We all need a place where we feel safeβ¦
Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
We all need a place where we feel safeβ¦
Goodnight everybody. Sweet dreams.
A reminder this mini #1000wordsofsummer starts on Friday, runs through Sunday. You actually donβt need any of my letters, of course, you can write anytime. But if you want a little encouragement and communityβcomments will be open on these lettersβsign up at the link! mini1000.substack.com
Meanwhile, South Korea has successfully impeached their president
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Amazing! Taking notes.
Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Flash Fiction Challenge on May 30th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/ffc
Looking forward to seeing you!
Writers who are also runners going to #AWP25 - any group run/run club recommendations for Saturday morning in DTLA?
We can't wait to see you in Los Angeles!π
Visit Tin House at #AWP25 β Booth #1140!
Signings each day from authors including:
Patrycja Humienik
Brittany Rogers
Armen Davoudian
Myriam J. A. Chancy
Uche Okonkwo
Elissa Washuta
Lena Valencia
Alisa Alering
Shze-Hui Tjoa
LA πΈ: @awpwriter
If you are upset about what's going on but aren't sure what to do: start by calling your reps. This app π makes it easy.
Standing up to authority is a muscle. If you haven't had to exercise it before, this is a great first step. I promise DOING one thing will make you feel better & more capable.
Iβm intrigued!
My latest post is up!
open.substack.com/pub/runwrite...
Here's where to find your electeds. Maybe put those numbers in your speed dial. Call, email, write. www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
Calling all fiction writers! We are looking for stories between 1000 and 3000 words! Please send them our way! π We can't wait to read you.π
Bracing myself for the cold front thatβs swept through the country and Iβm not talking about the weather, yβall.
Good morning. You are still here. Do something kind for someone you love today--and if you can, for someone else in your community, even if they're a stranger. We're in this together. β€οΈ
Great photography π¦
#fox #foxlover
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Managed to squeeze out 1011 words today for #mini1000 It was a bit of a struggle at times but I did it! Listening to Mazzy Star and Portishead to get me in the head space of the ghostly vibes of my short story set in the mid 1990s in Santa Cruz, CA.
Excited to start 2025 with #mini1000 to add words, sentences, pages to my collection of short stories. Letβs do this! βοΈ
Writing contest fees, worth it or not? I just paid over $20 for a submission and am kinda regretting it. But thereβs something about a contest that feels more urgent or special π€·ββοΈ
Momotaro in the Philippines by Marianne Chan
Now Open: The 2025 American Short(er) Fiction Prize americanshortfiction.org/now-open-the...
Iβve made the move. Hoping to create community here with fellow writers, lovers of books.