My first author interview!
It was a pleasure to interview @robertlopez-bkln-1.bsky.social about his book, The Best People. I love how CRAFT encourages discussion of nerdy writing things like form and POV. See the full interview at www.craftliterary.com/2026/01/23/i...

As someone trying to write a novel while working full time job, I found it so inspiring to hear Carolyn’s story. She wrote and published her debut novel, and even appeared on Good Morning America while working a corporate tech job! open.substack.com/pub/climband...

This is my silly little habit tracking app. I wrote (almost) 63% of days this year. I also worked way too much at my day job. Tomorrow we wipe the slate clean and have to start accruing little purple squares all over again. Yay? Yay! You don't have to write every day! You just have to keep writing

The fact that Instagram and TikTok haven’t skyrocketed the demand for muralists, large scale fiber arts installations, and other visual arts as backdrops is a real shame. How did we get this wrong?

What Rufi Thorpe and @escoffery.bsky.social's bios can teach us about chasing our dreams and surviving awkward small talk: climbandpivot.substack.com/p/rufi-thorp... Inspired by my time this summer at @storystudiochicago.bsky.social!

How do you find a career that doesn't make you feel boxed in? This is something I've struggled with and a major reason I've pivoted so many times. climbandpivot.substack.com/p/interview-...

Thank you so much @pacificalit.bsky.social for publishing a short story I've been working on for a very long time called "The Descendants of Monsters" following a raucous father-daughter road trip to transport 31 baby alligators 🐊 ❤️ www.pacificareview.com/the-descenda...

Chicago friends! This is tomorrow -- and you're invited. Come hear these seven brilliant writers read, live at our store. #bookstoreevents #booksky

Dream of leaving the tech world behind to work full time as an artist? Carolyn's coworkers only found out she’d published a book when one of them asked her about her Good Morning America appearance during a zoom call! Such a fun and inspiring interview! climbandpivot.beehiiv.com/p/ux-designe...

It feels like summer today and I've never shared the only story I've had published on here so if you need some summer camp nostalgia: xraylitmag.com/summertime-p... Thank you @xraylitmag.bsky.social for making me a published author!

Several years ago, I pivoted from the federal government to tech private/sector. For folks currently looking to make the same pivot (by choice or necessity) I wanted to share what I learned about translating my skills and experience. #rif climbandpivot.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-for...

Thank you to CRAFT Literary for featuring me as the volunteer of the month. I've learned so much the past year as a fiction reader. #CraftLiterary

I got 3 lit mag rejections today and don’t think any of them will be like “haha April Fools!” later 😩

Some newsletter recs I love! @vanessamicale.bsky.social - Happen to notice? Bite-sized prompts for awareness, connection, and ease. Like soft pants for your mind. poderosa-voz.kit.com/ce6976f868

AWP: The most exhausting 3 days of your life. Every year. #awp

hear hear

A hard realization as a former collegiate debater is those formative-to-me economists and political theorists had no idea what they were talking about. There're only a few voices I trust to describe our current moment with sufficient care and wisdom: @mirajacob.bsky.social @kavehakbar.bsky.social

Every group chat has the friend who sends too many memes, the friend who only contributes with heart reacts, the friend who accidentally adds a journalist when you’re talking about top secret military plans, and the journalist who’s not supposed to be there

A well paid writing job where you interview super smart people and readers are desperate to read your work? I pivoted into technical writing 3 years ago and it's the best job I've ever had. climbandpivot.beehiiv.com/p/what-is-te... #technicalwriting #career

Job searches are overwhelming and exhausting. Here's a framework for how to focus your time and energy on the right step in the process for your current search: climbandpivot.beehiiv.com/p/how-to-dia...

So much talent bursting out of these two sets for this Thursday March 27th event. Get your early bird tix now with promo code EARLYGLITTER to be part of Holding Court with moonbeams, stardust, and glitterati. Bit.ly/holdingcourt27

We dreamers chase that perfect line of dialogue, open or close doors, and fall down rabbit holes to be the storytellers we aspire to be. Thanks Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social for giving us an excuse to find each other in the Los Angeles area to create new writer community. #gratitude #amwriting

Congrats @writesloud.bsky.social! Can’t wait to read!

Shira Erlichman lectured about fictive poems at @tinhouse.bsky.social. I got curious about one of the books mentioned and now it's been living rent free in my brain since Saturday...

Working an intensely corporate job while trying to sustain an artistic alter ego makes these moments of stepping into my writer identity all the more meaningful 💖

I'll be there! It's going to be an incredible event!

Spending the next week in the @tinhouse.bsky.social Tin House Winter Workshop is the most revolutionary thing I can do right now. #THWW Writing is resistance. Community is resistance.