M M De Voe
@mmdevoe.bsky.social
Seeks enlightenment through irony. Wrote A FLASH OF DARKNESS - still faint from unexpectedly excellent Kirkus review. Also wrote BOOK&BABY, a guidebook to writer productivity after having kids. Mmdevoe.com explains it all
Pen Parentis is up for an Anthem Community Voice Award! Help us get to first place by searching for our organization and showing your support at celebrate.anthemawards.com #AnthemAwards
YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change
Join me in celebrating the impact of this Anthem Awards finalist.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Pen Parentis is up for an Anthem Community Voice Award! Help us get to first place by searching for our organization and showing your support at celebrate.anthemawards.com #AnthemAwards
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ATTENTION: @PenParentis is in 9th place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting... #AnthemAwards #writers #writerparents #readatpenparentis #writercommunity #parentwriters
YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change
Join me in celebrating the impact of this Anthem Awards finalist.
celebrate.anthemawards.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
ATTENTION: @PenParentis is in 9th place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting... #AnthemAwards #writers #writerparents #readatpenparentis #writercommunity #parentwriters
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Join Pen Parentis on November 11 in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, David Ebenbach, and Anca L Szilágyi, discussing artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial... #writerscommunity #writing #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent #events #readatpenparentis
October 28, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Join Pen Parentis on November 11 in conversation with Helen Philips, Scott Elliott, David Ebenbach, and Anca L Szilágyi, discussing artificial intelligence. www.eventbrite.com/e/artificial... #writerscommunity #writing #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent #events #readatpenparentis
You can have your pretty nature walks, I love my October skyscrapers. (Okay I love my nature walks too, damn you Fall!)
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 AM
You can have your pretty nature walks, I love my October skyscrapers. (Okay I love my nature walks too, damn you Fall!)
Gotta hand it to this guy, he didn’t let the season fester. #halloween2025 #preseason #NYC #newyorkcity
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Gotta hand it to this guy, he didn’t let the season fester. #halloween2025 #preseason #NYC #newyorkcity
ATTENTION: @PenParentis is in 10th place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/…#AnthemAwardsd#writersr#writingcommunityt#writererscommunityt#authorsrs pleas#sharer#reposts#amplifyf#parentst#creativewritingng
YOU can amplify the voices that spark global change
Join me in celebrating the impact of this Anthem Awards finalist.
https://celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/…
October 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
ATTENTION: @PenParentis is in 10th place to win an Anthem Community Voice Award! 👏 Rally the troops to celebrate now!: celebrate.anthemawards.com/PublicVoting#/…#AnthemAwardsd#writersr#writingcommunityt#writererscommunityt#authorsrs pleas#sharer#reposts#amplifyf#parentst#creativewritingng
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E.E. Cummings once had a collection of poems rejected by 14 publishers. When he eventually got it published as "No Thanks" in 1935, he dedicated it to those 14 publishers in a visual poem shaped like a funeral urn
October 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
E.E. Cummings once had a collection of poems rejected by 14 publishers. When he eventually got it published as "No Thanks" in 1935, he dedicated it to those 14 publishers in a visual poem shaped like a funeral urn
I’m hosting a deep dive conversation with 3 authors who variously connect to this theme on Oct 14 online with co-host Christina Chiu. Any authors who have kids are very welcome to tune in to the livecast and chat in questions on this topic. RSVP for the link www.eventbrite.com/e/1626784439...
Beauty and Violence Within Language - a Career Salon for Literary Parents
Pen Parentis delves deeply into the challenges of writing while parenting, with author readings, discussion, and your questions answered!
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October 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’m hosting a deep dive conversation with 3 authors who variously connect to this theme on Oct 14 online with co-host Christina Chiu. Any authors who have kids are very welcome to tune in to the livecast and chat in questions on this topic. RSVP for the link www.eventbrite.com/e/1626784439...
Sometimes life kicks you in the nuts and you don’t even have nuts.
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Sometimes life kicks you in the nuts and you don’t even have nuts.
Things you find in the back alleys of NYC —
September 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Things you find in the back alleys of NYC —
Fun Pen Parentis event tonight at BKBF
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Fun Pen Parentis event tonight at BKBF
Come see me and Ben Tanzer in Chicago tonight!! Tickets are free www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Come see me and Ben Tanzer in Chicago tonight!! Tickets are free www.eventbrite.com/e/an-evening...
I wrote this! Let me know what you think!
#fantasy #newwork #goodmarket #writingcommunity #recommended
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#fantasy #newwork #goodmarket #writingcommunity #recommended
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August 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I wrote this! Let me know what you think!
#fantasy #newwork #goodmarket #writingcommunity #recommended
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#fantasy #newwork #goodmarket #writingcommunity #recommended
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GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent
GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own either. Pen Parentis…
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July 7, 2025 at 2:02 PM
GET INTO GEAR THIS SUMMER - Pen Parentis
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent
INTRODUCING – THE SUMMER SPRINT! Stuck on a writing project that just won’t budge? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to push through it on your own #writing #parentingdonewrite #writercommunity #parentwriter #writerparent
Hella good time in #cleveland and you bought books! Thanks for turning out!! Shots of local Krupnikas were the best!
July 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Hella good time in #cleveland and you bought books! Thanks for turning out!! Shots of local Krupnikas were the best!
Hey! Are you in #cleveland and love #books? Want to go to a weird event? Wednesday July 2 I am reading from A FLASH OF DARKNESS at the #lithuanian club! Program entirely in English and will be quirky - I hear there will be “Vings” (not joking: Vendesday Vings. Come meet me. My stories are weird too!
July 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hey! Are you in #cleveland and love #books? Want to go to a weird event? Wednesday July 2 I am reading from A FLASH OF DARKNESS at the #lithuanian club! Program entirely in English and will be quirky - I hear there will be “Vings” (not joking: Vendesday Vings. Come meet me. My stories are weird too!
It happened - a @penparentis.bsky.social public event in NYC — open to all book lovers. Headlined by V Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford. Attended by many authors - a great time was had by all. Photos and write up attached
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Manhattan 2025 - Pen Parentis
On June 17, 2025, New York City welcomed authors V. Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford for an intimate in-person Literary Salon in a secret speakeasy art gallery in Lower Manhattan.…
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June 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It happened - a @penparentis.bsky.social public event in NYC — open to all book lovers. Headlined by V Efua Prince and Ethan Rutherford. Attended by many authors - a great time was had by all. Photos and write up attached
penparentis.org/manhattan-20...
penparentis.org/manhattan-20...
Join me Tuesday - www.eventbrite.com/d/ny--new-yo...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Join me Tuesday - www.eventbrite.com/d/ny--new-yo...
I am in Copenhagen and that’s my last stop. I did Zagreb, Prague, Vienna and Vilnius. Everywhere is identically demanding I explain what happened to America.
Here’s vilnius where no one is armed and everyone is enjoying themselves responsibly because they know how to be happy adults. #travel
Here’s vilnius where no one is armed and everyone is enjoying themselves responsibly because they know how to be happy adults. #travel
June 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I am in Copenhagen and that’s my last stop. I did Zagreb, Prague, Vienna and Vilnius. Everywhere is identically demanding I explain what happened to America.
Here’s vilnius where no one is armed and everyone is enjoying themselves responsibly because they know how to be happy adults. #travel
Here’s vilnius where no one is armed and everyone is enjoying themselves responsibly because they know how to be happy adults. #travel
Traveling in Zagreb after signing my separation agreement (a 30 year marriage I thought solid was actually made of paper).
Drifted into the Museum of Broken Relationships and the cashier said “how many?”
I just looked at her.
#walkwithme #zagreb #travel #croatiatravel @brokenships.bsky.social
Drifted into the Museum of Broken Relationships and the cashier said “how many?”
I just looked at her.
#walkwithme #zagreb #travel #croatiatravel @brokenships.bsky.social
May 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Traveling in Zagreb after signing my separation agreement (a 30 year marriage I thought solid was actually made of paper).
Drifted into the Museum of Broken Relationships and the cashier said “how many?”
I just looked at her.
#walkwithme #zagreb #travel #croatiatravel @brokenships.bsky.social
Drifted into the Museum of Broken Relationships and the cashier said “how many?”
I just looked at her.
#walkwithme #zagreb #travel #croatiatravel @brokenships.bsky.social
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Pen Parentis - Terrific Writers who are also Parents Bookshop
Pen Parentis is a nonprofit whose mission is to keep writers on creative track after they have kids. For more than ten years we have presented readings and offered workshops to writers who are also pa...
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April 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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So proud to have been part of so many authors’ lives 🩷
This organization changed my writing life! Please plan to stop here if you're attending #AWP25. A copy of GASTROMYTHOLOGY is in the raffle...
Are you a writer who has kids? Are you going to #AWP25 ? I would like to invite you to the #PenParentis Party at the JW Marriott downtown 5-7pm Thursday March 27. Local to #losangeles #writers who have kids are also invited! Free but please RSVP: www.tickettailor.com/events/penpa...
April 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
So proud to have been part of so many authors’ lives 🩷