Peg Alford Pursell
@pegalfordpursell.bsky.social
Author @Dzanc A Girl Goes Into The Forest & Show Her A Flower, A Bird, A Shadow. Publisher & EIC @WTAW Press & @Betty
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“We never end up with the book we began writing.” Wise words from @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social at @mcwconf.bsky.social that feel especially relevant as my project shapeshifts thanks to stellar feedback from my workshop crew. #mcwc25 #mendocino #books #writing #thelostartist
August 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“We never end up with the book we began writing.” Wise words from @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social at @mcwconf.bsky.social that feel especially relevant as my project shapeshifts thanks to stellar feedback from my workshop crew. #mcwc25 #mendocino #books #writing #thelostartist
Looking forward to this. @mcwconf.bsky.social Still time to register. Join us!
Hey, #Californiawriters! WTAW Press and Betty Books founder and EIC @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social will be teaching a seminar at the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference in July! Registration ends on June 30 or whenever spots are filled, so register now.
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#writersconference
Afternoon Events — MCWC
“The whole process, sitting at your desk, focusing your mind like a laser beam, imagining something out of a blank horizon, creating a story, selecting the right words, one by one, keeping the whole f...
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June 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Looking forward to this. @mcwconf.bsky.social Still time to register. Join us!
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Hey, #Californiawriters! WTAW Press and Betty Books founder and EIC @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social will be teaching a seminar at the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference in July! Registration ends on June 30 or whenever spots are filled, so register now.
mcwc.org/afternoon-ev...
#writersconference
mcwc.org/afternoon-ev...
#writersconference
Afternoon Events — MCWC
“The whole process, sitting at your desk, focusing your mind like a laser beam, imagining something out of a blank horizon, creating a story, selecting the right words, one by one, keeping the whole f...
mcwc.org
June 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Hey, #Californiawriters! WTAW Press and Betty Books founder and EIC @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social will be teaching a seminar at the Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference in July! Registration ends on June 30 or whenever spots are filled, so register now.
mcwc.org/afternoon-ev...
#writersconference
mcwc.org/afternoon-ev...
#writersconference
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A packed house at @booksonthepark.bsky.social for @anitafelicelli.bsky.social's amazing story collection: "How We Know Our Time Travelers" from @wtawpress.bsky.social. In convo w/Nayomi Munaweera and hosted by @karjohnson.bsky.social. HIGHLY recommend this book!
December 5, 2024 at 3:05 PM
A packed house at @booksonthepark.bsky.social for @anitafelicelli.bsky.social's amazing story collection: "How We Know Our Time Travelers" from @wtawpress.bsky.social. In convo w/Nayomi Munaweera and hosted by @karjohnson.bsky.social. HIGHLY recommend this book!
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If I vowed to organize 100 notable small press books for 2025, who's in as reviewers? All genres, all small & micro presses.
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
November 27, 2024 at 3:36 AM
If I vowed to organize 100 notable small press books for 2025, who's in as reviewers? All genres, all small & micro presses.
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
(Does this already exist? If no, why not? If yes, disregard everything to this point.)
What a joy it was to speak with @hannahbae.bsky.social about publishing (@wtawpress.bsky.social ) How We Know Our Time Travelers by @anitafelicelli.bsky.social for the @sfchronicle.com. The feature is wonderful!
November 26, 2024 at 11:04 PM
What a joy it was to speak with @hannahbae.bsky.social about publishing (@wtawpress.bsky.social ) How We Know Our Time Travelers by @anitafelicelli.bsky.social for the @sfchronicle.com. The feature is wonderful!
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In our latest newsletter, @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social celebrates the launch of Betty’s first title, TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME by @janishubschman.bsky.social! We’re so grateful to our incredible community—every reader, supporter, and team member—for making this dream a reality!
November 18, 2024 at 8:07 PM
In our latest newsletter, @pegalfordpursell.bsky.social celebrates the launch of Betty’s first title, TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME by @janishubschman.bsky.social! We’re so grateful to our incredible community—every reader, supporter, and team member—for making this dream a reality!
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when I signed with Stillhouse, they told me a good outcome for an indie collection=selling 1000 books over the life cycle of the book. This is my goal! If you're looking for a readable, sad/happy, humane collection, SAD GROWNUPS may be for you tinyurl.com/4warnpbr (Please share if you don't mind 💙)
Sad Grownups a book by Amy Stuber
For those who've been sad and tried not to be, seventeen stories about the absurdity of searching for joy in a dying world. A neighborhood of picturesque content-creation houses perched on too-green l...
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November 22, 2024 at 3:07 PM
when I signed with Stillhouse, they told me a good outcome for an indie collection=selling 1000 books over the life cycle of the book. This is my goal! If you're looking for a readable, sad/happy, humane collection, SAD GROWNUPS may be for you tinyurl.com/4warnpbr (Please share if you don't mind 💙)
Brand new work! I can’t wait to hear it!
🚨🚨TONIGHT, 5PM PT🚨🚨
I will be reading *brand new work* at this virtual literary salon, open to all!! Join @wtawpress.bsky.social for a wonderful evening with this incredible lineup. Register below for the Zoom link. See you there! 😎
I will be reading *brand new work* at this virtual literary salon, open to all!! Join @wtawpress.bsky.social for a wonderful evening with this incredible lineup. Register below for the Zoom link. See you there! 😎
It's happening, tonight! Join us at 5:30pm PDT for our 2024 Summer Salon featuring @gracelp.bsky.social, @tsvoboda.bsky.social, Molly Giles, and Zack Rogow.
There is still time to register at the link: tinyurl.com/wtawvs
#virtualreading #authorevent #freebookevent #smallpressbooks
There is still time to register at the link: tinyurl.com/wtawvs
#virtualreading #authorevent #freebookevent #smallpressbooks
August 1, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Brand new work! I can’t wait to hear it!
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Excited to be part of this lineup for @wtawpress.bsky.social virtual Summer Salon on Aug. 1!
Take a look at the exciting lineup for our Summer Reading Salon, 8/1, 5:30pm. @gracelp.bsky.social, Molly Giles, @tsvoboda.bsky.social, and Zack Rogow! Register now! tinyurl.com/wtawvs
July 17, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Excited to be part of this lineup for @wtawpress.bsky.social virtual Summer Salon on Aug. 1!
I’m so excited for this event tomorrow with Molly Giles. Long before I moved to the Bay Area, and could have imagined publishing her debut memoir, I revered her short story collections, especially her flash stories. And we’ll be at this gorgeous bookstore in Guerneville. If you can, join us!
A special event will take place when Molly Giles is joined by her editor and publisher Peg Alford Pursell of LIFE SPAN. Don't miss the inside scoop 6/29 at Russian River Books and Letters! www.booksletters.com/events/readi...
#authorevent #indiebookstore #smallpressbooks #indieauthor #mollygiles
#authorevent #indiebookstore #smallpressbooks #indieauthor #mollygiles
June 28, 2024 at 7:54 PM
I’m so excited for this event tomorrow with Molly Giles. Long before I moved to the Bay Area, and could have imagined publishing her debut memoir, I revered her short story collections, especially her flash stories. And we’ll be at this gorgeous bookstore in Guerneville. If you can, join us!
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Happy Summer Solstice! Our newsletter is fresh off the press with authors' thoughts about the season. tinyurl.com/2uyhup8u
June 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Happy Summer Solstice! Our newsletter is fresh off the press with authors' thoughts about the season. tinyurl.com/2uyhup8u
@wtawpress.bsky.social & @bettybooks.bsky.social had an amazing reading at the Sonoma Community Writers Festival. Can’t wait to get these authors together again @olgaz.bsky.social @anitafelicelli.bsky.social @lillianhowan.bsky.social @joannackalbus.bsky.social #michellecruzgonzales #genannewalsh
April 7, 2024 at 4:42 PM
@wtawpress.bsky.social & @bettybooks.bsky.social had an amazing reading at the Sonoma Community Writers Festival. Can’t wait to get these authors together again @olgaz.bsky.social @anitafelicelli.bsky.social @lillianhowan.bsky.social @joannackalbus.bsky.social #michellecruzgonzales #genannewalsh
If you missed this in all the fun last week have a look! I wrote one too. Why not sign up for Betty’s new newsletter? wtawpress.eo.page/pxr1w
Love is in the air, and our Betty authors have penned letters to the books they hold dear 💌
If you'd like to read everyone's full letters, subscribe to Betty Books' new monthly newsletter here: wtawpress.eo.page/pxr1w
If you'd like to read everyone's full letters, subscribe to Betty Books' new monthly newsletter here: wtawpress.eo.page/pxr1w
February 22, 2024 at 4:57 PM
If you missed this in all the fun last week have a look! I wrote one too. Why not sign up for Betty’s new newsletter? wtawpress.eo.page/pxr1w
I loved this evening together with my compatriots at WTAW!
Behind the scenes at WTAW Press! From our most recent holiday get-together, sharing an evening of good cheer 🥂🎄
December 30, 2023 at 2:19 AM
I loved this evening together with my compatriots at WTAW!
Relive the gloriousness!
On November 9th, Joanna Acevedo, Christine Hale (for Kevin McIlvoy), Henry Hoke, Nancy Ludmerer, Julian Mithra, and Sommer Schafer delighted us with their words.
If you missed the event—or just want to relive the gloriousness—you can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_I...
If you missed the event—or just want to relive the gloriousness—you can watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb_I...
WTAW Fall Reading Salon November 9, 2023
Featuring Joanna Acevedo, Christine Hale for Kevin McIlvoy, Henry Hoke, Nancy Ludmerer, Julian Mithra, Sommer Schafer, with emcee Michael Dubon. Please like ...
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December 26, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Relive the gloriousness!
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Heads up, friends, my FREE monthly Art of Flash Fiction newsletter drops tomorrow. I have added paid content into the mix as well, but subscribers to the free version will continue to your monthly article. artofflashfiction.substack.com Photo by Michał Mancewicz on Unsplash
December 14, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Heads up, friends, my FREE monthly Art of Flash Fiction newsletter drops tomorrow. I have added paid content into the mix as well, but subscribers to the free version will continue to your monthly article. artofflashfiction.substack.com Photo by Michał Mancewicz on Unsplash
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Wrote a bit about Victor Heringer - one of my favorite discoveries of the year - and Elisa Shua Dusapin for WWB's year end list, which is full of great books: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
The Best Books We Read in 2023—And What We're Looking Forward to in 2024 - Words Without Borders
WWB staff members share their favorite translated books of the year and the titles they're most looking forward to in 2024.
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December 13, 2023 at 4:50 PM
Wrote a bit about Victor Heringer - one of my favorite discoveries of the year - and Elisa Shua Dusapin for WWB's year end list, which is full of great books: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...
Thrilled to be working with @jnnyl.bsky.social !
WTAW is thrilled to welcome @jnnyl.bsky.social to the team as our new social media assistant! Jenny's role is a critical one for the press, and we’re thrilled she's taken it on. Thanks to The Litt Family Foundation for generously funding this position. Learn more at mailchi.mp/wtawpress.or...
December 12, 2023 at 12:05 AM
Thrilled to be working with @jnnyl.bsky.social !
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I couldn’t be with my dad this weekend at Minidoka, the American concentration camp in Idaho for Japanese Americans during WWII, so I brought his poems instead.
October 15, 2023 at 5:38 PM
I couldn’t be with my dad this weekend at Minidoka, the American concentration camp in Idaho for Japanese Americans during WWII, so I brought his poems instead.
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Today, in my newsletter, some tips for choosing the perfect ghost outfit! Read the whole thing for free here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/tips-for-c...
October 7, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Today, in my newsletter, some tips for choosing the perfect ghost outfit! Read the whole thing for free here: aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/tips-for-c...
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In our latest newsletter, @anitafelicelli.bsky.social talks with our host, John Freeman, about his luminous literary journal, drawing to a close this autumn with a final issue, themed “Conclusions.”
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Celebrating ‘Freeman’s’ and Saying Goodbye
In this newsletter, we ask CBC host John Freeman about his luminous literary journal, which draws a curtain this autumn with a final issue, which is themed Conclusions.
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October 11, 2023 at 5:30 PM
In our latest newsletter, @anitafelicelli.bsky.social talks with our host, John Freeman, about his luminous literary journal, drawing to a close this autumn with a final issue, themed “Conclusions.”
www.altaonline.com/california-b...
www.altaonline.com/california-b...
So very excited for this one! Please join in!
WTAW Press presents Why There Are Words Fall Reading on November 9, at 5:30 pm PDT—featuring Joanna Acevedo, Christine Hale, Henry Hoke, Nancy Ludmerer, Julian Mithra, and Sommer Schafer. Join us!
The event is free but you must register to attend. Register at
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The event is free but you must register to attend. Register at
zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 11, 2023 at 5:36 PM
So very excited for this one! Please join in!