I saw the best minds of my generation produce high quality content for startups that laid them off on a zoom call

It's character month on The Rogue MFA, and I'm kicking us off with a character interview template! theroguemfa.substack.com/p/7-characte...

netflix lighting must be stopped

Character-Driven Novel Structure Where theme and emotion meets order

Character-driven plot structure, or: how I learned to stop worrying and love theme

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The Rogue MFA Writing Hour (April 2nd, 2026) YouTube video by The Rogue MFA

Are you a writer or creative looking for solidarity, community, and an excuse to get some work done with others doing the same? I'm hosting bi-monthly writer's sprints with The Rogue MFA these days, join us TONIGHT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xtY...

The 3 Biggest Misconceptions in Crowdfunding & Film Development A FREE session on the biggest misconceptions & mistakes filmmakers are making in their crowdfunding and development phases.

FREE workshop this Saturday for the filmmakers in the room! The Three Biggest Misconceptions Each about Crowdfunding and Development: www.eventbrite.com/e/1984317332...

"dune" poster from the dune font logo poster generator but it has bastardised "googoo dolls - iris" lyrics on it. "and i don't want the worm to see me - cause i don't think that they'd under sand"

googoo dolls iris voice

Jake Shane’s Questions at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party Prove Influencers Shouldn’t Be Red Carpet Reporters His "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" interviews were awkward proof that influencers aren't journalists

Looks like I have a story to write about in my growing file on "Influencers Are Taking Journalists Jobs and We're Surprised This Shit Happens."

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The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

5 Ways To Write When You're Not Writing YouTube video by The Rogue MFA

uh oh I'm a YouTuber again!!!

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5 Ways To Write When You're Not Writing Because there's more to creation than meeting a word count goal (for realsies)

My latest for The Rogue MFA- ways to stay accountable to your creative routine and practice that aren't simply words-on-page, because it's all additive!

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the people who only want books with cinnamon roll heroes and no third act breakups have made contemporary romance boring as shit.

Girls will be like"I needed this" and it's just an article about how hard it is to select a jury because everyone hates elon

How I've Written 8 Manuscripts in 4 Years With One Secret Weapon Designing your own destiny by being accountable to your community

My friend Kelly and I are launching a genre-writing educational community called The Rogue MFA, and while she's been posting for a few weeks, my first article is out! Follow along- we've got some neat stuff coming soon! theroguemfa.substack.com/p/how-ive-wr...

There's a new holiday for Black asexuals and I'm here for it - INTO Given that Black asexuals get twice (or even thrice) the amount of grief, I was happy to learn about SoulAce Day

Happy Soul Ace Day to my fellow Black asexuals! Here is a primer on Soul Ace Day that I wrote this time last year www.intomore.com/culture/iden...

Couple's activity: enjoying your husband's horror as you read him dramatic journal entries and old poetry about boys who were mean to you in high school.

Bonus points if you also have chat transcripts from the mean stuff they said to you directly.

Yay local radio and writing communities! kafmradio.libsyn.com/lit-radio-wr...

If I had a monthly 15 minute community radio show where I couldn't swear or promote anything and it also can't relate to literature/writing (because I was just on that one, which is why they asked if I was interested in doing my own show).... what should it be about??

KINGOOOOOOOOOOO

Reposting this for all our fellow writers out there querying in January. Keep your head up! A new year is a perfect space for new opportunities, and querying is one of the pathways to get there. :)

#amwriting #amquerying #literaryagent #writingcommunity #fiction #writing #writerscommunity

Don't F*ck Up Your Film: Interest Form Start 2026 by setting your film up to win. Join filmmaking experts Cat Del Re (multi-hyphenate producer / writer-director / actor; partner at We’re There Films) and Bri Castellini (writer-director-pro...

Hey filmmakers! Don't f*ck up your film! Cat Del Re and I are launching a 2-day producing intensive with actionable courses, feedback, and templates, so let us know how we can cater it even more to your ACTUAL needs by filling out our interest form: forms.gle/D1kS9JiGDArk...

What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.

First Page Contest #7:  Romance / Women's Fiction / Romantasy -- Judged by Agent Christine Goss of FinePrint Literary FREE CONTEST FOR WRITERS! Welcome to a  First Page Contest . Contest #7 is for writers of  Romance / Women's Fiction / Romantasy . If you write in this age category, keep reading and submit your...

New FREE contest for writers of Romance/Women's Fiction/Romantasy — tinyurl.com/wdwcontest7 — Judged by Agent Christine Gross of FinePrint Literary, via @writingdaywksp.bsky.social. Winners get an agent critique of their work.

Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.

semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003

when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out

ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. According to The Atlantic, they receive 47 days of training — in honor of Trump, the 47th president, naturally. Many of them, also, can barely read or write, apparently. The ones I spent the weekend following around didn’t even have proper uniforms, with some wearing sneakers. In Minnesota. In January. These dipshits are also wearing camo in the snow. They clearly do not have any training when it comes to their own weapons either. Multiple times over the last few days, I watched officers fire pepper spray balls at the feet of protestors barely a few inches away from them. These weapons are basically paintball guns full of concentrated pepper spray. So when they hit a target, they explode into the air. Which meant ICE agents regularly ended up poisoning themselves with their own weapons. I also watched two agents ask each other if a canister they were about to fire at the crowd was tear gas or a stun grenade. (It ended up being a stun grenade that then ignited the tear gas they had already shot at us, which started a fire in the street that a protestor had to help them put out.)

ICE agents are, simply put, fucking clowns. Some observations from four days on the ground in Minneapolis.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.

Post from Nextdoor: “ICE ALERT! They are pulling people out of their cars at COSTCO Atwater!”

Screenshot of a text: “there have been multiple sightings of ice agents in Atwater today please spread the words - they've been at Costco, goodwill, North Atwater Village”

LOS ANGELES: ICE is in Atwater Village today