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Obsessed with these photos of my poetry collection from the brilliant Caroline Chidester! 😍
The paperback and hardback versions of The Ship and the Storm are available at Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon. Audiobook in progress.💕 amazon.com/dp/B0FB12WK8L
I had way too much fun playing 20 Questions: Cryptid Edition with @CryptoNature!
Jarod K. Anderson’s fantastical new novel STRANGE ANIMALS is out now, featuring mysterious cryptids from his imagination. Already one of my fave reads of the year!
What will be the big book market trends in 2026? Why are so many people gravitating toward horror and cozy fantasy? I discuss all these questions and more with author and bibliophile K.C. Norton, who made it her goal to read ONE THOUSAND books last year.
open.spotify.com/episode/0C0…
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Shared a pint in Montparnasse yesterday with (writer & ranker of literary journals) @brecht_dp, who charitably advised me to submit my sonnets again. Genuine question: What reputable lit journals are open to traditional metrical and rhyming verse?
In no particular order, here are some of the books I’ve loved this year! (Sorry to Matt Dinniman, as I forgot to put Dungeon Crawler Carl in the video, but it’s in my top picks for fiction!)
ALT text version with the full list!

ALT Favorite Fiction Passing, Annihilation, Like Water for Chocolate, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Small Things Like These, The River Has Roots, Palaver Favorite Nonfiction Poets Square, Everything Is Tuberculosis, I’m Glad My Mom Died, The Serviceberry, All About Love, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, Why Poetry, Beyond Culture Favorite Poetry Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency, Instructions for Traveling West, Bright Dead Things, Blood-Flex, Little Kings, Beysadoo, We Had Mansions, The Ship and the Storm
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classic literature transformed my writing forever, I am begging all writers to PLEASE read outside your genre and explore pre-21st century lit
A poetry reality show?!
I was invited to lure three of my friends into a room and force them to listen to bespoke poems I had picked out for them. The result? A super fun conversation about poetry, fiction, stalking, and the creative process. ❤️
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New author pics, courtesy of Caroline Chidester and taken at Inniswood Metro Gardens, which deserved its own ode in my poetry collection! Growing up, I'd walk there with my dad, run, ride bikes, plant geocaches, take family photos. Now I've posed for the next chapter of my life.
"The war hadn’t changed him like it was supposed to..."
My short story "The Vulture" was originally published in @ConsequenceF and is still available in print, but I wanted to make it free to read online as well. Still one of my favorites I've written!
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I have a story idea I’m considering turning into a short play, but I told a friend maybe it’d be easier to write as a novel. He kept me humble…
"I’m not sure you know how novels work. They are never easier than not writing a novel.”
Want a chance to win a writing coaching session with me? Attend my free talk at Escape the Plot Forest on October 19 at 8:00 PM EDT! I’m thrilled to be joined by speakers like Janice Hardy, Gabriela Pereira, and Tim Grahl at this virtual summit.
Register: forest.plotsummit.com/?ac=5K…
I’ll be in conversation with host Daniel David Wallace about quiet moments in fiction, expanding on my most recent video topic. This conversation was pre-recorded, but I’ll be attending the event in the live chat to say hi and answer your plotting questions.
Free and open to all when you watch live, or you can choose to upgrade to the All-Access Pass for lifetime replays. Full disclosure: If you do decide to upgrade, I may get a commission at no extra cost to you.
Hope to see you there! #writingcommunity
“To be a good writer, you not only have to write a great deal but you have to care. You do not have to have a complicated moral philosophy. But a writer always tries, I think, to be a part of a solution, to understand a little about life and to pass this on.”
— Anne Lamott
Here I am ~being a person~ with my guy, where we talk about poetry, collaboration, and form vs. meaning. ❤️
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Walking Poetry Workshop w/Diane Callahan
Walk through Fellows Riverside Gardens, sit down in a quiet spot to write poems based on personal prompts that challenge you to see your surroundings in new ways and deepen your connection with nature.
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An honor to be interviewed by Andy Downing of Matter News about my poetry collection! matternews.org/culture/words…














