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My publishing starter pack is nearly full...that means it's time to expand my lists. I never start with enough lists and have to go back and add people I already follow. If that's you, ping me about a list of mine you should be on. For now here's the starter pack. go.bsky.app/QPLs7sv

Welp, it's after 10 pm and I'm realizing I forgot to eat anything at all today. Next up: eating a ton of unhealthy crap right before bedtime. Sure, it gave me heartburn every other time, but this time will be DIFFERENT. IT'S JUST A SNACK. #ADHD

November 30 is the deadline to submit your memorable and original works of fiction and nonfiction to the first issue of The Zemblan Review. No reading fee. They want confident, funny, moving, and a little off-balance works that will knock their socks off. #callforsubmissions #writers #litmag

Never forget that the survival rate at the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was higher for those who fought back then for those who followed orders.

Challenge for the day: Reach out to a friend you haven't talked to in a while or introduce yourself to a neighbor you don't know. People are feeling isolated and it's making everything that much harder. You can't fix everything but everything is harder when people feel alone.

My atheist-ass is surprised to be cheering YAAAS to this #witchyAF occult show. In this episode about demonic possession she makes excellent points about fascist ideology. #youtube #videos #antifa youtu.be/dNgEVmd2pdA?...

Since a lot of people are going to be leaving Meta now that they're charging Pages to post links, seems like a good time to remind people about this other platform... I don't want to name it since Facebook has a habit of burying posts that do! If you're on there let me know!

I do like sharing music on Instagram. But I don't get a sense that people use it for music discovery. It feels like a private joy, choosing a song to go with my pic. Does anyone get into the music in their friends' posts? Ever follow someone… #KozyCarBar #sanfrancisco #bars #nofilter #Instagram

Am I the only one still using Instagram as a photo-sharing app? Seems like so many posts now are memes and videos. Not artsy videos, just people yapping. Say hi to Dashiell. #dogs #Instagram #Dashiell

She's watching. #streetart #Oakland #EastBay

Found this Little Mister Naughty under the freeway by MacArthur BART. I love a bit of childhood nostalgia in our street art. You guys remember these books? #graf #graffiti #Oakland #EastBay #littlemissbooks

THIS IS WHAT AMERICA NEEDS TO HEAR RIGHT NOW. Sidenote: first time I've seen a 🦋 post go viral on Reddit.

Welcome to 🦋. Did you land here now because of the new Facebook selling links thing? Check out the list I have pinned for good accounts for writers to follow @david-ira-cleary.bsky.social

Kaleidotrope reopens to fiction and poetry submissions this coming Sunday, October 18.

Most of us here have left #Facebook behind, so you may not know it's now CHARGING Pages to link to external sites! 😳😬 Share this post with anyone you know still clinging to their Facebook page. SRSLY this is bonkers! #LinkTax future-is-fiction-communications.kit.com/posts/facebo...

Glad someone said it and I couldn't have said it better. Watching Jimmy Fallon is more and more like watching the ending of Cabaret.

Ever feel like nothing is ever going to change? I do too. But there's some fascinating research into how social change actually spreads and why a small group of people can sometimes have a much bigger impact than anyone expects. youtu.be/n_lgy337KiA #SocialChange #Psychology #NetworkTheory

Get hexed, lovely people

Q: How many sales would make a publisher interested in my indie book? A: 20k copies sold, maybe fewer if you have a big audience. - Literary Agent Laurie McLean #writerSky #publishing #writing

The Werewolf Academy books she's describing, I see corny ads for them all the time! I know just what she means when she says that they're "tropey".

New books genre just dropped: climate-fiction is "cli-fi" now. #writerSky

Love that the @cwc-berkeley.org Spotlight Member, Debi Mason, not only starts her performance with a song, she encourages everyone to sing along. If you could open your reading w/a song what would it be? #storytelling #writersky

#WIPSnips From Beeslingers, chapter one: Escaping San Valentino is not without its risks, as Honeysuckle learns. #writingcommunity #amwriting

TIL I learned that Tucker knows even less about math than Ben Shapiro knows about WAP. I wonder what Ben thinks about Tucker's sentence at the end there. 🤔 Someone please tell me this isn't real.

#DollyParton on #CarolBurnett proving no one picks like a Nashville picker picks. youtu.be/9CAPWKTjlrs?...

I think POV is the concept it takes writers the longest to master. He does a great job explaining some of the ideas I've touched on in developmental editing feedback. I didn't know the literary concept of psychic distance, do you? #writing #writersky youtu.be/h_0d-jSrR8s?...

If you want to enjoy #TimCurry in a delightful bit you've probably never seen before, check out this old song that frequently gets caught in my head at the most inopportune moments. youtu.be/3GEYTHPGCsg?...

Shout out to #TimCurry in a forgotten movie from 1980. It's a portrait of of punk rock in NYC before either got cleaned up and rebranded. Curry plays a radio DJ. #RIP #TimCurryRIP #TimesSquare #movies www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ59...

Final hours to get a free review copy of Under Water, and it's set to #ListenNow so you don't have to request it. www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #NetGalley #Booksky #BookReview #ARCs #Audiobooks #ReviewCopies #books #newBooks #HistoricalFiction #LIteraryFiction

Could your first chapter be an award winner? Enter CWA’s 11th Annual First Chapter Contest for a chance at publication, cash prizes & a writing workshop scholarship. Sept. 30 deadline $20 entry fee CWA members only chicagowrites.org/first-chapter #firstchaptercontest #writingcontests

Love to see #ExpoEditor @courtlandavenue.bsky.social’s @doricliterary.bsky.social in here…he has the fastest response time around! We’re open for flash too: tinyurl.com/FlashQuake.

Are you Ready? Submissions open August 15th . Send us your best short fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction. Before submitting, please review our submission guidelines at the link below: buff.ly/PZ0vUgj #WritingCommunity#AmWriting #SubmitWork

We are open for subs in #Art #Fiction #Poetry and #CNF on the theme AGENCY VS DETERMINISM through August 31! epistemiclit.com/submissions/

The cover I designed for Rachel Callaghan's audiobook Under Water. If you know any NetGalley reviewers that enjoy historicalFiction that crosses into literaryFiction please pass this along! Right now they can get review copies without having… #Bookstagram #audiobook #NetGalley #historicalFiction

The #audiobook Under Water is going to be all-access for #Netgalley reviewers for the next 3 days---and then it will be archived forever! If you know any NG reviewers that enjoy #historicalFiction that crosses into #literaryFiction please pass this along! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #Booksky

The next interview in my dark comedy interview series features a zinester whose latest novel grapples with our inevitable collapse. www.rachelsfiction.com/dark-comedy-... #darkHumor #dark#comedy #zines #author #BookSky #Interview

I try not to overdo this bit but ... my man is begging for it. Let's go.

Do you need to ask someone to blurb your book? Here's an example of how to do that! www.agentsandbooks.com/how-to-ask-f... #writingcommunity #booksky

Happy July, #poets! This is the final month to enter unpublished poetry collections to the Press 53 Award for Poetry. Winner receives $1,000, book publication, & 53 author copies. July 31 deadline. $30 reading fee. #poetry #submissions

This is about film editing but I think good advice for writers too. Like Miles Davis said, it's about the notes you don't play. #pacing #tension #writing youtube.com/watch?v=BOjn...

Vine Leaves Press is committed to giving underrepresented voices opportunities to build a rich legacy. July 1 is the deadline to submit unpublished nonfiction manuscripts to their International Voices Competition. $1k & book publication awarded. There is a fee. #writers #writingcontest #nonfiction

Our choice is between a future in which we own and control the datafied infrastructures that shape our lives, or one in which capital continues to steal from us. https://dissentmagazine.org/article/ai-property-data-theft-anthropic/

NPR is calling the Mamdani-backed candidates “far left” which I guess is shorthand for “would like to give healthcare to their constituents somewhat”

Ooooh I hadn't heard about this, thanks! #audiobook