💫 Four weeks from tonight! Join author/editor @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social for a workshop on choosing your publishing path—Big Five, self‑publishing, hybrid, and more. Learn what to avoid and how to find solid industry info. Thurs 4/16, 7 PM ET 🎟️ circle.missionbelonging.org/c/events/cho...

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"Some writers are motivated by a desire to 'show them' or make someone truly understand how they’ve hurt us. Spite helps motivate us to finish drafts but revenge doesn’t make good books." @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social discusses why family might not be supportive (especially online) re: your memoir.

Wise and brilliant post: why family and friends may not be as thrilled for your book as you'd hope. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @janefriedman.com janefriedman.com/why-your-fam... #writingcommunity #publishing #authorlife

Unless your family is very online, it’s unlikely they harm your reputation by attacking your writing. They can only make you uncomfortable, and if they’re that kind of person, they already do. Not publishing isn’t going to improve that relationship. adventuresinwriting.substack.com/p/good-writi...

PSA to writer friends - have you backed up your computer lately?

A cautionary tale about where we make our online communities - how @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social finally restored her Facebook account and what she's now doing differently brevity.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/n... @dintywmoore.bsky.social #writinglife #writingcommunity #authorlife #skywriters

Book Review: Seven Drafts - Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book by Allison K Williams (published in Jan 2001 by Woodhall Press ). An outstanding reference recommended for every writer's arsenal. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social mcmaenza.blogspot.com/2026/01/book... #SevenDrafts

Creativity is uncertainty. It's scary for all of us. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/n... #writingcommunity #writinglife #authorlife #creativewriting

Who's the reader for your memoir? Why answering this question will help you find a publishing deal @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/a... #WritingCommunity #writinglife #authorlife #publishing #skywriters

barbara peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1912

The fine art of perhapsing - essential sometimes for memoirists, also useful for novelists. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/r... #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #writingtips #memoir #writinglife #skywriters

Super excited to return to @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social's Craft Talks to teach a webinar on Micro Memoirs. This tiny form combines the best parts of memoir and poetry. And the early bird price is only $15! Learn more: writingcraft.com/event/micro-...

A common mistake when trying to create empathy in the reader - @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/09/25/c... #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #writingtips #writinglife #skywriters

This just happened!!! I’m so excited. It will be my first time at @awpwriter.bsky.social! Thrilled to be on a panel with @janefriedman.com @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social Darien Hsu Gee & Tonya Todd! 💗

"The rawest parts of ourselves are never tidy. They can make us uncomfortable. But that’s okay. That’s the point of putting truth on the page." @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social @riverheadbooks.bsky.social @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/g...

What might make your trauma memoir stand out? @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/d... #writingcommunity #memoir #authorlife #writinglife #skywriters

In stories, whether fiction or non-fiction, we're not sharing the 'what'. We're sharing the 'why and how' - why and how something matters. Love this by @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/m... #writingcommunity #writinglife #memoir #skywriters

My CNF was published today by Sudden Flash. This was born in a workshop with @dintywmoore.bsky.social and @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social and revised in @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. yoursuddenflash.blogspot.com/2025/07/grie... Sudden Flash: Grief is a Steep Hill to Climb

I'm thrilled for the author who triumphed in this competition, appalled at the lazyass publisher who expected her to be as expert at marketing as writing. Just what was the publisher going to add? @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/07/03/n... #writingcommunity #skywriters

www.minnpost.com/community-vo... Thanks, @minnpostbsky.social, for posing this question to readers and for publishing my essay. @susanlee.bsky.social @asantana70.bsky.social @chriswarcraft.bsky.social @jbendery.bsky.social @nplusonemag.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social

Let’s make hot commie summer national, guys

This challenge starts June 25th. Read the archives of a favorite flash journal and get your name in the hat to win $400. www.smokelong.com/the-archive-...

"First comes the joyful feeling: Finally! My time has come! Then comes the sinking feeling: Wait. This doesn’t even mention the title of my book. Could they even have read it in a week?" ~ @sheilasquill.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/d...

Please take a break from reading war coverage to read this perfect gem of a #summer essay by Lindsey Pharr in the current Brevity @dintywmoore.bsky.social mag. You'll thank me later. brevitymag.com/current-issu... #WritingCommunity

Just want to chime in and agree with all the people that have been saying that it is not stupid or frivolous to make art even though it feels like the world is going crazy right now. On the contrary, it's books and movies and music and art that gets us through the hard times – so we need it now.

Hey, it's here! My new book comes out today. Hope you like it. ❤

Rolling Stone has excerpted an essay from my forthcoming book. It's about what happens when you get all of your info about the world from the TV (cops are heroes!), and then go out into the world and see for yourself. www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

This story by @rpmirabella.bsky.social is so gorgeous and strange and sad, I loved it. That last line! hexliterary.com?p=2727

So pleased to see Brevity among such luminaries!

For Brevity Magazine, I wrote about a UBS drive of photos and how they changed my writing brevity.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/p...

Paraphrasing for brevity: Misinformation evokes more outrage than real news, and users are more willing to share outrage-evoking misinformation without reading it first. SCIENCE magazine 2024. MORAL: when you feel outraged, scrutinize!

"The real artistry comes in revision: the writer striving to make everything count. Working the lines over and over to bring the work into shapeliness, while also seeking to make the whole thing seem effortless. As if it was all just breathed out in a sigh." ~ Richard Bausch

"AI is pattern recognition and pattern repetition, not intelligence. Don't fear AI. Organic and artful intelligence will always win out!” ~ @jaswinderbolina.bsky.social Thank you for a great workshop interrogating #Cliches @ #CraftTalks @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social

"When I started agent-seeking, I was a desperate supplicant grateful for attention. Three agents later, I’m not afraid. What do you want to know about literary agents and submissions? Ask me anything." ~ @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/a...

The long game of getting a literary agent - and how to approach it with confidence @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/a... #writinglife #writingcommunity #writingtips #authorlife #publishing #skywriters

Join @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social & me this weekend for Ultimate Revision--a virtual intensive June 21-22. Sessions on Crafting Great Opening Sentences, Where Your Story Begins, and the Invisible Magnetic River. Up your craft while staying true to your own writing voice. rebirthyourwriting.com

Some writers secretly hate prompts, but in today's Brevity Blog roundup, @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social shows how prompts can work wonders. "The right prompts, at the right time, can bring us past our own reluctance to write more deeply, more freely, and right now." ift.tt/JxjM6Ce

Reporting live from the stall with Hair-Trigger Autoflush Repeatedly Misting Your Bottom During The Business. Any comments,@ceej.online?

Can't wait for this fantastic FREE webinar! Respected PR professionals, Joylynn Ross & Jen Graybeal, will share key areas authors should focus on for publicity campaigns. I'll be pitching my project along w/4 other authors! rebirthyourwriting.myflodesk.com/bridge @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social

Think of revision not as a single sweeping process but as a series of distinct drafts. By focusing only on the story, or only on the characters, we avoid that overwhelming feeling of needing to fix everything at once. ~ @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s...

Revision isn’t only “fixing problems”—it’s discovering your story’s true potential. Some of the most magical and powerful elements in your book will emerge during revision, not initial creation. @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s...

A plan for knocking your sprawling manuscript into shape - @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social & @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s... #writingcommunity #authorcommunity #writingtips #memoir #storytelling #skywriters

The biggest difference between published and unpublished writers isn’t talent. It’s that published writers keep working long after they feel entitled to be done. ~ @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/s...

Perhaps you will join me on May 21 for a CraftTalk. I would love that. With thanks to @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social and Sharla Yates.

"Emotions tell. Details show. And the very best details also resonate with our story, amplifying theme, tone, setting and even the plot itself." ~ @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/l...

Thanks to @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social for the invitation to write for The Brevity Blog. We'll talk about adaptations live on April 29th @ 13:00 EST on The Writers Bridge. Bring questions & ideas, nothing is too basic or too out there! (event link in comments) brevity.wordpress.com/2025/04/25/m...

In this Writer Short Takes video, @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social discusses what delights her about being a writer and her book Seven Drafts: Self-Edit Like a Pro from Blank Page to Book. #WritingCommunity #AuthorSky #BookSky youtu.be/t1G1sVHJsBc?...