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Posts by Ashley Lopez

Harper Collins Union Ratifies New Contract; Secures Highest Starting Pay in Publishing - Publishers Lunch The Harper Collins Union, part of UAW Local 2110, has ratified a new contract, which mandates a starting salary of $52,500, for a 35-hour week—the highest in the industry. All covered employees will g...

Strikes don’t just work at the time—they keep working long after we’ve put away the handwarmers and posters and noisemakers.

I’m so proud of @hcpunion.bsky.social, more than words can express.

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Don't Call Me Stupid How To Make Your Book Better Than the Movies In One Easy Step
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No Second Locations On AWP, Pitching Your Book, and Knowing Yourself
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A poet.

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A New Year's Apéritif Allow me to reintroduce myself...

Not to assign homework the first week of school, but here’s some supplemental reading for my MSWL

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Heavy is the head and all that…

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The bag is lying deflated on the ground as the cat runs downtown to on a fresh adventure.

See you in my new inbox, friends!

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A publishers marketplace book deal announcement from 2023 for a book about junk

A publishers marketplace book deal announcement from 2023 for a book about junk

I turned my book in @scribnerbooks.bsky.social today, and I swear to whoever is running the account, you can add Taco Bell Quarterly next to Stephen King, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. Corporate at Simon and Schuster already said it was already okay to add me in the bio, totally legit

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My first draft of this story was in my notes app, bedraggled after a long day in the office, waiting for my train at Grand Central. Which I think is simply to say you don’t need an aesthetic setup to write. So start writing.

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You should be it is fantastic!

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No MFA Voice In the Club What can we learn about art from a person dancing with a bucket of KFC?

New to me artist I think about daily 🐔

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I’m sweating because of corn?

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For Writers Who Want to Go Off-Book What can we learn about the literary novel from Nathan Fielder getting weird in the world of aviation?

I started a little substack that both is and isn’t about publishing and the art of crafting a literary novel. Come hang out with me!

open.substack.com/pub/literall...

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Alexa, play “Another Day” by Wings

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Honestly iconic

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Chelsea and Saxon from White Lotus sitting criss cross applesauce on a hotel bed with their palms up on their knees meditating

Chelsea and Saxon from White Lotus sitting criss cross applesauce on a hotel bed with their palms up on their knees meditating

You loved the White Lotus season 3 ending. You hated the White Lotus season 3 ending. All *I* care about is that there can be peace in my house again now that we no longer need to debate whether the theme song was better with the wee woos

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Private shame? In this economy??

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The Philadelphia Bookstore Crawl

As we gear up to plan for this year’s bookstore crawl, if you’re an author in the region who wants to be in the mix, reach out!

I send 50+ local bookstores a spreadsheet of writers and their books in the region.

And if YOU want to sponsor or partner up, give a shout! www.phillybookstorecrawl.com

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Three women sitting under a heat lamp on a rooftop overlooking downtown LA

Three women sitting under a heat lamp on a rooftop overlooking downtown LA

I was a little ghost flitting around #AWP this year. The only photo of me is this one and it’s not even at the conference. I do my best work in the background. That’s where the magic happens.

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Same! 💕

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But that’s a crucial component of AWP…

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The plaid Burberry purse featured the Succession “ludicrously capricious bag” meme

The plaid Burberry purse featured the Succession “ludicrously capricious bag” meme

Me telling myself I can definitely fit any books I buy this weekend at #AWP in my carry-on

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The plot is mysterious and important

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I want to hear three compelling or propulsive sentences, one laugh line, and an ending that ends on an image. You can do it in 5 minutes, beloveds!

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Britt Lower as Helly R in Severance with a dead eyed stare

Britt Lower as Helly R in Severance with a dead eyed stare

Me pitching my work innie how fun #AWP will be but they recognize an ORTBO when they see one

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Aimee Lou Wood in White Lotus lying on a beach chair and making her eyes insanely large

Aimee Lou Wood in White Lotus lying on a beach chair and making her eyes insanely large

Me checking in for my #AWP flight while reading about plane crashes

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Another March Madness, another opportunity to base my picks solely on the cuteness of the mascots much to the chagrin of my family

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👋👋

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Agreed!

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Right?! I thought we were done but the movie said, Wait! There’s MORE!

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