π₯These words from Anton Chekhov ring 1000 times true every time I read them: "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." #writerlife #writer #writing
30.06.2025 20:06 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@ladoyleauthor.bsky.social
Author of LIGHT AND ASH (forthcoming novel, Sibylline Press) & WORLD GONE MISSING: STORIES (Regal House). Nominee, 2025 Pushcart Prize. Words in McSweeny's, Alta, The Rumpus, LA Review. www.laurieanndoyle.com
π₯These words from Anton Chekhov ring 1000 times true every time I read them: "Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." #writerlife #writer #writing
30.06.2025 20:06 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0π₯ It was wonderful to hit the streets last Saturday to protest Trump's cruelty. We saw many signs like this one! β€οΈ
#writers #NoKings #protest #indivisible
I'm thrilled to be introducing poet & playwright Paul S. Flores TOMORROW 6/14 at Babylon Salon. Pls join us at The Sycamore in the Mission at 5:30pm. As always, free! www.babylonsalon.com
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π₯On Sat, 6/14, Babylon Salon proudly presents #authors Kate Folk [Sky Daddy], Paul S Flores [We Still Be], Duane Horton [No Hero Alone], S.G. Browne [Lost Creatures] & Lauren Parker [Spells for Success]! Come out to The SycamoreSF for drinks at 5pm! Reading, 5:30. Free! Deets: www.babylonsalon.com π
24.05.2025 21:15 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was great to be part of the Page St. Writers' event at Sebastopol's Lit Crawl on Sat 5/17! I read about my family's roots in Healdsburg, CA - a first for me!
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πΏPlease join us this Sat 5/17 @ LitCamp's #reading at Sebastopol's #Litcrawl when 15 #writers-- including me--share short takes on a having a super bad attitude! 5pm, 186 N. Main Street. FREE. It'd be great to see you! π
#writer #writing #books
It was a stupendous evening Lori!
09.05.2025 23:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happiness abounds! Wishing a wonderful launch to @loriostlund.bsky.social whose new story collection ARE YOU HAPPY? will astound & delight you! I highly recommend this book! loriostlund.com
09.05.2025 19:12 β π 7 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks so much, Julia! So glad to be with you all, says me the typo queen!
30.04.2025 00:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks so much, Cody!
29.04.2025 01:58 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks very much, Olga! πΏ
28.04.2025 23:27 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you, Ange!
28.04.2025 20:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, Erin! π
28.04.2025 20:13 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, Grace! β€οΈ
28.04.2025 20:11 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π VeRRy VERRRY happy to say I just signed w/Sibylline Press, who'll publish my historical #novel LIGHT AND ASH--which takes place during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake--in Spring, 2027. Many thanks to Vicki DeArmon & @juliaparktracey.bsky.social, who, among others, made this happen! ππ π
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24.04.2025 16:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excited to be reading w/ Brandy Collins & Leslie Kirk Campbell! Please join us! ππ₯
@thewritersgrotto.bsky.social #writers #fiction #writing #reading
π₯I've been demonstrating since my 20s & I'm not about to stop now! So heartening to see that tens of thousands of protesters hit in the streets Saturday! Here's what we looked like in Berkeley, CA! π
08.04.2025 03:47 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I obsess about ,,, commas!
07.04.2025 22:45 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π I had a wonderful time #reading at Lit Nights on Friday! My fellow #authors were awesome, as was the Prosecco! β
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π Friends! I'm excited to be offering "Great Writers Steal: How the Work of Master Writers Can Inform & Inspire You" starting Th, 4/10 online @thewritersgrotto.bsky.social! Weβll study the stories of Baldwin & others to get insights for yr own work. Details:
www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...
I love this! β₯οΈ
26.03.2025 20:53 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We'll miss you, Erin!
25.03.2025 22:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm excited to be sharing some of my forthcoming novel LIGHT AND ASH at "Lit Nights" on Fri 3/28 @ 6:30pm @Page Street in SF! The amazing Janis Cooke Newman will be MCing! π Free & open to the public! Pls join us! www.litcampwriters.org/our-events
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An eerily gorgeous photo taken near the Strait of Magellan by my brother Tomπ
06.03.2025 20:17 β π 14 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0TONIGHT! Please join us! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ
01.03.2025 19:34 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0Buy nothing today! Fight inflation & the billionaire takeover πͺ
28.02.2025 16:30 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nina & 4 other incredible authors will be reading at Babylon this Sat, 3/1 at The Sycamore SF, 5;30pm. We'd love to see you! As always, admission is free!
27.02.2025 20:12 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0sam sax's new book "Yr Dead" was just longlisted for the National Book Award! π π π Join us at Babylon this Sat, Mar 1 to hear sax & other amazing authors aβweβll be in The Sycamore SF's covered patio in back! Doors, 5pm, Reading, 5:30pm. www.babylonsalon.com
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Celebrating Victor Hugo today & every day! #writingcommunity
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