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I adore the artwork @salvationsouth.com created for my Mothman story. Check it out here: www.salvationsouth.com/laura-lee-mo...

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Today's joy is about the ability of art to speak back to power. #resist #amwriting #booksky #writingcommunity #smalljoys

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I've always disagreed with some of our government policies, even been ashamed of some, but I've never lived in a country that is actively contributing to the rise of fascism in such a direct way. It's a weird new reality that is entirely uncomfortable. #ResistFascism #Resist

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Tomorrow, February 22, I'll be at the Barnes and Noble in Concord Mills, NC signing copies of The Stone Catchers. I'll also have bags of chocolate stones! Stop by for your copy of the book, for some chocolate rocks! #WritingCommunity #Novel #Charlotte #Barnes&Noble

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A moment of small joy: during this morning’s flurries, Emerson and I scraped enough snow off the car to make a tiny snowball. Then, we chased each other around the yard, lobbing it at each other’s backs. #smalljoys

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How are you keeping yourselves sane? After one of my students cried in class, I talked about the importance of art in times of trouble. I write daily. I also exercise. I write my representatives daily. I go to meetings about how we can fight back. Then I write more. #Resist #Imaginebeing

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Can we have a countdown to midterms?

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Have you contacted your federal representatives today?

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We decided to watch a rom com for Valentine’s Day. We landed on Heathers. The romance.

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Writing is the one thing that lets me step out of the dumpster fire.

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Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... For more—and to sign— go to saynotoethniccleansing.org

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Nailed it…

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A little light to look toward in the midst of so much darkness. We're excited to have Neema Avashia at Furman next month. The reading is open to the public. @avashianeema.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #Appalachia

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Imagine you're just some 30-something guy who converts to one of the world's major religions and in less than a decade its spiritual leader is rebuking you in front of the entire world That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...

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I wrote a story about Mothman and just received an acceptance that begins, "We really like A Temporary Arrangement and want to publish it. I kinda love it, actually. And I couldn't tell you exactly WHY I love it. But I do." Made my day in the middle of the American dumpster fire. #WritingCommunity

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Have you contacted your representatives today? Here's what I just wrote to mine: With the White House's refusal to follow court orders, as well as VP Vance's comments that the judiciary cannot check the executive branch, we are in a constitutional crisis. No matter what you believe about other 1/3

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THE STONE CATCHERS Laura Leigh Morris @lauraleighwrite.bsky.social The University Press of Kentucky @kentuckypress.bsky.social #books #reading #amreading #bookshops #writing #writers #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity

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I'll be signing The Stone Catchers at the Barnes and Noble in Concord Mills on February 22nd. I hope to see some Charlotte area friends there! #WritingCommunity @kentuckypress.bsky.social

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Someone at the American Bar Association ate their Wheaties this morning.

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Anyone else finding some refuge in the dumpster fire around us by sitting down to the page each day? #WritingCommunity

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I started reading this really heavy novel with lots of sexism and death. It was excellent, but I can't in the current political climate. I'm now reading a super fun police procedural that doesn't feel like my life at all. It's all I can handle.

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In the midst of a nation in chaos, sometimes we have to celebrate the small things. I’m honored that my story was nominated for best small fictions by STORY. It’s also the title story in the collection that’s currently looking for a home. #writingcommunity

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Someone wrote this dystopian novel already, didn't they? Where are the plucky teens coming to save our asses?

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Elon Musk is a terrible president.

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We could’ve had Tim 😭

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Today, I got distracted my the dumpster fire and couldn’t really write. Tomorrow, I’ll try to quiet the dumpster fire for a bit. #writingcommunity

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As we watch that thing dismantle the American government, what can we do? On the individual level? Our reps need to do what they aren’t doing. So how do we step up? Is there anything we can do? #dumpsterfire

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There's only one thing I miss from Tw***r: some people I regularly interacted with there that I don't see so much here. The #WritingCommunity there felt known, and I'm still trying to decipher its parameters here.

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Resistbot has really upped its game. Text 50409 to get started on sending letters, faxes, and emails to your elected representatives.

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So, if you don’t know, Microsoft Word has snuck an AI scraping thing into its update. You have to go to “Preferences” then “Privacy” then turn off (uncheck the box for) “connected experience” #writingcommunity

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Rejection on a book manuscript always hurts a bit, no? #WritingCommunity #Amwriting #flashfiction

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Roe versus Wade was 52 years ago today. Look at what's happened in the past 2.5 years. None of this is okay, but the big question is: what are we going to do about it? #roevwade

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Nothing he's doing is surprising, but I'm still so angry and terrified. So very angry and scared about every single step backward.

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I have a new uncanny domestic up at Tupelo Quarterly! (It's a reimagining of Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon.) #WRitingcommunity #amwriting #flashfiction Take a look at it and all the amazing writers in the new issue: www.tupeloquarterly.com/prose/charlo...

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I'm okay with the semester starting. I'm less okay with it continuing. #academicsky

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