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gailgauthier.bsky.social
Writer published in Slackjaw, Belladonna Comedy, Jane Austin's Wastebasket, Frazzled, and other humor sites. Essayist. Writes about eating. Middle grade writer. More than you want to know at www.gailgauthier.com Still blogging at http://blog.gailgauthier.
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This story started in my head the first time I visited a plantation while pregnant --37 years ago. We revisited the site last summer with my grandchildren, and finally, the story came together for me. Thx @fracturedlit.bsky.social! #booksky fracturedlit.com/marked/

My most recent #HeritageMonth writing deals with #womenshistory: #ShirleyJackson and #ErmaBombeck, housewife #writers working in slightly different periods. #BookSky blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/the-...

Why is planning military strikes in a group chat so funny? #humor blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/gett...

#writingcommunity I rewrote a blog post to submit to a Medium publication. #Francophonieday #Booksky baos.pub/reading-for-...

Liked this one.

I'm a day late for #FrancophonieDay but I did like the book I read by #FrenchCanadian writer #CatherineLeroux to observe it. Though I had to read it in English. #amreading blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/the-...

#womenshistorymonth #womenwriters #horror #LisaKroger blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/the-...

"It's your responsibility as a writer to determine where you belong in the literary ecosystem." I just found that quote in notes from a panel discussion I Zoomed two years ago. Perhaps writers belong in any part of the literary ecosystem that will have them? #writing #writingcommunity

#bookSky #reading #BlackhistoryMonth #WomensHistoryMonth #ArabAmericanHistoryMonth #AsianAmericanHistoryMonth #JewishAmericanHistoryMonth #NativeAmericanHistoryMonth #PrideMonth All history and heritage months gone blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/us-s...

#writingcommunity #writing #humor How fast do we need to write? Faster than I do. #introverts blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/im-t...

My latest #humor went up at a Medium publication yesterday. #introvert #introversion muddyum.net/an-introvert...

#booksky My last #reading for #BlackHistoryMonth #genealogy #food #history blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/the-...

www.failbetter.com/content/mala... This will make you grateful you just have IBS. Loved it.

#writingcommunity I reworked a blog post for an #essay that was published last week. Also, I'm not sure submitting to Medium publications is a good use of time anymore. blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/03/reto...

#amreading #booksky My most recent #essay on my #Blackhistorymonth #reading published in Books Are Our Superpower Neil Henry Winfred Rembert ahttps://baos.pub/i-came-for-the-genealogy-and-stayed-for-something-else-5ad72a7dc154?sk=9ed1520ed021a25aff1ed25e1be672d4

#amreading #blackhistorymonth #booksky @colsonwhitehead.com @justinaireland.com blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/02/the-...

#BlackHistoryMonth reading. Not exactly history, but I enjoyed it. I identified with Jane so much. blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/02/the-...

I came upon this title and thought it was a book on how to write affirmations. That could have been a thing.

Got all those #rejections filed away. Yeah, that feels good. #authorsky

#writingcommunity #authorsky Time to take a break so I can file all my #rejectionletters!

#writingcommunity Interested in #hermitcrab #writing for #humor? I have an #essay on it published yesterday. writingcooperative.com/a-hermit-cra...

#bookSky My article on using #heritagemonths to plan #reading was published yesterday. #amreading for #BlackHistoryMonth now. medium.com/books-are-ou...

#amreading A new annotated reading post #books #journalism #shortstories #humor @xwaldie.bsky.social @petulawrites.bsky.social @meganbaxter.bsky.social blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/02/some...

You know, I've probably seen worse.

I found "Pearl's Secret" by Neil Henry on my TBR shelf and am reading that this week. #Booksky

My latest #essay was published today at Tastyble, in which I talk small batch #baking. My favorite kind of baking these days. #foodsky medium.tastyble.com/the-big-adva...

We are two weeks into the new administration and with all that has been going on nothing that I was hoping was in Project 2025 has been mentioned yet. #humor #satire medium.com/the-haven/wh...

Authors, if you see this, it's a sign to post the first line of your book. #writing #booksky. "“No, I’m not sorry you two had to leave and come back so many times, Jasmine."

I am a big fan of done lists and try to do a formal one every Friday at my blog. Knowing what you've done helps when planning what to do next. Also, they can make it clear that you are working, even if you aren't accomplishing much. So, you have that, anyway. blog.gailgauthier.com/2025/01/frid...

No, you do not.

Our library lost our Hoopla. I did not appreciate it enough while I had access to it. This I have regrets about.

"You feel an aching need to call your parents and apologize for all the grief you’ve caused them" No. I regret nothing.

I have always liked January. I gotta say, though, the constant complaining about it on my Facebook page is bringing me down.