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"For the better part of a year, Monet got up at 3:30 am and painted haystacks."
A writer walks through the Art Institute of Chicago and this is only one of the insights we get. I'm bookmarking this Substack for return visits.
from @juliafgreen.bsky.social
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I was thrilled to be invited to talk craft with some of my favorite writers about one of my favorite short stories: "Housewifely Arts," by Megan Mahew Bergman.
Thanks so much for this wonderful chat, @juliafgreen.bsky.social and @ralphwalker.bsky.social!
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Good news: every clumsy embarrassing fumble forward counts towards writing
I know ppl had mixed feeling about the last season of The Bear, but I was pro. I think their bottle episodes are doing something we haven't seen on TV, and I love the slow pacing/deep character that some people loathe. Sue me: I also don't like deep dish pizza!
Can't wait to watch the new season of The Bear, which is why I yakked about the pilot episode on the podcast with @ralphwalker.bsky.social
Summer in the city
means cleavage cleavage cleavage
(cannot be the only person whose skull this lyric has been knocking around in the last few days)
HEARD!
The new episode of Writing in the Dark is all about The Bear and what prose writers can learn from it. Had a lot of fun deep dishing with @ralphwalker.bsky.social on character, conflict, and Chicago. Thanks, as always, for listening--
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School's pretty much out for the summer, which makes writing hard! Some thoughts on how to keep going amid the chaos:
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So happy to see these gorgeous displays of queer joy in the city that raised me. Happy pride y'all !!!!
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I hope everybody CRUSHES #1000wordsofsummer and also I wrote about why I won't do it again. Keep writing friends 💜
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Looking for some writing accountability in June? Highly recommend Allison Kirkland's June Writing Circle - weekly meetings in the evening on Zoom. Keep writing even as the summer blows up life!
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I'm so excited to share the newest episode of WRITING IN THE DARK with you. It was a joy to chat with @ejwenstrom.bsky.social and @juliafgreen.bsky.social about the Charles Yu story OPEN. Come check it out.
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A student called me Master Splinter today which gave me way more joy than I was expecting on a Monday in the year of our lord two thousand and twenty-five
To all the moms, "moms" & people who give care and nurturing to other humans: we see you and we celebrate you.
And since you can't get paid parental leave or subsidized childcare or a shred of fucking respect as a parent in this country, I hope you at least got a nap and 20 minutes of alone time.
Some One Sentence Book Reviews
Would be curious to hear your thoughts on any of these!
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There is so much in America I don’t want to see. And I don’t mean the suffering. I mean the entertainment, the consumerism, the success, the celebritism, the sickness disguised as having it all.
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
Screaming
Screaming
Screaming
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