Michael Jortner

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😍 Earlier this year I made a commitment to developing as a writer. That's why I signed up for this @narratively workshop with @carolinerothstein on digging deep to come up with raw and personal essays. So far I'm loving it. 🔥 #essaywriting #writingcommunity #nonfiction #publishing #stories

😮 I'm plotting a murder mystery, y'all, so I attended this @writersdigest.bsky.social webinar taught by the wonderful Jennifer Dornbush. What does happen at a crime scene? Who decides if it's murder? So many questions #mysterybooks #crimefiction #fiction #booksbooksbooks #authorsofinstagram

October is one of @parisreview.bsky.social's open submission months so it was my pleasure to send them my work. If published, it will be my first piece in a literary journal 😮 #nonfiction #literarymagazine #authorsofinstagram #publishing #writerlife

🔥 I find Tessa Hadley's writing amazing. For instance, this sentence from her short story "Funny Little Snake" #fiction #shortstory #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #stories

The Letter Review 🔥 is dedicated to publishing new writing. Which is why I just submitted a personal essay to their quarterly contest for consideration #essaywriting #authors #publishing #nonfiction #writinglife

😍 I've written an essay about how I responded to homophobic bullying in high school. It feels gratifying to submit it to prestigious literary journals like @newenglandreview.bsky.social #literarymagazine #nonfiction #essaywriting #publishing #writingcommunity

🔥 Just submitted my new essay about how I handled homophobic bullying in high school to @pshares.bsky.social -- such an esteemed publication, would be awesome to get into their pages #publishing #authors #booksbooksbooks #nonfiction #essaywriting

Applying to residencies for writers like those at @vermontstudioctr.bsky.social is new for me--but I'm starting to like tossing my hat into the ring 😘 Gotta start sometime! #writingcommunity #vermont #nonfiction #publishing #artistresidency

❤️ This may be one of the truest statements I've ever come across: "Making up is a very mysterious thing." #fiction #creativewriting #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #inspiration

🔥 So excited to submit my new essay "What Do We Do with Bullies?" to @yalereview.bsky.social. I really enjoy their content and it would be an honor to be published in their pages. #literarymagazine #yale #nonfiction #publishing #essaywriting

They’re only going after Tylenol because the president of the United States can’t say acetaminophen. 🤦‍♂️

😍 Here I go again! Just submitted my essay on confronting homophobic bullying in high school to the amazing @grantamag.bsky.social. September is one of their open submission months! #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #nonfiction #essaywriting #publishing

Finally did it. Submitted an #essay to HuffPost Personal -- about the time I confronted homophobic bullying in high school back in the day 😘 #nonfiction #personalessay #writingcommunity #publishing #HuffPost

😮 The best part of The Dazzling Paget Sisters is the first section when the twins are young and have only each other to confide in. Later, despite affairs with notables like Albert Camus and George Orwell, well, I just didn't care all that much. Have to say I didn't finish. #nonfiction #books #story

@writing_workshops is doing their NYC Publishing Workshop in April and I just applied with pages of my gay coming-of-age memoir WHEN WILL I BE LOVED - would be so awesome to get in! 😘 #publishing #writingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #networking #authorlife

I really enjoy the #nonfiction in @longreads so I looked up their submission guidelines and just sent them my new #essay for consideration 😍 #writingcommunity #publishing #literarymagazine #authors #writinglife

Learned of Thirteen Bridges Reviewn yesterday so I just submitted my new #essay about how I handled a bully in high school. Gonna get published someday, somewhere, somehow, please God haha 😘 #literarymagazine #nonfiction #publishing #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram

😍 Getting into the #groove of submitting my new #essay - about how I handled a bully's harassment in high school - to one #literarymag after another. This time to @kenyonreview.bsky.social 😘 #feelinggood #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #publishing #nonfiction

Was watching @YouTube and saw @bookfox_writer talking about #ernesthemingway and loved this quote from @parisreview. Seems true enough--and helpful! #booksbooksbooks #authorsofinstagram #writingcommunity #writinginspiration #publishing #authorquotes

As a writer who's continually searching for inspiration--I love this quote from ultra successful author @lizgilbert.bsky.social because it's so dang pragmatic! IOW, just sit down and write, Mike LOL #writerscommunity #authorsofinstagram #publishing #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity

So, I subscribe to the Jewish pop culture newsletter from #Kveller. Today the subject line read: 'In defense of kvetching.' How can I not open that!? Inside? This oh so cute pair of sentences. I totes agree! Let's all kvetch more. Thank you @daciplatt 😘 #jewishpride #writingcommunity #popculture

This new book sounds fascinating. Apparently it's autofiction and "pieces together fragments of a troubling trip" the author "took to Paris when she was 16, at the request of a much older photographer." Uh-oh.... #booksbooksbooks #authors #publishing #newyorktimes #bookreviews #autofiction

As a memoirist, I really love this quote from White's final book, The Loves of My Life: A Sex Memoir, which I finished reading earlier today. "Big glistening webs?" I mean...ye-eah 💯 #booksbooksbooks #authorsofinstagram #publishing #writerscommunity #memoir #nonfiction #lgbtqia #queerbooks

If you're serious about being a professional writer, then you need to follow and listen to @janefriedman.com. Here's the headline to her latest newsletter, which, IMHO, is right on the mark (and money, if you're lucky). #authorsofinstagram #writingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #writerlife #publishing

I'm loving the #agathachristie mystery writing course on #BBCMaestro! She has so much great advice, but the two concepts she talks about here really stand out for me. #novels #mysterybooks #Fiction #authors #writingcommunity

Just love @jonahplatt.bsky.social and his podcasts. He has amazing guests, I always learn something, and his vibe is just awesome to hang with. #mensch #jewishpride #podcasts #tikkunolam #wisdom #tolerance #awareness #fightantisemitism

😍 I'm really getting a lot out of the @writersdigest.bsky.social course Outlining Your Novel. We're working on character now and this quote really stood out for me. #authorsofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #fictionbooks #mysterybooks

Yesterday, I and this motley crew from Valley of The Sun J assembled 1,000 heat protection kits at the Valley of the Sun United Way. The @cityofphoenix.bsky.social distributes them free of charge to those in need during our long, brutal summer. #GivingBack #volunteering #unitedway #jewishcommunity

I heard this quote when watching #salmanrushdie's @masterclass on #storytelling. Check it out: www.masterclass.com/classes/salm... #writing #authors #books #literature #publishing