Rita E. Gould

Over the years of working on the book, Alice and I read so many LitHub articles by incredible writers to help inform our ideas and experiments. WE LOVE LITHUB! lithub.com/on-hybrid-wr...

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Young Leaders Are Ready To Take The Democratic Reins—Will The Establishment Let Them? This is the energy the Democratic Party needs

Democrats have hit historic lows in favorability with young voters. After years of being sidelined by establishment politics, these voters are demanding change. And now, a new generation of leaders is stepping up to answer the call. Will the party make space for them?

A lot of older adults forced a war on universities because that’s where their kids realized their parents were evil.

Same scare tactics, different century.

Coming up in just a few weeks: me and Randall Mann present "Poetry and Sex in Public Places," a tribute to Mutsuo Takahashi.

Guest readers include Josh Tvrdy, Armen Davoudian, Dodie Bellamy and Sam Sax.

This is a free event, sponsored by @citylightsbooks.bsky.social.

2pm Sunday, 10 August.

YIMBYism started as a single-issue movement. It's time to think bigger. New research shows that voters who like cities back denser housing. To make cities more likeable, YIMBYs need to act more like a party.

I want to enthusiastically endorse this piece from @cselmendorf.bsky.social & @profschleich.bsky.social. Thus far YIMBY has been almost entirely focused on More Housing, but ultimately, if you want people to accept density, you have to make it *nice*, and that means more than just housing.

Quote from THE CASE OF THE BODY ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS

I'm a big fan of interesting descriptions. In this week's Substack I've featured descriptive quotes that caught my fancy. Here's an example, and you'll find more at

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#AmReading #Mystery #AmWriting

The wrong shape for your opening a very common thing

I just read this article on the shape of story openings, and it's the most useful writing craft essay I've read in a long time. open.substack.com/pub/verakuri... #WritingCommunity #WritingCraft

In this workshop you’ll revise the beginning of your novel to blend beautiful prose and tight, consequential plot to create a novel that sells.

Saturday, Aug. 9th, 1-3pm PT. Via Zoom.

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#writing #novelwriting #writingclass #writingcraft #fictionwriting

Short Story Smorgasbord All reads less than an hour!

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Nominated for the RoNA Romantic Comedy award 2023!

- Secret identities
- A love square with only 2 people
- entrepreneur heroine
- soft nerdy hero
- computer game shenanigans

PLAYING FOR LOVE
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#wipsnips July 24 - This snip from Hero at Heart, my newly-released #fantasy #RobinHood #retelling comes in Ch 1 when Robyn meets Mac for the first time as she's breaking in to steal some meds. #zombie #apocalypse #fairytale #newrelease #indie #author #booksky

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It's been another fun, fast hour with #WomenWritersNetwork. Special thanks go to @annehamilton.bsky.social for agreeing to be interviewed as well as thanks to the WWN team for putting this chat together.

Glad to be of help! It's been a learning process for us all!

A5 #WomenWritersNet I love your description here--"it does what it says on the tin". So apt and funny at once.

#WomenWritersNet I like it, too! There's something innocent about the concept and the main characters frienship.

A4 #WomenWritersNet And children can have very black-white views or be sheltered from some terrible features of what's happening and why.

Q5 How did the title and the cover for Letters from Elena come about?

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A4 #WomenWritersNet Researching on-site sounds marvelous. I imagine that researching and recreating Elena's Cyprus was more challenging, particularly with a war brewing/erupting.

A2 #WomenWritersNet Agreed--my time living in England and various travels fade after so long away.

A4 #WomenWritersNet Hi, Anne--did you do tons of research for #LettersfromElena?

Q4 Letters from Elena is set in a real place and time. Did this present specific challenges (or advantages)?

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A2 #WomenWritersNetwork I feel this way about my hometown. Familiar but nowhere near the same.

Check out Ruth's novel about 4 women walking the Camino Way - Ruth, put in a link! My mind has gone blank, I'm typing so fast!!

Q2 Without giving away too much, can you give us a brief glimpse into Letters from Elena?

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Q3 Could you sum up three main themes or ideas that underpin Letters from Elena?

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Q1 Hi, Anne. To get things started, tell us a bit about yourself and your writing career.

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Welcome to our #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview series.

Today, we’re chatting with Anne Hamilton, author of the recently published novel, Letters from Elena.

We’ll ask Anne some questions about Letters from Elena, and she’ll answer below.
Please feel free to join in the conversation.

Put your contributions in the same threads as the questions. Use our hashtag #WomenWritersNet in your responses to make sure we see your posts.

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