This is my favorite take on structure.

My hot take is that none of these are structure. These are all recipes that describe structure.

Structure is the Salt, Fat, Acid Heat of writing.

3-Act/Hero's Journey etc are recipes.

You can make great meals without using a recipe if you understand the principles of structure.

”I gather names as quickly as my father loses them. Part of me thinks it is frivolous to grow flowers at a time like this, but I don’t care.“

Beautiful writing from @lubellwoo.bsky.social. Worth a good cry.

stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...

Another fantastic story by @jjlofflin.bsky.social!

Anyone in Boston an immigration lawyer or know one who can help this woman? Her husband is detained at Logan over a dismissed misdemeanor from 2017. He’s a legal resident of the US. She just asked for help an hour ago.

weekly ukulele video 🥰❤️

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Hey, a reminder that I’m looking for work. I’m an award winning writer and editor serving the community. My book Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculative Fiction just won an Ignyte award! I’m looking for clients, and would love to work in narrative games.

Get in touch with me!

Great conversation about queer community in these trying times with Kristen Arnett - author of "Mostly Dead Things"

This Queer Book Saved My Life! thisqueerbook.com/mostly-dead-...

@caseyholland.bsky.social
@kristenarnett.bsky.social
@thisqueerbook.com

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

If you haven’t seen it, this footage from @apnews.com is incredibly important.

The intent here seems unmistakable, in two ways: (1) just read the genocide convention, here it **absolutely** is, and (2) this level of infrastructural destruction is, no question, meant as pre-development demolition.

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
@susanschulman.bsky.social

Find out why Flash 405: “Illumination” guest judge @lumchanmfa.bsky.social is going all exclamation mark over @francesgapper.bsky.social’s flash fiction retelling of Arthur, Guinevere, and Lancelot, WOOSH! Read it here: tinyurl.com/Woosh405.

The SmokeLong Grand Micro Contest. Previously published and unpublished micros considered, fiction, nonfiction, anything in between. Send us that stunning micro published in 2002 that disappeared when the journal went defunct. Or send something new. Deadline Nov 15 www.smokelong.com/the-smokelon...

Right???

George was just trying to get to work.

ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.

This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.

Thanks for checking, Joy! I dunno what the end game is but no thank you 😂

@joybaglio.bsky.social @tonjamreynolds.bsky.social @trossiwriter.bsky.social since we are mutuals, curious if you got hit up with the same DM or not, too.

A few indicators: the account description is really generic. No representation noted in the bio or link to S*bstack. No other posts, a much older picture than the one the author uses in other spaces.

Hey friends and mutuals: writtend.bsky is almost certainly not Ottessa Moshfegh’s Bluesky account. She states very clearly on her s*bstack about page that she doesn’t use social media. And this is pretty textbook impersonation vibes. I’ve reported the account, please do the same.

Heads up, Minneapolis, the Gestapo are showing up and bringing their own drones. They also happen to think they’re going to be the winners in this fight.

If there’s one thing Minneapolis is good at It’s making it very clear that people in authority do not have the power to control us.

hi hello unpaywalled

here's a piece on book bans i wrote this summer, feat. reflections and stories from authors @adibkhorram.bsky.social, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, and @katrynwrites.bsky.social as well as my own reflections. ty @electricliterature.com for publishing it!

electricliterature.com/book-bans-co...

I’m so excited for this collection!

This is how I’m picturing this now.