#Writers

Aki Schilz

AkiSchilz

Today in a panel on decolonising creative writing, I shared a resource from @ShapeArts on the social model for disability, because decolonisation means understanding that *systems* disable and oppress, not

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

One of the reasons I feel so alarmed by gender ideology—and why I really question its origins and purposes—is how much division it has sown even in my own life

Janel

JanelSGM

Over the past few months, I've curated the best tweets about newsletters from the best and brightest writers.Today I'm sharing them with you in a thread. Why you should start

Jason Reynolds

JasonReynolds83

A quick story about this whole billboard thing. When I was 21, my friend Jason (yes, his name is Jason, too) were signed to HarperCollins. We were young, ambitious, irreverent

Namina Forna

NaminaForna

When I tell people it took me 12 years to get an agent, people always act shocked. But the reality of publishing and life in general is that Black people

Gavin Francis

gavinfranc

Three years ago today, John Berger died. In 2014 he invited me to Paris to stay; I asked about his sense of the evolution of his work over 70 years,

Alex Acks

katsudonburi

LRTs the reason I want transparency from short story markets on how much of what they publish is solicited versus slush is because submitting short fiction is already an at-times

Florence W

bodypoetic

Reading these notes on the Dragon Age game development and, wow, it is both staggering and completely clear how Dragon Age 2 turned out being the vastly superior game to

James Wong

Botanygeek

There are lots of rules campaigny food writers create to ‘help’ us eat healthier.But many (most?) don’t stand up to much scrutiny.Here’s a thread of my top 5: 1) ‘Don’t

Nick Harkaway

Harkaway

Strange times writing notes:1. I believe that the same faculty of envisioning that allows creative writing is often involved in how we read the news. That can mean that working

Sam Dylan Finch

samdylanfinch

A while ago, I was writing a testimonial about why I deeply believe in the work being done at RaceBaitr.Which turned into a really long essay(?), asking folks to let

YA Whispers

YaWhispers

Finding info on agents is hard if you have no whisper network, so absolutely take ppl up on offers to find out more via DM. Meanwhile, if you're not selected

Seth Mandel

SethAMandel

Thread. Keep in mind how many commentators on here--not trolls but high-profile writers, intellectuals, pundits, professors etc.--took this position simply because they wanted to oppose Trump on the antisemitism executive

David Perell

david_perell

Albert Einstein, on writing.Two things stand out:1) Focus on clarity: Make your ideas as understandable as possible, and don't worry about beauty.2) Repeat yourself if you need to: Difficult concepts

K

rehack20

Twitter should start paying users for views. Least it could do, is do some percentage share of its revenue, based on views earned (above some threshold of course). Even a

Austin Rief ☕️

austin_rief

A few miscellaneous thoughts on Substack.(thread) 2/ I think the strategy of poaching big name writers onto the platform is just a (very very smart) GTM strategy.Long term, the real

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