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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 2d

our editors @stevexisxok.bsky.social and @autumnwatts.bsky.social are obsessed with developing your pieces🧐

...and the waitlist to workshop with them is LIVE!
www.litmatchcollective.com/writing-work...

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 4d

Of course we love helping you live your best (literary) lives but did you know we're not too shabby as editors?

Come talk about your work with Autumn and Steve🔥

Free membership trials this month, details here:
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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 5d

What do we think about the approach they shared?

If you like the highlights from our talk, join our Discord for more.

On Oct 19, 8PM ET we’ll chat with our fave writer of fables and tales @benloory.bsky.social✨

(I hear we might discuss the power of fable vs parable👀)

Link in bio!

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 5d

It's a luxury to think politics aren't personal. The 'issues' affect us personally!

So how do we write about them in more personal ways?

Beyond anger or detached 'irony.' Beyond 'Good vs Evil.'

We asked @aaronburch.bsky.social + @jeffchon.bsky.social and they shared some great thoughts...

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 5d

“How to Write Topical Without Getting Preachy”

ICYMI: in September we chatted with editor @aaronburch.bsky.social and writer @jeffchon.bsky.social about “Nothing Personal,” Chon’s heartbreaking piece that takes on the murder of a healthcare CEO — from an angle that might surprise you.

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Eleanor Ball @eleanorball.bsky.social · 6d

Reading for FPSF is always unbelievably fun, and it's because of the fantastic work that YOU send in. Don't miss our last unthemed submission window of the year!

Flash Point SF @flashpointsf.bsky.social · 6d

Welcome to our Fall submissions window! Open until 10/31
flashpointsf.com/submissions/

Submissions

UPDATE: We are open to submissions through October 31.We are open to submissions:Feb. 1 – Mar. 31Jun. 1 – Jul. 31Oct. 1 – Oct. 31Nov. 1 – Nov. 30 (Drabbles only)Before submi…

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 6d

Our guru of prompts can entice the words out of writers in the most astonishing ways 🔥

Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 7d

Hey, a spot just became open for this! Join us outside beautiful Harper’s Ferry, WV later this month for a wonderful few days of writing, rest, walking, reading, and more writing! A one on one consultation with me is also included in deal.

Flyer describing a residential workshop with Kathy Fish from October 20-24th in Charles Town, West Virginia. Sarah Freligh and Andrew Bertaina are also guest teaching workshops. For more information, email Ellen Weeren at ellen@areasontowrite.com

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 7d

Eleanor shared that poem at September's Firelight Readaround and it was pure❤️‍🔥

Got work to share too?
Join us Oct 26 8PM ET for another warm and supportive community reading

Not a member yet?
Just subscribe to our newsletter for 1 free month of Basic👻
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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 8d

Ready to write? Our October plans are here!

Enjoy a 1-month free trial + daily accountability + 2 events with our fave writer of touching (and occasionally creepy) fables and tales: @benloory.bsky.social

Plus prompts from @kathyfish.bsky.social😲+ more
litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/preview-ou...

Ready to write your best stuff? Preview our plans for October!

1-month free trial, daily accountability, special events with Ben Loory and more.

litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 11d

Hi friends, we're Autumn & Steve!

As fiction editors at Guernica & Okay Donkey, we've helped SO many writers grow their work - and now created Lit Match Collective to help you, too!

Join our warm community & chat with us for coaching, feedback, submissions help + more!

www.litmatchcollective.com

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Jessica Heron @xpsychoxlinguistx.bsky.social · 12d

www.lunalunamagazine.com/blog/poetry-... ‘s autopsy of desire makes me feel like my head will fall off if i pull at the scarf wrapped around my neck, and i’m greedily pulling at the scarf

'we could be orchards' — poetry by Disha Trivedi

AUTOPSY OF DESIRE In the mirror my mother and I have the same eyes, but when I fan my lashes to prick myself with eyeliner, the lashes, they smile. Oh. Need like a seed at my center. I wish I had m...

www.lunalunamagazine.com

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 22d

Hey, I'm leading a two-hour generative writing session on Sunday, Sept. 28th through wonderful Cleaver Magazine! Would love to see you there. I have fun things planned! cleavermagazine.submittable.com/submit/32754...

KATHY FISH: READY! SET! WRITE! September 28, 2025

READY! SET! WRITE!

Instructor: Kathy Fish

Date: Sept 28, 2025, 2-4 PM ET on Zoom

Cost: $60

Have you found yourself terrified and intimidated by the dreaded blank page? It’s a common problem for writers! Choreographer and dancer Twyla Tharp says, “in order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.” As a big believer in the value of pre-writing, I have developed several exercises and activities aimed at immersion and deep work before we begin the joyful task of creating new art. The result? Fresh, original drafts of surprising depth and beauty. In this engaging, interactive two-hour session we will begin with a series of fun and interesting activities and prompts that will prime our brains for creative expression.

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Kathy Fish @kathyfish.bsky.social · 22d

I absolutely love this story by @ambersparks.bsky.social Recently, I saw a very grumpy call for submissions that listed all the things they did NOT want to see in their queue and this story fits a couple of those. Be open to brilliance and innovation, editors, and you will be rewarded.

Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 22d

New Short Story, Long Day! New Amber Sparks Day!

It's @ambersparks.bsky.social on SSL day!
(w/ some new fave story art from @philmcandrew.bsky.social!)

"Your Life in Parties" by Amber Sparks

"...your retirement party, the one they threw for you at the atrocious Italian restaurant. Surprise!, they all yell, which is so awkward because this isn’t a surprise party...."

ashortstorylong.substack.com

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 12d

With the exception of, like, a dozen giant name writers (and maybe even them too, tbh), even the smallest little note makes a writer’s day/week/month.

Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 13d

I started doing this thing where when I read a book I admire I try to find the author’s email & send a quick message saying I appreciated it. No big deal, not trying to be weird, but like: thank you for helping me think something new. It’s hard writing books. It matters when people read them.

Juan Meneses | Postpolitics and the Aesthetic Imagination @dissentum.bsky.social · 13d

Did you see your friend's book at the store? Email them a pic! See them cited? Email them (esp. as aggregators fail to catch many citations)! Did a scholar mention their work! Email them! Did a student use their work in a paper? Email! Did a professor teach their work? Email! Email! All the time!!!

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 13d

Have done a handful of zoom class visits in last couple of weeks, and been reading a bunch'a submissions, and I don't really have much advice for writers/submitters, and this incredibly unhelpful, but as an editor:

I'm not looking for stories that are "good." I'm looking for stories that I LOVE.

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Jacob Wren @jacobwren.bsky.social · 13d

“An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties.”
– Djuna Barnes

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Chris Scott @iamchrisscott.bsky.social · 14d

Everything changes ❤️

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Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · 15d

The cat is the best part of this cuz notice how it is NOT HELPING

But brilliant editor Autumn Watts will.

Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 16d

Do you struggle to write because you can't find the time or motivation to get started? Fun fact: Sometimes it's better to suffer together!

Join LMC and our next Guided Writing Studio this Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8pm ET in the Campground Commons: litmatchcollective.com/campground-commons

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 16d

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 16d

Do you struggle to write because you can't find the time or motivation to get started? Fun fact: Sometimes it's better to suffer together!

Join LMC and our next Guided Writing Studio this Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8pm ET in the Campground Commons: litmatchcollective.com/campground-commons

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Karen J. McLean @kj-mclean.bsky.social · Sep 6

Delighted to be a member of this community!

Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · Sep 6

Hi there! We're Lit Match Collective, a new writers community that wants to help you get your best work done.

Learn more about us at litmatchcollective.com or in our newsletter (feat. discount codes!): litmatchcollective.beehiiv.com/p/welcome-to-lit-match-collective

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 18d

We're so delighted to have you! 🥰

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Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 26d

More blessed news?! We got a 5-step guide to writing a @jeffchon.bsky.social story!🫠

(Wouldn't it be fun to use as a writing prompt?)

If you missed our convo it'll live on in our Story Chat archives with addenda from editor on the piece @aaronburch.bsky.social. Pop in anytime to join in🤜🤛

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Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · 27d

Was supposed to be a part of this (/kinda still am officially?) but, like a doofus, forgot I had tickets for Russian Circles tonight. But this chat should be amazing, y'all should look into checking it out!, and I'm going to swoop in tomorrow and catch-up with some thoughts, after the fact!

Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · Sep 9

stoked to be hosting a Very Literary Chat with @aaronburch.bsky.social and @jeffchon.bsky.social this Thursday, 9/11 at 6pm Pacific over at litmatchcollective.com

come chat with us!

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Jeff Chon @jeffchon.bsky.social · Sep 9

Very excited to hang. Let's do this.

Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · Sep 9

stoked to be hosting a Very Literary Chat with @aaronburch.bsky.social and @jeffchon.bsky.social this Thursday, 9/11 at 6pm Pacific over at litmatchcollective.com

come chat with us!

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