A quick reminder you can have one Terena #shortstory delivered to your inbox every month for the low, low price of $5: https://t.co/LdltGbcFic #shortfiction #amreading

Little Free Libraries are being turned into food pantries. Y’all. This is the state of our country.

Why do the #Big5 take two years to promote a title? I've been thinking about this more & more. 1-1.5, I understand as certain podcasts book a season out, some bookstores up to a year. But 2? What marketing-specific is that extra year for? Convention?? #publishing

Michael Jackson strategically delayed the start of his Super Bowl halftime show for nearly 2 minutes, causing the director to lose his mind

If you had (or will have) a PI story published this year and you want it considered for The Best Private Eye Stories of the Year 2026, follow the submission instructions here: https://t.co/sk06ZuYKQa Remember: If I don't see your story, I can't consider your story.

We’re getting calls about polls being closed. They are closed because we do not have elections today. Kentucky votes next year. You cannot vote today in Kentucky for the mayor of New York City or the Governor of Virginia. Sorry.

Call me bitter, but I don't care if I just got my 1st 3-star Goodreads review from someone who wrote, "let me talk what I did think," then complained she'd rather watch the movie PASSENGERS. At least she "felt in love with the cover." Could be worse.

The portrait of Gov. Martha Layne Collins was draped by our staff this morning to honor her passing over the weekend at the age of 88. She served as the first and only woman Governor of Kentucky (1983-1987).

Calling all mystery/crime fans! This week's issue of Black Cat Weekly features a #shortstory from a friendly face: https://t.co/SN5zQjxlcs #shortfiction #crimefiction

In this week's blog post, Joseph Goodrich discusses EQMM's long history of publishing poetry. Don't miss it! https://t.co/MgjPjZ7tqK

Emma Thompson tells AI to "just f*ck off" and calls it an "intense irritation" as a screenwriter. "I write long hand on a pad, old script actually, because I believe that there is a connection between the brain and the hand. So it’s very important to me. And then when I’ve

Name your favorite small press publishing short fiction collections. Let's go! #BookTwitter #shortstories

as a writer now being on the bookstore side of things, i am 100 percent certain that the most important thing any writer needs to know about an indie press is who their distributor is + what's the discount they've negotiated with bookstores + do they allow returns

It's been a tough few weeks for crime fiction short-story writers. Hell, it's been a tough year. Anthology publishers have closed and periodical publishers have closed, gone on indefinite hiatus, or will close in the near future. What's a writer to do? https://t.co/Om0az8JM5I

Heads up, everyone. I found a HUGE piece of metal in my @Breyers Ice Cream today. Neapolitan flavor, bought it @Target in NYC. Two of the edges are straight & at a 90° angle. Obviously came off of some sort of equipment.

So Down & Out announced sudden closure yesterday, and Baker & Taylor (CamCat) today. It's a tough time to be a mystery/crime novelist. Be kind to us. Buy books today.

Read new book Tributaries by former Gazelle contributor Kurt Luchs - out in December from @saggingmeniscus

This seems ludicrous but I've had mult literary agents WHO REPRESENT CRIME tell me they won't take a novel with guns in it. #amwriting #crimefiction

Reading tomorrow with @larksongwriters at 12 noon CT. Y'all come: https://t.co/mdrJZ9rBc2 #shortfiction #flashfiction

Oh my. "Salamander Magazine will be taking a hiatus from new submissions during the 2025-2026 reading period. Suffolk University, our parent institution for the past 20 years, has decided to end its relationship with Salamander due to increasing budget cuts. We'll be printing

Listen to this @HiddenGemsBooks podcast where I explain how writers can approach publicity with clear goals, whether their aim is to sell more copies or reach new readers: https://t.co/nq7FEyrl0C #ampublishing #writingcommunity