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Sage Tyrtle @sagetyrtle.bsky.social · 1d

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I've just reached 1,800 free subscribers on my Substack! I know that we are all bombarded with great and not-so-great content every day, so thank you for finding value in my writing craft analysis and writing tips!

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Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling | Tommy Dean | Substack

Welcome to Good Trouble, where I love to break down writing craft and highlight great writing and entertaining stories. Click to read Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling, by Tommy Dean, a Substack p...

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you, Dan!

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Dan Crawley @danbillyc.bsky.social · 2d

Very cool! 🎉🎉🎉

Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I've just reached 1,800 free subscribers on my Substack! I know that we are all bombarded with great and not-so-great content every day, so thank you for finding value in my writing craft analysis and writing tips!

tommydean.substack.com

Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling | Tommy Dean | Substack

Welcome to Good Trouble, where I love to break down writing craft and highlight great writing and entertaining stories. Click to read Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling, by Tommy Dean, a Substack p...

tommydean.substack.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I've just reached 1,800 free subscribers on my Substack! I know that we are all bombarded with great and not-so-great content every day, so thank you for finding value in my writing craft analysis and writing tips!

tommydean.substack.com

Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling | Tommy Dean | Substack

Welcome to Good Trouble, where I love to break down writing craft and highlight great writing and entertaining stories. Click to read Good Trouble: The Art of Storytelling, by Tommy Dean, a Substack p...

tommydean.substack.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I’m looking for some great mysteries in my agent inbox!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much, Bill!

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billcook1961.bsky.social @billcook1961.bsky.social · 4d

"...many of us are moved to surround him, our hands finding his shoulder, the back of his neck, his forehead and elbow, and when we look back Hal is alone, quiet, eyes shut to a pain we won’t let him utter."

Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

New flash in Ghost Parachute!

Big thanks to @mynachang.bsky.social for the beta read!

"How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires..."

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 2d

So cool!

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Jennifer McMahon @jmcm.bsky.social · 3d

In our next post about what we look for in submissions to @frazzledlit.bsky.social, I consider the elements of good flash fiction, with reference to the wise words of @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social!

www.frazzledlit.com/p/zap-me-baby

Zap me, baby!

Jennifer shares what lights her up in flash fiction

www.frazzledlit.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much, Timothy!

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Timothy Boudreau @tcboudreau.bsky.social · 7d

"...we should allow our final nightmares to sluice through the holes of our fragile nets and dissipate like a rising, rising fog..."
Love the lovely rush & tumble of @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

New flash in Ghost Parachute!

Big thanks to @mynachang.bsky.social for the beta read!

"How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires..."

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

ghostparachute.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much, Myna!

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Myna Chang @mynachang.bsky.social · 7d

"and your chest threatens to break the drumbeat, to lose all rhythm, and we, through all the nights and days and seconds and hours, so many hours..."

💔 @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute!

Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

New flash in Ghost Parachute!

Big thanks to @mynachang.bsky.social for the beta read!

"How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires..."

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

ghostparachute.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 4d

So cool! Thank you, Andrea!

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Andrea Damic @damicandrea.bsky.social · 7d

Truly enjoyed creating art for the 9th Anniversary issue for the Ghost Parachute magazine. Thank you @brettpribble.bsky.social and @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social who’s fantastic story you can read here. Also, huge thanks to my daughter Lara and her collaboration on this mixed media artwork. Love you!

Brett Pribble @brettpribble.bsky.social · 7d

Read "In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death" written by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social.

"So we agreed on lying in our beds, the sun just razoring through the blinds, soft shadows that often welcomed us..."

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In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

tinyurl.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you for reading and sharing, Patricia!

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Patricia Q. Bidar @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social · 7d

"...bodies, even as old as ours could still tremble at the right touch in the right place, how we were all just a memory away from pleasure or pain or that murky water of the ponds in-between." A banger by @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much, Kathy!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much for your edit suggestions!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

New flash in Ghost Parachute!

Big thanks to @mynachang.bsky.social for the beta read!

"How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires..."

ghostparachute.com/issue/octobe...

In the Back Row of the Nostalgia Group, We Talked about Death — Ghost Parachute

How we all wanted it to come in our sleep, if we had a choice, and since we were allowed, in this group setting, to talk freely about our desires, though we were sure that some of us, Gregory and Mars...

ghostparachute.com

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much, Gina!

Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you so much, Anna!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Oh yes! Always!

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Tommy Dean is open to queries @tommydeanwriter.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you, Angie! Though not nearly as much as I want/should be writing!

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