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æmə's ghost @amazingama.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I wish I were a blue jay, just flying around and screaming

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I just submitted a grant application this morning for my writing, and (phew!) the procrastination it took to get here was overwhelming. Here's to getting support for writers' work and for crossing items off a long list during a busy season.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I seriously was thinking of the wind while driving on Rte. 9 in Framingham, Mass. No wind.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Last call for this slot in my 10/18 Hermit Crab Flash Fiction workshop!

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hey friends, I’m offering two opportunities to write with me and a small cohort of other writers in southern France in May of next year! A couple of spots left in each session. See inside for details. 💙 www.artofflashfiction.com/retreats/cre...

Black and white photo of smiling me, hair in ponytail, patterned scarf over left shoulder, big glasses.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

And when I first saw this image, I thought it was a painting.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wonderful, Maureen! I didn’t know you took photographs, too. I love that you equate it to writing. Congratulations!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ah, I was just going through the list in my head: Finish revising two stories Submit an application for a writing grant Write a letter of recommendation for a former student Draft four flash Thank you for asking!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I just started watching Rooster, with Steve Carell, and it’s the salve I need! I couldn’t help but notice the cop’s gun *not going off* in a nod to Chekhov. So I wait. m.youtube.com/watch?v=L00r...

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm so excited for Christina's book, and how wonderful that a story started in my workshop is included! Congrats, @christinaltudor.bsky.social!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Calling all flash writers! I have *one* spot left in my Hermit Crab Flash Workshop, on Sunday, Oct. 18--a 4-hour writing session, with lots of feedback. Because there's been such interest, I've opened up the last session of the year, on Sunday, Nov. 8. Join us! www.cherylpappas.net/events

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Myna, this is so haunting and evocative. That last image gave me chills!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OMG I can’t stop laughing at the image of this!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The October installment of From the Bookshelf is now posted! This month's writing prompt is inspired by a flash by Zbigniew Herbert's "Hell." substack.com/home/post/p-...

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So proud of you for taking that much-needed rest!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Amazing! Congrats. Can’t wait to read this.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amazing! What a dream to read there....

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Andrew Porter @andrewporter01.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looking forward to be in conversation about my novel The Imagined life with author Jeff Condran at the Six Bridges Book Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas on Sept 30. The event starts at 6 PM in the Ron Robinson Theater! I’d you’re in the Little Rock area, I’d love to see you! ❤️

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Oh, that is bittersweet! Congrats all the same.

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Linda M. Bayley @lmbayley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Did you know that @allisonfieldbell.bsky.social , @aniking.bsky.social and @claudiamonpere.bsky.social all have new books out, or about to come out? And that they're all going to have REMOTE BOOK LAUNCHES? I don't know if I can get to them all, but I'm darn well signing up! Congratulations all!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This man is 55! (It's artist William Morris Hunt, who died by drowning in 1879.) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

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William Morris Hunt - Wikipedia

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I wrote this short essay almost 10 years ago about what Annie Dillard can teach us, looking at her essay "Seeing." I also quote extensively from her essay in my flash fiction class. Her words give us so much, and I'm so grateful. www.essaydaily.org/2017/03/cher...

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Cheryl Pappas: Learning To See Again, with Annie Dillard

If you are like me and you check your smartphone about 80 times a day, then you, too, might need a gentle reminder that there is an unseen u...

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My sister-in-law has tickets! Can't wait to find out how that goes.

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."

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New Learning Outcomes Announced | English

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This book has been in my backpack for two weeks! Reading it again....

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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I wrote about being Annie Dillard's student at Wesleyan in the spring of my last year in college for Elizabeth Benedict's Mentors and Monsters anthology, and The Morning News: themorningnews.org/annie-dillar...

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Annie Dillard and the Writing Life - The Morning News

Writers aren’t born, they’re made—from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I just read this, and it brought your whole experience to life. Everything is still true! What a wonderful gift.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“You’ll have fish left over” is just one line of Annie Dillard’s that I keep with me. So grateful to her and her words.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I woke up early to prepare for two writing workshops and made breakfast for my teens this morning.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who shared this news today! In a few months, you’ll be hearing more!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to @ldeforest.bsky.social on her book Any Kind of Known Tomorrow, which is published today!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Excellent! I know what I'm getting for my birthday present to myself ❤️ Thank you!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Ooh, fab! Can you send me the link to your page?

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yes!!!! Congratulations, Kathryn!!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Thank you so much, Melissa! I hope all is well with you. It's been a while. I just saw an old post of mine that featured your beautiful mug! Are you still making them?

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Ani King (they/them) @aniking.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi y’all! You know what would be rad? If you came to my remote launch party for Family Night on Oct 24 @1pm ET. More info in the alt text and at the registration link below. aniking.net/launchparty/

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I've opened a Hermit Crab Flash FIction Workshop online session for 10/18! You’ll write three flash using found forms (aka the hermit crab, because you’re “borrowing” a familiar form). Everyone will receive feedback on their work. Join us! 1-5pm ET $80 www.cherylpappas.net/events

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