#writingcommunity Gorgeous lit mag here, both written word and visually. Check it out.

How’s everybody doing here. I haven’t been here in a while. Reading a lot. Thinking a lot. Writing a lot. Been busy. #writingcommunity By the way, when is blue sky ever going to automate their hashtags?

Flute playing saved my life. I share how on the CPTSD Foundation blog where I’m a regular contributor #cptsd #writingcommunity cptsdfoundation.org/2025/05/29/i...

Oh my gosh Rebecca, this is so damned exciting. I can’t wait to read it.

I wonder how SCOTUS justices, alumni of Harvard, will feel about Trump revoking Harvard’s 501 C3 status?

The Monarch #butterfly embarks on one of nature's most incredible journeys, migrating up to 3,000 miles from #Canada to central #Mexico. These tiny travelers, with wings of vibrant orange, navigate the vast distances using the sun and Earth’s magnetic fields, defying the odds

www.nytimes.com/badges/games... My second ever!

Heavy frost on the roof in April in North Carolina? Something is wrong!

Rejection is protection from what you don’t know isn’t good for you.

I would love it if literary agency websites categorized their clients by genre first and then alphabetically. #writerscommunity #writingcommunity

Chipping away at revising first draft of new short story. And no appointments or day job today! 🤗🙌 Good morning #5amwritersclub

Damned light pollution but that’s Venus rising in the crook of the mountain elbow and she’s a beaut this good #5amwritersclub 🤩

A PENNINO pendant collector's item is a priceless keepsake.

I love this piece, Jocelyn. I love how you know where to stop. I'd have just kept writing on and on, spoiling the picture.

Another announcement I missed. Congratulations, Jocelyn Jane Cox!

I missed this deal. Congratulations, Heather, on selling your memoir! Fantastic!

Working outside today where it’s raining petals. #writingcommunity

I’m getting rejections from agents and truly appreciate hearing from them quickly rather than the dreaded wall of silence. #writingcommunity

Take Hope. Your Impulse Control Is Saving the World I was walking my dogs the other day when we passed a telephone pole with a thin cable running down the side that had come a little loose. I wondered what it was for and what would happen if someone snipped it. And then I noticed every telephone…

Good morning #5amWritersClub I’ve been working on a personal essay for months revising getting it critiqued revising again. I think it’s finally ready to submit.

Please watch this. Please share this. I did not know that Danish soldiers died in Afghanistan and Iraq. All Americans need to know this.

Good morning #5amwritersclub I’ve been thinking about starting to produce Instagram reels because agents want “platform.” Why can’t being an author just be about writing? It isn’t enough to have bylines anymore? 😩Oh well. Accept today’s reality and get moving.

Hmmmm, just received agent reject letter that said “I hope you’ll continue revising and submitting your query… i’m sure another will feel differently about this project.” Love the encouragement but what specifically needs revising? Letter? Ms? always room for improvement. #writingcommunity

#amquerying Today I drew the 7 of pentacles which reads “you have prepared patiently for a long phase of growth, and are confident that you’re waiting will bring you to your goal” As well as 6 of Wands=Victory!😁🤞

I inadvertently sent two query letters to the same agency. What should I do? They say not to do that. Do I email one of the agents and withdraw with my apologies? #writingcommunity #amquerying

How to End Self-Inflicted Emotional Suffering A few years ago, I often got stuck in the old seeking-approval rut, the "I’m-not-good-enough" rut, the "people-don’t-like-me" rut. I rarely get snagged there anymore, except when I'm scrolling through social media posts and comparing mine to others,…

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I am humbled by some of the stories being written by members of my new critique group. Before reading them I wasn’t sure I wanted to be in yet another one. Now I’m eager. Off to more writing. #5amwritersclub

I stand with libraries. Take 1 or 5 of the suggested actions #writingcommunity #librarians

Good morning #5amwritersclub Finished a new short story yesterday & submitted it to new critique group. Going back to researching agents & sending queries today. It’s VERY windy here in Asheville! Happy Spring Equinox!

Good morning #5amwritersclub Finishing first draft of new short story this morning. Woke up dreaming of diving deep into clear crystal water. It was nice. Happy writing.

I’m not attending #AWP25 but I did join. Figured it was time. I’ll go next year when it’s in Baltimore. Grew up there. #writingcommunity

“We don’t discover writers. They discover themselves. Develop them, yes. All you can do in this field is to have faith in your own judgment and back it to the limit.”—Ann Watkins, founder of Watkins Loomis (literary) Agency. Amen! #amquerying

Taking a break from querying for a few days to finish a short story I must submit by Thursday to my new critique group. Good morning #5amwritersclub!

In the querying trenches only checking my inbox 50 times a day. JK Gotta TAKE IT EASY!😁 #amwuerying #writingcommunity

This morning I woke at 3 am unable to sleep. Got up to write. Haven’t done that in a while. Revised a personal essay yet again. Tinkered on new short story. Took a nap. I work remotely still. Amen. #writingcommunity

“ revising is the process of approaching, and re-approaching the same sentence over and over, each time, waiting for it to fully reveal its best incarnation.”—George Saunders #writingcommunity

By researching agents to query I found a dream one & a new-to-me author—her client Chloe Benjamin who wrote The Immortalists. Loved it! So many great books out there—querying is an education. Good morning #5amwritersclub

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Here’s a super wonderful perk of belonging to the #5amWritersClub… I get to text with my daughter, who just landed in Tokyo, and is having her first fresh fresh sushi. She and her husband just moved there for two years stint.

More queries more queries more queries! Good morning #5amwritersclub

Got a crown today. The dental Kind. Ouch. But I also sent out three queries to agents. It fills me with such hope. I love sending queries.

Good morning #5amwritersclub I’ve sent two queries per day this week to great agents. Research takes time. Don’t want to waste theirs or mine. 😁

Never thought I would see the day that high school students would show up en masse for teachers and librarians but they sure did

What’s up #5amwritersclub? I’ve been sending queries to dream agents. Speaking of dreams here’s a bit of whimsy I painted for my sister years ago that she dug up recently and sent to me. I didn’t remember it. I love it!

Big thanks to @pollyhansen.bsky.social for the opportunity to spread the word about #familialhypercholesterolemia and elevated #lpa (and to mention my new memoir, The Full Catastrophe, which illustrates the impact of early loss due to undiagnosed, treatable genetic disorders on those who survive).

Just saw this pop up on Publishers Lunch today and it caught my eye so I had to look you up!

Good morning #5amwritersclub I said yes, to my daughter’s request that I officiate at her wedding. She said because I’m such a good writer and speaker and know them best. 🥹❤️🙏