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Writer, reader, avid cupcake eater.
Los Angeles
Joined December 2007
“She looked long and hard at Jill’s body through the window. The way she slumped down on the ground resembled a puppet dropped from its strings..” From "Problems of Living,” a short story by @smartypants_inc from our Summer 2024 collection. Read here: https://t.co/fa1ezRvbAQ
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My new story is out this week in @WTRlitmag 2024 Summer Collection. You can read it here: "Problems of Living"
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Thrilled to be the featured fiction with my story "Problems of Living" in the latest edition of @WTRlitmag
We’re excited to present the Summer 2024 collection of Online Exclusives. It features poetry by @jillkitchen , @benklinepoet, Claire Scott, and @satya043 among others; fiction by @smartypants_inc ; CNF by @dianegotauthor Read it here: https://t.co/n4KP48vdf4
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We’re thrilled to announce the results of our annual fiction contest, the Phyllis Grant Zellmer Prize for Fiction: Grand Prize: @Jessie__Paige Honorable Mention: Sarah Haufrect Congratulations to both writers. Details below: https://t.co/LLSwVdBQUA
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This NAMI California co-sponsored legislation modernizes the meaning of gravely disabled within the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act to better meet the needs of individuals experiencing severe mental illness, providing families with the ability to secure needed.
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So thrilled to have my essay included in this marvelous journal.
Sarah Haufrect's 'Still' is our next creative nonfiction piece from I3! https://t.co/03CGdQAnHi
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If you’re lucky enough to be at #LATimesFestivalOfBooks today, swing buy @MadeInLAWriters booth 835 for the exclusive Vol. 5 that’s fresh off the presses!
Get them before they're gone! Vol. 1 SOLD OUT on day one. Vol. 5 is availability today only and then it disappears until June 1.
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Coming soon in Made in L.A. Vol. 5 “The Makeup Lesson” by Sarah Haufrect A young woman visits her estranged mother and reflects on how relationships end. #fiction #shortstories #indiepublishing
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Everyone should read this book before the movie comes out and, inevitably, falls short of its original glory as an absolute, perfect novel.
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We are excited to see SNT 2.0 be brought to life by this talented cast next week! Presented by GreenLight Women, it will take place at Theatre West on Cahuenga at 6 pm. There will be a Q&A with @namicalifornia representative @smartypants_inc and a reception following the show.
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"When Garret Shaw was hospitalized with mental illness for the 26th time...long-term recovery was but a pipe dream...14 years later and Shaw now has a masters degree in clinical psychology." Front page of @smdailypress inspiring story of hope and gratitude to @NAMIwla community!
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It's #WorldMentalHealthDay and we've launched our #FreeYourMe social media campaign to help end #mentalhealth stigma and advocate for more mental health education! https://t.co/5DcDL3a3vC
#WMHD21 #Together4MH
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So happy to know poet and writer @RashaunJAllen and you should too!
Hey Twitterverse. I’m trying to double my followers to 1,000. Will you follow and retweet? I'm a #writer & English Professor. I published 3 poetry books. The latest was #TheBluesCryForARevolution. I'm passionate about #genealogy, #blacklit, #anime.
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My writing friends never cease to amaze me with their wisdom, talent and skill. Love, love, love this piece about beauty, cultural expectation, and Botox by the one and only @lindsaylmiller
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I have a new hybrid CNF piece up today about the complexities and conflicts of female empowerment courtesy of the wonderful @JordanBlum87 and team at The Bookends Review.
Women in Positions
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As bookstores struggled with COVID-19, this Culver City shop was just opening
latimes.com
Village Well Books & Coffee opened in L.A.'s worst pandemic month, on a famously doomed corner. For owner Jennifer Caspar, it was all a lucky break.
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Wellness Weekend Spotlight: Advocacy session with Angela Brand of @namicalifornia, @JuanAcosta and @JErickson85. https://t.co/eZLTxF6ff6
#NAMIWLAWellnessWeekend #MHAM
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Are you registered for our Wellness Weekend? Join us as we kick of Mental Health Awareness Month with free events to promote education, advocacy, and overall wellness! https://t.co/mSzpqUNbhZ
#MHAM #NAMIWLAWellnessWeekend
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