Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation

"Independent bookstores make quiet comeback as big chains dominate retail"

"About 422 indie bookshops opened in 2025, up 31%, defying predictions of retail consolidation"

Got my 1st payment for a short story I wrote for an online literary magazine! The amount will cover coffee, croissant and a tip at an upscale chain. My story will be published this May. I was told only 'real' writers get paid, so I'm enjoying my new 'status' as a member of the literati. 🤣#writer

The White Lotus Season 4 Cast Has Checked In. Here's Everything We Know - Ireland News Beep Filming is well underway on the fourth season of Mike White’s anthology series The White Lotus, centered around wealthy vacationers and their debaucherous

The White Lotus Season 4 Cast Has Checked In. Here’s Everything We Know

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Filming is well underway on the fourth season of Mike White’s anthology series The White Lotus, centered around…

#ArtemisII #PinkFloyd #Music

(April 6, 2026) – #NASA #astronaut and #Artemis II #Pilot #VictorGlover pictured here in the #Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II #lunar #flyby.

Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

The reporting on OpenAI and Sam Altman I've been working on for the past year and a half, for @newyorker.com, with Andrew Marantz: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

#AI #technology #NewYorker #cartoon

Writing Across Formats: Why You Should Diversify Your Projects Diversify your screenwriting craft by mastering TV, stage, prose, graphic novels, and digital content. Sharpen your skills, adapt your voice, and expand your career.

"Writing Across Formats: Why You Should Diversify Your Projects" -- Edwin Cannistraci
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Hollywood binges on the written word | CNN Being an author is the hottest role in the TV and movie industry, as streamers frantically scout for books — and with niche titles like “Heated Rivalry” and “Slow Horses” taking on new life as streami...

www.cnn.com/2026/03/29/e...
#writers #authors #novels #fiction #filmmakers #screenwriters

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Dinosaurs Imagining a post-literate future

"Fiction appears to be in decline. Literary fiction, the kind that challenges readers to think, is especially at risk of extinction. Visual media has almost completely taken over from the written word." -- Joe Ponepinto
#authors #CreativeWriting

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NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2026 NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED..."the list of finalists for the 61st annual National Magazine Awards ... the awards now honor magazine storytelling published in any medium, including newspapers and newsletters."
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Are successful authors creative geniuses or literary labourers? – psyche.co/ideas/are-su... #psyche_the_mag
#JulesVerne #EdgarAllenPoe #writers

‘We’re losing accessibility’: America says goodbye to the mass-market paperback The so-called ‘pocket book’ sold in supermarkets is being phased out across the US, the latest sign of an ongoing shift in how people are choosing to read

www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
#paperbacks #pocketbooks #books #publishers #readers

The Ghost Ship of Creative Writing On suffering and failure and the writer’s ego

The Ghost Ship of Creative Writing
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#CreativeWriting #fiction #writers

7 Ways to Keep a Reader's Interest Screenplays fail if they don't engage the reader. Learn 7 professionally proven, simple ways to keep a script reader's interest and sell your screenplay.

7 Ways to Keep a Reader's Interest
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#screenwriting #screenplay

Great advice taken by Ange. Very timely for screenwriters and creatives at the moment in this "get AI to do it for me" age we find ourselves falling into. #scriptsky #writingsky

20 Romance Movies You Will Love for Date Night! Great for Valentine's Day!

20 Romance Movies You Will Love for Date Night!
Great for #ValentinesDay2026 !
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#backyardmoviecritic #movies

What's the Difference Between a Screenwriter and a Scriptwriter? Screenwriter vs. scriptwriter: what’s the difference? Learn how each role works—and how understanding it can shape your writing career.

What's the Difference Between a #Screenwriter and a #Scriptwriter?
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#NewYorker #cartoons

I am simply going to suggest everyone read @zachweinersmith.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social excellent book, A City on Mars. bookshop.org/p/books/a-ci...

#WashingtonPost

The Rise of Micro-Reading: How Short-Form Fiction and Serialized Storytelling Are Redefining Reading Discover how Micro-Reading Habits, from short-form fiction to serialized storytelling, are redefining reading for modern bookworms.

The Rise of Micro-Reading: How Short-Form Fiction and Serialized Storytelling Are Redefining Reading writestats.com/the-rise-of-...

Power Resides Where Men Believe it Resides - GOT YouTube video by GOTV

"Power resides where men believe it resides." -- #Varys
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#AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms #HBO #GOT #HedgeKnight

We asked former astronauts about their favorite space movies, and this is what they said | CNN Ahead of the launch of Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon in more than 50 years, astronauts share the movies that capture the danger, teamwork, and wonder of spaceflight. Their picks off...

Retired astronauts asked about their favorite space movies:
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#scifi #sciencefiction #space #films

Short story has always been my preferred/favorite form. My earliest dream was to do short stories like Bartholme, Poe, King, Bradbury et al rose to fame with. Just so much fun.

And so much less work. 😂

Unsolicited advice to writers of short scripts/stories:
revisit a favorite one you've written that found no traction in production and/or publication. Rereading it can be like being reacquainted with an old friend. New ideas can result. Got some positive feedback today from an editor on a revision.🤞

#NewYorker #Cartoon #TV #series

#American #HistoryMatters

Nichelle Nichols Remembers Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The late actress shared her fondest memories of the civil rights leader.

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#MLK #StarTrek #scifi #NichelleNichols