Andrew Careaga (writer)
@andrewcareaga.bsky.social
Writer of fiction and creative (?) nonfiction. Pocho. Half-assed guitarist. Retired #highered marketing/PR guy (Missouri S&T). Writing about writing and my WIPs at andrewcareaga.com. No DMs. #writingcommunity
Today’s Friday Five features one of my favorite short story writers, @charliekondek.bsky.social. Read his thoughts on writing, how his marketing and PR background has influenced his work, and more. andrewcareaga.com/2026/08/21/f... #WritingCommunity
Friday Five: short story writer Charlie Kondek
‘… in advertising I was a strategist, and I think I bring a strategist’s approach to writing.’
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I hope you enjoy this short story of mine, published today in Serious Lit!
serious-lit@seriouslitmag.bsky.social · 2w agoNew story by @andrewcareaga.bsky.social, 'The Strong One.'
Love that Sue Monk Kidd's questions push writers to dig past surface traits. Asking what a character wants right now often unlocks the rest. Enjoy your Friday, even if it's short one question.
Today’s Friday Five (a Friday Four, actually) offers some good advice from Sue Monk Kidd on developing your novel or short story characters. Ask yourself four questions. andrewcareaga.com/2026/08/07/f...
Friday Five (minus one): on creating well-rounded characters
Expounding on advice from Sue Monk Kidd’s craft book/memoir ‘Writing Creativity and Soul’
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The amazing @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social was the first to publish my fiction in @mythicpicnic.bsky.social. Go read what he has to say!
Andrew Careaga (writer)@andrewcareaga.bsky.social · last mo.Today's Friday Five features @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social , a writer and editor of the @mythicpicnic.bsky.social literary magazine. Read what Nathan has to say at andrewcareaga.com/2026/07/31/f... #FridayFive #WritingCommunity
Today's Friday Five features @nathanpettigrew.bsky.social , a writer and editor of the @mythicpicnic.bsky.social literary magazine. Read what Nathan has to say at andrewcareaga.com/2026/07/31/f... #FridayFive #WritingCommunity
Friday Five: ‘Mythic Picnic’ editor Nathan Pettigrew
‘I’ve spent most of my life writing stories in memo pads, notebooks, and endless Word docs.’
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“Forget your personal tragedy. … you’re not a tragic character. Neither am I. All we are is writers and what we should do is write.” Hemingway, in a letter to Fitzgerald via Junot Diaz on Substack. #writingcommunity
It stands at less than four-hundred words, but I defy anyone to tell me there isn’t a tequila-soaked adventure novel in this story.
Andrew Careaga (writer)@andrewcareaga.bsky.social · last mo.I have a flash piece up in the new little mag Sunday Morning published—when else?—this Sunday morning. Proud to be the first contributor to this project! #writingcommunity sundaymorningmag.neocities.org/stories/pancho
Today at the St**k, we go behind the story with @andrewcareaga.bsky.social, , author of “The Doctor’s Version,” inspired by Zevon’s “Charlie’s Medicine.” He discusses writing a narrator who sees himself as a savior, even as the truth tells a far darker story. open.substack.com/pub/literary...
Behind The Story
Get to know Andrew Careaga
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Grateful to @literarygarage.bsky.social for interviewing me about my short story in the Warren Zevon-inspired crime anthology, BAD INTENTIONS. literarygarage.substack.com/p/behind-the... #WritingCommunity
Behind The Story
Get to know Andrew Careaga
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This piece by @andrewcareaga.bsky.social in @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social If you've not yet read "How to Fish" give it a looksy. We all know a dude who peaked in HS but had more in him. I love this story and the friendship between Jerry and College Boy. www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/how-to-fish....
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How to Fish by Andrew Careaga Author's Note: I would describe "How to Fish" as...
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I have a flash piece up in the new little mag Sunday Morning published—when else?—this Sunday morning. Proud to be the first contributor to this project! #writingcommunity sundaymorningmag.neocities.org/stories/pancho
PANCHO VILLA’S REVENGE — Sunday Morning Magazine
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My latest blog post is about how I'm doing S*bS*ack all wrong. (Is that how I'm supposed to abbreviate the site that rhymes with grubstack?) #WritingCommunity andrewcareaga.com/2026/07/22/s...
Substack and me
Take note: it’s complicated
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Today's Friday Five features Mr. Mucky Mondays himself, Shawn Scott Smith @luckycreature.bsky.social . Check out what he has to say about writing, editing a weekly online literary magazine, and pinball at andrewcareaga.com/2026/07/17/f... #WritingCommunity
Friday Five: author and ‘Mucky Mondays’ maestro Shawn Scott Smith
‘Community has always been a thing for me, and I saw a chance to give back to some of the writers I admired.’
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Hey, my writing friends: here's a terrific video about creativity--not just in writing, but in many areas, but I think much of it applies to our craft. It's from David Epstein, author of RANGE. youtu.be/VP4uRJtIQEM?... #WritingCommunity #video #YouTube
Why Creative People Can't Stick To One Thing
YouTube video by David Epstein
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Hola, BluerSkyers in the #WritingCommunity! Proud to share a have a new short story out in @burialmagazine.bsky.social today. Please give "Senõr Newton" a read! burialmagazine.neocities.org/senornewton
Señor Newton
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I really enjoyed this story!
Laurie Ann Doyle@ladoyleauthor.bsky.social · 2mo ago💥I'm so happy to say my new #story, "Totality," was just published in "The Orange Rose." Many thanks to Editor-In-Chief Amber Budd & to @loriostlund.bsky.social for her support along the way! For the cat lovers out there, I believe there is a cat in nearly all these stories! 🐾 #writers #books
For today's Friday Five, we talk to Ukrainian writer Iryna Somkina about her writing life and the launch of her literary magazine, Sunday Morning. andrewcareaga.com/2026/07/10/f... #WritingCommunity
Friday Five: Ukrainian writer and ‘Sunday Morning’ creator Iryna Somkina
‘The single most valuable asset you possess is your own unique view and your unrepeatable experience’
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Bad Intentions from @literarygarage.bsky.social has launched! Features my story "Milton," along with bangers from @keithroysdon.bsky.social, @zimwrites.bsky.social, @andrewcareaga.bsky.social & @jessebinger.bsky.social among others! a.co/d/0gG2WpNd
Something I wrote a year ago, inspired by the declaration of my homeland's founders: "A writer's declaration of independence": andrewcareaga.com/2025/07/04/a... #WritingCommunity
A writer’s declaration of independence
‘I hold these truths to be self-evident…’
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Check out this Q & A with our Bad Intentions editor @kmwriter01.bsky.social at Friday Five. Some great insight into what was involved in putting together the stories in the anthology as well as his thoughts on Zevon, writing, and his own writing.
Andrew Careaga (writer)@andrewcareaga.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn today's Friday Five, we talk to one of the masterminds behind the Warren Zevon-inspired 'Bad Intentions' anthology (coming 7/7, pre-order now), @kmwriter01.bsky.social Read the back story to this anthology and learn abt Michael's other writing andrewcareaga.com/2026/06/26/f... #WritingCommunity
In today's Friday Five, we talk to one of the masterminds behind the Warren Zevon-inspired 'Bad Intentions' anthology (coming 7/7, pre-order now), @kmwriter01.bsky.social Read the back story to this anthology and learn abt Michael's other writing andrewcareaga.com/2026/06/26/f... #WritingCommunity
Friday Five: ‘Saints of the Asphalt’ author and ‘Bad Intentions’ editor Michael Downing
‘I’m interested in what happens when people find themselves at a crossroads and have to make difficult choices’
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A beautiful woman walks into a private eye's office with an unusual request: Kill my husband. A rain-soaked tale of murder, greed, double-crosses & a detective even more dangerous than the people hiring him. Zevon w/a touch of Chandler by Nathan Poole-Shannon: literarygarage.com/snake-eyes
Snake Eyes | Literary Garage
A story that feels inspired by "Mr. Bad Example" if it had been written by Raymond Chandler.
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DarkWinter Press is thrilled to announce the Kindle version of Little River Bridge, the incredible new novel by DorothyJane Kavanaugh, with a cover blurb by the esteemed author Nino Ricci, is now on pre-sale. Paperback out on July 3rd! Pre-order the Kindle version here!: a-fwd.com/asin=B0H6N5Q...
Little River Bridge
Amazon.com: Little River Bridge eBook : Kavanaugh, DorothyJane: Books
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Happy Friday, #Writingcommunity! We're on the verge of summer here in the northern hemisphere, so what better time to feature SCUMBAG SUMMER author @jillianluft.bsky.social in this week's Friday Five? Read what she has to say about her novel, writing, and scumbags. andrewcareaga.com/2026/06/19/f...
Friday Five: ‘Scumbag Summer’ author Jillian Luft
‘One of my goals, when writing, is to bring music to the page.’
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My short story “An Earthquake in China” was published today by The Leafline Magazine! I’d be honored if you’d give it a read. theleaflinemag.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/a... #writingcommunity
“An Earthquake in China” short story by Andrew Careaga
It was that earthquake in China that started it all. Eight-point-something on the Richter Scale, thousands killed, entire villages destroyed. Mudslides, aftershocks. The whole bit.That earthquake’s…
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