Wendy J. Fox
@wendyjfox.bsky.social
Deckled edges is my safe word. Reading and writing from the Sonoran desert.
For @msmagazine.com, I wrote about the WNBA and the issue of pay equity. By the time the WNBA was only two seasons in (1999-2000) the average NBA salary was 58 times higher than the average WNBA salary. Twenty-six years later, the gap has jumped to 116 times higher.
Calling Foul: Breaking Down WNBA Pay and Why It Matters
Breaking Down WNBA Pay for Women Athletes and Why It Matters: a case study in systemic undervaluing of women’s work
msmagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For @msmagazine.com, I wrote about the WNBA and the issue of pay equity. By the time the WNBA was only two seasons in (1999-2000) the average NBA salary was 58 times higher than the average WNBA salary. Twenty-six years later, the gap has jumped to 116 times higher.
I reviewed The Mel Robbins for Podcast Review (which is a thing I do) — and wow did this one stick in my craw.
Celebs are not really my focus area, but I think what really drove me bananas is how immensely popular this podcast is, when it ultimately says basically nothing.
Celebs are not really my focus area, but I think what really drove me bananas is how immensely popular this podcast is, when it ultimately says basically nothing.
October 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I reviewed The Mel Robbins for Podcast Review (which is a thing I do) — and wow did this one stick in my craw.
Celebs are not really my focus area, but I think what really drove me bananas is how immensely popular this podcast is, when it ultimately says basically nothing.
Celebs are not really my focus area, but I think what really drove me bananas is how immensely popular this podcast is, when it ultimately says basically nothing.
From yours truly! 📖 📚
Need more small presses in your literary diet? Oh do we have the list for you!
15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature
These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between
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October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
From yours truly! 📖 📚
Reposted by Wendy J. Fox
On this #FlashbackFriday, we're revisiting @wendyjfox.bsky.social's book list of "14 Short Books for Busy People Who Want to Read More," from SELF Magazine! buff.ly/iuZk94O
Preorder THE LAST SUPPER: buff.ly/cQIcGSu
Get IF THE ICE HAD HELD: buff.ly/JSuYxGh
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Preorder THE LAST SUPPER: buff.ly/cQIcGSu
Get IF THE ICE HAD HELD: buff.ly/JSuYxGh
@susanschulman.bsky.social
14 Books (Mostly) Under 300 Pages for People Who Have No Damn Time to Read
Short but impactful books for busy people.
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
On this #FlashbackFriday, we're revisiting @wendyjfox.bsky.social's book list of "14 Short Books for Busy People Who Want to Read More," from SELF Magazine! buff.ly/iuZk94O
Preorder THE LAST SUPPER: buff.ly/cQIcGSu
Get IF THE ICE HAD HELD: buff.ly/JSuYxGh
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Preorder THE LAST SUPPER: buff.ly/cQIcGSu
Get IF THE ICE HAD HELD: buff.ly/JSuYxGh
@susanschulman.bsky.social
Writers, if you are looking for a home for your MS, do this!
I actually almost abandoned submission to @sfwp.bsky.social because I thought had no shot. I knew their catalog. Also, my novel had also been rejected a lot. Like, a LOT.
I took a change & it changed my writing life. 10/10 recommend.
I actually almost abandoned submission to @sfwp.bsky.social because I thought had no shot. I knew their catalog. Also, my novel had also been rejected a lot. Like, a LOT.
I took a change & it changed my writing life. 10/10 recommend.
T-minus 3 HOURS until submissions for the 2025 Literary Awards Program CLOSE tonight at 11:59pm EDT!
Submit your manuscript for a chance to be the next @lumchanmfa.bsky.social (BITTER OVER SWEET), Rachel Zimmerman (US, AFTER), or @wendyjfox.bsky.social (IF THE ICE HAD HELD). buff.ly/AMZ2510
Submit your manuscript for a chance to be the next @lumchanmfa.bsky.social (BITTER OVER SWEET), Rachel Zimmerman (US, AFTER), or @wendyjfox.bsky.social (IF THE ICE HAD HELD). buff.ly/AMZ2510
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Writers, if you are looking for a home for your MS, do this!
I actually almost abandoned submission to @sfwp.bsky.social because I thought had no shot. I knew their catalog. Also, my novel had also been rejected a lot. Like, a LOT.
I took a change & it changed my writing life. 10/10 recommend.
I actually almost abandoned submission to @sfwp.bsky.social because I thought had no shot. I knew their catalog. Also, my novel had also been rejected a lot. Like, a LOT.
I took a change & it changed my writing life. 10/10 recommend.
I don't set the prices!
September 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I don't set the prices!
Reposted by Wendy J. Fox
This just in, our summer book sale works on preorders!
Treat yourself to books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social, Lisa K. Friedman, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, and @wendyjfox.bsky.social, and get 30% off your total purchase when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/S3Jxn7N
Treat yourself to books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social, Lisa K. Friedman, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, and @wendyjfox.bsky.social, and get 30% off your total purchase when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/S3Jxn7N
August 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This just in, our summer book sale works on preorders!
Treat yourself to books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social, Lisa K. Friedman, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, and @wendyjfox.bsky.social, and get 30% off your total purchase when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/S3Jxn7N
Treat yourself to books by @carolinehagood.bsky.social, Lisa K. Friedman, @lumchanmfa.bsky.social, @laurencjohnson.bsky.social, and @wendyjfox.bsky.social, and get 30% off your total purchase when you shop directly from SFWP! buff.ly/S3Jxn7N
It's a little ways out, but my new novel is forthcoming from @sfwp.bsky.social & you can preorder it here:
www.amazon.com/Last-Supper-...
It's a book about a woman looking for her economic and creative agency in the always online era.
www.amazon.com/Last-Supper-...
It's a book about a woman looking for her economic and creative agency in the always online era.
Check out the #booktrailer for The Last Supper, the new novel from @wendyjfox.bsky.social!
August 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's a little ways out, but my new novel is forthcoming from @sfwp.bsky.social & you can preorder it here:
www.amazon.com/Last-Supper-...
It's a book about a woman looking for her economic and creative agency in the always online era.
www.amazon.com/Last-Supper-...
It's a book about a woman looking for her economic and creative agency in the always online era.
Reviewer types, check this out!
hey good morning, this is gonna be a thread
attn: queer/trans writers/readers especially:
just want to announce this all again, because I've added some more specifics to this page:
www.sandyernestallen.com/announcements
attn: queer/trans writers/readers especially:
just want to announce this all again, because I've added some more specifics to this page:
www.sandyernestallen.com/announcements
August 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Reviewer types, check this out!
Reposted by Wendy J. Fox
"It is a dark time in America, but literature has always been a beacon of hope: Even in telling tragic stories, writers resist... In the following fifteen books from small press, resistance is a theme... Each one reminds us of why it matters to create.” (@wendyjfox.bsky.social)
15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Summer - Electric Literature
Resistance is a theme in these new indie titles you won’t want to miss
buff.ly
July 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
"It is a dark time in America, but literature has always been a beacon of hope: Even in telling tragic stories, writers resist... In the following fifteen books from small press, resistance is a theme... Each one reminds us of why it matters to create.” (@wendyjfox.bsky.social)
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"I feel I’ve succeeded as a writer if I can humanize the worst and best in my characters."
Take A Risk and Stand at The Edge of a Cliff: @wendyjfox.bsky.social interviews @socalwritergirl.bsky.social about All This Can Be True (Keylight Books).
➡️ buff.ly/WBDKjVb
Take A Risk and Stand at The Edge of a Cliff: @wendyjfox.bsky.social interviews @socalwritergirl.bsky.social about All This Can Be True (Keylight Books).
➡️ buff.ly/WBDKjVb
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"I feel I’ve succeeded as a writer if I can humanize the worst and best in my characters."
Take A Risk and Stand at The Edge of a Cliff: @wendyjfox.bsky.social interviews @socalwritergirl.bsky.social about All This Can Be True (Keylight Books).
➡️ buff.ly/WBDKjVb
Take A Risk and Stand at The Edge of a Cliff: @wendyjfox.bsky.social interviews @socalwritergirl.bsky.social about All This Can Be True (Keylight Books).
➡️ buff.ly/WBDKjVb
#sundaysentence
"You cannot form a human body out or potatoes."
@hubcitypress.bsky.social @andyanderegg.bsky.social
"You cannot form a human body out or potatoes."
@hubcitypress.bsky.social @andyanderegg.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
#sundaysentence
"You cannot form a human body out or potatoes."
@hubcitypress.bsky.social @andyanderegg.bsky.social
"You cannot form a human body out or potatoes."
@hubcitypress.bsky.social @andyanderegg.bsky.social
This is going to be a great conference. Come hang!
Meet Wendy J. Fox in Mancos on Saturday, July 12!
11 a.m. at Colorado Ranch & Realty
SHOULD I PUBLISH WITH A SMALL PRESS?
1:30 p.m. at Mancos Community Center
Pane: VOICE, STYLE, AND SUBSTANCE: HOW LITERARY WRITERS MAKE THEIR MARK (Wendy will moderate.)
@wendyjfox.bsky.social
11 a.m. at Colorado Ranch & Realty
SHOULD I PUBLISH WITH A SMALL PRESS?
1:30 p.m. at Mancos Community Center
Pane: VOICE, STYLE, AND SUBSTANCE: HOW LITERARY WRITERS MAKE THEIR MARK (Wendy will moderate.)
@wendyjfox.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This is going to be a great conference. Come hang!
Reposted by Wendy J. Fox
Everything is unbearable, so here's a 🧵 of places/people/publications that regularly highlight small press books. #100smallpress stands on their shoulders. 1/6
May 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Everything is unbearable, so here's a 🧵 of places/people/publications that regularly highlight small press books. #100smallpress stands on their shoulders. 1/6
I've had this news for awhile -- and now it's official!
New novel coming next year from @sfwp.bsky.social, edited by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social!
New novel coming next year from @sfwp.bsky.social, edited by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social!
April 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I've had this news for awhile -- and now it's official!
New novel coming next year from @sfwp.bsky.social, edited by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social!
New novel coming next year from @sfwp.bsky.social, edited by @adamalsirgany.bsky.social!
Thanks to @electriclit.bsky.social for making space for the many small presses & small press authors who are doing excellent work:
🧵
Cornerstone Press & Heidi Bell - @sfwp.bsky.social & @kesemmel.bsky.social - Stillhouse & @amystuber.com
electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
🧵
Cornerstone Press & Heidi Bell - @sfwp.bsky.social & @kesemmel.bsky.social - Stillhouse & @amystuber.com
electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
15 Small Press Books You Should Be Reading This Winter - Electric Literature
As the temperatures drop, warm up with these heartfelt stories
electricliterature.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Thanks to @electriclit.bsky.social for making space for the many small presses & small press authors who are doing excellent work:
🧵
Cornerstone Press & Heidi Bell - @sfwp.bsky.social & @kesemmel.bsky.social - Stillhouse & @amystuber.com
electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
🧵
Cornerstone Press & Heidi Bell - @sfwp.bsky.social & @kesemmel.bsky.social - Stillhouse & @amystuber.com
electricliterature.com/15-small-pre...
Reposted by Wendy J. Fox
We can't wait to read your debut novels! ✨
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
January 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
We can't wait to read your debut novels! ✨
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
Our submission period opens tonight Friday 1/10/25 at midnight PT (technically Sat 1/11/25 @ 12:01 am PT) and stays open until Sunday 1/12/25 @ 11:59 pm PT.
See full guidelines, FAQ, and how to submit your work at the link!
tinhouse.com/book-submiss...
What are your low-key NY resolutions?
Mine is be better about recycling the bathroom garbage.
Mine is be better about recycling the bathroom garbage.
December 31, 2024 at 4:29 PM
What are your low-key NY resolutions?
Mine is be better about recycling the bathroom garbage.
Mine is be better about recycling the bathroom garbage.
Hi #smallpress people!
If you'd like to contribute to the Small Press Report Card survey, it will remain open until 12/31.
Share your experiences! (Anonymously!)
smallpressreport.surveysparrow.com/s/small-pres...
Photo of the LFL in front of my house for the algo*
*if that is a thing here.
If you'd like to contribute to the Small Press Report Card survey, it will remain open until 12/31.
Share your experiences! (Anonymously!)
smallpressreport.surveysparrow.com/s/small-pres...
Photo of the LFL in front of my house for the algo*
*if that is a thing here.
December 31, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Hi #smallpress people!
If you'd like to contribute to the Small Press Report Card survey, it will remain open until 12/31.
Share your experiences! (Anonymously!)
smallpressreport.surveysparrow.com/s/small-pres...
Photo of the LFL in front of my house for the algo*
*if that is a thing here.
If you'd like to contribute to the Small Press Report Card survey, it will remain open until 12/31.
Share your experiences! (Anonymously!)
smallpressreport.surveysparrow.com/s/small-pres...
Photo of the LFL in front of my house for the algo*
*if that is a thing here.
There's an art to the DNF, in a way. Especially (or at least, I say this for myself) if you read a lot. It's not even a full commentary on the book or the writing, but more of a "eh, not for me." I used to NEVER not finish. I thought, "a publisher saw merit in this book; I must find it too." Nope!
It's close enough to the end of the year that I can safely assume I won't be adding any more books to this particular list : )
Here's what I DNFd in 2024:
www.instagram.com/p/DELD8A0x7a...
Here's what I DNFd in 2024:
www.instagram.com/p/DELD8A0x7a...
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December 29, 2024 at 11:09 PM
There's an art to the DNF, in a way. Especially (or at least, I say this for myself) if you read a lot. It's not even a full commentary on the book or the writing, but more of a "eh, not for me." I used to NEVER not finish. I thought, "a publisher saw merit in this book; I must find it too." Nope!
Reposted by Wendy J. Fox
My favorite annual tradition: quickly and haphazardly drawing every book I read this year! Here's 2024.
December 29, 2024 at 5:36 PM
My favorite annual tradition: quickly and haphazardly drawing every book I read this year! Here's 2024.
Halloween this year I went for a walk & when I returned, my friend's sunglasses were on the beach bench, but not the person. As if he had vanished.
Just thinking about how we had a laugh at the Halloweeness of it, but same scene would be hard not to be totally overwrought in fiction.
Just thinking about how we had a laugh at the Halloweeness of it, but same scene would be hard not to be totally overwrought in fiction.
December 28, 2024 at 10:49 PM
Halloween this year I went for a walk & when I returned, my friend's sunglasses were on the beach bench, but not the person. As if he had vanished.
Just thinking about how we had a laugh at the Halloweeness of it, but same scene would be hard not to be totally overwrought in fiction.
Just thinking about how we had a laugh at the Halloweeness of it, but same scene would be hard not to be totally overwrought in fiction.
Today I was hacking down my half-dead juniper and listening to the Weight for It pod from @ohitsbigron.bsky.social, guest hosted by producer Sarah Dealy, and it hit all my buttons!
Fat stuff! Language stuff! Feminism stuff! How did I not know about Carole Shaw?
open.spotify.com/episode/4Seh...
Fat stuff! Language stuff! Feminism stuff! How did I not know about Carole Shaw?
open.spotify.com/episode/4Seh...
BBW
Weight For It · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Today I was hacking down my half-dead juniper and listening to the Weight for It pod from @ohitsbigron.bsky.social, guest hosted by producer Sarah Dealy, and it hit all my buttons!
Fat stuff! Language stuff! Feminism stuff! How did I not know about Carole Shaw?
open.spotify.com/episode/4Seh...
Fat stuff! Language stuff! Feminism stuff! How did I not know about Carole Shaw?
open.spotify.com/episode/4Seh...
Hi friends! New here! I'm a #writer who loves #smallpress. For my first post, I wanted to share a survey I'm hosting. You can (please!) contribute anonymously.
The goal is to be informative to other #authors results are in, I'll share publicly. Takes 6 minutes based on prior completion rates.
The goal is to be informative to other #authors results are in, I'll share publicly. Takes 6 minutes based on prior completion rates.
November 15, 2024 at 2:10 AM
Hi friends! New here! I'm a #writer who loves #smallpress. For my first post, I wanted to share a survey I'm hosting. You can (please!) contribute anonymously.
The goal is to be informative to other #authors results are in, I'll share publicly. Takes 6 minutes based on prior completion rates.
The goal is to be informative to other #authors results are in, I'll share publicly. Takes 6 minutes based on prior completion rates.