B.K. Jackson
@bkjackson.bsky.social
Writer/Dev. Editor/Coach—✍️in The Sun, WIRED, HuffPost, LATimes, Memoir—✍️ on abandonment & grief, founder of www.severancemag.com, for NPEs, MPEs, & adoptees. www.bkjacksonwriter.com
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Memoir, Binders
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B.K. Jackson
@bkjackson.bsky.social
· Apr 4
If you're interested in how ADHD influences the creative process, please follow me on a new account, @creativelyadhd.bsky.social and on Instagram @creatively_adhd. I've also started a new Substack to build community around this topic — I'd love for you to join the conversation there.
Important piece by @laurajenx.bsky.social about the things seldom said about pain. spillitall.substack.com/p/the-marath...
The Marathon No One Sees
The loneliness of chronic pain
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December 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Important piece by @laurajenx.bsky.social about the things seldom said about pain. spillitall.substack.com/p/the-marath...
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Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
Happy 10-year anniversary of Whale Road Review! Thank you to all who have contributed and to the peer reviewers who have spent countless hours reading and shaping this journal with me. Here’s another fantastic winter issue that we’re excited to share!
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
www.whaleroadreview.com/issue-41
December 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Congratulations on your 10th anniversary @whaleroadreview.bsky.social and @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social
I know we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but really, who doesn't? So I can't wait to read this memoir by @jacgorelick
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I know we shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but really, who doesn't? So I can't wait to read this memoir by @jacgorelick
Two weeks left to send your essay! For Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship, an anthology about encountering unknown close family, submit your essays (2000 word max) by Nov 16, 2025. Here's the link: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
ELJ Editions Submission Manager
WELCOME TO ELJ EDITIONS, LTD.Emerge Literary Journal is OPEN to submissions. We are open to submissions in the following windows:1/1-2/287/1-8/30Manuscript submissions are currently CLOSED.A kind remi...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Two weeks left to send your essay! For Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship, an anthology about encountering unknown close family, submit your essays (2000 word max) by Nov 16, 2025. Here's the link: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
Happy pub day Heather! Congrats on the launch of this excellent memoir about stepping into your own light. @heathersweeney.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Happy pub day Heather! Congrats on the launch of this excellent memoir about stepping into your own light. @heathersweeney.bsky.social
I loved chatting with @lisabrenner212.bsky.social about her new film One Big Happy Family, about her DNA surprise and her NPE journey. severancemag.com/one-big-happ...
One Big Happy Family - Severance Magazine
Actor, producer, screenwriter Lisa Brenner brings her DNA surprise experience and NPE journey to the big screen.
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October 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I loved chatting with @lisabrenner212.bsky.social about her new film One Big Happy Family, about her DNA surprise and her NPE journey. severancemag.com/one-big-happ...
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Great article by @laurajenx about a not great article spillitall.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
The Art of Missing the Point
A response to The New Yorker article on DNA surprises
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August 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Great article by @laurajenx about a not great article spillitall.substack.com/p/the-art-of...
For Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship (@elj editions), an anthology about encountering unknown close family, submit your essays (2000 word max) by Nov 16, 2025. Questions? DM me. Here's the link: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
ELJ Editions Submission Manager
WELCOME TO ELJ EDITIONS, LTD.Emerge Literary Journal is OPEN to submissions. We are open to submissions in the following windows:1/1-2/287/1-8/30Manuscript submissions are currently CLOSED.A kind remi...
eljpublications.submittable.com
August 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
For Relative Strangers: Inheritance, Identity, and the Meaning of Kinship (@elj editions), an anthology about encountering unknown close family, submit your essays (2000 word max) by Nov 16, 2025. Questions? DM me. Here's the link: eljpublications.submittable.com/submit
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
@dianegotauthor.bsky.social
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Looking forward to this!
Cover reveal!
I’m thrilled to share the cover for my debut memoir Camouflage, coming Oct. 28, 2025. And it’s available for pre-order! Check out my latest Substack for links. heathersweeney.substack.com/p/cover-reve...
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity
I’m thrilled to share the cover for my debut memoir Camouflage, coming Oct. 28, 2025. And it’s available for pre-order! Check out my latest Substack for links. heathersweeney.substack.com/p/cover-reve...
#5amwritersclub #writingcommunity
August 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Looking forward to this!
Join @louisebrowne.bsky.social and @sarahreinhardt.bsky.social and their stellar lineup of guests in DC in September.
Live Podcast Weekend with Adoption: The Making of Me - Severance Magazine
Louise Browne and Sarah Reinhardt are bringing their popular podcast, Adoption: The Making of Me, to life in Washington, D.C. this September
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August 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Join @louisebrowne.bsky.social and @sarahreinhardt.bsky.social and their stellar lineup of guests in DC in September.
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An excerpt from Unfixed: A Memoir of Family, Mystery and the Currents that Carry You Home, by Kimberly Warner severancemag.com/cracks-in-th...
Cracks in the Foundation - Severance Magazine
Excerpt from Unfixed: A Memoir of Family, Mystery, and the Currents That Carry You Home, by Kimberly Warner
severancemag.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
An excerpt from Unfixed: A Memoir of Family, Mystery and the Currents that Carry You Home, by Kimberly Warner severancemag.com/cracks-in-th...
Beautiful review by @eileenvcollins.bsky.social of The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social www.thesunlightpress.com/2025/06/29/t...
The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared by Casey Mulligan Walsh - The Sunlight Press
Walsh looks at grief head on, unflinching, even welcoming it as tangible proof of the love she shares with her dead.
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July 1, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Beautiful review by @eileenvcollins.bsky.social of The Full Catastrophe: All I Ever Wanted, Everything I Feared by @caseymulliganwalsh.bsky.social www.thesunlightpress.com/2025/06/29/t...
As a girl who longed to know about her absent mother, who learned that her beloved dad wasn't her father, and that her father was a handsome Italian man, how could I not love Mariska Hargitay's documentary? severancemag.com/my-mom-jayne/
My Mom Jayne - Severance Magazine
A review of Mariska Hargitay's remarkable documentary film, My Mom Jayne—a story of grief, loss, tragic secrets, and love
severancemag.com
June 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
As a girl who longed to know about her absent mother, who learned that her beloved dad wasn't her father, and that her father was a handsome Italian man, how could I not love Mariska Hargitay's documentary? severancemag.com/my-mom-jayne/
A master class in essay writing in five paragraphs from @dianegotauthor.bsky.social Mondegreen url:https://riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-things/mondegreen/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=beautiful-things-from-river-teeth-5
June 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A master class in essay writing in five paragraphs from @dianegotauthor.bsky.social Mondegreen url:https://riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-things/mondegreen/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_source_platform=mailpoet&utm_campaign=beautiful-things-from-river-teeth-5
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Reposted by B.K. Jackson
At the top of my list this week is Amie McNee, who makes an impassioned plea for making art no matter what. @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social
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June 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At the top of my list this week is Amie McNee, who makes an impassioned plea for making art no matter what. @inspiredtowrite.bsky.social
creativelyadhd.substack.com/publish/post...
creativelyadhd.substack.com/publish/post...
The latest article on Severance, by @dr-liz-debetta.bsky.social
In Search of Origin - Severance Magazine
Being able to tell truthful stories about who we are and where we came from, through the lens of security rather than doubt, adoptees can begin to empower themselves and feel less alone.
severancemag.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The latest article on Severance, by @dr-liz-debetta.bsky.social
Do you struggle as a writer with ADHD? You’re not alone.
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Writing with ADHD
When the words don't fall out: an inexhaustive list of ADHD traits that can make writing harder than it needs to be
creativelyadhd.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Do you struggle as a writer with ADHD? You’re not alone.
creativelyadhd.substack.com/p/writing-wi...
creativelyadhd.substack.com/p/writing-wi...