Dave Swan is querying
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Writer, ex-journalist, freelance editor. Querying #HistoricalFiction; short stories at daveswanauthor.wordpress.com/. This feed shames fascists. #GoBlue https://linktr.ee/davidsswan.
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The Case of the Nebulous Nazis
Free fiction! A lighthearted sendup of the hardboiled private investigator genre, set on Florida's Emerald Coast.
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Like detective stories? Check out this crazy tale of fearless environmental private eye L. G. Green investigating a massive oil spill that might be from a long-lost German submarine off Florida. open.substack.com/pub/daveswan... #fiction #humor #florida
If Thomas Paine were alive today, he'd write something like this. #resist #nokings www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
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January 18, 2026 at 4:27 PM
If Thomas Paine were alive today, he'd write something like this. #resist #nokings www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.
—John Dos Passos
—John Dos Passos
January 18, 2026 at 2:19 PM
If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.
—John Dos Passos
—John Dos Passos
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January 17, 2026 at 2:23 AM
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Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Posts from Minneapolis residents read like they'll be read in voiceover in a Ken Burns-like doc one day
Instead of staring at the screen, just knock out something that might, possibly, somehow make sense. Keep the fingers moving and the brain in gear. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
January 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Instead of staring at the screen, just knock out something that might, possibly, somehow make sense. Keep the fingers moving and the brain in gear. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Like detective stories? Check out this crazy tale of fearless environmental private eye L. G. Green investigating a massive oil spill that might be from a long-lost German submarine off Florida. open.substack.com/pub/daveswan... #fiction #humor #florida
The Case of the Nebulous Nazis
Free fiction! A lighthearted sendup of the hardboiled private investigator genre, set on Florida's Emerald Coast.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Like detective stories? Check out this crazy tale of fearless environmental private eye L. G. Green investigating a massive oil spill that might be from a long-lost German submarine off Florida. open.substack.com/pub/daveswan... #fiction #humor #florida
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In an alternate reality, VOA Spanish would have covered the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro comprehensively, providing context and history to 100 million audience members in Latin America. Instead, we’ve crossed over to The VOA Twilight Zone.
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In an alternate reality, VOA Spanish would have covered the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro comprehensively, providing context and history to 100 million audience members in Latin America. Instead, we’ve crossed over to The VOA Twilight Zone.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
In an alternate reality, VOA Spanish would have covered the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro comprehensively, providing context and history to 100 million audience members in Latin America. Instead, we’ve crossed over to The VOA Twilight Zone.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
If you write for yourself, you’ll always have an audience. You’ll also get better and find a lot more fans. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
January 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If you write for yourself, you’ll always have an audience. You’ll also get better and find a lot more fans. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
Atlanta-area writing folks: this is one of the many benefits of joining the AWC. #amwriting #writingcommunity
If you’re a club member, we can help promote your book. Send a one-minute video and info about the book to [email protected]. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #bookmarketing #bookpromotion
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Atlanta-area writing folks: this is one of the many benefits of joining the AWC. #amwriting #writingcommunity
Working on your New Year's query list? Lots of possibilities here. PS: have a happy one! #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife #amquerying
The following is a roundup of new publishers and agents announced in 2025—free to all.
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New Publishers and Agents in 2025 | Jane Friedman
A roundup of new publishers, imprints, and agents announced in 2025, as covered in The Bottom Line.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Working on your New Year's query list? Lots of possibilities here. PS: have a happy one! #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife #amquerying
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All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
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December 31, 2025 at 12:42 PM
All of the top 10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top checkout in many library systems around the country.
What will your voice tell the world in the new year? #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
December 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
What will your voice tell the world in the new year? #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
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Great little thread about Die Hard. The single greatest stage performance I've ever seen live was Alan Rickman in "Les Liasions Dangereuse" on B'way. and it turns out Joel Silver saw it too, which is how Rickman was cast.
Die Hard is a diamond of a film. I couldn't write something that tight in a million years. It also would not occur to me to shoot air ducts and cubicle farms with anamorphic lenses like some kind of crazed lens-flare wizard, but that's why I'm not Jan de Bont
December 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Great little thread about Die Hard. The single greatest stage performance I've ever seen live was Alan Rickman in "Les Liasions Dangereuse" on B'way. and it turns out Joel Silver saw it too, which is how Rickman was cast.
December 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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BREAKING: Kennedy Niece Maria Shriver:
"It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
"It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
BREAKING: Kennedy Niece Maria Shriver:
"It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
"It is beyond comprehension that this sitting president has sought to rename this great memorial dedicated to President Kennedy. It is beyond wild that he would think adding his name in front of President Kennedy’s name is acceptable. It is not."
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You don’t give up running just because you might never win the Boston Marathon. You wouldn’t dump your pots and pans because the Thanksgiving turkey was dry. Follow your blood. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
You don’t give up running just because you might never win the Boston Marathon. You wouldn’t dump your pots and pans because the Thanksgiving turkey was dry. Follow your blood. #amwriting #writetip #WritingCommunity #writerslife
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utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
utterly incapable of grace
This may seem laughable but it’s a serious issue for people with limited vision. As the article points out, sans-serif fonts like Calibri are simpler and easier to read. I guess it's "woke" to have a physical disability. #ADA #section508 #accessibility #calibri www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
Rubio orders diplomats to return to using Times New Roman, ousting Calibri | CNN Politics
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken’s decision to adopt Calibri a ...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This may seem laughable but it’s a serious issue for people with limited vision. As the article points out, sans-serif fonts like Calibri are simpler and easier to read. I guess it's "woke" to have a physical disability. #ADA #section508 #accessibility #calibri www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/p...
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Today is Christmas Card Day, in honor of the creation of the first professionally-produced Christmas card, in 1843, for Sir Henry Cole. Cole was an English civil servant and, under the pseudonym Felix Summerly, an inventor and children's author. #ChristmasCardDay #💙📚 #Booksky
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today is Christmas Card Day, in honor of the creation of the first professionally-produced Christmas card, in 1843, for Sir Henry Cole. Cole was an English civil servant and, under the pseudonym Felix Summerly, an inventor and children's author. #ChristmasCardDay #💙📚 #Booksky