Sandra Schmuhl Long
@sandraslong.bsky.social
Writer & editor in the Washington DC area. Stories & essays in Electric Literature & Best Small Fictions 2023.
some positive news is that several popsicles in my freezer half melted and refroze in weird shapes and now I'm eating them all "for the good of my family"
July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
some positive news is that several popsicles in my freezer half melted and refroze in weird shapes and now I'm eating them all "for the good of my family"
A wonderful interview with my wonderful friend Thomas!!! I still have two gift subscriptions left to give if anyone wants to learn several fun facts about Thomas and find out ideal location in which set your short fiction (it's a mini golf course). The ol' writing group even gets a mention. 😍
love how this interview turned out. doing these behind-the-scenes Q&As about how a story came to be has become one of my fave aspects of doing Short Story, Long.
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A Short Interview + "bonus material" w/ Thomas Mixon
"Bonus material" for Mixon's short story, “National Dish,” published on Tuesday, 7/2.
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July 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A wonderful interview with my wonderful friend Thomas!!! I still have two gift subscriptions left to give if anyone wants to learn several fun facts about Thomas and find out ideal location in which set your short fiction (it's a mini golf course). The ol' writing group even gets a mention. 😍
Regret to inform everyone who has lingered on this earth too long that "My Baby" will be heading off to college this fall: www.theawl.com/2010/02/my-b...
My Baby? My Baby Seems So Smart But I'm Also Scared About My Baby
Dear New York magazine,My baby. My baby! Recently my baby had some tests. My baby is 2.5 months old. My baby! Sometimes my baby seems different than other babies. My baby should have be accepted to a ...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Regret to inform everyone who has lingered on this earth too long that "My Baby" will be heading off to college this fall: www.theawl.com/2010/02/my-b...
Yes! Stop using Chat GPT to proof your work. Grammarly is of course not perfect but works very well for this purpose!!
Is this not what like, grammarly is for? I feel like there are programs that exist that are more efficient and better at detecting grammatical and spelling errors, and won't lie to you about who the fucking president is.
June 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yes! Stop using Chat GPT to proof your work. Grammarly is of course not perfect but works very well for this purpose!!
Are we all aware that Huma Abedin and Alex Soros had Boyz II Men perform at their wedding, which is the most romantic thing I can personally imagine???
June 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Are we all aware that Huma Abedin and Alex Soros had Boyz II Men perform at their wedding, which is the most romantic thing I can personally imagine???
The most unrealistic part of The Parent Trap isn't any of the obvious stuff, it's that the father and his fiance are planning to have a huge formal wedding in two weeks time and don't have even the most basic details such as the dress and the guest list nailed down
June 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The most unrealistic part of The Parent Trap isn't any of the obvious stuff, it's that the father and his fiance are planning to have a huge formal wedding in two weeks time and don't have even the most basic details such as the dress and the guest list nailed down
Very concerned we're going to lose the CPSC social media manager when they only just started posting about Passions. We must protect them at all costs.
Q: The administration appears to have started dismantling the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Does the administration not believe that it's important?
LEAVITT: It's a federal agency within the executive branch. Who's the head of the executive branch? POTUS. He has the right to fire people
LEAVITT: It's a federal agency within the executive branch. Who's the head of the executive branch? POTUS. He has the right to fire people
May 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Very concerned we're going to lose the CPSC social media manager when they only just started posting about Passions. We must protect them at all costs.
Beautiful @gumbylievable.bsky.social you should see this also
April 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Beautiful @gumbylievable.bsky.social you should see this also
Your loss, tbh
DISCLOUSURE: We have only ever seen that one moment of that one episode completely out of context and never watched any of the show or other moments of the episode so we can't be held accountable for anything. Those are the rules.
April 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Your loss, tbh
One of the only strong opinions I have is that more people should be posting about Passions
It's 4:54PM EST on Friday. In 2001, a soap opera titled 'Passions' made one of the all-time best mentions of CPSC in the history of the television medium. We do not have a clip we can share, but it was Episode 537 which aired August 8, 2001 and if you can find the moment, it will spark joy.
April 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
One of the only strong opinions I have is that more people should be posting about Passions
Congratulations!!!
Very excited to share this news. My second book (and first novel) is headed your way next summer!
I know every writer says this, but: I can’t even describe how long I’ve wanted to publish books, and getting to do it in this part of my life is like a dream.
I know every writer says this, but: I can’t even describe how long I’ve wanted to publish books, and getting to do it in this part of my life is like a dream.
February 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Congratulations!!!
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Fellas, is it gay to get a rejection from a literary mag???
February 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Fellas, is it gay to get a rejection from a literary mag???
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the timeline holds both beauty and horrors, the most horrible of which are other posters. i have met these haters and learned nothing more about them. but ive learned even less about myself
November 26, 2024 at 12:01 AM
the timeline holds both beauty and horrors, the most horrible of which are other posters. i have met these haters and learned nothing more about them. but ive learned even less about myself