My fellow Phillies fans and I will surely use this responsibly.

Dan Jordan@danjordan.bsky.social · 4d ago

This has been a phenomenal use of my limited free time vibecheck.daniel-jordan.com

"Why does Bryce Harper love getting thrown out at second more than he loves anything else in the entire world?" - @hmwendt.bsky.social

After a year of book-promotion scam e-mails, my inbox is now getting its first fraudulent book festival invitations. Sorry, Dunkeld Writers Festival impersonator, but I just don't think I'd get invited to a festival in *Australia* in the SAME MONTH the festival takes place.

Doubleback Books is seeking a Managing Editor and Fiction Editor! The Managing Editor leads a team of genre editors and runs our annual Open Reading Period. The Fiction Editor reads and selects prose manuscripts for publication. Applications due by 8/15! Details on our website.

I'm tired. I think we should just put all the baseball players back. It isn't worth it

I really wish we had coverage from KM 0 for the Tour de France Femmes. Lucinda Brand has launched free of the peloton after the Cat 1 climb, and there's still nearly 30 minutes before televised coverage starts.

I highly recommend finding a local farmers market that sells peach slushies (just peaches & ice) and drinking as many as you can while it's stonefruit season.

This week, Guest Editor Merrick Sloane selected pieces from Mandy Shunnarah’s MIDWEST SHREDS: SKATING THROUGH AMERICA'S HEARTLAND published by Arcadia Publishing. https://sundressblog.com/2026/07/30/the-wardrobes-best-dressed-midwest-shreds-skating-through-americas-heartland-by-mandy-shunnarah-4/

Parents are fed up with friends and relatives giving their kids “personalized” AI-generated storybooks with characters resembling their kids. Apart from data privacy concerns, literacy experts say these garbled and convoluted narratives could be an impediment to learning how to read.

Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books

Parents are getting fed up with garbled bedtime stories that feature characters based on actual photos of their children.

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make that three more days for general work! 💫

ANMLY@anmlymag.bsky.social · 2w ago

5 days left! ANMLY is now open for new work! We're especially seeking more from writers outside of the US, more nonfiction, & more translation! > anmly.submittable.com *Fee waivers available* Check out our latest issue to see what we're into! > anmly.org/ap42

After spending all day yesterday at jury selection (during which I was not selected), I turned today into a novel revision retreat & actually got some major work done.

Good morning to the juvenile red-tailed hawk somewhere in the back yard that's been singing the song of its people for 10-12 hours every day, starting at 6 a.m. merlinbirds.org/species/rethaw

Check out this bird - Red-tailed Hawk

Merlin Bird ID is a free app that helps you find more birds.

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Requesting your library acquire copies of a book is one of the best ways to uplift the authors you love.

Sunny Moraine@dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 2w ago

If you want to read a book and your library doesn’t have it, it is truly a massive favor to an author to request that the library acquire it. It really and truly is

FYI THE LOTTERY FOR MARCH XMAS (DEC 2026) BEGINS 8/1/26. Last call to enter: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Short stories! Queries! Nonfiction! Just getting started! Wherever you are in your writing journey, I'm here to help with four virtual classes starting in September. Register today! writerscircleworkshops.jumbula.com/fall-2026-ad...

If you're in the Harrisburg area, you should come on out to Midtown Scholar next month for COOL GUY @chuckwendig.bsky.social's new release! He'll be joined by another COOL GUY (Yours Truly) talking about THE CALAMITIES! Oh, and it's a ticketed event! www.simpletix.com/e/an-evening...

An Evening with CHUCK WENDIG Tickets | Midtown Scholar Bookstore-Cafe

In CHUCK WENDIG's new contemporary dark fantasy THE CALAMITIES, the heir to one of the world’s most influential families reckons with the demonic secret of their power. Think Succession, if the failso...

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Chuck Wendig@chuckwendig.bsky.social · 3w ago

And the tour is set, the demons will soon be loose. Come see me! More details at the ye olde bloggery hut: terribleminds.com/ramble/2026/...

We are seeking a new Sundress Reads Editor! The Sundress Reads Editor’s primary responsibility is work with a team of interns and outside reviewers to give feedback on reviews prior to drafting them on WordPress. Applications due by 8/5! Learn more on our website.

Last chance! Early Bird registration for the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference ends TODAY. Don't miss being part of one of the Southwest's most vibrant literary gatherings. With @cantomundo.bsky.social @stephengrahamjones.com Register before midnight: piper.asu.edu/conference/register

Substack is 100% doing another round of big cash payouts for reputation laundering. A fair number of people accepting that money aren't hurting for it so I'm not clear on why they're doing it. BTW, if you're still on Substack, why, but also, here's a resource to get off: leavesubstack.com

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 4w ago

I wrote about Naomi Klein joining Substack and why writers of conscience shouldn't launch new media ventures on platforms that court white supremacy for clicks.

when i transitioned, i never thought i'd play baseball again. now we're in our fourth season of trans girl baseball here in new york, and—even though i say this all the time—it really did change my life! i wrote about tgirl baseball and what it means to us for @defector.com (link below!)

We are seeking personal essays exploring creative practice, support for the literary or creative life, hopes/desires/goals for the arts and creative life, etc. Details at the link below: buff.ly/TXVCDva #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Essays #LitMag

Really happy to see Søren Wærenskjold take this win.

the Inner Ring blog@inrng.com · 4w ago

Søren Wærenskjold (Uno-X) wins Stage 11 of the Tour de France

Revision command center. Ran out of room on my regular desk, so it's the dining room table for me for the foreseeable future.

At the "...I definitely need to ink up another pen in a *different* color. That will fix this" stage of novel revision.

If you're just a lover of deals, generally, looking to maximize your savings, here's the go-to package from our shop. 2 memoirs + 2 poetry books for a total savings of 50 American dollars www.barrelhousemag.com/shop

Barrelhouse@barrelhouse.bsky.social · 4w ago

Reminder that our huge sale is still ongoing -- Just $5 for everything in our entire back catalog. Here's a sampler you could pick out if you're just trying to get a broad sense of our whole deal, plus a final image to help you out if you're not good at math www.barrelhousemag.com/shop

Are you a queer writer in the DC area looking to be part of a new small reading series? Go to onfirereadingseries.neocities.org and let my friend @ktonbsky.bsky.social know you’re interested!!

The web site of onfirereadingseries

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Things not going well for the Phillies here.

Aracelis Girmay's KINGDOM ANIMALIA is one of my favorite poetry collections in the world (pub'd by the excellent BOA Editions). The series of "Self Portrait as..." poems, & "ode to the little 'r', & "For Patrick Rosal..."—just beauty all the way through.

Litbowl@litbowl.bsky.social · last mo.

From Aracelis Girmay's book, Kingdom Animalia: bookshop.org/a/862/9781934414620 #poem #booksky #writing