The importance of a great title cannot be overstated

The Monterey Bay Aquarium PROUDly presents “Otter This World,” written and performed by Monét X Change with special guest Trinity the Tuck.

Pro tip: do not use AI to write your cover letter for a submission to a literary magazine. Seriously, just don't. It's a major turn off and very obvious and makes the editor reading your submission barf a little.

"Grandfather is ninety-four, and none of his organs are his own." @esmepromise.bsky.social's flash piece JELLYFISH tackles oceanic creatures, hearts, and immortality. Read it right here! buff.ly/ePT4ZNT

Hi writers, if you've been thinking about supporting another writer, I've started a fundraiser to finish my micro-fiction collection on the war days in Iran. I'm very close to my goal. If you're interested, there's more details in this post and on the pinned post on my page. #writingcommunity

What are your favorite lit journals publishing poetry right now?

We are the LARGEST union in trade publishing history, and we want better for our workers in order to make a sea change for creatives everywhere. Let's take a stand together against the existential threats to the arts, whether stagnating wages, the AI slop machine, and destructive layoffs.

I know what I'm doing this weekend!

Ironic poetry that the never alive AI should feed off a graveyard full of desiccated remains from other failures.

if you’re trying to “save time” as a writer by using AI, i suggest you find another profession. it takes time to write well, time to write exciting books. it takes time to write one good poem. i’ve spent years on a single poem. the time spent learning one’s craft is everything

LAST CALL for the free revision workshop with our very own Fiction Editor Steve Chang and former Guernica editor Autumn Watts. Revise with us on Saturday, March 28, at 1 pm ET! Register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

OKD is open for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

I am going to link to organizations that I know for sure are helping trans Kansans. This thread will develop slowly as I either know people or will vet them. At this point we have not heard from anyone being helped via relocation resources. These exist, but I assume they are overwhelmed.

🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...

A brothel in rural Nevada may be the first in the nation to unionize and this is the kind of good news I think we all need right now.

no thank you I will not be engaging with an attempted neil gaiman redemption tour

71,000 Palestinians killed by Israel. This number is unfathomable. The futures extinguished. The families decimated. This is a grief that cannot be put into words. It will be carried for generations.

Want to read for an established, highly-rated, BOLD and WEIRD literary magazine? Yes, we're talking about Okay Donkey! The donkey, known as Sad Jack, would transform into monocle-wearing "Happy" Jack if you joined us! Learn more and apply by Jan. 31st at forms.gle/kAQyzPW3oR8Y.... 🫏

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. She was also a prize-winning poet.

Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters

OKD is open again for free subs until we reach our cap! Learn more about us and submit your best poetry or flash fiction: buff.ly/chQ4jpz Okay Donkey is always open for tip jar ($2.50) or expedited ($4.00) subs! Your contribution helps us pay our contributors and cover other mag-related expenses.

I got "mid" I'm trying not to take it personally

One of the frustrating things about trying to "build a platform" is how often the rules of social media change. This is a concise guide that can give you a leg up on what's coming this year.

happy new queer

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Just discovered the Handsome podcast. No one bother me for the next two weeks as I catch up on two years of Fortune Feimster, Mae Martin, and Tig Notaro being absolutely delightful.

Beautiful story.

Same same same. I yearn for the peanut scarf.

What's the word for when a singular word is the perfect little encapsulation of the item it is describing?

This is solid advice. There are many barriers to success. Don't let your confidence be one of those barriers.

This is that special time of year when people come together in sincere reflection and wonderment. Pondering the eternal Reddit question, "why the fuck did my partner buy me this for Christmas?"

Hard disagree. It'll never be too far. They could sell me fuzzy underpants and I'd still be onboard.

I'm trying the 13 magical nights tradition and so far it has been wonderful. Spending the preceding weeks thinking about who I want to be next year and then every night burning a little piece of paper with my writing on it has been cathartic in ways I can't even explain.

I hope everyone finds some kind of comfort today. It’s a hard time. I pray today isn’t.

You know what else is here? Venomous snakes. I won't be embracing them either.

Some of the most luxurious things money can buy these days are privacy and anonymity. If he truly feels unsafe he has the resources to address that. He chose this situation.

still true 📚

The amount of judgement I've faced about not drinking is similar to the judgement about not having children. It seems to come from the same place, "I'd like you to fit into this box I've provided, and if you don't fit into the box then I deserve an explanation as to why." It fucking sucks.

Currently listening to Ruby Tandoh's audiobook All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now. It has made my evening commute pleasurable and that is the highest compliment I can give to anything by anyone.

This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick. Details in link. Please share :)

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

I know many new writers worry about how readers will receive their work. That’s a valid concern! That said, two things: 1. This gig is only worth it if you write what YOU want. 2. Some will hate your stuff, but some will like it. Your readers. They’re awesome. Write for them.

We're open for submissions this week, for the last time until January. 🪟

Good thread

I think about this constantly. Whatever romance existed with air travel is long long gone. Give me a sexy train with a bar cart.

Being considerate of how your actions affect others is simply the cost of living in a society. If you don't want to care or think of anyone else go live alone in a forest cabin. Actually, that doesn't sound too bad... maybe I should go live alone in a forest cabin.

Being a writer means feeling a tiny pit form in your body when you're not included in random lists. The fun part comes when you realize you haven't published anything in over a year and the pit doubles in size, sprouts teeth, and gobbles you up. Anyways, this is a good list. Follow these folks.

Highly relatable

So many of Diane Keaton's performances felt like being wrapped in a beautiful and comforting blanket.