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Morgan Hazelwood

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I'm a fantasy writer w/a pile of rejection letters & a new #WIP, a voice actor, & supporter of all creatives! I help run MyAgentDatabase (on Patreon) for querying authors. Plus, I'm the Blogger/Youtuber/Podcaster of "Writing Tips & Writerly Musings"

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Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

Hey, it's Spring Forward Day, but we're almost on time. Bring a snack and a project and hang out!

twitch.tv/morganHazelw... AND youtube.com/live/B1KObFy...

08.03.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This week, I read a 4 book series (by an author I already follow), so I could finish clearing out my inbox. There was a 4-part epilogue in the author's newsletters, with the first episode dating back to NOVEMBER sitting there unread, waiting for me to get to them.

01.03.2026 21:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What's the most ridiculous thing you've done to clear out YOUR inbox? #booktok

01.03.2026 21:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

Sunday afternoon! Time for some virtual co-working. Bring your own snacks. ;) youtube.com/live/oNK34xr... and twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

01.03.2026 21:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Best home library cataloging app?

01.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey dark romance peeps. Which team are you on? Sam, dean, castiel, crowley, or somebody else?

Cuz I'm pretty sure I'm on team crowley.

#booktok #supernatural #darkromance

28.02.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit! The readers are On Fire tonight.

28.02.2026 01:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Y'all. Tonight's poetry is ALL OVER THE PLACE.

27.02.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Spilled Ink tonight at Jirani's. I should probably write something. Who's gonna be there? #openMicNight

27.02.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

It's Sunday, it's afternoon, & it's snowing. That means I'm curled up at home with a cozy blanket&a kitty, ready to settle in -- as soon as I give SOMEBODY their gooshy food. Join us for some productivity sprints, but bring your own snacks.

twitch.tv/morganHazelw... AND youtube.com/live/2YUdRYI...

22.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Red Letter Day! I got to use the word "egregious" in a work chat.

20.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 AuthorTube & BookTube Under 1k Subs Marathon! YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

Hey! It's only Tuesday, but I'm taking part in a virtual productivity sprint marathon! Come and hang out, and maybe even work on your own project. youtube.com/live/HCya6ql... and twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

11.02.2026 01:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 AuthorTube & BookTube Under 1k Subs Marathon! YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

Bonus Stream! If you bailed after the half-time show, come join Devon & I for some sprints. You don't have to be productive, you're welcome to just chill.

It's for the Under 1k Subs Marathon, from Sun-Sun, connecting Authortubers. #U1KS

youtube.com/live/75lqu_s... and twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

09.02.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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2026 AuthorTube & BookTube Under 1k Subs Marathon! YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

It's Sunday, it's afternoon, and I've got edits to do. I'll be streaming TWICE today. Join me this afternoon, or this evening. youtube.com/live/HCya6ql... and twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

08.02.2026 21:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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three unicorns are standing next to each other and one of them is talking . ALT: three unicorns are standing next to each other and one of them is talking .
06.02.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very important question: should tabs be 3 spaces or 4?

06.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Sure. But reviews are tricky! I talked to a writer once whose mom's book club read and 5-star reviewed his book.

And then it flopped/piled up a bunch of 1-star reviews, because the algorithm was now recommending the sci-fi book to Oprah-book-preferenced book clubs, not sci-fi readers

06.02.2026 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
From tumblr:
bumbleBeeBats:
I feel like some people need to relearn Genre Expectations... "Man, this tragedy sucks!!! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!!" well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. "Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!!" Well, yah. If it had been gritty and dark, it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depo

katheryneFromPhilly

Reblogging for "Is the writing bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot"

I feel like that should be the canned response to anyone who complains in your fic's AO3 comments about the [thing] when the [thing] is clearly tagged.

From tumblr: bumbleBeeBats: I feel like some people need to relearn Genre Expectations... "Man, this tragedy sucks!!! Why didn't they just do XYZ, then everything could have ended happily!!" well, then it wouldn't be a tragedy, would it. "Man, this lighthearted teen romcom is terrible, it's so sappy and unrealistic!!" Well, yah. If it had been gritty and dark, it wouldn't have been a lighthearted romcom, would it. Is the writing actually bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depo katheryneFromPhilly Reblogging for "Is the writing bad or are you just trying to order a milkshake from a Home Depot" I feel like that should be the canned response to anyone who complains in your fic's AO3 comments about the [thing] when the [thing] is clearly tagged.

Don't 1-Star a review just because it wasn't for you. That's like giving 1-Star to a Chinese restaurant because they didn't have pizza. #writing

05.02.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
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Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

It's Sunday, it's afternoon, and I've got projects to work on. Bring your own and some snacks and let's do some productivity sprints. youtube.com/live/gXKFWEp... and twitch.tv/morganHazelw... #writing

01.02.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

It's Sunday, it's afternoon, and that means it's time for Morgan's Lazy Sunday Afternoon Productivity Stream, where sometimes we're productive and sometimes we're not, but we always bring snacks.
twitch.tv/morganHazelw... and youtube.com/live/ukkbvkE...

25.01.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon character with an angry look on his face and the words freetopsticker below him Alt: Gif of Anger from Inside out screaming with clenched fists while fire erupts from his head.

Yeah, it's kinda like that right now.

25.01.2026 17:49 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
From tumblr:
laika-the-bitch: in an interesting case of linguistic convergent evolution, the english words scale, scale, and scale are all false cognates of each other.  

scale as in ,,to climb" comes from the latin 'scala' for ladder.  

scale as in the measuring device comes from the old norse 'skal', for a drinking vessel sometimes used as a weighing device.  

scale as in the dermal plating on the skin of some fish and reptiles comes from the old french 'escale', for shell or husk.  

loloTehe: Three languages enter, one language leaves.  #this is why english is both a bad choice for a lingua francs and extremely cool

From tumblr: laika-the-bitch: in an interesting case of linguistic convergent evolution, the english words scale, scale, and scale are all false cognates of each other. scale as in ,,to climb" comes from the latin 'scala' for ladder. scale as in the measuring device comes from the old norse 'skal', for a drinking vessel sometimes used as a weighing device. scale as in the dermal plating on the skin of some fish and reptiles comes from the old french 'escale', for shell or husk. loloTehe: Three languages enter, one language leaves. #this is why english is both a bad choice for a lingua francs and extremely cool

Although, since French comes from latin.... who wants to do the research on that last one? #english

22.01.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Short Rant: Spell check is not SUPPOSED to be AI, but it's now suggesting I replace words w/more common words that don't even make sense because the algorithm wants to be 'helpful'

I'll be using spell check & grammar check w/a large amount of side-eye + judicious use of the 'ignore' button #writing

21.01.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan & Friends Lazy Sunday Afternoon "Productivity" Stream YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

It's Sunday, it's Afternoon, and I've got projects to work on. Join Sako, Doc, and I as we do some productivity sprints and eat snacks. On YouTube and Twitch every Sunday from 4:30-6:30pm ET.

youtube.com/live/-aZwVQs... and twitch.tv/morganHazelw...

18.01.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. I can tell it's been a while because I FORGOT TO UPDATE THE POST PIC. It's sorted now, but I guess it lives wrong forever here.

16.01.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan’s 2024 & 2025 Retrospective Past Retrospectives: 2023 | 2022 Part 1 & Part 2 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 As the new year kicks into full swing, I like to take a moment to look back at the goals that past-Morgan tho…

And, of course, the post is in blogform as well, because I know videos aren't everyone's jam: morganhazelwood.com/2026/01/16/m...

16.01.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan’s 2024 & 2025Β Retrospective Past Retrospectives: 2023 / 2022 Part 1 & Part 2 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 As the new year kicks into full swing, I like to take a moment to look back at the goals that past-Morgan thought she'd accomplish and laugh. Only, this time, it's been TWO YEARS since I last did one of these.

It's been literally a couple years since I did a retrospective, but here's how Morgan's been doing on her goals! How did you do?

16.01.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Morgan's 2024 & 2025 Retrospective
Morgan's 2024 & 2025 Retrospective YouTube video by Morgan Hazelwood

I've got a new video debuting at noon. What's the point of setting goals if you don't hold yourself accountable? This vlog/blogpost has been a LONG time in coming -- cause I missed last year.

#amwriting #writing #goals #resolutions #youtuber

youtu.be/aQ1B0yoi8dg

16.01.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Where are my #SpiritCity peeps? Show me your current vibes.

I'm enjoying my wintry vibes right now:

07.01.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Y'all. Y'all! Here me out. What if... instead of just bar graphs, I also included PIE CHARTS?

It's gonna be AWESOME.

06.01.2026 20:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0