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writesloud.bsky.social
First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion Aug 2025) https://www.stanchionzine.com/product-page/first-kicking-then-not Writer/Editor/Prof Columnist at WCP [email protected] she/they 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️ www.hgrieco.com
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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it - Sounds confident even when factually wrong - Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf - Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases - Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…

submitted 45 days ago • 37 comments

I need a generative short story class that starts mid-late July. Anyone offering that? No workshopping, just someone yelling WRITE DUMBASS THIS IS YOUR TIME at me.

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Why the hell did I decide to use Scrivener? Y'all lie. 😡

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

The problem with this site is that nobody appreciates my excellent content. 😡

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Writing/Lit profs: My short story collection comes out in August (!!) and I'd love to Zoom (or come in person in the DMV) and read and/or teach a lesson. Let me know if you'd be interested!

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"And what's the point of fucking a poet if you have to handle your own business?" Doric Literary contributor @writesloud.bsky.social has a new story at @wigleaf.bsky.social. Every writer who reads this short flash is guaranteed to say, "Damn, I wish I'd written that." wigleaf.com/202505nina.htm

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

My laptop died and I had to print up my novel from the cloud while figuring out how to afford a new one. I didn't realize how emotional I would be, physically touching these words. Realizing that I'm actually pretty close now.

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I need a really good new-to-me short story collection. Recs?

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

My husband said this was my "brand" and 1. RUDE, 2. he's not wrong, and 3. Loook they're so cute and scary! 🥹 www.scientificamerican.com/article/carn...

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I've discovered the world of girl streamers who respond to verbal harassment from the men they're playing against by calmly destroying them. Making them cry and rage quilt. I don't even play Call of Duty. But I could watch this every day. It's my new anti-anxiety med.

submitted 10 days ago • 5 comments

imagine being loved and accepted for who you are like this wow

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