MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Just made a folder in my Google Drive called, “Things I Wrote That I Didn’t Realize Were Good At The Time” 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025My short story "Good Morning Person" was recently published in BULL, and this acceptance was super cool, esp after two very rough writing years. Editor Ben had such nice things to say about my story. I hope you like it, too 041
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Check out my new substack post in which I overthink endingsmaboswell.substack.comhow to end itThoughts on the process of wrapping up a piece 031
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 12/01/2025Sometimes all we’re left with in life is the comfort of a nonjudgmental pancake. Thanks to Jenn and Chris and the @xraylitmag.bsky.social team for publishing my tiny fiction piece 173
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I joined The Good Life Review nonfiction team in March, and I'm excited to report that we were named one of the Best Nonfiction Lit Mags of 2024 by the Chill Subs community. Thrilled and grateful for the support- TGLR is so deserving of recognition. (Also, submissions are open through 1-21!) 041
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 13/12/2024The junk folder is so endlessly fascinating, like how did the Clif Bars class action lawsuit find me 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 08/12/2024I’m not trying to brag, but the next date for writing group with @jesslovett.bsky.social and @ashleyespinoza.bsky.social was initiated through psychic dream connection 220
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Saw a little dog wearing little dog shoes today so that was nice 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 07/12/2024The corporations will not protect you tacobellquarterly.org/floating-bab...tacobellquarterly.orgFloating Baby DayI started out the morning feeling confident in my new floral jumpsuit, and by the end of the day, I was naked and giving birth. Right here on Angela’s carpet. I’m glad I was birthing in her office … 021
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024I think Britney Spears should take me along on one of her little trips 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024One thing I try to do when I engage with the people in my life is to make sure they know I value them and uplift them for who they are, not for the value they provide to me. I want to be even better at doing that, but honestly, it's my number one goal of friendship and relationships 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 25/12/2023you can tell a lot about a person by how they decorate a sugar cookie 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 21/12/2023my panera lemonade joke has almost been perfected but twitter is down 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 07/12/2023my kid has played simple gifts on the trumpet at least 64 times this week, which is fine, but i just really needed to tell someone 020
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 06/12/2023the old navy website makes my macbook fan run so fast and so hard 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 02/12/2023oooh, yes, that’s a good one! those western aesthetic fetishization accounts are all trying to lure people in that same direction 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 02/12/2023one of my work friends doesn’t have kids or dogs so i always ask “how’s your condo?” 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 29/11/2023tammy is such a funny name to me but I always love people named tammy 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 22/11/2023I love it when music creates a conflicting vibe in a space! I will never forget sitting in the doctors office a few years back while Eric Clapton’s Cocaine was playing lol 110
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 16/11/2023a free logoed tote you say? why yes I would thank you for asking 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023I only allowed it because he had a well-groomed hipster mustache and gentle eyes. But I didn’t return his call 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Dude, one of them even called me at work twice, like on my landline and everything lol 100
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023i would like to know how some of these people on linkedin even find me 120
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023update: a different coworker broke the toaster attempting to release branded lapel pin that was stuck in the heating element. Bagel Time has been postponed until further notice 010
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Oh that is great!! I’m definitely jotting that down on a post-it and sticking it on my post-it holder (my Mac) 020
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023Yes. Every day I curse all the tech in my life, too many systems, passwords, interfaces. I think it’s making life worse, or at least more complicated 130
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 15/11/2023The phrase “things are chaotic” was mentioned several times today by my boss, and I wasn’t sure if should feel concerned or relieved that someone was finally acknowledging the general vibe 050
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 11/11/2023whoalithub.comRead 20 Famous Authors’ Very First Published Short StoriesSometimes it feels as though our favorite writers burst from the womb fully-formed, slinging wisdom and polished drafts from the crib. But even the most legendary of writers had to start somewhere—�... 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 11/11/2023my kid’s trying to watch the five nights at freddy’s movie and I keep asking “but what about showbiz pizza?” just to be annoying 000
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 09/11/2023every day one of my coworkers gets out our office toaster and makes herself a cute lil mini bagel with cream cheese, and I get so irrationally excited by this act she now calls it Bagel Time and yells at me that she’s making her bagel so I can yell back “omg, yay!!!” 110
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 04/11/2023I’ve had glasses since second grade, and I used to lick them clean as a kid. But now I wonder exactly when I stopped doing it! Hopefully, it was a very long time ago haha 110
MAB @maboswell.bsky.social · 03/11/2023girlies be like “build a fall outfit with me!” and they just half tuck their dad’s henley into some leggings and coyly slip on a pair of mules while never breaking eye contact 040