Hey! Dustin Nightingale & I are doing a Zoom reading for the release of our collaborative poetry chapbook from @ghostcitypress.bsky.social ! Mon Sept 15 @ 7 pm ET. Link to register: tinyurl.com/53p638cc Link to get a free copy of the e-chapbook: tinyurl.com/57bzdefr @dustinnightingale.bsky.social

I don't know who needs to hear this, but yes, you do deserve a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

One of the cool things about the journal @flashfrog.bsky.social is that they pair visual artists with writers. 🖌️🎨 Below is a link to artist Gwen Seemel's blog on their thoughts behind "Siblings", the image paired with my story. How cool is that?!

So excited to have this flash fiction piece out in the world! Thanks so much to @flashfrog.bsky.social for giving it a home 🥰🥰

I don't want to spoil it so go read this story by @nschriefer.bsky.social in the lovely @flashfrog.bsky.social! The last paragraph is just 👏🏻

Do you ever find yourself hunched over your laptop like a human shrimp? 🦐🦐 If yes, my latest piece for Next Avenue explores how that familiar slump might be hurting your head, neck, and back--and what you can do to mitigate your risk. www.nextavenue.org/does-work-ha...

📢 Excited to announce that @viz.com's "Komi Can’t Communicate: Making Friends and Not Scaring People" is coming Spring 2026! 💬✨ It was an honor to work on this project as the writer 🥰

How will tariffs impact your hobbies? From the article: "The dreaded T-word seems to be on everyone’s mind because consumers know it could mean paying more for what they love." My latest for @opinion.bloomberg.com! It was fantastic to work with @jhodiewilliams.bsky.social, as always 🥰

I can't wait!!! 💕🎾

🚨2 more days to submit! The inaugural Rumpus Prize closes on March 2!🚨 All submissions will be read by The Rumpus's editorial team, and our final judges are Kaveh Akbar (Poetry), Rachel Khong (Fiction), and @meganstielstra.bsky.social (Creative Nonfiction). ➡️ buff.ly/4blQsZo

Happy publication anniversary to my @huffpost.com piece about leg hair, gender stereotypes, shame, and social norms. It was amazing to work with @noahmichelson.bsky.social -- he was such a kind editor for this rather prickly piece (pun very much intended 😉).

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Congratulations to @otroedgargomez.bsky.social on today's publication of ALLIGATOR TEARS with Crown! Edgar recently contributed to our folio on writing about sex.

Happy publication anniversary to one of my very first national pieces, where I got to work with phenomenal editor @halophoenix.bsky.social at @wired.com and write about psychology, gaming, and (best of all) The Legend of Zelda. Still one of my favorite pieces 💕💕

Happy publication anniversary to this fun little Paper Mario poem, published a little over a year ago by @diegoarguello.bsky.social & @intothespine.bsky.social. I've always loved Gourmet Guy's line about learning to bake at truck driving school--this poem is an ode to laughter 🚚🚚

If you're a trans/queer teacher or the parent of a trans/queer kid and you've got a draft of a personal essay about what's going on right now, I'd love to have a look I'll def publish folks anonymously I pay for essays 1000 - 2000 words Hit me up at [email protected] for more details

Happy publication anniversary to this super-short micro fiction piece at @fivesouth.bsky.social, which was later longlisted by @wigleaf.bsky.social for the 2024 Top 50 Very Short Fictions 🎉🎉 It's winter in my neck of the woods, and every time I pass a frozen pond, I think of this piece 🧊

Already ordered mine--can't wait to read it!! 💕

Happy publication anniversary to this short poem about first sapphic crushes and the TV show THE MENTALIST, published by @dailydrunkmag.bsky.social back in 2022 📺📺 Pop culture is a powerful tool for coming to understand yourself.

Happy one-year publication anniversary to this short poem published by @havehashad.com -- my very first skull 💀 Fun fact: I stuck with the very first title that I drafted, which almost never happens (I'm a chronic title drafter 😭)

Phenomenal, as always, to contribute to this--this year with a blurb about Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town. 🐄🐔 Thanks, @intothespine.bsky.social and @diegoarguello.bsky.social!! 🥰🥰🥰 I can't wait to read the other entries!

Happy (almost) publication anniversary to this very cool piece I wrote for Inverse last year, talking about the science behind mindset and resilience--and how that carries over from gaming to real life. It was so great to work on this with @shannonliao.bsky.social 🥰🥰

🧵Thread: How I Make Money and Survive as a Writer. I grew up with a household income of around 22k a year and recently transitioned out of the service industry to writing full-time. Hope some of this helps!

Happy publication anniversary to this memoir roundup I wrote for @xtramagazine.com in 2022, ft. books by @mlfaliveno.bsky.social, @otroedgargomez.bsky.social, Eleanor Crewes, Katie Heaney, and Grace Perry! 📚 I spent much of the pandemic reading queer memoir, and these were some of my favorites 🥰

We’re open to submissions through Dec 21st! Let slip the dogs of poetry y’all.

Let it be pointless. It may ultimately one day serve a purpose, but it doesn't right now and no one will ever care and that's fine. This is how you start writing.

Happy two-year publication anniversary to this flash piece about #gaming, #Zelda, and self-compassion, originally written for the wonderful @diegoarguello.bsky.social for @intothespine.bsky.social -- and since referenced in my later work for sites like @cnn.com! A short piece with a huge life ❤️❤️❤️

Happy publication anniversary to my first (and only!) humor piece about (the chaos of) querying a novel. Pubbing with @therumpus.bsky.social was one of my big-dream goals last year, and I so enjoyed working with @elissabassist.bsky.social 🥰

Experiencing eyelid pain? 👁️ It could be the common condition blepharitis--and there are a few ways to get relief! It was great, as always, to work with the editors at Next Avenue and so lovely to work with the American Academy of Ophthalmology for the first time!

Happy publication anniversary to one of my favorite articles--I never imagined I'd write about Zelda for @opinion.bsky.social, or that I'd reference the infamous Zelda meme "Excuuuuuuse me, Princess!" at work 😂 Special thanks to @jhodiewilliams.bsky.social, who was a dream to work with!

Videodame's videogame poetry update: we are so back. Natalie Schriefer responds to NIXEU's 2021 digital fanart ZELDA [Girl with a Pearl Earring] videoda.me/zelda-with-a...

"No lie, I make the perfect soap cake. I don’t need a recipe—just the castle kitchen and the princess in papery pink, whipping soap in her mixing bowl." Natalie Schriefer shares a poem for Gourmet Guy from Paper Mario 64. intothespine.com/2024/01/26/p...