Just "B"
@wordsthathop.bsky.social
flash writer | Contemporary YA WIP | educator | computer & application techie | long-distance runner🏃🏼♀️👟| kitchen witch
Words in Emerge Literary, HAD, Flash Flood
Currently reading American Short Fiction (Fall 2016)
Words in Emerge Literary, HAD, Flash Flood
Currently reading American Short Fiction (Fall 2016)
Not only a must read for those in academia, but any parent who hopes their kid(s) will go to college.
This really is a must read for anyone in academia.
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Not only a must read for those in academia, but any parent who hopes their kid(s) will go to college.
This is my 15th challenge with @nycmidnight.bsky.social and the first time I've submitted more than a half hour before the deadline!
Normally I'm biting my nails with only a few minutes left!!
Normally I'm biting my nails with only a few minutes left!!
December 8, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is my 15th challenge with @nycmidnight.bsky.social and the first time I've submitted more than a half hour before the deadline!
Normally I'm biting my nails with only a few minutes left!!
Normally I'm biting my nails with only a few minutes left!!
Well, I've got a 328-word rough draft based in Spartan history. Now I need to cut 78 words.
In this world, a Spartan king will have a baby with a Helot, and that baby will be future king. I know this couldn't have happened under Spartan law but hey, Historical fiction doesn't have to be 100% true!
In this world, a Spartan king will have a baby with a Helot, and that baby will be future king. I know this couldn't have happened under Spartan law but hey, Historical fiction doesn't have to be 100% true!
I'm doing the NYC Midnight #MicrofictionChallenge250
I was assigned Historical Fiction genre, bluffing for my action, and the word soft. Historical Fiction is hard (so much research!!), but at least it's not horror or thriller.
7 more hrs to go. Do I have anything even a little semi-solid? Nope! 😵
I was assigned Historical Fiction genre, bluffing for my action, and the word soft. Historical Fiction is hard (so much research!!), but at least it's not horror or thriller.
7 more hrs to go. Do I have anything even a little semi-solid? Nope! 😵
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Well, I've got a 328-word rough draft based in Spartan history. Now I need to cut 78 words.
In this world, a Spartan king will have a baby with a Helot, and that baby will be future king. I know this couldn't have happened under Spartan law but hey, Historical fiction doesn't have to be 100% true!
In this world, a Spartan king will have a baby with a Helot, and that baby will be future king. I know this couldn't have happened under Spartan law but hey, Historical fiction doesn't have to be 100% true!
I'm doing the NYC Midnight #MicrofictionChallenge250
I was assigned Historical Fiction genre, bluffing for my action, and the word soft. Historical Fiction is hard (so much research!!), but at least it's not horror or thriller.
7 more hrs to go. Do I have anything even a little semi-solid? Nope! 😵
I was assigned Historical Fiction genre, bluffing for my action, and the word soft. Historical Fiction is hard (so much research!!), but at least it's not horror or thriller.
7 more hrs to go. Do I have anything even a little semi-solid? Nope! 😵
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm doing the NYC Midnight #MicrofictionChallenge250
I was assigned Historical Fiction genre, bluffing for my action, and the word soft. Historical Fiction is hard (so much research!!), but at least it's not horror or thriller.
7 more hrs to go. Do I have anything even a little semi-solid? Nope! 😵
I was assigned Historical Fiction genre, bluffing for my action, and the word soft. Historical Fiction is hard (so much research!!), but at least it's not horror or thriller.
7 more hrs to go. Do I have anything even a little semi-solid? Nope! 😵
When a story is so wonderful and you wish you had been the one who had written it!
#writingCommunity
#writingCommunity
I have a new story in Short Story Long! many thanks to @aaronburch.bsky.social, a wonderful editor who always makes my writing better, the incredible Zoë Petersen for her beautiful original art, & all of you who take the time to read this one ♡ ashortstorylong.substack.com/p/a-love-sto...
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When a story is so wonderful and you wish you had been the one who had written it!
#writingCommunity
#writingCommunity
I hate polyester so much. Anything less than 80% cotton just feels gross.
December 5, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I hate polyester so much. Anything less than 80% cotton just feels gross.
One slip of the D and we have Gonad.
Imagine the names out of that... Orange Gonad, Gonad Grumpf, Loser Gonad, Crooked Gonad, Fake Gonad, Magonad
Imagine the names out of that... Orange Gonad, Gonad Grumpf, Loser Gonad, Crooked Gonad, Fake Gonad, Magonad
(Brought to my attention)
Jeffrey Epstein often misspells Trump's name as "Donad." I say we keep it.
#EpsteinFiles
Jeffrey Epstein often misspells Trump's name as "Donad." I say we keep it.
#EpsteinFiles
December 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
One slip of the D and we have Gonad.
Imagine the names out of that... Orange Gonad, Gonad Grumpf, Loser Gonad, Crooked Gonad, Fake Gonad, Magonad
Imagine the names out of that... Orange Gonad, Gonad Grumpf, Loser Gonad, Crooked Gonad, Fake Gonad, Magonad
Yesterday I was at the dermatologist and an Elvis song came on the radio (Blue Christmas). I found myself suddenly sobbing in the waiting room. My mom loved Elvis, and I have fond memories of his Christmas albums from my childhood.
My mom passed away a year ago this month. I miss her so much.
My mom passed away a year ago this month. I miss her so much.
December 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Yesterday I was at the dermatologist and an Elvis song came on the radio (Blue Christmas). I found myself suddenly sobbing in the waiting room. My mom loved Elvis, and I have fond memories of his Christmas albums from my childhood.
My mom passed away a year ago this month. I miss her so much.
My mom passed away a year ago this month. I miss her so much.
I'm making one of my favorite dishes... Raisin and Spice Brown Rice!
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm making one of my favorite dishes... Raisin and Spice Brown Rice!
Fvck Scott. I don't begrudge his freedom to write, but do take issue w/his egocentrism
People have kids, take care of elderly parents, deal w/chronic illness, work 2 jobs (I did many yrs to make ends meet & it fvcking sucked)
Writers, how dare you make/eat dinner! Could've used that time to write!
People have kids, take care of elderly parents, deal w/chronic illness, work 2 jobs (I did many yrs to make ends meet & it fvcking sucked)
Writers, how dare you make/eat dinner! Could've used that time to write!
Wrote a short thing about that 5-9 nonsense.
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/your-9-5-i...
gabinoiglesias.substack.com/p/your-9-5-i...
"Your 9-5 isn't killing your dreams."
Said an asshole
gabinoiglesias.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Fvck Scott. I don't begrudge his freedom to write, but do take issue w/his egocentrism
People have kids, take care of elderly parents, deal w/chronic illness, work 2 jobs (I did many yrs to make ends meet & it fvcking sucked)
Writers, how dare you make/eat dinner! Could've used that time to write!
People have kids, take care of elderly parents, deal w/chronic illness, work 2 jobs (I did many yrs to make ends meet & it fvcking sucked)
Writers, how dare you make/eat dinner! Could've used that time to write!
It is mind-blowing that maga are defending his piggy statement.
If I said that to ANYONE at work... student, colleague, administration, my butt would be fired same day.
If I said that to ANYONE at work... student, colleague, administration, my butt would be fired same day.
Quiet, piggy? Really? If you still support corrupt fascist pedo-pig King Trump at this point, I have to question your intelligence, your patriotism or your morality; something has gone terribly wrong with you down one of those roads.
Of course, those aren't mutually exclusive.
Of course, those aren't mutually exclusive.
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It is mind-blowing that maga are defending his piggy statement.
If I said that to ANYONE at work... student, colleague, administration, my butt would be fired same day.
If I said that to ANYONE at work... student, colleague, administration, my butt would be fired same day.
This little guy sits on my desk, and every time I look at him I feel like he's flipping me off.
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This little guy sits on my desk, and every time I look at him I feel like he's flipping me off.
There was a spider in our home and it caught a June bug. The JB struggled to get free as the spider wrapped it in silk. So my husband saved the JB. It took the JB a few hours of wing flapping to get all the silk off, & it finally flew away a few minutes ago! I feel kinda bad the spider lost its meal
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There was a spider in our home and it caught a June bug. The JB struggled to get free as the spider wrapped it in silk. So my husband saved the JB. It took the JB a few hours of wing flapping to get all the silk off, & it finally flew away a few minutes ago! I feel kinda bad the spider lost its meal
It's 2am and I'm working on a story. I decided to watch my phone clock because I've never seen exactly what happens at 2am when we go back in time.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's 2am and I'm working on a story. I decided to watch my phone clock because I've never seen exactly what happens at 2am when we go back in time.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
I don't know what I expected--maybe a little celebratory confetti animation on my phone. But no, it just jumped from 1:59am to 1am. And that was that.
I just don't understand. With all that money, why oh why and how could anyone be so selfish? I live in stupidly expensive Southern California and am considered lower middle class--I'm 100% in for doing my part to help pull others up in the world through taxes. The mindset of the 1% is mind boggling!
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
October 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I just don't understand. With all that money, why oh why and how could anyone be so selfish? I live in stupidly expensive Southern California and am considered lower middle class--I'm 100% in for doing my part to help pull others up in the world through taxes. The mindset of the 1% is mind boggling!
BOO! The place where I buy my favorite conditioner will no longer be carrying it.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
October 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
BOO! The place where I buy my favorite conditioner will no longer be carrying it.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
YAY! There were two on the 'Last Chance Shelf' so I bought them for half off.
BOO! There's a mosquito buzzing around my home.
YAY! I'm drinking yummy tea.
BOO! Another story rejection today. *cries*
YAY! Bedtime soon.
For the love of all that is holy and unholy, where TF did the idea come from that em dashes = "oh hai, I see you used chatGPT to write your story."
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
For the love of all that is holy and unholy, where TF did the idea come from that em dashes = "oh hai, I see you used chatGPT to write your story."
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
I love em dashes and use them often. I've never used AI to write any of my stories or to even generate ideas.
When I die, bury me under the em dashes.
My new Halloween night light is so cute, that I just want to pull a chair into the bathroom, sit in the dark for several hours, and watch it flicker!
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My new Halloween night light is so cute, that I just want to pull a chair into the bathroom, sit in the dark for several hours, and watch it flicker!
Sigh. Canvas is back up. My mini vacation is officially over.
Had planned to get a bunch of grading done today but Canvas has been down since midnight bcuz of the Amazon AWS outage
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
October 20, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sigh. Canvas is back up. My mini vacation is officially over.
Had planned to get a bunch of grading done today but Canvas has been down since midnight bcuz of the Amazon AWS outage
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Had planned to get a bunch of grading done today but Canvas has been down since midnight bcuz of the Amazon AWS outage
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
I started to dust to make good use of my "downtime", but that didn't last very long as I was overcome by the sleepies
Currently taking a do-nothing mini vacation in my desk chair.
Dear Lit Mags,
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Dear Lit Mags,
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
I love that there is a Lit Submission Calls feed here on Blue Sky (so convenient!), but there are so many calls that don't show up there.
Did you know that if you use the #submissionscall hashtag, your post will show up on that feed?
Love, someone who visits that feed frequently.
For those of you who write and submit prose poetry, could you point me to your favorite lit mags where you've submitted your poems? I generally don't write #poetry (more of a #flashFiction writer), but I have a prose poem that's appx 150 words that I'd like to get out there in the world.
Thank you!
Thank you!
October 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
For those of you who write and submit prose poetry, could you point me to your favorite lit mags where you've submitted your poems? I generally don't write #poetry (more of a #flashFiction writer), but I have a prose poem that's appx 150 words that I'd like to get out there in the world.
Thank you!
Thank you!
Join SmokeLong for a mysterious month between November and December we’ve christened Promptember! We’ll be meeting several times a week online with live write-in and open mic events at various times to suit participants around this spinning globe, 100% free.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The inaugural issue of Broad Ripple Review is live. We are proud to feature work by L.B. Browne, Angela Townsend, Margaret Dunn, Dorit d’Scarlett, and Sofía Carbonell Realme.
Find it at: broadripplereview.com.
Please share!
Find it at: broadripplereview.com.
Please share!
October 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This short story by Anna Hundert, "Queen of Calvary", is so damn good. So many poetic-like lines woven throughout. I wish there was enough time in the world that I could become this kind of writer. Sigh. Give it a read! #writingCommunity
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
Queen of Calvary — M E N A C E
www.menace-mag.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This short story by Anna Hundert, "Queen of Calvary", is so damn good. So many poetic-like lines woven throughout. I wish there was enough time in the world that I could become this kind of writer. Sigh. Give it a read! #writingCommunity
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...
www.menace-mag.com/queen-of-cal...