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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I got a kitty and now I want to start a podcast called the podcats but it's already taken but.... it's not about cats??? What a waste of a name!

A kitten covering his mouth with his paw.

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 28/10/2025

Want to break hearts while landing zingers like “adorkable but hotkward?” On Nov 16 at 8PM ET, chat and get craft-y with award-winning author @1demerith.bsky.social & @epochliterary.com editor @jrobertlennon.com about Meredith’s fizzingly witty, disarmingly tender short story “The Best Man.”

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The downside of being a solo chess hobbyist: feeling so much over the news of Daniel Naroditsky's death but not having folks IRL to commiserate with.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

It occurs to me today that Tagalog has no direct word for "lonely." There's nag-iisa, but that just means "alone," a fact and not an emotion. And I always had people to be with growing up if I wanted so I never had any reason to use the word "lonely." This realization makes me feel a little lonely.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Thinking about how both Bluesky and Twitter evoke the outdoors but spending too much time on them prevents us from being outdoors. Go outside!

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Good morning. I've been internetting less and gardening more... here's my first teeny bouquet of the season....

a bouquet consisting of nigella, love-in-a-mist, cosmos, and pink lace flower

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

The irony of being invited to a trans healthcare panel the same day I'm going through a Kafkaesque nightmare trying to access hormones after moving and switching medical providers.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Hi I'm continuing my nerdhood with some thoughts inspired by chess on how to maintain writing concentration in the face of strong emotions: open.substack.com/pub/fairest/...

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Approach Writing With Detached Interest

Part 4 of a chess-inspired series

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Trying to write merchless but it keeps autocorrecting to merciless and yes, that is also me.

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Tim Manley @timmanley.com · 31/03/2025

On Saturday I’m taking @1demerith.bsky.social’s class on movement for writers. I’m always trying to discern how much of my work should come from deep in my body, and how much from my regular dopey brain. On Saturday, at least, we’ll try the body. learn.slc.edu/courses/writ...

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Writing & Dance: A Movement Studio Workshop

Overcome self-doubt and perfectionism with our unique workshop combining movement and writing. Explore exercises to unlock uninhibited creativity and write freely. No movement background needed, just ...

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Proud to be an Electric Literature board member working to advocate for and publish trans writers in the wake of Trump's attacks on us through the NEA. Please donate if you can so we can continue our work: secure.givelively.org/donate/elect...

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Illustration of American healthcare: I'm supposed to have a free yearly physical through my insurance, but because my doctor and I talked about me being albino and trans, this is not strictly covered by the physical and I was charged $200.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Being edited by Hillary Jordan - @scribblegirl.bsky.social - was one of my most fruitful learning experiences as a writer. So I highly recommend y'all check out her upcoming workshop in Rhinebeck, NY - sounds dreamy! www.eomega.org/workshops/fi...

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Finding Your Voice

Unleash your narrative voice and hone the writing skills it takes to develop it on the page with award-winning author and screenwriter Hillary Jordan.

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Andy Adams @flakphoto.news · 03/02/2025

Good read: For those artists out there focused on creative resistance, @1demerith.bsky.social's essay is a helpful reminder of the essential balance between personal calm and political engagement. Thank you, Meredith!

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

How's everyone doing? I wrote this for 100 Days of Resistance, hoping we can help each other find the balance between personal calm and political activism: mailchi.mp/547b1aa20c02...

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Stephanie Davies @stephaniedavies.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Every day, for 100 days, I’m reading an essay on creative resistance, thanks to @writingco-lab.bsky.social. I like this one in particular, on balancing mindfulness with social action by @1demerith.bsky.social

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A good day to remind whoever needs reminding that trans folks have existed for thousands of years and will continue to exist for generations to come, and no speech or order will change that.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A missive about revision, Part 3 of my nerdy deep-dive into writing craft and chess... open.substack.com/pub/fairest/...

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On Revision, or, Improving Your Position

Part 3 of a chess-inspired series

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Why can't I hear "There are only two sexes" without the echo of "There is only one God"?

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The Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 07/01/2025

My brand new adult novel LESSONS IN MAGIC AND DISASTER comes out in August. 🌟 a young trans witch teaches her mother magic 🌟 flashbacks to the mom's youth as a queer activist 🌟 Dark Academia storyline about a queer novel from 1747 🌟 queer families and rediscovering desire in the midst of trauma

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

HOMESEEKING is amazing and everyone needs to read it!!!!

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

My new idea: a gay erotic gardening thriller called "Bottom Heat"

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Woot! Love absorbing mojo from other writers!

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Plant waterer update... this amaryllis is the holiday gift that keeps on giving. Four flowers on the first stem (now defunct), six flowers on the second, three on a third, and a fourth stem on the way... my doggie argues she's still cuter!

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

a poem is a cosmos, a vastness—and a poem is a kiss, an eyelash

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

A grant from Creative Capital (creativecapital.bsky.social) has given me the freedom to step away from the grind and work independently on fiction over the last two years. If you'd like to support other artists getting the same freedom, here's how: donate.creative-capital.org/campaign/628...

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Donate to Artist Fund 25yrs

Creative Capital's 25th Anniversary https://donate.creative-capital.org/campaign/628288/donate

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Being a plant waterer has its benefits.... notice on the right there's another stem about to pop out flowers so I might end up with eight at the same time, possibly twelve (?!) since there's yet another stem next to the second stem.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Deesha Philyaw (@deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social) says she likes my chaotic energy and I am honored! <3

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Continuing my nerdy deep dive into connections between writing and chess; this one's about being purposeful about your moves so you're always a few steps ahead of the reader.

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Make All Your Moves Count

Part 2 of a chess-inspired series on writing

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

One great thing about the Bluesky migration is getting to be excited all over again about some of your favorite writers following you!

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Watched this last night at Jill's recommendation and what I got out of it was that our imagined desires will always be more compelling than our real lives, hence the popularity of both Internet dating and fictional media.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Turkey reminds me of the U.S.... really large and rather bland so you have to gussy it up with lots of colorful and salty sides.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

One of my salves in these dark times is memorizing poems while swimming laps. Today it's "Self-Portrait with Syliva Plath's Braid" by Diane Seuss (@dseuss.bsky.social)

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

My biggest mistake today: checking Twitter.

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Doing class on Zoom this week and I meant to write I'm making breakout rooms but instead wrote I'm making breakup rooms oops

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Activism takes many forms; writing is one of the most vital. fairest.substack.com/p/writing-is...

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Writing Is Revolutionary

Our words are more important than ever

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

I spend way too much time trying to decide whether a friendship has progressed to the "xo" email closing stage. When do you decide to pull out the "xo"?

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

But where is Taye Diggs to follow me?

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Putting the kink in overthinkink. 🪢

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Meredith Talusan @1demerith.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Is this like Twitter 2010 when you could just be a smart aleck without consequences? Or is it like Twitter 2015 when you had to be a smart aleck to gain a "platform"?

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