If you missed the virtual Women of Grit Lit Reading with @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @rfpress.bsky.social, its now online and available on demand! Thanks @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sugarpigblog.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social Tiff and Barabara! Great reading!

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I was thinking recently about how much I missed writing dialogue. This piece I wrote for the "my body, my choice" inaugural issue of Hot Flash Literary uses lots of dialogue and is very short. I'd love for you to read it and the whole amazing debut issue! 💙 hotflashliterary.com/wyoming/

Bobcats in my yard. 😍

Very excited for this! Join us if you’re in the Phoenix area!

Here’s a prompt for you. Take spa world, gun show, and penis man and go write a story.

Some advance praise for my debut novel, IN THE DESERT, coming March 3, 2026 from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social . Many thanks to @sabrinahicks.bsky.social , @jmcm.bsky.social and @caseystegman.com . Every blurb made me cry! (joy)

So very cool and humbling to see some of these great writers reading work that has come out with Cowboy Jamboree or that will come out with Cowboy Jamboree. Heard tell some snippets might make their way onto YouTube if you weren't able to make it...

Gettin very real over here, friends. Out in December from ⁦‪@LEFTOVERBOOKS‬⁩ ✊

Thanks to everyone who joined me for a virtual reading. Such a great group of writers hanging out on a Saturday! @kelkel.bsky.social @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @barbarabyar.bsky.social @sugarpigblog.bsky.social Tiff Storrs "All and Then None of You" is avaialble now!

Great mail day! Excited to read @melissacuisine.bsky.social’s short story collection! 💕🦋

I have a new tiny story in @havehashad.com today about fleeting connections. thanks as always to @aaronburch.bsky.social, one of the best editors around, & to all of you who read this one ♡ 💀 🪦 ♡ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/our...

I’m honored to be judging the Fall Flash Fiction Contest at the fabulous @thesunlightpress.bsky.social! There are super generous cash prizes (the winner receives $600, second place winner $250, and third place winner $150). Link with info below. I can’t wait to read your work! ☀️

IT'S HERE! ALL AND THEN NONE OF YOU by @melissacuisine is out today from CJ Press 🦋🕷️🐜🐞🔥: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/all-and-then...

It's true. My debut short story collection is officially out today. Get a copy or sign up for an event: melissafloresandersonwrites.com

@lesliepwriter.bsky.social has got my heart in my throat with this stunner in @pitheadchapel.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/lucky-enough/

So, I have a pub date for my novel BURN, a coming-of-age set in the late 90s. 2.3.26

The only resolution in any of this hellscape that would make sense is RFK Jr. collapsing in front of Congress and the brain worm crawling out of his ear to shout "The Aristocrats!"

Tempted to go back on Twitter just to read Newsom’s posts. 😂

Morning lovebirds

“He laughed but it was like he didn’t want to. He wanted the sale. I wanted to give him the sale. It was the least I could do. I wanted to leave this mall knowing I helped.” I love the distinct voice in this brilliant piece by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social. 😍

Been chewing on dust for the last hour as a major dust storm rolls through. If this is the only way for rain then so be it.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

5:30am run pays off. But it was still 90 degrees. 🥵

This is how we fight. apnews.com/article/cali...

Sunset

More advance praise for "All and Then None of You," out Sept. 2, from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social! That's three weeks for those who are counting down (maybe just me.) Join a virtual book launch online with some other awesome writers on Sept. 6, or an in-person book launch Oct. 4 in Pacific Grove.⬇️

This Oct 4th is our 1st ever Desert Grit Reading Series, with: @shipraagarwal.bsky.social! @stephanieaustin.bsky.social! @mdbell79.bsky.social! @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social! @sabrinahicks.bsky.social And me! At Rift Wine Bar & Taphouse in Scottsdale! www.eventbrite.com/e/desert-gri...

Wild horses on the Salt River yesterday. Too hot to do anything outside except for tubing.

Save the date! This Oct 4th at 3 PM, we’re holding our first ever Desert Grit Reading Series at Rift Winebar & Taphouse, with readings from @stephanieaustin.bsky.social! @sabrinahicks.bsky.social! @shipraagarwal.bsky.social! @haydenmcasey13.bsky.social! (And me!) Hopefully see you then!

Join @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social and @rfpress.bsky.social for a virtual reading and book launch. "Women of Grit Lit" will feature @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social @sugarpigblog.bsky.social @barbarabyar.bsky.social @kelkel.bsky.social, Tiffany Storrs and me! Details below:

"my baby-pink lips marking you mine and it was spring then, I remember that clearly, it was spring, and (even so) I saw winter" Gorgeous piece by @kelliborges2.bsky.social! 😍

Great one by @suzannehicks.bsky.social! We share a last name (no relation) and I'm always happy to be confused with her brilliance, but this is all Suzanne! 😍

Trump has built a movement that glorifies cruelty and cloaks greed in the language of patriotism and faith… hartmannreport.com/p/the-cruelt...

Hey all, if you're looking for editing and mentoring services, I've compiled this extensive list of recommendations. I can’t personally vouch for all of the writers/editors on this list, but you might find it handy. Also, let me know if you'd like to be included! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“While we may never recreate the chaotic magic of early Twitter, we can still find each other, still share our fragments and cheer one another on. We can build slower, quieter communities that don’t vanish in a day.” Love this by @barlowadams.bsky.social 🩵🙌

“By harmonizing with my own hair, I have learned that beauty can be easy. Beauty can be a religion to believe in.” Beautiful musicality in this piece by @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social. Love it.

Great piece by @kmelkes.bsky.social about Coyotes and Snowbirds, two things I know too much about! 😍

“My mother once told me, when I was twelve and too quiet at dinner, ‘You don’t have to hide if no one’s looking for you.’ She said it like a matter of fact, like it was scientific law.” Another brilliant piece by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social!

One of the most beautiful flash stories I’ve ever read by @mizukiyamagen.bsky.social.

The robins hold up a mirror we should consult more often. All the little vulnerable creatures. There is no periphery. We are all we have.

“They hug and let go.” Oh, this wrenching one by @pdforan.bsky.social !💔💔💔

“I wasn’t trying to be her god or anyone’s. I was just mad at whatever higher power had taken her from me in the first place. I was only trying to remember her.” Love the creative spin on grief here by @anniejowrites.bsky.social

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

Finished @andrewporter01.bsky.social’s THE IMAGINED LIFE in a setting referenced in the book, so perfect in every way! Loved everything about this story—a boy witnessing his parents’ life through the lens of a child, shaping him as an adult. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

GoFundMe has set up a page for the Texan flood victims. Each campaign has been verified by the company's Trust & Safety experts, which means you know your money is going directly to families. Please consider donating if you can. Their stories are heartbreaking. www.gofundme.com/c/act/flood-...

“She watches the poison slide into her body, reflects that the bright, clear drip happened to be exactly the shade she’d picked to paint their bedroom last year just before her diagnosis,” Oh this extraordinary piece by @kelliborges2.bsky.social! Don’t miss it! 💔

Dear @smokelong.bsky.social , I'm a sucker for an epistolary narrative. For day 11 of the #ArchiveChallenge, please check out this gem by @sabrinahicks.bsky.social in @nffr.bsky.social. ❤️‍🔥 newflashfiction.com/scar-tissue-...

Big fan of democracy but we'll have to admit it's an L of historic proportions to get subverted and destroyed not by some strategic genius but by possibly the dumbest man on earth

“But even his baby face gives me a look I’ve seen a million times throughout my life. Be intimidated, the look says.” Don’t miss this by @danbillyc.bsky.social. Heartbreaking and beautiful.