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read this book about revision that’s also about your deep inner writing life I recently spent six months teaching revision strategies (and strategies for emotionally navigating the revision process) to creative writers across genres through the Loft Literary Center in...

My rec for the soulful & practical book Living Revision for writers www.eliotwesteditorial.com/blog/read-th... (I wrote & scheduled this post ages ago, but now the author Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is a speaker for Wholehearted Writers Week! Apply by Sunday 10/12 for a reduced rate...)

We will also be doing our online auction again, check out the shawl I made!!! (Photo was taken in our synagogue's beautiful historic sanctuary, which I wanted it to match)

Register for the auction by viewing its home page while logged in to your 32auctions account: www.32auctions.com/Bundled2025

Wholehearted Writers What is Wholehearted Writers Week? This five-day-long online event is a writer’s retreat, a conference, a festival, a community space . It's also highly individualized and flexible. Your  ...

Early bird discount ends one week from today! Learn from & chat with 4 kind, talented, kinda goofy editors and a lineup of 8 truly amazing writers across genres, and work on your project(s) in good company this January. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

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Meet our speakers! Lizzie Huxley-Jones, author. Let's talk about making your writing work for you! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

Lizzie Huxley-Jones is an autistic author based in London. They are the author of queer holiday rom-coms, Hits Different co-written with Tasha Ghouri, and the Vivi Conway series. They write joyful stories that centre queerness and disability

We're so excited to have @littlehux.bsky.social join us!

Meet our speakers! Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, author and teacher. Join me for a workshop on releasing your creativity! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew is the author of three books on writing. Her creative work includes memoirs, novels, and personal essays. She also teaches writing as a transformational practice and hosts an online writing community.

We're delighted to have Elizabeth giving a workshop with us!

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Just got a "reminder that your subscription ends soon!" email but they mean I need to renew by the end of *December*. I think ... it's okay ... for now? lol

Meet our speakers! M.L. Krishnan, essayist and author. Let's talk about the writing life! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com The background is a rainbow-hued light over the audience's view of a theater, the red curtains drawn. A headshot of M.L. Krishnan is in front.

We're so excited to have emelkrishnan.bsky.social join us!

M. L. Krishnan has been awarded Fellowships & Residencies from Tin House, MacDowell, the Carnegie Corporation, Millay Arts, and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her work has appeared in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, and elsewhere.

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Meet our speakers! Naomi Kritzer, blogger and author. Let's talk about balancing writing and life! Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com Image background is of a theater from the seats, curtains drawn. A headshot of Naomi Kritzer is in the center: a white woman with long dark and grey hair pulled back, blue glasses, looking knowingly at the camera.

Naomi Kritzer is a science fiction and fantasy writer from St. Paul, Minnesota. Her fiction has won the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Edgar Award, and the Minnesota Book Award.

We're so excited to have @naomikritzer.bsky.social joining us!

I wonder if that's true at the population level! I personally was educated at a Catholic school largely by rule-oriented old-fashioned "don't ask questions just do what I say" people, and it just ... didn't stick (re punctuation or anything else).

When I'm writing for publication I do edit down my em dashes and paretheticals, but in my journal and emails and stuff I am freeeeee

Look. I have very long thoughts and many of them are embedded. (I *have* read some stuff suggesting that neurodivergent people tend to punctuate & structure sentences differently, in various ways depending on the brain quirkiness[es] in play, and I think that's kinda neat to ponder in this vein.)

The em dashes = AI thing is bizarre. People can wrest my em dashes from my cold dead very human hands. (And ellipses. And parentheses. And indeed en dashes lol. ilu punctuation marks)

Looking up thoughts on a particular use of ellipses, I came across the blanket statement "Editors don't like ellipses." This amuses me to no end so I am passing it along to you. (I did not realize I'm supposed to dislike whole entire punctuation marks; I don't think I have it in me! alas)

The 'kin' of ‘napkin’ means "little."

‘Nap’ comes from ‘nape,' which means “tablecloth.”

So a napkin is a little tablecloth.

10/10, no notes.

A female elephant seal sleeps on a sandy beach. She appears to be smiling in her sleep.

Goodnight, all. May we all know moments of peace and sun-warmed bliss like this adorable ocean potato I saw today.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

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eeeee we at Wholehearted Writers have the full speaker lineup on the website now--please go oooh and ahhh at their awesomeness (& maybe apply now to join us 12–16 Jan) wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/speakers.html #WritingCommunity #Writers #QueerWriters

eeeeeee I get to start my 8-week romance class tonight! (I haven't taught this one in 2 years and am reading the pre-class student introductions allllll excited to talk with these neat people about romance)

I think I literally did!

Amazing. No notes. (I enjoyed the Failure to Adapt episode about it, too.)

It came out in 1986 so I was smol and then ... it never came up!

I'm watching Labyrinth for the first time and it's kind of awesome. (I also discovered The Muppet Christmas Carol a couple years ago, it's nice to have these lil discoveries available in difficult times.)

Two large wooden doors are being opened, and behind them, a golden lab puppy is frolicking on grass, excitedly running toward the camera. Text says: Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. Applications are open! Come join us! wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

It's finally time!

Our doors are open and we're accepting applications for our first-ever Wholehearted Writers Week, filled with brilliant speakers, writing opportunities, community building, publishing professionals available for questions and more.

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Meet our speakers! Eugenia Triantafyllou, author & artist. Let's get into conversation about networking from the heart. Wholehearted Writers Week, January 12-16, 2026. wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com Image shows the background of a theater stage, and in the middle of the text, a promotional photo of Eugenia Triantafyllou, a white woman with orange hair and a side shave looking off to the side, wearing a see-through flower button-blouse over a black top.

Introducing our first speaker... @foxesandroses.bsky.social.

Eugenia Triantafyllou (she/her) is a Greek author and artist whose work has won the Shirley Jackson Award and has been nominated for the British Fantasy, Hugo, Ignyte, Locus, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards.

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and one more awesome speaker for now ... even more very soon 💖

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Here's one such cool person :)

Wholehearted Writers What is Wholehearted Writers Week? This five-day-long online event is a writer’s retreat, a conference, a festival, a community space . It's also highly individualized and flexible. Your  ...

We at @wholeheartedwriter.bsky.social been advertising 4 speakers but we got excited and engaged EIGHT. We're ready to start sharing who they are! Consider joining us in January to chat with these accomplished, kind writers and learn a ton :) wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

Ooh, I miss going to the PCA/ACA!

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We're about a week out from our applications opening! We're so excited to hear from you.

Spoiler: Our application isn't scary and you don't need certain credentials to qualify - we just want to hear about you.

We can't wait! wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com

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Want to get feedback from a professional editor on the opening pages of your #QueerSFF novel?

This year, @spacemagiccon.bsky.social has created that opportunity for you!

Submit your novel's opening pages to apply for a one-to-one session. ⬇

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