Writing the Occult - Ritual A day exploring the ritual in writing, with a series of talks, panels and workshops.

Join panelists @leemurraywriter.bsky.social (NZ),
@robertottone.bsky.social (US), @stephellis.bsky.social (UK), and @kevharrison.bsky.social (Portugal), and humble chair
@troutli.bsky.social, at Writing the Occult: Ritual on 27 Jan. Tickets and details now via www.eventbrite.com/e/writing-th...

Do You Want to Be Known For Your Writing, or For Your Swift Email Responses? Melissa Febos shares practical writing advice for women who want to prioritize their art, not their email

I'd like to share this article that I re-read periodically to remind myself that it is okay to not respond to every e-mail I receive: catapult.co/stories/do-y...

Workshop: The Art of the Commonplace Book with Lindsey Trout Hughes · Zoom · Luma Commonplace books are personal notebooks that act as a collection of knowledge—ideas, quotes, anecdotes, and passages, gathered and copied down for individual use. Join writer and...

Last call for tomorrow’s cozy pay-what-you-wish workshop on keeping a commonplace book. (No worries if you can’t attend live. I’ll send out the recording and accompanying workbook after.) I’d love to see you there!

gathering myself in the Notes app plus a pay-what-you-wish workshop

I wrote a short ode to my Notes app 💖

serpentine: crafting a creative manifesto on loïe fuller and building your own artistic framework

new craft essay + upcoming pay-what-you-wish workshop info from me, come hang out, i'm fun sometimes
lindseytrouthughes.substack.com/p/serpentine...

Le Guin started writing A Wizard of Earthsea at the beginning of September 1966. Charles, her husband, took over the kids as soon as he was done grading finals and she finished the first draft two days before Christmas.

ghosts everywhere I used to have ghost stories. Someone asked me once if I'd ever seen a ghost. "Oh, yes," I remember saying. I was in possession then of vivid details about what I'd seen. I lost those stories when my ...

wrote a short essay yesterday about parenting and Halloween and darkness, featuring a very cool 1864 book of lithographed plates called Spectropia. lindseytrouthughes.substack.com/p/ghosts-eve...

Thank you!

🎯 Make OCTOBER Your Month of Writing: A Goal Setting Workshop for Writers (FREE) · Zoom · Luma Join us for a focused, 1-hour goal setting workshop to help you nail your writing projects in October and start the month strong. We’ll cover: Getting clear on your big picture writing...

Today! Free Goal Setting Workshop for Writers. Come hang with me & the London Writers' Salon crew. Monday, October 2nd at 2pm ET on Zoom. (No worries if you can't make it live. Register and we'll send you the workshop recording!) #WritingCommunity lu.ma/octobergoals

steepletop visiting vincent

this one's for the poets. i wrote about visiting edna st. vincent millay's estate: lindseytrouthughes.substack.com/p/steepletop

You know I love this

a Publisher's Marketplace screenshot announcing a new book deal: "School of the Art Institute of Chicago MFA graduate Erica Stern's FRONTIER, a genre-bending hybrid that weaves a Wild West ghost story into a memoir about the harrowing birth of the author's son, exploring themes of motherhood and sacrifice, the otherworldly space between life and death, and childbirth as a frontier, to Lilly Dancyger at Barrelhouse."

I'm SO excited to be working with Erica Stern on this beautiful, strange, innovative memoir for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! (With @troutli.bsky.social on board editing as well.) I can't wait for you all to read it.

Tell It Slant // Uncovering the Truth in Memoir Part container, part permission slip, this 2.5 hour class weaves together craft techniques, theoretical frameworks, and, in the literary world, the all-too-often forgotten practice of holding space fo...

last day to sign up for my fall writing workshops at the (cheaper!) early bird rate!

www.jeannakadlec.com/tell-it-slan...

My desk drawers just have random locks of hair and loose teeth in them. Is she a witch or just a mother of small children?

My kids just came in and told me that had a present for me. It was an eyelash (hers) and a tooth (his).

the application for the 2024 Periplus Fellowship—offering mentorship and community to writers of color—is now open ❤️‍🔥 you can learn more & apply by 10/27, pls help spread the word

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

on enchantment bringing magic home

new writing & art over at Fox in the Dark 🍃

A serene scene at Little Pond in the Catskills Forest Preserve during sunset in late summer. The pond is surrounded by dark green hills and trees, with a row of canoes on a small beach. The colors of the sky—purple, blue, and yellow—are reflected in the water.

Sincerely cannot wait until I'm able to move into the mountains and take up falconry. (Here's a little something for you: Tuesday night's sunset.)

Our open reading period will begin on September 1 and end on September 14. Please send us your best and your weirdest!

Guidelines for how and what to submit are here: dorothyproject.com/about/

yes please

✍️ WORKSHOP: Turning Ancestral Research Into Personal Narrative w/ Katie Lee Ellison · Zoom · ... ** This is a LIVE workshop. Attendees will be sent a video recording after the workshop. ** How can we mine stories from family research and documents? What craft elements can writers use...

So so so thrilled to have @katieleeellison.bsky.social offering this (brilliant) workshop at London Writers' Salon this week. Tickets are open to the public. Join us on Thursday—we'd love to see you there!

I love “Famous Blue Raincoat” because I appreciate a good song where the author signs off with his name at the end like my dad sending a birthday text

Barrelhouse Conference Conversations and Connections — Barrelhouse Conversations and Connections is a one-day conference organized by Barrelhouse in person at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA on September 23, 2023.

Writers! Reminder the @barrelhouse.bsky.social conference is coming to Philly on 9/23! Our program is really looking great, and we've got an amazing group of lit mags and presses joining us. Registration is $75 and includes lots of stuff! All info here: https://www.barrelhousemag.com/conference/

How your email finds me

Absolutely cannot wait for this book

We didn't plan it this way, but if you had a killer AWP panel proposal that just got rejected, why not send it our way instead? We promise we won't even charge you $400 or whatever it is to get through the door

trying to let it!

playground phantoms on musical theater and early lessons about mortality

i wrote about how phantom of the opera helped me grapple with the loss of my childhood friend

They are so lucky to have you!

Thanks, friend!