Kelly Caldwell
@kkc212.bsky.social
Writer; dean of faculty @GothamWriters. she/her I live in NYC but still say gapers' block.
Pops got a bath, poor guy.
December 12, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Pops got a bath, poor guy.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Pops enjoying a warmish late fall day.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Pops enjoying a warmish late fall day.
Also, it seems impossible that Americans were somehow more innocent on November 21st, 2025 than we were on the 22nd, or that we were even allowed to be kind of innocent at all in 2025. But then here comes @cingraham.bsky.social with the receipts:
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Also, it seems impossible that Americans were somehow more innocent on November 21st, 2025 than we were on the 22nd, or that we were even allowed to be kind of innocent at all in 2025. But then here comes @cingraham.bsky.social with the receipts:
This review by @lyz.bsky.social of Cheryl Hines' new memoir is not only an excellent essay about culpability and power, but it underscores the problem of much celebrity #memoir — the writers' lives remain, 200+ pages later, unexamined.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This review by @lyz.bsky.social of Cheryl Hines' new memoir is not only an excellent essay about culpability and power, but it underscores the problem of much celebrity #memoir — the writers' lives remain, 200+ pages later, unexamined.
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"Any story can be told over & over & over again. The newness is in the questions you’re asking, even if you don’t have an answer.” — @theoffingmag.bsky.social EIC Vonetta Young on what reading the slush pile taught her about good writing.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Any story can be told over & over & over again. The newness is in the questions you’re asking, even if you don’t have an answer.” — @theoffingmag.bsky.social EIC Vonetta Young on what reading the slush pile taught her about good writing.
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Hey, #WritingCommunity! If you know any young writers (ages 13 to 18), we @gothamwriters.bsky.social have the contest for them!
Tell us a story about a scar.
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Tell us a story about a scar.
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November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Hey, #WritingCommunity! If you know any young writers (ages 13 to 18), we @gothamwriters.bsky.social have the contest for them!
Tell us a story about a scar.
v2.writingclasses.com/contests/got...
Tell us a story about a scar.
v2.writingclasses.com/contests/got...
Omigod, Cyndi! Your dog and mine are related, I think!
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Omigod, Cyndi! Your dog and mine are related, I think!
Love how neither of them consider she was really saying, "I just don't like you, Larry."
November 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Love how neither of them consider she was really saying, "I just don't like you, Larry."
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Pops enjoying the sunshine and morning breeze, just as Katie and Lucky prescribed. Just before I trim his bangs.
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pops enjoying the sunshine and morning breeze, just as Katie and Lucky prescribed. Just before I trim his bangs.
When we think of book bans, we think school libraries, classrooms.
But as this @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social chart shows, more than *half* are aimed at public libraries.
They're aimed at the whole community.
Check a targeted book out today! pen.org/banned-books...
#BannedBooksWeek
But as this @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social chart shows, more than *half* are aimed at public libraries.
They're aimed at the whole community.
Check a targeted book out today! pen.org/banned-books...
#BannedBooksWeek
October 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When we think of book bans, we think school libraries, classrooms.
But as this @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social chart shows, more than *half* are aimed at public libraries.
They're aimed at the whole community.
Check a targeted book out today! pen.org/banned-books...
#BannedBooksWeek
But as this @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social chart shows, more than *half* are aimed at public libraries.
They're aimed at the whole community.
Check a targeted book out today! pen.org/banned-books...
#BannedBooksWeek
Describe your Bluesky account with a single image.
October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Describe your Bluesky account with a single image.
These maps by @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social illustrate, if you've felt like books are under siege, it's because they ARE.
Remember, most bans are now initiated by pressure groups & politicians.
Anyway, read a banned book this week! Reading is resistance!
#BannedBooksWeek
Remember, most bans are now initiated by pressure groups & politicians.
Anyway, read a banned book this week! Reading is resistance!
#BannedBooksWeek
October 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
These maps by @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social illustrate, if you've felt like books are under siege, it's because they ARE.
Remember, most bans are now initiated by pressure groups & politicians.
Anyway, read a banned book this week! Reading is resistance!
#BannedBooksWeek
Remember, most bans are now initiated by pressure groups & politicians.
Anyway, read a banned book this week! Reading is resistance!
#BannedBooksWeek
Stand up for banned books! Check one out from your library, read it, talk it up, rate it on Amazon or Goodreads or Storygraph, and then return it. Repeat.
My fave banned book today is Camp by Lev Rosen, a book I wish I'd been able to read as a teen.
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#BannedBooksWeek
My fave banned book today is Camp by Lev Rosen, a book I wish I'd been able to read as a teen.
bookshop.org/p/books/camp...
#BannedBooksWeek
October 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Stand up for banned books! Check one out from your library, read it, talk it up, rate it on Amazon or Goodreads or Storygraph, and then return it. Repeat.
My fave banned book today is Camp by Lev Rosen, a book I wish I'd been able to read as a teen.
bookshop.org/p/books/camp...
#BannedBooksWeek
My fave banned book today is Camp by Lev Rosen, a book I wish I'd been able to read as a teen.
bookshop.org/p/books/camp...
#BannedBooksWeek
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson is mine today.
I'd add to this to-do list, write and post a positive review of your fave #BannedBooks on Goodreads, Amazon, @thestorygraph.com. Let's raise them up, wherever we can!
bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/all-boys-are...
#BannedBooksWeek
I'd add to this to-do list, write and post a positive review of your fave #BannedBooks on Goodreads, Amazon, @thestorygraph.com. Let's raise them up, wherever we can!
bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/all-boys-are...
#BannedBooksWeek
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson is mine today.
I'd add to this to-do list, write and post a positive review of your fave #BannedBooks on Goodreads, Amazon, @thestorygraph.com. Let's raise them up, wherever we can!
bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/all-boys-are...
#BannedBooksWeek
I'd add to this to-do list, write and post a positive review of your fave #BannedBooks on Goodreads, Amazon, @thestorygraph.com. Let's raise them up, wherever we can!
bookresumes.uniteagainstbookbans.org/all-boys-are...
#BannedBooksWeek
Pops ignoring Buttermilk Falls.
October 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Pops ignoring Buttermilk Falls.
Donna Talarico is the founder of @hippocampusmag.bsky.social & a content-strategy genius, and she has three suggestions for writers who need to improve their SEO. Which is pretty much all of us.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Donna Talarico is the founder of @hippocampusmag.bsky.social & a content-strategy genius, and she has three suggestions for writers who need to improve their SEO. Which is pretty much all of us.
blogs.gothamwriters.com/2025/09/16/m...
#WritingCommunity
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September 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Aww, #WritingCommunity! @literaryhub.bsky.social made us a flow chart! With books! And it's not even our birthday.
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September 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Aww, #WritingCommunity! @literaryhub.bsky.social made us a flow chart! With books! And it's not even our birthday.
lithub.com/which-big-fa...
lithub.com/which-big-fa...
I can't make it make sense!
September 5, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I can't make it make sense!