Check out my poem “I’m in Our Coffee Shop” in the latest @vastchasmmag.bsky.social #amwriting #poetry #amquerying #writercommunity #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

VERY excited to appear in the upcoming Issue 16 of Vast Chasm Magazine @vastchasmmag.bsky.social They’ve been amazing folks to work with. Also, a fun throwback to one of my poems, featured in @havenspec.bsky.social in the link below! #amwriting #poetry #writeandgrind #writesky

#WIPSnips Clapping citizens lined the long concourse. A Hero’s Welcome. A Hero’s Triumph. Cinnamon looked back at Cash and they both looked back at Juniper. Cinnamon looked devastated, tears in his eyes. Cash looked shell-shocked. Juniper nodded. Swallowed. Nodded again. “Okay,” he whispered.

Two coffees deep and editing the novel #5amwritersclub #amwriting #fiction #writeandgrind

#WIPSnips “Officer Longue, I saw you pocket something just now. What was it?” Gas Can turned to face her. “That was nothing, ma’am. I dropped some gum while searching the suspect.” “Gum?” “Gum.” “Can I see it?” “Am I under arrest, Captain César?” “Just a friendly request, Officer Longue.”

#querying querying and writing a speculative #poem. #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writesky

New folder same open mic night at the Heavy Anchor #poetry #amwriting #writesky

Word count and weather update on the novel WIP. A slow slog but made some progress on a couple of tricky scenes today. #amwriting #writeandgrind #writesky

Got to record another #poetry reading last night. It’ll go live (with the poem) next month. Stand by! #amwriting #writeandgrind #amquerying #writesky

Hmm, he’s singing about undying love? Is it for a girl or *from* Jesus?

I love listening to local stations when traveling cross country and playing “Is it a Rock station or a *Christian* Rock station?” Time always tells.

#WIPSnips “Cash Money finished his beer and debated having one more. As it was, it was gonna be an iffy drive home, but another beer would be nice. He shook his head, tossed some bills on the bar, and stood to leave. Thoughts of the past stayed with him. It was going to be a long night.” #writing

Good morning. Hope something good happens to you today. Hope you have time create. Turn up the music and do the thing.

#WIPSnips “The goon patted him down, rough hands checking his armpits and waist, looking for a hidden weapon. Cash sighed when the goon found the snub nose holstered at his ankle. The goon took the revolver, opened the chamber, dumped the bullets into his hand, and threw them into the dark.”

Cringe with me as I watch myself read my poem, “Funeral for a Veteran,” now appearing in @quarterpress.bsky.social and check out the latest volume of The Quarter(ly)! #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #poetry #poem

Querying querying #5amwritersclub

YOU AND ME AND THE END OF THE WORLD “Tell me how you came through all of this/ And found your way to me.” A collection of speculative poetry about love, community, hope, and despair before, during, and after the end of the world. #Q #PT #questpit

BRUTICUS Julius Caesar x Triple 9 A group of crooked cops, in debt to the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they plot to kill the up-and-coming fellow officer who stands in their way. A gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina. #questpit #A #W #T #LF

MOTHER OF MONSTERS. Outcast Echidna & her family must stop spree killer Harry, who has targeted them in order to prove himself to his father in an inverted retelling of Hercules’ Labors. Featuring a cast of modern analogues to the characters of Greek and Roman myth. #questpit #Q #A #F #S #LF

Update: it’s REALLY freaking hard.

Morning inspiration #amwriting #writerslife #writesky

Stumbled upon Golden Shovel #poetry and now, of course, I’ve got to try my hand at one. #amwriting #writerslife #writesky #writeandgrind #5amwritersclub Good morning!

Scattershot writing morning. Dusted off a short story from 2015 (it’s not bad, but does need work) and a couple of poems. Gonna dig into the novel. Coffee has been consumed. Time for a Bloody Mary. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

Started the morning reviewing the application processes for some writing residencies and dreaming. Time to get back to work. #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

Got my copy of the latest volume of The Quarter(ly) @quarterpress.bsky.social ! Excited to have my poem “Funeral for a Veteran” as part of it! #amwriting #amquerying #poetry #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky quarterpress.com/shop-qp/p/pr...

#WIPSnips “The sun was setting and he needed to get to a rally point soon. With the power still down, it got dark quick. Like dark-dark, no landmarks to go by but the moon and stars, the way some ancient mariner might. And Gas Can was no ancient mariner.” #amwriting #writingcommunity #writesky

Late start to the writing this morning but that’s okay. Time to hit it. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writing #writesky

Pre-order Vol. 14 of The Quarter(ly) through @quarterpress.bsky.social and see find some great work, including, humbly, a poem by yours truly #amwriting #amquerying #writesky #writerslife #writing #writingcommunity #writerscommunity quarterpress.com/shop-qp/p/pr...

Uncle life!

YOU AND ME AND THE END OF THE WORLD “Tell me how you came through all of this/ And found your way to me.” A collection of speculative poetry about love, community, hope, and despair before, during, and after the end of the world. #bluepit📖 #A #PO #SP #Q

BRUTICUS #bluepit📖 #A #C #W Julius Caesar x Triple 9 A group of crooked cops, in debt to the mob, plan one final heist. To create a distraction, they plot to kill the up-and-coming fellow officer who stands in their way. A modern, gender-swapped retelling of Julius Caesar set in NOLA post-Katrina.

MOTHER OF MONSTERS. Outcast Echidna & her family must stop spree killer Harry, who has targeted them in order to prove himself to his father in an inverted retelling of Hercules’ Labors. Featuring a cast of modern analogues to the characters of Greek and Roman myth. #bluepit📖 #A #SP #Q

And, well “lock” #WIPSnips “Juniper opened the door, the chain lock catching, leaving the narrowest sliver of opening between them. Cash took him in, disheveled, unshaven. His eyes followed the line of Juniper’s exposed shoulder and arm. Juniper was holding his service pistol, trying to hide it.”

Well, “ghostly” #WIPSnips Juniper heard labored breathing on the phone line, then Julia’s pained voice. There was a ghostly echo he couldn’t place, then he realized he was also hearing her voice crackling through the radio. “John.” *John.* He winced at the use of his real name. “I’m hurt, John.”

Coffee and submissions this morning. #5amwritersclub #writerslife #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writesky

I just did my #SmallPitch submission! Good luck if you do as well! #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #writeandgrind #writerslife

#WIPSnips “Let me do it, Bandy,” Cash willed. “I know it hurts like a bitch.” Guardsmen were swarming them, some keeping over watch, most crouching around the fallen form. Cash shoved several of them back. “Give him space!” he shouted. “Somebody call a medic!” #amwriting #writerscommunity #WIP

Finished a scene this morning that has been bedeviling me for a while. Hope all my writer friends have a productive day! #5amwritersclub #amwriting #WIP #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone. Paranormal Romance + Fast-paced Thrills. #MiseryPit #PRT #Q 💙📚📖

#WIPSnips Juniper took shaky breaths, unable to get enough oxygen into his lungs. His fingers and toes tingled. He shook his head. Get your shit together. Applause echoed off the concourse walls. The men ahead of him seemed to shrink under the weight of the attention, the misplaced admiration.

I don’t tend to get “political” on the social media platforms I use for promoting #writing but I want to point out: My life was never made worse by a poor person receiving government assistance, or by me peeing next to a transgender person, or by us doing whatever Jesus or Superman do in our shoes.

VERY excited that I’ve got a couple of poems to be featured in upcoming issues if So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum*Library! #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writesky

TWO more poems accepted today and now I have stuff in the queue for publishing through late 2026. I’ll keep the team posted as more details can be shared! #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind #writesky

#WIPSnips the goals have shifted a little. I don’t think I’ll get the Julius Caesar retelling done this year but I am knocking out short stories for a collection of linked stories about workers in the gig economy and I am very much excited about that. #writesky #amwriting #writeandgrind

This is a great press, not just because my poem, “The Women Atop My Chest,” appears in Vol. III. Support the fine work they put out! #amwriting #writeandgrind #writerslife #writesky

Gah I’d forgotten what a panic attack #squidgame is.

#WIPSnips “A nondescript minivan pulled up in front of the bank, taking a sharp turn at the last moment and blocking the entrance. Five men in balaclavas piled out of the minivan. They carried empty duffle bags. Three had drawn pistols. Two carried shotguns.” #amwriting #writeandgrind #writing

And now, the guilty emails to all the other places I sim-subbed, apologetically withdrawing this piece 😬 #5amwritersclub #amwriting #amquerying #writerslife #writeandgrind

Hey! I just sold a poem! It’s been a dryyyyyy spell, so it was an extra nice editor’s email to receive. #amwriting #amquerying #writeandgrind #writerslife #writesky

It’s the same sort of way I feel an affront when somebody throws a 90s-themed party. Don’t they know we *just finished* the 90s?