LOVE the piece, Kim! Thanks for sending our way!

LOVE the piece, Claudia! Thanks for sending our way!!

LOVE the piece, Dawn! Thanks for sending it our way!

"Taken as whole, the anthology feels like a powerful testament to resilience and to the beauty that emerges when we find the courage to embrace our full selves."

I love this interview with @dianegotauthor.bsky.social by @lisaalletson.bsky.social in @smokelong.bsky.social 💙💙💙

Thanks so much, Dan, for reading and sharing--and so glad you enjoyed it!

Interview: Diane Gottlieb, Curator of the Anthology Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness - Sm... Interviewed by: Lisa Alletson In Awakenings: Stories of Body & Consciousness, you bring together 49 brilliant, diverse voices writing short essays about inhabiting the body. There are moments of inten...

Awakenings (@emergejournal.bsky.social) is a stunning, inspiring anthology of 49 essays about the body. I was so moved by the courage of the contributors. I interviewed editor @dianegotauthor.bsky.social about what went into the book. Thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for publishing the interview.

I loved this convo Lisa! Thanks so much! And thank you @smokelong.bsky.social for giving it such a wonderful home!!

Thank you so much, Matt, for your kind words and for the share!

DIANE GOTTLIEB: Ironing Out the Creases Flash Fiction by Diane Gottlieb Ironing Out the Creases        Friday mornings before Joe went to school and after his father left for work, his mother would start the wash. She would bundle t...

Two wonderful #FlashFiction pieces from @dianegotauthor.bsky.social that chime together and build such a rich sense of this character's life.

(Diane, it's so brilliant to see these pieces out in the world!!!)

Oh, Matt! Thank you so much for your kind words and for your help in getting Joe to come to life! ❤️

Blue cover of anthology AWAKENINGS: Stories of Body & Consciousness, Edited by Diane Gottlieb, foreword by Gayle Brandeis: a woman underwater with her back arched. Held up against a yellow wall and colorful framed photograph of a Mexican doorway.

My contributor's copy is here! Pleased to be included with so many talented writers in AWAKENINGS: Stories of Body & Consciousness, edited by @dianegotauthor.bsky.social (ElJ Editions @emergejournal.bsky.social). Can't wait to read them all! #author #WritingCommunity #nonfiction #litworld #flaslhlit

Oh, love your piece, Jackie! So grateful to include it in the anthology! ❤️

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So grateful to have 2 "Joe" stories up at the wonderful FLASH BOULEVARD. Thank you @francinewitte.bsky.social! ❤️ flashboulevard.wordpress.com/blog/

DIANE GOTTLIEB: Ironing Out the Creases Flash Fiction by Diane Gottlieb Ironing Out the Creases        Friday mornings before Joe went to school and after his father left for work, his mother would start the wash. She would bundle t...

"The music of it all. Like a song."

And:

"Your heart felt sad for Joe."

These #flashfictions by @dianegotauthor.bsky.social are stunning, remarkable. In Flash Boulevard @francinewitte.bsky.social 💙💙💙
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Oh, Dan, thank you so much!! I really appreciate your kind words and the share! ❤️

‘Awakenings - Stories of Body & Consciousness’ has arrived in the mail. So proud and happy to have my words featured on the page in this brave anthology wherein so many talented writers are revealing narratives of the body 🤓🥳 Thanks @DianeGotAuthor.bsky.social for your tireless efforts!!

Oh, Camille! I soooo love your piece! Grateful to include it in the anthology! ❤️

Thank you, Tom!

Thank you, Jacqueline!

So deeply grateful to be part of this gorgeous, moving, necessary anthology. Thank you so much to the amazing @dianegotauthor.bsky.social for inviting me to write the foreword.

Oh, Gayle! Thank YOU for writing such a gorgeous foreword and for all of your support for this project! XOXO

I was deeply moved by your book, Robert.

So hard to stay afloat with all the news these days. And ... Awakenings arrived. Thank you @emergejournal.bsky.social , all the contributors, @gaylebrandeis.bsky.social for this beautiful book--a true joy and welcomed life raft. elj-editions.com/awakenings/

Is there anything better than meeting, in-person, writers you've long admired? I love this sunset moment with @rgvaughan.bsky.social @dianegotauthor.bsky.social @claudiamonpere.bsky.social Kristen Henderson, Kathryn Silver-Hajo at the @bendinggenres.bsky.social retreat. Unforgettable week.

So wonderful! ❤️❤️❤️

Loved every minute of it! (Where was I hiding during this picture?!?)

I love your essay Camille and am grateful to have it in the collection. I really think you will love the anthology--every time I read it, it moves me even more deeply!

XOXO Kathryn! It feels like a lovely town!!!