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NaNoWriMo: Serious Fun

January 11, 2020
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I’ve been participating off and on in National Novel Writing Month for close to a decade. I absolutely love the idea that for thirty days in November hundreds of thousands of writers around the world are throwing their hearts and minds into the writing of a novel. Even though I’ve only hit the 50,000 word… Read More NaNoWriMo: Serious Fun

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Two of my fave things @tucsonfestivalofbooks today Two of my fave things @tucsonfestivalofbooks today: @tucsontamale and a FREE book! I heard  terrific interview with @ashdavidsonwriter on #thearchiveproject last week so was thrilled to see her on a panel of debut novelists. An hour incredibly well spent — and then I answered the trivia question “Which state has the most coastal redwoods?” (California, of course!) and won  a copy of #DamnationSpring! I’m super excited to read this  one, about what happens to a logging community when the environment can no longer support the local industry…. Right up my #treehugger alley! ❤️‍🔥 The three other panelists were also terrific! check ‘em out: @cocomellors  #cleopatraandfrankenstein @juhea_writes #beastsofalittleland @adelejam #thetobaccowives #books #writers #bookstagram #writersofinstagram #readersofinstagram #fictionfan #womenwriters #womensfiction #ecofiction #historicalfiction #ilovebookssomuch
The #tucsonbookfestival is next weekend — and I’m working the info table at @bookmansaz this afternoon! #amreading #booklovers #bookloversofinstagram #words #imagination #universityofarizona #authors #readings #signings #books #foodtrucks and so much more! This is the first time the festival is live and in person since COVID — and the #bookloversoftucson seem pretty excited!
Wowie! Zowie! Kapowie! I just finished reading the Wowie! Zowie! Kapowie! I just finished reading the first full draft of #thefileonmargotblack! Tons of holes, contradictions, and random crap — but it is a full draft, with something written for every scene I’ve envisioned. There’s a there there. And I finished the read-thru by the end of the year, huzzah! 2022, I am so ready for you! #readytowrite #TheEndisinsight#amwriting #amrevising #writersofinstagram #writersontheroad #writersontheverge #crimefiction #historicalfiction #noirmorethanever
Forget the Anthropocene. I'm grooving on the Crush Forget the Anthropocene. I'm grooving on the Crushascene, in which I, the hunter-gatherer-writer, go forth each day armed with trusty pen and notebook, and I forage in the wilds of my mind-body-creativity, returning home with all sorts of sparks and insights into whatever scene I'm working on that day. #crushingit #amwalking #amwriting #nanowrimo #thefileonmargotblack #writingtotheend #inspirationiswhereyoufindit #mindbodyconnection #creativeprocess #fieldnotes
Hoping this is my last NaNo for #TheFileOnMargotBl Hoping this is my last NaNo for #TheFileOnMargotBlack! #nanowrimo #writingtoTheEnd #rightontime #amwriting #amwritingnoir #noirmorethanever
Forget the #Halloween candy — l want books in my Forget the #Halloween candy — l want books in my #trickortreat bag! October’s additions to my #tbrpile ❤️‍🔥Thanks @bloomsburyashland  and @bookshop_org #amreading #booklover #supportyourindiebookstore #indiebookstorelove #booksaremagic
#instawrimo @nanowrimo #preptober2021 Where I wri #instawrimo @nanowrimo #preptober2021  Where I write. Yeah. Pretty minimalist, even when I’m not living-working in a 144 square foot camper! Making it up as I go along…. #thefileonmargotblack #amwriting #amprocrastinating
#instawrimo Writing Buddy Buford the #secretagentc #instawrimo Writing Buddy Buford the #secretagentcat spies on me from the closet. Is he keeping a file on me, reporting on my writing progress? To whom? He looks so sweet… but can he be trusted? Can anyone? #thefileonmargotblack  #spyfi #noirmorethanever #amwriting #amprocrastinating
Old school movie night! #popcornandamovie #classic Old school movie night! #popcornandamovie #classicscifi #asimov #aigonewrong #robotlove #willsmith
I bought this book years ago and for whatever reas I bought this book years ago and for whatever reason it has languished in my #wanttoread pile — until now. And suddenly it is exactly the right book at the right time, as I grapple anew with the exceptionally complicated and intertwined politics of antifascism, anticommunism, antisemitism in mid 20th century America — and, of course, the parallels to today. #amreading #amwriting #historymatters #lillianhellman #alicekesslerharris #hollywoodblacklist #adifficultwoman #mustreadbook
Celebrating the life and work of #octaviaebutler o Celebrating the life and work of #octaviaebutler on the 15th anniversary of her death. Lynell George’s new book on the tenacious self-making of OEB as a writer is a deep dive into OEB’s creative process, reconstructed from the OEB archive at the #huntingtonlibrary — and is itself as brilliant and inspiring as its subject. I could not put this book down — in fact, it’s the only book I’ve read cover to cover in months! #mustreadbooks #lynellgeorge #creativeprocess #otd #literarybio #blackwomenwriters
Sometimes my favorite part of novel writing is the Sometimes my favorite part of novel writing is the research! I’m struggling with the nitty gritty of my journalist character’s work life — and hoping this behind-the-scenes take on #LIFEmagazine gives me some insight. #amwriting #historicalfiction #research
#booksof2020 — if only I’d been able to read! #booksof2020 — if only I’d been able to read! Here’s hoping 2021 brings more focus. #wanttoread
No need to worry about losing the girlish laughter No need to worry about losing the girlish laughter. This rediscovered feminist satire of classical Hollywood is boffo with belly laughs! #studiosystem #hollywoodsatire #feministfiction #mustread #amreading
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cmclymerCharlotte Clymer 🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦@cmclymer·
25 Jun

The message of the Democratic Party cannot just be “vote for us more” tacked on to a fundraising email. That is woefully inadequate in speaking to this moment. Get angry. The midterms cannot just be about stopping the bleeding. Bring this country a vision we can get behind.

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19 May

I'm parked in the beautiful Sierra Nevada foothills, on a piece of land I love, and wondering already, in the middle of May, if this is the summer it all burns down. Yeah. Scared. Angry. But not ready to give up. #NotTooLate

Rebecca Solnit@RebeccaSolnit

@Thelma_Lutun and I launched this project today. We hope you'll follow us here and join us in encouraging participation through news of milestones, possibilities, victories, and campaigns. https://twitter.com/NotTooLate_Hope/status/1527312553101041666

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17 May

I'm still reeling a bit from Saturday's juxtaposition of marches and murders.... This is hitting home today.

Samantha Rose Hill@Samantharhill

“I do not believe that things will turn out well, but the idea that they might is of decisive importance.”

— Max Horkheimer

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RevJacquiLewisRev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis@RevJacquiLewis·
15 May

18 years old and writing about white genocide before he went out to massacre Black folks buying groceries.

But tell me again how we don’t need antiracism education in schools.

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ggjallianceGGJ@ggjalliance·
8 May

#MothersDay started as a call for the abolition of standing armies, against war and militarism. In 2021, for the first time, world military spending topped $2.1 Trillion. Let us recall and reclaim the radical origins of this day.

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