it's like if Catholicism was only ever referenced in a story as Catholic and the writers twisted themselves in knots to avoid saying Catholicism or even Christianity
November 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
it's like if Catholicism was only ever referenced in a story as Catholic and the writers twisted themselves in knots to avoid saying Catholicism or even Christianity
True story: Krauss was banned from CWRU campus for multiple sexual harassment episodes, including against me. You know it's bad when the dean himself confirmed it to the expose writers.
Krauss also held a physics conference on Epstein's island when I was in undergrad that included Stephen Hawking.
Krauss also held a physics conference on Epstein's island when I was in undergrad that included Stephen Hawking.
“I have decided that Feynman would have done what I did.. and I am therefore content.. no matter what..:)“
— Lawrence Krauss
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— Lawrence Krauss
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November 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
True story: Krauss was banned from CWRU campus for multiple sexual harassment episodes, including against me. You know it's bad when the dean himself confirmed it to the expose writers.
Krauss also held a physics conference on Epstein's island when I was in undergrad that included Stephen Hawking.
Krauss also held a physics conference on Epstein's island when I was in undergrad that included Stephen Hawking.
If I were in charge of the Times, I would probably put out a well sourced, detailed account of what the fuck happened to this story, instead of damage control being under the exclusive purview of writers calling people crazy for suggesting something untoward happened here.
"I'm a rando who prefers to believe that everything is a conspiracy and am happy to tell women that I know better than she does how their literal job works" That a news org makes an editorial decision you wouldn't (or I wouldn't) doesn't mean someone is killing a story on behalf of a powerful person
"I write for the New York Times, and I can assure you that we've never buried stories on behalf of powerful people, many of those powerful people being part of NYT management. We only publish what's fit to print, like Zohran's application to Columbia that was leaked by a white nationalist"
November 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
If I were in charge of the Times, I would probably put out a well sourced, detailed account of what the fuck happened to this story, instead of damage control being under the exclusive purview of writers calling people crazy for suggesting something untoward happened here.
I don't think it is reasonable or fair to put short story writers through months and months of contract negotiation, and have them have to argue through every clause to get a fair deal.
This is unacceptable and my advice is not to submit there. I haven't in years.
This is unacceptable and my advice is not to submit there. I haven't in years.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I don't think it is reasonable or fair to put short story writers through months and months of contract negotiation, and have them have to argue through every clause to get a fair deal.
This is unacceptable and my advice is not to submit there. I haven't in years.
This is unacceptable and my advice is not to submit there. I haven't in years.
Yes, writers steal from life. Avoid us. When my sister told me the same anecdote for the fourth time in three years, she said: "You should write a story about that!" I replied: "I did. It's in my collection." A book she loved. She didn't recognize herself because I made the character tall.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yes, writers steal from life. Avoid us. When my sister told me the same anecdote for the fourth time in three years, she said: "You should write a story about that!" I replied: "I did. It's in my collection." A book she loved. She didn't recognize herself because I made the character tall.
if you “don’t consent” to intentional chemistry written into and depicted in the canon story by the writers, director, and actors, there’s this thing you can do called picking up your remote and turning the show off while the rest of us enjoy it 😌
November 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
if you “don’t consent” to intentional chemistry written into and depicted in the canon story by the writers, director, and actors, there’s this thing you can do called picking up your remote and turning the show off while the rest of us enjoy it 😌
The winners of the 2025 Writers’ Trust Awards were announced at an event in Toronto on Nov. 13. Full story at the link
https://bit.ly/47I72Ta
https://bit.ly/47I72Ta
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The winners of the 2025 Writers’ Trust Awards were announced at an event in Toronto on Nov. 13. Full story at the link
https://bit.ly/47I72Ta
https://bit.ly/47I72Ta
The Bristol Short Story Prize will officially re-open next week!
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The Bristol Short Story Prize will officially re-open next week!
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
Writers, get ready - you can submit your short stories from the 19th November. All info on our website (link in bio).
I have been saying this for YEARS. I can always predict it's coming, and it's even crept into the half-hour "comedies" lane. It's filler, a lazy attempt at adding ostensible depth to a character/story. (It rarely does!)
I do wonder if execs are pushing this formula upon writers ...
I do wonder if execs are pushing this formula upon writers ...
please, tv writers, i beg you
stop making the penultimate episode a flashback that answers all my questions about how we got here
i don't care! i already AM here. these are not questions i want answered! i don't care about these flashback people! i don't want to care about these flashback people!
stop making the penultimate episode a flashback that answers all my questions about how we got here
i don't care! i already AM here. these are not questions i want answered! i don't care about these flashback people! i don't want to care about these flashback people!
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I have been saying this for YEARS. I can always predict it's coming, and it's even crept into the half-hour "comedies" lane. It's filler, a lazy attempt at adding ostensible depth to a character/story. (It rarely does!)
I do wonder if execs are pushing this formula upon writers ...
I do wonder if execs are pushing this formula upon writers ...
Writers: Matt Craig (story), Kevin Fleming and Rob Janas (teleplay)
Storyboarder: Andrew Dickman
Director: Erik Knutson
Storyboarder: Andrew Dickman
Director: Erik Knutson
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Writers: Matt Craig (story), Kevin Fleming and Rob Janas (teleplay)
Storyboarder: Andrew Dickman
Director: Erik Knutson
Storyboarder: Andrew Dickman
Director: Erik Knutson
This skeet brought to you by some bullshit I just saw, that said writers shouldn't write by telling themselves a story. Dude, that's all I've ever done, and all I'll ever do. That's exactly my process and it's demonstrably not wrong. My storytelling instincts are HONED.
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This skeet brought to you by some bullshit I just saw, that said writers shouldn't write by telling themselves a story. Dude, that's all I've ever done, and all I'll ever do. That's exactly my process and it's demonstrably not wrong. My storytelling instincts are HONED.
News writers are looking for a narrative, a focus, a clear story. This isn't a complaint, that's what I, the news reader, am looking for. But a constant lesson of the Trump presidencies has been there is Too Much News and it's hard to determine what is the most important.
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
News writers are looking for a narrative, a focus, a clear story. This isn't a complaint, that's what I, the news reader, am looking for. But a constant lesson of the Trump presidencies has been there is Too Much News and it's hard to determine what is the most important.
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Writers, do you ever fear running out of story ideas? This is one fear I don’t have #writingq #WritingCommunity
Delighted to have today received a copy of the British Guild of Travel Writers book, Around the World in 65 Years. I have a story in there about a madcap expedition in the sultry Chaco of Argentina.
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Delighted to have today received a copy of the British Guild of Travel Writers book, Around the World in 65 Years. I have a story in there about a madcap expedition in the sultry Chaco of Argentina.
Delighted to be in the latest issue of WestWord (and alongside some other wonderful pieces from brilliant writers) with this little story from earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
On Leaving a Familiar Place
A Micro Fiction by Jo Clark
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Delighted to be in the latest issue of WestWord (and alongside some other wonderful pieces from brilliant writers) with this little story from earlier this year:
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
open.substack.com/pub/westword...
I gotta hand it to AI "writers". Their bullshit REALLY inspired me to actually write my own stuff after feeling so insecure about it beforehand.
Because even if what I write ain't great, I can at least take pride in the MONTHS I've been chipping away at this story and that I know what a pencil is.
Because even if what I write ain't great, I can at least take pride in the MONTHS I've been chipping away at this story and that I know what a pencil is.
If you believe that creating art is too hard to do with your own hands and mind, you do not deserve to create it. It is painful, arduous, and soul-sucking in every step from conception to release.
But it bears love, truth, and authenticity machine can't ever recreate in the end.
But it bears love, truth, and authenticity machine can't ever recreate in the end.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I gotta hand it to AI "writers". Their bullshit REALLY inspired me to actually write my own stuff after feeling so insecure about it beforehand.
Because even if what I write ain't great, I can at least take pride in the MONTHS I've been chipping away at this story and that I know what a pencil is.
Because even if what I write ain't great, I can at least take pride in the MONTHS I've been chipping away at this story and that I know what a pencil is.
A lot of good comment on the story here - but it’s really a complete non-story. No source for anything suggesting the writers at Amazon are in any way stuck. And then a quote from someone not involved in the project.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A lot of good comment on the story here - but it’s really a complete non-story. No source for anything suggesting the writers at Amazon are in any way stuck. And then a quote from someone not involved in the project.
i just really don’t like any kind of long form storytelling where it’s obvious that the writers have no idea how or when the story is going to end
November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
i just really don’t like any kind of long form storytelling where it’s obvious that the writers have no idea how or when the story is going to end
Scott is the second person I know to have had to withdraw a story from one of this group of magazines due to their new contract issues. Depressing but important for writers to know about Asimov’s, Analog, and the Magazine of F&SF (all of which have editors who are NOT to blame for the new model).
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Scott is the second person I know to have had to withdraw a story from one of this group of magazines due to their new contract issues. Depressing but important for writers to know about Asimov’s, Analog, and the Magazine of F&SF (all of which have editors who are NOT to blame for the new model).
Anyway, when this shit comes up, I think back to Marv Wolfman's 1983 interview with TCJ:
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Anyway, when this shit comes up, I think back to Marv Wolfman's 1983 interview with TCJ:
Now reading ‘Unquiet Guests’, a collection of short stories about haunted houses by some fairly famous writers, edited by Dan Coxon. The first story, by Grady Hendrix, is about a sentient, jealous, murderous house that, I suppose, haunts itself.
November 12, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Now reading ‘Unquiet Guests’, a collection of short stories about haunted houses by some fairly famous writers, edited by Dan Coxon. The first story, by Grady Hendrix, is about a sentient, jealous, murderous house that, I suppose, haunts itself.
I don't know much about C11th costumes. I hated it though. There was just a weary feeling about the whole thing. Bad casting. The real story is so interesting- Harold in Normandy, his traitorous brother, the march to Stamford and back. The writers loved their own fake stories instead.
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I don't know much about C11th costumes. I hated it though. There was just a weary feeling about the whole thing. Bad casting. The real story is so interesting- Harold in Normandy, his traitorous brother, the march to Stamford and back. The writers loved their own fake stories instead.
Writers! All of the Uncanny short story submissions have been through initial processing. Any remaining submissions are with Editor-in-Chief Michael Damian Thomas. They will be making their final decisions over the next week or two. Thank you again for your patience as we battled the AI deluge.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Writers! All of the Uncanny short story submissions have been through initial processing. Any remaining submissions are with Editor-in-Chief Michael Damian Thomas. They will be making their final decisions over the next week or two. Thank you again for your patience as we battled the AI deluge.
We would like to extend a huge congratulations to our nominees for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize! 🎉 buff.ly/b4NEuc9
November 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We would like to extend a huge congratulations to our nominees for the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize! 🎉 buff.ly/b4NEuc9