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Author of A Lion in the Snow (Woodhall Press) Bylines: LitHub, The Writer’s Chronicle, Zone 3, America, The Washington Post
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Ok, but how are the robots going to feel when they find out ‘robot’ comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which means “forced labor”??
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Ok, but how are the robots going to feel when they find out ‘robot’ comes from the Czech word ‘robota’ which means “forced labor”??
Many fresh ways of coming at a familiar subject here. Thank you, Tawny Lara for the pep talk.
“Learning how to write badly isn’t learning a new skill; it’s learning how to tell perfectionism that it can no longer control my creative endeavors.” Tawny Lara explains why it’s okay to embrace your trash first drafts.
Tawny Lara on Embracing the Sh*tty First Draft
This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. It was in the first week of NYU’s creative writing summer intensive that I learned that writing badly was the route to tu…
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October 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Many fresh ways of coming at a familiar subject here. Thank you, Tawny Lara for the pep talk.
I really enjoyed his book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
Haruki Murakami was about to turn 30 when a thought occurred to him: “You know what? I could try writing a novel.” Then he realized, “If I wanted to have a long life as a novelist, I needed to find a way to stay in shape.”
The Running Novelist
If I wanted to have a long life as a writer, I needed to find a way to stay in shape.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I really enjoyed his book, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.
@literaryhub.bsky.social “Honestly, I wake every day thinking I have no clue what I’m doing. I can write a decent line of dialogue by getting the hell out of the way and not trying to overexplain? Some of my scenes could be longer?” -Peter Orner
“Depending on the context, ‘fun’ has the potential to break my heart.” Peter Orner, Morgan Richter, Kate Riley and more authors take the Lit Hub questionnaire.
Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers
The Lit Hub Author Questionnaire is a monthly interview featuring seven questions for five authors with new books. This month we talk to: Catherine Dang (What Hunger) Peter Orner (The Gossip Column…
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August 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
@literaryhub.bsky.social “Honestly, I wake every day thinking I have no clue what I’m doing. I can write a decent line of dialogue by getting the hell out of the way and not trying to overexplain? Some of my scenes could be longer?” -Peter Orner
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Reminder: Next week (Tuesday, 8/19), I'll be chatting with my friend @tmcallister.bsky.social about his terrific new book "It All Felt Impossible" at Bookish Notions in Media.
We'll talk about the book, writing, Philly sports fandom, the Eagles, and whatever else! Hope to see some of you there!
We'll talk about the book, writing, Philly sports fandom, the Eagles, and whatever else! Hope to see some of you there!
August 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Reminder: Next week (Tuesday, 8/19), I'll be chatting with my friend @tmcallister.bsky.social about his terrific new book "It All Felt Impossible" at Bookish Notions in Media.
We'll talk about the book, writing, Philly sports fandom, the Eagles, and whatever else! Hope to see some of you there!
We'll talk about the book, writing, Philly sports fandom, the Eagles, and whatever else! Hope to see some of you there!
If you liked reading Mary Karr’s LIT, check out this podcast with @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. She is as brave and revelatory with the mic as she is on the page.
Mary Karr: ‘a black belt sinner’ loved by God
Podcast Episode · The Spiritual Life with Fr. James Martin, S.J. · 07/01/2025 · 1h 3m
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July 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
If you liked reading Mary Karr’s LIT, check out this podcast with @jamesmartinsj.bsky.social. She is as brave and revelatory with the mic as she is on the page.
@short-reads.org There’s something simultaneously satisfying and thought provoking about a good segmented essay. This one reminded me of that. www.short-reads.org/artifact/?re...
Artifact
by Darien Hsu Gee | Faults and fractures.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@short-reads.org There’s something simultaneously satisfying and thought provoking about a good segmented essay. This one reminded me of that. www.short-reads.org/artifact/?re...
“We have to be a church that works together to build bridges and to keep our arms open like this very piazza—welcoming.” Pope Leo XIV
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“We have to be a church that works together to build bridges and to keep our arms open like this very piazza—welcoming.” Pope Leo XIV
Why would anyone want to go to the #nfldraft? The Good Lord knows we all need some fun, but I don’t get standing around for something you can’t see, for people who may or may not eventually one day play well, 31 of them not for your team. 🤷🏻♂️
April 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Why would anyone want to go to the #nfldraft? The Good Lord knows we all need some fun, but I don’t get standing around for something you can’t see, for people who may or may not eventually one day play well, 31 of them not for your team. 🤷🏻♂️
In a secular way, most good stories dwell in Holy Saturdays, too. It’s what characters do when they can’t get what they want that reveals them, when they are afraid, when they are waiting.
Most of our lives are spent in Holy Saturday. That is, not in the unimaginable pain of a Good Friday, or in the unbounded joy of an Easter Sunday, but in between. Don't overlook what Holy Saturday can teach us about God, about waiting and about life. www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/0...
Father James Martin: Holy Saturday teaches Christians the right way to wait
We are called to the wait of the Christian, which is called hope.
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April 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
In a secular way, most good stories dwell in Holy Saturdays, too. It’s what characters do when they can’t get what they want that reveals them, when they are afraid, when they are waiting.
@tmcallister.bsky.social loved your op/ed @nytimes.com My whole department did.
April 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
@tmcallister.bsky.social loved your op/ed @nytimes.com My whole department did.
@awfulannouncing.bsky.social somebody tell Tom it’s not about him.
February 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
@awfulannouncing.bsky.social somebody tell Tom it’s not about him.
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Dicks Sporting goods knows what’s up. #Chiefs #refs #Eagles #flyeaglesfly #ChiefsKingdom #superbowl #nflmemes #nfl #NFL
February 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dicks Sporting goods knows what’s up. #Chiefs #refs #Eagles #flyeaglesfly #ChiefsKingdom #superbowl #nflmemes #nfl #NFL