Jessica Berg

Oooo it’s my day off after working 10 straight days and you better believe I’m sitting to pages

$40 Pop Up! Synopses That Don’t Suck - The Writer's Center Agents hate reading synopses—and you hate writing them. Learn to create concise, dynamic summaries that get the job done. Participants will: Study the key elements of a strong synopsis, including capt...

Want to finally crack the code on writing synopses? 👀
Next Thurs 3/13 7pm, @jessicaberg.bsky.social is teaching a no-fluff, all-clarity class on how to write a synopsis that actually works—hosted by @thewriterscenter.bsky.social
writer.org/event/40-pop...

If you’ve been here a minute, you know Rosecliff thrives on seasonal MSWL drops. Sure, spring should be all about renewal ... but step outside. The world is literally on fire. So, of course, @jessicaberg.bsky.social wants books that burn.

Holding hope!

been worried all day about the spider I let out on the balcony this morning. It's cold in DC today. There's snow. Is he going to be okay?

#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features This is "#MSWL Day 2025: Search Tips & Features" by The Manuscript Academy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉

This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share!

Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106

Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

What has you the most pissed off right now

The cover of my book Bad Company: Private Equity and the Death of the American Dream, which shows an abandoned Toys R Us under an ominous sky.

I am extremely freaking thrilled to announce that Bad Company is *officially* available for preorder wherever you buy books. (I am linking to Bookshop but buy it wherever!) I worked so, so hard on this book, and it would mean a ton to me if you ordered it. bookshop.org/a/109816/978...

#MSWL posts incoming. #QuestPit lurking in progress. Mood: caffeinated, mildly feral, desperate for our next favorite book. If you see us aggressively liking pitches, mind your business (or send us your query).

And as a corollary, it would be really nice if reviewers didn’t keep calling adult books written by women YA. I lost count of the times NETTLE & BONE got described as YA. The heroine is THIRTY. I wrote it for adults! It is fine if teens want to read it, but it’s not YA and that is FINE.

But…weren’t we going to get cheaper eggs? 😑

So glad it resonated!! Always love talking craft and narrative and everything in between :)

Check out what @jessicaberg.bsky.social from @roseclifflit.bsky.social shared in her advice to writers!

www.buzzsprout.com/1841589/epis...

just found the page on my website that lists all my publications. i'd archived it and moved it down the nav menu and thought it was lost for good.

Today’s draft is somewhere between train tracks and chaos. HBU? #amwriting #writersofbluesky

WANTED: DANCE PARTNER by Brian Benson It’s late afternoon, day five million of this insatiable year, and I’m melting into an overstuffed chair, doing whatever I’m doing on my computer—checking email, collecting fun facts about my father’s...

today we have a micro by Brian Benson @mrbrianbenson.bsky.social !! it's one for the dog lovers, one for the lovers of beautiful sentences -- click & read !!

xraylitmag.com/wanted-dance...

First they came for the immigrants, and I spoke out, because I’ve read the damn poem before and I know how it ends.

A Saturday stack of books. Feral hope words might fix all of this. (Do they? Ever? Or just crack us open wider?) I want to write. And I want to read and I want to rest and I want to feel and and and until the wanting stops being bigger than the doing.