Alexander 🏳️🌈🪶🖤
@alexanderthewriter.bsky.social
Transgender Writer (He/Him), PhD Student, Writing Advisor & Guest Lecturer 🏳️🌈 ELEGIES TO PEOPLE, FEELINGS, AND OTHER MORTAL SHIT out with Kith Books (2023) 🇵🇸❤🖤🤍💚🇵🇸
So, I've decided to start a Substack! My first post is up and I'm pretty proud of it - if you're looking to do a Creative Writing PhD in the UK but don't know how/what to expect, then give my post a read and let me know what else you'd like to see! 📖🤍 alexshenstone.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...
What is a Creative Writing PhD?
And how do you apply to one?
alexshenstone.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So, I've decided to start a Substack! My first post is up and I'm pretty proud of it - if you're looking to do a Creative Writing PhD in the UK but don't know how/what to expect, then give my post a read and let me know what else you'd like to see! 📖🤍 alexshenstone.substack.com/p/what-is-a-...
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Drink Up My Spine by Alex Shenstone (@alexanderthewriter.bsky.social)
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March 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Drink Up My Spine by Alex Shenstone (@alexanderthewriter.bsky.social)
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Publication news!!!
My dark poem 'Drink Up My Spine' came out with the brilliant @genrepunkmag.bsky.social today --- I've been so PhD focused recently that my poetry has gone ignored, so having this come out today is just the best 🤍🫶
Read it here: genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/d...
My dark poem 'Drink Up My Spine' came out with the brilliant @genrepunkmag.bsky.social today --- I've been so PhD focused recently that my poetry has gone ignored, so having this come out today is just the best 🤍🫶
Read it here: genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/d...
March 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Publication news!!!
My dark poem 'Drink Up My Spine' came out with the brilliant @genrepunkmag.bsky.social today --- I've been so PhD focused recently that my poetry has gone ignored, so having this come out today is just the best 🤍🫶
Read it here: genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/d...
My dark poem 'Drink Up My Spine' came out with the brilliant @genrepunkmag.bsky.social today --- I've been so PhD focused recently that my poetry has gone ignored, so having this come out today is just the best 🤍🫶
Read it here: genrepunkmag.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/d...
Happy three years to my first poetry chapbook, Jack of All Tales, which came out this time in 2022 courtsey of the wonderful Alien Buddha Press! 🤍📖🤍
January 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Happy three years to my first poetry chapbook, Jack of All Tales, which came out this time in 2022 courtsey of the wonderful Alien Buddha Press! 🤍📖🤍
Just got my first querying rejection of 2025 from the president of an literary agency who took the time to encourage me to keep querying. Light moments like this are honestly what keep me going 📖 #querying #amquerying
January 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Just got my first querying rejection of 2025 from the president of an literary agency who took the time to encourage me to keep querying. Light moments like this are honestly what keep me going 📖 #querying #amquerying
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After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
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New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
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There are no rules in this no man’s land between Christmas & New Years.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
December 28, 2024 at 1:39 PM
There are no rules in this no man’s land between Christmas & New Years.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
Read all night! Don’t finish a book! Read three books at once!
Just go nuts.
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Coming down with a cold. I've armed myself with Lemsip tablets, drink sachets, satsumas, blackcurrent soothers and a Terry's Chocolate Orange. I also had a hot and sour soup earlier. Would appreciate healing vibes 🥲
December 4, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Coming down with a cold. I've armed myself with Lemsip tablets, drink sachets, satsumas, blackcurrent soothers and a Terry's Chocolate Orange. I also had a hot and sour soup earlier. Would appreciate healing vibes 🥲
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The rain will stop. 🌈
December 3, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The rain will stop. 🌈
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some of you have really got to lay off the Ai images. not only are you committing art theft and burning the planet down, but you are making horrible taste a big part of your internet persona. i want you to want better for yourself.
November 30, 2024 at 12:49 AM
some of you have really got to lay off the Ai images. not only are you committing art theft and burning the planet down, but you are making horrible taste a big part of your internet persona. i want you to want better for yourself.
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Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.
Go shop local today. ❤️
Go shop local today. ❤️
November 29, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Reminder that your favorite local indie bookstores make a lot of their yearly income during the holiday season.
Go shop local today. ❤️
Go shop local today. ❤️
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Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 PM
Saw this and had to repost. <3 Credit to Marpal Embroidery for the work!
Writer-at-work vibes 🪶📖
November 28, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Writer-at-work vibes 🪶📖
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After having spent an inordinate amount of time on X, one thing that is now abundantly clear is that WE ALL KNOW HOW TO SPELL OVER HERE.
I wondered why the writer in me has been so calm these past few weeks.
Pat yourselves on the back, people. 💙 😁 💞
I wondered why the writer in me has been so calm these past few weeks.
Pat yourselves on the back, people. 💙 😁 💞
November 27, 2024 at 10:27 PM
After having spent an inordinate amount of time on X, one thing that is now abundantly clear is that WE ALL KNOW HOW TO SPELL OVER HERE.
I wondered why the writer in me has been so calm these past few weeks.
Pat yourselves on the back, people. 💙 😁 💞
I wondered why the writer in me has been so calm these past few weeks.
Pat yourselves on the back, people. 💙 😁 💞
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Today, I've seen fake Bluesky accounts for Peter F Hamilton and Tamsyn Muir. If you see a well-known author on here, it's worth checking their replies before following them. The fakes seem to be trying to get unwitting people to DM them.
November 27, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Today, I've seen fake Bluesky accounts for Peter F Hamilton and Tamsyn Muir. If you see a well-known author on here, it's worth checking their replies before following them. The fakes seem to be trying to get unwitting people to DM them.
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47 people have pledged so far. Average pledge is $77.80 and we are about 1/3 of the way there!
Project Malarkey continues, now 25% toward our goal. Put $5 toward sustaining a tiny ass press run out of some guy’s house in Missouri and you’ll be rewarded with a digital sampler featuring writing from a bunch of our authors.
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Project Malarkey
While the big publishers follow trends, we follow our interests and our hearts. We need your help to stay afloat.
www.kickstarter.com
November 27, 2024 at 3:34 PM
47 people have pledged so far. Average pledge is $77.80 and we are about 1/3 of the way there!
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Artist life
November 26, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Artist life
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Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
November 26, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
Throwback to my trip to Bath earlier this month 🏛🪶🍂
Not only was autumn Serving Looks, but this one grave in a pet cemetary made me cry:
In Remembrance
of
Tim
A Little Pal
1912-1925
😭😭😭
Not only was autumn Serving Looks, but this one grave in a pet cemetary made me cry:
In Remembrance
of
Tim
A Little Pal
1912-1925
😭😭😭
November 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Throwback to my trip to Bath earlier this month 🏛🪶🍂
Not only was autumn Serving Looks, but this one grave in a pet cemetary made me cry:
In Remembrance
of
Tim
A Little Pal
1912-1925
😭😭😭
Not only was autumn Serving Looks, but this one grave in a pet cemetary made me cry:
In Remembrance
of
Tim
A Little Pal
1912-1925
😭😭😭
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Hetha and I re-mortgaged our house to start an independent publishing company.
We're competing with Billion dollar corporates from our front room.
So to see one of our books on national TV is just brilliant.
Thank you!
#Betweenthecovers @pollyanneconway.bsky.social @bbctwo.bsky.social
We're competing with Billion dollar corporates from our front room.
So to see one of our books on national TV is just brilliant.
Thank you!
#Betweenthecovers @pollyanneconway.bsky.social @bbctwo.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Hetha and I re-mortgaged our house to start an independent publishing company.
We're competing with Billion dollar corporates from our front room.
So to see one of our books on national TV is just brilliant.
Thank you!
#Betweenthecovers @pollyanneconway.bsky.social @bbctwo.bsky.social
We're competing with Billion dollar corporates from our front room.
So to see one of our books on national TV is just brilliant.
Thank you!
#Betweenthecovers @pollyanneconway.bsky.social @bbctwo.bsky.social
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Semi-selfish post, but please be generous in following/interacting with/encouraging lit mags, writers, and artists on here. Boost the creators on Bluesky, let the other sites have the bots.
November 26, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Semi-selfish post, but please be generous in following/interacting with/encouraging lit mags, writers, and artists on here. Boost the creators on Bluesky, let the other sites have the bots.
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Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
November 26, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Authors receive a payment every time you borrow a book, audiobook or ebook from libraries in 35 countries. Those countries include the UK, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Germany to name but a few. Borrowing a book helps the author’s pocket as well as yours.
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A quick open submission period for short story collections and short novels only!! This is also the right place to send any other weird stuff (flash hybrid etc) as long as it generally nests under fiction 🩳🩳🩳
Coming up: We will have a brief Thanksgiving ✨open submission✨ window for short fiction starting this Wednesday through Sunday. Guidelines, eligibility, and submission portal will be up soon on hubcity.submittable.com.
November 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
A quick open submission period for short story collections and short novels only!! This is also the right place to send any other weird stuff (flash hybrid etc) as long as it generally nests under fiction 🩳🩳🩳
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i love people who really earnestly love poetry and gladly share that love
November 25, 2024 at 3:14 PM
i love people who really earnestly love poetry and gladly share that love