Before You Say Yes: What Writers Need to Know About Anthology Offers | Jane Friedman Learn how to find and assess anthology opportunities, which offer short fiction authors income and visibility by sharing audiences across contributors.

Being published in an anthology can be an excellent career move. What should you consider and where could you find opportunities? @mattydalrymple.bsky.social & @markleslie.bsky.social janefriedman.com/before-you-s... at @janefriedman.com #authorlife #writinglife #skywriters

🐺#paranormal #author Mark Leslie
is on #InTheKeep #podcast to talk about his 2 decades of experience in the business of scary stories... 👻

🎧inthekeep.com/mark-leslie-the-business...

Thanks for having me on!!! 🤘

The Unusual Heroes Bundle: In this StoryBundle, you will find nearly a dozen heroes, none of whom would have described themselves as heroic at the start of their adventure. storybundle.com/heroes

Spectacular view of 100,000 people attending the #HandsOff march in NYC

Love what Senator Cory Booker is doing. (Link to live-stream)

20+ hours so far. But there's compelling sharing and Q&A going on. Heck, he could go 20 hours just listing the lies that the felon-in-chief has continually spewed his entire adult life.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...

WRITER: The World Needs You - Why Your Writing Is More Important Than Ever

That's the topic of the Keynote I'll be giving for The BookFest Spring 2025 taking place April 5 & 6, 2025

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The Cold Reality of Publishing It's March.

The Cold Reality of Publishing

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NIEMÖLLER AND THE DANGEROUS STATE OF AMERICAN TOURISM The border between Canada and the United States is nearly 9,000 km long without bayonets or guns.

NIEMÖLLER AND THE DANGEROUS STATE OF AMERICAN TOURISM
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Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.

Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on unproven remedies endorsed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, and postponing doctor visits until the illness has worsened.

X post by Neera Tanden (@neeratanden ), posted 12 hours ago, featuring a verification badge and a sunflower emoji. The text reads, "Take a lesson from the Liberal Party of Canada- they are not cowering or flinching or saying if they don’t negotiate with Trump it will make Canadians worse off. They are fighting back. And their numbers have skyrocketed since." The post praises the Liberal Party of Canada’s approach to dealing with Trump, suggesting their resistance has boosted their popularity.

Never back down, never go along with authoritarians.

Episode 398 – Multiple Outlets For Storytelling with Denise Baden Mark interviews Denise Baden about the novel/book version of Murder in the Climate Assembly as well as the various incarnations and adaptions she had created for the stage and television. Prior to …

Here's a link to my enjoyable discussion with @markleslie.bsky.social on his #writing podcast
starkreflections.ca/2025/01/24/e...

Ahh, I see now. Videos have to be less than 60 seconds.

#slowlylearning

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Our 2024 Book Christmas Tree

Ugh, why didn't the video i tried to add to this appear? (Still learning this app)

Episode 397 – In It For The Creativity and Compassion with Ron Vitale Mark interviews Ron Vitale about his writing, and his recent unflinching and honest looks at his writing income versus expenses. Prior to the interview, Mark talks about wanting to hear from listen…

Honored to be interview on the latest episode of @markleslie.bsky.social's Stark Reflections podcast. If you're an #indieauthor, give a listen: starkreflections.ca/2025/01/17/e...

Episode 398 of the Stark Reflections Podcast fearured an interview with @dabaden.bsky.social

Trump Received an Unconditional Discharge. What Does That Mean? The rare and lenient sentence, which will spare President-elect Donald J. Trump jail time, was used to address his unusual status.

President-elect Trump was sentenced to an unconditional discharge on Friday, a rare and lenient sentence in New York state courts that still cements Trump’s status as a felon before his inauguration. Here's what it means.

@markleslie.bsky.social returns to talk about trivia surrounding the movie National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. If this is a must-watch during your holiday season, you don't want to miss this conversation! Click the link to watch the interview.
#AuthorInterview
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Mark Leslie Lefebvre and Johanna Rothman at Author Nation

Before digital cameras were a thing, I took terrible pictures. Cut off people's heads, etc. Now my arms are too damn short to take a good selfie. (I gave myself more chins etc 😂) However, @markleslie.bsky.social looks terrific!
Thrilled I am here @author.nation

Four panellists at the CanCon panel for The Art of the Anthology - Cait Gordon, Geoff Cole, E.D.E Bell, and Mark Leslie Lefebvre

Missed the opening ceremonies but made it to my first #cancon @canconsffh.bsky.social panel tonight - Short Story Collection - The Art of the Anthology with @caitgauthor.bsky.social (m) @markleslie.bsky.social @edebell.com and Geoffrey W Cole.