Novels praised by LAT, Rushdie, Woodrell. 125+ stories in PUSHCART, BEST AMERICAN, VQR, TRIQ, ASF, etc. Founding Ed, COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES. Pro-laughter.
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"pay attention
be astonished
tell about it"
~Mary Oliver
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If you want #shortstories that are #INTERESTING, COOLEST 2025 is for you!
Check it out!
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Thank you, #readers, for ordering COOLEST 2025 last night!
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Thx--& enjoy!
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Same applies to your fiction, #5amwritersclub.
#HappyMonday!
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Want a #book of #stories that was #1 on Amazon!
If so, COOLEST 2024 (& COOLEST 2022 & COOLEST 2025) are for you!
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COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES volumes *have* been #1 on Amazon--COOLEST 2024 was #1 exactly 3 yrs ago!
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Thx! Enjoy!
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Some food for thought, #5amwritersclub & #writingcommunity.
#NeverHoldBack
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they do not change
they do not move
they have nowhere to go
~James Taylor
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Other than this, we feel completely relaxed. (smiley)
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4 yrs ago, when Ray (& E & I) still lived in #NYC.
#CatsOfTwitter #CatsOnX #CatsLover #CatsOnTwitter #CatsAreFamily #WritingCommunity #cool #photo
Realistically speaking, a little less pain is all we #writers can ask for--especially those of us who are older.
Have a fine week, #writing & #reading communities!
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Tired of "meh" #shortstories?
Then any volume of COOLEST AMERICAN STORIES is for you?
Why?
B/c since Jan 7, 2001, COOLEST's main goal has been:
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"The only #books of #shortstories maybe more #interesting than COOLEST 2025 are COOLEST 2024, COOLEST 2023, & COOLEST 2022."
~reader
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Thx & enjoy!
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COOLESTs *have* #interesting #stories!
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Thx, Elizabeth Macduffie at MFT for publishing my poem "My Close Personal Relationship with @DonnaTartt"!
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Happy to report 3 #poems of mine accepted last night!
Details to come when all official!
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“You just got to put in the work. That’s all it is."
~Chris Rock
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Today's 2.5 pages maybe not my best--but they did bring me closer to pages whereon I *will* write my best.
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“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
~Ernest Hemingway
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"Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness."
~Alice Walker
So AW said it, #poets: Be rebels!
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Ray w/ his sis in New Jersey when he was 6 weeks old.
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