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the end of the first act of this book made me want to chuck my reading device out the window (complimentary)
there's so much to love here 🌹
there's so much to love here 🌹
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
the end of the first act of this book made me want to chuck my reading device out the window (complimentary)
there's so much to love here 🌹
there's so much to love here 🌹
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Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Manuscript wishlists are live! We recommend popping over to our website to peruse mentor profiles before mentee applications open on Nov 6th 👀
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
Important note: Contrary to previous rounds, we are only accepting complete manuscripts this year!
www.roundtablementor.com/mentors
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TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq
#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq
#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
October 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq
#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq
#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
my latest poem, “fine dining,” for the quarter press 🤍
October 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
my latest poem, “fine dining,” for the quarter press 🤍
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A gut punch of a poem from A J Parker today!
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Remember, you can grab one of the few remaining hard copies of vol. 14, What We Do With the Ashes, that has this poem and many more amazing works!
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#thequarterly #poems #poemoftheday #indiepress #poetry #poetryread #poet #booktok #booksky
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Remember, you can grab one of the few remaining hard copies of vol. 14, What We Do With the Ashes, that has this poem and many more amazing works!
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#thequarterly #poems #poemoftheday #indiepress #poetry #poetryread #poet #booktok #booksky
August 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A gut punch of a poem from A J Parker today!
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Remember, you can grab one of the few remaining hard copies of vol. 14, What We Do With the Ashes, that has this poem and many more amazing works!
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#thequarterly #poems #poemoftheday #indiepress #poetry #poetryread #poet #booktok #booksky
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Remember, you can grab one of the few remaining hard copies of vol. 14, What We Do With the Ashes, that has this poem and many more amazing works!
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#thequarterly #poems #poemoftheday #indiepress #poetry #poetryread #poet #booktok #booksky
here are seven writing lessons you can take away from improvisational acting!
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What improv classes taught me about writing
Seven lessons you can take away from improv even if you don't act!
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August 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
here are seven writing lessons you can take away from improvisational acting!
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My interview with @afterdinnerconversation.com is out! 😄
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Read here: afterdinnerconversation.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wi...
August 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
My interview with @afterdinnerconversation.com is out! 😄
Read here: afterdinnerconversation.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wi...
Read here: afterdinnerconversation.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wi...
A princess who wants to fight. A prince who loves a boy.
Death threats and a dark omen follow the Blaivetramis twins as they fight to forge their own paths, threatened by a curse from the gods, inescapable family charades, and political malefactors.
#questpit #wip #YA #F #RF
Death threats and a dark omen follow the Blaivetramis twins as they fight to forge their own paths, threatened by a curse from the gods, inescapable family charades, and political malefactors.
#questpit #wip #YA #F #RF
August 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
i’ve been really into onomatopoeia lately. like come on, say it: whooosh. it’s so fun. underrated literary device fr
July 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’ve been really into onomatopoeia lately. like come on, say it: whooosh. it’s so fun. underrated literary device fr
where are my fellow pantsers at?
Discovery writing sucks. I love it
I'm the classic archetype of a discovery writer, sometimes to my own detriment
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July 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
where are my fellow pantsers at?
i just put something wild together…i have six series and one stand-alone novel planned (18 books total) with 400,000 words written between them so far
i never counted until now, but i’m flabbergasted with myself. no wonder i feel the way i do about getting published one day!
i never counted until now, but i’m flabbergasted with myself. no wonder i feel the way i do about getting published one day!
July 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
i just put something wild together…i have six series and one stand-alone novel planned (18 books total) with 400,000 words written between them so far
i never counted until now, but i’m flabbergasted with myself. no wonder i feel the way i do about getting published one day!
i never counted until now, but i’m flabbergasted with myself. no wonder i feel the way i do about getting published one day!
“out — gone fishing” out in Issue 10 of Last Leaves Mag
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Last Leaves Issues | Last Leaves Mag
Literary magazine accepting art and poetry submissions.
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May 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
“out — gone fishing” out in Issue 10 of Last Leaves Mag
www.lastleavesmag.com/last-leaves-...
www.lastleavesmag.com/last-leaves-...
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We released nine themed books in 2024 and two more in 2025! Everything from #techethics to #bioethics and #justiceethics Now they are all available for sale on our website as well! Pick up the print or ebook version today!
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April 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We released nine themed books in 2024 and two more in 2025! Everything from #techethics to #bioethics and #justiceethics Now they are all available for sale on our website as well! Pick up the print or ebook version today!
buff.ly/wXEZrBY
buff.ly/wXEZrBY
"Why do you get to be a kid?" out today 🏠
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Why Do You Get to Be a Kid?
That perfect grid system locks you in a circle, and the news talks about the Romeo-Juliet murder-suicide at a neighboring high school while your class hides with the door locked.
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March 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Why do you get to be a kid?" out today 🏠
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wrote a little bit about my first short story, where i've been struggling in my writing lately, and what's next :)
What is "The Apath" about?
On my speculative fiction short story published in After Dinner Conversation
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March 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
wrote a little bit about my first short story, where i've been struggling in my writing lately, and what's next :)
first draft vs. last draft:
“I paid a dollar for a vial of love off a woman on seventh street.”
“Finn paid a pound for a vial of love off a woman on Seventh Street.”
“I paid a dollar for a vial of love off a woman on seventh street.”
“Finn paid a pound for a vial of love off a woman on Seventh Street.”
March 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
first draft vs. last draft:
“I paid a dollar for a vial of love off a woman on seventh street.”
“Finn paid a pound for a vial of love off a woman on Seventh Street.”
“I paid a dollar for a vial of love off a woman on seventh street.”
“Finn paid a pound for a vial of love off a woman on Seventh Street.”
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"What if you could buy your emotions?" Read The Apath and other stories in our March, 2025 magazine! buff.ly/pMs6O7P
March 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
"What if you could buy your emotions?" Read The Apath and other stories in our March, 2025 magazine! buff.ly/pMs6O7P