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Sage Tyrtle
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Award-winning storyteller, writer, and workshop wizard. Moth GrandSLAM champ. NPR/CBC/PBS contributor. Taught 150+ workshops for Second City, Clarion West, and more. Work in Apex Mag, The Offing. Helps writers dig up stories that stick. www.tyrtle.com
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Sushi Rejection Project Update: Acceptance! You know how some pieces are just closer to your heart than other pieces? Yeah, this is one of those. I'm especially happy because I am VERY good at writing about humans in some sort of vague void of "house" or "not house" and that's as exciting (1/2)
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February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Everything sucks. We are all overwhelmed. What can we do? Well… we can help others. Let’s help some Brooklyn Park, Minnesota folks make their rent payments. We're going to clear the board, folks get their rent money, and it’s gonna feel amazing. Wins all around! www.gofundme.com/f/minnesota-...
Donate to Help Brooklyn Park Families Make February Rent, organized by Erin Ayala
The occupation of the Twin Cities by federal agents has left many families s… Erin Ayala needs your support for Help Brooklyn Park Families Make February Rent
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February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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Sushi Rejection Project Update: Acceptance! You know how some pieces are just closer to your heart than other pieces? Yeah, this is one of those. I'm especially happy because I am VERY good at writing about humans in some sort of vague void of "house" or "not house" and that's as exciting (1/2)
Person standing next to a framed black and white drawing, wearing black and white glasses, a black and white striped shirt with a blue and white polka dot collar. The person has a shaved head with blue bangs.
February 4, 2026 at 4:09 PM
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Write giggles, big feelings, and missing teeth in this Child's POV #WritingWorkshop. Capture tiny worlds with grand majesty:

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Writing from a Child's Point of View
Join us for a fun and creative online event where we explore writing through the eyes of a child!
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January 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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The #CameronButtonUp so far! The front (which was cut from a failed skirt) looks fabulous, turns out the back WAS too good to be true (it was ever so slightly off centre) so now I'm a member of the Enterprise YAY

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing #ST:TNG
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February 2, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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Hey #writers, here is a way you can help Minnesota charities:
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 3d
Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together.

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February 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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Read this. Just read it.
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Read this. Just read it.
February 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Free micro submissions are open at X-R-A-Y, they close fast so submit your #writing today:

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#WritingCommunity
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SUBMISSIONSX-R-A-Y Literary Magazine’s vision is to publish uncomfortable, entertaining, and unforgettable prose that shines brighter than the skeleton in your body, prose that sees through the skin a...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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Hey #writers this is a way to help out Minnesota:

@heyflashvillage.bsky.social
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 3d
Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together.

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February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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Hey #writers, here is a way you can help Minnesota charities:
lindzmcleod.bsky.social Lindz McLeod - THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 3d
Hey #writers, who'd be up for doing a workshop to raise some funds for Minnesota charities? @alexpenname.bsky.social and I are putting something together.

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February 2, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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This. Exactly this.
Post by user serialephemera, which reads: "Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely ANGRY, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. he taught me that anger itself is not the part I should be fighting. Nobody in my life ever said that before."
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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I donated to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families in Minneapolis, they are helping people who can't go outside meet their rent in the midst of these scary times. If you can spare a few dollars, that would be amazing:

www.gofundme.com/f/critical-r...
Donate to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families, organized by Sara Huelle
"While ICE wants to disappear us, you are finding us." -Letter… Sara Huelle needs your support for Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families
www.gofundme.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Front pieces for the #CameronButtonUp shirt are cut! The disappointing skirt is proving to be an excellent source of scrap fabric. This time I WILL take credit for the way the solid black flows, SO EXCITED TO SEW THIS

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
Person with blue bangs and black framed glasses with two pieces of fabric draped against their torso, half black, half black and white polka dots. Person with blue bangs and black framed glasses holding a piece of fabric, half black, half black and white polka dots. Person holding a skirt against their waist.
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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This. Exactly this.
Post by user serialephemera, which reads: "Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely ANGRY, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. he taught me that anger itself is not the part I should be fighting. Nobody in my life ever said that before."
January 31, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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I donated to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families in Minneapolis, they are helping people who can't go outside meet their rent in the midst of these scary times. If you can spare a few dollars, that would be amazing:

www.gofundme.com/f/critical-r...
Donate to Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families, organized by Sara Huelle
"While ICE wants to disappear us, you are finding us." -Letter… Sara Huelle needs your support for Critical Rent Assistance for Central Neighborhood Families
www.gofundme.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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Donate to Minnesota charity, enter manuscript or query critique auction, show proof of your donation, win!

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Front pieces for the #CameronButtonUp shirt are cut! The disappointing skirt is proving to be an excellent source of scrap fabric. This time I WILL take credit for the way the solid black flows, SO EXCITED TO SEW THIS

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
Person with blue bangs and black framed glasses with two pieces of fabric draped against their torso, half black, half black and white polka dots. Person with blue bangs and black framed glasses holding a piece of fabric, half black, half black and white polka dots. Person holding a skirt against their waist.
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Success! I'm at the end of my sewing budget for the month so I'm cannibalizing failed projects. This skirt was a massive disappointment, but as the back of my #CameronButtonUp it's going to be GORGEOUS. (I take no (1/2)

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
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January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Free micro submissions at The Offing, open until March 1, 10 to 560 character (not word) micros:

@heyflashvillage.bsky.social

#LitMags #WritingCommunity

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January 29, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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Success! I'm at the end of my sewing budget for the month so I'm cannibalizing failed projects. This skirt was a massive disappointment, but as the back of my #CameronButtonUp it's going to be GORGEOUS. (I take no (1/2)

#SewAndTell #SewSky #Sewing #Sewer #Sew #MeMade #FatSewingClub #GarmentSewing
Person with blue bangs and black glasses in a hallway holding up a black and black/white polka dot fabric up in front of them. Person holding a half-made skirt (black fabric and black and white polka dot fabric) up against their waist.
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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Donate to Minnesota charity, enter manuscript or query critique auction, show proof of your donation, win!

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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Charity auction for Minnesota charities includes manuscript feedback and literary agent meetings, check out this list - you bid and then provide proof of your donation to a charity that is helping in these hard times:

#WritingCommunity #WritersSupportingWriters

www.32auctions.com/organization...
Publishing for Minnesota
Silent auction 'Publishing for Minnesota' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Three Good Things – 28 January 2026

Today as usual there are three good things: One I appreciate from my life, one (and actually a bonus second one this time) story of someone doing good in the world, and finally a way you can also be part of bringing good into the world.
Three Good Things – 28 January 2026
Today as usual there are three good things: One I appreciate from my life, one (and actually a bonus second one this time) story of someone doing good in the world, and finally a way you can also be part of bringing good into the world.
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January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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SO looking forward to this #WritingWorkshop - come write the stories waiting in the margins with me on Feb. 15:
smokelong.bsky.social SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 13d
February 15th! 6pm NYC! Come write the stories waiting in the margins with Sage Tyrtle! www.smokelong.com/product/unto...
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM