That moment when you are at the sign-in table for your college’s symposium, casually ask someone for their name… and it’s the invited keynote speaker whose photo is on the front of all the publicity materials… 😬 🤦‍♂️

“All authors are using AI now” Not true! A lot of us use ADHD and anxiety!!

Today, finding a good place to advertise is HARD. Readers are no longer reading large newspapers for reviews. Book tours are expensive and rare. Being booked on a show is near impossible. But, no advertising usually means low sales. Where do you advertise? #writingcommunity #booksky #marketing

Oof. This one hits close to home: on the challenges of teaching college English in the post-COVID world. Love the conversational and light tone of this piece though… as it describes our culture slumping toward oblivion…. This is one you will want to read. open.substack.com/pub/therepub...

*looking at my enormous oeuvre with pride and satisfaction*

My story "Dybbuk-Draw" was in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social last summer, and I'm extraordinarily proud of it, if you're looking for short fiction to consider kaleidotrope.net/summer-2025/...

When you stumble across an article that is clearly meant for a much different audience in a far higher tax bracket… What do you mean, contribute $5,000 per child, beyond the normal $100,000 into other savings accounts for a family with two children?… 😬 👀 🤦‍♂️ 🤔 🤦‍♂️ www.wsj.com/articles/the...

Please repost. Thank you. Alphabet Box's #CallForSubmissions is open. Here's the more direct link to submit via #Duotrope #Duosoma... duotrope.com/duosuma/subm... #AnaisNin #poetry #essays #prose #nonfiction #fiction #cnf #flashfiction #essay #amwriting #vss #shortstory @duosuma.com @duotrope.com

Are there any Sabres sickos on this site who want to be part of our content that celebrates this incredible season? We’re recording fan stories—let me know if you or the Warpather in your life should be part of this! #BlueAndGoldsky

Can’t recommend this magazine enough, especially if you are a Florida writer or just generally a fan of community-driven bookstores (and who isn’t?). The bookstore gift card compensation is a nice perk too 📚 😀

"The moon is a white bowl the God of Children Finally Asleep has given me to dry." man, I love @toddedillard.bsky.social's poetry @bulbregion.bsky.social

If there are nominators out there who follow me, it would be a lifetime-level honor to have this nominated for a Hugo: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Press-...

Thrilled to have a piece out in @gsole.bsky.social's Effective Practices series! This article explores how personalized videos can humanize students' exp in first-year writing courses, esp when built into the design of universal course shells for large-enrollment classes gsole.org/olor/ep/2026...

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Inbox open for submissions till noon Friday 👀 Check out the extension details for some tips on what we're looking for share.sender.net/campaigns/f2...

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

log in here like once a year and realize new people found us anyway 😝 Inbox is open for submissions, folks! Hope to see you there. share.sender.net/campaigns/eW...

Love the quiet beauty of these poems from Jenna Wysong Filbrun, the perfect brief read to center you on a busy morning in this spinning world.

Excited to have a short story in the most recent issue of Magazine1, a publication from Southwest Florida's own Bookstore1 Sarasota. www.magazine-1.com/scott-ortolano

On this Valentine’s Day, hold your loved one close and take a second to read this tender and devastatingly beautiful poem by Danny Daw. open.substack.com/pub/onlypoem...

FREE GIVEAWAY ALERT!! 🚨 I'm giving away TWO copies of Circulaire, my collection of love poems, this Valentine's Day! 💘 Please like and comment your favourite love poem below and I'll enter your name into the draw 💕

A live picture of me right now… 🤦‍♂️

APA Style: All book, article, and website titles use sentence-style formatting, not headline style like everyone else. Me: Why? APA: Because we can, that’s why Me: Weird but okay, I guess. APA smiling and suppressing a laugh: Except for academic journals, they use headline style. 🤣 🤪 Me: 😡

The Offing’s Poetry department is open for submissions today! ✨ theoffingmag.submittable.com/submit

Excited to have “Vantage,” a work of flash creative nonfiction, in the most recent edition of @orangeroseli (theorangeroselitmag.com/2026/01/19/v...).

In Davos, the world is watching an American president’s mind dissolve in real time.

@minakimes.bsky.social 😂

The NFL will take 11 minutes to review a six-yard reception in the fourth quarter of a 25-point game. The NFL will not, however, review a franchise-changin play in overtime of the Divisional Round.

Submission now open for our 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐲 (spring/summer 2026) 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞! inkinthirds.org/submissions/ Give us something different! Give us the feels! Make us cry. Make us laugh. Make us chew on the lasting lines of love. #comelaydownink

Fastest news account on BlueSky if you're into that sort of thing

I have no read on the playoffs this year. The Bills could win the Super Bowl or get knocked out in round 1, and I won’t be surprised.

Funky little poem that's half narrative, half musing, and completely wonderful. Hop into "did you know kramer’s name was originally kessler?" from Ben Starr Link: dishsoap-quarterly.com/12-30-25

SUBMIT soflopojo.submittable.com/submit

This is a great zine that publishes some real gems. It's also a great writing exercise for writers. Why not have a go and submit?

Most Orcs are notoriously terrible at Dance Dance Revolution. #TheElderScrolls #Oblivion

Honored to have received a Best Microfiction nomination from Micromance Magazine for “What Endures” (micromancemagazine.substack.com/p/what-endures).

Can’t get enough of this endearing story from @keersteemack.bsky.social, full of love, reflective moments, and ghostly hijinks. open.substack.com/pub/ashortst...

POEM 289: "What Comes After Life?" by Julie Weiss (@colourofpoetry.bsky.social) "She wants me to turn the sky inside out, show her those ghost towns she learned about from the pages of my lips." stonecirclereview.com/what-comes/ #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem #PoetryCommunity

Honored to have received a Pushcart nomination from @ponderreview.bsky.social for “The Days,” which came out of a pretty dark time navigating some chronic health issues this spring. Their call for spring submissions will open on 12/15, & I can’t recommend the journal or its supportive team enough💜

With the @chillsubs.bsky.social Best Lit Mags community vote underway (www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...), I just wanted to take a second to spotlight three smaller, underrecognized indie journals/publishers, each of which are passion projects doing really quality work in their own way

Each age has its slang, its giggle water, whatever they consider the cat’s pajamas … —Alexandra Umlas

The most important thing to remember about all this fantasy-engineering of the Constitution is Madison's warning: If we suck as a people, no clever constitutional schemes will save us.

Excited to have "Connections," a story inspired by a cold, overcast morning at Pittsburgh's Point State Park and waterfront walking trail, in the fall issue of @shadowdogpress.bsky.social's SDL Review: shadowdogpress.com/the-review/

Do yourself a favor and buoy the start of your Friday with this charming, heartwarming read.

Loved this beautiful little gem of a poem. Great on its own, but especially if you have siblings.

James Cook NOT on the field for another huge play 🤷‍♂️