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Relativity (BHC Press) 2023 Pushcart Nominee, Senior Fiction Editor, Four Leaf Collective

Oakland, CA
Joined February 2011
Really excited to announce that my latest book, RELATIVITY, is now available on Audible. Narrated by @nategrayreads Image by @TresoulNetwork buff.ly/3XrLBgQ #audiobook #audiobooks #Audible #booktwt #audiobookcommunity
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Publication Alert: My latest short story is out on Lenticular Lit. lenticularlit.com/2026/01/19…
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Thrilled to announce I’m teaching a class on structure through @TheSFCreative Sign up and class description link in thread #writingclass #WritingCommunity
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Here’s a link to the class description and sign up page. tinyurl.com/2h8afz39
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My latest flash fiction piece was just published by @flashficmag #flashfiction #WritingCommunity
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Bay Area writers. There are only four spots left in our FREE writing class, Cornerstones of Fiction. Join us for a deep dive into plot, character, theme, and setting. #bayarea #free #WritingCommunity sfwriting.institute/course/t…
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Ben Adams retweeted
Bay Area writers, I’m teaching a free writing class with the brilliant Raya North, starting next Thursday, at @TheSFCreative We’ll be doing a deep dive into plot, character, setting and theme. Hope to see you there. sfwriting.institute/course/t…… #free #SanFrancisco #writing
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Bay Area writers, I’m teaching a free writing class with the brilliant Raya North, starting next Thursday, at @TheSFCreative We’ll be doing a deep dive into plot, character, setting and theme. Hope to see you there. sfwriting.institute/course/t…… #free #SanFrancisco #writing
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Ben Adams retweeted
Bay Area writers, I’m teaching a free writing class with the brilliant Raya North, starting next Thursday, at @TheSFCreative We’ll be doing a deep dive into plot, character, setting and theme. Hope to see you there. sfwriting.institute/course/t… #free #SanFrancisco #writing
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Bay Area writers, I’m teaching a free writing class with the brilliant Raya North, starting next Thursday, at @TheSFCreative We’ll be doing a deep dive into plot, character, setting and theme. Hope to see you there. sfwriting.institute/course/t… #free #SanFrancisco #writing
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I really like it when I wake up to a rejection for a story I pulled because it’s being published somewhere else
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Sent in the edits. In a few weeks I’ll know when my story will be published
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Woke up to a short story acceptance. The first of the year. Hopefully more to come. Nice way to start the day.
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My interview with @usfca MFA department. We talk about the amazing work we’re doing at Four Leaf Collective.
Check the link in our bio to read an interview with Ben Adams on all the awesome work 4 Leaf Collective does! Be sure to also follow them! #writerscommunity #usfmfa
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Working on an 8-page single sentence, my longest to date. #writing #WritingCommunity
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Working on a short story I haven’t touched in a month. Lines I thought didn’t work work well; lines I thought worked need work. But overall the form is solid.
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Submitted a short story to a lit mag for the first time in years. #WritingCommunity #writinglife
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A photo from that time @IneluctableQuak visited our MFA and and talked about “Maximizing the Medium,”and other literary concepts. Photo by @theleanover #writerslife #writingcommunity
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For this draft I’m digging into the character I know the least with the goal of expanding and deepening her character. So far it feels like I’m peeling back layers of aluminum, one jagged layer at a time. #amrevising #writerslife
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Hi. Our yearly two-week open reading period starts today and ends on September 14 at midnight! Before submitting, please see the About page of our website for instructions: dorothyproject.com/about/
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Recently witnessed this with my 15yo cousin. He sent me lyrics to a song he “wrote.” In the past, a 15yo would pick up a guitar, write a song about their high school crush. It would be bad, but would be theirs. My cousin used AI, and I had to explain how this song was not his.
Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang.
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