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Writer of essays and small weird things. There’s a film called “I’m Not There” about Bob Dylan. But it also kind of describes me, on this platform.

Michigan
Joined February 2011
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I really want to read this @ScottLaudati work in progress, so if someone could please give him a temporary home in the desert that would be great 🏜️
Does anyone in the southwest have like a backhouse or a teepee with wifi i can move into for a month and finish this nf book ive been working on forever? Im housebroken and you'll never see me unless you want to drink beers at a campfire. I need nature and space I hate nyc
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Cannot wait to dive into this! 🤩
VLAD MAG: ISSUE 9, “SUBURBAN SPUNK,” EDITED BY @dt_robbins, IS OUT NOW! SHARE AND ENJOY! COVER PHOTO: @ant_verdi ❤️
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Im just over here patiently waiting for the finalization of @jrostopovich dark comedy, but you can catch a taste of it here! Today!
Read an excerpt from my Heathers inspired dark comedy about disaffected 90s teen culture. Huge thanks to the awesome @sarpsozdinler, who is both a talented and prolific writer and somehow still finds time to publish tons of cool stuff over at @BulbRegion!
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The doubly weird experience of giving a reading with a massive close up of my face (the cover of the publication) behind me 😳
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Casey Jo retweeted
Issue 13 of More Things out now, my regular round-up of short fiction I have enjoyed (and, some weeks, written). This week featuring stories by Jon Vilardi, Gideon Leek, Mark Williams, and Carlotta Dale. inheavenandearth.com/morethi…
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It seems we have an opening for a columnist. Open to pitches on any topic. A deep unhealthy obsession, or intimate knowledge of/ relationship with the subject a must. Pitch to Rob: farewelltransmission.net/sub…
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My next book is called "Denali, Alaska" and is being published by Trident Press (@PressTrident) out of Boulder, CO. I'm so, so, so excited for this. Preorders open up Oct. 19. I hope every single person on Twitter buys at least 2 copies. And the bots buy more.
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Strange Pilgrims over on Substack puts out some banger work, and this short story by Kristina Ten about a former cheerleader with CTE hoping to ride a giant jackrabbit along Route 66 is no exception! SO GOOD! Link below 🐇 💫
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I think putting in the mental effort matters more than word count. Sometimes it can take an hour to write just as many words that it’ll take a third of that time to write tomorrow. Sitting down, doing the work—or even walking round, brainstorming the work—that’s what counts. So whatever work you have put in today, well done 💕
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In addition to be being an amazing writer, @amykdebellis spits mad truth about AI in indie lit 🔥 amydebellis.substack.com/p/t…
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In case you were wondering what it’s like to be a little bit schizophrenic.
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My specialty: writing about dark stuff in light ways! 💫 Hope y’all will check out my story in @BurialMagazine today about getting stuck in purgatory while in Baltimore 😉
today in burial: there’s a lightness to this story that i’m frankly straight up jealous of—this is ‘dearly departed’ by @ca5eyj0, a tale about…AWP baltimore? a burial alum even makes an appearance within. if this sounds annoying to you—well, you’re wrong, it rocks. read it 👇👇!
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I once read that the right partner is someone who is your exact flavor of weird, and will spend the rest of your life being weird with you. So glad I found this weirdo. He’s a baby here, but 42 today! Happy Birthday to my ride or die, my BFF, my #1 fan. Love you, G!
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Hiking with a friend today that informed us of the presence of an old doll occupying a bench on a nearby trail. “I’m not kidding, there’s a spider that lives in its mouth,” he said. Apparently his girlfriend took a picture of the doll once, and this is how a horror movie starts.
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Great story from James with perfectly timed release! Harvest moon tomorrow 🌕
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Ditto for anything else in the creative arts
If you’re using AI to write, I just can’t take you seriously as a “writer.”
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I told @ScottLaudati that I was waiting until he came to Detroit to get this in person. If you have not yet grabbed a copy yourself, DO IT! Devoured in one sitting, so heartbreakingly perfect. Cannot recommend highly enough! 🌈
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The more closely I follow this stuff, and hear these alarms, the more I’m inclined to log off the apps and touch grass and write and read in analog form. First thing I write will be a bucket list, bc damn, the end of the decade is THREE YEARS AWAY
Replying to @hilbertspaess
The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger.
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