and one says "They will sing songs of our glorious drumsticks!" and the other responds, "Today is a good day to die!"

How's your Thanksgiving going? Was it... glorious?

Hey y’all Sydette really needs a boost. Can you help her out right now?

She is one of the smartest, kindest people I know and she has put a lot in with very little reward.

Perfect timing!

How is everyone's November writing going? Are you looking on track to meet your goals before the tryptophan hits? #writingq #writingcommunity #novelnovember #nanowrimo

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Cover of R.K. Thorne's novella Knight Devoted on an ipad sized device. It shows two people behind some gold text and two horses. One horse is white, the other is black, and the man is offering the woman an apple.

I've been working hard on my Shopify store, getting audiobooks available so people can buy them direct or as a bundle! There's so many cool things you can do with Shopify. I hope I can continue to expand my offerings there next year... :) shop.rkthorne.com

Creating Your Prewriting Ritual for Writing A Novel in November YouTube video by Moon & Manuscript

Do you have a ritual to get you in a good headspace to write? Here's some ideas on how to create a little pre-writing ritual for yourself to start cookin' up those words more easily each time you get that butt in the chair. #writingcommunity #writing #authorsky #authortube

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I was not taught to question authority, but I was blessed with two children who knew how to do it very, very, VERY well innately. :) They taught me a thing or two!

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Teach your kids to question authority. Including yours.
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