currently closed to submissions
Retired criminal lawyer, wannabe novelist and jazz musician, father of twin girls (the lights of my life), 2 grandsons, married almost 44 years, left leaning sceptic, atheist, curmudgeon. Not looking for a side relationship, ask for money and you're gone.
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currently closed to submissions
Do they take unaccented submissions? Do they publish historical/mythical fiction?
Blue States Step Up Where Trump Is Falling Down open.substack.com/pub/thefucki...
Everyone who sends me these: Yeah, I don't know why there are no reprints, you should take that question to Wizards of the Coast. (No, I don't get any of this money.)
I follow writers off all genres, though I write historical/mythical fiction. Who's your publisher?
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
Pritzker: "No one in the administration -- the president or anybody under him -- has called anyone in my administration or me. It's clear that in secret they're are planning this invasion with US troops."
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I follow all writers, even though we're in different genres. Are you and indie? Have an agent?
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I would advise clearly stating “anti-union state” rather than using right-wing messaging. If you are an average voter who doesn’t know that “right to work” is inherently anti-union, this message might strike you as odd.
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When he does die, I will grieve how much of my time & joy he stole across a decade. I will grieve what my children had to witness in their country. I will grieve all who didn't survive & the survivors who bear trauma. I will grieve weak people with power. But never him. He is the worst of us.
A man would come by the newspaper stand everyday. He’d look carefully, then shrug his shoulders and walk on. One day the news seller finally asked, “what are you looking for?” The man said “the obituaries.” “Oh those are in the back of the papers, my friend.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
#WorkersOverBillionaires
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
This is never going away, is it?
I follow writers here. Though we write in different genres (I'm a wannabe historical/mythical fiction novelist) your profile is particularly interesting.
Illinois is doing this too.
Does anyone know if he actually posted this?
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @mluckovichajc)
What are the names of the small presses?
Next week’s apparently needed post: Why Discussing Things Dems Are Doing Wrong Is A Necessary Part of the Political Process and Not Kneejerk Dem Bashing or Exclusive of Fighting Fascism
How many of those 2nd Am. Congressional Whackos are also right-to-lifers? Just asking for a friend.
NO COOPERATION, END THE OCCUPATION
Amazing that in 2025 we’re still stuck on “vaccines work” and “slavery = bad.” What a timeline.
Yesterday, ICE agents detained firefighters who were actively fighting a wildfire. As a firefighter and paramedic, I know firsthand that in an emergency, every second counts, and politics should never come before saving lives.
Learn to decipher the codespeak.
Excellent question.
I had to.
Maybe those who are about to die, like we're al going to die, won't salute her.
I always follow writers here. Do you have an agent and a publisher?
Every Dem governor and blue state should be building parallel institutions right now. There’s no excuse for any blue state to not have vaccine and abortion pill/birth control stockpiles to survive the next 5-10 years.
Disgraceful.
WHOOPSIE DOODLE
That's not a response, you allegedly constitutional scholar, that's an evasion.
As I speak across Missouri's 2nd Congressional District and the St. Louis area I keep hearing our fellow Americans expressing doubt and fear of what lies ahead. We have to push away defeatism. It’s nothing more than surrendering in advance. I refuse. You should too. Check out my new post!
If you worship THE omnipotent & omniscient deity, why are you worried about skepticism from a few? Why do you need everyone else to believe as you do?
Trump tries to unilaterally cut billion$ in foreign aide, blatantly overreaching his Art. II powers. Does Congress need a majority to agree to sue him? m. If not, Dems will sue to stop him. If so, the GOP majority will give up their Art. I powers without a fight. Disgusting!
I made marathon attempts without success. I've recently read that (1) may newspapers are dropping their book review sections, and (2) surveys show that people are reading less for pleasure than they used to. 😱 If you have no agent, how do you get published?
Thoughts and prayers and lowered flags don’t cut it. It’s time for Congress to do more to stop senseless mass shootings.
I can't even screenshot it--the entire letter is worth a full read. And I will say it again--our state public health agencies really need to step up now & fight against RFKJ's harmful extremist policies: open.substack.com/pub/simonwdc...
Many insiders did reveal a lot of damaging information. However, many voters (1) couldn't bring themselves to vote for a black woman POTUS; (2) voted for him to reduce grocery prices, not knowing that the Article II POTUS hasn't the power to do that.
Gun control now before many more kids die! Minneapolis: The shooter did not act alone. He was assisted by 219 members of the House, 53 Senators, hundreds of NRA lobbyists, and one President.
I follow writers ere. I'm a wannabe historical/mythical fiction novelist, and you appear to write non-fiction (and have a publisher and, assumedly, an agent) but I'll learn things from any source,
But he has enablers, sincere and coerced. 😱
Ashli Babbitt was a domestic terrorist who was shot while committing a violent crime that demonstrated a clear intention to do bodily harm to the people on the other side of those doors. The officer ended the threat she represented...as they were required to do by lethal force if necessary. It was
His Final Solution takes precedence over battling major wildfires! ! !
Worth 1000 words!
If only they protected children as well as they're protecting the Epstein files
He won't.
Are we no longer talking about the EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? EPSTEIN FILES? Are we?
following you for the "snark" in your profile.
"Literally no one thinks prayer is a substitute for action." Then why is prayer, literally, *always* the substitute for action, you willfully obtuse asshole?
Gerrymandering is theft from voters when the party in power knows it's going to lose; voter fraud, except it's open and notorious. The McConnell court- I mean the Roberts court, has ruled federal courts have no jurisdiction over Gerrymandering. 😠
The guy responsible for the most massive crime wave in U.S. history...is telling you he's crushing crime. Read that a couple more times.
Chief Justice Roberts says the rule of law is eroding like we've rarely seen. Maybe he should've thought of that before ruling the president is above the law. You don't get to burn the house down and act shocked it's on fire.
NO! They do have more to offer. It's called meaningful gun control legislation. They just refuse to offer it.
Vaccines are safe and effective. RFK Jr. isn’t.
I gave up trying to get an agent, and self published with a firm that came highly recommended. Not happy with them, and am looking for other ways. GOOD LUCK.
Our President keeps insisting prices are going to drop by 1400%, 1000%, or some other number that’s mathematically impossible. That he can’t do simple math isn’t the problem, it’s that he’s lying to America while things are getting more expensive because of his bad choices.
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
He is taking over union station from Amtrak so he can deploy goons across the nation using the rail system. I think the US is at a very scary crossroads.
It's ironic that, if he were ever indicted as a mass murderer, his best defense would be INSANITY!
wtf is this nonsense? He thinks he can understand kid’s “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them? This is an insane person.
I'm glad she has very competent counsel. Fight like hell!
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ~Ray Bradbury Keep reading, friends. 📚
I find that actual reading has more benefits to my writing than hearing stories.
I'm a wannabe historical/mythical fiction novelist. For my first novel (set in the Trojan war) I used a self publishing outfit that was highly recommended to me, but won't use them again. Do you have an agent? Know publishers who accept submissions from authors?
I think he sounds like Iggy on Taxi.
25th Amendment anyone?
It's possible ... hear me out, here …. It may well be that these people lie their asses off whenever they exhale
#ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
To be clear, they have money to deputize ICE agents, but not to put officers outside the schools. It’s never been about resources, it’s a choice.
Ur thoughts and prayers suck. This shooting was while they were praying
Remember when COVID vaccines were first available? Remember how they saved lives and helped us move toward normalcy? Remember how relieved and grateful we were? Remember how amazing our healthcare workers were? Remember how science rescued us?
Let’s normalize people having an opinion formed by actual facts.
I follow authors here. Law school and lawyering burned me out, because for lawyers, reading is an aggressive act. Now I'm a lawyer in recovery, and a wannabe novelist.
I am so confused as to why so much of Bluesky wants to nominate a democratic presidential candidate NOW instead of trying to organize for state and congressional elections that will set the conditions for any candidate later
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Truth… Fox needs to be taken off of the air. They are the enabler that is brainwashing Americans and destroying our country by pandering to their fears… www.huffpost.com/entry/jesse-...
Christian nationalism is no longer a fringe threat—it’s a fast-growing, well-funded movement working to replace U.S. democracy with authoritarian religious rule. From apocalyptic prophecies to Catholic theocracy. This article breaks down 10 chilling ways it’s gaining power and momentum.
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Schools Theaters Concerts Malls Churches Synagogues Mosques Parks Nightclubs Offices Festivals Stores Military Bases Bars Post Offices Yoga Studios Super Bowl parades Nowhere is safe from the scourge of gun violence in America. You can't tell me we must simply accept it.
Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.