Hey #books and mag peeps: important question at end: I'm an Edgar-nominated author of mysteries. I have some exciting things in the works. But there is one thing bugging me: I wrote a short story that I think is so good it gives me chills. I got a handwritten rejection from the Paris Review ⬇️

Sometimes I ask myself “Self? What the fuck?” And myself is like “Fuck if I know.” Then I’m like “Bruh.” And myself is like “I know, right?” And we laugh and laugh, then cry in the fetal position.

Let's see if Bluesky can do what X and Threads have been unable to do. Repost freely please!
WHO DREW THIS?
I got it at an estate sale. I can't read the signature.
The lion is looking at the butterfly by his nose 😍.
I adore this. Pencil on paper.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Book #2

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

-- Voltaire

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #BookChallenge #Books 💙📚
Book #1

Loads of #literary #magazines are coming to Bluesky, here is a great list to follow! PLEASE SHARE TO HELP THEM LEAVE TWITTER!

#litmags #writer #writingcommunity

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My word of the day (and personal recommendation) is ‘snerdling’ (18th century): nestling cosily beneath the covers and holding off the day a little longer.

Morning.

Create.
Uplift those you can.
And a Buddhist proverb to remember when you feel overwhelmed:

Tend the garden you can reach.

Okay for those of you who celebrate Christmas, how many of you have put up your Christmas tree? 🌲 I just feel like we need all the joy we can get right now.

And if you don't celebrate, have you done something else festive?

I need a little Christmas, right this very minute.

I am here for dogs, writing, art, theater, film, musicals, anything creative. I have a dog named Claude. I do not want to see pol**ics. This is Claude in his holiday bow tie and with his candy cane.

I hope he knew how much joy he gave to the world; I'm afraid he thought it wasn't "important." It was so important.

I hope he's found peace. #RIPMatthewPerry

(Artist: Lucy Claire Dunbar)

"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." F. Scott Fitzgerald

#autumn