#Story

Biggs Broson

BrandoBurns_

It used to be that you identified with the people physically closest to you for obvious reasons but the internet changes that whole dynamic. We are where our minds are

Christine Byrne (she/her)

ChristineJByrne

National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) week is coming. While education and awareness of EDs is important, I beg (I BEG!) every writer, editor, and influencer out there to think twice

Maribel Wadsworth

mwadsworth

Across the nation, newsrooms continue to struggle with a lack of diversity –– especially in leadership ranks, including some of our own. We must do better. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2020/08/20/gannett-releases-di

Lauren Groff

legroff

Recently, at every single class visit, some new writer asks me why short stories are so depressing and I usually just fumble an answer about how stories need conflict and

Erik Wade

erik_kaars

Little-known fact: Alexander the Great loved to explore the deep sea with his cat. The cat was less enthused.(This is an actual story about Alexander exploring the ocean in a

Soumya

skarlamangla

as of yesterday, 1,303,518 vaccine doses have been administered in California, about 40% of the supply the state has receivedin terms of what percentage of our population has gotten a

David Rosenberg

davidjrosenberg

I know most Jewish people would be disgusted to hear anyone describing the terrible suffering deliberately inflicted on Bosnians in 1995, Tutsis in 1994, Jews and Gypsies in the 1930s/40s,

Los Angeles Times

latimes

Many on social media are talking about “CBS This Morning” anchor Gayle King's chat with the so-called "SoHo Karen." Here's what you need to know about the tense interviewhttps://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/st

Benjy Sarlin

BenjySarlin

Person after person getting off the Trump Train at the very last local stop now that there’s nothing to be gained from it also publicly said something like this would

Jonny Geller

JonnyGeller

Here’s a 10 point #writing checklist for new writers about to submit to #literaryagents in 2021:1. Cut your work until it bleeds2. Good writing doesn't need to shout at you-

Ian James

ByIanJames

NEW:Without action on climate change, researchers predict heat could become a major global killer. A study finds that without cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, heat-related deaths could increase to match

angeline rodriguez

gelrdrgz

This is really the heart of the problem. As long it is up to white gatekeepers selling to other white gatekeepers to determine what is “authentic” for marginalized stories, books

Renee DiResta

noUpside

After some of the early IRL Qanon actions in 2018 (guy who occupied the Hoover Dam & the Cemex debacle) I was interested in how “online conspiracy” seemed to be

Kyle J. Howard

KyleJamesHoward

FYI1. Esther was a sex slave. She was kidnapped by a foreign ruler who was her King while in exile. In that society & at that time, she was given

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

Some thoughts on It's A Sin, which I binged in one sitting last night, and Owen's edict...- It's unsurprising Owen would try to mandate that the women he is so

Will Bailey

RepWillBailey

Biden’s Watch Story Breaks My Heart. Here’s why:My grandfather never had a lot of money. He was the son of an immigrant and owned a small dry cleaning plant and

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