Elizabeth Fletcher

Forever and ever, amen

If you haven’t heard, Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine is closing down. This whole week (from Monday, Oct 26th to Friday, Oct 30th) is the last week we are taking orders for the magazine. Here is a link to all of our issues: www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues

When you’re invited to a play titled “Kung Fu Zombies vs Southeast Asian Girl Scouts,” there is only one correct answer.

400 handwritten GOTV postcards in six weeks. That counts as writing, right?

Who'd like to be part of the Lightbulb Collective or have a virtual lunch, tea or breakfast with me? Find out about a couple of free and hopefully wonderful things from me in my latest newsletter: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/free-thing...

Join me for some spooky writing fun on Halloween Eve 🦇⚡️ we'll be talking about how horror contributes to every genre & how to capitalize on each deliciously bloody drop of it in your stories

Book mail! Look at these tiny beauties by @thorntonforreal.bsky.social @jason-m-thornberry.bsky.social & @thewritelifeliz.bsky.social

November #Agent121 sessions are now live at iaminprint.co.uk Run your letter, synopsis and opening pages past a real life literary agent or editor! #litagent #authorcommunity #indieauthors #writinglife #querying

Hundredth postcard of the week

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

Sorry for the fuzzy photo but it was sure fun to hang with George Saunders, Prof Julie Schumacher, and 2000 other people last night! Thanks to Saunders for sharing insights and jokes--and for appreciating Minnesota.

Happy George Saunders Is In Minneapolis Day to all who celebrate!

“Lucy holds most things that make their way to her (homework assignment, detention slip, boyfriend) in a similarly vague fashion—lightly, poised to let them go.” Related hard—for my once-upon-a-teen self, for my teen daughter—to this gem by @melostrom.bsky.social

I don’t know which Minneapolis-Saint Paul peeps need to hear this, but Tremblay’s in Stillwater makes a salted nut roll

Short solo writing retreat, hope I brought enough to read. (With indie hits from @natflashfictionday.bsky.social @tcboudreau.bsky.social @splitlippress.com @aaronburch.bsky.social)

Sharable Dubai chocolate whoopie pie was with the price of admission. Also delish, but not pictured because we were too hangry to pause, bao buns at RC’s bbq. #MNStateFair

The dogs were acting weird today. Bowie locked up & sat down multiple times on morning sniffari. Multiple barking round rovers from dogs up and down the block. Everybody seemed on edge. I blame the moon.

Good morning Bluesky ☀️ This is one of the last coal powered sheep. The vast majority of UK sheep are now all electric ⚡️

Sprawled on a beach towel with waves lapping 10 feet away & the ambient noise of young beachgoers storing up vitamin D for the lean days & reading Tacoma by @aaronburch.bsky.social as a lone pelican pierces the blue sky & I can’t help but appreciate magic & beauty & wonder.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t need to register with a party to vote in a primary in Minnesota. You can just go vote! Do it today!

What are you waiting for?

hi

We'll just put it out there that no matter the month or the year, no matter if we've posted about it or not Just assume we're interested in another Marketing Editor or First Reader Like friends at a protest, one can never have enough

“But sometimes, writing about the life around me is the best way I can love it. Or maybe it’s me trying to pray for what I’ve seen, to protect what I’ve witnessed and experienced.” Breathtaking (literally in my case) essay by @theferocity.bsky.social

Shipping costs suck, I know. So let's do this: there are 5 uses of coupon code SHIPMEFREE available. It's good for anything in the Stanchion store, no minimum or maximum. U.S. addresses only, please. Go get yourself some indie lit like it's fucking Amazon Prime, sans the megalomaniac prick.

⚡️new & unusual writing workshop alert ⚡️

Submissions are open all summer & there is currently nothing in our queue. So send that gem that the New Yorker said had merit and that ZYZZYVA has had "in progress" for 400 days.

what writer’s block feels like

Don’t panic, but subs close on July 3, midnight EST! We’re cheering you on from Singapore, Pennsylvania, Japan, Perth, and Canada! Sub here: literarynamjooning.wixsite.com/litnam/submit #namjooning #namjooningbutliterary

Our July issue is here! pitheadchapel.com/volume-15-is... Cover art: CHRISTOPHER GARLAND Words: DEIRDRE DANKLIN @grnpointer.bsky.social JAMES KEITH SMITH @kplumhoff.bsky.social GARTH ROBINSON SAMANTHA VARGAS

Mugshot of Bowie Blue who turned himself reflecting pool green by rolling around in decaying grass clippings.

“In their new apartment, she daydreamed they would listen after dinner to songs about moonshine and the ocean.” Don’t miss this big sky beauty from @thorntonforreal.bsky.social

YOUR OWN

Thanks to @agriland.bsky.social for spreading the word about the 2026 Best in Rural Writing Contest. Every year, shortlisted entries come from all over the world! Deadline is Sept 1st. Enter here: themilkhouse.org/contest www.agriland.ie/farming-news...

Stunning micro from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social, brought to you by @natflashfictionday.bsky.social

"Thank you for calling the thoughts and prayers hotline. You are 3,114,568th in the queue" Wonderful tone of voice in this from @shanmonster.bsky.social - love the insistence of the repetition

I’ve pre-ordered my signed copy from pop-culture maestro @willmusgrove.bsky.social Have you?

We’d love to hear from you. Open for flash. micro, poetry, some kind of mix, some kind of wonderful, some kind of whatever it is you do best or are trying for the first time, or something else entirely. Surprise us. Surprise yourself. Ok? Ok!

You never know what people are bringing to their yoga mat. Gripping tension in the tautness of Tiger Mom & looseness of Buffalo Mom. Don’t miss this banger from @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

So many gorgeous lines, building into something satisfying: “Ribs, for ribbing and tickling, while protecting soft, hidden places.” “The charged voltage of a moment, unprotected.” Beautifully rendered flash by flash@jamesmontgomery.bsky.social

It’s National Cheese Day & I can’t help but wonder if this timing was delightful synchronicity or smart marketing by @xraylitmag.bsky.social, but either way you should read it

Stephanie’s voice is specific & memorable. Highly recommend.

Daughter earned her first publication credit in her school’s juried lit mag for an ekphrastic flash fiction. Now wondering if that first delightful taste of success hooked her…

Looking for an unconventional dwelling? Duluth's "mushroom house" may be what you're looking for. mspmag.com/home-and-des...

Was typing out “Independence Day” and it autocorrected to “Indolence Day” & yeah that works too

Attended this workshop a few years ago & it’s a great way to flex creative muscles.