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Michelle
@mlgarrettauthor.bsky.social
Writer, walker, reader, very inexperienced gardener. Smiles a lot.
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We asked you where the cool kids are submitting these days and here’s what you said 👀

Find everything you need to submit here: www.chillsubs.com/lists/cool_k...
July 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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One of my favourite writing experiments and forms of writing: I Remember. A great one for trusting (rather then finding) your voice.

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Variations on the Form of I Remember: Voice 3
Writing experiment
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February 7, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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And I’m talking more about trusting your voice in my Voice masterclass on Zoom on Monday.

wille.org/voice
Voice
A Zoom Masterclass Monday 10 February 2025, 7pm–8.30pm London time, £50 Trusting your natural speaking voice Finding your voice is one of the great myths of writing: you already have a voice. This …
wille.org
February 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Very proud to have a piece in the Anthology finalist for the 2025 Minnesota Book Awards, 'Locker Room Talk: Women in Private Spaces' edited by Margret Aldrich & Michelle Filkins (Spout Press)
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Minnesota Book Awards Winners & Finalists - The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
The finalists for the 2025 Minnesota Book Awards were chosen January 25 by 30 judges from around the state. Winners will be announced at the annual Ceremony
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January 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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PEN America responds to action taken today by the Department of Education dismissing complaints about book bans and referring to them as a “hoax”:

"All students deserve to see themselves and the world around them reflected in the books shelved within their public schools.“ pen.org/press-releas...
PEN America Criticizes "Alarming" and "Dismissive" Language on Book Bans by U.S. Education Department - PEN America
Kasey Meehan, director, Freedom to Read, at PEN America, said: "For over three years we have countered rhetoric that book bans occurring in public schools are a “hoax.” They are absolutely not. This k...
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January 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Now would be a good time to remind people that applications for the bursary for January's course are now open. jerichowriters.com/jericho-writ... 55 courses since April 2011 and 645 alumni! Please apply if you're eligible.
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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I’m not going to tell anyone how to do Bluesky, but I would like to encourage the following:

- Repost stuff you find interesting/entertaining - help others to find the good people to follow
- repost small creatives who you like who are trying to plug their work
November 23, 2024 at 10:01 AM
November 15, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Take pity - there was a small splash of mud on the path. The sofa is free of mud but his parents like walks in Nature.
November 15, 2024 at 6:56 AM
As a first post here this is more representative of my Insta account but anyway, I like this picture.
November 14, 2024 at 8:29 AM