Alysa Loring | Bleeding Pen Editing
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Observer. Listener. Creative. Editor. Writing Coach. Mother. Daughter. Spouse. Citizen. Reader of banned books. Human.
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PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.
January 11, 2026 at 11:03 PM
PSA: Examples of a judicial warrant and an administrative warrant. ICE cannot enter your home with only an administrative warrant.
Coffee by morning, tea by night. Hot steamy lemon honey water when huddled under a cozy blanket with a good book!
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Coffee by morning, tea by night. Hot steamy lemon honey water when huddled under a cozy blanket with a good book!
Was it authorized by congress? No? Congress members remember your duty as a ✔️ on executive! Do something. How about world leaders? Anyone out there think US admin is abusing powers and want to put a stop to it before it gets worse? 🦗🦗🦗🦗
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Was it authorized by congress? No? Congress members remember your duty as a ✔️ on executive! Do something. How about world leaders? Anyone out there think US admin is abusing powers and want to put a stop to it before it gets worse? 🦗🦗🦗🦗
I hope so. Seems like so far the rest of the world is like, “weeeelll, just this one time we’ll let it slide”
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I hope so. Seems like so far the rest of the world is like, “weeeelll, just this one time we’ll let it slide”
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We're starting our 10th year! Won't you join us?
Send us your best #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #plays, #art, and #newmedia.
Reading 12/15-3/15. #callforsubmissions #submissioncall
ponderreview.submittable.com
Send us your best #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #plays, #art, and #newmedia.
Reading 12/15-3/15. #callforsubmissions #submissioncall
ponderreview.submittable.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We're starting our 10th year! Won't you join us?
Send us your best #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #plays, #art, and #newmedia.
Reading 12/15-3/15. #callforsubmissions #submissioncall
ponderreview.submittable.com
Send us your best #fiction, #nonfiction, #poetry, #plays, #art, and #newmedia.
Reading 12/15-3/15. #callforsubmissions #submissioncall
ponderreview.submittable.com
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
What’s up? The Aurora Borealis!! Grass Valley, CA
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What’s up? The Aurora Borealis!! Grass Valley, CA
Today, I’ve been thinking about how words change over time, how sometimes people get into arguments because they’re using the same words but with different meanings, and how power plays into all of this. Jen I stumbled on this article! A great read! www.laprogressive.com/racism/diver...
www.laprogressive.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Today, I’ve been thinking about how words change over time, how sometimes people get into arguments because they’re using the same words but with different meanings, and how power plays into all of this. Jen I stumbled on this article! A great read! www.laprogressive.com/racism/diver...
Candles, coffee, and an oversized sweater
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Candles, coffee, and an oversized sweater
This one hits the spot today. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
theoatmeal.com
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This one hits the spot today. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art
It’s #BannedBooksWeek! What are you doing to fight censorship this week?
If you aren’t sure, here’s a list of ideas to help get you started: bannedbooksweek.org/wp-content/u...
If you aren’t sure, here’s a list of ideas to help get you started: bannedbooksweek.org/wp-content/u...
bannedbooksweek.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It’s #BannedBooksWeek! What are you doing to fight censorship this week?
If you aren’t sure, here’s a list of ideas to help get you started: bannedbooksweek.org/wp-content/u...
If you aren’t sure, here’s a list of ideas to help get you started: bannedbooksweek.org/wp-content/u...
What an absolutely phenomenal day!
October 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
What an absolutely phenomenal day!
So excited to be here today!
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
So excited to be here today!
Up for a rhyming challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme
The Rhyming Story Challenge — nycmidnight
The Rhyming Story Challenge is a creative writing competition that challenges writers worldwide to create rhyming stories based on three assigned prompts in as little as 48 hours.
nycmidnight.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Up for a rhyming challenge? Join me in the @nycmidnight.bsky.social Rhyming Story Challenge on September 5th! Learn more at nycmidnight.com/rhyme
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
I'll spend some extra time in my public library's "Banned Books" section!
May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I'll spend some extra time in my public library's "Banned Books" section!
What have you been reading this #ChildrensBookWeek? I revisited some of my favs. and I'm off to my local Public Library today to discover something new!
May 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What have you been reading this #ChildrensBookWeek? I revisited some of my favs. and I'm off to my local Public Library today to discover something new!
The administration is now deporting US citizens. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
April 26, 2025
Early yesterday morning, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent three U.S.
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The administration is now deporting US citizens. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
Purple house finch?
April 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Purple house finch?
#Handsoff Sacramento! Great turnout! #Indivisible So many excellent signs! I love how you use your words!
April 6, 2025 at 3:39 AM
#Handsoff Sacramento! Great turnout! #Indivisible So many excellent signs! I love how you use your words!
April is National Poetry Month. I challenge you to write some protest poetry using the 47th administration's ever growing list of banned words! #PenAmerica #FreeSpeech #Poetry
pen.org/banned-words...
pen.org/banned-words...
Federal Government's Growing Banned Words List Is Chilling Act of Censorship - PEN America
Banned words list 2025: The federal government is banning a growing number of words to comply with executive orders from President Trump.
pen.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
April is National Poetry Month. I challenge you to write some protest poetry using the 47th administration's ever growing list of banned words! #PenAmerica #FreeSpeech #Poetry
pen.org/banned-words...
pen.org/banned-words...
Cory Booker! I’m glad to see a Dem taking a stand to air The People’s grievances against this administration on the Senate floor! The filibuster has its problems—but it’s good to see someone making a move! www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Cory Booker! I’m glad to see a Dem taking a stand to air The People’s grievances against this administration on the Senate floor! The filibuster has its problems—but it’s good to see someone making a move! www.youtube.com/live/v2utlMx...
#AWP25 panelists, you are On Fire! My fav moment today: in Speculative Memoire, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal suggested that as writers we may be able to restore erased history through quantum entanglement and retro causality!! I'm still going to fight here in the present, but I love this notion!!
March 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
#AWP25 panelists, you are On Fire! My fav moment today: in Speculative Memoire, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal suggested that as writers we may be able to restore erased history through quantum entanglement and retro causality!! I'm still going to fight here in the present, but I love this notion!!
From Roxane Gay: "There's a reason this administration is banning books. They know what we know—The pen is not mightier than the sword ... the pen IS the sword." #AWP25
Use your words! Resist, Fight back!
Use your words! Resist, Fight back!
March 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
From Roxane Gay: "There's a reason this administration is banning books. They know what we know—The pen is not mightier than the sword ... the pen IS the sword." #AWP25
Use your words! Resist, Fight back!
Use your words! Resist, Fight back!