Guess I need to change it to “father of insane gnome folk”
John Eric Vona
@writeallalong.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, father to insane fairy folk, wrangler of teenaged madness, scribbler of dreams, lister of lists
Thinking I might do a follow-up with villanelles www.writeallalong.ink/super-sonnet...
Super Sonnet World
I've decentered, differentiated, and gamified teaching sonnets
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Memory… that is the work of storytellers. It is the paint and it is the canvas.
Not that anyone’s asking but… I’ve read enough Asimov, Clarke, an Heinlein to conclude that while they were all sexist, all trying to be progressive about race and failing, Heinlein was the only real writer among them. Asimov was a scientist, Clarke a dreamer, and Heinlein a true storyteller.
Me: YES! I finally collected all the champions! Supercell: introducing…
Stranded on a moon where electrical power is impossible, pursued by giants, and threatened by human colonists stranded a century ago, Sanika allies herself with aliens that live in near silence. Impeded by selective mutism, she must find a way home, or make this world into one. #posterpit #ya #sf
My picks for Best Novel and Best Short Story from the #hugoawards tonight www.writeallalong.ink/write-all-al...
Write All Along Picks Some Hugos
Literature is not a competition... but sometimes it's fun to take sides.
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Proportional representation would end gerrymandering altogether and break the two party system.
I’ve read 4/6 of both the novel and short story Hugo nominees. I’ve got 3 weeks till the awards, but preplanning begins Friday 😬
Why’s that guy ravaging the paint swatches? Don’t mind him, he’s just a teacher.
I just got a rejection letter, while I was dealing with a rejection letter. 😩
“Out of Draconia” by @almaalexander.bsky.social in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social is a masterful work of efficient world building and a mesmerizing fantasy story told at a human scale. Already recommended it to several friends and I think I’ll listen to it again with my kids next time we’re in the car
I’m one book away from finishing all the Hugo nominated novels
My friend Thomas absolutely crushed it with this short story. Beware of clowns near cliffs, everyone.
Aaron Burch@aaronburch.bsky.social · last yr.love how this interview turned out. doing these behind-the-scenes Q&As about how a story came to be has become one of my fave aspects of doing Short Story, Long. ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-short-in...
A Prayer for Owen Meany. The ‘80s reflecting on the ‘60s and still so true today.
The majority of my typos just sound like I have an Irish accent
I’m hoping to find a way to teach this story. What a brilliant idea and a well-deserved award
Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association@sfwa.bsky.social · last yr.🎊 And the Nebula for Best Short Story goes to... "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole" by @isabel.kim (@clarkesworldmagazine.com). Congratulations!!! #Nebulas2025 🥳🥳🥳
And now for a game of which door/corner did I abandon my shoes by/in
Just dropped a new blog. Short story summer is underway! www.writeallalong.ink/magic-not-ro...
Just found out a literacy study conducted through my classes will be featured in an academic journal. Love collaborating on stuff like this
In the moments leading up to creative writing semester exam: an impromptu dance party, a ceremonial rock-paper-scissor match, and some sort of chain high-five thing. What a good bunch of kids. 😊
An absolutely unhinged cover of my favorite novel 😳🙈
Zac Thompson@zacthompson.bsky.social · last yr.bring back more covers with creepy little guys
10 minutes into a family DnD game and the 12 y/o has done 4 lines of coke and started a bar fight
We have taken to calling, the sandhill cranes our “neighbors” as in “oh look, our neighbors are in our garden” or “I can’t hear you because the neighbors are screaming to each other”
The route I take to bring my youngest to school involves a street called Tobacco Rd. Whenever we turn onto it, she makes sure the windows are rolled up and then tries to hold her breath.
Sometime in the last day or so, my WIP - a totally ludicrous idea for a novel that somehow I keep working on - crested the 100k mark.
I just texted my daughter to take her medicine while she’s at her mom‘s house. She replied “I’m folding dishes”