Notes from a #writing #master on her routine and writing well. The abbreviated version would be in order to #write well you must practice your #craft and #read widely and well. www.writingroutines.com/joyce-carol-...

Am #reposting because this is a pretty cool #list and am hoping some of you read and are buoyed up by #reading suggestions on my #lit. #books #Bluesky Happy day!

Free America Walk Out #Protest 1/20/26. At 2 PM we walk out of wherever we are. We withhold our labor, our participation & our consent to #fascism & demand our #representatives hold leaders accountable for their lawlessness. #freeamerica #Minnesota #banICE #impeachNoem #impeachtrump #Bluesky

A powerful rant/take on Allen Ginsberg's #poem "Howl," by writer/publisher Mankh whose #imprint, AllBook Books, publishes poetry and essay books on social and environmental justice subjects and commentary. musingsbetweenlines.substack.com/p/howl-20

My latest #blog #entry offers #literary suggestions for those needing a little (or a lot) of #emotional or #spiritual #uplift and #inspiration at this time. #Bluesky #literature #books aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Please, let's chat about #books and #art, but not leave out the #political and #social #realities which we came here to claim with less fear than in other SM. If there was ever a time to stand up for what we believe in, this is it. #beliefs #peace #art #kindness #equality #justice #Booksky

Happy New Year, everyone! My only #resolution is to keep trying to cultivate inner #peace, treat others with #kindness and #respect, keep #reading worthwhile books that teach me something about lit #art or #life and continuing to #write #poetry and #prose. It's a good life. Wishing you blessings!

My feed is starting to look a lot like #Twitter with its endless list of fantasy, romance, sci-fi, AI, everything but what interests me--#literary, #historical, #shortstories, #novels, #biographies, #authobiographies. Please, more selective #readers and #writers. #Booksky

So pleased w #Tertulia's swift, neat job building up my author's #website. Enter the #ISBN of your latest #book and it's virtually presto, with little more than slight editing updates for an #author to do here & there. Highly recommended. And no, they didn't request this promo. aryafjenkins.com

HOUSE OF GUCCI #Review #Gucci #fun #camp #Gaga aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Punk Disco Bohemian is a #queer #novel set in the #70s, full of #literary and #musical allusions, unusual #characters and memorable moments, set mostly in #Provincetown, Mass., also in #NewCanaan, #Connecticut and #NewYorkCity. A fast, compelling and provocative #read. www.amazon.com/Punk-Disco-B...

And also in today's good news for me is the #publication of a creative nonfiction #short, "Night Swim," in Issue XV of Rockvale Review. "Night Swim" was originally a prose #poem so it is now poetic #prose. rockvalereview.com/issue-fiftee...

Cool news today. Jerry Jazz Musician has nominated a trio of my #poems, titled "Songs to Dexter," published in the 2025 jazz #anthology, Kinds of Cool, for a #Pushcart Nomination. I'm thrilled 💙 🎶.

THE ASSISTANT on #Netflix #review aryafjenkins.blogspot.com.

#movie #review "Lilly and Patricia Clarkson" #Clarkson #movies #Netflix aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

My #poem, "Sarah Vaughan Performing," is the featured Sunday Poem in @jerryjazz.bsky.social today. #Jazz, hard bop in particular, has inspired a lot of my #writing and is at the heart of my short #story collection, Blue Songs In An Open Key. 🎶 💙 www.jerryjazzmusician.com/the-sunday-p...

Hi. Wondering if any of my #author friends here are #writing #literary or #historical #fiction. Most of you are into speculative, horror, romance, cyberpunk or porn. I like combining elements of these, mostly #noir, & musical elements. Would love to hear you #share what you're into lit-wise. Thnks

So pleased to be part of the latest Women Scream Anthology, an intl collection comprised of #artwork, #poems & short #stories by #women speaking to the subject of violence against women around the globe. "Venus On the Rocks," my noir-inspired ss, is included. 💛 Congratulations to all! @womanscream.

Here again showing off my new author's #website & the amazing work of #tertulia. They are, as I felt when I picked them, easy, helpful, low-cost (for now, anyway), & they offer handsome alternatives/looks & Zoom tutorials. 💛aryafjenkins.com. More re tertulia via my #blog, aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Today I gave myself a couple of #lit treats, printing out a copy of my first full-length #poetry #book, & getting an #author's #website via Tertulia--four poetry chapbooks, a collection of short stories, and a novel later, and a new book on the way. Finally. I recommend the site. aryafjenkins.com 💛

Today, I gave myself a couple of lit treats: printing out a copy of my first full-length poetry book and getting an author's website, finally, through Tertulia, four poetry chapbooks, a collection of short stories & a novel later, & a full poetry book on the way. aryafjenkins.com 💛

I love doing #reviews, which I did for years as a pro working for #newspapers and #magazines as an #arts #writer. This latest one is on the latest #biopic about Bruce Springsteen, DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE. #Springsteen #movies #moviereviews: aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

#People do have the #power. #Protests around the country on #October18 #NoKingsDay2 have demonstrated that he is not succeeding in dividing us as a country, but the opposite. He is uniting us as #activists as we #resist his unjust #policies. #unitedwestand #democracy 💚 aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Youngstown” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

How is everyone doing? #Artists & #writers, are you #creating these days? How are you #managing your anger, frustration & sadness, which this #regime constantly aggravate? Sharing our #coping mechanisms helps. My mainstays are #yoga & #meditation. Am wondering what yours are & if they are helping.

Hopeful #words on the passing of a great #teacher 💚 Aryafjenkins.blogspot.com #hope #homage #Goodall

I'm happy to see my prose poem, "Gloria," featured in the third issue of Thorn & Bloom, a very interesting and beautiful new journal out of the UK with a wonderful mission statement. Check it out: www.redrosethorns.com/thornandbloom

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure. And the National Guard has been deployed to TN to intimidate voters. Looks like we have landed in full scale authoritarianism 9 mnths in. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Happy Thursday! Or is it existential jeudi? Looking for #authors, #artists, funny joymakers and #links to their work? You're not still twiddling your thumbs on Twit- t- er, are you? #Following #poets #writers #readers #lit #art #books 📚 ✍️😎💙 Aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Happy Day Everyone! Here are some encouraging words for the weekend. "Reflecting On What Real Success Is" #writers #artists #people #togetherness #kindness #love #art 💛aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Would love to hear from more #artists #writers and #musicians. What are you up to? I'm constantly involved in the arts as a writer, artist and listener of music, particularly jazz, and I write reviews and blog about what I love. Let me support you. Share your work, please. 💛

Is anyone active here or are most people just letting their posts sit? I would imagine as we go deeper down the political rabbit hole, so to speak, we will be seeing more of one another. I hope so. Some thoughts on the current status of publishing: aryafjenkins.blogspot.com.

Well, yes I did do that. I did stand up for myself against an unfair or rather careless criticism of my book by someone who should have known better. It's not something I've ever done or expect to do again, but gosh, in this case, I couldn't resist. Happy day, folks. aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

#Affirmationsinadarkage for #activists #writers and all. 💛🙏 aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Near-collision investigation reveals Reagan National Airport controllers failed to stop flights during military flyover www.cnn.com/2025/04/08/p...

Here's my latest blog post, kind of a rant on the #publishing hassles writers currently have to undergo. It may serve to inspire some of you. A special happy Thursday to fellow #writers and #readers. Aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

If you took part in today's economic blackout #protest and want to know what's coming up next, visit this website: ✊️https://thepeoplesunionusa.com/

No, having lots of $ does not create #happiness and, no, having more $ does not make you superior or worthy of greater respect than those who have less. At no other time has it been more important to scale back from #consumerism, live simply, #respect the planet and be #kind to everyone. 💚

This is where we are. Artists and writers, what are you going to do about it? www.linkedin.com/posts/sabrig...

"But remember, this power of the people on top depends on the obedience of the people below. When people stop obeying, they have no power." - Howard Zinn @chrislhayes.bsky.social @ohiopoetry.bsky.social @pw.org

In 2025 I aim to get to know other writers & artists better, & their work more deeply, as tech has fixed us in a shallow realm of seconds & numbers. We have this vast sharing avenue & simultaneously considerable blocks to scratching the surface of what we have spent years contriving.

During the interim of no conversation here--possibly because the real national drama has not yet begun--we have our #stories, #poems and even #blogs to fall back on as a way of getting to know one another. Let the real convo begin: aryafjenkins.blogspot.com

Wondering what drove people here. What are you interested in discussing that you can't do elsewhere? Personally I'm looking for a space that specifically celebrates human-created #art and #literature and supports pos, #creative #discussions re the various #social and #political dilemmas we face.

Here's some of my #artwork made into #postcards. I'm experimenting with bsky as a possible resource for sharing and promoting #writing and #art.

Nice to recognize many of you from FB and other SM. BTW, i really do want to see postings of #books by #writers #published by independent #publishers. In 2025 that's all I will be #reading.

Wondering how many of you here have dropped out of other #SM like what was formerly known as #Twitter, etc.