Sent a new story to my writing workshop tonight. I know they’ll come up with ways to strengthen the story that I didn’t see myself. Even editors need editors. I’m grateful to be in a workshop with so many insightful people. #AmWriting #AmEditing #MagicalRealism #WeirdWriters

Each second of this is more amazing than the last

Issue 11 is up! Featuring a counselor with a delightfully unexpected skill set, raising dead best friends, an alchemist's poignant work with pulse flowers, a professor dealing with a student's metamorphosis, and a menagerie of talking headless statues! boneparade.com

No agent? No published book? Our editors can’t wait to hear from you! Our next 📚book submissions period will take place May 6–7! We're looking for poetry and short story collections that engage with place and/or food. Learn about how to submit: buff.ly/3LxpHGc

#FOLD2023 has been amazing so far. I will definitely be making this one of the annual conferences I attend. I loved all the panels, especially The Truth About Trends in Publishing. And really appreciated Jesmeen Kaur Deo’s session detailing her publishing experience—so excellent!

What people need to understand about AI programs like ChatGPT is that they’re basically predictive text. They can neither think nor create. They generate content by recycling books and essays written by actual humans in what amounts to theft on a grand scale.

Issue 12 of Bone Parade is ready to read! We hope you enjoy these five fabulous stories as much as we did! boneparade.com #LitMag, #WeirdFiction, #GenreBending, #Speculative, #MagicalRealism, #FlashFiction, #ShortStory, #WritingCommunity

#Edibuddies! You might already know this, but I’m so excited to share that @MaliniDevadas’s amazing podcast The Confident Freelance Editor (formerly Edit Boost) has been rebooted! Malini shares marketing guidance for editors. Her podcast is SO helpful! editboostpodcast.libsyn.com/website

The most important lesson I ever learned as a writer: When I was 28 I was at a bar on a Friday night. My friends and I were dancing and getting wasted and having an amazing night, when I looked around and noticed that my buddy Clark was missing. I asked my buddy Jeremy, “Hey

As authors, we talk about writing every day. But one of the vital aspects is often glossed over: the value of time. A decade+ into my dream of being an author, here are my thin pencil shavings of wisdom about Writing Time. Maybe the solidarity will help someone feel seen. 🧵 1/16

I was behind two construction workers getting Publix subs today, and one was digging for change, and the other said quietly, “I got some extra birthday money this week, so I can get yours and you can get extra cheese too.” The guy instantly relaxed.

Someone mentioned Les Misérables yesterday, so I had to watch it, and now I have to listen to my favorite songs until they drive me mad and this happens all over again in a few years.

I'm on the new thing: bsky.app/profile/kimsch…

Monday is your last day to get something in. Shit it out this weekend! It's only creative writing! It's only one of your deepest longings and you're fucked! Your chances are only like 1% and even something called "the Taco Bell Quarterly" is ultra competitive. Fuck. Do it anyway!

As of today, there are about half a dozen books being sold on Amazon, with my name on them, that I did not write or publish. Some huckster generated them using AI. This promises to be a serious problem for the book publishing world. janefriedman.com/i-would-rather…

Hey writers, we've temporarily opened up the application again. We are EXCLUSIVELY seeking writers with specific & accurate knowledge or lived experience in one of 3 cultural and social identities. Read the job posting for more info: notion.so/cygni/Threshol…

New Listing: Bone Parade is a literary journal publishing quality works of magical realism, fabulism, speculative, weird, and genre-bending fiction. It accepts #fiction submissions year-round. For more, visit: at.pw.org/BoneParade

If any #litmag has time to talk to us (lol. We know you don’t have time—neither do we!) about how they took a labor of love to a paying market, we’d be so grateful. Do you need to become a 501c3? If not, how do you crowdfund to pay authors without tax troubles?

Instead of prepping for NaNoWriMo, I wrote a post about what I learned from writing a short story every day last November: open.substack.com/pub/makelitera… #NaNoWriMo #WritingCommmunity #Nano #AmWriting

Amidst quite a lot right now, we realized LitArts RI has been here for 5 whole years! 😯 If you’d like to take a moment to mark this milestone—and help us get to the next one—here are 3 ways you can celebrate with us (1/4):