Evelyn L Smith
@neatzschean.bsky.social
I write a little and read a lot
I have an infant son
I’m ✨microblogging✨ and shining out in the wild kindness
evelynlsmith.com
I have an infant son
I’m ✨microblogging✨ and shining out in the wild kindness
evelynlsmith.com
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Writing fiction is the exact opposite of a get-rich-quick scheme.
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Writing fiction is the exact opposite of a get-rich-quick scheme.
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Just over a week until short story collection submissions close!
Then we will have a month of reading - before novel and novella submissions open :)
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/manuscript-s...
Then we will have a month of reading - before novel and novella submissions open :)
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/manuscript-s...
February 15, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Just over a week until short story collection submissions close!
Then we will have a month of reading - before novel and novella submissions open :)
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/manuscript-s...
Then we will have a month of reading - before novel and novella submissions open :)
www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/manuscript-s...
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sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 AM
sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on
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ICYMI: A new report published by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social – Raising the Profile of Prison Libraries – has highlighted the barriers to a library access facing UK prisoners, despite evidence of myriad benefits 👇 #BookSky
Prisoners face obstacles to library access despite 'life-saving' benefits, ACE report warns
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January 18, 2026 at 4:23 AM
ICYMI: A new report published by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social – Raising the Profile of Prison Libraries – has highlighted the barriers to a library access facing UK prisoners, despite evidence of myriad benefits 👇 #BookSky
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My dad was an AP photojournalist (pre-digital), he would have appreciated this photo. Of course back then no cop was laying a finger on anyone with a press pass, he would be gobsmacked and baffled about WHY you had to throw a Leica!
January 17, 2026 at 4:34 PM
My dad was an AP photojournalist (pre-digital), he would have appreciated this photo. Of course back then no cop was laying a finger on anyone with a press pass, he would be gobsmacked and baffled about WHY you had to throw a Leica!
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
me pleasantly taking notes on my phone during a somewhat gruesome two day induction of labor
am so writerbrainpilled that I got a temporary crown yesterday that — pretty immediately upon getting home, which happened to be pretty shortly after the dentist closed for the weekend — fell out, and it has sucked but mostly I've been thinking about how to include it in a story
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
me pleasantly taking notes on my phone during a somewhat gruesome two day induction of labor
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ICYMI: If the goal is to get more young people passionate about reading, the solution is not to re-label everything that they are already doing as reading, says Kate Bugos in our recent Comment piece 👇
We don't need to redefine literacy
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December 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
ICYMI: If the goal is to get more young people passionate about reading, the solution is not to re-label everything that they are already doing as reading, says Kate Bugos in our recent Comment piece 👇
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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i have at least two questions
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
i have at least two questions
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Every time I spend like ten seconds looking around on Twitter
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Every time I spend like ten seconds looking around on Twitter
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Werner Herzog voice: The walls were adorned with faces engaged in eternal screams
Hey, quick question about this photo from Epstein's island: What the fuck
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Werner Herzog voice: The walls were adorned with faces engaged in eternal screams
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got a teeny tiny perfect miiiiiiicro for you all today from Catherine Rockwood!!
https://www.havehashad.com/6wpxk
https://www.havehashad.com/6wpxk
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
got a teeny tiny perfect miiiiiiicro for you all today from Catherine Rockwood!!
https://www.havehashad.com/6wpxk
https://www.havehashad.com/6wpxk
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Why did Sarah Hall stamp her new novel with a “human-written” maker’s mark? On AI and “creative larceny.”
“Human Written.” Why Sarah Hall Put a Maker’s Mark on Her New Novel
Helm is my tenth work of fiction, and the front jacket of the novel will feature a Human-Written maker’s mark—one of the first in the book trade. I’m not exaggerating when I say this novel took dec…
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November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Why did Sarah Hall stamp her new novel with a “human-written” maker’s mark? On AI and “creative larceny.”
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50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
50 year mortgage is so crazy. to put it in perspective, 2016 was 50 years ago
I’m 11 weeks postpartum. I have a nice husband.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I’m 11 weeks postpartum. I have a nice husband.
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parents, check your kid’s candy; just found the communist manifesto in a snickers bar
October 31, 2025 at 5:55 PM
parents, check your kid’s candy; just found the communist manifesto in a snickers bar
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Sex-nerd word of the day:
Lordosis
The mating pose that some animals adopt to tempt potential suitors to mate with them – crouching, arched back, butt on full display, etc.
Lordosis
The mating pose that some animals adopt to tempt potential suitors to mate with them – crouching, arched back, butt on full display, etc.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Sex-nerd word of the day:
Lordosis
The mating pose that some animals adopt to tempt potential suitors to mate with them – crouching, arched back, butt on full display, etc.
Lordosis
The mating pose that some animals adopt to tempt potential suitors to mate with them – crouching, arched back, butt on full display, etc.
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how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people
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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
Pumpkin on the go
October 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pumpkin on the go
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb