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Sage Tyrtle
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Award-winning storyteller, writer, and workshop wizard. Moth GrandSLAM champ. NPR/CBC/PBS contributor. Taught 150+ workshops for Second City, Clarion West, and more. Work in Apex Mag, The Offing. Helps writers dig up stories that stick. www.tyrtle.com
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SO EXCITED to be nominated by Your Impossible Voice - I'm crazy proud of this piece, and this has made me really happy:
yourimpossiblevoice.com Your Impossible Voice @yourimpossiblevoice.com · 1d
Congratulations to our nominees for Best Small Fictions 2025 (or 2026, however they calculate it)! @hughbehmsteinberg.bsky.social
Dana Wall
@brettbbl.bsky.social
@sagetyrtle.bsky.social
@addisonzeller.bsky.social
Congratulations to our Best Small Fictions nominees: The Last Lipstick Factory by Dana Wall; Hotdogs by Hugh Behm-Steinberg; Anthem by Brett Biebel; A List of the Reasons Women Feel Shame by Sage Tyrtle; Of the Lovers by Addison Zeller
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Sushi Rejection Project Update: 5 / 100, and one of those was a delightful personal rejection. I can't help but think of how sad I was last year around this time, genuinely questioning if I could write at all, and this year I have 4 nominations (Best American Short Stories (1/??)
Mirror reflection of a person, very wobbly. Person is in black and white striped pants and black and white check coat, which makes it an even stranger photo. There is a wobbly Saturn drawing on the wall and a wobbly chair.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Sushi Rejection Project Update: 5 / 100, and one of those was a delightful personal rejection. I can't help but think of how sad I was last year around this time, genuinely questioning if I could write at all, and this year I have 4 nominations (Best American Short Stories (1/??)
Mirror reflection of a person, very wobbly. Person is in black and white striped pants and black and white check coat, which makes it an even stranger photo. There is a wobbly Saturn drawing on the wall and a wobbly chair.
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Here's your #WritingPrompt for today:

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From the LiminalSpace community on Reddit: my apartment building lobby, literally never seen anyone else here.. convinced im the only tenant
Explore this post and more from the LiminalSpace community
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November 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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What I did yesterday instead of doomscrolling:

1. Got flu shot and Covid booster.
2. Fixed pants I made with too-short elastic and can finally wear them.
3. Wrote a 400 word micro I'm really happy with.
4. Watched Swedish Taskmaster with @gooutsidetoday.com and then dreamed of Sweden all (1/2)
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!

STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!

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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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I'd like one of these and a Duotrope gift certificate for Christmas, please! ✍️🎄
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 24d
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.

"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Check out my #WritingWorkshops coming up:
sagetyrtle.bsky.social Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 5d
I've got 5 #WritingWorkshops coming up - Child POV, True Stories, Micros, Horror Without Blood, and Lyrical Sentences -- sound like fun? Find out more here:

tyrtle.com/writing-work...

#WritingCommunity #Writing #SpeculativeFiction #FlashFic #FlashLit #MicroFiction #POV
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Eeee! I'm in this #Writing craft book along with AMAZING authors like The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, order here!
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 5d
An Honour & A Privilege arrives from the printer today! So I'll start shipping domestic pre-orders and Book Club copies tomorrow morning, ahead of next Tuesday's pub date. Get your order in now to save $2 and get a free bookmark!

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@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
I've got 5 #WritingWorkshops coming up - Child POV, True Stories, Micros, Horror Without Blood, and Lyrical Sentences -- sound like fun? Find out more here:

tyrtle.com/writing-work...

#WritingCommunity #Writing #SpeculativeFiction #FlashFic #FlashLit #MicroFiction #POV
Simple black and white image of an adult and child, the child has a speech bubble with a blue exclamation mark inside.
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
I wore these all day yesterday and they are so! Comfortable!
sagetyrtle.bsky.social Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 6d
My cotton twill #HelensCloset #ArdenPants are done! This is my first pattern alteration, I used the June pants wide leg and then the top is all Arden. I'm VERY pleased, next time I make these I'll make two changes (1/2)

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
Person wearing brown pants with a simple white flower pattern. They have a shaved head, blue bangs, glasses, shoelaces and scarf. The person has a black long sleeved shirt and is standing in a hallway next to a closed door in front of an ink drawing of two people playing a game. Close up of the pants pocket, showing a yellow and white flower pattern identical to the brown and white flower pattern.
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
My cotton twill #HelensCloset #ArdenPants are done! This is my first pattern alteration, I used the June pants wide leg and then the top is all Arden. I'm VERY pleased, next time I make these I'll make two changes (1/2)

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
Person wearing brown pants with a simple white flower pattern. They have a shaved head, blue bangs, glasses, shoelaces and scarf. The person has a black long sleeved shirt and is standing in a hallway next to a closed door in front of an ink drawing of two people playing a game. Close up of the pants pocket, showing a yellow and white flower pattern identical to the brown and white flower pattern.
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
What I did recently instead of doomscrolling:

1. Packed up the headset that didn't like Linux along with the return info.
2. Unpacked the SECOND headset that didn't like Linux that I didn't ask for. Repacked with return info. Laughed at the silliness.
3. WENT TO SEE OFF BOOK WOWIE KAPOWIE (1/2)
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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sagetyrtle.bsky.social
This #WritingWorkshop helps you find your most powerful story. Learn to identify narratives with emotional weight and personal significance through guided exercises, discussion, and analysis of compelling storytelling.

writingworkshops.com/en-ca/produc...

#Memoir #CNF #Storytelling #TrueStories
The Story Only You Can Tell: Finding Your Most Powerful Narrative
In this workshop, you’ll explore what makes a personal story compelling, uncover overlooked moments, and learn how to shape them into powerful narratives.
writingworkshops.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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lindzmcleod.bsky.social
If you're a writer, I'd go so far as to say it's essential reading to develop your craft, to dig deep into your characters and their emotions (as well as your own), and to go eyeball-close with your line edits!
cristinleach.bsky.social Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 9d
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Things I did yesterday instead of doomscrolling:

1. Taught an improv workshop on character.
2. Topstitched my #ArdenPants and did my second-ever pair of bar tacks.
3. Ramped up the scary in my short story.
4. Researched headsets that are friends with Linux.
5. Ate Harvey's donuts (SO GOOD).
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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cristinleach.bsky.social
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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cristinleach.bsky.social
One of the best collaboration projects I’ve been involved in is now a BRILLIANT BOOK. For anyone interested in the craft of #writing, what we learn from #collaboration, or who just wants to read some damn good #shortstories! I’m 1 of 11 writers. Order now for 🎄 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
www.stanchionzine.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Here's your #WritingPrompt for today:

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From the LiminalSpace community on Reddit: When the elevator opens on a forgotten floor
Explore this post and more from the LiminalSpace community
www.reddit.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
This #WritingWorkshop helps you find your most powerful story. Learn to identify narratives with emotional weight and personal significance through guided exercises, discussion, and analysis of compelling storytelling.

writingworkshops.com/en-ca/produc...

#Memoir #CNF #Storytelling #TrueStories
The Story Only You Can Tell: Finding Your Most Powerful Narrative
In this workshop, you’ll explore what makes a personal story compelling, uncover overlooked moments, and learn how to shape them into powerful narratives.
writingworkshops.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
This is such a lovely speculative fiction story, wild and strange but absolutely relatable at the same time:
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week #WritingWorkshop and learn tools to imply the horror:

www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p958/w...

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction
ONLINE Writing Horror Without Blood in Short Fiction
When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week course to learn tools to imply the horror. Build dread t...
www.alexandrawriters.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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To get to publish @aniking.bsky.social in our annual issue, right after they won second place in @lizaolsonbooks.bsky.social’s Flash 405: “Home” is a dream! Check out Ani’s flash fiction THIS IS MILKWEED in Vol. X: “Spring”: tinyurl.com/ExpoMilkweed…
This Is Milkweed - Exposition Review
by Ani King Flash Fiction   And this is Queen Anne’s lace. Daucus carota, I think. Your mom had a horse named Queen Anne when we were kids. And these are bull thistle. I used to confuse them with nett...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week #WritingWorkshop and learn tools to imply the horror:

www.alexandrawriters.org/store/p958/w...

#WritingCommunity #Writers #Writing #SpeculativeFiction
ONLINE Writing Horror Without Blood in Short Fiction
When we watched Jaws, the SHARK wasn't scary. The fin was. When we can see the monster, the scary factor disappears. Join me for this four week course to learn tools to imply the horror. Build dread t...
www.alexandrawriters.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
sagetyrtle.bsky.social
My partner @gooutsidetoday.com shows how we get groceries in our city, we haven't owned a car since 2004:
gooutsidetoday.com Todd Tyrtle @gooutsidetoday.com · 13d
My family and I have lived #carfree since early 2004. I haven't even been behind the wheel of a rental since 2022. For the curious, here's how we usually get groceries (and it's usually without a bike though next time I'll show you that). #Toronto #TTC youtu.be/a2l_NC-ZcW4
How do I get groceries without a
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November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM