Where to start Chapter 1 in a novel: buff.ly/NAw9XJh by Nathan Bransford #wkb8

Finally remembering to post a couple signed copies of Larks—holler if you’d like one. $18, with shipping. 💙📚

This seems like a good to remind folks: if you have a literary project you want to start but need a little help and a little support, our incubator might be what you're looking for! bullcitypress.com/projects/inc...

"She’s very proud of the quality of the specimens she’s managed to acquire."

Ok, all, we're 8 copies away from an unprecedented 3rd printing of @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not, a full 14 days before pub day!! Who wants to be the reason an author gets another $300 + 15 more author copies? Have it solo or with a pennant. Let's goooo! stanchionzine.com/shop

OMG THE PENNANTS ARE HERE YOU GUYS. Feel something this summer. Buy a pennant for a fiver or the Breakdown Bundle with a physical copy of @writesloud.bsky.social's First Kicking, Then Not, a PDF download of the book & an I WANT TO FEEL SOMETHING pennant for $17. StanchionZine.com/shop

The Devil's Done Come Back: New Ghost Tales from North Carolina, The forthcoming @blairpub.bsky.social anthology edited by @edsouthern.bsky.social (in which I have a short story), is longlisted for North Carolina Reads! You can vote here; voting ends 7/31: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

True Crime that reads like a thriller/mystery novel, yes please! #MSWL

A little reminder that I'd love to be on your podcast, be interviewed, be reviewed, and all that good stuff for this new book! 🥹

Like a podcast? Share their episodes. Enjoyed a book? Pass it along to a friend. Love a YouTuber? Drop a link in group chat. Admire an author? Let them know with a message. Creating can be isolating, but sharing helps these works grow and stay alive well past when they’re knocked from the nest.

Grateful to have a new story in Orange Blossom Review: orangeblossomreview.org/journal/all-...

Stanchion opens in 4 hours. Closes in 28. Let's make Issue 19.

Delighted to have a short story in this @blairpub.bsky.social anthology, edited by @edsouthern.bsky.social, which is available for preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/ghos...

One of us is freaked out about asking for blurbs for their alternative history novella, Starring Marilyn Monroe as Herself (forthcoming Regal House fall 2026) 😆 #authorlife #histfic

You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down? —Anne Carson, from "The Glass Essay"

Catching up on recent issues of The Greensboro Review

The Fugere Novella Prize closes 5/15. Winning manuscript to be published by @regalhouse.bsky.social 17k-40k words (My novella, Starring Marilyn Monroe as Herself, was a finalist for this contest last year & will be published in fall 2026)

Join Page 158 Books for a movie night party for Sunrise on the Reaping!  Celebrate the release of Sunrise on the Reaping by going back to where it all started: The Hunger Games. For details visit: https://www.page158books.com/event/sunrise-reaping-release-party

oh sorry I can’t make it my story is marked “in progress” now so I have to get my hopes up for the next ten months

Spring conference for @ncwritersnetwork.bsky.social May 2-4 in Asheville: www.ncwriters.org/programs/con...

Loved our time together!

Happy 15th anniversary @raleighreview.bsky.social

This new short story contest is free and open to NC writers:

Write *away from* certainty, not toward it.

We are so excited to announce the winning recipient of our 2024 W.S. Porter Prize: Itoro Bassey for Ajebutter Women! Congrats, Itoro, and welcome to the Regal House family! regalhousepublishing.com/itoro-bassey/

Book mail from @stanchion.bsky.social 🤩

Loved my recent time with a book club in Hillsborough:

THE NEIGHBORS - #flash #fiction by UNCG Creative Writing alum Matt Barrett at Wigleaf https://buff.ly/4aemypF @mfagreensboro.bsky.social #UNCGAlumni #UNCGEnglish #UNCG #UNCGWay #FindYourWayHere

"well I guess I better let you have a go on my bike now" love this story by @pleomorphic2.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social (Thanks @mattkendrick.bsky.social for bringing it to my attention) forgelitmag.com/2024/06/03/i...

"The gorilla looked sad, in the way real gorillas might look, gorillas that live in rubber tree forests demolished for human consumption. Humans like me."

Hannah Arendt ftw.

It was so good to see you there!

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...

E-galley of the new Colum McCann 😻

Seeing the Publishers Marketplace deal announcement for book #3 makes it seem more real - thank you @regalhouse.bsky.social for publishing my novella 😍

Come join us in celebrating Scott Turow's new book: Jan 16 at @page158books.bsky.social

Sharing my favorite reads of 2024 (not necessarily published this year, just that I read them this year -- and ARE YOU HAPPY is headed your way in 2025 🥳) @driftwoodpress.bsky.social @loriostlund.bsky.social

"Writing a book is like telling a joke and having to wait two years to know whether or not it is funny." ~ Alain de Botton

Recent lit mag love @giganticsequins.bsky.social @onestorymag.bsky.social @yalereview.bsky.social

#recentread Victorian England! A sentient garden! Yes please...

Thank you 🙏🏻

Don’t miss these Cyber Monday specials! 📖 Earn 25% off orders over $50 with the code CYBERMONDAY25. 📕Today, every purchase made will come with a free copy of the chapbook NIGHT ANIMALS by Yusef Komunyakaa. Thank you for shopping independent this #CyberMonday!

Congratulations @elaineneilorr.bsky.social on your gorgeous forthcoming release from @blairpub.bsky.social !

Hi to my new friends here! By way of introduction, I'm quite proud of my newsletter, which now has over 8,300 subscribers. Here's one of my most popular posts, published a few months ago. Hope you enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...

Loving this essay collection from @williamwoolfitt.bsky.social

Just ordered this beauty!

Imagine the short story collections we would have if we didn’t force story writers to write novels instead

Scroll down to sign on for my December 15 class on micro characters. We're going to read a little and write a lot. And talk. Talk is good. www.cleavermagazine.com/classes/

You know what goes great with doing some online holiday shopping? Listening to BEAUTY by @Christina Chiu on Audible! https://buff.ly/4eB1KJj