Okay, I make my #NotAtAWP jokes every year, but for real, tonight is the annual NAWP (Not at AWP, @notatawp.bsky.social) online open mic. Sign up & join the fun!
And please note the new 8:00 pm start time.
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@mitchnobis.bsky.social
http://mitchnobis.com Writer (poetry & fiction). Doofus. Old man hooper. Metro Detroit. Posts are my own, obviously—that's why I said it & not my employer, parents, or dog. Also: WNS @wns-at-ksf.bsky.social & NAWP @notatawp.bsky.social
Okay, I make my #NotAtAWP jokes every year, but for real, tonight is the annual NAWP (Not at AWP, @notatawp.bsky.social) online open mic. Sign up & join the fun!
And please note the new 8:00 pm start time.
bsky.app/profile/read...
100%
05.03.2026 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Time to hype some books! If you haven't yet (!!!) you really need to get Mitch's. I'll share some more books as the day progresses.
05.03.2026 14:47 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Ha, thanks bud!
05.03.2026 15:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This one from @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social. ghostparachute.com/issue/januar...
05.03.2026 15:17 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0I'd missed that one--thanks!
05.03.2026 15:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0And a few I really loved recently. This from @adamg.bsky.social. www.havehashad.com/hadposts/an-...
05.03.2026 15:09 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0So good!
05.03.2026 15:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Fairytales have teeth too" is so good. Great piece!
05.03.2026 15:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Love this!
05.03.2026 15:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0description of share a little magic project
i’m working on a new project and would *love* your help!
if you have a minute, head over to my website and let me know what you do when you need a little magic in your life… i’ll create visuals for your ideas and share them online for anyone who needs them! 🩷✨
www.lightthewild.com/sharealittle...
This is my latest flash. maudlinhouse.net/when-we-haun...
05.03.2026 15:04 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0Here, I'll hype a few dozen of you: I updated the interviews page on my website yesterday (finally), so this *should* have links to every @wns-at-ksf.bsky.social & Inbox Wisdom interview I've hosted/conducted. TONS of amazing authors here!
05.03.2026 14:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Caught a great panel* at #NotAtAWP26!
*made a couple buckets at last night's rec-league basketball game
Hey, whether you're at #AWP26 or at #NotAtAWP26, let's help hype each other's stuff today. What books, pieces, or projects do you have that you're promoting? Let's reply and re-post and help turn this grizzly world into something a bit more beautiful today.
05.03.2026 14:01 — 👍 16 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0Just did, bro. 🤘
05.03.2026 13:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0OH HELL YEAH, get yours!
05.03.2026 13:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
For real though, if you find yourself having drinks with a literary agent and talking about basketball (Pistons in 6 in '26), maybe mention the dad hoopin' novel I'm querying?
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I involuntarily just made chugga chugga sounds. Thus is the power of trains.
04.03.2026 23:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Are you sad you're missing AWP? Join our open mic Thursday @ 8:00 pm Eastern!
Wish you could hit the book fair? The hotel bar? Just pile up your 79 unread books you already own by your computer, grab a drink, and get NAWPy!
Just landed* at #NotAtAWP!
*got back home from taking my kid to an appointment
New and Improved! Now at 8:00 pm Eastern! Join the fun. Look at your computer and pretend you're in a Baltimore bar or bookstore.
04.03.2026 21:03 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Of course! I recommend it often. 👍🏼
04.03.2026 20:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trying again:
04.03.2026 20:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0(I know that links to an ancient post. I've since heavily revised a good chunk of the novel and just started querying agents again.)
04.03.2026 20:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
100% agree and also that said if any lit agents happen to think it's because of too few sports novels about dads, hit me up:
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"USA v. Rockies" is also a landmark supreme court case where they ruled 6-3 it is okay to blow up a mountain as long as a venture capitalist signs an affidavit saying he thinks there are jewels inside
04.03.2026 19:48 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0This sounds amazing, and reminder that Emily wrote a great basketball novel too: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
04.03.2026 15:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
On my way to #NotAtAWP26* this morning, this guy** at the airport*** wouldn't shut up****. Sigh.
*work
**my kid
***in the car on the way to get dropped off at school
****in his defense, he has a big history project he's behind on
Shout-out to Source Booksellers in Detroit! And isn't Pages Bookshop on Grand River Black-owned too?
04.03.2026 14:49 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0