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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop

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WordSmitten Workshop is a virtual roundtable where writers critique long projects - from page one to publication. We also offer education, reading, and salons to the Southwest Florida writing & reading community. www.wordsmittenworkshop.com

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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hello again Blue Sky! We never let computer issues get us down, because the workshop keeps going! So, keep writing busy 🐝. We gave stories to tell!
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This caused a morning smile 🙂
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Julieanna Blackwell @julieannablackwell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Love this 👇
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” - Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Congratulations to WordSmitten member Gene Altmman, on the publication of his book of short fiction.
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 28/07/2026
Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
The Booker Prize 2026 longlist in full:

- The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis
- Switzy by Emma Cline
- Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
- The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
- The Disappearers by Marlon James
- Black Bag by Luke Kennard
- The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
- May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
- The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley
- The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
- John of John by Douglas Stuart
- All Them Dogs by Djamel White
- The Vivisectors by Missouri WilliamsThe Booker Prize 2026 longlist in full:

- The Shadow of the Object by Chloe Aridjis
- Switzy by Emma Cline
- Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
- The End of Everything by M. John Harrison
- The Disappearers by Marlon James
- Black Bag by Luke Kennard
- The Renovation by Kenan Orhan
- May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry
- The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley
- The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout
- John of John by Douglas Stuart
- All Them Dogs by Djamel White
- The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
"I always come to life after coming to books." - Jorge Luis Borges
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Anna Vangala Jones @anniejowrites.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
write the book you want to read because you will have to read it over and over and over when revising
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I'd like to point out a little something. We at WSWS post literary quotes. When checking today's quote, Google AI got it wrong. It attributed the quote to a random author who used the quote in his book of criticism, not to Eudora Welty. Don't rely on AI. In the end, it is artificial after all.
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"Place conspires with the artist. We are surrounded by our own story, we live and move in it. It is through place that we put out roots." - Eudora Welty
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Some of us here at WSWS are Florida folk (and some of us can admit to have rented a yellow house like that), this made me laugh.
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"Wisdom begins in wonder." - Socrates
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After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 21/07/2026
Just re-noticed After Dinner Conversation is ranked the most popular fiction only lit mag on Chillsubs! Bookmark us today! buff.ly/NQFqe5M
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"The moment when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about, at that moment he's alive, and you leave it to him" - Graham Greene
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Great workshop today! Looks like we have some cool stuff cooking.
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
"Any story told twice is fiction." Gracy Paley
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea..." Henry Fielding.
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"To gaze is to think." - Salvador Dali
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about" - Mark Twain
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"It's never too late to be what you could have been." - George Eliot
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Congratulations to Gerry Coleman on the publication of his book of short fiction!
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
We are open! The WordSmitten Writing Workshop offers writers from across the country the opportunity to workshop projects from page one to publication. Reach out to me if interested. This is a free, monthly virtual workshop. #writers
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
New cohorts forming for WordSmitten! WSWS is a longform workshop for works-in-progress from “page one” to "The End". To learn more about the workshop, please visit WordSmittenWorkShop.com. If you are interested in joining, please email me at WordSmittenWorkShop@gmail.com. #writers
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Congratulations to everyone wigleaf.com/25top50main....
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The Wigleaf Top 50 Very Short Fictions 2025
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
To everyone at #AWP2025 have a fantastic time!
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Listen to Tamara Jean Luckinbill read from her Novel at the WordSmitten WorkShop Virtual Salon this past weekend. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-5evy5-...
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Dark Stone in Still Water Novel Excerpt at WordSmitten Writer's Salon by T Luckinbill
Tamara Jean Luckinbill reading an excerpt from her novel, Dark Stone in Still Water, at WordSmitten Writer's Salon in March 2025.
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Congratulations to WordSmitten Member Julieanna Blackwell on the publication of your story. necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
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The Babysitter’s Crush – Necessary Fiction
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Congratulations Bill Foley on the publication of your story: penmenreview.com/the-best-day...
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The Best Days of Your Life
by Bill Foley The last time Walt peed in the bed, Brenda's pajamas were the collateral damage.
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Gerry Colman is a member of WordSmitten. Congratulations Gerry on publication of your story literallystories2014.com/2025/02/14/b...
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Blood Lovers by Gerald Coleman
At the haggard edges of New York City, the Fourth Avenue Local of the RR Line started or ended, depending upon your intentions, at Ninety-Fifth Street on the far ass-end of Brooklyn, where the city…
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WordSmitten Writers WorkShop @wordsmittenwrkshop.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
We are a virtual long form workshop for writers working on projects from page 1 to publication and we have fun doing it!
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