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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

BREAKING: Judge Patrick Schiltz cancels contempt hearing Friday where ICE chief Todd Lyons was to be forced to testify, but excoriates ICE for defying almost 100 court orders in last month. "ICE is not a law unto itself," Schiltz writes. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Not pictured: Haruki Murakami’s wife, or indeed whoever is cooking, cleaning, paying bills, running errands, doing the laundry, answering emails, etc like yea his routine is goals, but let’s not lie to ourselves about all the invisible work others are doing to enable him to have that routine

quote from Haruki Murakami: “I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it’s a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind.

“But to hold to such repetition for so long—six months to a year—requires a good amount of mental and physical strength. In that sense, writing a long novel is like survival training. Physical strength is as necessary as artistic sensitivity.”

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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

it probably shouldn't make it worse that Renee Nicole Good was a pretty fine poet but it does

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2020 Academy of American Poets Prize

On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

"Ever since our Paleolithic ancestors began painting caves, carving figurines, dancing and singing, engaging in the arts has been interwoven with health and healing." "when we engage in the arts, we give our brains what they want to be happy". (Thus, I add, art is about doing, not slop-grifting.)

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Art could save your life! Five creative ways to make 2026 happier, healthier and more hopeful

Engaging in creativity can reduce depression, improve immunity and delay ageing – all while you’re having fun

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Let me tell you a beautiful story about this couch. 🧵 IG msviciousdesign

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Claire Bentley @cbentleywriter.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

Parent-writer tip: If your kid is old enough, and they like writing / reading / drawing, then do a mini-writing retreat with them! It’s fun, you spend time together, and you get a little bit of writing done (don’t expect 4000 words! 😅) #WritingCommunity #momswritersclub #author #momswhowrite

Cafe table with coffee, juice, muffin, pens and drawing tablet

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Sudeepa Nair @sudeepa.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

New kind of #scam is to bait writers by sending an email impersonating a film production company. Beware of such scams! Please verify the site from which the email is sent. Use domain validity checks online or google for possible scams. #authorsky #writersky writerbeware.blog/2021/08/13/s...

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Alan K. Dell @alankdell.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Writers are wizards. We lock ourselves away within our mystic towers (bedrooms, offices, coffee shops) and utter arcane magicks (lots of swear words) over our ancient tomes (long-ass WIPs) while imbibing potions of potency (ungodly amounts of caffeine). #writerslife

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

West-central Wisconsin and the Twin Cities metro area abound with great authors. You can meet more than 40 of them – and even me – on Saturday's Author Fair at the River Falls (Wis.) Public Library. #author #amwriting #writingcommunity #riverfallswi fb.watch/obhtTN9dfR/

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

🍁Make time to frolic today. In your writing or with your feet, kick the leaves and let them fly. #authors #writingcommunity #amwriting

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

My cartoon for this week’s Guardian Books.

A cartoon / diagram.
(left to right)
1. Three bowls of porridge labelled: Too Hot, Too Cold and Just Right
2. Three Beds labelled: Too Hard, Too Soft and Just Right
3. Goldilocks is sitting on the third bed, she is surrounded by piles of books and is trying to choose between them. The books are labelled: Too Long, Too Short, Too Grown-up, Too Childish, Too Scary, Too Gentle, Too Simple, Too Complex, Too Depressing, Too Jolly, Too Many characters, Too Similar to the Last Book I Read... etc.

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Felicity Hayes-McCoy @fhayesmccoy.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Tomorrow sees the publication of Irish open water/ice swimmer Nuala Moore's memoir, Limitless. I finished reading an advance copy today, and I'm here to tell you it's remarkable. #author #Irish #writing #memoir #limitless

Image of the cover of Irish swimmer Nuala Moore's memoir, Limitless. A huge green wave with white foam and the tiny figure of a swimmer.

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

A long walk off a short pier sounds more like an invitation than a threat 😊 #swimming #wildswimmer #Estonia

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

Early morning swim in the bog. What a way to start the day!

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

The Daily Tar Heel is the independent student newspaper for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. their front page for 8/30 is texts sent and received by students during the active shooter lockdown. absolutely stunning.

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

A donut in the bathtub is my daughter’s idea of a spa day. I concur. 🍩

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Amy True/Amy Trueblood @atruebooks.bsky.social · 23/08/2023

Writer Wednesday: A note of positivity. You CAN finish that book. Forget the blinking cursor. The empty page. Those voices that make you doubt. The story is inside you. Get the words out. It doesn’t have to be perfect it just needs to get done. You can do it! 💛 #authors #writingcommunity

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David M. Perkins @dmperkins.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

Auden was such a consummate craftsman. An insightful sonnet, superb facility with rhyme, and each line containing the same number of syllables. That ... is genius.

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V.C. Myers @vcmyers.bsky.social · 18/08/2023

Lit journals here so far (all .bsky.social): barrelhouse cincinnatireview cottonxenomorph dreampop epochliterary havehadhas icefloepress louisianalit okaydonkey pinkplastichouse psalteryandlyre rustandmoth smokelong stonecirclereview tbq theoffingmag therumpus thebaffler uncannymagazine zyzzyva

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

#Authors - does anyone actually manage to finish a cup of coffee before it goes cold? I hate drinking out of a thermos inside the house but once the coffee goes in the microwave, it tastes like depression in a mug… #writingcommunity

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Craig C Charles @craigccharles.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Libraries always give solid advice. #writers #books #libraries #authors

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Highlight of the day: watching the little one go to space

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Amy True/Amy Trueblood @atruebooks.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Okay, so I guess we’re going to have this convo again… If you write a good story, your age DOES NOT matter. I’m seeing people say they are 35+ and too old to be published. Nope. I had writers from 21-65 in my debut year. Focus on the words & stop worrying about the ageism nonsense. #authors

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 19/08/2023

Huge thanks to Shome Dasgupta for posting this on the other site: "Here are some literary journals opening up for submissions at some point in September! Genres vary—please note that some of these journals have fees & that these are all tentative dates."

Open to submissions: New England Review, Southern Review, Crab Creek Review, Bayou Magazine, Foglifter, A Public Space, Harupur Palate, Apricity Magazine, Juniper, Cincinnati Review, American Short Fiction, Kweli Journal, Passages North, Hunger Mountain, Aboreal Literary Magazine, Brevity, Gettysburg Review, Cortland Review, Waxwing, Rougarou, Willow Springs, The Journal, LIT, River Teeth, Glassworks Magazine, Rust & Moth, Booth, Grain Magazine, Wigleaf, Kenyon Review, The MacGuffin, Southhampton Review, Roanoke Review, AGNI

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Hillary Millán @writesintallinn.bsky.social · 13/08/2023

Yesterday’s highlight: dancing to The Weeknd with 55,000 other people under a Dreamsicle sky

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · 13/08/2023

What To Read When It's Women in Translation Month, written and curated by The Rumpus. Find titles translated by Damion Searls, Elina Alter, Polly Barton, and many more! See the list at: therumpus.net/2023/08/11/what-to-re…

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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · 08/08/2023

I recently finished Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings by Shirley Jackson. One of the best pieces of advice she gives to writers comes from her lecture "Memory and Delusion," which I've posted below. #Writers #ShirleyJackson #Writing #Quotes

The very nicest thing about being a writer is that you can afford to indulge yourself endlessly with oddness, and nobody can really do anything about it, as long as you keep writing and kind of using it up, as it were. --Shirley Jackson

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C.T. Salazar @ctsalazar.bsky.social · 06/08/2023

I don’t think I’ve shared on here yet but I’m leading a 2-Session sonnet workshop through @bellepointpress.bsky.social here’s the link for more info: bellepointpress.com/products/little…

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Helen Whistberry @whistberry.northsky.social · 25/07/2023

For #authors who are just joining Bluesky: There are a number of writing feeds set up that you can add to your feeds. They each have their own rules for what shows up there so check the feed descriptions. I'll comment some of the ones I'm aware of below!

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

Great to see so many writers coming here now. Let's rebuild the writing community. If you’re an author or screenwriter, reply and say hello so we can all find you and follow each other. And if you want to repost this, that would also help.

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