Tressa Cherry 🏳️‍🌈

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With GCLS Con in MSP just over 2 weeks away, I’m so stoked to see our new Writing Academy grads and alums! It’ll be great to catch up with my classmates again and get to know more of the rest of you. Safe travels, everyone!
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There are 216 days until our 20th Annual Conference, but there are only 40 days left to grab an early bird ticket. Join us in celebrating our anniversary in the Twin Cities July 10-14. bit.ly/GCLS2024

Hey, just want to let y’all know that there’s an option to do a monthly auto-draft amount too rather than just a one-time donation. I know this helped me give more given my tight budget.

The Eunice Williams Nonfiction Prize — HerStry The Eunice Williams Nonfiction Prize presented by HerStry Literary Magazine. Guest judge Emily Bernard will read works by and about women.

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Submissions Close January 1, 2024

Submissions for our third annual Eunice Williams Nonfiction Prize are open. Share your best personal essay under 5,000 words now through December 15 for a chance to win one of three cash prizes.

herstryblg.com/herstry-contest

You’re very welcome. Thank you for submitting ideas! I love it when our community drives the Con content.

I should qualify: there can’t be wildlife in the water that are likely to kill me. You know piranhas, crocodiles, hippos, pythons, etc. I’m not ThaT stupid. 😂

Omg the cuteness!! 🥰

Actually, no. All I would need is a couple of kayakers with swift water-rescue skills and gear and maybe a few folks who also think doing arguably stupid things are fun. There’s a small wing in the Cherry familia who’ve been flirting w/ Darwin Awards all our lives & we have some fantastic stories. 😂

GCLS 2024 Conference: Panel, Class, & Presentation Suggestions The 2024 GCLS Conference is coming to Minneapolis St. Paul and the theme is Many Voices, One Community! Do you have an idea for a Panel, Master Class, or Presentation that you would like to share with...

I found out today that GCLS is already taking submissions for panels, presentations, and classes for the Con (til Jan 15th) for the 2024 Con. Here's the form, which also has great info on how much or how little input you can have on your suggestion. forms.gle/g3JAww7bLE2p...

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This is an awesome idea for a panel or workshop at the GCLS Con. I just responded to someone who QRTd your post. I’m going to tag you over there so you can see the info I shared about it.

If you signed up to receive GCLS newsletters/announcements, etc., you’ll see the notification. Here’s the link to sign up. There are GCLS accounts on most social media platforms where announcements are posted.

You don’t even have to moderate, but you will need to assist with developing the purpose and ideas for how to make it a meaningful panel, presentation, or workshop. GCLS will announce an open call for submissions at some point in the next few months.

This does sound like an awesome topic for the GCLS Con or for a Virtual Series presentation, although I think a Con panel, presentation, or workshop would get more interaction and increase absorption for learning. FYI Anyone can’t submit a proposal for a panel.

Nikki's Fight For Life, organized by Melissa Brayden Nikki Needs Us Now. In the blink of an eye, everything can change. Never have I believed i… Melissa Brayden needs your support for Nikki's Fight For Life

It’s tragic that a medical crisis can bankrupt people in the US, but it’s true, and one of our own needs community help. Even small donations add up. So if you have $5 or $25 or even more that you can contribute to someone who really needs its rn, that would be awesome and so appreciated by them!

A list of open submissions shared by Babes Who Write!
herstryblg.com/campaigns/vi...

Sapphic fiction authors and reviewers to follow on Bluesky. Beneath the text is a shelf full of rainbow-colored books and a hand reaching for the purple book.

I put together a Google doc of Bluesky handles of authors, reviewers, and other folks in the sapphic books world to make it easier to find & follow each other.

If I haven't already added yours, please add it here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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The first thing I would tell you is to be consistent with your marketing. I have ADHD so being consistent for me is scheduling my promo graphics and ads weeks ahead of time. It's also networking and now I'm doing crosspromotion and giveaways.

Thank you for sharing this! I struggle greatly with consistency.

I included Ice Queens bc of YOU! 🤣😂

As long as you don’t insult a cat or an ice queen, things will only get funnier with us. 😂

That was hilarious! 😂

That was brilliant!

I was expecting more questions about sex, but Finn Burnett interviewed me in their 5 Questions series and now I'm afraid people will hate me for not loving pizza.

I will happily exchange my chocolate for your pizza. And I don’t think I could ever hate you. 💞 Unless you’re ever my editor, then all bets are off. 😅😂

The book cover for Leverage: Book Two in the Halcyon Division Series by E. J. Noyes.

I've got a bonus for you today! There's an excerpt for Leverage: Book Two in the Halcyon Division Series up on the Bella Books site! The bonus? Instead of just one chapter, you get prologue AND chapter one!
Take a peek ⬇️Preorder available now for release 16 Nov.

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The text says “How to prepare for a zoom meeting.” There is a person sitting at a desk, appearing to be on a zoom call. And above the desk, a cat is securely duct-taped to the wall.

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THIS!!!