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M M De Voe
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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
Story of my life
Keep telling yourself things
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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
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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.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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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
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
Gotta hand it to this guy, he didn’t let the season fester. #halloween2025 #preseason #NYC #newyorkcity
October 24, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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
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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
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
Sometimes life kicks you in the nuts and you don’t even have nuts.
October 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Things you find in the back alleys of NYC —
September 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fun Pen Parentis event tonight at BKBF
September 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Do you follow the accounts of posts you share? Let’s find out. #science
September 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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
Uncaged
M. M. De Voe
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August 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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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
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
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
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
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...
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
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
June 7, 2025 at 6:53 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
May 18, 2025 at 4:00 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