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Beth Mulcahy

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Author of Firmer Ground https://a.co/d/37cBbiV poet, writer, mother, lawyer Bethmulcahywriter.com

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I have a new hybrid (poetry and prose) chapbook I’m excited about and nearly ready to submit, any thoughts on best places to try?

15.02.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got my copy in the mail today!! It’s beautiful! Congrats!

10.02.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Turn Your Short Pieces Into a Finished Nonfiction Book | Jane Friedman If you’ve amassed a heap of assorted essays, flash pieces, chapters, and ideas, here’s a step-by-step guide to shaping them into a book.

Do you have a heap of assorted essays, flash pieces, chapters, ideas, and you think you have enough to turn it into a book?

If it seems scattered and overwhelmingβ€”and you’re not sure what will fit whereβ€”here are ideas for organizing your material and moving forward, from Lara Lillibridge.

30.01.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 98    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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You Collect Yourself Series 4 Part Series $150 for all or $37.50 each Sundays in March from 10am-12pm Pacific, 6pm-8pm British Standard If writing is a way of collecting, even hoarding memoriesβ€”what does it mean then, to also…

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19.01.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you @jamiattenberg.bsky.social I am listening to 1000 Words and I love it so much. It is one of the best craft books I’ve read. Why? Encouragement, comfort, inspiration, wisdom, motivation. It’s all working. I’m writing!

15.01.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Treehouse Lit is offering some great classes this winter. Check out the course catalog and sign up for inspiration - come write with us! It's virtual so you can live anywhere! Fab teachers: Dave Hersher Deleasa Randall-Griffiths Cillian Neiman Martin Meghan McVicker treehouselit.org

07.01.2025 01:23 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The whole story is even better. It involves the bathroom and me writing about how not to kill teenagers. 🀣

25.09.2023 00:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t know it was you either but I just put it together!

24.09.2023 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait! We may have been in the same hermit crab session and chatted after about kids!?!

24.09.2023 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same here!

24.09.2023 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Got to attend @litcleveland Inkubator writing conference: writer friends, great topics & speakers (poetry, hermit crabs, revising and flash o my), a haul of books, and big fun! So great to meet THE @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social @rfpress.bsky.social like my tote?

23.09.2023 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

My latest newsletter post in which I credit the inspiring words of writers I admire such as @BethanyJarmul @maggiesmithpoet and @ANNELAMOTT for helping me out of my latest writing slump!

04.09.2023 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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04.09.2023 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks! Wonderful - I’d love to know what you and others would put on their lists!

04.09.2023 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What’s helping me find my way back into the fun of writing through the paralyzing overwhelm of all the things to do? Make a list of some of the possibilities and pick one at a time.

04.09.2023 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I find it a bit like traveling on an airplane- the further I get in time and space from earth and where I was on it, the more perspective and objectivity can happen. If I let it.

04.09.2023 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have reached point where I have taken a long enough break from my WIP such that I am far enough removed to evaluate it almost as though it were written by someone else. Good place to be. #amwriting #WritingCommunity

04.09.2023 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sleepy Saturday morning with the lull of a soccer match on tv.

02.09.2023 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Also cleaned out utility sink 🀣

27.08.2023 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Needed this - thanks Maggie Smith!

27.08.2023 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Pep Talk You're not for everyone

Today, in a rare Sunday newsletter, a pep talk: You’re not for everyone, and that’s okay.

If you need a pep talk, this one’s for you. If you know someone who could use a pep talk, share away.

You’re not for everyone, but the people you are for will find you. Just keep going. x M

27.08.2023 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Have reached the rolling coins and cleaning out junk drawer phase of not writing.

27.08.2023 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Using my Google nest app as a substitute therapist.

26.08.2023 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My debut chapbook Firmer Ground was published by Anxiety Press in April. Available here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0C1JJTDR...

24.08.2023 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for reading and the kind words!

21.08.2023 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best way to work from home is with my dog snuggly resting on my lap 🐢❀️

21.08.2023 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Me! I’m a poet just coming in from Twitter!! Thanks for organizing us

21.08.2023 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you’re a poet coming in from Twitter reply here and tag the poets who’ve also joined, let’s rebuild!

06.07.2023 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 419    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 343    πŸ“Œ 16

This is such a great title!

21.08.2023 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please

21.08.2023 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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