Rita Chang-Eppig
@rchetypes.bsky.social
Novel about pirate queen: Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea. Indie Next, Barnes & Noble Discover, Good Morning America Buzz Pick. Stories in Best American Short Stories, McSweeney’s, One Story, Conjunctions, Clarkesworld, etc. rchetypes.com she/they
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Come and see me in the four greatest American cities — NYC, Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Spartanburg.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Come and see me in the four greatest American cities — NYC, Chicago, Chapel Hill, and Spartanburg.
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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I really think everyone, all users, should subscribe to blacksky's moderation. @moderation.blacksky.app I've said it before. Nonblack users laugh it up with & boost accounts we can see are flagged for antiblackness all the time. Keeping watch for antiblackness should be part of an ally's journey.
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I really think everyone, all users, should subscribe to blacksky's moderation. @moderation.blacksky.app I've said it before. Nonblack users laugh it up with & boost accounts we can see are flagged for antiblackness all the time. Keeping watch for antiblackness should be part of an ally's journey.
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At One Story it's part of our mission to get short stories into the hands of the most readers we can. That's why for the rest of the year we're having a flashback sale on all new subscriptions. Subscribe today and you can get (or give) a year of One Story for just $15.00. bit.ly/3WLxBRh
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
At One Story it's part of our mission to get short stories into the hands of the most readers we can. That's why for the rest of the year we're having a flashback sale on all new subscriptions. Subscribe today and you can get (or give) a year of One Story for just $15.00. bit.ly/3WLxBRh
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
Me: Please get precooked chicken at the store. Neither of us has much experience cooking raw meat. If you get precooked meat and we then cook it some more, it’ll probably be fine.
A: You’re being paranoid. I know how to cook raw chicken!
Smash cut to both of us having food poisoning.
A: You’re being paranoid. I know how to cook raw chicken!
Smash cut to both of us having food poisoning.
November 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Me: Please get precooked chicken at the store. Neither of us has much experience cooking raw meat. If you get precooked meat and we then cook it some more, it’ll probably be fine.
A: You’re being paranoid. I know how to cook raw chicken!
Smash cut to both of us having food poisoning.
A: You’re being paranoid. I know how to cook raw chicken!
Smash cut to both of us having food poisoning.
My heart actually beats faster when I’m in a flow state; it feels a little like falling in love, like making eye contact with a crush from across the room. Does it happen every time? No. But it happens enough to make the act worth it.
100% this.
If you can't find joy in the act of writing, and feel euphoria after editing several drafts into exactly what your thoughts had in mind (or close to it), then I really suggest you don't become a writer.
The idea, the thoughts, are nothing without execution. The work is the thing.
If you can't find joy in the act of writing, and feel euphoria after editing several drafts into exactly what your thoughts had in mind (or close to it), then I really suggest you don't become a writer.
The idea, the thoughts, are nothing without execution. The work is the thing.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My heart actually beats faster when I’m in a flow state; it feels a little like falling in love, like making eye contact with a crush from across the room. Does it happen every time? No. But it happens enough to make the act worth it.
Thank you Malta Book Festival for bringing one of my literary heroes @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social for a fascinating and wide-ranging convo. He talked about the biodiversity in Florida, shared tips for writing about impossible things, and spilled the tea re: the Annihilation movie #SouthernReach 📚
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thank you Malta Book Festival for bringing one of my literary heroes @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social for a fascinating and wide-ranging convo. He talked about the biodiversity in Florida, shared tips for writing about impossible things, and spilled the tea re: the Annihilation movie #SouthernReach 📚
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
In neuropsychology we call this fluctuating alertness and attention, commonly found in dementia
Trump's not sleeping in public. The old folks say they're just resting their eyes for a second when you catch them.
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In neuropsychology we call this fluctuating alertness and attention, commonly found in dementia
If I lived in Mdina I would simply spend all my nights sweeping through its alleys in a floor-length cape like a goddamn Anne Rice vampire
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If I lived in Mdina I would simply spend all my nights sweeping through its alleys in a floor-length cape like a goddamn Anne Rice vampire
WAIT MARU THE CAT IS DEAD????😢😢😢
November 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
WAIT MARU THE CAT IS DEAD????😢😢😢
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i do take some small solace in the stipulation “if tesla meets its goals”. we can still collectively end tesla. millennials, you know what to do. we’ve apparently spent our entire lives training for this.
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
i do take some small solace in the stipulation “if tesla meets its goals”. we can still collectively end tesla. millennials, you know what to do. we’ve apparently spent our entire lives training for this.
Anyone who has been paying attention knows that Debra Messing has been deeply problematic for a while but I just want to applaud Queerty for finding the absolute worst photo of her to disseminate
www.queerty.com/debra-messin...
www.queerty.com/debra-messin...
Debra Messing's Mamdani crashout continues & now she's bringing the gays into it - Queerty
She's changing her tactics, but the same stank sentiment remains
www.queerty.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Anyone who has been paying attention knows that Debra Messing has been deeply problematic for a while but I just want to applaud Queerty for finding the absolute worst photo of her to disseminate
www.queerty.com/debra-messin...
www.queerty.com/debra-messin...
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Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Paramount Has Blacklist for Stars Deemed “Overtly Antisemitic” — World of Reel
It sure looks like the likes of Javier Bardem, Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, and Mark Ruffalo won’t be making movies for Paramount in the foreseeable future.
www.worldofreel.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Under new head of Paramount David Ellison, the studio has drawn up a list of actors who opposed the Gaza genocide and will not allow them to appear in its films and TV shows.
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
Does this sound familiar?
Also, "Ellison is reportedly aiming to take over Warner Bros. next."
I’m in Malta right now, reading a news article about how birth rate is low because people don’t get enough maternity leave (18 weeks). And two things are true simultaneously: the mandated leave here should be longer AND how many Americans would give anything to get 18 weeks maternity leave.
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I’m in Malta right now, reading a news article about how birth rate is low because people don’t get enough maternity leave (18 weeks). And two things are true simultaneously: the mandated leave here should be longer AND how many Americans would give anything to get 18 weeks maternity leave.
LEAVE ANIME ALONE HOLLYWOOD I SWEAR TO GOD
Benson Boone is rumored to be in talks to join Legendary’s live-action ‘GUNDAM’ movie starring Sydney Sweeney.
(Source: https://www.theinsneider.com/p/benson-boone-gundam-movie-sydney-sweeney-christy-trailer-emmy-recap-leo-dicaprio-heat-2)
(Source: https://www.theinsneider.com/p/benson-boone-gundam-movie-sydney-sweeney-christy-trailer-emmy-recap-leo-dicaprio-heat-2)
November 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
LEAVE ANIME ALONE HOLLYWOOD I SWEAR TO GOD
I can’t emphasize enough how much I wish this total stranger the absolute best in life
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I can’t emphasize enough how much I wish this total stranger the absolute best in life
It has been so long since I was able to joyscroll like this
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It has been so long since I was able to joyscroll like this
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NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Covid jab less likely than virus to cause rare heart issue in children
Largest study of its kind shows health risks of refusing vaccination
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
NEW: Children faced more risk of rare heart problems after Covid-19 infection than they did after taking the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA vaccine, a big three-year study of under-18s in England has found.
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
Important evidence for debates over vaccine safety, particularly in the US.
www.ft.com/content/231d...
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
Contact
I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
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“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
New Yorkers, I know you need to do this for yourselves, but please also do this for me
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New Yorkers, I know you need to do this for yourselves, but please also do this for me
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