🚨 We are officially a fully paying market seeking columnists!🚨 Submissions are free + WE PAY $50-$150 per piece. We rely on our readers to run Lit Lib. Help us sustain @literaryliberation.bsky.social by becoming a paid subscriber! literaryliberation.substack.com/p/write-with...

Spoke to @blkpansy.bsky.social ab the myth of writer’s block & ways to get around the notion of it, even if it means you have to rest, or take in other art. June 13: “Writer’s Block Isn’t Real.” There’s a flash sale of 25% off this week! Sign up: literaryliberation.substack.com/p/writers-bl...

Did not know you can go live on Bluesky. That changes a lot.

💕 There's still time to enjoy our MAY ISSUE before it hits the archive 💕 We hope you enjoy it & our next issue drops on the 15th 😄

Spoke to @blkpansy.bsky.social ab the myth of writer’s block & ways to get around the notion of it, even if it means you have to rest, or take in other art. June 13: “Writer’s Block Isn’t Real.” There’s a flash sale of 25% off this week! Sign up: literaryliberation.substack.com/p/writers-bl...

Writers! Our spring workshops are live! Click through to read ab each & sign up! Discounts available. See them all here: literaryliberation.substack.com/p/announcing...

Kin & folk: our upcoming spring classes are almost here! Grab a sneak peek at our instructors with a few details about each class before they go live April 27. literaryliberation.substack.com/p/mark-your-...

Very excited that @sherisa.bsky.social will be speaking with @eshanisurya.bsky.social over on @literaryliberation.bsky.social substack Monday, Dec 15th! Make sure to join us! Here's a reminder link: open.substack.com/live-stream/...

COVER REVEAL ⭐ SO happy to share the cover for my debut novel, RAVISHING💄💉✨! It's a perfect look for a book about the beauty industry, trauma, chronic illness, and being brown. Huge thanks to @roxanegay.bsky.social, @groveatlantic.bsky.social and the incredible designer, Kimberly Glyder!

I'm working with @literaryliberation.bsky.social to circulate $25,000 to community members in need of assistance. literaryliberation.substack.com/p/nourish-a-...

Community: tomorrow we host AGAIN & AGAIN, a workshop led by Karen Zheng. There’s still time to sign up. Details inside:

FINAL CALL!! There is still time to enroll in our final two workshops this fall. AGAIN AND AGAIN is this Saturday, Nov 1 and WRITE TO THRIVE is Saturday, Nov 22. Learn more & register for both at literaryliberation.substack.com/p/final-call...

ANNOUNCING our WINTER 2026 workshops! Write yourself into the future with us! If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to join us, this is it. Registration is open. Keep reading to see what’s on offer, & enjoy 20% off marked workshops if you’re a paid member. Register literaryliberation.net

Happy Oct! Here’s what we have going on this month at Literary Liberation. WRITE NOW coworking rooms every Wed & Thurs at 7p EST. Writer’s Recovery Room, hosted by @surviveyourstory.bsky.social Fridays at 12p EST. 🔗: linktr.ee/litlib 1/2

Starting on a new platform is so much effort! But I’m going to give this an honest try. Again. First things first, if you know me elsewhere, come find me somehow so I can follow back? Just woke up from a late morning nap while my kiddo scream breathes beside me. Doc appt at 3. A little less zombie

Our Fall workshops are LIVE! Over the next few months we’re offering two workshops per month. All of our workshops are virtual & paid subscribers get 20% off! More at literaryliberation.net 1/

🧵Happy Black August everyone!! Here’s what you can get in on at LIT LIB this month! Mondays: Gentle Effort Summer Club (free for paid subscribers; $25 for everyone else) Wednesdays & Thursdays: WRITE NOW coworking sessions open to everyone (free & paid). Just make sure to subscribe. 1/2

Your Monday reminder that joy is a practice, not just a feeling and we're about to get really good at practicing it together. Our Geography of Joy workshop—only 10 spots, starts July 19th. 1/2 literaryliberation.substack.com/p/workshop-l...

How do we make sense of feeling, but not memory? Leena Sulahri explores this in her powerful essay at @raisingmothers.bsky.social

We're at 1275 books and today is THE LAST DAY to submit to the 2025 Lammy Awards! Get your entries in by 11:59PM ET. Guidelines here: lambdaliterary.org/awards/lammy... Here's a bunch of what came in this week:

“I liberated myself behind that door. I knocked down the other three walls and built a whole world of beauty, imagination, and love.” @daijmoore.bsky.social with @yomalisrosario.bsky.social for Freedom Ways. literaryliberation.substack.com/p/writing-re...

Drop-In Sessions for Writing with the Light On! Join us—membership in Literary Liberation is free! Registration required; details sent via email. Sliding Scale: $15 / $25 / $35 Need a payment plan? Email us! Space is limited! Sign up: literaryliberation.substack.com/p/writing-wi...

What I’m on about. Community over whatever this all is. Forever. raisingmothers.com literaryliberation.net www.instagram.com/reel/DFH3mu2...

This workshop happens this Sunday! Register at the link below!

Read “Staying Present: Moving Beyond Good/Bad to the Heart of the Story” by Sarah Dalton & then sign up for her workshop, AFTER BIRTH: POSTPARTUM NARRATIVES on Jan 12. literaryliberation.substack.com/p/after-birt... Special note: this workshop is pay-what-you-can

Read “Staying Present: Moving Beyond Good/Bad to the Heart of the Story” by Sarah Dalton & then sign up for her workshop, AFTER BIRTH: POSTPARTUM NARRATIVES on Jan 12. literaryliberation.substack.com/p/after-birt... Special note: this workshop is pay-what-you-can

Priscilla Thomas reminds us that living in a world that constantly fragments our physical experience, writers often overlook the profound creative potential residing within their bodies. Read “The Embodied Writer” & register for UNDER YOUR SKIN. literaryliberation.substack.com/p/under-your...

This season, gift yourself something real: your own creative potential. Invest in YOU. You are the gift.Your voice is the present.Your stories are waiting. No discount code required. Just your commitment. Your words can’t wait. Register for our workshops at literaryliberation.net

They’re LIVE! In this 3 hour, online workshop with Leonora Simonovis, explore how mindful breathing and art can deepen your writing practice with greater clarity and ease. Learn more about this and all of our January workshops at the link in bio or literaryliberation.substack.com/p/its-all-in...

Tomorrow our January offerings go live to the general public, but TODAY we talk about new things at Lit Lib! First, our sliding scale policy for 2025 & beyond

We are Literary Liberation. A community for writers, artists & activists across multiple creative concentrations working towards our collective liberation. Join us as monthly ($12), annual ($120), or founding ($165) subscribers. Membership increases Jan 1. literaryliberation.net

Welcome to the mutha of all updates! FIVE new workshops for your writerly selves all happening JAN 2025, a new FAQ page & more! This was a busy ass week for us & it’s all paid off. Get into it & tell a friend! Paid subscribers can register now; doors open Nov 21 to gen pub. Literaryliberation.net