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Poet. Book lover. Odd. Decidedly queer. Neurospicy. (she / her / Dr.) The Apidictor Tapes, The Knowledge Weapon.

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ferngirl, to Pixelfed
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... finally moving from insta to because, well, Meta's announcement about using insta 'content' (I hate that term so much!) to train their creepy generative AI was the last straw. Yes, it SAYS you can petition for them to not use your stuff, but... do you honestly believe they'll back off? Nah.

ferngirl, to poetry
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Got an acceptance from a journal I've been sending work to for like a decade. Sharing this to encourage you to keep trying. @writingcommunity

ferngirl, to bookstodon
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Dear @bookstodon , I feel positively giddy. A just appeared on my street, and the joy this brings me - the anticipation (the shelves are still fairly empty) - is wonderful. I just went and added half a dozen books from my shelves.

ferngirl, to writingcommunity
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A pleasure to have my spring poem "Iridology" featured on the Best American Poetry blog:

https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2024/03/the-new-york-school-diaspora-part-seventy-one-annette-boehm.html

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ferngirl, to actuallyautistic
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Dear fellow neurodivergent peeps / @actuallyautistic , I'd like to look deeper into - I'd love your input.

If you can recommend any books / art / music by Autistic people, I'd love to hear about it.

If there already is a resource for Autistic culture, I'd love to know about it. If there isn't one, I'll consolidate what I find here & elsewhere on my website / blog.

Please share, comment, link - I want to learn!

ferngirl,
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@actuallyautistic I'll start us off with this cool series of chapbooks by non-speaking autistic writers I learned about this week: https://www.unrestrictedinterest.com/reading
and by pointing out the 4 collections of poetry by autistic poets published by Milkweed Press: https://milkweed.org/multiverse
I haven't had a chance to read them yet, but would love to.

ferngirl,
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@actuallyautistic ok wow thank you everyone for the responses - and feel free to keep them coming. I'm making a list, and will put it all together as a resource sometime in the near future. Also, if you're an Autistic writer / musician / artist don't be shy, you can share your name / book / site.

ferngirl,
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@actuallyautistic I also recently read the graphic memoir / novel "Invisible Differences" by French author Julie Dachez. Written with lots of empathy.

Shanmonster, to writing
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I was recently interviewed on writing and disability and neurodiversity. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/write-publish-and-shine/id1287257498?i=1000645290044 @actuallyautistic

ferngirl,
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@Shanmonster @actuallyautistic She's nice, isn't she. I was on an episode last fall.

ferngirl, to writingcommunity
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Good morning / day / evening @writingcommunity , here's a friendly nudge to send out your work. For instance, Petrichor is open for submissions: https://petrichormag.com/submit/ If you know of other places currently open, do share / add in comments / whatever works for you :)

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Which of the following are bugs?

ferngirl,
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@thepoliticalcat @futurebird well, like, crawfish and shrimp are basically the roaches of the sea, right?

ferngirl, to superbowl
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If the ain't your jam, might I suggest a good book? Right now, I'm reading The Dictionary of Lost Words (by Pip Williams), and I'm really enjoying it.
@bookstodon what are you reading? Anything good?

ferngirl, to disability
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"I tossed out the old fables and realized that my daughter and I deserve our own. Yet it seems like the ultimate act of empathy would be to make a space for the voices of those with intellectual differences, moving aside and finding a way for those like my daughter to tell her own story."
quote from Pepper Stetler's essay "Oliver Sacks and the narratives of Disability" - read it here: https://blog.pshares.org/oliver-sacks-and-the-narratives-of-disability/

ferngirl, to writingcommunity
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First email of the year, for me, since Threepenny Review doesn't seem to send rejections anymore, is from Canadian journal Grain. @writingcommunity

ferngirl, to scifi
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This was my first read of the year, and it was really, really good!

Our Living Is Too Small: Garrett Ashley's Periphylla and Other Deep Ocean Attractions (book blog post) @bookstodon

https://outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/our-living-is-too-small-garrett-ashleys-periphylla-and-other-deep-ocean-attractions/

ferngirl, to scifi
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This was my first read of the year, and it was really, really good!

Our Living Is Too Small: Garrett Ashley's Periphylla and Other Deep Ocean Attractions (book blog post) @bookstodon

https://outsideofacat.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/our-living-is-too-small-garrett-ashleys-periphylla-and-other-deep-ocean-attractions/

pinskal, to Artist
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StreetArt by Puriskiri

ferngirl,
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@pinskal those textures are great!

LibrarianRA, to cycling
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1920 Phébus [Bicycles], Nantes
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ferngirl,
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@LibrarianRA ... I forecast a major wardrobe malfunction

ferngirl, to 13thFloor
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What's your first book of the new year?

I've decided to start with Periphylla, and Other Deep Ocean Attractions, by Garrett Ashley. It comes out this May, and if you're into short fiction, you may want to check it out / preorder:
https://www.press53.com/short-fiction/periphylla-and-other-deep-ocean-attractions

I'm 50 pages in and I am really, really enjoying this book.

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ferngirl, to writing
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Friendly new year's reminder that Threepenny Review has opened for submissions - it's the quickest way to get that first rejection of the year out of the way. It's become my own little new year's tradition to send to them on Jan 1st. @writingcommunity

ferngirl,
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@writingcommunity Hm their email system seems to be not functioning quite right at the moment - the submission went through but so far no 'we received your submission' email.

ferngirl, to bookstodon
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My favorite 10 books read in 2023:

Strange Beasts of China (Yan Ge)
Lagoon (Nnedi Okorafor)
Sea of Tranquility (Emily StJohn Mandel)
Poet Warrior (Joy Harjo) (memoir)
Lessons in Chemistry (Bonnie Garmus)
Sweet Bean Paste (Durian Sukegawa)
Perfect (Rachel Joyce)
Tenth of December (George Saunders) (short stories)
White Horse (Yan Ge)
The Complete Polysyllabic Spree (Nick Hornby) (nonfiction)

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ferngirl, to writingcommunity
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Happy everything, @writingcommunity ! Let's make a thread of journals currently open for submissions, so we can end the year on a hopeful note!

ferngirl,
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@writingcommunity lots more opportunities can be found, updated for the start of every month, at Erika Dreifus' Practicing Writer: https://erikadreifus.substack.com

ferngirl,
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@writingcommunity Another fine journal to send to: South Dakota Review, open now until April. https://southdakotareview.submittable.com/submit

ferngirl,
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@writingcommunity aaand, last one for today, Rattle is also open for submissions. https://rattle.submittable.com/submit

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