SO HAPPY to be nominated for Best of the Net by the wonderful Fictive Dream!

Sushi Rejection Project update! I'm at 22 rejections in a row, which is the highest number I've ever gotten and is weirdly kind of a relief. I've already gotten to the highest number, what's the worst that can (1/??) #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #Writing #AmWriting #Litmags #LitFic

Are you leveraging the power of point of view in your story? Preview Saturday's workshop: award-winning storyteller and author Sage Tyrtle shows how point of view transforms fiction by retelling "Hansel and Gretel" from four different POV's. Full video. reachyourapex.com/the-power-of... #authors

Sushi Rejection Project update! I'm at 22 rejections in a row, which is the highest number I've ever gotten and is weirdly kind of a relief. I've already gotten to the highest number, what's the worst that can (1/??) #WritersOfBluesky #WritingCommunity #Writing #AmWriting #Litmags #LitFic

The @adroitjournal.bsky.social is open for free submissions of fiction, CNF, and poetry, why not give them a try? #LiteraryMagazines #LitMags #WritingCommunity #WritersSupportingWriters

For this segment of How Point of View Changes Your Story I had to change clothes SO FAST because it was raining and I wanted the dreary feeling of the rain and was worried the sun would come out -- join me! Point of View #WritingWorkshop Sept. 27! For $10 USD off use code POVFALL10

For this segment of How Point of View Changes Your Story I had to change clothes SO FAST because it was raining and I wanted the dreary feeling of the rain and was worried the sun would come out -- join me! Point of View #WritingWorkshop Sept. 27! For $10 USD off use code POVFALL10

Free subs at Kenyon Review - don't self-reject, give it a try, why not?

Thriving in the uncomfortable moments - my partner @gooutsidetoday.com wrote an awesome essay about thinking he likes to be comfortable and being reminded over and over that he loves to be uncomfortable: gooutsidetoday.com/blog/2025/09...

My family called this episode "A Hip Slam Poet Demonstrates Point of View", how does second person change the story completely? Check it out here and join me for my #WritingWorkshop Sept. 17 -- code POVFALL10 to save $10 USD:

Friends, the future is weird.

My family called this episode "A Hip Slam Poet Demonstrates Point of View", how does second person change the story completely? Check it out here and join me for my #WritingWorkshop Sept. 17 -- code POVFALL10 to save $10 USD:

Just loved this very clever flash fiction piece by Kim Magowan -- I want to put all these parents on a one-way spaceship to Jupiter:

Has anyone ever asked you, "Would it be okay if I made you cake for breakfast every day?" FOLKS LINDZ MCLEOD IS ADAPTING "DREAM PHONE" AND HER SCRIPT IS SO FUCKING GOOD

I got a new printer, and when I told it to print it... DID. It just MERRILY PRINTED EVERY PAGE. Now I'm super worried that I sold my soul to the devil and forgot about it.

I loved writing this #ShortStory -- it was inspired by the thought that influencer's children have no private, safe space:

Well, on the bright side I have a lot of polka dot scrap fabric, should I need it in the future. (Also I know how to do godets now.) I am REALLY spoiled by the fantastic instructions from Helen's Closet. This Skirt of Doom (1/2) #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing

I made a VERY fun video demonstrating the ways point of view changes the story profoundly for my upcoming #WritingWorkshop with @reachyourapex.bsky.social -- see you there? $10 USD discount: POVFALL10

End your September with a new point of view... literally! Join award-winning storyteller and author, Sage Tyrtle for their workshop, "Good To Extraordinary: The Power Of Point Of View." Saturday, September 27. Recording-only option available. reachyourapex.com/pov0925

Electric Lit's Commuter is open for free submissions today: electricliterature.submittable.com/submit #WritingCommunity #LitMags

Hey! Last day for 15% off this awesome #WritingWorkshop with Avitus Carle -- grab it here:

Reading UK books, growing up in California, I was BEWILDERED by torches. My mental image was of modern British children in jeans and t-shirts wandering around dark basements holding this and somehow not setting each other or the house on fire:

Reading UK books, growing up in California, I was BEWILDERED by torches. My mental image was of modern British children in jeans and t-shirts wandering around dark basements holding this and somehow not setting each other or the house on fire:

Sewing godets is 9/10 nerve-wracking and 10/10 satisfying when I get it right. Working on the #SaundraSkirt by Syd Graham Patterns. I didn't know what the correct term was until a week ago, but I've adored godets my whole life. #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing

Man, no mean voice in my head has ever been as loud as the You Can't Write A Novel, Who Do You Think You're Kidding voice. #Writing #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

Creative Nonfiction Editors Wanted! jmwwblog.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/c...

SO proud to be part of @reckonreview.bsky.social with this CNF #FlashFiction piece, which I wrote as part of @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. It begins: "Maybe parallel universe me was born without a cleft palate. Maybe her philtrum is intact..." Read more: reckonreview.com/maybe-parall...

I made a t-shirt! A for realsies t-shirt that does all the t-shirt things! The sad t-shirt of doom was cannibalized for sleeves and a collar and I love the inadvertent color blocking. Question for overlocker people: I know they (1/2) #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing

I made a t-shirt! A for realsies t-shirt that does all the t-shirt things! The sad t-shirt of doom was cannibalized for sleeves and a collar and I love the inadvertent color blocking. Question for overlocker people: I know they (1/2) #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing

New #SpeculativeFiction story: "My eyes feel itchy like they always do when I want to talk. It's like my words know they can't go out of my mouth so they try to go out of my eyes instead. After the W is an O, an M, an E, then an N. Holy, it's a swear word!" www.oysterriverpages.com/kept-voices

Kathryn, thank you so much for sharing -- CNF can be really vulnerable, and this one, especially...

Don't miss this #WritingWorkshop opportunity -- @hanakhalique.bsky.social is such a wonderful teacher, you'll learn ALL THE THINGS.

Yay!!!!

New #SpeculativeFiction short story! What if the undertone of women's voices being silenced was made overt? What if women's voices didn't belong to them at all? I am overjoyed to be part of @oysterriverpages.bsky.social again, please read the entire issue here: www.oysterriverpages.com/kept-voices

There are some AMAZING #WritingWorkshops out there these days - check this one out:

SO proud to be part of @reckonreview.bsky.social with this CNF #FlashFiction piece, which I wrote as part of @smokelong.bsky.social Fitness. It begins: "Maybe parallel universe me was born without a cleft palate. Maybe her philtrum is intact..." Read more: reckonreview.com/maybe-parall...

Super excited to teach this #WritingWorkshop! What point of view do you gravitate towards? (For me, first and second person.) What point of view are your favourite books written in? (Same! Though if I could find a novel written in collective POV I would buy it SO FAST). See you there?

Great deal! $64 CAD for online Flash Fiction Festival #WritingWorkshops, because attending would involve plane tickets and cost... *counting on fingers* 8 billion CAD

And just when you thought our great news was over 👀👀👀... We're holding an OPEN READING PERIOD for novella and novel submissions November 3RD-14TH! Bring us your best strange fantasy, beautiful horror, and surreal scifi! 🖤👽 Full details in the link below! ⬇️ www.apexbookcompany.com/pages/submis...

My giant ship would be made from the bones of all of the girls named Jennifer from junior high. (They can die of old age. I'm not a MONSTER. THEY were the monsters.)

weekly talk story about my Bitter over Sweet (@sfwp.bsky.social) book launch with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social, hosted by @avitusbcarle.bsky.social, and my recent (and not so recent pubs) in @mrbullbull.bsky.social , @claudineliterary.bsky.social and Mojo www.melissallanesbrownlee.com/talk-story/2...

YES PLEASE, I am first in line to read this. (Please write it.)

I'm going to invent a Hot Flash Robot, who senses a hot flash coming on and runs to you with a fan, some ice water, and the promise of a hug later when you're not too hot to be touched.

I'm going to invent a Hot Flash Robot, who senses a hot flash coming on and runs to you with a fan, some ice water, and the promise of a hug later when you're not too hot to be touched.

I made sleeping shorts! These are the B version of #JunePants by Helen's Closet, made with fabric I bought because it was on sale and cotton and lightweight but LOVED working with. Super excited to make more to replace (1/2) #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing

ME: I'm thinking of running a 2 hour writing workshop about writing from a child's point of view, but what if no one signs up? SON: Currently you're in the same boat as you would be if you tried to run the workshop and no one signed up. What do you have to lose by trying? (We raised a smart kid.)

ME: I'm thinking of running a 2 hour writing workshop about writing from a child's point of view, but what if no one signs up? SON: Currently you're in the same boat as you would be if you tried to run the workshop and no one signed up. What do you have to lose by trying? (We raised a smart kid.)

Woah! I'll be applauding in the audience, WHAT A LINE UP -- see you there?