Betsy Marro (also known as Elizabeth)
@egmarro-spark.bsky.social
Novelist, reader, and floundering human. Author of CASUALTIES (Berkley 2016) & publisher of SPARK, where we talk about ideas, books, fun stuff, and how to get through all this.
https://elizabethmarro.substack.co
https://elizabethmarro.substack.co
June 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
June 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Times change but human nature doesn't. That's the takeaway after reading @ladeziree.bsky.social 's novel DISPOSSESSED about a boy separated from his family in the 1930's. shorturl.at/LVNxO. Now, here we are again. See wapo.st/4f7MKTm by Natalia Molina and the new film SEPARATED shorturl.at/sZIup
Hiding in history
Thoughts on what changes, what doesn't and a new novel by Désirée Zamorano
shorturl.at
December 8, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Times change but human nature doesn't. That's the takeaway after reading @ladeziree.bsky.social 's novel DISPOSSESSED about a boy separated from his family in the 1930's. shorturl.at/LVNxO. Now, here we are again. See wapo.st/4f7MKTm by Natalia Molina and the new film SEPARATED shorturl.at/sZIup
November 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
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If you only read one novel this year…. maybe read 2 next year
November 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
If you only read one novel this year…. maybe read 2 next year
I'm only two episodes into the second season of Bad Sisters but I'm getting a little worried. I know murder isn't supposed to be a laugh-riot but the sisters are sinking into darkness right now. Or is it me?
November 20, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I'm only two episodes into the second season of Bad Sisters but I'm getting a little worried. I know murder isn't supposed to be a laugh-riot but the sisters are sinking into darkness right now. Or is it me?
November 20, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I've found some gems from this publication by @arronburch.sky.social. I'm happy to spread the word!
happy to see so many of us over here, but personally maybe most excited bc this place doesn't kill substack links and I've been publishing a longer (~3k-8k words) story every other week for the last year and a half and legit think they're among the best stories pubbed in that time
new one tomorrow!
new one tomorrow!
Short Story, Long | Aaron Burch | Substack
Longer short stories, published biweekly. Click to read Short Story, Long, by Aaron Burch, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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November 20, 2024 at 9:58 PM
I've found some gems from this publication by @arronburch.sky.social. I'm happy to spread the word!
Love this gift idea (if anyone cares): a personal note from one of these writers: Elizabeth Strout, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, @viet-thanh-nguyen.bsky.social Ann Patchett, Kelly Link, Edwidge Danticat, Andrew Sean Greer, Gabrielle Zevin, more. charityauction.bid/AuthorPostca... Who would you pick?
Auctria
charityauction.bid
November 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Love this gift idea (if anyone cares): a personal note from one of these writers: Elizabeth Strout, @jamiattenberg.bsky.social, @viet-thanh-nguyen.bsky.social Ann Patchett, Kelly Link, Edwidge Danticat, Andrew Sean Greer, Gabrielle Zevin, more. charityauction.bid/AuthorPostca... Who would you pick?
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So Harper Collins has made a deal with a tech company to use nonfiction books to train an LLM for an unnamed tech company. If you're an author published by them you might want to reach out to your agent: lithub.com/harpercollin...
HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
lithub.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:41 AM
So Harper Collins has made a deal with a tech company to use nonfiction books to train an LLM for an unnamed tech company. If you're an author published by them you might want to reach out to your agent: lithub.com/harpercollin...
Reposted by Betsy Marro (also known as Elizabeth)
Are you nearly as obsessed with an author’s work as I am about Iris Murdoch? Well then, get in here:
booksongif.substack.com/p/are-you-a-...
booksongif.substack.com/p/are-you-a-...
Are you a completist?
Hello friends!
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November 17, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Are you nearly as obsessed with an author’s work as I am about Iris Murdoch? Well then, get in here:
booksongif.substack.com/p/are-you-a-...
booksongif.substack.com/p/are-you-a-...