What is a "rightly shaped" vehicle for personal truth? Natalie Villacorta explores the rise of #autofiction as the ultimate tool for women writers in Assay 6.2, pointing to Virginia Woolfe, Sheila Heti, and others as example. 📖

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Passion inutile? | BiblioBabil

[Blogue] Passion inutile? #zeugme #récitfr #autofiction #bourlingue bibliobabil.com/2026/03/17/p...

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Confession: I was a pathological liar as a kid.

Not a good one.
Just a creative one.

Eventually, I wrote a memoir about it.

So tell me…
What’s the dumbest lie you ever told as a kid?

#literaryfiction #unreliablenarrator #comingofagestory #pathologicalliar #autofiction

#MomentsOfCalm this morning. A few of the under one hundred words composed (and subject to change) while sitting up in bed with sleeping wife, dogs and a cuppa :)

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#MomentsOfCalm is #autofiction so when I'm stuck I can just make it up!

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The challenge with #autofiction is resisting the urge to include details just because they really happened. Real life is full of minutiae that felt important in the moment but bog down the narrative on the page. The reader doesn't need the complete history. They need the emotional truth. #amediting

Proofs of Shaun Wilson's debut, Malc's Boy, are in and we have a handful available for UK #Book influencers who love:

📖 Personal #LitFic
📌 Northern LitFic
👟 Working class fiction

Let us know if you would like a copy 👇

🎬 Reel credit: @smwwriting.bsky.social

#BookSky #Cumbria #AutoFiction #Debut

When Malc is attacked by an old enemy, Shaun is forced to confront his father’s past and escape the life he’s been expected to lead.

@smwwriting.bsky.social's #MalcsBoy is NOT to be missed!

Out 23rd April 📖
Pre-order today: shorturl.at/aujYp
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#Literary #BookSky #NorthernLit #AutoFiction

'Original, fierce, funny, poignant and real'
David Keenan, author of For the Good Times

Malc's Boy by @smwwriting.bsky.social is a slice of #Autofiction that explores fathers, sons, complicated family bonds and legacies we inherit while touching upon themes of class, toxic masculinity and violence.

My Struggle: Book 1 As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning

My Struggle: Book 1

"As your perspective of the world increases not only is the pain it inflicts on you less but also its meaning"

Sale: $19.99 to $3.99

by Karl Ove Knausgård
Rating: 4.2/5 (3,117 Reviews)

#Literature #Memoir #Autofiction #Grief #Parenting #Nordic #BookSky

Elba Kramer Cover with #1 badge

Top of the rankings in category!

Oh, my.

🖋️📚💙📚 #autofiction

Amazon: a.co/d/gHnH42t
UBL: books2read.com/ElbaKramer

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Elba Kramer is near the top of the rankings today! Never thought I'd see the day.

#autofiction #literaryfiction #booksky
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Elba Kramer: The True Autobiography of a Pathological Liar ebook by Steve Goldsmith - Rakuten Kobo Read "Elba Kramer: The True Autobiography of a Pathological Liar" by Steve Goldsmith available from Rakuten Kobo. Elba Kramer tells the story of his first seventeen years the only way he knows how: th...

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Elba Kramer: The True Autobiography of a Pathological Liar

Unreliable narrator? Check. Sharp wit? Check. The story is 97% true. Only the name was changed to protect the guilty. Find it here:
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This 4 week craft class with Susanna Daniel explores how to ethically & respectfully blend fact & fiction to find our most authentic, authoritative & engaging narrative voice. Class begins March 17. To find out more visit: bit.ly/4rsKMnK
#writingclasses #writing #autofiction

#autofiction

Was see my Chapters?

#MomentsOfCalm
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Writing for Children with Mark McCraw Bestselling authors William Bernhardt (https://www.amazon.com/Superman-Wars-Battle-Justice-American/dp/B0FLKBB8JC/) and Lara Bernhardt discuss the latest news from the book world, offer writing tips, and interview Mark McCraw, acclaimed author of twelve children's books. 0:00 Opening Thoughts There's still time to file a claim in the Anthorpic lawsuit. 3:48 News 1) Substack is Coming to Television 2) "Autofiction" takes off in Scandinavia 14:00 Craft Corner JD Caine, co-author of the https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FRZSC638?binding=kindle_edition&qid=1770923497&sr=8-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tkin, explains how to scare your readers. 17:58 Interview with https://www.amazon.com/stores/Mark-H.-Mccraw/author/B09TZ3X33G?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1770923573&sr=1-1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=87314291-a543-4807-8e3d-02018cfdc664 33:57 Parting Words FINAL CALL for the https://writercon.com/writercon-cruise/, March 7-15, Eastern Caribbena itinerary leaving from Ft. Lauderdale. Over twenty hours of writing instruction specifically tailored to the needs of the particpants. You'll have opporunities to interact, make friends, and meet individually with all the writers plus a top literary agent. https://writercon.com/writercon-cruise/ Until next time, keep writing, and remember: You cannot fail, if you refuse to quit. William Bernhardt  http://www.williambernhardt.com/ http://www.writercon.com

📣 New Podcast! "Writing for Children with Mark McCraw" on @Spreaker #agent #anthropic #author #autofiction #cruise #fiction #marketing #nonfiction #novelist #publishing #substack #writer #writing

172 #MomentsOfCalm words this morning. Mostly dialogue. Pleased to have navigated temporary writers block. Time to shut the iPad and prepare for the day job.

#amwriting #indieauthor #writingcommunity #booksky #writing #author #5amwritersclub #fiction #thiswritinglife #wip #autofiction

Je continue avec les reviews Amazon.

Merci Marianne pour ton commentaire qui m'a beaucoup touché et pour tes étoiles.

#booktok #kindlefrance #autofiction #queer

excerpts from LABYRIS This place, not quite a place, but a space occupying memory, a space measured by the length of my hand, by the few minutes it takes to recall it.

"This place, not quite a place, but a space occupying memory, a space measured by the length of my hand, by the few minutes it takes to recall it."
#autofiction #writing #depression #vancouver #winter #rain #obsession #memory #culture #creativity

Something Weird Is Happening With Time Fiction, if I’m lucky

Time is broken. Memory is a trapdoor. I almost stepped on something soft in the dark. My latest is in Shadows in the Library.
medium.com/shadows-in-t...
#autofiction #mentalhealth #memoir

80-odd #MomentsOfCalm words this morning. Prefer quality over quantity. Just hope I'm not deluded!

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133 #MomentsOfCalm words this morning, but they haven’t come easy..

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Latest chapter copied and pasted into main document. Draft moved to separate folder. New Document opened, named and ready. The story moves on #MomentsOfCalm

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#writersky #5amwritersclub #authorsky #writingcommunity #booksky #debutnovel #readersky #literarymagazine #literaryfiction #psychologicalromance #autofiction

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Ready n waiting for the next pulse of creative inspiration.

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Author Josh Emmons says, "Aaron Chan's HOUSE OF MIRRORS is extraordinary, full of moving...episodes... Chan calls to mind Ocean Vuong and Ben Lerner, poets moonlighting as prose writers to beautiful effect... I applaud the publisher lucky enough to bring out this book.”

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#bluepit #autofiction

Background photo of several mirrors on a wall with text in front that says House of Mirrors, a collection of hermit crab essays by Aaron Chan

A synopsis of House of Mirrors

Four comps: High-Risk Homosexual by Edgar Gomez (the gay POC experience); In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (unique and emotional), All Down Darkness Wide by Sean Hewitt (lyrical); and Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong (the Asian diasporic experience)

The first two opening paragraphs of House of Mirrors, a multiple-choice quiz

Hey, #BluePit! Enter HOUSE OF MIRRORS, a collection of hermit crab essays--stories in the forms of preexisting types of writing like a teen mag quiz or newspaper--about the gay Asian experience 🪞

genre-bending🤯
#LGBT🌈
#POC💛
immigrant family dynamics👪
identity 🙎‍♂️

#q #w #OV #autofiction

It’s posted!

This is the one I’ve been saying goes over really important and meaningful events. I cried several times while writing this, first many reasons. #Autofiction and related genres are difficult.

www.patreon.com/posts/147654...

#5AMwritersclub #booksky #debutnovel #amwriting