J. D. Hellen

Absolutely love this

This piece is amazing!!!

LONESOME DOVE by Larry McMurtry

How many of you have taken a trip to Lonesome Dove? I'm finally getting around to reading this. I wanted something that would completely immerse me in a world.

I'm so grateful for my in-person writing group. I love the diversity of backgrounds and voices. There's a special vulnerability in a small writing circle.

I'm one of the youngest members of the group, so I have several models of what my life can look like someday (or even now!).

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Two stickers with text. One reads: CHATGPT AIN'T GOT NO SOUL. The other reads: IT'S NOT GOSSIP, IT'S AUTOFICTION. Both stickers have bluestoop.org at the bottom.

Blue Stoop gets me.

Fan fiction is everywhere, if you know how to look Writers who were once relegated to the internet are reshaping traditional publishing. It’s partly thanks to their infectious, generous passion.

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"...[W]hat makes the form feel especially lovely is that each of these stories is a gift. Someone, somewhere has toiled, and perhaps giggled, over their keyboard. The only glory in it for them is the hope that their words might intrigue, arouse or amuse you."

💀💀💀

Whoa. This one definitely got me tense.

Small, red, smiling blob-shaped (reminiscent of an ice cream scoop) enamel pin on cubicle wall

A happy little blob in my office from geekboypress.com at Blobfest

AI Can’t Gaslight Me if I Write by Hand - Electric Literature There are all kinds of slow movements, slow food, slow families. Perhaps it’s time for slow writing

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I used to write all my stories by hand before typing them. Now, I mostly draft by typing. Does anything get sacrificed for speed?

We're focusing on the wrong evil. Em dash is the good guy.

YES 🎤

Girls Who Journal Have Always Been Radical - Electric Literature To keep a diary is to say, I am paying attention to my life, and I believe that it matters

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Maybe it’s because she offers an alternative to the endless performance of the internet. Maybe it’s because she reminds us that we’re allowed to write things we’ll never publish. Maybe it’s because she believes, so radically, that her life is worth documenting.

PseudoPod 980: Nesters PseudoPod · Episode

Really enjoyed the Lovecraftian @pseudopod.org 980: Nesters by Siobhan Carroll, narrated by Leanna Renee Hieber! Give it a listen. 🌿🌾
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Iced tea season is here! (Spooky season is year-round.)

That sucks. 😑 But you're right that it can be good fodder!

I'm planning to begin my first trip to the Tower this fall. Looking forward to reality being crushed.

When there's a wasp flying around the front doors to your building, and you're careful about not letting it inside but know not everyone else will be

WRITE DOWN WHAT PEOPLE SAY, A Writing Tip by Callie Ann Marsalisi • Cleaver Magazine Callie Ann MarsalisiWRITE DOWN WHAT PEOPLE SAY Write down what people say–in a non-creepy way, of course! I’m a linguist in addition to being a writer, which means I did a lot of transcription in coll...

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Fun tips!

I took a really cool workshop this afternoon, The Horror of Having a Body, offered through Lighthouse Writers Workshop, taught by Daniel Levine. I left with a lot to think about what I want to say about people, bodies, and being with body horror. . . . What's horrifying about having a body? 🦵 💪👂🤚👀

Absolute Pleasure: Queer Perspectives on Rocky Horror A super queer anthology featuring Sarah Gailey, Grace Lavery, Magdalene Visaggio, and Carmen Maria Machado

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Let's make this cool collection happen. Currently shivering with antici . . . pation. 👄 #rhps #rockyhorror #queer #kickstarter

“Gotta ask,” I said, looking over our latest #product, confused. “Who is our target demographic, exactly?”

The marketing manager smirked and responded, “You are wondering who would want 90s characters doing true crime podcasts?”

“Yes.”

“Millennials, man. This is why I work in marketing.” #vss365

The screen switches between images—at least, it's supposed to. "See, there's #segmentation based on whether they're 'accepted.'" She curls her fingers into air quotes.

The room hums in approval. I nod, but I still can't see it. I'm not "accepted" and hope to Hell or Him or Her I never am.

#vss365