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Author & Editor | US to UK | Words in the minnesota review, Nashville Review & Storm Cellar | Pronouns: she/her
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Read my Mormon pioneer folk horror short story recently published in the minnesota review! #writingcommunity #litmags #shortfiction #horror track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Just remembered I have a new story coming out next month, possibly my personal favorite so far — a short folk horror tale influenced by my Mormon pioneer heritage 👀

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

It’s not

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I feel naive, and I feel exhausted.

submitted 120 days ago • 77 comments

at a certain point you get tired and then stay that way for the rest of your life.

submitted 162 days ago • 3 comments

I need a special browser extension that allows me to google random shit for my stories without later getting targeted ads for things I have zero interest in

submitted 381 days ago • 0 comments

My seven-year-old’s rules for writing: 1. Start writing. 2. Write some more. 3. Keep on writing. 4. Just keep going. 5. Keep writing. 6. Don’t give up. 7. Just write until you’re done! #writingcommunity #authors

submitted 465 days ago • 2 comments

Another, for good measure…

submitted 470 days ago • 1 comment

Continued: texts from my mother apologizing for her dream self

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Texts my mother sends me to apologize for things she did in her dreams: a thread

submitted 470 days ago • 0 comments

Submitting a story to a couple of lit mags: £6. Getting a rejection and an acceptance for the same story on the same day: priceless.

submitted 478 days ago • 0 comments

"Stop killing people" pretty much sums up my politics these days, whether we're talking genocide, covid, the environmental/healthcare/housing crisis, food insecurity, police brutality, lack of disability rights, attacks on LGBTQ+ folx, no access to reproductive medical care, etc etc etc. Just stop.

submitted 495 days ago • 21 comments

My sister has just published her debut novel—a spooky, sarcastic yet earnest, smart YA. I am so proud and I think everyone should read it! www.amazon.co.uk/Here-Lies-Ol...

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What are your long-term writing goals and aspirations, *not* including hitting a bestseller list? Big and small goals welcome. #WritingCommunity #Authors

submitted 505 days ago • 12 comments

✨i’m just a girl✨ ✨In the world ✨

submitted 508 days ago • 0 comments

Born in NC, grew up in TN, but both my parents are non-Southerners. I say “gonna”!

submitted 510 days ago • 0 comments

There aren’t many meals I can just whip up at the drop of a hat—my husband is the chef—but I make a damn good spaghetti bolognese, even when I have to use slightly different ingredients (because England)

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Looking for a great UK literary mag to subscribe to. What are your faves?? #Authors #WritingCommunity

submitted 516 days ago • 1 comment

Get to know your mutual…list ten things that you’re into: 1. Chestnuts 2. Birds 3. A24 movies 4. Jigsaw puzzles 5. Watercolor 6. Trees & foliage 7. Coffee mugs & teacups 8. Cats 9. Family lore 10. Patterns in nature

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Living in a new country that speaks your language is like living in the uncanny valley—so similar in so many ways, but there are all these little differences (different font on road signs! different packaging on familiar products! door handles that turn a different way!)

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