Rebecca Makkai
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too.
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I’ll offer practical advice, too… Please join, and please also hit me in the comments with any questions you want me to cover (or, if you have grown kids, what you wish someone would have told you years ago).
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Writing While Parenting - Five Things I've Learned
Join me in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about how to navigate the joys and demands that come with creating art while at the same time keeping the people you love ...
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December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I’ll offer practical advice, too… Please join, and please also hit me in the comments with any questions you want me to cover (or, if you have grown kids, what you wish someone would have told you years ago).
myfivethings.com/class/rebecc...
myfivethings.com/class/rebecc...
With the understanding that every family is different—someone might live in a commune where 23 adults are around to offer support, someone else might be a single parent w/ a special-needs child—we’ll break down all the difficulties and joys of creating art while keeping small people safe & happy.
December 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
With the understanding that every family is different—someone might live in a commune where 23 adults are around to offer support, someone else might be a single parent w/ a special-needs child—we’ll break down all the difficulties and joys of creating art while keeping small people safe & happy.
The concerns are practical, emotional, and moral. Some of them hit mothers harder than other parents (thanks, society!) but at the same time, we rarely talk about that balance and struggle for fathers (thanks again, society!).
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The concerns are practical, emotional, and moral. Some of them hit mothers harder than other parents (thanks, society!) but at the same time, we rarely talk about that balance and struggle for fathers (thanks again, society!).
Okay THANK YOU all, I feel vindicated, having long believed Frosty just ACABed out of there.
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Okay THANK YOU all, I feel vindicated, having long believed Frosty just ACABed out of there.
Right but I guess in this version, he pauses for as long of a moment as required, thus complying with the cop…
December 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Right but I guess in this version, he pauses for as long of a moment as required, thus complying with the cop…
The song predates the movie, so the movie's take (which none of us can remember) is irrelevant.
Basically, some of us have lived our whole lives assuming Frosty laughs in the face of the law, and others have not.
Basically, some of us have lived our whole lives assuming Frosty laughs in the face of the law, and others have not.
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The song predates the movie, so the movie's take (which none of us can remember) is irrelevant.
Basically, some of us have lived our whole lives assuming Frosty laughs in the face of the law, and others have not.
Basically, some of us have lived our whole lives assuming Frosty laughs in the face of the law, and others have not.
If they ask where you're taking it, feel free to use my name. You're my private mentee, and yes, I gave you homework due this Saturday. I'll vouch for you.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
If they ask where you're taking it, feel free to use my name. You're my private mentee, and yes, I gave you homework due this Saturday. I'll vouch for you.
If you want time alone to write, tell them you have "homework for this writing class" you're taking.
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you want time alone to write, tell them you have "homework for this writing class" you're taking.
Good diversionary tactic: "You know, Uncle Cliff, there's actually a podiatrist character in my novel. Would you mind telling me what a day in your life is like?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Good diversionary tactic: "You know, Uncle Cliff, there's actually a podiatrist character in my novel. Would you mind telling me what a day in your life is like?"
Also never tell them you've "finished a draft" or are "almost done," because then you'll never stop hearing "Where's that book of yours?" Tell the truth, which is that debut novels usually take about 5-8 years, and you're doing it the right way.
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Also never tell them you've "finished a draft" or are "almost done," because then you'll never stop hearing "Where's that book of yours?" Tell the truth, which is that debut novels usually take about 5-8 years, and you're doing it the right way.
I'm afraid that isn't accurate; I wish it were. They were ordered to release 400 of the 614 people currently detained, but (unless I missed something) it's now stuck in appeals court. The numbers are super unclear, which doesn't help anything.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I'm afraid that isn't accurate; I wish it were. They were ordered to release 400 of the 614 people currently detained, but (unless I missed something) it's now stuck in appeals court. The numbers are super unclear, which doesn't help anything.
Yes, that is why.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Yes, that is why.
It's different, but for several years (I was young and stupid) I thought Richard Ford had written the novel that the movie Independence Day was based on and was like Wow, that's some range.
November 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It's different, but for several years (I was young and stupid) I thought Richard Ford had written the novel that the movie Independence Day was based on and was like Wow, that's some range.