Lori D. Johnson
@loridjohnson.bsky.social
I write. Won NELLE’s Three Sisters Award 2024. Honorable Mention in the 2024 Great Gutsy Novelist Contest. 2021 Pushcart Nomination by Novel Slices. Pubs in Midnight & Indigo; Santa Fe Writers Quarterly; Mississippi Folklife; The Root and others.
Facts! 😆 #writingcommunity #booksky ✏️🖤
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Facts! 😆 #writingcommunity #booksky ✏️🖤
November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 AM
You know it's true. 😉😆
October 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
You know it's true. 😉😆
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A girl or a woman with a book is a terror to someone just about everywhere, including in the United States. 😕 #writingcommunity
October 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A girl or a woman with a book is a terror to someone just about everywhere, including in the United States. 😕 #writingcommunity
How sad. My home state (TN) is third in this race to the bottom. 🫣😕🖤✏️ #writingcommunity
October 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How sad. My home state (TN) is third in this race to the bottom. 🫣😕🖤✏️ #writingcommunity
Well . . .
October 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Well . . .
I've read 8 of the books in this stack. What about you? 📚 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I've read 8 of the books in this stack. What about you? 📚 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity
October 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Which category best describes you? These days, I’m a Regular reader. Typically, I read between 10-15 books a year. Back in the day, when I worked at a public library and prior to becoming a mother, I was a Relisher. Yep back then, 30-40 books a year wasn’t uncommon. 🤓 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Which category best describes you? These days, I’m a Regular reader. Typically, I read between 10-15 books a year. Back in the day, when I worked at a public library and prior to becoming a mother, I was a Relisher. Yep back then, 30-40 books a year wasn’t uncommon. 🤓 🖤✏️ #writingcommunity
September 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Sad news. Whenever I'm in ATL on a Sunday, I'm in the habit of picking up a newspaper. Guess those days are over. 😕📰📰
Breaking News: After over 150 years, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution will stop publishing a print newspaper at the end of the year. The publication says the time is right to pour all of its resources into its online news operation and get its journalism “in front of the most people.”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution to Quit Print Cold Turkey
The publication says the time is right to pour all of its resources into its online news operation and get its journalism “in front of the most people.”
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August 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sad news. Whenever I'm in ATL on a Sunday, I'm in the habit of picking up a newspaper. Guess those days are over. 😕📰📰
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A #Solseed Joint
“A prompt, a pulse
—a purposeful
soul to water a seed.
medium.com/@Ms.AWashing...
Editorial: Ms. AWashington
Photo: stock image
#DigitalArt Rendition:
#ARW-RAW #BlackWriters
#BlackSkyRelay
“A prompt, a pulse
—a purposeful
soul to water a seed.
medium.com/@Ms.AWashing...
Editorial: Ms. AWashington
Photo: stock image
#DigitalArt Rendition:
#ARW-RAW #BlackWriters
#BlackSkyRelay
Freaks, Lovers, Purple Prophets: Reminiscing Y2K and Missing Prince Rogers Nelson
Back when the world was humming toward apocalypse — Y2K coded into the news like a countdown to oblivion — we were oiling our legs, lining our lips in brown, and sliding into bootcut jeans with…
medium.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Reposted by Lori D. Johnson
Happy Friday! After storms and rain, we got a nice cooldown from the 90s into the 70s. So much more enjoyable! Grab a laptop, latte, & dive into 88 ways to share your work with the world in this week's submissions roundup + explore collaboration & music in this week's prompt.
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Where to Submit Roundup: August 15, 2025
And the beat marches on! Dive into 88 submission opportunities across a variety of genres & get inspired by a musical inspiration prompt.
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August 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Happy Friday! After storms and rain, we got a nice cooldown from the 90s into the 70s. So much more enjoyable! Grab a laptop, latte, & dive into 88 ways to share your work with the world in this week's submissions roundup + explore collaboration & music in this week's prompt.
#writingcommunity
#writingcommunity