Nat Kimber

Congratulations to Hillary Leftwich on the release of her book today! This book is powerful and an act of healing for the women in your life or anyone who has felt invisible or powerless in this world. So much love for what this book brings to the world!

Peeing and Pooping in Space: A 100% Factual Illustrated History A 100% Factual Illustrated History

There's a book on this, too! (I met the editor who made it) heehee

Really worth a read. Sent it to my father, too.

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Did you know I offer agent one to one sessions via the lovely people at Jericho Writers? A few spots left for Friday Feb 21st. Sign up here before Tues!

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It's PM official! I've moved to The Rights Factory from Olswanger Literary. To celebrate, I'm opening to queries!

Querying writers, if you think we'd be a good fit, please query me at this link: querytracker.net/query/ClaraC...

Women and AFAB writers, Oye Drum (oyedrum.com) has a new call for submissions, themed "The Letter": check it out!
shorturl.at/WtHcb

NYC Writers Circle reading on Wednesday Jan 29th, 7-9pm at KGB! Featuring:

Seth Fragomen
Larry Parker
Brian Pascus
Michaella Sangiolo
Michael Shangkuan

Scrivener is accepting submissions to our return issue, no. 46. The call lasts till February 19. Send everything excellent.
#callforsubmissions

Drop the Micro Quick reads of fantastic micro fiction & CNF! Up Next! Short, Shorter, Shortest: A Reading of Flash and Short Stories December 19, 8 – 9 pm (Eastern) An evening of readings from: T…

I’ll be reading with Tara Isabel Zambrano, @demisty.bsky.social, and @taracampbell.bsky.social on December 19, 2024, part of @mynachang.bsky.social’s Drop the Mic(ro) series (with special guest host @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social)!

Register here:

mynachang.com/drop-the-mic...

I'd like a copy, too, please! Any left?

My brilliant colleague Jes Trudel is hosting a writers' retreat in Ontario this April. I bet it will be beautiful, and a productive inspiration.

"We should seek laughter first and cackling. Laughter loud as hell. Bubbles air nostalgia, reveries tempt thrills. Punctuation must be joking, paragraphs are cheats…."

Our brilliant friend and EiC @jeffreybarken.bsky.social leads our new issue, REWILDING, reminding us to LOL.

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie made a blockbuster feminist movie about Barbie and they nominated Ken lmao

Next week I’m hosting NYC Writers Circle again! Always the last Wednesday of the month at KGB, always a wholesome, inspiring time.

Cloaked

Loved Source Code
Train to Busan
Night Train (2009)
Brief Encounter (kinda… there’s a museum at the station where it was filmed in the UK that is dedicated to the film—Carnforth Station Heritage Centre)

Beyond his own achievements, one of the many individuals and classes Martin Luther King Jr has to stand in for are all the people who were murdered because of their political activism. There’s no Medgar Evers day, no Malcolm X day, no Birmingham bombing victims day, etc. There’s just one day

Nat Kimber aka NatKim aka Ratalie (in 3rd grade)

Me: *cough*
My cat: fuck this absolute chaos I am out of here

Monologging January 2024: "Rewilding" Teaser

Coming soon! REWILDING!

Rewilding is about restoring nature to a delicate balance. But rewilding can take place in our creativity and in communication.

Rewilding is stewardship, steadfastness, & interconnectedness, forging compassionate bonds among all.

Video @chicanofuturisto.bsky.social <3

Get To DC Visit the post for more.

There’s an updated list of buses traveling to the march for Palestine in DC Saturday. Ways are being made for you to join us from many parts of the US. Palestinians have expressed gratitude for the efforts of people to demonstrate en masse for them & urged us to continue.

march4gaza.org/get-to-dc/

Happy to announce I'm now working with @therightsfactory.bsky.social as Assistant Agent! I'm on the lookout for character-driven, female-led fiction that I can enjoy while drinking a cup of tea. Query me at the link below!

Comfy posting

Automating mistrust Ben Williamson Turnitin can now analyse students' individual writing styles to tackle 'contract cheating'. Image by Xavi The acquisition of plagiarism detection company Turnitin for US$1.75 billion, d...

A huge amount of academic and student intellectual property was required to enable edtech company Turnitin, its big media owners, and now its right wing weaponists, to treat education as a domain of mistrust codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/a...

Manhattan sits across the Hudson River bathed with the glow of a vibrant red sunrise.

The sunrise rarely glows so red. Taken this morning from the Weehawken Studio.

Screenshot of top two items on today’s Washington Post editorial page. The first asks if the spread of war can be stopped. The second pushes for a larger and more lethal military.

There is no greater home for cognitive impairment than the Washington Post editorial page

picture collage of six women employed as agents at The Rights Factory

Happy Friday!! Please say hello to my fellow agents at @therightsfactory.bsky.social
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We all are here to connect with writers and readers #WritingCommunity #books

Reminds me of the Malcolm X opera at the Met in NYC, with tickets priced at $165-$600 a seat.