We still want this,don't we?
This democracy, these freedoms?
I feel like we do.
Do we?
You know ,it all falls to us.
Not to the courts and not to Congress.
You and I ,if we are like minded,we have to vote against those who want to install an authoritarian dictator.
If Trump…

#submissions opening 6/15-9/15 for our new MICROCHAP VOLUME on the theme GRIEVING HOPE. Seeking 5 #flash / #cnf / #hybrid microchaps of 8-10 pieces no longer than 500 words each. $50 payment + 5 copies per author. Edited by Diane Gottlieb. Pub 6/2025. $5 fee. #WritingCommunity

Hey, it's May 1st, which means you have one more month to submit your story collections to the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction!

UGA Press #shortstory
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Always a pleasure to talk with Eliot.

My favorite books I read from April. It was an eclectic reading month; I was all over the place, genre-wise. 😅 But all of these books were really great—lots of great writing, storytelling, and just general knowledge between these pages. Loved them all!

BEWARE THE TALL GRASS, by Ellen Birkett Morris EXCERPT booksbywomen.org/beware-the-tal… Columbus State University Press birkett_morris

It’s always a great day when I get to talk with Eliot Parker. We discussed how to create tension, how characters fidelity drives plot and so much more!

I’m glad to share this review/interview from my hometown university and alma mater louisville.edu/miraclemonocle… #debutnovel #awardwinningfiction

Yowza, want to guess the age of the editor who thinks people who are 50 look like this?

So glad to share this excerpt of BTTG. #debutnovel #awardwinningfiction

A great list of small presses that lists the wonderful work they have coming out! Buy a book! Support a small press! electricliterature.com/23-small-press…

Thanks Prairie Lights and Allen Gee for s great event!

Book club suggestions! booksbywomen.org/recommended-re… cynthiapreeves , Jeanne Blasberg Judy Lannon C.O. MOED Joanne Intrator sasterling Aimie K. Runyan-Vetter Martha Engber birkett_morris Keisha Blair HolisticWealth Deborah Driggs Diane Papalia Nan Lundeen Alix Christie Ann Goltz, Writer JN Welsh…

So glad to have the chance to share cherished memories of my mother’s kitchen at The Keepthings

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Happening today!

#BookTour

theperksofbeingabooklover.podbean.com/e/remix-s10ep2… Columbus State University Press

Glad to share this interview with IndieView about Beware the Tall Grass theindieview.com/2024/04/23/ind…