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Award-winning author, editor, publishing expert, and pro ski instructor. My latest book is Love and Other Monsters in the Dark. I also run an online writing and publishing camp for teen writers. For more on me and my workshops, visit kbjensenauthor.com.
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submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Sent off my #chapbook yesterday to a contest and the stagefright over the vulnerability is real. Sometimes, publishing my #poetry scares me. But I also know in this chaotic world, we need more poems and stories about #mentalhealth, healing and survival. Maybe now more than ever.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

Let’s go.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

#writers it is ok to write more than 1 thing at a time or just 1 project. Whatever works! Now can someone tell me if I should finalize my chapbook or work on my Yellowstone story that’s due tomorrow? how many projects do you have in the hopper at a time? #writingcommunity #amwriting #amrevising

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Dear artists: Afraid of death? It’s coming anyway. Afraid of failure? We all fail. A lot. Sometimes spectacularly. Afraid of these fascists? There are more of us cheering you on. Don’t stop creating. Not now. Make art. Piss them off. Create. With anger. With hope. Keep going.

submitted 10 days ago • 8 comments

Writing prompt: make a list of little things you are grateful for today. Boiled eggs (not to brag), a decent mechanic, soap, a letter in the mail from a dear friend… then go bigger. I am grateful for #writingcommunity #booksky and that I have my art to lean on in tough times. #amwriting

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Have you downloaded DuckDuckGo? What do u think? I’m impressed so far by the lack of plagiarized AI overviews, and sponsored links. The privacy is supposed to be way better. It feels like traveling back in time, and I’m really digging going straight to the sources rather than seeing pages of drivel

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Got my #poetry #chapbook back from my editor friend. Her feedback was exciting. Grateful for #writingcommunity #booksky I need to polish up punctuation and get "Foreign Decades and Other Poems" published. Know any good poetry publishers for chapbooks or poems? #amwriting #amrevising #amsubmitting

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

#WritingPrompt for today. Write a story in which things didn't go as planned for you or your character. #amnotwriting #outsick Going back to sleep now.

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

I really hoped I was wrong when I wrote this, but our democracy is being shredded daily. I As a former journalist, I can't help but read the news. I won't look away. Maybe it's pointless, but I'm going to feel my feelings and not pretend it's ok #amwriting #resist #booksky #poemsky #writersresist

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Sometimes with the dumpster fire state of our country, you need to indulge in a little #selfcare. Take a nap, write a poem, create art, take a bath, donate to the @aclu.org. You know, the usual.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

My short story collection features a piece about an American refugee family fleeing the US into Mexico, but they aren’t able to get past the wall. It’s just one story, I wrote it years ago, and it’s fiction, but sometimes I wonder about the future. We need our allies.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Write a poem yesterday about humans as a school of fish swimming in millions of years of fear, prey and predator, based on a picture in my camera roll. Just a friendly reminder, #writingprompts are everywhere. #amwriting do you have any good photo writing prompts?

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Want some sunshine and suspense? In summers, I run an award-winning online camp full of amazing #teenwriters and we publish their stories. They work with editors and a graphic designer. The theme for the new book, Jump the Fence, is rebellion. I love helping these writers, especially my kid!

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

Stay strong and know you’re loved!

submitted 33 days ago • 5 comments

A writing prompt for today: Break the rules. Either you do or your character does. What's a writing rule that you like to break? For example, they say never start a story with "I wake up and..." Can you make it interesting if you do?

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Wrote a poem about the inauguration today and thought I may as well post it while I can. Hoping leaders don't mean the things they say can only get you so far. What are you doing today? To escape or otherwise? #amwriting

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Advice for writers: Make a mess. Creativity is a messy business. Write it both ways. Write multiple endings. Discover gem stones in the dirt. Don’t be tidy or perfect. Polish them up later. Today, you create. #pantser

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Any advice for a newbie here? I’m cautiously hopeful about Blue Sky. I once had a lovely literary Twitter feed full of wonderful authors before it was destroyed by Elon, bots, and hate. Would love to connect with creatives and find a kind community here.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment