Last night I got to invade a fancy members-only club doing a 50 year anniversary redux of a California vs. France wine tasting that basically made California wines a thing -- in other words, I'm having fun.
Oh also HI, I have been busy girl reportering and noveling and lifing and I forgot about bluesky for a second and my inbox groans and weeps. I hope you are all doing well!
I don't want to make @joshaboldt.bsky.social self-conscious, but I was sending a link to a @brownhoundpress.bsky.social story and scrolled down this page and just, wow, every one is a banger--I have never seen a mag develop a personality so quickly. Catch up: www.brownhoundpress.com/stories
Also, my other favorite things is how many NEW writers I'm discovering there. Love.
I have taken down
the post
with which
you found fault
and which
you were probably
savoring
with great superiority
Forgive me
I like to enjoy things
and your opinion
was dumb
As @gwenda.bsky.social has said, practice doesn’t make perfect, practice makes permanent. What gets me closer, anyway, to perfect is that I keep looking for ways to make the basic stuff I already learned better, along with the stuff I’m still growing into.
Here's a couple of my favorite stories I've written lately there -- you can always subscribe to get the daily newsletter:
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This week's is a story I would absolutely use in a classroom opposite "Hills Like White Elephants."
This story is SO good!
Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended.
Guest star: Jeff Daniels
Special appearance by: Eminem
Musical director: Jack White
Genius.
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