Amy Scheiner
@amyscheiner.bsky.social
Writer
She/her
Slate*HuffPost*Blue Mesa Review* Longreads*Sewanee*Provincetown
Reader for CRAFT & Maine Review
Querying agents for memoir
www.amyscheiner.com
She/her
Slate*HuffPost*Blue Mesa Review* Longreads*Sewanee*Provincetown
Reader for CRAFT & Maine Review
Querying agents for memoir
www.amyscheiner.com
Thank you to Natalie Serber for contributing an excerpt from her first published piece “The Day You Stopped Being a Cat” from @fourthgenre !!
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January 17, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Thank you to Natalie Serber for contributing an excerpt from her first published piece “The Day You Stopped Being a Cat” from @fourthgenre !!
www.thelitpub.com
www.thelitpub.com
Check out @thelitpub.bsky.social’s interview with Danica Li whose story “My Brother William” was published in Best American Short Stories 2023!
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www.thelitpub.com
November 25, 2023 at 10:05 PM
Check out @thelitpub.bsky.social’s interview with Danica Li whose story “My Brother William” was published in Best American Short Stories 2023!
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www.thelitpub.com
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Check out Betsy Boyd’s “Hammer Time” on Moonlighting by Lit Pub!
Betsy Boyd has worked as a defensive driving instructor, t-shirt splatter-paint painter, creative writing adjunct, product namer, entertainment reporter, and women's magazine editor.
#writersofbluesky #booksky #fiction #writers
Betsy Boyd has worked as a defensive driving instructor, t-shirt splatter-paint painter, creative writing adjunct, product namer, entertainment reporter, and women's magazine editor.
#writersofbluesky #booksky #fiction #writers
November 25, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Check out Betsy Boyd’s “Hammer Time” on Moonlighting by Lit Pub!
Betsy Boyd has worked as a defensive driving instructor, t-shirt splatter-paint painter, creative writing adjunct, product namer, entertainment reporter, and women's magazine editor.
#writersofbluesky #booksky #fiction #writers
Betsy Boyd has worked as a defensive driving instructor, t-shirt splatter-paint painter, creative writing adjunct, product namer, entertainment reporter, and women's magazine editor.
#writersofbluesky #booksky #fiction #writers
We officially relaunched @thelitpub.bsky.social! We accept fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on a rolling basis! www.thelitpub.com
November 24, 2023 at 8:13 PM
We officially relaunched @thelitpub.bsky.social! We accept fiction, nonfiction, and poetry on a rolling basis! www.thelitpub.com
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We are live!! Check out our new lit journal, Moonlighting thelitpub.com
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
November 24, 2023 at 6:52 PM
We are live!! Check out our new lit journal, Moonlighting thelitpub.com
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
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Get ready… Relaunch Friday!✨
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
November 21, 2023 at 11:27 PM
Get ready… Relaunch Friday!✨
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
#writersOfBluesky #Booksky #journals #Fiction #Creativenonfiction #poetry #writerscommunity #moonlighting #writerssupportingwriters
October 30, 2023 at 2:50 AM
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"When I learned about God as a child, I remember thinking: He had nothing on Mom."
Love the voice in this essay by @amyscheiner.bsky.social in @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social
#cnf #essay
Love the voice in this essay by @amyscheiner.bsky.social in @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social
#cnf #essay
October 28, 2023 at 4:07 PM
"When I learned about God as a child, I remember thinking: He had nothing on Mom."
Love the voice in this essay by @amyscheiner.bsky.social in @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social
#cnf #essay
Love the voice in this essay by @amyscheiner.bsky.social in @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social
#cnf #essay
Thank you @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social for publishing my @longreads essay from 2019!
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sugarsugarsalt.org
October 28, 2023 at 2:38 AM
Thank you @sugarsugarsaltlit.bsky.social for publishing my @longreads essay from 2019!
sugarsugarsalt.org
sugarsugarsalt.org
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My island was there before 1492.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
October 9, 2023 at 5:57 PM
My island was there before 1492.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
My ancestors were alive before 1492.
Decolonize your mind.
Decolonize your syllabus.
Decolonize your fiction.
Happy Indigenous Peoples Day.
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performance notes open.substack.com/pub/wendycor...
::performance notes::
ephemera
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October 2, 2023 at 1:22 AM
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Just had a convo with another teacher who said he doesn’t believe climate change is real. So glad we’re teaching this to the next generation while NYC is under water.
October 1, 2023 at 1:38 PM
Just had a convo with another teacher who said he doesn’t believe climate change is real. So glad we’re teaching this to the next generation while NYC is under water.
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We are OPEN. Paying $100.
September 14, 2023 at 12:50 AM
We are OPEN. Paying $100.
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On writing: 131. “With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one’s reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.” – Roxane Gay
#writer(s)
#writer(s)
September 14, 2023 at 11:08 AM
On writing: 131. “With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one’s reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write.” – Roxane Gay
#writer(s)
#writer(s)
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I wrote about the anti-choice movement’s new attacks on women and girls’ right to travel, and their increasingly open stance that the state should participate in men’s domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Anti-choice states aren’t satisfied. Now they want to punish traveling for abortions | Moira Doneg...
A husband who doesn’t want his wife to get an abortion could sue the friend who offered to drive her, according to this legislation’s own architect
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September 12, 2023 at 10:39 AM
I wrote about the anti-choice movement’s new attacks on women and girls’ right to travel, and their increasingly open stance that the state should participate in men’s domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"I keep thinking about those women who faced the wrath of their community, of everyone they cared about, to say that they were violently raped by a famous man with even more famous friends."
I wrote about Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, and Mila Kunis.
I wrote about Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, and Mila Kunis.
A Convicted Rapist and His Famous Friends | Patreon
Official Post from Ella Dawson
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September 9, 2023 at 3:54 AM
"I keep thinking about those women who faced the wrath of their community, of everyone they cared about, to say that they were violently raped by a famous man with even more famous friends."
I wrote about Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, and Mila Kunis.
I wrote about Danny Masterson, Ashton Kutcher, and Mila Kunis.
Flash nonfiction in Stonecoast Review!
September 7, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Flash nonfiction in Stonecoast Review!
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Places open for subs today:
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
September 1, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Places open for subs today:
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
AGNI
River Teeth
The Kenyon Review
The Cincinnati Review
New England Review
The Southern Review
The Yale Review
Bellevue Literary Review
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My mini writers retreat ✍️📖🌳
September 2, 2023 at 10:20 PM
My mini writers retreat ✍️📖🌳
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💐Congratulations @morgantalty.bsky.social !
Night of the Living Rez has been Shortlisted for the
🏆2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award!
marktwainhouse.org/american-voi...
Night of the Living Rez has been Shortlisted for the
🏆2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award!
marktwainhouse.org/american-voi...
August 30, 2023 at 7:51 PM
💐Congratulations @morgantalty.bsky.social !
Night of the Living Rez has been Shortlisted for the
🏆2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award!
marktwainhouse.org/american-voi...
Night of the Living Rez has been Shortlisted for the
🏆2023 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award!
marktwainhouse.org/american-voi...
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Reminder that we are currently open for submissions for a new online issue on LATINX MONSTERS, guest edited by our friend Ofelia Montelongo. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. We pay $50, no sub fee. We'd like this to run in late Oct. so we're moving quickly on it. Full details:
Barrelhouse - Latine Monsters Issue
Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse! Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep...
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August 31, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Reminder that we are currently open for submissions for a new online issue on LATINX MONSTERS, guest edited by our friend Ofelia Montelongo. Fiction, poetry, nonfiction. We pay $50, no sub fee. We'd like this to run in late Oct. so we're moving quickly on it. Full details:
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My migraine rescue drug seems to be getting less effective and works not at all lately. But at least I have swimming. Wrote this essay a while back for @catapult.co about the magic and salvation that is swimming: catapult.co/stories/bodi...
August 27, 2023 at 5:45 PM
My migraine rescue drug seems to be getting less effective and works not at all lately. But at least I have swimming. Wrote this essay a while back for @catapult.co about the magic and salvation that is swimming: catapult.co/stories/bodi...
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This is where the poem holds its breath,
where the usable truth sways, sorrowing,
and the people sway with the truth of it,
and this is where the poem enters the dark.
—Maureen Seaton
where the usable truth sways, sorrowing,
and the people sway with the truth of it,
and this is where the poem enters the dark.
—Maureen Seaton
Etta’s Elegy
for Etta Silver (1913–2013) This is where the poem holds its breath, where the usable truth sways, sorrowing, and the people sway with the truth of it, and this is where the poem enters the dark. Th...
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August 27, 2023 at 12:57 AM
This is where the poem holds its breath,
where the usable truth sways, sorrowing,
and the people sway with the truth of it,
and this is where the poem enters the dark.
—Maureen Seaton
where the usable truth sways, sorrowing,
and the people sway with the truth of it,
and this is where the poem enters the dark.
—Maureen Seaton
How does one get through one’s Goodreads list in one lifetime?🤔
August 26, 2023 at 3:56 AM
How does one get through one’s Goodreads list in one lifetime?🤔