Wendy Chirikos
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Wendy Chirikos
@wchirikos.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Volume 12: In the Lost and Found — Memoir Mixtapes
www.memoirmixtapes.com
I can't believe I get to be even a small part of this magazine -- it's a dream come true. Thank you so much to Samantha and @memoirmixtapes.bsky.social for all the love you pour into this, and for including my piece in this beautiful issue.
www.memoirmixtapes.com/volumes/12-i...
www.memoirmixtapes.com/volumes/12-i...
I can't believe I get to be even a small part of this magazine -- it's a dream come true. Thank you so much to Samantha and @memoirmixtapes.bsky.social for all the love you pour into this, and for including my piece in this beautiful issue.
www.memoirmixtapes.com/volumes/12-i...
www.memoirmixtapes.com/volumes/12-i...
Volume 12: In the Lost and Found — Memoir Mixtapes
www.memoirmixtapes.com
December 13, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I can't believe I get to be even a small part of this magazine -- it's a dream come true. Thank you so much to Samantha and @memoirmixtapes.bsky.social for all the love you pour into this, and for including my piece in this beautiful issue.
www.memoirmixtapes.com/volumes/12-i...
www.memoirmixtapes.com/volumes/12-i...
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I keep meaning to post a picture of these adorable tiny vases made by @melostrom.bsky.social! I’m so obsessed with the beautiful colors!
December 11, 2024 at 10:01 PM
I keep meaning to post a picture of these adorable tiny vases made by @melostrom.bsky.social! I’m so obsessed with the beautiful colors!
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Want to write a strong beginning? Do you know your three Hs? @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/h... #authorscommunity #writingtips #storytelling #writerscommunity
Hook, Heighten, Hold: How to Captivate Readers in Your First Pages
By Allison K Williams I’ve written before about what to include in your first pages and what not to. First pages should establish the author’s voice, the theme of the book, a protagonis…
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December 10, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Want to write a strong beginning? Do you know your three Hs? @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social at @dintywmoore.bsky.social brevity.wordpress.com/2024/12/09/h... #authorscommunity #writingtips #storytelling #writerscommunity
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There are now 279 lit mags and small presses on this list (which is NOT a starter pack) - you can follow the list (pin it)-without following all the accounts and it becomes a feed/tab. Please share (it's the biggest list so far) bsky.app/profile/laco... #litmags #litmag
November 18, 2024 at 2:28 AM
There are now 279 lit mags and small presses on this list (which is NOT a starter pack) - you can follow the list (pin it)-without following all the accounts and it becomes a feed/tab. Please share (it's the biggest list so far) bsky.app/profile/laco... #litmags #litmag
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Jot that down.
Jot that down.
Coming to an internet near you sometime in December.
December 10, 2024 at 12:37 AM
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I knew I'd love this book, but this poem just destroyed me. @toddedillard.bsky.social needs to give a class on how to end a poem, and this is a prime example of why.
December 2, 2024 at 11:40 PM
I knew I'd love this book, but this poem just destroyed me. @toddedillard.bsky.social needs to give a class on how to end a poem, and this is a prime example of why.
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Should we open for submissions right now?
December 2, 2024 at 5:03 AM
Should we open for submissions right now?
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Coming to an internet near you sometime in December.
November 27, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Coming to an internet near you sometime in December.
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Um. You guys. Some news. I earned out on this book! I'm getting my first royalty check EVER. Thanks to everyone who's bought a copy, requested it @ their library, told people about it, has it on a future list, is buying it for family & friends for the holidays (books make great gifts!) etc.
November 23, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Um. You guys. Some news. I earned out on this book! I'm getting my first royalty check EVER. Thanks to everyone who's bought a copy, requested it @ their library, told people about it, has it on a future list, is buying it for family & friends for the holidays (books make great gifts!) etc.
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It is lovely that Percival Everett won a lifetime achievement award from @bookcritics.bsky.social 2 years ago, and tonight won the National Book Award for Fiction.
November 21, 2024 at 4:23 AM
It is lovely that Percival Everett won a lifetime achievement award from @bookcritics.bsky.social 2 years ago, and tonight won the National Book Award for Fiction.
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Do you write stories between 1000 and 3000 words? We've been receiving fewer submissions in our Fiction category lately, so it's a good time to hit us up. We're open for free subs until the end of November & for Tip Jar subs until Dec 15. Thank you! https://buff.ly/32k496o
November 21, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Do you write stories between 1000 and 3000 words? We've been receiving fewer submissions in our Fiction category lately, so it's a good time to hit us up. We're open for free subs until the end of November & for Tip Jar subs until Dec 15. Thank you! https://buff.ly/32k496o
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Breaking News: Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction for “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
Percival Everett, Author of ‘James,’ Wins National Book Award for Fiction
Jason De León received the nonfiction award for “Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling.”
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:40 AM
Breaking News: Percival Everett won the National Book Award for fiction for “James,” a retelling of Mark Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
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My story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT centers messy queer Puerto Rican men, their desires and pursuits of emotional satiation. But most of all it's a love letter to my twenties, all those long lonely nights and the brief sparks of connection found and lost.
www.sfwp.com/books/not-hu...
www.sfwp.com/books/not-hu...
November 16, 2024 at 8:39 PM
My story collection I'M NOT HUNGRY BUT I COULD EAT centers messy queer Puerto Rican men, their desires and pursuits of emotional satiation. But most of all it's a love letter to my twenties, all those long lonely nights and the brief sparks of connection found and lost.
www.sfwp.com/books/not-hu...
www.sfwp.com/books/not-hu...
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This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
November 16, 2024 at 3:04 PM
This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
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This is how I both write and survive.
Out of spite.
Out of spite.
This is still my advice: Become a writer anyway. Fuck it, do it, it won't save you, but it's still a beautiful dream to write novels and short stories and poems and mingle with other dreamers and make art and laugh in the face of death. And writing is constant death. Live más.
November 16, 2024 at 4:33 PM
This is how I both write and survive.
Out of spite.
Out of spite.
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Many thanks to everyone at the Midwest Weird podcast for featuring me reading “Gabriel’s Horns,” a Devil-ish short story about a man with horns and a forked tongue. www.midwestweird.com/post/gabriel...
November 16, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Many thanks to everyone at the Midwest Weird podcast for featuring me reading “Gabriel’s Horns,” a Devil-ish short story about a man with horns and a forked tongue. www.midwestweird.com/post/gabriel...
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I dreamed this book would get me thrown off of X for calling the leader of the Jan. 6, ‘21 insurrection a despot. But the power of poetry today doesn’t seem to be what it was in revolutionary Russia. So I quit X myself & found my way here! Let’s make poetry powerful again! eastridgereview.com/store/
November 14, 2024 at 11:44 AM
I dreamed this book would get me thrown off of X for calling the leader of the Jan. 6, ‘21 insurrection a despot. But the power of poetry today doesn’t seem to be what it was in revolutionary Russia. So I quit X myself & found my way here! Let’s make poetry powerful again! eastridgereview.com/store/
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Friends! I am having a book release reading with my dear friend and fellow Variant fam @benkline.bsky.social!
Join us Friday, December 13th at 9PM EST via Zoom. We'll be reading poems, talking about our books, life, writing, and who knows what else.
Register to join us here: tiny.cc/zehvzz!!!
Join us Friday, December 13th at 9PM EST via Zoom. We'll be reading poems, talking about our books, life, writing, and who knows what else.
Register to join us here: tiny.cc/zehvzz!!!
November 15, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Friends! I am having a book release reading with my dear friend and fellow Variant fam @benkline.bsky.social!
Join us Friday, December 13th at 9PM EST via Zoom. We'll be reading poems, talking about our books, life, writing, and who knows what else.
Register to join us here: tiny.cc/zehvzz!!!
Join us Friday, December 13th at 9PM EST via Zoom. We'll be reading poems, talking about our books, life, writing, and who knows what else.
Register to join us here: tiny.cc/zehvzz!!!
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"Yes, I voted for Trump, but it was only about the economy. And immigration. And what I’ve learned about transgender people from J. K. Rowling’s Twitter feed. It’s nothing personal."
Sure, I Voted for Someone Whose Policies Might Kill You, but Now’s the Time to Put Aside Our Differences
It’s me, that woman you barely remember from your tenth-grade homeroom who keeps turning up on your Facebook page like a cold sore. Before the elec...
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November 15, 2024 at 2:45 AM
"Yes, I voted for Trump, but it was only about the economy. And immigration. And what I’ve learned about transgender people from J. K. Rowling’s Twitter feed. It’s nothing personal."
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In January 2026, my comedy craft book with Elissa Bassist, INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS will come out! More info including cover and preorder information coming soon.
November 12, 2024 at 4:16 PM
In January 2026, my comedy craft book with Elissa Bassist, INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS will come out! More info including cover and preorder information coming soon.
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Let's lift up lit mags that left X behind. @splitlipthemag.bsky.social is one of the very best we have. A group of wonderful people making a great magazine. Check out the November issue!
Please help us welcome our gorgeous new 💫 NOVEMBER ISSUE 💫
https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
Sending LOVE & THANKS to our contributors 💖
WORDS: C. Russell Price, @christinajcooke.bsky.social , Victoria Hood & Thomas Kearnes
ART: Zhuo Xiong
PLUS: @alhs.bsky.social reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s THEOPHANIES
https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
Sending LOVE & THANKS to our contributors 💖
WORDS: C. Russell Price, @christinajcooke.bsky.social , Victoria Hood & Thomas Kearnes
ART: Zhuo Xiong
PLUS: @alhs.bsky.social reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s THEOPHANIES
November 15, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Let's lift up lit mags that left X behind. @splitlipthemag.bsky.social is one of the very best we have. A group of wonderful people making a great magazine. Check out the November issue!
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If you can, add River Teeth! bsky.app/profile/rive...
bsky.app
November 15, 2024 at 3:35 PM
If you can, add River Teeth! bsky.app/profile/rive...
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It's a hard time to publish new work & I'm worried our November Issue will get lost in the breaking-news shuffle. So I'd be especially grateful this month if you could support our incredible contributors by reading @splitlipthemag.bsky.social's stunning new issue. 💕
Please help us welcome our gorgeous new 💫 NOVEMBER ISSUE 💫
https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
Sending LOVE & THANKS to our contributors 💖
WORDS: C. Russell Price, @christinajcooke.bsky.social , Victoria Hood & Thomas Kearnes
ART: Zhuo Xiong
PLUS: @alhs.bsky.social reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s THEOPHANIES
https://buff.ly/2Z36noR
Sending LOVE & THANKS to our contributors 💖
WORDS: C. Russell Price, @christinajcooke.bsky.social , Victoria Hood & Thomas Kearnes
ART: Zhuo Xiong
PLUS: @alhs.bsky.social reviews Sarah Ghazal Ali’s THEOPHANIES
November 15, 2024 at 2:54 PM
It's a hard time to publish new work & I'm worried our November Issue will get lost in the breaking-news shuffle. So I'd be especially grateful this month if you could support our incredible contributors by reading @splitlipthemag.bsky.social's stunning new issue. 💕
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Hi if you’re new here and new to me, I published a weird fiction novel last year with @malarkeybooks.bsky.social called Thunder From a Clear Blue Sky. That’s an awesome title and the cover is amazing, so the novel doesn’t even have to be any good.
November 15, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Hi if you’re new here and new to me, I published a weird fiction novel last year with @malarkeybooks.bsky.social called Thunder From a Clear Blue Sky. That’s an awesome title and the cover is amazing, so the novel doesn’t even have to be any good.
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"I shake my head to clear it, fake a smile and say, 'Absolutely stunning!' Really, it is. All of this is."
"Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist" by @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social, new flash fiction up today. 📝
"Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist" by @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social, new flash fiction up today. 📝
Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist by Rachel Laverdiere
Things may have gotten too serious too quickly, but I gather up the long skirt of my dress and step out of Steve’s vintage yellow bug—a car I’ve dreamed of owning since I was little— one of Steve’s…
okaydonkeymag.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM
"I shake my head to clear it, fake a smile and say, 'Absolutely stunning!' Really, it is. All of this is."
"Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist" by @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social, new flash fiction up today. 📝
"Almost Plea to My Ex-Therapist" by @rachellaverdiere.bsky.social, new flash fiction up today. 📝