It’s me!

"The first time we have sex after the baby, my husband tells me, 'I’m not attracted to big girls.'” - from @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social's story, "Circe," in our May/June issue:

Excited to have a new uncanny domestic up at @pangyrus.bsky.social Check it out: www.pangyrus.com/fiction/recr...

Best line from a book club scam about The Stone Catchers: "Your novel's exploration of justice and the 'stones we choose to catch' is exactly the kind of morally complex discussion our members thrive on." The stones we choose to catch??? I'm putting that phrase on all future marketing materials.

The Potomac Review puts their issues online after a few weeks. Here's a short essay of mine they published about realizations while teaching in prison: mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/potomacrevie...

If you’re coming to AWP and care about regional representation, come check out our panel.

Is it just me, or is it harder than ever to sell short story collections? #amwriting #shortfiction #flashfiction

4: School gets in the way of me playing. Me too, Bud. Me too. #parenting

Biggest personal problem: when writing contests announce the winner before letting everyone else know. Biggest national problem: the rise of #fascism and incompetence.

My writing spot for the next week. James Still’s desk. In his house. I can feel the magic.

Say her name and read her words: poets.org/2020-on-lear...

I kind of forgot about bsky for a while. Still hoping this app will replace #writingcommunity from that bird place.

4: do your teachers let you say potty words at your school? Me: I am the teacher. 4: do you students let you?

Reports of icy conditions in Greenville, SC, especially near White Horse Road. Stay safe. Keep your neighbors safe. Keep your eyes open and your cameras on. #greenvillesc

She dresses up nicely. (Birthday gift from the husband.)

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Honored to be on the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia longlist with so many other great books. @kentuckypress.bsky.social #Appalachia #Writing

It only took 256 days to reach the “zip tying little kids at 2am on the street” stage of this administration.

How does it feel to have leopards eating your face? #leopards #leopardsatemyface

Schrödinger’s army: the best on earth but also fat and woke.

Our BotN nominations are in! Congrats to Sonia Alejandra Rodríguez and @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social We're rooting for you! 🐸💙

Tomorrow at 6pm, join writers from @hubcitypress.bsky.social and @kentuckypress.bsky.social for a short reading and discussion about reading, writing, and the South. Sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #fiction #memoir #poetry #writingcommunity

Excited to take part in the virtual open night mic at the Pat Conroy Literary Center tomorrow. Check it out: patconroyliterarycenter.org/.../virtual-...

Come be my colleague! Open rank position in multi-ethnic US literature. Feel free to reach out if you have questions. #multiethniclit #academia #English #litjobs furman.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Furman_Caree...

I'm not sure why I like to see my #submittable pieces move from received to in progress, but it feels so very good.

DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black. Do you understand?

I keep thinking about people saying, "well, technically, he is allowed to..." whatever it is. Here's the thing: not everything is made illegal or legal for leaders, but we do expect our elected officials to act within the spirit of the law, to hold democracy high. The whole system breaks down 1/2

Watched Superman tonight. When the right equates themselves with the bad guys and blames the left for that...that says more about them than us. #Superman

Me to Three: I love you. Three: Thanks. Later... Three: I don't love you everyday, but I love you right now. #parenting

Just called the lawnmower repair place and then scheduled a colonoscopy. I think I just crossed the official threshold into middle age.

American intelligence: We set back Iran by a few weeks. Trump: hissy fit. CIA: Surprise information! We obliterated it! Y'all. Dafuq? #nuclear #iran

NEW STORY⚡️🐸 “Eat You Up” by @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social is now up! Art by Miranda Kramer flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e...

Stoked to have a new story up @flashfrog.bsky.social today: flash-frog.com/2025/06/23/e... #writingcommunity #flashfiction

Reorganizing the collection after some additions and revisions. #flashfiction #writingcommunity

I'm currently reading Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" for today's class, and today's religious right seems to live in the entire section about the church's responsibility for continued enslavement. 1/3

"Tasted like fascism."

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

It's always weird when a press announces the winner of their contest without actually telling everyone else they've lost first. Bad form. #Writingcommunity

I’m letting the business of the writing world interfere with my #writing. Does not make me a better writer. Need to find a way to get my head on straight. Ideas? #writingcommunity #writingadvice

Life with elder cat. #cats

After rearranging the new #collection yesterday, all I could think was--wow. This shit's weird. I'm okay with that. #WritingCommunity #amwriting #fiction #flashfiction

Starting the day rearranging this story collection. I’m a bit overwhelmed. #writingcommunity #fiction #shortstorycollection #amwriting

I don’t really understand why I have so many new follower every time I open this app. The perimenopause posts? The mid-forties sex appeal? The please shoot me parenting posts?

My favorite writing month is May -- the semester is over, and I haven't yet realized the heaviness of summer expectations (usually self-imposed). It's just about getting excited to sit down to the page each day. #WritingCommunity #NovelWriting #Amwriting #novel #skywriting

Look at your favorite indie presses and lit mags to see if they've lost their NEA grants. Then, buy their books, subscribe to their journal, make a donation. #NEA #indiepresses #WritingCommunity @hubcitypress.bsky.social @themassreview.bsky.social @milkweededitions.bsky.social

Today, some young buck catcalled me out the passenger side of his best friend's ride, and all I could think was "Who the hell you yelling at?" I mean, if he pulled over, he'd call me ma'am and apologize profusely when he realized I'm a 45-year-old mother of two.

Now we have the answer. The original story was legit then Bezos backed down.

I have decided that "Touch grass" is my favorite fuck off comment.

That final third of a novel -- I always forget how HARD it is. #writingcommunity #amwriting #novel #novelwriting