the unbreakable bond between the poet & the ampersand the unbreakable bond—between the novelist and the em dash the unbreakable bond between the (short story) writer and the parenthesis

Any time it rains you should be able to leave work early to go to the bookstore

I have memed my existence

My final publication of 2024 is now live in @antiheroinchic.bsky.social’s beautiful December issue. I am so honored to have been included with this vulnerable poem. Read it now at the link below. (CW/TW: gun violence and abortion imagery.) #writingcomminity heroinchic.weebly.com/blog/poetry-...

The morning of November 6, I woke up, wrote a poem, and submitted it to @antiheroinchic.bsky.social. The raw anger rolled from my fingertips, and I left it untouched. This poem is rooted in grief and fear. It’s personal, based on my experiences alone. It’s the quiet parts said aloud. 1/

Something I've noticed now that I'm teaching: You can blow a new writer's mind by letting them in on the secret that writers have no idea what the fuck we're doing, and that when you see writers in movies and TV shows just clickity-clacking away with certainty, that is called fantasy.

Say it with me: If you are writing a book you aren’t an **aspiring** author, you ARE an author! Be proud of yourself, babe! Writing a book ain’t easy! #WritingCommunity

Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. Support your local bookstores. #BookSky #BlackBookSky ☕️📚

My 5 art resolutions for 2025 1. Make weirder art 2. Make weirder art 3. Make weirder art 4. Make weirder art 5. Make weirder art

The perfect ratio of unread books you own to books you should buy is WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE BUT BUYING BOOKS IS ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA.

me: having a really hard time figuring out what to remove from this poem the poem:

Reading is a political act. Books are tools for liberation.

Hello, Bluesky! I don’t post often, but I promise I’m happy to be here! Looking forward to getting involved in the #writingcommunity as a fellow fiction writer and poet. I’m currently editing my first novel (why did no one tell me this was hard?! 😅) and writing sassy poems about my feelings. Say hi!

"what purpose does it serve to the plot?" I thought it was pretty cool to write