Issue 269, Jan-Apr 2025 — Press 53
Thanks for the 2025 Pushcart Prize nomination, Press 53, and congratulations to my fellow nominees!
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Morbid curiosity made me watch a video promising fat royalty checks to “digital publishers” who churn out AI book outlines, which are then “fleshed out” by “low-cost ghostwriters.” This made me so sad. Who are these poor ghostwriters? Who is buying such AI schlock? Am I obsolete?
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Yesssss!
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Yes
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Thx - followed all! And here’s me - @gingerprin.bsky.social
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Fiction writers — what’s the weirdest query you ever typed into Google, to better understand your characters? Mine was, “Intimacy after amputation.” #TheTrainToSantaFe @regalhouse.bsky.social
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75th National Book Awards
I look forward to watching the National Book Awards ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 20 at 8 pm — Barbara Kingsolver, Kate McKinnon, and Jon Batiste! Yes, please!
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Never give up.
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I’m not here to post my THOUGHTS. I’m not here to share IDEAS. I’m here to post PICTURES OF MUSHROOMS and BE AN IDIOT
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Write about science and people. Twitter refugee. Corazón colombiano. My new book, VALLEY OF FORGETTING, is on sale from @riverheadbooks.
Writer & cartoonist.
Author of the spooky middle grade mystery MAYBE THERE ARE WITCHES.
A traditional House, with imprints Fitzroy Books, House of Kel, and Pact Press and nonprofit Regal House Initiative, committed to the publication of finely crafted literature.
Writer of novels, short fiction, flash, prose poetry. Co-editor of -ette review. Illustrator. Teacher. THE CITY BENEATH HER (Regal House) and THE SINGING BONE (Regan Arts) http://www.beth-hahn.com Plus design and #100devs
Writer and editor in Indianapolis. Co-founder of @brownbaglit.bsky.social
www.shastagrant.com
Novelist and (occasional) book reviewer. Latest novel: THE INHABITANTS (Regal House Publishing)
novels, stories, an occasional drawing. oh, and dogs. lots of dogs. www.alicekaltman.com
I like telling stories. Some are true, some are made up. Some become documentary films. Some become novels.
JUST EMILIA, coming June 2025
www.jenniferoko.com
www.because.media
AKMARAL "a crackling novel" (Publishers Weekly) about ancient Central Asian women warriors | Founder/Director of The Writers Circle creative writing center in NJ
Author. Adventurer. Lover of rocks, LOTR, and obscure facts.
IG: @robyndabneyauthor
Heron spotter, library lover, kidlit nerd, photographer, voter. Author of GITTEL (Regal House/Fitzroy Books, 4/2025). www.laurieschneider.com #booksky
Writes,teaches,reads. Partner: John V., Proud parent: Jackson, Wilson. Huge Bluey Fan. Fiction: See above, NF: Teaching Creative Writing: The Geek's Guide to the Writing Life; Rethinking Creative Writing & more. Memoir & novel ip, taking their sweet time.
Writer, professor, lurker. Author of ANGELS AT THE GATE (coming in 2025) and a few other novels. www.sherijoseph.com
Civil rights attorney & poet / author of My Dear Comrades
https://www.sunuchandy.net/
Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, coming from Regal House in October 2025. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
Aussie writer in SoCal. Kidlit, romcoms. AKA Kit Holliday, Hazel Graves, Heather Spellman.
Open to IP work. She/her Rep: Joanna Rasheed @ Ultra Literary
www.stephaniecampisi.com | www.broomsticklers.com | www.hazelgraves.com
Writer, author, immigrant, traveler, art lover, semi-recovering introvert. Sometimes prefers animals to people. Life is short, so do the thing.
