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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Western Massachusetts writers, maybe see you at the Straw Dog conference? :)

A poster for Sarah Jane Cody's class "Where Ideas Come From" at the WriteAngles Straw Dog Writers Guild Conference on October 24, 2026. Tagline about the class: "Trigger your internal genius––the powerful mechanism of invention that resides within each of us."

Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It is insane how these AIs worked together on this Hack and reminds me of @joybaglio.bsky.social's brilliant story where the AIs worked together to, uh, kill off humans. (Before the hopeful turn Joy's story takes... read it.) www.dwarkesh.com/p/ajeya-cotra

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Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Face

"This might be the clearest warning shot we ever get."

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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I’m so thrilled to share the news that my new novel PENITENT will be published by @doubledaybooks.bsky.social, with Thomas Gebremedhin editing! Thanks as always to my agent Kirby Kim for his wise advice and for finding my book its best possible home. Coming Spring 2028! I can't wait.

Author of APPLESEED and contributor to Best American Mystery Stories and Best American Fantasy Matt Bell's PENITENT, a future-set novel cast in a medieval-like world in which a dutiful subject is called to war by his queen and, after killing seven men, must undertake a grueling journey of atonement-one year of pilgrimage for each life taken-only to find his path complicated by encounters with uncertain allies, hidden enemies, and the queen herself, whose plans grow ever more at odds with his own, forcing a reckoning with faith and violence as he struggles to return to the wife and unborn child he left behind, to Thomas Gebremedhin at Doubleday, by Kirby Kim at Janklow & Nesbit (NA).

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Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

ENTER "FROG HEART" GIVEAWAY (by 4/24)! Ploughshares is doing a giveaway, free to enter! Winner receives my new "Frog Heart" chapbook (by @ikeproject.bsky.social) & Ploughshares issue where the story first appeared! To enter, go to @pshares.bsky.social's Instagram post, or here: tinyurl.com/mpt5j26r

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I often write in first person, but when writing something emotionally difficult, or when I'm in a tough emotional place myself, I find the third person offers a kind of magic, the ability to imagine without having to fully inhabit. To be transported w/o me overly becoming the emotional conduit.

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Steve Edwards @the-big-quiet.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I'm so grateful to @sarahjanecody.bsky.social to virtually joining my class at Tufts last night to talk about her work. True generosity! If you haven't yet, you should read this wonderful essay of hers that came out in Electric Lit last month: electricliterature.com/masking-my-a...

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Masking My Autism Made Me Sick - Electric Literature

The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

I had the absolute joy of speaking with @the-big-quiet.bsky.social's Neurodiversity in Literature & Life course last night. Steve generously shared my Electric Literature Essay about my autism with them and I was SO inspired by our discussion and the beautiful, brilliant young people in his class. 💖

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Eeeie! So honored to have my @electricliterature.com essay shared by @longreads.com, a publication I adore! Thank you!! 💖 I've been so moved by the responses to this essay. ❤️💗

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Longreads @longreads.com · 30/03/2026

"Instead, I seek my own language. I write again into the gap, asking whoever is on the other side to be willing to cross the distance." @sarahjanecody.bsky.social for @electricliterature.com: electricliterature.com/masking-my-a...

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Masking My Autism Made Me Sick - Electric Literature

The rules dictated that I hide not only my sensitivity but my essential being in the world

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Tickled and full of gratitude to discover that @saribotton.bsky.social included my recent @electricliterature.com essay "Masking My Autism Made Me Sick" in her Memoir Monday Roundup!! If you're not subscribed to Sari's Substack, go sign up immediately; it's a pure gem!

Screenshot of Sari Botton's Memoir Monday Roundup 3/9/26 on substack. Read here: https://substack.com/home/post/p-190401548

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

“I wanted to grow my hair to inappropriate lengths in hopes of gaining some sort of magic power.” - Um yes @jpullen19.bsky.social speaks for all enchanted gals in the into to this collection I know I’m going to love.

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

@longreads.com I'd love to nominate this essay for your editor's pick section! (Huge fan of Longreads here.) Thank you for considering!!! 💖

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Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Brave, beautifully-written essay by my dear friend and incredible writer @sarahjanecody.bsky.social in @electricliterature.com!

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 05/03/2026

Read “My Missing Words” a personal narrative by Sarah Jane Cody about the years spent masking autism. buff.ly/PsgaBpv

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

If you like indie games, this gorgeous little platformer my husband created in #pico8 is a delight. You go around the world as a little mossling and coat things in moss!!

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

One of my faves IN one of my faves! Congruatiations to the extraordinary @joybaglio.bsky.social !!! 😍✨🔥

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

It's cool, I've just been having an existential crisis since I was 10 years old... And you ask why I'm a writer?

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

fun fact: writing is the most effective way to end up having written an entire book someday. unfortunately not many people know this

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Megan Giddings @megiddings.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

At the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, we're looking for visiting writer of CNF to teach a 1-1 (1 grad class usually workshop capped at 15, 1 undergrad class usually capped at 22) for the next 2-3 years. Pay starts at 50k: hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/371...

A screenshot from the UMN Job search page for a visiting writer of creative nonfiction. You have to be in Minneapolis or the surrounding area for 2-3 years, you teach a 1-1 (1 grad class capped at 15 one semester, 1 undergrad class that tends to be capped at 22), and you need to have a book under contract. You have to have an advanced degree MA, MFA, PhD to apply for this position; it's a requirement the university won't budge on because the position involves teaching and mentorship on the graduate level

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Who else is writing this Thanksgiving? I refuse to travel for Thanksgiving (family is far), so husband and I have a great tradition of holing up, ordering some kind of takeout, and creating things for several days. It could sound lonely, I suppose, but it's really lovely.

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

My insurance randomly decided to stop covering my eye medication so I'm working with blurry vision & eye pain until I can figure that out... 🙏🏻

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

The misconception that writers are good at spelling because we, uh, write... Nope, I'm a storyteller. Spelling is boring as fuck.

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Morning writing - bathrobed with warm lap Bun (Bunny)

A black and tan puppy in the author's lap.

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Bathrobe Gal @bathrobegal.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Things I wish someone had said to me at particular points in my life––so I'm saying them for anyone who needs them. 💖 #autistic #neurodivergent

Graphic of Bathrobe Gal holding a giant heart. Text: "Your feelings are valid. Your experiences are valid. Your needs are valid. Your struggles are valid."

Graphic of Bathrobe Gal turning toward the light and ignoring an angry person who stands yelling in the shadows. B Gal's arms are full of flowers. Text: "Only you know what it feels like to be experiencing the world as you, inside YOUR self. So don't let other people try to tell you who THEY think you are or should be."

Graphic of Bathrobe Gal sitting amid giant flowers and hugging a cute dog, wearing her noise-blocking headphones and looking safe. Text: "You deserve love and care and a world where you are safe. So let's create one together."

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

The great thing about puppy not letting me sleep is that I actually get so much done at 6 am now because AFTER she thoroughly wakes me get up, wants to play, eat, poo, etc, she wants to take a 2-hour lape nap. 😂 Who else is writing at 6 a.m.?

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Bathrobe Gal @bathrobegal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Much to say, but for now, here’s something I made a while ago that felt hopeful and still does––despite. Let’s never stop fighting for a better world. #autism

All my life, people told me I was too sensitive and wrong in an attempt to change me. I tried so hard to follow their rules and fix myself to live up to their ideas of good and strong. It didn't work...

When I was finally able to embrace my sensitivities, differences, and needs instead, I ended up becoming a whole lot stronger. Some people still might not think so. But...

I think maybe they've just never seen strength like mine.

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Bathrobe Gal @bathrobegal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Autistic humans deserve to be valued, supported, and deemed worthy for being who we are, as we are, at all levels of need. Despite what RFK wants you to believe, human value is not based on “functionality;” children are not merely a “resource” to feed the economic machine. #autism #neurodivergence

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

What are we writing this weekend?! Share for mutual motivation ✨ I'm working on my new novel! (While holding a puppy in my lap 🐶😍)

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Yes, I did name my dog Bunny partly just so I could say, "I love you, Bunny" (Mona Awad). She's a literary gal. Plus, naming animals what they're not is my favorite.

Grapic of Mona Awad's novel Bunny next to a picture of a black and tan dog.

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Joy Deva Baglio @joybaglio.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Top two tips on how to improve a piece, from draft to draft:

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Laughting at how my husband and I are speaking in the royal We about our puppy, as in: We played, and then we pooped...

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Reminder that writing memoir is not cathartic. More like having an illness & the only recovery is pushing thru to other side. Or being haunted knowing you have a story you must tell. Or being the mush-goo of a whatever a caterpillar is in a chrysalis, hoping to Nature you get a butterfly.

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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I have a new story in @havehashad.com today! my third one 💀 🏚️ ✨ grateful as always to editor @aaronburch.bsky.social for providing a wonderful home for my words + to all of you who read it ♡ www.havehashad.com/hadposts/the...

At the top of the page is a drawing of a pile of skulls. Underneath is today’s date: March 31, 2025. Then the title of the story and the name of the author: The Haunted House of Things Left Unsaid by Anna Vangala Jones.
Below that is the text of the opening lines of the story: “Everyone’s heard the rumors that when you die, they take you into a house you’ve never seen before—real dilapidated and creepy for added effect maybe—and in each room, they make you watch people from throughout the course of your life reading or listening to all the things you’ve wanted to say to them when you were alive but never did. Letters, emails, notes in books, burned CDs, text messages, silent moments”

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Can I tell you something pretty cool? My new webcomic is getting a lot of love & I kinda can't believe it - I've been so moved by the responses I've been getting & in just a few months of sharing. 💖❤️

Screenshot of @Bathrobe_Gal's Instagram Page with 1,412 followers.

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Feeling the #AWP fomo. I hope folks had a blast - hoping to catch you all in 2026 when it's closer to me!!

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Love this, and I agree with Joy, I see this as very motivating & helps make the writing propulsive and urgent!

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My advice to those of you going to #AWP is to prioritize naps. Think of AWP as a series of naps in between which you see amazing people. I'm sad to miss you all this year, but I'll be napping elsewhere in your honor.

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

What if life was like a videogame & you could just eat more food to get more energy?

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Bathrobe Gal @bathrobegal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I have a secret: it's my escape route. Do you also have an escape plan or safety in place? #autism #neurodivergent

"I often need a safe space. But that can be hard to find. In life, I've found the most readily available space that's almost everywhere is...the bathroom."

“I hate bathroom smells and germs; they're claustrophobic, but convenient. No one asks why I’m running off or why I took a long time. When I say “I’m going to the bathroom” it’s code. Only I know what the code means.”

“In private, I can safely have the meltdown I’ve been holding back, give myself care, or regulate. It’s scary to have feelings and behaviors that can be intense, uncontrollable, and deeply socially unacceptable. This is stuff that’s harder to talk about.”

“PSA: Keep your bathrooms clean and accessible to all. You never know who might need them.”

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"So we mask to fit in and hopefully succeed, though this comes at great mental and physical costs" Important and eye-opening essay from @sfmontgomery.bsky.social I could recognise a lot of this. Someone once told me a CNF piece about my illness lacked stakes... 🤷‍♂️

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I love this compilation of tips put together by Joy, along with more of her stellar craft wisdom. Happy to be included!

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Our world is frequently devastating and unconscionable, and also, have you even SEEN a tree? Trees are glorious, hope-giving, kinder creatures. I have not yet managed to become one but at least in my time I can honor them.

A tree trunk covered in green mosses, lichens, and fairy step mushrooms (which look like tiny, whimsical stair steps going up the trunk).

The base of a tree trunk fully blanketed in green mosses.

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Bathrobe Gal @bathrobegal.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Made this comic into an animation! Writing and drawing allowed me to express my autistic struggles before I knew what those struggles were or that they had names. ❤️ #autism#neurodivergent

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Sarah Jane Cody is semi here @sarahjanecody.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Can we please get days like this soon? We all really deserve some ☀️☀️☀️🌸🌸

Image of Sarah Jane, a white woman wearing a blue dress, kneeling barefoot in a bed of flowers on a bright, sunny day.

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Brian Gresko @briangresko.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Day 39 of 100 Days of Creative Resistance: Julia Phillips on Doing What You Know Is Right mailchi.mp/71aca6970e20... @writingco-lab.bsky.social

100 Days of Creative Resistance graphic with a quote from Julia Phillips which reads “What, when you do it, do you know is right? You feel it in your body, this rightness. Your muscles turn to the task. Your focus sharpens. Other thoughts empty away.”

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