listening to depeche mode

Gillian Flynn calls Fox by Joyce Carol Oates “Eerie, shocking, provoking, and beautifully written . . . Further proof Oates is one of the greatest writers among us today.” [Sponsored] bookshop.org/p/books/fox-...

A large pot sits in plain sight. There’s a frog in it. Every day, Leader announces his plans to boil the frog. His campaign slogan was “BOIL THAT FROG.” He has already made at least one run on the stove. A man stirs the pot with a large stick. “It’s a metaphor,” he says.

Heading into the query trenches after being self-represented for five traditionally published books... Anyone have an agent who's wild about LGBTQ+ literary thrillers?? 😅 #amquerying

#AWP25 is officially less than two weeks away so get excited about this virtual panel i participated in w/ @haileypiperfights.bsky.social @pauladashe.bsky.social @raewilde.bsky.social @lbrazealgarza.bsky.social OMG It’s Out! Love & Craft in Queer Horror - VIRTUAL EVENT

State of the Union today: 3/5, go bring some 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈joy into the world. Out of spite, ofc.

Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.

I've been hiding since June revising one novel for publication, finishing another novel, and sketching out my latest novel. I miss my writer friends! So I'm THRILLED to be reading with @caitlincowan.bsky.social as she tours with her new book 😍 Come say hi on 2/15 at @patchoulijoes.bsky.social

Jasmine is on FIRE 🔥 🔥🔥 "...we are going to be in your face, we are going to be on your asses, and we are going to make sure you understand what democracy looks like... ...and this ain't it!"

I'm thrilled to be leading a 12-month poetry manuscript incubator with the indie MFA program at Writing Workshops starting in March! Please share with friends, family, & students who're interested in a nurturing community of writers! writingworkshops.com/products/12-...

Raising money for the Pasadena Humane society- they've taken in over 300 pets so far during the Eaton Fire, & many now being brought in w/ critical burn injuries. Sharing this poem, from 2021, w/ this fundraiser for obvious & devastating reasons. Donate link here: instagram.com/p/DEngYGTSaN...

Being compared to a "cool older sister" as a professor is the highest praise I've ever received as an educator.

One more day in the semester! I've had so much fun with my poetry students at UT Dallas this fall! And I can't wait to do it all again in the spring ❤️ #UTDallas #collegeprofessors #poetrycommunity

Hello December!! ✨️

"Submissions are open but there is a cap."

What a frigging poem!

Feeling ok about AI all of a sudden...

I'm looking for two to three beta readers for my recently completed novel. The book is an upmarket thriller that takes place in the aftermath of a serial stalker's murder, as the three women closest to the crime are haunted by ghosts of their past. DM me 🙂 #writingcommunuty #amquerying

Priorities. Make sure there is enough whipped cream for all of us D people. #SorcerersKitchen

Reading & interview with the great Robert Hayden is up at the Brockport Writers Forum YT page. This exchange feels very much locked in its time--would love the chance to hear how his views might have changed or perhaps intensified in the ensuing decades, chissà. ❄️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hvF...

Staying entertained over fall break...

Kenyatta Rogers bringing the electricity⚡️ poets.org/poem/ars-poe...

Truth.

So f***ing gross 🤮

Dear Editor, Revisions are going great! Just perfect! No worries at all!

*bip* *bip* *bip* #catmemes #cats

I made a thing! Am I cool yet? go.bsky.app/5zrZubF

No NEA grant... but jingle kitty don't care 🐱

"I want to be very clear: this video series is specifically for well-off divorced fathers who post angry truck selfies to Facebook."

Stuck in traffic behind a lit mag editor

bird sounds

Can't wait for this collection from my fellow @yesyesbooks.bsky.social pressmate, Lauren Davis!!

It was so, so cool to have a mini family reunion with several YesYes Books authors at AWP. Planets aligned and we managed to get this photo featuring several of us at once with some of our books 📚 I hope to hug, read, and laugh with all of them next year at AWP 25 in LA!

Having a blast at AWP 24...making a million new best friends as I talk on panels, read, sign books, and talk shop in the dizzy joy of this convention 😊

I cant wait to share the stage with SO many amazing poets tonight at my first event for AWP24! If you're in KC for AWP, come out to Charlotte Street Theater to hang out, hug, bump elbows, and squeal excitedly with us. I'll be there from 6-8pm ❤

it drives me fully insane when there’s an application fee to apply for a writing grant. hey fucko i don’t HAVE money. why else would i be hitting you up for some

I'm writing the final sections of the final chapter of my dissertation. Could it be over soon?? Is the end actually in sight???

Eeee! My schedule for AWP 2024! I can't wait to hug, bump elbows, and enthusiastically wave to each and every one of y'all who's attending. Writer friends, I'd LOVE to see you at any of these events. And please let me know where I can find you, too. What cool stuff are y'all up to in Kansas City??

We recently moved from Dallas to the woods of East Texas & I discovered today that my son's school district transports the kids via off-road pickups when the weather's bad... Rural Texas ftw 🌲

Editing is subjective. Editors and slush readers are looking for what they love. If they don't love your work, it's not a reflection on that work. It just means it isn't the right fit. Someone else might love that story. Don't give up on your work <3 Write what you love, love what you write.

I feel that the editors of a journal or press should be prominent on the website. Lots of fuckers out there so we have a right to know who we’re sending work to.

I began writing my literary horror novel because I was grieving, haunted, run ragged by poverty, and couldn't find any books about people like me. The books I've always loved most are stories that speak to those often overlooked by literature ❤️‍🔥

The diseased state of the Humanities in academia sent me into the private sector. Strategic understaffing at American universities is a huge part of this. It won't improve...the whole system is collapsing under the weight of late-stage capitalism.

The world as a heart. An unusual cordiform projection — Oronce Finé, 1531, cartographer

I’m so excited to chat with Courtney about her work! Don’t you want to know the stories behind this amazing photo?! 🔥

Just have to share NASA's magical Christmas Day image, taken ten days earlier in Piemonte, Italy. The photographer spent six years trying to capture this glorious alignment: Cathedral, Mountain, Moon. Image Credit & Copyright: Valerio Minato

A rotten egg (realized too late) destroyed the savory pies for our Yule meal, but just look at that badass Monkey Bread! 🐒

With NaNoWriMo (national novel writing month) fast approaching, I'm exited to get to work! I hope to use the month to develop my 20,000 epistolary novella into a 50,000 word novel. Who's with me?!?! Accountability partners wanted 🥰❤️‍🔥