Diane Callahan
@quotidianwriter.bsky.social
Writer. Editor. YouTuber. Arts Marketer. I eat stories for breakfast. THE SHIP AND THE STORM—debut poetry collection out now! www.quotidianwriter.com
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Obsessed with these photos of my poetry collection from the brilliant Caroline Chidester! 😍
The paperback and hardback versions of The Ship and the Storm are available at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon, with an audiobook in progress.💕 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB12WK8L
The paperback and hardback versions of The Ship and the Storm are available at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon, with an audiobook in progress.💕 www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB12WK8L
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Once again starting to write a book in the only sensible way, viz, by thinking up a title and then working backwards from there to design the cover, construct the page layout, and make some key choices about the typography. Eventually I will begin to fill in the content. I am a very rational person.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Once again starting to write a book in the only sensible way, viz, by thinking up a title and then working backwards from there to design the cover, construct the page layout, and make some key choices about the typography. Eventually I will begin to fill in the content. I am a very rational person.
This is going to be awesome!!!
RELEASE DAY!!! Imperfect Creatures is OUT NOW! My weird, Twin Peaks X House of Leaves novel is finally out in the world and wants to take up space in your brain.
You can get it here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Imperfect-Cr...
You can get it here:
diachroneitybooks.com/Imperfect-Cr...
November 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This is going to be awesome!!!
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NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
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I wanna open an Escape Room
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wanna open an Escape Room
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
It'll just be a nice soft room full of stuff to help you escape from the real world. Games, puzzles, kittens, musical instruments, books, writing supplies.
Someone will ask you if you've had any interesting dreams lately.
You can't leave until you've fully escaped.
Found Sentence #3: "People have a higher acceptance of cruelty than personal discomfort." (poet Laura Da')
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Found Sentence #3: "People have a higher acceptance of cruelty than personal discomfort." (poet Laura Da')
New author pics, courtesy of Caroline Chidester and taken at Inniswood Metro Gardens, which deserved its own ode in my poetry collection! Growing up, I'd go for walks there with my dad, run, ride bikes, plant geocaches, and take family photos, and now I've posed for the next chapter of my life.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
New author pics, courtesy of Caroline Chidester and taken at Inniswood Metro Gardens, which deserved its own ode in my poetry collection! Growing up, I'd go for walks there with my dad, run, ride bikes, plant geocaches, and take family photos, and now I've posed for the next chapter of my life.
What’s your opinion on paying submission fees for literary magazines, #writingcommunity?
November 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
What’s your opinion on paying submission fees for literary magazines, #writingcommunity?
Love: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Hate: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
TBR: Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith
Hate: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
TBR: Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith
— ★°•| November 2 |•°★ —
Introduce yourself using 3 books: one you love, one you hate, and one you want to read.
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
Introduce yourself using 3 books: one you love, one you hate, and one you want to read.
☆ Don't forget to include our hashtag, and make sure to use alt-text with any images!! ☆
[Tags: #booksky 💙📚 #BookishQOTD 📖🦋]
November 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Love: Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
Hate: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
TBR: Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith
Hate: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
TBR: Dead and Alive by Zadie Smith
Found Sentences #2: “Don’t make him subject to the internet stranger god you’ve created!” (personal conversation)
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Found Sentences #2: “Don’t make him subject to the internet stranger god you’ve created!” (personal conversation)
Found Sentences #1: “i'll just repeat one of my dad's favorite sayings: i'd rather be lucky than good.”
(from @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s newsletter)
(from @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s newsletter)
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Found Sentences #1: “i'll just repeat one of my dad's favorite sayings: i'd rather be lucky than good.”
(from @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s newsletter)
(from @alixeharrow.bsky.social’s newsletter)
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hey!! my book is out today :)
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the everlasting is here!
brags, tour dates, and meeting at the crossroads
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October 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
hey!! my book is out today :)
buttondown.com/alixeharrow/...
buttondown.com/alixeharrow/...
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Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today, a coalition of seven charitable foundations announced the launch of the Literary Arts Fund, a historic philanthropic investment of at least $50 million to strengthen the nonprofit literary arts field in the U.S.
Not a fan of this sentence in my nonprofit financial management textbook: "Cash is the mother's milk of nonprofits."
October 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Not a fan of this sentence in my nonprofit financial management textbook: "Cash is the mother's milk of nonprofits."
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October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Looking forward to teaching this flash fiction workshop this weekend! There are still a few spots left. 👀
We offer both a sliding scale and a reduced rate for those who can’t make a class but would like to have access to the video recordings. For more info, please email info@consequenceforum.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Looking forward to teaching this flash fiction workshop this weekend! There are still a few spots left. 👀
Perhaps one of the nicest ways to open an email: "I have had some nice sleeps and I hope you have, too."
October 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Perhaps one of the nicest ways to open an email: "I have had some nice sleeps and I hope you have, too."
"The war hadn’t changed him like it was supposed to..."
My short story "The Vulture" was originally published in @consequencef.bsky.social and is still available in print, but I wanted to make it free to read online as well. Still one of my favorites I've written!
medium.com/@quotidianwr...
My short story "The Vulture" was originally published in @consequencef.bsky.social and is still available in print, but I wanted to make it free to read online as well. Still one of my favorites I've written!
medium.com/@quotidianwr...
The Vulture
The war hadn’t changed him like it was supposed to
medium.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"The war hadn’t changed him like it was supposed to..."
My short story "The Vulture" was originally published in @consequencef.bsky.social and is still available in print, but I wanted to make it free to read online as well. Still one of my favorites I've written!
medium.com/@quotidianwr...
My short story "The Vulture" was originally published in @consequencef.bsky.social and is still available in print, but I wanted to make it free to read online as well. Still one of my favorites I've written!
medium.com/@quotidianwr...
I have a story idea I’m considering turning into a short play, but I told a friend maybe it’d be easier to write as a novel. He kept me humble…
"I’m not sure you know how novels work. They are never easier than not writing a novel.”
"I’m not sure you know how novels work. They are never easier than not writing a novel.”
October 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I have a story idea I’m considering turning into a short play, but I told a friend maybe it’d be easier to write as a novel. He kept me humble…
"I’m not sure you know how novels work. They are never easier than not writing a novel.”
"I’m not sure you know how novels work. They are never easier than not writing a novel.”
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No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit.bsky.social and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to @jessicaberg.bsky.social for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
February 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
No more secrets! I'm so excited to announce that I'm a literary agent with @roseclifflit.bsky.social and I'm open to queries on Friday! Huge thanks to @jessicaberg.bsky.social for the encouragement and mentorship! MSWL below!
Want a chance to win a writing coaching session with me? Attend my free talk at Escape the Plot Forest on October 19 at 8:00 PM EDT! I’m thrilled to be joined by speakers like Janice Hardy, Gabriela Pereira, and Tim Grahl at this virtual summit.
Register Here: forest.plotsummit.com?ac=5K66j8Wi
Register Here: forest.plotsummit.com?ac=5K66j8Wi
Escape the Plot Forest 2025
The online summit for plotting your story
forest.plotsummit.com
October 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Want a chance to win a writing coaching session with me? Attend my free talk at Escape the Plot Forest on October 19 at 8:00 PM EDT! I’m thrilled to be joined by speakers like Janice Hardy, Gabriela Pereira, and Tim Grahl at this virtual summit.
Register Here: forest.plotsummit.com?ac=5K66j8Wi
Register Here: forest.plotsummit.com?ac=5K66j8Wi
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It's out--you should get a copy! It's great, because @quotidianwriter.bsky.social is an amazing poet and I'm a good one!
My debut poetry collection, alongside the wonderful @quotidianwriter.bsky.social releases in September!
THE SHIP AND THE STORM is a conversation in poetry, as we delve into subjects ranging from loss and memory to war and nature, and I really hope you'll give it a read.
THE SHIP AND THE STORM is a conversation in poetry, as we delve into subjects ranging from loss and memory to war and nature, and I really hope you'll give it a read.
October 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's out--you should get a copy! It's great, because @quotidianwriter.bsky.social is an amazing poet and I'm a good one!
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The most important art advice possible
Creators, be less tasteful and more indulgent.
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The most important art advice possible
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Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Oleg Kolbasov.
October 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Here’s your morning mood, courtesy of Oleg Kolbasov.
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I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
October 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections
“To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not have to have a complicated moral philosophy. But a writer always tries, I think, to be a part of a solution, to understand a little about life and to pass this on.”
— Anne Lamott
— Anne Lamott
October 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not have to have a complicated moral philosophy. But a writer always tries, I think, to be a part of a solution, to understand a little about life and to pass this on.”
— Anne Lamott
— Anne Lamott