I don't want to discourage anyone, but it is possible to go big *and* go home.

an irony that I keep re-learning:
sometimes shorter stirrup leathers allow a longer leg
#dressage

Top tip: If you want to delight your grad students, refer to Aristotle as "that mo fo."

My new neighbor, a 20-something young mother, is the absolute sweetest, but the first time we met, she asked if I was retired and when we were chatting today, she asked if I had grandkids, and man oh man, I know she's not meaning anything by it, but my vanity is taking a *hit*.

If I weren't already repped, you'd be getting a query from me. ❤️

I was so excited to see that you've started on this bold new venture! Perfect fit. ❤️

Chapbook submissions close this Sunday June 15. buff.ly/N5KHIWt

Had this reaction just yesterday, I'm guessing to the same writer. I love him anyway, but damn.

so far, we're at about 150 fiction subs (capped at 500) and only 12 nonfiction (also capped at 500). Presumably the essayists are just being dramatic and waiting to make a splash right at the close of the window

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Happy 5th birthday to my pandemic book baby, Scrapple. You may have gone under the radar, but I'm still proud of you. ❤

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Mission accepted.

This flash has convinced me that I'm going to have to check it out. I'm missing out!

This is really fucking great ❤️

Barn Aisle Chats: ‘Horse Show’ with Jess Bowers Siân Griffiths talks to Jess Bowers about her new story collection, Horse Show. Horse Show combines real-life and fictional accounts of horses throughout t...

Check out this fun interview Jess Bowers did with @sbgriffiths.bsky.social over on Horse Nation! buff.ly/3WtnRMc

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Barrelhouse Thanks for submitting your work to Barrelhouse!  Before you proceed, a note about open and closed categories. If you don't see the category that fits your work, we're not open for that thing. We keep ...

Not surprisingly, we hit our cap on fiction submissions, but we are still open for 10 more days for nonfiction and poetry
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(...but also, if you ever do Jane Eyre, I really want in.)

It's crazy how few people remember the retractable gym floor over the swimming pool in It's a Wonderful Life. I've talked to so many people who swear I'm making it up when I mention it.

I'm really not trying to be insufferable I swear!

There are so many great Bronte facts--such a wild family! (Possibly my favorite: Emily once stitched her own hand together by their family fire after she was mauled by a dog because she didn't trust the doctor.) Anne is def the least fun/interesting. Poor Anne.

Ha! I could have put my very rusty Austen knowledge on full display!

(Sorry--I was totally nerding out during today's podcast.)

On a totally different note, one cool irony of Austen novels is that they're so often thought of as "happily ever after" marriage books because of the central plot line, but almost always, every other marriage in the book is unhappy to some degree or other.

The whole thing about a man inheriting was a holdover from feudalism with the expectation that, if the monarch needed to call his people back into battle, that those being called were dudes. (It's been a while, & I might not have that entirely right, but I think I'm not far off.)

I think Mike mentioned the difficulty of understanding English property laws a couple times. I don't know if this helps, but they varied based on the estates. If I remember correctly, "entailed" estates had often been passed down since William the Conqueror & others distributed them to their knights

Happy 2nd birthday to my first essay collection, The Sum of Her Parts, and thank you to everyone who's read the book and/or left a review! The love that has been given to my little book is really heart warming. ❤️
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🚨🚨🚨WE ARE OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS🚨🚨🚨

I knew this one was going to be a keeper from the first paragraph! Thanks to @sbgriffiths.bsky.social for sending it our way!

We're opening to submissions tomorrow! Send us your best! #flash #flashfiction

True story: After years of begging, I got my first dog for my 6th birthday and named him Mr. Happy.

I think I was in high school, the dog sadly long gone, when I finally figured out why my Dad's grad students had found the name so hilarious.

If you'd like to pick up mine, here’s a link—and maybe browse and treat yourself to another while you’re there? They don't disappoint.
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Yesterday was the 4th birthday of The Heart Keeps Faulty Time. I’ve always been proud of this little book, and I am so happy to be a part of the @bullcitypress.bsky.social family. I’ve bought so many books from them, and every one is a banger.