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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 11h

Alle is teaching.
Rebecca Brown is keynote-ing.

It’s a party! Many, many sessions.

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4 How to Publish Short Work: Stories, Essays, Poetry, Journalism

Another class with Alle. This one at Write in the Harbor 2025

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 5d

I saw this display in my neighborhood. There are times when the power of the written word shows up in the most adorable ways.

What would your tombstone say? Make it funny!

#humor #funny #Halloween

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 5d

I forgotten she wrote that. Wonderful. So, is yours an homage?

Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Are you a Dorris Lessing fan?

Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Backstory: I found a way to segue in and out.
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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Like "We Are the World," only… better!

“The Sisterhood, 1977,” Vertamae Grosvenor, Alice Walker, Lori Sharpe, Toni Morrison, June Jordan, Nana Maynard, Ntozake Shange, and Audreen Ballard.

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Shout-out to a new interview 'I’ve Got Questions for Alle C. Hall' - Clifford Garstang interviews MOI.

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I’ve Got Questions for Alle C. Hall

Editor’s Note: This exchange is part of a series of brief interviews with emerging writers of recent or forthcoming books. If you enjoyed it, please visit other interviews in the I’ve Got Questions…

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 8d

It pulls me out of the story when an author backstor-ies (official verb form) in any of three ways.

I found a way to segue in and out.

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 14d

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From Sub Club (ed. by me) FEMALE RAGE

Female rage lists trending on Instagram/TikTok - books centering on “unlikeable,” “unhinged,” or “too much” female protags.
Female rage books feel like a collective sigh.

A Certain Hunger
Boy Parts
Animal
and mine ...

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 14d

What differentiates literary from commercial fiction?
And which are readers buying?

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Are current readers bored with literary fiction?

A myth to dispel about my beloved Lit Fic

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 14d

I don't have a single bad memory about school. In elementary. before I found an outlet through tap dancing, school kept me alive. Teachers liked me because I worked hard. We hadn't gotten into boys yet, so the other girls and I had great times together. No teasing for being a "brain" until jr high!

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 19d

You can order my novel, As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back, from a LIBRARY

Nat Book Award judge Jamie Ford (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter & Sweet) writes: “A rare novel. An outstanding debut."

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Search — The Seattle Public Library

Explore The Seattle Public Library. New titles, recently rated, and recently tagged by the library community.

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 19d

Yes! Exactly! So many times, in response sharing my sexual abuse is a look seeming to say, "Shouldn't you be in bed, perhaps being fed soup?" Hyper-consciousness was part what I had to deal with, into my 20s, when I found a healing path. The idea was "If Im perfect, abuse will stop." #ptsd #trauma

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Mary Beth O'Connor @marybethoconnor.bsky.social · 19d

For me, doing well academically resulted in positive attention at school, which I didn't get at home. This created a lifelong urge toward perfectionism and overwork. I'm better at balancing work into my life, but it's still a struggle. #ptsd #trauma #recoveryposse

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 19d

Have something personal to express? Would you rather do so in fiction?

A WRITING CLASS with Alle teaching

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Alle teaches: "Writing the Personal as Fictional Stories"

A Chuckanut Writers' One-Day Class presented with Whatcom Community College

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 26d

In George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion,", Elisa Doolittle leaves Henry Higgins at the end of the play - with dignity and confidence.

In the musical, "My Fair Lady," she comes. The final words of the playe are: "Elisa, where are my slippers?"

Shaw's version is the happier. I prefer it.

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5 Great Quotations about Story Endings

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” – Frank Herbert“You always get more respect when you don’t have a happy ending.” – Julia Quinn“The hard part abo…

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · 26d

Lots of thoughts about living fully as we age.

“Even Angelina Jolie is looking older. We look older, we look plastic, or we die. Those appear to be the options!”

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This is 60: Alle C. Hall Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire

"Had I my druthers, on my birthday, I’d receive calls from everyone I love—no texts permitted to mark birthdays. And flowers. Flowers on any occasion!"

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Oct 1

Wonderful post,

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

Two lists of top-ranked UK literary magazines.

My novel is set in Asia. I plug away, placing excerpts in litmags in countries where people go backpacking more than Americans are known to do.

Go get 'em!

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New publication in top UK literary magazine, Orbis

Plus: UK publishing tips

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

oh my gosh, the memories from this song! Thank you for posting.

Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

Even the Russian judge would give this a perfect 10.0 for sheer creativity.

Author Thomas Lockhaven @thomaslockhaven.bsky.social · Sep 29

Try that with a #kindle
#booksky #books #stairs #escalator #reading #booklover

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Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

I I'm definitely forwarding this photo with a comment about brilliance. If I credit you for the photo, can I use it for Inspiration on a couple of the groups on Facebook that I belong to?

Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

Literally, I was listening to that song this morning and singing my heart out. Thanks for posting I feel heard!

Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

Ha!

Alle C. Hall, author: As Far as You Can Go Before ... @allechallwriter.bsky.social · Sep 29

She was amazing and an inspiration. A thriving example of a survivor of domestic violence and of being a black woman in this country. Rest in peace, Tina.

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