the best kind of writing assistant 💕💕

Los 10 mejores libros de 2024 El equipo de The New York Times Book Review elige las obras de ficción y no ficción más destacadas del año.

in a better timeline, the @nytimes.com en español would publish a best spanish language books of 2024 list. in this shitty timeline, we get their 2024 best books list in spanish where most of the books are not available in spanish & only one of the writers is Latinx.

www.nytimes.com/es/2024/12/0...

ACAD.

All Cops Are D*ckless.

have you ever seen them in the same room together?

you’ve been a bad girl. i’ve been a bad girl.

Lightning Flashes: A Writers’ Workshop In this flash fiction workshop, we’ll explore the art of crafting flash prose through a number of generative writing prompts that will examine different points of view, narrative devices, and the ps...

do you want to up your writing game this new year? 💕🎇🎆🧨

join myself & @heckaseuss for a 4-week generative flash fiction workshop starting 2/17.

for more info & to sign up, click the below link:

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after a long night 🌚 of hooking🪝💦, trade didn't like👎🏼 the session so he had gutted me 🐟 & set me on fire 🔥🔥🔥 but you know i didn't die 🚫☠️, i had crystallized 💎💎💎. and now i’m a glamazon 🌈 bitch 🐕, ready for the runway 🛫🛫🛫💃🏽🪩

my latest, “shame boy,” is a beautiful song about growing up with a shaming, mentally ill parent in a world hostile to you & resisting & overcoming because sometimes that’s the only thing you can do. 😩💦👄🐔😈💗

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Somebody is going to preach this on Sunday.

oh gosh, you should also be reading @aureleo.bsky.social — her stories are so bright and hot and frightening and funny and heartbreaking all at once; if confetti could do ballet

aww thank you love 💕💕

PSA: when we’re not hungry for justice, it’s because we’ve taken too much spiritual ozempic.

remember: you are a literary it girl.

my anxiety is evergreen & my depression is anything but seasonal.

Get Peripals to the AWP in Kansas City!, organized by Noam Keim Dear friends, comrades, and homies, As many of you know, this past year I… Noam Keim needs your support for Get Peripals to the AWP in Kansas City!

periplus is an amazing collective of POC emerging writers. this fundraiser provides access for a number of periplus fellows to be able to afford to attend AWP & share their work with the world.
we are 70% toward our goal. every bit goes a long way. xoxo

Dangerous Women, Soul Suckers & Shapeshifters Workshop This October we’ll write about dangerous women, soul suckers & shapeshifters. We’ll discuss themes such as the extraordinary in the mundane, fierce women, vampires and other energy suckers—all w...

seats are still available! class starts on wednesday. here’s a sneak peek at the beautiful writers we’ll be reading and writing to: 💕💕

K-Ming Chang
@emelkrishnan.bsky.social
Samantha Schweblin
Parth Shah
@tarazambrano.bsky.social
Tiffany Wu
sam sax
@nathanrxie.bsky.social

Seats remain available for this generative four-week workshop. María, Victoria and I can’t wait to work with you! Sign up below!

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don’t let anyone say you’re not an empath.

some people have some nerve (and NO CLASS), jerking off dudes at a Regal Cinemas, in a city overflowing with gloryholes and truck stops.

if you dig magical realism, check out the below link for more info & to register for this spooky ooky workshop. we’d love to generate art alongside you during the month of october. 🎃🧙🏽‍♀️🧡

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this is your annual reminder that more first responders & cleanup workers, who were denied PPE, have died of 9/11-related illnesses than those who died during 9/11.

this is your annual reminder that 7 million people have died from COVID.

we need to honor those lives too.

OMG my doggo is a celebrity now!!

in case, the photo above does not post. the workshop meets every wednesday at 7 pm EST via zoom. the cost is $175 for four sessions & two scholarships are available. you can also email us at octoberflashclass@gmail.com to reserve your spot! 💕

ATTENTION fans of magic & also realism & also dangerous women, soul suckers & shapeshifters:

check out this workshop led by me & maría alejandra barrios (preorder the waves take you home!) & victoria buitron (order across two hemispheres!) see below for info & DM to sign up 👻🧙

26 positive cases so far!

i was at lambda this year but not breadloaf. a couple of my friends attended though. it’s starting to get picked up a bit on the bird site:

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Bread Loaf has sent its covid+ workshoppers home w/o regard to increasing viral transmission unlike Lambda Writers’ Retreat, Sewanee Writers Conference and Tin House, each of which had robust covid protocols. it’s clear which conferences prioritize community safety & which are just a cash grab.

hurricane?! her, a bitch!

you go girl. it’s your world. 🫶

lol why do they all sound like diseases?