GESSwrites
@gesswrites.bsky.social
Writer of stories about women getting what they want.
My short story "Unnoticed" appears in #MixedBagOfTricks,
an anthology of 11 short stories by 11 women writers.
Finalist in 2025 Fugue Prose Contest
Member of Armadillo Authors Society
My short story "Unnoticed" appears in #MixedBagOfTricks,
an anthology of 11 short stories by 11 women writers.
Finalist in 2025 Fugue Prose Contest
Member of Armadillo Authors Society
Pinned
GESSwrites
@gesswrites.bsky.social
· Jul 23
Mixed Bag of Tricks: A Short Story Anthology
A Short Story Anthology
bookshop.org
Mixed Bag of Tricks is everywhere,
with stories to shock, delight, and break your heart
by @gesswrites.bsky.social (that's me!),
@ileenieweenie.bsky.social, @roanna.bsky.social,
and more writers of bsky.app/profile/arma...
#MixedBagOfTricks
#ArmadilloAuthorsSociety
bookshop.org/p/books/mixe...
with stories to shock, delight, and break your heart
by @gesswrites.bsky.social (that's me!),
@ileenieweenie.bsky.social, @roanna.bsky.social,
and more writers of bsky.app/profile/arma...
#MixedBagOfTricks
#ArmadilloAuthorsSociety
bookshop.org/p/books/mixe...
Still thinking about
the novel I finished yesterday,
(by an author I've read/enjoyed before)
which had a decent concept
(hence my purchase),
and was quite okay but not great
and I can't help wishing
still
that the author had done better
because I know she could have
since she's done it before.
the novel I finished yesterday,
(by an author I've read/enjoyed before)
which had a decent concept
(hence my purchase),
and was quite okay but not great
and I can't help wishing
still
that the author had done better
because I know she could have
since she's done it before.
a woman is sitting on a couch wearing a headband and a white shirt .
ALT: a woman is sitting on a couch wearing a headband and a white shirt .
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Still thinking about
the novel I finished yesterday,
(by an author I've read/enjoyed before)
which had a decent concept
(hence my purchase),
and was quite okay but not great
and I can't help wishing
still
that the author had done better
because I know she could have
since she's done it before.
the novel I finished yesterday,
(by an author I've read/enjoyed before)
which had a decent concept
(hence my purchase),
and was quite okay but not great
and I can't help wishing
still
that the author had done better
because I know she could have
since she's done it before.
Writerly realization...
All of the so-called rules are suggestions;
recommendations to be learned, considered,
applied, or dismissed to one's own (dis)liking.
All of the so-called rules are suggestions;
recommendations to be learned, considered,
applied, or dismissed to one's own (dis)liking.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Writerly realization...
All of the so-called rules are suggestions;
recommendations to be learned, considered,
applied, or dismissed to one's own (dis)liking.
All of the so-called rules are suggestions;
recommendations to be learned, considered,
applied, or dismissed to one's own (dis)liking.
All the movie theaters near me
are playing the same group of
disinteresting crappy movies.
are playing the same group of
disinteresting crappy movies.
a man wearing a red sweater that says " notice me "
Alt: a Black woman wearing a red sweatshirt that says " notice me " looks disgusted and puts on sunglasses and leaves
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
All the movie theaters near me
are playing the same group of
disinteresting crappy movies.
are playing the same group of
disinteresting crappy movies.
Monday morning #TeaOfTheDay:
Just a cup of #justea African chai,
#HigherHarvest almond milk,
plain ole evaporated white sugar
Just a cup of #justea African chai,
#HigherHarvest almond milk,
plain ole evaporated white sugar
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Monday morning #TeaOfTheDay:
Just a cup of #justea African chai,
#HigherHarvest almond milk,
plain ole evaporated white sugar
Just a cup of #justea African chai,
#HigherHarvest almond milk,
plain ole evaporated white sugar
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Thirty minutes wait was nothing
to see a panel Nic Stone,
Nnedi Okorafor,
Ali Hazelwood.
At @texasbookfest.bsky.social
to see a panel Nic Stone,
Nnedi Okorafor,
Ali Hazelwood.
At @texasbookfest.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thirty minutes wait was nothing
to see a panel Nic Stone,
Nnedi Okorafor,
Ali Hazelwood.
At @texasbookfest.bsky.social
to see a panel Nic Stone,
Nnedi Okorafor,
Ali Hazelwood.
At @texasbookfest.bsky.social
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Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man’s Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tatt...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tatt...
Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man's Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea
Historians are investigating the haunting handwritten manuscript, which chronicles Thomas White's escape from slavery in Maryland and adventures around the world nearly 200 years ago
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Tattered Pages Discovered in Storage Reveal an Enslaved Man’s Daring Bid for Freedom—and His Second Life at Sea
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tatt...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/tatt...
University of Austin to offer
free tuition permanently with
$100 million donation from billionaire
"The gift comes amid a broader push by wealthy conservative donors and political leaders to build new education models outside public systems andto exert influence"
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/u...
free tuition permanently with
$100 million donation from billionaire
"The gift comes amid a broader push by wealthy conservative donors and political leaders to build new education models outside public systems andto exert influence"
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/u...
Jeff Yass gives $100M to University of Austin for tuition
Yass, a school voucher supporter and an influential figure in Texas politics, said the only condition for the gift was for the school not to receive government funding.
www.texastribune.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
University of Austin to offer
free tuition permanently with
$100 million donation from billionaire
"The gift comes amid a broader push by wealthy conservative donors and political leaders to build new education models outside public systems andto exert influence"
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/u...
free tuition permanently with
$100 million donation from billionaire
"The gift comes amid a broader push by wealthy conservative donors and political leaders to build new education models outside public systems andto exert influence"
www.texastribune.org/2025/11/05/u...
Dear Black Woman Writer
a letter from Tamara Winfrey-Harris
- April 30, 2021
- Women Writers Women Books
booksbywomen.org/dear-black-w...
a letter from Tamara Winfrey-Harris
- April 30, 2021
- Women Writers Women Books
booksbywomen.org/dear-black-w...
Dear Black Woman Writer - Women Writers, Women's Books
Dear Black Woman With A Pen, You say you want to be a writer. Here is how. Write. That is it. Writers write. You want to be a writer. You write. You are not stealing time. It may feel like there are ...
booksbywomen.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Dear Black Woman Writer
a letter from Tamara Winfrey-Harris
- April 30, 2021
- Women Writers Women Books
booksbywomen.org/dear-black-w...
a letter from Tamara Winfrey-Harris
- April 30, 2021
- Women Writers Women Books
booksbywomen.org/dear-black-w...
Why is #TheGrandBudapestHotel
the only #WesAnderson movie that
I have any interest in at all and
in fact enjoy very much?
the only #WesAnderson movie that
I have any interest in at all and
in fact enjoy very much?
a man in a purple suit and hat is standing in a room .
Alt: a young man in a purple suit and hat labeled LOBBY BOY standing in a room saying: TRULY; from the movie Grand Budapest Hotel
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why is #TheGrandBudapestHotel
the only #WesAnderson movie that
I have any interest in at all and
in fact enjoy very much?
the only #WesAnderson movie that
I have any interest in at all and
in fact enjoy very much?
Forgive me again if I have re-opened your wound.
Mine continues to bleed.
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
#WishIWroteIt✍️🏾
#SoLongALetter
#MariamaBâ
Mine continues to bleed.
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
#WishIWroteIt✍️🏾
#SoLongALetter
#MariamaBâ
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Forgive me again if I have re-opened your wound.
Mine continues to bleed.
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
#WishIWroteIt✍️🏾
#SoLongALetter
#MariamaBâ
Mine continues to bleed.
- So Long a Letter by Mariama Bâ
#WishIWroteIt✍️🏾
#SoLongALetter
#MariamaBâ
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Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
#TeaOfTheDay was a big mug of #JusTea African breakfast with two mandarin peels and a dollop of #Goodflow Wildflower honey. Yum.
November 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#TeaOfTheDay was a big mug of #JusTea African breakfast with two mandarin peels and a dollop of #Goodflow Wildflower honey. Yum.
Millions of USian racists and xenophobes are relishing in no longer hiding, dissimulating, or being discreet about their hate.
November 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Millions of USian racists and xenophobes are relishing in no longer hiding, dissimulating, or being discreet about their hate.
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Today's #FunThingOfTheDay might just be this nap I just took
a woman is smiling while laying on a bed with a watermark that says 562628001
Alt: a young woman is smiling while laying on a bed with a watermark: 562628001
media.tenor.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Today's #FunThingOfTheDay might just be this nap I just took
Sleepy morning #TeaOfTheDay:
Still don't recall where I got this Ruby Chai but ain't it pretty?
Still don't recall where I got this Ruby Chai but ain't it pretty?
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sleepy morning #TeaOfTheDay:
Still don't recall where I got this Ruby Chai but ain't it pretty?
Still don't recall where I got this Ruby Chai but ain't it pretty?
Morning came too fast but
I can still count on the
neighborhood rooster to make me smile.
I can still count on the
neighborhood rooster to make me smile.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Morning came too fast but
I can still count on the
neighborhood rooster to make me smile.
I can still count on the
neighborhood rooster to make me smile.
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Each holiday season, we need hundreds of sponsors to search for the perfect gifts and basic needs to grant the wishes of SAFE clients.
See all of the options to give and deadlines at safeaustin.org/safeholidays. #AustinTX
See all of the options to give and deadlines at safeaustin.org/safeholidays. #AustinTX
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Each holiday season, we need hundreds of sponsors to search for the perfect gifts and basic needs to grant the wishes of SAFE clients.
See all of the options to give and deadlines at safeaustin.org/safeholidays. #AustinTX
See all of the options to give and deadlines at safeaustin.org/safeholidays. #AustinTX
Sometimes your #TeaOfTheDay
needs to be a #LondonFog with
both lavender AND vanilla.
(NUMI aged earl grey)
needs to be a #LondonFog with
both lavender AND vanilla.
(NUMI aged earl grey)
November 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sometimes your #TeaOfTheDay
needs to be a #LondonFog with
both lavender AND vanilla.
(NUMI aged earl grey)
needs to be a #LondonFog with
both lavender AND vanilla.
(NUMI aged earl grey)
Fictional detective:
Your cell phone pinged off this cell tower, proving that you were in the area.
Me:
Doesn't that only prove that my PHONE was in the area?
Your cell phone pinged off this cell tower, proving that you were in the area.
Me:
Doesn't that only prove that my PHONE was in the area?
November 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Fictional detective:
Your cell phone pinged off this cell tower, proving that you were in the area.
Me:
Doesn't that only prove that my PHONE was in the area?
Your cell phone pinged off this cell tower, proving that you were in the area.
Me:
Doesn't that only prove that my PHONE was in the area?
November 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM