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Thanks to Shannon Sanders for sharing @tajjaisen essay about book covers. Makes me thankful for One Story's simple cover designs distinguished only by the background color. I'll keep all this in mind when I finally have a book ready for a cover.

From Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart" to the work of Stephen King, horror writing often uses metaphor to reflect reality. King is warning that a second election of Trump will be a REAL horror story. We can't let that happen. Donate and volunteer.

I just signed up with fieldteam6.org to send postcards. Hopefully, people will be able to read my writing. 📷

Is she getting a bounce? Will she keep bouncing? Is it a bump? Or, is she a Superball? wham-o.com/collections/su…®?srsltid=AfmBOor1wwFG5zUb0Zn1Dn79PKfzHXUsemVZP_qd00Elbe5nTD3qiddp

A photo of Kamala Harris reminded me of photos of my grandmother. My grandma is deceased but would have voted for Kamala. Her many descendants in the Detroit area will be voting for Kamala and, hopefully, deliver Michigan's electoral votes to Harris.

Want info about meetings? DM or send inquiry at keithhoodwriter.com/contact-new/ Schedule for rest of 2024: Tuesday, October 15 at Mallett’s Creek Branch Library Tuesday, November 19 at Mallett’s Creek Branch Library Tuesday, December 17 at Mallett’s Creek Branch Library

So excited to meet Zadie Smith last evening and have her sign my twenty-four-old first edition of White Teeth.

Finished Black Appalachia Callaloo Journal special issue edited by @CrystalWilki. Great work by Carla Du Pree Khalisa Rae Amanda Johnston Chantal James Eisa Nefertari Ulen & more. Get yours at tinyurl.com/getcallaloo. Also get Volume 41, No. 5 with my story “How to Become a Butcher."

One of my photos made the cover of the latest issue of Pithead Chapel . Great stuff inside, too. pitheadchapel.com/volume-13-issu…

Take "selfishness, vanity, & self-deceit," & add "cruelty" to the mix and you have the GOP candidate for POTUS.

I had no idea that Olive was a popular name. Am I in a weird bubble? The only Olive I'm familiar with is Popeye's Olive Oil. In real life, I've never met anyone named Olive. I've encountered thousands of names in my customer service experience but no Olives that I can remember.

offering this in case it’s useful to anyone: when I’m especially scared, it helps me to remind myself that probably all of my women ancestors had harder lives than I’ve had. & their strength is in me, is part of the fabric of who I am & what I can perhaps do

True! True! True!

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I'm reading tomorrow evening. Feel free to attend and it is free. one-story.com/2025/02/18/adi…