Shannon Sanders

Lest anyone be scared away by the term, “advanced” here mostly means that you’re familiar with workshop, will submit something that meets the specs, and will treat our group with respect!

In this six-week fiction workshop, each participant will workshop a short story or novel excerpt of up to 5,000 words, with discussions focusing on elements of fiction such as story structure, character development, exposition, and dialogue. We’ll zoom in on practical revision ideas that help participants to meet their individual writing goals, including submitting for publication. Depending on interest, we’ll also engage in craft exercises such as close readings of published short fiction. We’ll meet on Zoom from 7–9:30 each Tuesday night from April 14 through May 19. Come prepared to be thoughtful, kind, and open-minded about others’ submissions! This class is limited to 10 students and is designed for writers with workshop experience. Tuition includes a 30-minute meeting with the instructor.

I’m leading a workshop this spring! 10 spots, hope to see you there:

Ugh sorry, didn’t mean to rub it in 😭

The kids’ school has been either canceled or delayed since the beginning of last week but *whispers* they’re all going back tomorrow 💃🏽

Oh yes you know this lol

Thank you!! The Post review I got was for my previous book (which did get several other really good ones). I’m assuming my current book won’t be reviewed for the Post due to this news!

Almost too obvious, but, 0?

At this point, I’m a subscriber for @carolynhax.bsky.social and no other reason.

The @washingtonpost.com ending its Books section is so sad. My first book was reviewed there, and while the review was by far the least positive one that book got, I cherished it because its my local paper and I’ve always dreamed of having a book reviewed there. I was hopeful about this one.

Flyer for an AWP panel called “What Would Really Happen? Crafting Scenes Your Readers Believe,” scheduled for 3/7 at 10:35 AM in Room 329 of the Baltimore Convention Center

Finally, after years of it never working out for one reason or another, I’m headed to AWP next month and will be on this panel with @sophiestern.bsky.social and @danhoyt.bsky.social 🎉🎉

“Period sis” wow this is so mortifying I almost—almost—feel bad for Nick

Thank you for this shoutout and these recommendations!!

Can confirm that this one is beautiful!

The Great Wherever: A Novel A Novel

one of my standing complaints is every february 1st a lot of you are like read Black writers! and then name the same five people to read. Some writers who could use your pre-orders:

The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Wonderful!! Thank you!!

Stunned and delighted to see The Great Wherever on this list!! Thanks @adamm0rgan.bsky.social

We’re all set for life on this

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

All of this in service of absolutely nothing. Pointlessly driving us all toward oblivion.

Noted! 🫡

I’m specifically annoying because I’m like “Ooh this author went through three editors and had to return her advance due to non-delivery and she wishes she had taken a two-book deal and she studied under such and such” and they’re all like “😬 we don’t care”

Hahaha I remember your famous hatred of book club! This particular club is a romance only club, which felt safer to me because it’s not my genre of interest and I thought my feelings wouldn’t be so overpowering…I was wrong 😭

Here for any tips from my Online writer/reader friends about not being extremely annoying in casual book discussion settings!!

…so I’m the only person following any discussions about straight appropriation of queer romance, the comfortable whiteness of hockey romance, etc. I’m going to get kicked out after this meeting, right

My book club picked Heated Rivalry for our next read. I’m already the only person with just enough inside baseball publishing knowledge to be annoying at meetings, and I’m also the most chronically online (1/2)

Oh no you mean they won’t be able to rob us blind, destroy our children’s future, and make us all into blithering idiots if we don’t all beg and pay them to do those things? What ever shall we do

Watching stuff late can be so bizarre. I just started watching New Girl (15 years late and after being peripherally aware of it since then) and in my wildest imaginings I only imagined her being 10% as annoying as she is