erin karbuczky🦋🤍

and I’ve scheduled posts Maya Angelou , and Sister Corita Kent with more on the way.

This is an opportunity to learn from someone who has taught writing workshops to over 14k people internationally, for FREE. Let me know who you'd like to see covered in the new year :)
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I'm doing this FOR FREE, with plans to create and share paid longform classes on the future. So far we've covered: Chappell Roan & the inner child, Eliabeth Gilbert and the creative toolkit, Sophia Coppola/Baz Luhrman/Diablo Cody and aesthetic/creative fingerprint,...

I write about the creative process of writers, artists, poets, activsts, and other prominent figures. I love talking about the creative process and using my unique arthurial voice and vision to help other writers and artists find theirs.

A perfect gift for writers and Taylor Swift fans, my craft book will teach you about Taylor Swift's creative process and how you can use it as a blueprint to discover, refine, or create your own. #DVPit #A #NF Great for Andrews McMeel, Chronicle, Wiley, or Pegasus, who have all pubblished similar.

yes it is!! <3 thank you!!

If you like Anna Dorn, Sarah Gailey, or Penny Zang, you’ll love Celebrity Skin, which follows a tech entrepreneur whose colleague stole her ideas, a closeted lesbian popstar in danger of being cloned, and a bartender-poetess who falls prey to a sinister new technology #DVPit #A #SF

A creative process is your biggest weapon against writer’s block and the fear of running out of ideas. My craft book will teach you about Taylor Swift's creative process and how you can use it as a blueprint to discover, refine, or create your own. #DVPit #A #NF

Celebrity Skin - Ramona, 37, wants revenge on a business partner who steals her ideas; Margot, 34, is a closeted lesbian pop-star in danger of being cloned, & Julia, 35, is a widow & bartender who falls prey to a sinister new technology in this cyberpunk-adjacent #SF set in Seattle. #DVPit #A

Write Like Taylor Swift: Learn How the Tortured Poet Creates, Executes, & Markets Her Ideas is a craft book for writers & Taylor Swift fans who want to learn about Taylor Swift's creative process and how you can use it as a blueprint to discover, refine, or create your own. #DVPit #A #NF

Celebrity Skin follows a tech entrepreneur whose colleague stole her ideas, a popstar in danger of being cloned, and a bartender-poetess who falls prey to a sinister new technology as they conspire to take back their voices, power, & creativity from the men hellbent on destroying them. #DVPit #A #SF

#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines.

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

what do you think of #writingworkshops in the form of audio, such as podcasts?

stop being your biggest gatekeeper:)

here is one <3

is there a list somewhere of pitch contests for unagented authors? I know about @dvpit.bsky.social which is upcoming, but I found out today I missed @pitchdis.com and I would not like to miss any more. <3

“Think of your creative process as the cycle of submerging into yourself to find what you really want to say through your creative work and emerging to share that message with the world.”

This comes from Chelsey Pippin Mizzi’s in her fabulous book, Tarot for Creativity, which i highly recommend.

tortured about the publishing industry, yes. but writing never tortures me. it’s my therapy, my happy place, my secret garden.

peter griffin from family guy is sitting at a desk with a calculator and a keyboard . ALT: peter griffin from family guy is sitting at a desk with a calculator and a keyboard .

the new jade >>>>

to myself & other writers, a reminder that maybes, almosts, and other unfulfilled yeses may sting.. but they are a sign that you should keep going, and your yes is just around the corner. 💚

i think if you focus on honing in on your "voice" in writing, you can write any genre, any topic, and the readers who love YOU will love IT because it sounds like you. your voice is your creative fingerprint <3 #writing

5. I always answer when the muse calls.
Follow me here & on substack www.thegratefulpoet.substack.com to learn more about the writing routines and creative processes of writers, poets, activists, actors, directors, and how they made the worlds and projects we love and study to this day.

4. Creativity is a gift. I am grateful for my inspirations, ideas, and gift for sharing my words with the world

2. My creativity is a garden. I water it every day.
3. Inspiration flows freely to me like everlasting electricity

1. My words are magic spells readers can’t resist

5 creative affirmations for writers to get you through the week below:

Using Theme and Conflict to Supercharge Romantic Pairings Mini Masterclass — a new monthly series!

I have a new column at writeordie's substack and you're going to love it, writers! Here's the first installment writeordiemag.substack.com/p/using-them...

If you want to be seen, you cannot control who sees you. It’s both frightening and empowering at the same time.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? - Oscar Wilde

Manifesting your wildest dreams is not waving a magic wand & sitting on your hands. It’s putting in the hard work, every day, believing a positive outcome will bloom out of all the seeds you are planting. Have you ever combined meditation, visualization, or manifestation with your writing process?

Spring Into Summer: Writing Through the Fire and Fertility of Beltane — Write or Die Magazine In this generative writing workshop, we will embrace the creative and fertile energy of Beltane—a Pagan celebration of the transition into summer and a time of passion, transformation, and abundance

coffee and poetry and jazz and flowers and spring and limerence and lust and inspiration and falling in love with your art, oh my!!!! #writers writeordiemag.com/workshops/p/...