Maddy’s missing. Everybody thinks she took her own life but her sister won’t give up the search. Read about it in my new short story “Maddy’s Mountain” published by the Raven Review. #fiction

#writingcommunity I'm sending queries today and have gotten two pop-up warnings from agency sites about people impersonating their agents by phone and email, trying to get writers to pay for services etc. Be aware.

RT @Britannica: Encyclopædia Britannica will continue to use ‘Gulf of Mexico’ for a few reasons: -We serve an international audience, a ma…

Right now it's half past consider a new career. #amwriting #writerslife

Outrageous. Won't stop the AP from doing its job. #PressFreedom #gulfofmexico

It might not happen in the first few pages or the first draft. But once I give the characters some space on the page, some life, they start talking to each other and sound like real, breathing people. #amwriting #writingcommunity #writingtips #amquerying

@lhallwriter Gort

@janecoaston They remind me of certain Michigan fans - as John U. Bacon puts it, the ones who aren't happy unless they're unhappy. #GoBlue

@MadelnCanada I grew up in Michigan. I tip my hat!

I hope this article is correct and blurbs are going the way of the quill pen. #amwriting #writingtips #WritingCommunity #writinglife

#WritingCommunity Checking out a new litmag, I find seven short stories in the current issue. ALL are in first-person. Why?

@byMorganWright Agree! It's the writing that counts, not the genre. And what if you write in one genre and find you don't like it?

02/06 Mike Luckovich: New egg dish

I confess. I was once one of those "evil," "criminal" federal employees. #DOGE #USAID via @DavidSwan5

@AlyssaMatesic From what I understand, the last line also applies to self-publishing. All good advice in threat. 👍

@AustinFriars_ I hear you. First person is tricky: it's easy to make it all sound alike. Why is it so popular?

RT @SkinnerPm: For what it’s worth, when I spent years in Afghanistan and Iraq, the most powerful thing I ever saw was USAID digging wells…

RT @parisreview: “Men often ask me, Why are your female characters so paranoid? It’s not paranoia. It’s recognition of their situation.” —M…

@rtigernyc Wish I knew. All litmags are semi-inscrutable and flash ones are the worst. 👎

Somebody once told me I should be my own toughest critic. They didn’t tell me to wake up at 4:00 a.m. wondering if I’d ever publish anything again. Forget the rejections. Remember the story that's inside you hoping to be set free. #amwriting #writingcommunity #amquerying

RT @ChrisMurphyCT: It’s hard to overhype how dangerous this moment is. This a naked attempt to seize government by the right wing billionai…