Stephanie Austin
@stephanieaustin.bsky.social
Formerly @lucysky on Twitter IG: @stephanie.d.austin and @mugshot_writers2 SOMETHING I MIGHT SAY, essays, WTAW Press BURN, a novel, out now from Cowboy Jamboree Press stephanieaustin.net
The Spokane community is really stepping up to look after our friends and neighbors during these devastating fires. Here are just some of the resources available to help. Please share this information with anyone who might need it.
Not just shelter: Where to get free childcare, meals, showers and more as wildfires ravage Spokane
Many agencies and groups are offering free help for people affected by the wildfires raging throughout the Spokane area.
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I picked up @spencerfleury.bsky.social's collection at AWP and started it yesterday. DUDE. It's really good. malarkeybooks.com/store/iblame...
I Blame Myself But Also You — Malarkey
July 2024 A woman seeks out the meaning of an inscrutable note given to her by a man who used her car as an instrument of his own suicide. Two teenage boys discover that the devil has opened a recor...
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We were absolutely blown away by the incredible submissions we received during our first reading period. Consider this your backstage pass: the numbers, the pop culture, and the wonderfully unhinged range of obsessions you sent us. Issue 1 is just ONE MONTH away!
The first day of school and it's raining. Drop-off line should be LIT.
This month's craft essay is live at No Failure, Only Practice! This month, I'm focused on getting to know characters through their own self-myths, asking, "What is the story my characters telling themselves about themselves? What does that story get right and what does it get wrong?"
#62: The Stories Characters Tell Themselves
Claire Vaye Watkins
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Finished reading @saralippmann.bsky.social's new novel Hidden River aloud to my wife this morning, snuggled up in bed, a sleepy, dreamy start to an ordinary weekend day. A stunning achievement, this book, by one of our most talented and giving modern authors. I can't recommend it enough.
Our 2027 Best of the Net nominations are now open until September 30th! For more information on how to submit, go to bestofthenetanthology.com/submissions/ or use the link in our bio. We look forward to seeing your nominations! #bestofthenet #writingcommunity
Indeed has a job posting for an FBI agent. Might apply. Shoot for the stars, etc.
Happy to have this little micro included in the micro issue of @identitytheory.bsky.social! Thank you @vicnogaywrites.bsky.social! www.identitytheory.com/bone-memory/
Bone Memory by Sabrina Hicks - Identity Theory
What have I been doing with my hands for them to be hurting?
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Every year I have to pinch myself that I get to be a part of this wonderful conference. If you haven't signed up yet, make sure you check out the Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference hosted by Piper Center at ASU
My daughter and I watched T2: Judgement Day. There's a scene where the terminator kills John's foster parents while the dog barks outside. My daughter goes, "he's not going to kill the dog right?" and I said "no of course not!" but then the terminator killed the dog, so I guess I forgot that part. 😬
Happy National Arizona Day! 🌵🏜️🌵 Every year, June 21 celebrates Arizona’s places, history, people, and cultures, and I hope you'll support the work of wonderful Arizona writers (just to name a few)! Viva Arizona!
Today is my birthday, blah, blah, etc., but most importantly I’m back to an even-numbered age and this pleases me more than anything.
Done! Fun grit lit with the added bonus of hearing @stephanieaustin.bsky.social as the narrating voice the whole time I was reading :)
Starting small by hosting an Analog Salon. Coffee, cake, writing, drawing, chatting.
I'm sorry did we need another Masters of the Universe movie? I feel like it could have ended with Dolph Lundgren.
Current reads Animals Strike Curious Poses by Elena Passarello @sarabandebooks.bsky.social Beyond the Hundredth Meridian by Wallace Stegner The Practice of the Wild by Gary Snider Burn by @stephanieaustin.bsky.social
I'm rich in books! Excited to read / reread collections by Jared Yates Sexton, @stephanieaustin.bsky.social @sabrinahicks.bsky.social Leslie O'Connel, @luannecastle.bsky.social @gilloshaughnessy.bsky.social & poems by @lesliearchibald.bsky.social 💙 Congratulations, all!
New story up at Ghost Parachute ghostparachute.com/issue/june-2...
In Her Dreams — Ghost Parachute
There was a racket in the yard. Hammers of some sort and starlings fighting on the wire that ran across the alley. The neighbors were hammering things again. The sound waves kept breaching her hull of...
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If you haven’t read this yet, you’re missing out!
Stephanie Austin@stephanieaustin.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy novel has been out for four months already. Crazy! Thanks to everyone who has read it, bought it, shared it. Small press books (well, ALL books) LOVE recommendations and shout outs. bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
Love this conference! Nothing but positive experiences both attending and presenting here.
Sheila Black@sheilafionab.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'm very very proud of the DNRS lineup - & our pricing which is fair & affordable. Our keynote is the fabulous @stephengrahamjones.com & such amazing writers are joining him. In a word Registration is OPEN & spots are going fast. piper.asu.edu/conference/r... With @asuenglish.bsky.social
Someone left a review of my novel and said, "everything that happens in this book is upsetting" and that made me so happy.
My novel has been out for four months already. Crazy! Thanks to everyone who has read it, bought it, shared it. Small press books (well, ALL books) LOVE recommendations and shout outs. bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
Burn
Check out Burn - <p>"<i>BURN </i>is filled with beautiful losers covered in scars of their own making. And yet it also finds hope in the dark places, both real and in the mind. A stunning, assured, an...
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Only a high of 88 today? Deeply sus weather in Phoenix. 👀
My daughter is taking an art class this summer, and on a "get to know you" section of a form for her teacher, she wrote "I like big butts and I cannot lie". I pointed to it and said, "I don't know if that's okay for school," and she said, "Mom, it's a song." 🫠
Catching up on all the reading I meant to do this past semester. Cracked open @pahoehoe.bsky.social's new book The Divide. Every story is a gem and a delight. Beautiful character building in this collection. www.evanmorganwilliams.com/purchases
Purchase — Evan Morgan Williams
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How many new podcasts start up everyday? 100? 400?
Took my daughter to see Michael (the Michael Jackson "biopic") because she asked to see it (MJ having a resurgence for the 25 and under crowd). Here is my official review of Michael: Michael Jackson. He's a little eccentric. Don't you remember how much you loved his music?