I reviewed The Mel Robbins for Podcast Review (which is a thing I do) — and wow did this one stick in my craw. Celebs are not really my focus area, but I think what really drove me bananas is how immensely popular this podcast is, when it ultimately says basically nothing.

From yours truly! 📖 📚

On this #FlashbackFriday, we're revisiting @wendyjfox.bsky.social's book list of "14 Short Books for Busy People Who Want to Read More," from SELF Magazine! buff.ly/iuZk94O Preorder THE LAST SUPPER: buff.ly/cQIcGSu Get IF THE ICE HAD HELD: buff.ly/JSuYxGh @susanschulman.bsky.social

Writers, if you are looking for a home for your MS, do this! I actually almost abandoned submission to @sfwp.bsky.social because I thought had no shot. I knew their catalog. Also, my novel had also been rejected a lot. Like, a LOT. I took a change & it changed my writing life. 10/10 recommend.

I don't set the prices!

This just in, our summer book sale works on preorders! Treat yourself to books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social, Lisa K. Friedman, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, and @wendyjfox.bsky.social, and get 30% off your total purchase when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/S3Jxn7N

It's a little ways out, but my new novel is forthcoming from @sfwp.bsky.social & you can preorder it here: www.amazon.com/Last-Supper-... It's a book about a woman looking for her economic and creative agency in the always online era.

Reviewer types, check this out!

"It is a dark time in America, but literature has always been a beacon of hope: Even in telling tragic stories, writers resist... In the following fifteen books from small press, resistance is a theme... Each one reminds us of why it matters to create.” (@wendyjfox.bsky.social)

"I feel I’ve succeeded as a writer if I can humanize the worst and best in my characters." Take A Risk and Stand at The Edge of a Cliff: @wendyjfox.bsky.social‬ interviews ‪@socalwritergirl.bsky.social‬ about All This Can Be True (Keylight Books). ➡️ buff.ly/WBDKjVb

#sundaysentence "You cannot form a human body out or potatoes." @hubcitypress.bsky.social @andyanderegg.bsky.social

This is going to be a great conference. Come hang!

Everything is unbearable, so here's a 🧵 of places/people/publications that regularly highlight small press books. #100smallpress stands on their shoulders. 1/6

I've had this news for awhile -- and now it's official! New novel coming next year from @sfwp.bsky.social, edited by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social!

Thanks to @electriclit.bsky.social for making space for the many small presses & small press authors who are doing excellent work: 🧵 Cornerstone Press & Heidi Bell - @sfwp.bsky.social & @kesemmel.bsky.social - Stillhouse & @amystuber.com electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...

We can't wait to read your debut novels! ✨ Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT. See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link! tinhouse.com/book-submiss...

What are your low-key NY resolutions? Mine is be better about recycling the bathroom garbage.

Hi #smallpress people! If you'd like to contribute to the Small Press Report Card survey, it will remain open until 12/31. Share your experiences! (Anonymously!) smallpressreport.surveysparrow.com/s/small-pres... Photo of the LFL in front of my house for the algo* *if that is a thing here.

There's an art to the DNF, in a way. Especially (or at least, I say this for myself) if you read a lot. It's not even a full commentary on the book or the writing, but more of a "eh, not for me." I used to NEVER not finish. I thought, "a publisher saw merit in this book; I must find it too." Nope!

My favorite annual tradition: quickly and haphazardly drawing every book I read this year! Here's 2024.

Halloween this year I went for a walk & when I returned, my friend's sunglasses were on the beach bench, but not the person. As if he had vanished. Just thinking about how we had a laugh at the Halloweeness of it, but same scene would be hard not to be totally overwrought in fiction.

Today I was hacking down my half-dead juniper and listening to the Weight for It pod from @ohitsbigron.bsky.social, guest hosted by producer Sarah Dealy, and it hit all my buttons! Fat stuff! Language stuff! Feminism stuff! How did I not know about Carole Shaw? open.spotify.com/episode/4Seh...

Hi friends! New here! I'm a #writer who loves #smallpress. For my first post, I wanted to share a survey I'm hosting. You can (please!) contribute anonymously. The goal is to be informative to other #authors results are in, I'll share publicly. Takes 6 minutes based on prior completion rates.