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Steph Auteri

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Nov 18

#Intro! Hi! Giving this another go. I'm a CNF writer/editor who dabbles in short horror. I'm also a:
*sex ed advocate
*contributor to Book Riot + Feminist Book Club
*author of A Dirty Word
*essays editor for Hippocampus
*cat lady, embroidery obsessive, kitchen witch, yogi, singer, mom, etc.

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Apr 6

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Apr 5

My child is on the floor of my office with her laptop, writing her own story, and she's like, "I just finished chapter one and it's already so good!" Somebody put me out of my misery.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Apr 5

I (somehow) made it to the second round of NYC Midnight's #ShortStoryChallenge2025 and have been tasked with writing a thriller, which is SO far outside my comfort zone. lololololsob. I am already bored by my own story, which does not bode well for the genre. 🫠

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Mar 12

Like, every time.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Mar 12

Does anyone else here file a story and, in the ensuing silence that occurs whilst you're waiting on feedback, assume the assigning editor just hates everything you've written and and feels deep regret over the fact that they gave you the assignment in the first place? No? Just me? 🫠

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Feb 26

I feel perpetually lucky to be a freelancer, despite the ups and downs. One day, I'm editing another writer's post on the oligarchy. The next, a copywriting client is telling me to make an email "hornier." Always an adventure.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Feb 25

In case you were keeping track... 19thnews.org/2025/02/trum...

A one-month status update on Trump’s executive orders

As lawsuits against the administration grow, here is where some of the orders that affect LGBTQ+ people and women stand.

19thnews.org

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Feb 10

Well hell, February really snuck up on me. Next week, I'm leading a session on how to find writing inspiration when you're all tapped out, for @hippocampusmag.bsky.social. The aim is to help you generate a buttload of story ideas in 1 sitting. Register here: hippocampusmagazine.com/event/how-to...

Finding Inspiration When You're All Tapped Out | Hippocampus Magazine

Learn how to generate a buttload of story ideas in one sitting with Hippocampus essays editor Steph Auteri at our February 2025 How-To Tuesday.

hippocampusmagazine.com

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Feb 9

I just successfuly hemmed a single leg on a pair of jeans with my sewing machine could someone please give me a medal and also send hopes and prayers that I don't screw up the second leg.

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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · Jan 22

PLEASE read this piece by @freeblackgirl.bsky.social for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social about the immense challenges of running indie publications. Also consider investing in indie and nonprofit media WHILE IT EXISTS, instead of lamenting when publications shutter due to lack of support/resources.

Evette Dionne (Mostly on Threads) @freeblackgirl.bsky.social · Jan 21

I was the EIC of Bitch Media for nearly five years. Few things bother me more than people saying “I wish Bitch still existed” because keeping it alive was so damn hard.

I wrote about that conundrum for @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social. If you want an indie pub to survive, then please pay for it.

Pay Me What You Owe Me

Independent media always gets homages on social media after it shutters – what if that support amounted to monetary donations that helped keep it alive and thriving?

theflytrap.beehiiv.com

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 17

Finished my egalley for Lucy Rose's The Lamb the other night and now I desperately need someone else to read it so we can discuss all of my feelings.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 9

As someone who's been writing about sex on the regular for 25 years, I'm surprised by how anxious and exposed I feel about this hermit crab essay of mine, which is intimate in a very different way. Thank you to Cutleaf Journal for giving this piece a home:

cutleafjournal.com/content/unbu...

Unburden Yourself - Cutleaf Journal

June 16, 2023

cutleafjournal.com

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 5

Abigail McGrath, founder of Renaissance House, passed away over the holidays. I don't know how many others here were blessed enough to spend time with her there, but my own time there was such a gift, and I am bereft. My deepest condolences to her family. www.mvtimes.com/2024/12/26/a...

Abigail McGrath, founder of the Renaissance House, dies at 84 - The Martha's Vineyard Times

Abigail Hubbell Rosen McGrath, the founder of the Renaissance House in Oak Bluffs, died on Dec. 20 after a battle with liver cancer. She was 84. Friends and family say that McGrath was a colorful woma...

www.mvtimes.com

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 3

What are the bestest things to do in Salem when it's *not* October? I'm planning a mother/daughter trip for Spring Break. My kiddo is 10.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 3

I'm trying to remain open to whatever opportunities come my way. If you know me and you know (and have appreciated) my work in the past, let me know if you could use a writer/editor, or if you know someone else who might be looking for someone like me. :) I'm going to manifest the hell out of 2025.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 3

But I also feel it's time to begin taking on more work-work again. The question is where to focus. I've spent the past 25 years as a journalist. As a copywriter. As an editor. Much of it in the sexuality and bookish spaces.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 3

This includes being the BOD Chair and associate editor for Feminist Book Club as it transitions into a worker-owned co-op; acting as Essays Editor for Hippocampus magazine; volunteering as a mentor for Girls Write Now; building out my Thunder Thighs newsletter; maintaining Guerrilla Sex Ed.

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 3

In 2025, I want to retain this sense of play. And I want to continue my passion-based work.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 3

I spent 2024 engaged in a lot of play. I got my first pieces of fiction published. I experimented with hermit crab essays and have one pubbing later this month. I started writing an essay collection. I worked my way through an ice cream cookbook. I got deep into embroidery and visible mending.

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Jan 1

My favorite thing to do on New Year's Day is to wear slipper socks and wrap myself in blankets and maybe noodle over a puzzle or do some writing but most of all READ. To kick off your new year of reading, here are my favorite reads from 2024: www.stephauteri.com/2025/01/01/m...

My 29 Favorite Reads of 2024

For much of the past two decades, both my writing and my reading have been tied to my advocacy work. This past year, however, marked a huge shift for me. Aside from a piece I wrote for Poets & …

www.stephauteri.com

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Dec 28

A bit of flash I wrote went up on @litmoralitmag.bsky.social. Sci-fi horror. Hoping to get more of my fiction out there in 2025. :) www.litmoralitmag.com/auteri-night...

Auteri - Night Sounds — Litmora Literary Magazine

www.litmoralitmag.com

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Dec 28

I always enjoy your work, Alma!

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Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Dec 27

Someone tell me how the heck I'm supposed to eat a Ferrero Rocher that's as big as my fist.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Dec 23

Made the dubious choice of going to the supermarket the day before Christmas Eve Day. Tips for survival: Have zero investment in how long it takes. Focus on your breath. Be jolly AF. Buy doughnuts for after.

Steph Auteri @stephauteri.bsky.social · Dec 23

My brain just immediately went to #3, which is obviously sweet potato pie with plenty of marshmallows.