Tim’s_Write_Here
@timwriteshere.bsky.social
A writer and teacher from the Southside VA! Current stories/poems/musings out across the net; my most recent short story is a southern fishing and fatherhood story - Forked Tongues in Harpur Palate.
Pinned
‘Why do they forget you so quickly?’
‘If they remembered me, they would remember their own unhappiness.’
Leena Krohn out here giving masterclasses in condensation.
‘If they remembered me, they would remember their own unhappiness.’
Leena Krohn out here giving masterclasses in condensation.
Morel Bay, Chapter IV - A Queer Cat
A new chapter on my birthday week about Adopting A Cat while in Grief! Follow along for more Morel Bay and odd, quiet fiction (well, till the whales start washing up).
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A new chapter on my birthday week about Adopting A Cat while in Grief! Follow along for more Morel Bay and odd, quiet fiction (well, till the whales start washing up).
open.substack.com/pub/timnorto...
substack.com/@timnorton/n...
Tim Norton (@timnorton)
Morel Bay, Chapter IV - A Queer Cat
A new chapter on my birthday week about Adopting A Cat while in Grief! Follow along for more Morel Bay and odd, quiet fiction (well, till the whales start washing ...
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August 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Morel Bay, Chapter IV - A Queer Cat
A new chapter on my birthday week about Adopting A Cat while in Grief! Follow along for more Morel Bay and odd, quiet fiction (well, till the whales start washing up).
open.substack.com/pub/timnorto...
substack.com/@timnorton/n...
A new chapter on my birthday week about Adopting A Cat while in Grief! Follow along for more Morel Bay and odd, quiet fiction (well, till the whales start washing up).
open.substack.com/pub/timnorto...
substack.com/@timnorton/n...
In a music mood today and this seems like a fun excuse to avoid editing!
Top 10 Bands/Artists no order
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Bear vs Shark
- David Bazan
- Laura Stevenson
- Circle Takes the Square
- MF DOOM
- Tyler, the Creator
- Young Statues
- Kurt Travis
- At the Drive-In
- Chris Farren
Top 10 Bands/Artists no order
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Bear vs Shark
- David Bazan
- Laura Stevenson
- Circle Takes the Square
- MF DOOM
- Tyler, the Creator
- Young Statues
- Kurt Travis
- At the Drive-In
- Chris Farren
Top 10 bands/artists no order
-King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizzards
-AJJ
-Jeff Rosenstock
-Fall Out Boy
-MCR
-Mom Jeans
-Jessie Ware
-The Strokes
-Meatloaf
-Tyler the Creator
-King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizzards
-AJJ
-Jeff Rosenstock
-Fall Out Boy
-MCR
-Mom Jeans
-Jessie Ware
-The Strokes
-Meatloaf
-Tyler the Creator
top 10 bands/artists
no order
- Sleep Token
- Bad Omens
- $uicideboy$
- KoRn
- Billie Eilish
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Hall & Oates
- Led Zeppelin
- Pink Floyd
- Hozier
no order
- Sleep Token
- Bad Omens
- $uicideboy$
- KoRn
- Billie Eilish
- Sabrina Carpenter
- Hall & Oates
- Led Zeppelin
- Pink Floyd
- Hozier
August 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
In a music mood today and this seems like a fun excuse to avoid editing!
Top 10 Bands/Artists no order
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Bear vs Shark
- David Bazan
- Laura Stevenson
- Circle Takes the Square
- MF DOOM
- Tyler, the Creator
- Young Statues
- Kurt Travis
- At the Drive-In
- Chris Farren
Top 10 Bands/Artists no order
- Jeff Rosenstock
- Bear vs Shark
- David Bazan
- Laura Stevenson
- Circle Takes the Square
- MF DOOM
- Tyler, the Creator
- Young Statues
- Kurt Travis
- At the Drive-In
- Chris Farren
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a new jeff rosenstock album would fix me
July 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
a new jeff rosenstock album would fix me
Met with a cinematographer friend randomly today and he got me inspired… guess I’m writing a horror script?
June 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Met with a cinematographer friend randomly today and he got me inspired… guess I’m writing a horror script?
Cronica II is out now! This week I look at where authors find their own personal crossroads of greatness focusing on Flannery O’Connor with a bit from Wise Blood, and Leena Krohn with a bit from Tainaron.
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Crossroads of Truth and Beauty: Flannery O’Connor and Leena Krohn
Cronica II Summer ‘25, 06/15
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June 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cronica II is out now! This week I look at where authors find their own personal crossroads of greatness focusing on Flannery O’Connor with a bit from Wise Blood, and Leena Krohn with a bit from Tainaron.
timnorton.substack.com/p/crossroads...
timnorton.substack.com/p/crossroads...
Cronica II is all drafted out! Imagining An Impossibility; Krohn, Moshfegh, and O’Connor dropping tomorrow!
June 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cronica II is all drafted out! Imagining An Impossibility; Krohn, Moshfegh, and O’Connor dropping tomorrow!
I’m teaching a new ONLINE class! We’re exploring Creative Nonfiction at @musewriterscenter.bsky.social
🗓 Begins June 25 | 🕒 7-9:30 pm |⏳ 6 Sessions| 🧭 Hybrid
🔗 Register here: the-muse.org/event/muse-w...
🎟 Use code HEAT25 (35% off) at checkout.
🗓 Begins June 25 | 🕒 7-9:30 pm |⏳ 6 Sessions| 🧭 Hybrid
🔗 Register here: the-muse.org/event/muse-w...
🎟 Use code HEAT25 (35% off) at checkout.
Muse Writers Workshop: Creative Nonfiction
The Creative Nonfiction Workshop continues with returning writers and new writers with creative nonfiction writing experience. Members of the group will actively write and workshop original work while...
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June 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m teaching a new ONLINE class! We’re exploring Creative Nonfiction at @musewriterscenter.bsky.social
🗓 Begins June 25 | 🕒 7-9:30 pm |⏳ 6 Sessions| 🧭 Hybrid
🔗 Register here: the-muse.org/event/muse-w...
🎟 Use code HEAT25 (35% off) at checkout.
🗓 Begins June 25 | 🕒 7-9:30 pm |⏳ 6 Sessions| 🧭 Hybrid
🔗 Register here: the-muse.org/event/muse-w...
🎟 Use code HEAT25 (35% off) at checkout.
No one gets me like Lispector does:
May 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
No one gets me like Lispector does:
Not me getting choked up at the idea of Bellamy living a regular life 🥲
May 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Not me getting choked up at the idea of Bellamy living a regular life 🥲
Bear 600 chapters in and I can clearly claim that Oda has successfully adapted the Eastern Epic format to Manga.
May 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bear 600 chapters in and I can clearly claim that Oda has successfully adapted the Eastern Epic format to Manga.
Bon Clay was one of my favorite parts of the Alabasta Arcs, so happy to see him return in Impel Down with such fierce force
May 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Bon Clay was one of my favorite parts of the Alabasta Arcs, so happy to see him return in Impel Down with such fierce force
*Sweats in Journey to the West*
May 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
*Sweats in Journey to the West*
Oda out here making me shed full tears over a boat this morning:
May 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Oda out here making me shed full tears over a boat this morning:
Oda’s strength in these knock out dialogue panels is the use of what one of my teachers and I called “Narrative Body Blows” - small narrative steps that create base damage, leading to a more powerful KO. It’s also another potential strength to serial writing that Oda Executes masterfully.
May 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Oda’s strength in these knock out dialogue panels is the use of what one of my teachers and I called “Narrative Body Blows” - small narrative steps that create base damage, leading to a more powerful KO. It’s also another potential strength to serial writing that Oda Executes masterfully.
Such a lovely thing about spring in costal virginia!
Family and friends outside of Nofo call me (I know) and to a one always ask ‘do you live in an aviary?’ lots of birdsong round these parts cherish it
May 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Such a lovely thing about spring in costal virginia!
Oda truly is a Master of Serialized Narrative. It’s only due to his complete commitment to the serialized format, and his own belief in the longevity of his narrative, that moments like this become possible.
May 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oda truly is a Master of Serialized Narrative. It’s only due to his complete commitment to the serialized format, and his own belief in the longevity of his narrative, that moments like this become possible.
That feeling when you CRACK a characters core and all their actions fall into place and it’s heartbreaking yet affirming all at the same time -
a black and white photo of a woman laughing with her mouth wide open .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman laughing with her mouth wide open .
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April 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
That feeling when you CRACK a characters core and all their actions fall into place and it’s heartbreaking yet affirming all at the same time -
Oda’s Q&A sections Re by far my favorite part of the One Piece read through so far! Like how wholesome is this exchange?
April 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Oda’s Q&A sections Re by far my favorite part of the One Piece read through so far! Like how wholesome is this exchange?
I truly appreciate those who use scrivener, whiteboards, post its, etc. to plot… but I will always love the layers of ink on journals from ideas piling up! I’ve gone through at least 11 of these journals in the last 4 years.
April 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I truly appreciate those who use scrivener, whiteboards, post its, etc. to plot… but I will always love the layers of ink on journals from ideas piling up! I’ve gone through at least 11 of these journals in the last 4 years.
“He believed that it was possible to see right through time and space. That was how lonely he was.”
~The Sparrow’s Matchmaking
~~Yasunari Kawabata, 1926
~~~Palm of the Hand Stories
~The Sparrow’s Matchmaking
~~Yasunari Kawabata, 1926
~~~Palm of the Hand Stories
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
“He believed that it was possible to see right through time and space. That was how lonely he was.”
~The Sparrow’s Matchmaking
~~Yasunari Kawabata, 1926
~~~Palm of the Hand Stories
~The Sparrow’s Matchmaking
~~Yasunari Kawabata, 1926
~~~Palm of the Hand Stories
I’m losing the will to keep dragging on
/
But I can’t die yet, cause who will look after the dogs?
Is the hardest couplet of 2025. PUP has really refined their style and it’s paying off in the new album.
youtu.be/LyQJtQ0krFA?...
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But I can’t die yet, cause who will look after the dogs?
Is the hardest couplet of 2025. PUP has really refined their style and it’s paying off in the new album.
youtu.be/LyQJtQ0krFA?...
PUP - Hallways (Official Video)
YouTube video by puptheband
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April 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’m losing the will to keep dragging on
/
But I can’t die yet, cause who will look after the dogs?
Is the hardest couplet of 2025. PUP has really refined their style and it’s paying off in the new album.
youtu.be/LyQJtQ0krFA?...
/
But I can’t die yet, cause who will look after the dogs?
Is the hardest couplet of 2025. PUP has really refined their style and it’s paying off in the new album.
youtu.be/LyQJtQ0krFA?...
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So excited to share my interview with the brilliant poet & flash writer, Katherine DiBella Seluja, about her stunning new collection, POINT OF ENTRY. Check it out! 💙 #poetry #flashfiction
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Point of Entry: A Conversation with Katherine DiBella Seluja + An Awesome Prompt!
poetry & flash fiction
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April 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
So excited to share my interview with the brilliant poet & flash writer, Katherine DiBella Seluja, about her stunning new collection, POINT OF ENTRY. Check it out! 💙 #poetry #flashfiction
open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
Journaling breakthrough this morning, “I’m not here to tell my reader what the story means, I’m just here to tell my reader the story.”
April 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Journaling breakthrough this morning, “I’m not here to tell my reader what the story means, I’m just here to tell my reader the story.”