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M M De Voe

@mmdevoe.bsky.social
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Seeks enlightenment through irony. Wrote A FLASH OF DARKNESS - still faint from unexpectedly excellent Kirkus review. Also wrote BOOK&BABY, a guidebook to writer productivity after having kids. Mmdevoe.com explains it all

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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 23h
Oooh!! Look what came in the mail today!! @sarahlangan.bsky.social
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Do not miss
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Travel agency? #nyc #newyorkcity #ilovenyc #yourdailyweird
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Meg Lemke @meglemke.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This THURSDAY come hang out with me and other MUTHAs like @emilyflake.bsky.social @eminietfeld.bsky.social @catwillett.bsky.social and @mmdevoe.bsky.social of @penparentis.bsky.social
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
My ride is waiting for me #nyc #newyorkcity #yourdailyweird
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
What’s this about? #nyc #NewYorkCity #yourdailyweird
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
A New York story #nyc #newyorkcity #yourdailyweird
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Pen Parentis @penparentis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Emily Flake (@emilyflake.bsky.social), Emi Nietfeld (@eminietfeld.bsky.social), Cat Willett (@catwillett.bsky.social), (@muthamagazine.bsky.social) MUTHA Magazine, Meg Lemke (@meglemke.bsky.social), M. M. De Voe (@mmdevoe.bsky.social)
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MUTHA Magazine (@muthamagazine.bsky.social)
A place for real life parenting stories, real loud. For MUTHAs and others. Eds @meglemke @cherylekleinla + @jen-bryant + others / www.muthamagazine.com
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I love this city #NYC #newyotkcity #yourdailyweird
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is happening TODAY at Barrows Intense Ginger at Industry City. Come say hi! #brooklyn #authors
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Stop being nice and start being kind” leadership advice from Hal Gregersen, MIT initiative on the digital economy at the @fastcompany.com Innovation festival. (This means don’t lie to be nice. Tell the truth: but kindly.)
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Never take advice from unhappy people.” Advice from self-trust book author Tama Kieves at the @fastcompany.com innovation festival
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls…. #NYC #ai #newyorkcity #yourdailyweird #nycsubway
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Who has a podcast? @penparentis.bsky.social has a podcast. Creative writers who have kids: heads up! (Ignore the tech issues. It’s our first try!) open.spotify.com/episode/2wii...
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Pen Parentis presents Teachers & Writers Collaborative
Pen Parentis: Inspiring Writers who are also Parents · Episode
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Instead of winning writing awards, I've been going to obsure films and writing reviews - this one is an Oscar contender...! ‘How to Divorce During the War’ medium.com/counterarts/...
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‘How to Divorce During the War’
(a human-written film review, not a plot summary)
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Our season starts tomorrow! Sign up on penparentis.eventbrite.org - online chats with successful authors who are also parents — how do they do it? All are welcome!! Follow @penparentis.bsky.social
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Fishmonger #nyc #yourdailyweird
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is happening - that is happening sooooo many things are happening.
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Day one! ThisBowl just opened on 100 Barclays street. Will this corner poké cause the West Side Highway to become anything but a traffic hazard in TriBeCa/fidi/? Remains to be seen!
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
RSVP here www.eventbrite.com/e/art-after-...
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
See you August 21 at 6:30 at Art To Ware - street level at Fulton Center for a cozy @penparentis.bsky.social benefit with fashion & art & secret shopping speakeasy. #downtownNYC
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Whispers, beckons…….
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Back from Paris. Quick shower and I’m reading at a poetry Salon. Come say hi!
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Paris
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Definitions of Latinate words as expressed by my son’s weird cat. Let’s go! First word: Inscrutable.
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
TFW you are suddenly going over a bridge and you should not be. Never gets old. #NYC #nycsubway #goodbook
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Yes I do in fact think it is funny to post this here. If you get it we will likely be friends. Or already are.
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Meg Pillow @megpillow.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
My essay is up at @literaryhub.bsky.social about the late, great Lana Clarkson and other promising young women whose lives have been derailed or destroyed by men. It’s also about my childhood sexual abuse and how I have tried, and failed, to reckon with it. lithub.com/on-promising...
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On Promising Young Women (and the Nameless Men Who Get in Their Way)
“The woman is a footnote in the man’s history.” –Rebecca Hazelton * There’s this photo of Lana Clarkson that I think about often. She’s outside, backed by a blue sky, the green and brown spotted hi…
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Thanks for coming out, Queens writer-parents! Hope to see you on our National Writer Parent Hub on Discord or at a local meetup!
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Come see me in Queens tonight! 6:30! #authortalk
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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Celebrate the release of THE WEDDING by Vandana Nair at her launch party on June 27th from 5-6:30pm PDT with Renee Simms at BookTree in Washington! Learn more here: buff.ly/WS4SFl7 @susanschulman.bsky.social
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hey Queens!! Im coming to you! June 4 at 6:30pm theworldsboroughbookshop.com/product/book...
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Book and Baby by M. M. De Voe Book Event In Conversation with Richard Jeffrey Newman
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Hey Queens! Writer who has kids? www.instagram.com/p/DZA-ELwvrGj/
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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Join me (I’m moderating) and ask your writer-also-a-parent creative process questions. Spread the word - online and open to all! Penparentis.eventbrite.com
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Pen Parentis
Pen Parentis helps working writers stay on creative track after they start a family. As a federally recognized 501c3 New York Charity, we build and support in-person and online communities of writers ...
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Sign up today! Show on May 12 - last @penparentis Salon this season! Meet these authors who also have kids — www.linkedin.com/posts/writin...
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#writing #creativewriting #writers #creativewriters #poetry #literary #fiction #cnf #authors #authortalk #books #allarewelcome | Pen Parentis
Thrilled to present four outstanding authors with enviable literary careers who are also parents - come join the conversation and chat your questions directly to the panel in real time. This is your l...
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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I didn’t write this
Grab your favorite beverage and settle in -this is a long one
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
To ight!! All writers who also have kids and their allies are very welcome! 6:30 March 30 www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
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Turn Surviving into Thriving
A celebration of all writer-parents! Featuring readings from Laura Cronk, S F Hayes, Anne Hellman, Bruce Morrow and USA Today Bestselling author, Daniel Arthur Smith
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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M. M. De Voe (@mmdevoe)
Four thousand years from now, the interstellar commission of planets will point to Earth and shrug and say “yes of course we would love a peace treaty, but that conflict has been entrenched for eons. ...
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Happiness is not hating your boss
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Really great video on creative use of AI - change the frame from “I hate AI” to “who is governing AI?” youtu.be/tv_3L_1avKM?...
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91 Percent Human: The Shy Girl AI Scandal
YouTube video by The Drey Dossier
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Vampires vs Bigfoot medium.com/counterarts/... #offbroadway #monstermusicals
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Counter Arts just published Vampires vs Bigfoot. Give a read. #review #theater #theatre #NYC #nyctheater #bigfoot #vampires #horror medium.com/counterarts/...
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Vampires vs Bigfoot
Two monster musicals: cuddle one, avoid the other
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Our fellowship for new parents is also open as well as a contest for full tuition to Paris Writers at penparentis.submittable.com/submit 👇👇👇👇 #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writers
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Pen Parentis Submission Manager
Pen Parentis, Ltd, is a nonprofit organization that provides resources to authors who are also parents. Our Fellowship is intended to promote the creation of new work by writers who are at the busiest...
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
open.substack.com/pub/thetrans... if you like my writing read this - Ben is one of my inspirations. Also read this if you’ve ever found a second love. Especially if the second love outshines the first. Also read if you love Old New York City bodegas #fiction #divorce #NYC #beautiful
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When Your Ex-Husband Lies Dying and Only You Can Get Him the Magic Elixir from the Bodega
March sweeps in with a wonderful quartet of stories as The Sunday Morning Transport brings tales by Ben Francisco, V.M. Ayala
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Right now thursday 1-2pm at T734 @penparentis.bsky.social author Jessica Manack doing signings. #awp26 #awp#readatpenparentis
Author Jessica Manack
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Right now at ⁦‪@PenParentis‬⁩ bookfair T734 Heidi Kasa is signing! Also we have info on how parents who write can get MORE MONEY — Heidi 9am-10am Thursday #awp26 #awpbookfair
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I'm so happy - my essay about writing and AI got accepted and was published moments before #AWP26 - it can't be better timing and already has 125 "claps'! At last a calling card! long.sweet.pub/how-i-learne...
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How I learned to use AI to love my readers even more
(One writer’s manifesto)
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Open for subs for anyone with a kid under 10 — tell your friends about @penparentis.bsky.social
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Sign up for our February literary salon: Fluid Boundaries all are welcome. Penparentis.org/
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Writer-Parent Community | Pen Parentis
Join the writer-parent community at Pen Parentis. Discover resources and events that support your writing journey.
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M M De Voe @mmdevoe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
ICYMI: How to introduce yourself at your Ivy League Writer-Agent mixer to old-guard literary agents and… medium.com/p/how-to-int...
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How to introduce yourself at your Ivy League Writer-Agent mixer to old-guard literary agents and…
with great gratitude to Columbia University for providing the research space
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