Rachel Laverdiere
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Writer, potter, editor, educator, coffee-lover, joy enthusiast.
#WritingCommmunity
what are your favourite books on writing--bonus points if they include prompts! My all-time favourite is Rose Metal Press's Field Guide to Flash Nonfiction. Anyone else needing inspiration? Anyone have inspiration to share?
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Rose Metal Press
17 days ago
It's Pub Day for FIT INTO ME: A Novel: A Memoir by Molly Gaudry! It's also the last day for free shipping with coupon code GAUDRYFREESHIP. Check out all the details here and order your copy of this amazingly hybrid memoir:
icont.ac/51bcZ
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FIT INTO ME by Molly Gaudry Releases Today
https://icont.ac/51bcZ
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Corey Farrenkopf
17 days ago
THE WRITHING, VERDANT END IS OUT TODAY!!!!!! Need some weird weird eco-horror in your life? Then look no further than this little split collection from
@ericraglin1992.bsky.social
,
@tiffmorris.bsky.social
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Hey
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! It's been a while. I'm teaching a webinar on submitting to lit mags. Has anything changed in the past 8 months while I've been focussed on other areas of my life? TIA!
4 months ago
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Mitch James
11 months ago
Admire the nuance of mother/daughter & mother/son here, as well the promising ending and chance at redemption and growth: Read
@rachellaverdiere.bsky.social
in
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4sbpxvhy
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Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist by Rachel Laverdiere
Things may have gotten too serious too quickly, but I gather up the long skirt of my dress and step out of Steve’s vintage yellow bug—a car I’ve dreamed of owning since I was little— one of Steve’s…
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"Let’s say there’s no such thing as a happy ending. It’s a shock to see her, the unhappy sixteen-year-old girl, and realize she never imagined that you’d get so old or that you couldn’t go back to being that young." Beautiful writing by
@jacqdoyle.bsky.social
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about 1 year ago
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Okay Donkey Magazine
about 1 year ago
🔖 The rumors (that we started) are true: We're looking for Poetry Readers to join our team! As an OKD Poetry Reader, you'll read and vote "yes," "no," or "maybe" on 10 poetry submissions every two weeks. • Check out what we publish:
okaydonkeymag.com/poetry/
• Apply here:
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Okay Donkey Magazine
about 1 year ago
We're No. 12! We're No. 12! 🏆 So many great mags on here, not to mention a really intriguing methodology. Check this out:
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#WritingCommunity
ICYMI interview with Karen Kao up at
@smokelong.bsky.social
there is an extra layer of fear for me whenever a nonfiction piece of mine gets published .... Will people still like me? Will only the people who already know me get it?
www.smokelong.com/interviews/s...
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Smoke & Mirrors with Karen Kao - SmokeLong Quarterly
This is an incredibly affecting piece, written in such a measured way. Can you share where it came from for you? A couple of years ago, I took a workshop with the wonderful Dinty W. Moore. One of his ...
https://www.smokelong.com/interviews/smoke-mirrors-with-karen-kao/
about 1 year ago
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Liz Wride
about 1 year ago
🦩 What a fantastic piece by
@rachellaverdiere.bsky.social
in
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
. I need a whole book of these characters immediately! 🦩
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Dan Crawley
about 1 year ago
"—everything’s lined up since our first date at the Sparrow Café: his flamingo print shorts, the flamingo garter tattooed around my thigh; my hot pink converse, his black." I dig this
#flashfiction
by
@rachellaverdiere.bsky.social
in
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
💙💙💙
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Claudia Monpere
about 1 year ago
"But my mouth waters, and I can’t breathe, so I close my eyes like you’d tell me to and list five people who love me: my cat Pooh-Bear, besties Catherine and Ev, Mom’s ghost. And Steve, of course." Love this
@rachellaverdiere.bsky.social
@okaydonkey.bsky.social
#flashfiction
#flashlit
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Kristi Ferguson
about 2 years ago
“He is saving that one for my sister, Cookie, who sits on his lap. He only remembers me when he is angry or when I remind him of Mother. He has trouble loving her, too.” Terrific, tear-jerking story by
@rachellaverdiere.bsky.social
in
@emergejournal.bsky.social
about fathers and baby sisters
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Well--stopped in at X for the first time in while....and found out
@emergejournal.bsky.social
nominated my flash fiction for a Pushcart! What a nice surprise. Congrats to all other nominees as well 💜
emergeliteraryjournal.com/ghost-baby/
about 2 years ago
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Joey R. Poole
about 2 years ago
@shotgunhoney.bsky.social
makes good looking books, but they really out-did themselves with
@meaganlucas.bsky.social
’s Here in the Dark. I’ve read some of these stories, and I published one of them in
@malarkeybooks.bsky.social
’s It Came From the Swamp and can’t wait to dig in.
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Cheryl Skory Suma
about 2 years ago
#CNF
community (& writing community in general)! The wonderful, supportive
@rachellaverdiere.bsky.social
just joined us on BlueSky. I encourage you to fw her! Beyond her talent as a writer she regularly shares others' work in her Sunday newsletter. Web:
www.rachellaverdiere.com
Welcome, Rachel!!!
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Hey everyone! I'm finally here 😀 Looking for the writing community....
about 2 years ago
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