I’m excited to share that the anthology Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship will be published on June 23 by ELJ Editions. Learn more, preorder, and see the event schedule here: www.bkjacksonwriter.com/book

New from @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social A wonderful middle grade novel about a challenging mother-daughter bond, body image, love and belonging.

What review!! 🙏🙏🙏

A memoir of spiritual longing and self-discovery by @blairglaser.bsky.social

By the always deeply thoughtful @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social

Important piece by @laurajenx.bsky.social about the things seldom said about pain. spillitall.substack.com/p/the-marath...

Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share! www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41

Congratulations on your 10th anniversary @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social

I know we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but really, who doesn't? So I can't wait to read this memoir by @jacgorelick

Two weeks left to send your essay! For Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship, an anthology about encountering unknown close family, submit your essays (2000 word max) by Nov 16, 2025. Here's the link: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

Happy pub day Heather! Congrats on the launch of this excellent memoir about stepping into your own light. @heathersweeney.bsky.social

I loved chatting with @lisabrenner212.bsky.social about her new film One Big Happy Family, about her DNA surprise and her NPE journey. severancemag.com/one-big-happ...

Great article by @laurajenx about a not great article spillitall.substack.com/p/the-art-of...

For Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship (@elj editions), an anthology about encountering unknown close family, submit your essays (2000 word max) by Nov 16, 2025. Questions? DM me. Here's the link: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit @dianegotauthor.bsky.social

Looking forward to this!

Join @louisebrowne.bsky.social and @sarahreinhardt.bsky.social and their stellar lineup of guests in DC in September.

An excerpt from Unfixed: A Memoir of Family, Mystery and the Currents that Carry You Home, by Kimberly Warner severancemag.com/cracks-in-th...

Beautiful review by @eileenvcollins.bsky.social of The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social www.thesunlightpress.com/2025/06/29/t...

As a girl who longed to know about her absent mother, who learned that her beloved dad wasn't her father, and that her father was a handsome Italian man, how could I not love Mariska Hargitay's documentary? severancemag.com/my-mom-jayne/

A master class in essay writing in five paragraphs from @dianegotauthor.bsky.social Mondegreen url:https://riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-things/mondegreen/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=beautiful-things-from-river-teeth-5

At the top of my list this week is Amie McNee, who makes an impassioned plea for making art no matter what. @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social creativelyadhd.substack.com/publish/post...

The latest article on Severance, by @dr-liz-debetta.bsky.social

Do you struggle as a writer with ADHD? You’re not alone. creativelyadhd.substack.com/p/writing-wi...

Congratulations, Heather!

The latest Weekly Five: creativelyadhd.substack.com/p/the-weekly...

More commentary on the "unsettling" NYTimes article on ADHD www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/the-new...

Big thanks to author Nina Lichtenstein for adding her voice to the conversation about ADHD and the creative process in Creatively ADHD's first Q & A. creativelyadhd.substack.com/p/her-body-a...

I had to blow off some steam about RFK Jr on autism and The New York Times on ADHD. What’s your take? creativelyadhd.substack.com/p/a-hot-take...

Diane Gottlieb’s beautiful review of Casey Mulligan’s new memoir, which is at once heartbreaking and uplifting. ”https://splitlipthemag.com/reviews/0425/review-of-the-full-catastrophe-all-i-ever-wanted-everything-i-feared

Fellow writers and artists with ADHD, please meet me here on BlueSky @CreativelyADHD and on Instagram @Creatively_ADHD. And I hope you’ll check out the Substack and join the conversation!👇

If you're interested in how ADHD influences the creative process, please follow me on a new account, @creativelyadhd.bsky.social and on Instagram @creatively_adhd. I've also started a new Substack to build community around this topic — I'd love for you to join the conversation there.

This book is a must for anyone who’s ever wondered if they have the right to tell their story. It should be on every memoirist’s shelf!

Loved chatting with Tess Clarkson for @literarymama.bsky.social about my new memoir, The Full Catastrophe, and the life that led me to write it. Big thank yous all around. 🙏

It's not easy being green. A night at the movies sparks an epiphany for a writer who's had a DNA surprise. I love this piece by @laurajenx.bsky.social severancemag.com/the-wizard-a...

It's not easy being green. A night at the movies sparks an epiphany for a writer who's had a DNA surprise. I love this piece by @laurajenx.bsky.social severancemag.com/the-wizard-a...

“Tomorrow will bring a different mess,” writes Maria Koors in “The Optimist’s Almanac.” As I’ve prepared this Spring 2025 issue, I’ve been thinking about the messes that continue to pile up, both personal and shared. www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-38-spr...