Beautiful flash essay by @wendyfontaine.bsky.social and so timely with back to school around the corner.

I wrote this after dropping my daughter off at college. I wanted to see if I could capture that feeling in a single sentence story structure. I'm about to drop her off again in two weeks, and I have a feeling this is going to happen to me all over again. #emptynesting

If you're looking for an online literary weekend of workshops, check out HippoCamp, coming Aug. 16-18. I'll be there for most of the events, including this Evening with the Editors. Other sessions include craft talks, readings, deep dives and mini sessions on hot topics. Very affordable!

The foods you love and hate say a lot about you, not just about where you come from but also who you are. I am red hot dogs and American chop suey and pizza on a Friday night. underthesunlitmag.com/cabbage-is-t...

Women on Writing was kind enough to interview me about my flash nonfiction piece, Lucky, in their newsletter, The Muffin. PS: Sorry about the giant head photo. muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/2025/06/inte...

I'm going to ride along with my teen as she drives on LA freeways today. Send up prayers. And stay out of the slow lane for us, please.

I'm a Short Reads story this week. Check it out. www.short-reads.org/crushed/

Sending rejections on a holiday is bad literary form.

Killer spin class this morning but I channeled my inner Al Horford and got her done. #GoCelts

Me, waiting for barrel jeans to go away

Big thank you to Women on Writing. My essay, "Lucky," is a runner-up on their cnf contest. This is my flash piece on close calls. "Maybe we didn’t say no. Maybe we just didn’t say yes fast enough and the Thunderbird took off without us."

Tonight! Bonaventure Brewing Club, after hours at AWP. Four of the best nonfiction lit mags out there. Come listen to our great readers! See you there.

I wrote this as a response to the many ridiculous years of being around over-the-top swim parents. This is about moms but there are crazy dads too. I always loved watching my child swim. I miss seeing how happy it made her to be part of a team. I do not, however, miss the politics of swimming.

My husband works on The Pitt and it makes me endlessly happy to see how much people are enjoying this show.

Spotlight today all the way back to our first issue and Wendy Fontaine's "Where Memory Fails, Writing Prevails: Using Fallacies of Memory to Create Effective Memoir"--enjoy!

New writing in Still Point Arts Quarterly here. Inspired by California wildfires and the question, what will you take with you when you go?

That song "What's My Age Again?" hits differently when you're over 50 and you have to stop and actually think about it.

I see a lot of writers here on Bluesky, but are we reading each other's work? Send me the piece you published most recently. I want to read it and share it. #writerlife

I have new writing in the world today. This one is close to my heart. I wrote it when the #emptynest years were coming. Now here I am, navigating my way through.

Attention flash #writers! Short nonfiction contest. 250 words or less. 18 days left to enter.

Writers, get your best short flash #creativenonfiction ready! Hippocampus Magazine's 2025 Short Shorts #contest is open. Deadline Feb. 28. Entry fee only $5.

If you have a kid in college, read this. Scholarships are about to be taxed and parent plus loans are about to disappear.

Such a loving piece of writing.

None of you trump supporters get to say "blue lives matter" anymore.

Fuck that guy.

Just dropped my kid back at school for her second semester, and now I’m sad. #emptynesting

Just dropped off donations for California fire victims. Very emotional to see so many lending a hand, donating supplies, etc. I think we all realize it could have been us.

Every year on my birthday, I like to go say hi to the ocean.

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you can't put sprinklers on a house and expect it to stop a wildfire that's burning five football fields per minute. Lots of non-Californians with opinions on how to live in California.

Sending care and light to my friends throughout LA, some of whom have already lost their homes and many more who are feeling the threat tonight. These are scary hours and I wish you all peace and safety.

The day you take the tree down.

Snacks and Uno by the pool to start the new year. Take it easy on us, 2025.

Fully mesmerized by this.

Hello, 2025. The year I see the Celtics in person. Been waiting for this a long, long time.

In bed eating cheese well before midnight. Happy new year, everyone.

I ❤️ the Celtics. That is all.

I’ve never had a Costco hot dog, and I’ve never been to Disneyland. Am I a freak or what?

Today my daughter told me that I have a really nice smile. 18-year-olds are hard to parent, but they have moments of true kindness.

Me and my girl. She’s grown now, a college freshman, but she will always be my baby.

Hey, do you like GreenDay? Do you like #Blink182? Then you might like my daughter's first music video. Check it out here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uL3...

Join me and @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social on Tuesday December 17th for Writing in a Changing World: Publishing in Uncertain Times / How can we stay focused on our work despite challenging news & events / Live and FREE on Zoom! (sign up below to get the link) rebirthyourwriting.myflodesk.com/bridge

Being a mom at Christmas means never getting any stuffers in your own stocking.

At this point, Pamela Anderson is probably really tired of getting asked about makeup. FFS, ask her something else!

My daughter's first music video. Created as her final project for her multimedia class. Inspired by Green Day and Blink-182. Not bad for a freshman!

Embroidery helps, though

Today the editor of a literary magazine called/zoomed to ask me about my work and to tell me what they liked about my story, and honestly it doesn't get any better than that.

Not gonna name names here, but a literary magazine has been promising to publish a story of mine for almost two years now and it's starting to get really old. Like, really really old.

My husband brings me home Nutter Butters from craft services at work. It really is the smallest of things that make a relationship work.