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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now!
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Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 19d
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.

"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
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lindzmcleod.bsky.social
If you're a writer, I'd go so far as to say it's essential reading to develop your craft, to dig deep into your characters and their emotions (as well as your own), and to go eyeball-close with your line edits!
cristinleach.bsky.social Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 4d
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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maudiemichelle.com
I'd like one of these and a Duotrope gift certificate for Christmas, please! ✍️🎄
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 19d
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.

"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
What a great idea to attack *checks notes* veteran astronaut Mark Kelly. Foolproof plan, lads.
mollyploofkins.bsky.social Molly Ploofkins @mollyploofkins.bsky.social · 2h
Sen. Mark Kelly: “I’ve had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I’ve been nearly shot down multiple times. I’ve flown a rocket ship into space four times, built by the lowest bidder. I’m not going to be silenced by Donald Trump.”
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
You'll read marvelous stories, then conversations between @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & her co-authors discussing how they collaborated to create something from whole cloth. There's never been a craft writing book like this!

STILL ON PRE-ORDER SALE!
NOW SHIPPING!

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November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
Pre-orders shipped this morning, now Stanchion Book Club envelopes have been packed up! Every member gets a copy of @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's An Honour & A Privilege, a bookmark, and a hand-sewn journal of lokta and parchment paper made by the indie bookbinder Moran Press!
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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junegemmell.bsky.social
I’ve asked Santa for one of these. We’ll see what happens. 🎅🏽
@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 1d
An Honour & A Privilege arrives from the printer today! So I'll start shipping domestic pre-orders and Book Club copies tomorrow morning, ahead of next Tuesday's pub date. Get your order in now to save $2 and get a free bookmark!

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
An Honour & A Privilege arrives from the printer today! So I'll start shipping domestic pre-orders and Book Club copies tomorrow morning, ahead of next Tuesday's pub date. Get your order in now to save $2 and get a free bookmark!

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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sagetyrtle.bsky.social
Eeee! I'm in this #Writing craft book along with AMAZING authors like The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, order here!
stanchion.bsky.social Stanchion @stanchion.bsky.social · 1d
An Honour & A Privilege arrives from the printer today! So I'll start shipping domestic pre-orders and Book Club copies tomorrow morning, ahead of next Tuesday's pub date. Get your order in now to save $2 and get a free bookmark!

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...

@lindzmcleod.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
What do Shirley Jackson Award winner Eugenia Triantafyllou, The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, Moth GrandSLAM champion Sage Trytle & Bath Flash Fiction Award winner Sara Hills have in common?

AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE w/ @lindzmcleod.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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matthollingsworth.com
Sounds great. I'll be ordering.
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 19d
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.

"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
The cover of the book is a vintage, slightly foxy red, with white font beside a large black and white ampersand.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Unexpectedly, it looks like my dystopian (utopian?) short story where the poor rise up and literally eat the rich is going to be published!

It's got millionaires bobbing around in lobster tanks, waiting to be selected by working-class children. Fun stuff (albeit not for the 'lobsters').
a man is talking to a woman and says `` you 're my lobster '' .
ALT: a man is talking to a woman and says `` you 're my lobster '' .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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tenebrouspress.bsky.social
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.

Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀

IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
New Cinema Worms episode just dropped!

This week we're talking about Wicked: For Good, the sequel to last year's big musical adaptation. We even dressed in appropriate colours 🤣
Cinema Worms FILM REVIEWS Ep 44 - WICKED: FOR GOOD (and for gay)
YouTube video by Z. K. A.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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stanchion.bsky.social
Bookmarks have arrived! All pre-orders of @lindzmcleod.bsky.social's An Honour & A Privilege direct from Stanchion ship with a free one!

Get yours here:
www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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lyndac.bsky.social
Great panel on Collaborative Writing with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social, @davecook.bsky.social and the dynamic duo that is @mkhardywrites.com here at #Cymera
Lindz, Dave, Erin & Morag together on stage beneath a screen with their pictures and the title collaborative writing
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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psychopomp.com
a post about Psychopomp in 2026

please read and share

thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Who'd like a promo code for a free audio copy of Assemble Artifact's latest issue, which includes my novelette That Slow Nightfall?
You can't read this story about a blind MC (and the hot guy who becomes her 'eyes' but is hiding a terrible secret) anywhere else!
The cover of the 7th issue of Assemble Artifacts magazine. The background is a muted blue, and features a scattered range of objects including a wine bottle, a knife, a pair of glasses, a bottle of poison, and a book.
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
An accurate meme whichever way you read it:
A fly playing a tiny piano. The text underneath reads "the next song's called Get Fucked."
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
If you're a writer, I'd go so far as to say it's essential reading to develop your craft, to dig deep into your characters and their emotions (as well as your own), and to go eyeball-close with your line edits!
cristinleach.bsky.social Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 4d
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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cristinleach.bsky.social
“I would have KILLED for a book like this at university!” Lynn Renee Maxcy

Order now from @stanchion.bsky.social

www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
Cover of the book. Mostly rusty orange ish with text only: AN HONOUR & A PRIVILEGE A CRAFT OF WRITING COLLABORATION with Lindz McLeod Contents page: TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Lindz McLeod Foreword Dr. Graham Robert Scott Say Their Names with Sara Hills The Son Ablaze, the Sun Buried with E.A. Petricone The Darkness System for Young Birds with Sage Tyrtle Fishfinger with Thomas D. Lee The Hunter's Blind with Cristín Leach Time Flies Like a Banana with Eugenia Triantafyllou By Which Flesh Is Crost with Jonathan Duckworth A Body Unclouded with Lynn Maxcy Trees in Voice with Pegah Ouji Content First with Melissa Ren Devil Take the Hindmost with Z. K. Abraham Back of book with description and endorsements: A CRAFT WRITING BOOK UNLIKE ANY OTHER In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D! Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou. award-winning author Lindz McLeod delivers original works of fiction and accompanying pieces of non-fiction, demystifying the craft techniques used in each story, as well as discussing the many facets of collaborative work. "Equal parts engaging and instructive, An Honour & A Privilege presents a theory and practice of collaborative fictión writing that will inspire deeper craft and community in your own work. A must read for any writer interested in the creative process." - Michael Wheaton, publisher of Autofocus Books The best way to think of An Honour & A Privilege may be to regard it as a genre all its own, one which depends significantly on its many interconnections, one which marks both an occasion and an invitation, one which offers us both a testimony as to what can be done together and a guide on how to do it." - Dr. Graham Robert Scott STANCHION / BOOKS StanchionZine.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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cristinleach.bsky.social
One of the best collaboration projects I’ve been involved in is now a BRILLIANT BOOK. For anyone interested in the craft of #writing, what we learn from #collaboration, or who just wants to read some damn good #shortstories! I’m 1 of 11 writers. Order now for 🎄 www.stanchionzine.com/product-page...
An Honour & A Privilege | Stanchion
In collaboration with eleven writers, including The Handmaid's Tale screenwriter Lynn Renee Maxcy, Sunday Times bestseller Thomas D. Lee, and Nebula/WFA finalist Eugenia Triantafyllou, award-winning a...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
As we near the end of 25 years in the 21st century, I've started making Bold Cinematic Claims. Which horror films do YOU think should be included in the 'best of the century'?
pegasusunder.bsky.social Z.K.A. @pegasusunder.bsky.social · 6d
In under a minute, Lindz shares their FIVE BEST FILMS ... OF THE CENTURY!

Cinema Worms coming in hot with horror film opinions!

youtube.com/shorts/NID9e...
Five Best Horror Films…of the Century! #filmtube #horrorfilm #cinemaworms #podcast #horrormovie
YouTube video by Z. K. A.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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sagetyrtle.bsky.social
This #WritingWorkshop helps you find your most powerful story. Learn to identify narratives with emotional weight and personal significance through guided exercises, discussion, and analysis of compelling storytelling.

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#Memoir #CNF #Storytelling #TrueStories
The Story Only You Can Tell: Finding Your Most Powerful Narrative
In this workshop, you’ll explore what makes a personal story compelling, uncover overlooked moments, and learn how to shape them into powerful narratives.
writingworkshops.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
lindzmcleod.bsky.social
Z and I watched episode 1 of 'The Beast In Me' last night; Claire Danes plays a writer. "Can I have ANOTHER advance?" she asks her literary agent.
"Probably not," agent says, "because we're two years over your deadline."

We had to pause, we were laughing so hard 🤣 that's not how publishing works!
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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astrokatie.com
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM