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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Thanks! I've got weekly posts planned for 2 months out with a plan to keep that up as the market changes or I have any major/important things that come up. Hoping to hold myself accountable to the schedule I've set. 😊

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Of course! I was a great first one to set the bar and it set it pretty high. Thank you for being open and vulnerable and willing to talk about the hard stuff alongside a panel of equally amazing women.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Nicole, I appreciate that! I'm grateful I'm here as well after I thought I wouldn't make it. I'll continue advocating for myself and other survivors 'til the day I die. By the way, I'm the one who took the picture for you lovely ladies at the panel! I look forward to reading the newest book!

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Last thing about #AWP26: The BEST part was meeting other authors and publishers who were so lovely, so passionate, so fashionable, and so inquisitive. I have a plethora of people I can follow on social media, support by purchasing their books, and look to for community. I'm so happy I went.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Overall, I had a wonderful time at #AWP26, and I look forward to attending #AWP27 in Chicago next year. I might even have a little table to bring in both readers and writers to learn more about S.R. Crane Books (for the books and the editing services!). Visit www.srcranebooks.com to learn more. 🙂

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

made by each of the panelists and I hope to hear more from them in the future when, five years from now, we'd have fought the good fight and made our way to a world where people have realized AI cannot replace human art or language. #AIisNotArt

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

about the impact of AI on our literary world, how the LLMs are being misused especially by the big tech companies who are using these tools to collect more training data and information on the public (who gives access to a tool for free if you're not the product, right?). Loved all of the points

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

that industry, and I have SO many ideas. Biggest takeaway was community (and that was important across the board). Last session of #AWP26 before we had to leave to catch our flight was Art Under Threat? The Use of AI in Creative Writing with Karen Hao, Vauhini Vara, and Ken Liu. All of them spoke

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Sat 3/7: Story Game Presses: Pitching, Submissions & Publishing moderated by Brigitte Winter with panelists Nat Mesnard, Dominique Dickey, C.J. Linton, and Justin Sirois, all with a plethora of knowledge & experience about the game design and publishing industry. Loved learning about how to get into

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Sat 3/7: POV Sluts moderated by Nic Anstett with panelists Megan Milks, Mariah Rigg, Ploi Pirapokin, and Jeffrey Xiong, which was PACKED (love that for them). Discussed some perplexing and fun ways to experiment with POV, which gave me an idea for my current novel, so I owe them all a drink.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I didn't get to do as many sessions as I wanted on Friday due to utter exhausting from my first day and needing to complete a therapy session midday, but I thoroughly enjoyed browsing the book fair, buying books from @huribooks.bsky.social to raise awareness of Ukranian novelists, poets & artists.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

They read from their own books & then discussed their experiences with diaspora, which was defined as the displacement from one's homeland to another place, whether consensually or non-consensually (especially as children/a terrorized people). I'm buying every one of their books & you should too.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

F 3/6: Home, Belonging & Agency in Diasporic Fiction, moderated by Serkan Görkemli with panelists @cleyvisnatera.bsky.social, Elysha Chang, Nawaaz Ahmed, and Roohi Choudhry. Goodness, was it nice to get my first taste of readings from #AWP26; it makes me remember why I love attending them at all.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

walked away feeling invigorated and far more prepared than I ever have been. I also am so happy I did not ultimately take the route of becoming a literary agent as I'd planned when I was attending UNCW. Their experiences have cemented it was the right choice. They do so much & should be appreciated.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

F 3/6: Ask An Agent Anything, moderated by Regina Brooks with panelists @mmmlysaght.bsky.social, @kaylalightner.bsky.social, @nicolecunningham.bsky.social, and Heather Carr. God, these women provided so much insight into an industry that is incredibly opaque (paraphrasing Regina's words), and I

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

In the middle of the day, I also got my author portrait done by Adrianne Mathiowetz Photography (adriannemathiowetz.com) for a discount due to AWP, though it was incredibly difficult to narrow down, and I ended up going with three of them despite my wallet wailing into the void.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

books, circuitry diagrams as inspiration and companions to text, and maps juxtaposed onto photographs or videos to tell a story. It gave me plenty of ideas for my own classroom in the near to distant future. Please pick up their books!

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Carlina Duan with panelists @aproflection.bsky.social (go Seahawks!) and Kathy Wu. I'm an alumni of UNCW and so it was a joy to see Anna Lena again, as she's always great to be around. All three women discussed the ways they have brought the multimodal into the classroom, including accordion

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

haven't looked into any of their work, I highly recommend it. Jill and Nicole both had a combined launch party on Friday night (which I attended briefly, but couldn't stay for the whole thing). Lovely women all around. Th 3/5: Material Encounters: On Teaching the Multimodal. Moderated by

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

their advice left me feeling good about where I'm at with my own mental health, that my PTSD has not absolutely taken over my life anymore. As I go into the world, I want to be able to do what they have done and be the support students need when experiencing something so violating and scary. If you

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

w/ panelists Brooke Champagne, Jill Christman, @nikwalk.bsky.social, and Karen Michelle Otero. As a survivor myself, it was a touching ~1-hr session that left me feeling empowered and strong, not triggered, and it was such a win for me. The way these women spoke about their experiences & offered

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I didn't get to attend all of the #AWP26 sessions I wanted (b/c it was so insanely packed with events from 9 to 5, Th through Sat), but I thoroughly enjoyed the ones I did. Th 3/5: Writing Gender-Based Sexual Violence is Difficult Enough: So How Do We Teach It? Moderated by Sue William Silverman,

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

And gotta love Margie & her profanity. Published in 2018, but just coming around to it now because I was immersed into #AWP26 and was compelled to spend all of my money on books I'd never seen before. Got 15 more books to go, starting with @jillchristman.bsky.social's memoir, THE HEART FOLDS EARLY.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The staccato nature of the prose (at least told from Gideon's POV as opposed to other characters' dialogue) can be a little difficult to swallow at first (I myself am a rambling type of gal when it comes to narrative voice), but because of the nature of Gideon and the story, it worked nicely.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

I used to loathe first-person, present tense narratives when I was younger, but something about the immediacy of it here, even as Gideon recalls now-distant memories, juxtaposed against the long life he's lived and how he doesn't have the ability to see a sunrise again is really interesting.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

On the flight back from #AWP26 last night, I read THE VAMPIRE GIDEON'S SUICIDE HOTLINE AND HALFWAY HOUSE FOR ORPHAN GIRLS by Andrew Katz, which was picked up at the massive book fair at Lanternfish Press's booth. I've never finished a whole book on a plane before and enjoyed it so thoroughly.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I'm buzzing with excitement about getting to go to #AWP for the first time ever. I'm ready to talk novels and chapbooks and social justice with other struggling writers and spend money I don't have. 😅

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Stoke fear. Exploit desperation. Suspend the rule of law. Fan brutality. Every time the stronger brutalize the weak, it’s fundamentally the same playbook. Our duty is to stand up to brutality. Our moral obligation is to protect the vulnerable and hold the powerful accountable.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

You're either with ICE or with humanity and democracy. Choose.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 04/10/2025

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Turns out some of the “we want small government” people kiiiinda wanted the government to be just one guy.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Adams shitting on his own CURRENT constituents is certainly...a way to gain votes. Not a good or smart way—but a way. I wish I lived in NYC if only to experience the community that Mamdani brought together with the #ZcavengerHunt. I hope NYC votes for change & a fresh perspective this November!

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Finished your novel and need a careful eye and steady hand to give it a bigger chance of being published? I'm providing editing services—from the big picture stuff to those pesky comma splices—and I hope you'll check out my website. www.srcranebooks.com/editing

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

What, exactly, are we celebrating this Fourth of July? Our cutting off healthcare to the needy to enrich the greedy? Our new concentration camps? Our dying economy? Our ditching due process? Our corruption? Our broken Congress? Our corrupt Supreme Court? Our ridiculous buffoon President?

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Chris Grace @chrisgrace.com · 10/06/2025

honestly at this point if you think both parties are the same you’re either a dumb shit or a grifter

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Not to mention the great risk of personal injury that could dash a player's hopes of joining any professional team after college. They literally put their blood, sweat, and tears into it and people think they shouldn't even get paid for it while the school rakes in money? Ridiculous.

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geneva 🖍️ nycc I-07 @gdbee.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

you are not alone.

Illustration of an astronaut standing in a red and orange flower field, holding an old fashioned phone. The phone has a speech bubble that says, "you are not alone." Drawn by gdbeeart, 2025, paint tool sai

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

One thing I'm fucken sick of hearing is that people on the poverty line "don't want handouts." Well, the rich take hand outs. Maybe they're rich bc they were offered handouts. Maybe they're rich bc they take them. This "shame in receiving free money" for the poor but not the rich makes me SO MAD

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/01/2025

This is my favorite picture of Stonewall. They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+. Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them. I think about it a lot in moments like this.

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The Sons of Liberty @sonsofliberty.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

✨🌈 The more you know 🌈✨

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This is a great piece. "As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."

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How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood

Here’s a step-by-step guide.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I think it’s really important we identify the companies that are doing the right thing and reward them with our business.

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yagirlkat @yagirl.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is well protected in a fabulous Cowrie shells neck piece. The National Museum of African American History and Culture notes that, in America, the shell is thought to be a totem used to resist enslavement. #Addtoblacksky #Blacksky #Inaugurationday2025

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

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S.R. Crane @srcrane.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Posers. That's it, that's the...skeet. I really hate that word.

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