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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Recently, I was reading about a new-ish trend in publishing—memoir plus. And I have to say, despite being a big fan of many books that can be categorized in this way, I kind of hate the label.

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“you cannot write a novel without conflict” “you don’t need conflict you need tension” “you don’t need conflict or tension but this secret third thing”

cap of a tumblr post by user gerardwaist. th post reads: people b saying things so definitively. like man i think it depends

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last week I got into the inextricability of plot and character, so for this week I thought it could be fun to give an overview on developing plot from character. That’s right, friends, this is an intro to GMC (Goal-Conflict-Motivation).

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 26/08/2026

Self publishing and hybrid publishing comrades! I'm working on a piece about market shifts around self publishing, how self pub is influencing trab pub, and so much more. I would LOVE to talk to you. sesmith at realsesmith dot com

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Would you rather read a badly-plotted book, or a book with flat characters? This hotly-debated question crossed my feed yesterday. With the obvious answer being “neither,” my second answer is “what constitutes ‘bad plotting’ is a genre question,” followed closely by “sometimes, it’s the same book."

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I recently finished Jazmina Barrera’s On Lighthouses, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney. Towards the end of the book, she writes that the figure of the bat is the antithesis of the lighthouse: “The former emits geometrical light, the latter represents organic obscurity.”

bat flying in daylight with a tree in the background

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I've been realizing that people probably have no idea what my pfp actually is—it's a diagram by Freud in a letter to Fleiss, in which he wrote of the sketch: “Work consists of a series of such stages at deeper and deeper levels.” This is largely what editing is like as a process!

a diagram loosely sketching out four different levels of work

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Weeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In 2023, NaNoWriMo put out a statement about supporting AI I created my own challenge, #FirstDraftFall, in three wild weeks Now we're about to enter our third year and we've got SO many amazing things in the works Join our community waiting list/newsletter to be the first to hear about them!

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Weeknight Writers Waiting List - Weeknight Writers

Unblock your writing Become part of a vibrant community With over 100 active members, Weeknight Writers is THE place to be for writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. We’ll provide everything...

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d h @deeholloway.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

LOST COAST is a pamphlet exploring the Weird & occult influences of three 1970s-made and/or -set media: Greenwitch (Cooper), The Fog (Carpenter) & Enys Men (Jenkin). brief but (I hope) thoughtful spooky summer reading! #WriterShareWednesday greenstreetpress.itch.io/lost-coast

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Lost Coast: Notes on Greenwitch, The Fog, and Enys Men by Green Street Press

An examination of common themes and tools in three pieces of weird media.

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I get so happy when I find out folks are being contacted for jobs via my blog recs! Happened today and I'm so chuffed for them. :') rebeccacrunden.com/resources-fo...

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Resources for Indie Authors

General/Disclaimer I thought I’d share some links and communities for indie authors looking for resources as I know it can be difficult to even know where to start. Starting off without a reader ba…

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Kate✨ @ksummerfield.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Queer Prompts is a daily prompt for queer writers and focuses primarily on queer fiction. Quote repost the day's question with your response and the hashtag #QueerPrompts

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Hi everyone! Jumping in late, but excited to be here. I have a wip I've been keeping on the back burner for a couple years now that's about 15k in. It's a slightly dark queer romantic comedy that dares to ask, how far would YOU go for academic job security? #WeeknightWriters

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Martha van Dalen @marthavandalen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

YOUR DEATH IS NOT YOUR OWN is an adult necromantic fantasy combining an f/f take on NBC’s Hannibal with the death magic of Kerstin Hall’s ASUNDER. It's a heart-worming tale of belonging and the dangers of falling in love with an undead sociopath #A #F #H #QueerPit

Fostered to the gamblers and cheats of Vegas House as a young child, Jona has little experience with the dead who plot against the living or the necromancers who fight them. But when she learns that Madai, her long-estranged father figure and legendary necromancer, has violated their culture’s greatest taboo and returned from death, Jona knows she must discover what happened to him.
Jona makes Madai’s younger sister, Renee-Lois, her first ally and falls unexpectedly in love. Renee-Lois encourages Jona to accept the darker parts of herself: her forbidden magic and her strange empathy with the dead. What Jona doesn’t know is that Madai’s sister has been dead for a long time and her body is being animated by the Godqueen of the Kingdom of the Dead, working to turn Jona’s home into her personal meat locker.
By the time Jona discovers Renee-Lois’ true identity, the Godqueen holds all the cards. There’s no honest chance of winning. But Jona is a Vegas trickster at heart and at every other suit–and she’s never played honestly.

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QueerPit @queerpit.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

5) FINALLY - participants can show support for other pitches by *commenting* and *reposting* but ONLY agents and editors should ❤️ pitches. Questions? Let us know and we'll do our best to help. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🩷

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

had a lot of fun writing this for the Editors Canada blog!

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

If it's outside of my own queer/intersectional experience, I recommend that they do more research / work with an authenticity/sensitivity reader. I've got a list of where people can find them at the bottom of this page of inclusive storytelling resources: tanyagold.com/resources/in... #StetChat

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Inclusive Storytelling Resource List - Tanya Gold

Steps you can take to make your story more inclusive and resources to help you navigate the process.

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Because it's never just about language. Queer and trans people deserve to see ourselves represented, yes, but language is also being used at the legislative level to villainize and erase us (speaking from a U.S. perspective here, though this is true in many places across the world as well) #StetChat

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A2: People use multiple pronouns and should be allowed to see that aspect of themselves in stories too. As editors, it's not our job to make this simpler or more mainstream by erasing this, but to ensure the usage is consistent to that character (and that character at that point in time). #StetChat

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

this is one I will always highlight, particularly for cishet writers. In the queer community, there's been a bit more discussion over whether or not it matters if sexual orientation is a choice (as in, even if we did choose this, you should still respect it!) #stetchat

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

completely agree! it's consistently used to subtly (they think) deride trans people for having the gall to say we're the gender we are.

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Hey all! I'm Elliott; just launched my developmental editing and coaching business last month. I live in the Hudson Valley and enjoy reading queer psychoanalytic theory for fun 🤓 #StetChat

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tshirt @tshirt.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

TESTIMONIAL: I WAS STUCK ON A FINAL PAPER AND ELLIOTT PATIENTLY TALKED TO ME FOR FORTY MINUTES AND UNSTUCK ME, DESPITE NEVER HAVING READ THE BOOK IN HIS LIFE. HE'S LIKE. REALLY SMART. AND YOU CAN PAY HIM FOR HIS INSIGHTS, SO YOU CAN GET UNSTUCK TOO! #THANKYOUELLIOTT

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Briar Rolfe: TRANS INSURGENT @briar-rolfe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

NORMAL MAN!!! ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WORDS!!!

Nothing, no one opposes your writing. Everyone is anxious that you write. You do not need certain conditions to write. You are so strong you can write anywhere on anything at any time. You can carry on a wild social life and still write one hundred thousand words a month or more. Your brain is so fixed that you can write at any time, anywhere.
The mere beginning of writing is sufficient to put you in a happy mood, any high mood. Writing does not tire you. You said writing was hard work but that you knew was a lie. You know now it is easy, very easy. Writing puts you into an ecstatic state of mind almost as high as intercourse. You love to write. The Navy had no influence upon your writing. The Navy never stopped you writing. On the 422 what you wrote were not stories. You love to write. Your writing has a deep hypnotic effect on people and they are always pleased with what you write.
Having a market is immaterial.

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Ordinary Unhappiness @unhappinesspod.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 What's a "transitional object"? What can theorizing infantile development and observing children at play reveal about adult behaviors, cultural activities, and our capacities for creativity and growth? Join us for new Winnicott miniseries! www.buzzsprout.com/2131830/epis...

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143: Winnicott: Creativity and Subjectivity, Part I - Ordinary Unhappiness

Taking a breather from our moment’s unrelentingly grim headlines, Abby, Patrick, and Dan return to a favorite analytic thinker – Donald Winnicott (1896-1971) – and begin the first of a two-part episod...

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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 26/01/2026

Modern Times is a South Minneapolis staple, and a personal favorite haunt. For the duration of the occupation they're renaming themselves Post Modern Times and going to a donation-only model. Everyone but ICE can eat for free. Donations: Venmo: moderntimescafe givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund

The text in the image reads:

Until this occupation is over, we are Post Modern Times

> Post Modern Times is free for all with the exception of our occupiers!

Donate: @moderntimescafe (Venmo)
givemn.org/story/centralimpactfund or in person

moderntimescafempls Hello,

My name is Dylan. I own Modern Times Cafe in South Minneapolis and have for 15 years. Modern Times is on the corner of 32nd and Chicago Ave; 6 blocks from where George Floyd was murdered, 3 blocks from where Renee Good was executed, and a mere neighborhood away from where Alex Pretti was murdered.

After ICE Agents shot and killed Renee and then Alex, I was at the scene within hours. I witnessed hostile and aggressive armed goons sent by the Federal Government protecting each other from unarmed, outraged citizens. I bore witness to these atrocities and was tear-gassed, smoke bombed, and concussion grenaded alongside my neighbors.

Minneapolis has been living through the abhorrent horror of the federally sanctioned abduction of our neighbors, public executions of people exercising their rights, and a targeted escalation of government violence. It's an atrocious and despicable occupation.

We are entering yet another week of this occupation with a deep sense of dread and mourning. We absolutely cannot go on as we have. am sick of generating money for the soldiers in our streets and for a government that won't protect us - a government who is actively inflicting daily harm on its citizens.

Effective tomorrow we are done making money for the fascists that occupy our city. We refuse to generate taxes under the guise of a functioning for-profit capitalist business aligned with government strategy. Amidst many strategic pivots and determined leadership, Modern Times has been barely soluble since 2020. Therefore, for the remainder of the government occupation, we will function as a free and donation based restaurant, Post Modern Times. Everyone is welcome EXCEPT ICE.

Hours will not change but our menu will be smaller. Staff agreed to be present on a volunteer basis, working from shared tips and community donations.

Post Modern Times is a small stance amidst a gigantic fight that may shape the future of this country. I am inspired by the ways our community has grown together, our hearts breaking open, to give and receive care in all the ways we can. May we continue to see each other in the streets.

A photo of Modern Times cafe, on Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, during warmer weather

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Banshee Lover's Rage @annlynzee.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Added it to Chrome and can verify it works, thank god

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Frederick Smith, Ed.D. @fsmith827.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

A friend asked me to share Queer Romance Book Fests or Queer Book Fests for people who may want to attend events about LGBTQIA+ stories. If you know others, please add. Rainbow Book Fair. May 2026. New York City. (@rainbowbookfair.bsky.social) rainbowbookfair.com #QueerBookSky #LGBTQBookSky

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Rainbow Book Fair

The World's Largest LGBTQ+ Book Fair

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#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Two white friends tail me home if it's outside the hours when people are out and about. I'm damn near third generation Minnesotan. It's not just "you're a citizen you'll be fine." I'm a black woman alone. Who knows what they will do.

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

this sunday, I'm teaching a 90 minute workshop called Writing the Critical Essay—For Fun! where we'll get into the mechanics of brainstorming, developing, and writing essays in the mode of cultural criticism. Would love to see you there! registration link below <3

let's take ibuprofen meme only it says "let's write essays together"

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

thank you tshirt!! and yes...take my hand...let's learn from and with each other and write essays together.....

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all hallows’ avery @pucksarcana.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

i like you bro. i’m gonna add you to my bestiary

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 27/10/2025

This article quotes the university president saying Lia was on the women's swimming and diving team, but she's not on this year's roster on their athletic department website. The NCAA banned her from being on the team when Trump first took office.

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I was recently asked if I had any tips on cultivating a writing practice. Here's ten of them! I elaborated on these in my newsletter (linked below) 1. Remember that everything is research 2. Start with specificity 3. Use timers 4. The blank page is never truly blank 5. Play with your mode of writing

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freaky little guy enjoyer @evashougouki.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

happy monday

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Melissa Sue Stanley : Dragon Con Art Show 🌿✨🍄 @melissasuestanley.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Years ago I went through a phase of putting chicken legs on ... stuff? Everything I've ever made has always been a bit absurd and self-indulgent. For example: here is a breakfast radish on legs, which I made of wool and wire.

Photo of an object in front of a plain white background. The object is a soft-sculpture made of wool. It's a breakfast radish in red and white with white roots growing out of the bottom and big leafy dark green leaves growing from the top. It's also in a bird pose and standing on two bright orange chicken legs. It's an odd animal.

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Alexis Rippen *️⃣ Flamecon C14 @theswordwizard.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

We'll be closing Late Pledges on KS on October 12th! Make sure to get those final orders in and don't miss out ✳️

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025

G-d forbid that Palestinians live free, physically and mentally

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Elliott Silverstein | Echolocation Editorial @archivefeverdream.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

who wants to write critical essays (for fun) together with meeeee

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Ella Dawson @brosandprose.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Ugh, I can’t stand this publishing startup. They pay people to write fan fiction — they tried to commission a story from me. 831 Stories was founded by MBA brains who saw how lucrative romance is as a genre, and their branding targets lit snobs who think they are better than romance.

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Novelty Cistern @noveltycistern.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

me in the downtown area of any city on earth: but despite all of our differences, are we not all siblings and friends? me driving on a highway anywhere on earth: i support the total eradication of the human race and i vote

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Look at that. And New Mexico is not a rich state. Just one that figured out some priorities.

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Tom the Anime Sicko 🔜 Hell @tomharrison.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It would be so tight if the worst people on Earth could stop having their wildest dreams come true for one fucking second

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eddie @godsplatter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

reminder that the Entire golden kamuy manga index is FREE online, made possible by satoru noda himself and his publishing team, thru viz media !

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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 20/08/2025

part 1 is all about freud. part 2 is both lacan and irigaray. the phenomenon of the "coexistence of the dual" that constantly reoccurs as a theme in part 2 is irigaray's framework of sexual difference. lacan is of course the language of how desire in part 2 operates

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sherbert trimp @ghstbird.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

two catgirls who have been together for a full year call that a nyanniversary

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Louise Weard @weard.moe · 08/08/2025

trailer for castration movie anthology ii. the best of both worlds . cut together by Hazel Norwood

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