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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled that my ninth short story, "Water and Brimstone," has been published by the incredible @hello.darkharbormagazine.com.ap.brid.gy, now Macabre Magazine! Happy Anniversary, MM! Enjoy a little dark fantasy in time for spooky season. #WritingJourney
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Water and Brimstone

It is a lonely thing, to die in a world that is not your own. That is the fate that my brother and I now face. It is even more cruel that the world we find ourselves in is so like our own in so many w...

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Would love to ban elimination rounds from reality competition shows involving children.

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · 6d

Well worth a listen. Such a well-realized world, it almost comes across more as reporting on fact than sharing fiction.
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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · 7d

Acceptance #9! So excited to share this story with you. I've submitted it 12 places over the last year and five months. Friendly reminder to never stop. More soon! #WritingJourney

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Sep 13

Using the Focus Friend app I can focus on writing instead of going down a rabbit hole of Hank Green videos on my phone

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Sep 3

Holy crap. #FocusFriend really works. Not just for work, but for writing. I mean Labor Day Weekend also works for that. But the app has REALLY helped me make writing progress. I think it's the increments, in addition to all the other brain hacking going on. I swear up and down by my incrementalism.

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Aug 8

The curse which, when lifted, takes along with it the gift that it gave us. In other words, our power. You musn't lose your willingness to decide.

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Aug 8

Even at (ESPECIALLY at) innocuous levels, AI erodes our most fundamental hallmark of human autonomy, erasing the moment-to-moment inconvenience that stretches the muscles of our freedom: the ability to decide. Our most mundane and essential mental burden.

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Jul 23

Tom Sturridge deserves all the praise he can get. This show carved out a massive challenge for itself, trying to stand in the wake of disgusting controversy. That doesn't change the fact that Tom Sturridge is doing things as Dream that no one else on TV right now can equal.

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Jul 18

Based.
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Are We Cooked? How Social Media Shapes Language | Adam Aleksic | TED

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Jul 13

2k words done today. Can't remember the last time that happened, let alone with my novel, let alone before 10:30 am. Hopefully a good omen now that we're finished moving into the new place. #WritingProgress

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · Jul 11

Space Unicorns! The Uncanny Magazine Year 12: Fly Forever, Space Unicorns! Kickstarter is 53% funded. When we reach $30K, we will give EVERY BACKER the Uncanny Magazine 2024 Highlights eBooks! KEEP IT ROLLING, SPACE UNICORNS! buff.ly/FTfV1GZ

Uncanny Magazine Year 11 Covers: The Duet by Nilah Magruder, Barbershops of the Floating City by Grace P. Fong, and Blessed Universe by Galen Dara.

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · May 31

CGI isn't getting worse. Resolution is getting better.

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · May 21

My new flash fiction, "Owning a Cat Is Like Having a Ghost," is now out in Issue 12 of the beautiful @livinapress.bsky.social ! You can find it on Amazon in multiple formats. Huge thank you to Laci F. Hector!

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Livina Press: Issue 12 - Kindle edition by Press, Livina, Felker, Laci. Literature & Fiction Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.

Livina Press: Issue 12 - Kindle edition by Press, Livina, Felker, Laci. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highligh...

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · May 19

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FLASH FICTION: A Look Inside

Welcome back. Come and heal.

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · May 12

Acceptance #8! This journey has required patience, but this is my second flash fiction acceptance in just over a month. More details to come. For now, I'm just grateful to have more chances to share these personal stories. This one's about cats 😸 #WritingJourney

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · May 11

That's how you write a sketch that plays to the host's strengths #snl #waltongoggins

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · May 2

Story #7 is here! Grateful to the beautiful Macrame Literary Journal for accepting this little story in their Spring 2025 issue. It's a privilege to be included! Thanks for reading. Enjoy. #WritingJourney
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A look inside - Literary Journal

Other People's Gardens, a poem by Avery Thompson, published in the Fall 2024 issue of Macrame Literary Journal.

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Apr 23

If you liked @sinnersmovie.bsky.social, then you will LOVE this book. These Bones www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...

These Bones

In a neighborhood known as the Bramble Patch, the Lyons…

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Apr 22

When you open your browser to find that, after two years of religiously checking their website once a week, @tacobellquarterly.org has finally reopened to submissions . . .

a close up of a man with a beard and long hair making a surprised face .

ALT: a close up of a man with a beard and long hair making a surprised face .

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Apr 10

Acceptance #7! And it was a piece I had previously retired and pulled out for one last go around. Just goes to show you that an acceptance might be right around the corner when you're about to throw in the towel. Stay tuned for some new flash fiction headed your way this season 😊 #WritingJourney

J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Apr 1

Charlie sells pianos. Annette is in the market.
My new short story, Same New Song, is now available in the Spring 2025 Print Edition of @alliumjournal.bsky.social. Pick up your copy of this esteemed journal today: allium.colum.edu/purchase

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Wallstrait @wallstrait.bsky.social · Mar 15

Now Live: "I Drink the Core to Taste the Thunder" by Akis Linardos @linardos.bsky.social

A gripping, beautifully written piece of short fiction. Don't miss this one!

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I Drink the Core to Taste the Thunder by Akis Linardos

Always loved middles, ever since Mama brought me that chocolate egg enwrapping a capsule, enwrapping a toy soldier whose plastic tasted like thunder, thunder that shook my teeth, jolted lightning thro...

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Mar 22

Heart-broken. I've never been more sad listening to a podcast episode. Can't wait to hear these three team up again. We'll miss you #TrialByContent
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Saying Goodbye to Trial by Content. Plus, Our 10 Favorite Episodes.

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J. M. Williams ✏️ is querying his debut novel @jmwwrites.bsky.social · Mar 2

I still don't know exactly how I feel about #TheBrutalist, but I do know that I want that library.