A reader’s question: “An agent passed on my manuscript but left me with feedback. What's next?” • Embrace the critique? • Ignore it because she didn’t take me on as a client? How do you turn feedback into fuel for success? 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting tinyurl.com/yvt4yy8s

Alle is teaching. Rebecca Brown is keynote-ing. It’s a party! Many, many sessions. 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CreativeWriting tinyurl.com/b9zrptvx

I saw this display in my neighborhood. There are times when the power of the written word shows up in the most adorable ways. What would your tombstone say? Make it funny! #humor #funny #Halloween

Backstory: I found a way to segue in and out. tinyurl.com/3fakv77b

Like "We Are the World," only… better! “The Sisterhood, 1977,” Vertamae Grosvenor, Alice Walker, Lori Sharpe, Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Nana Maynard, Ntozake Shange, and Audreen Ballard. 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting

Shout-out to a new interview 'I’ve Got Questions for Alle C. Hall' - Clifford Garstang interviews MOI. cliffordgarstang.com/ive-got-ques... 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting

It pulls me out of the story when an author backstor-ies (official verb form) in any of three ways. I found a way to segue in and out. tinyurl.com/3fakv77b 💙📚#writing #writer #writingcommunity

💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting From Sub Club (ed. by me) FEMALE RAGE Female rage lists trending on Instagram/TikTok - books centering on “unlikeable,” “unhinged,” or “too much” female protags. Female rage books feel like a collective sigh. A Certain Hunger Boy Parts Animal and mine ...

What differentiates literary from commercial fiction? And which are readers buying? 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CreativeWriting allechall.substack.com/p/are-curren...

You can order my novel, As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back, from a LIBRARY Nat Book Award judge Jamie Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet) writes: “A rare novel. An outstanding debut." 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife market.thepalaceproject.org/item/7020304

For me, doing well academically resulted in positive attention at school, which I didn't get at home. This created a lifelong urge toward perfectionism and overwork. I'm better at balancing work into my life, but it's still a struggle. #ptsd #trauma #recoveryposse

Have something personal to express? Would you rather do so in fiction? A WRITING CLASS with Alle teaching 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #CreativeWriting tinyurl.com/4b97a5p8

In George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion,", Elisa Doolittle leaves Henry Higgins at the end of the play - with dignity and confidence. In the musical, "My Fair Lady," she comes. The final words of the playe are: "Elisa, where are my slippers?" Shaw's version is the happier. I prefer it.

Lots of thoughts about living fully as we age. “Even Angelina Jolie is looking older. We look older, we look plastic, or we die. Those appear to be the options!” 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife oldster.substack.com/p/this-is-60...

Two lists of top-ranked UK literary magazines. My novel is set in Asia. I plug away, placing excerpts in litmags in countries where people go backpacking more than Americans are known to do. Go get 'em! 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting tinyurl.com/3bjyrzzj

Even the Russian judge would give this a perfect 10.0 for sheer creativity.

Publish fiction in the UK Plus: Alle’s latest flash fiction publication 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting tinyurl.com/3bjyrzzj

Bounce your book onto an Amazon Best Sellers list. Effectively use pre-orders. tinyurl.com/3dnjfutk #writing #writer #writingcommunity

Bounce your book onto an Amazon Best Sellers list. Effectively use pre-orders. tinyurl.com/3dnjfutk #writing #writer #writingcommunity

Gazing with envy another writer's career? Naw. allechall.substack.com/p/worried-ab... 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Southwest Washington Writers Conference, teaching: “Get Your Pitch Right” and “Their Book Gets All the Attention.” Heather from #BooknBrush, clearly thrilled to have encountered “As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back: 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #WritersLife

Really great interview. Highly recommended.

You are not an unpublished writer. There is more accurate, industry-acknowledged title. 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting tinyurl.com/492m7dm6

GREAT publishing classes: book deals, articles into top publication. I post this out of my respect for the instructor, Susan Shapiro. tinyurl.com/mryfjv58 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

ALLE’S FALL TEACHING SCHEDULE • Get Your Pitch Right • PR Like a Pro • Key Elements in a Literary Novel • and more ... #WritingSupport #WritingClasses #CreativeWriting #WritingCommunity tinyurl.com/3jtuu2wy

Everyone in Alaska: Fly a Ukrainian flags and turn the area that Putin is going to be into a sea of yellow and blue! #Ukraine #Putin #Alaska

This is why a woman or female-supportive individual should staff the government - not Pete Hegseth: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/11/o...

Don’t publish too soon! An oxymoron? 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife #CreativeWriting tinyurl.com/5xkyt3d8

Knowing the basics of book creation and distribution might make or break your publishing experience. 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife allechall.substack.com/p/how-books-...

A new interview! A sampling of the questions: · What are the biggest benefits of sobriety? · What was the turning point in your decision to get sober? · What surprised you about getting sober? 💙📚 #addictionrecovery #addiction #recovery #recoveryispossible soberapp.substack.com/p/my-sobriet...

NOW: ONLY TWO SPOTS LEFT Sat., 7/19 1:10-3:10pm - PT On Zoooooooooom Create: • submissions tracker • query letter • confidence • industry understanding No polished work needed. Bring your curiosity about publishing #hugohouse #publishing #poetry #shortstory hugohouse.org/product/subm...

FIRST CLASS THIS WEEKEND Create: • submissions tracker • query letter • confidence • industry understanding No finished work needed—just bring your: • desire to get your writing into the world • curiosity about publishing #hugohouse #publishing #poetry #shortstory hugohouse.org/product/subm...

Treating empty bottles like lottery tickets could transform recycling When offered a 1-in-10,000 chance of winning $1,000 instead of a guaranteed 10 cent refund, people recycled 47% more bottles...at no extra cost to local governments. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/07/trea...

I saw on Google alerts that Mommies Reviews posted an absolutely perfect review. I could not have written a better one myself. #bookreview, #bookstagram, #bookrecommendations, #bookcommunity www.themommiesreviews.com/as-far-as-yo...

www.simac.website Great for kids, too. My son competed for years, then switch to boxing. We wanted to punch people in the face. in 2023, I took 2nd in International 3rd Form/Yang-style Ta chi/women of a certain age. Last year, I had COVID. I’m back, baby! #SIMAC #Kungfu #wushu #Taichi #Chigung

AAAAAAY-MEN!

Can tea help with writer’s block? Perhaps … #AmWriting #writersblock #writingcommunity #booksky tinyurl.com/2cw5wm3m

This is why we love Colbert.

Amazing cooperation between people and beast!

Stephen King would be proud :) @stephenking.bsky.social #horror #slideofdoom

ALLE RESPONDS TO: "I've put so much effort into marketing. Not to mention money. But no matter what I did, I couldn't get a single sale, even after 5 years. I don't know what to do anymore. I’m officially giving up on marketing." tinyurl.com/2kazdrrt 💙📚 #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #WritersLife

Just in the neighborhood, folks who know I'm a Jew come up to me and share this observation about themselves. I say: "GOOD. I'm gad you know this, Now, do something today to make sure that it doesn't happen any more than it is to anyone else. Then wake up tomorrow and do another thing."

My God!!!

Utterly, unimpressed.

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HALF-FILLED: Submit Strategically: Short Fiction, Essays, and Poetry Build a smart, sustainable strategy that is centered on your personal goals Create: • submissions tracker • query letter • confidence No polished work required #AmSubmitting #WritingClass hugohouse.org/product/subm...

#LGBTQIA #Pride #PrideMonth repost if you agree 🔄 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 repost my pinned post too please 🙏

A comic essay almost short enough to be a flash. ANGKOR, MY FOOT “I went up on my hands and knees and slid down on my ass.” A wounded me takes on Angkor Wat tillism.com/2023/02/18/a...

I took Jane Ratcliffe's famed Beyond questionnaire - very grateful to be included in some stellar company. Thank you, Jane! “Jane is a great interviewer – her warmth draws the interviewee out into new territory…” — George Saunders #writingcommunity #amwriting