@melyancy

Fiction writer. NEA Literature Fellow and author of Dog Years. Non-profit cog. Lover of pugs.

 Los Angeles, CA
melissayancy.com
Joined July 2016
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Ira Hall@IraSirah9 Feb 2024
I stand in awe.
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we have to nationalize adobe acrobat.
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp4 Oct 2023
Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named “Acción Ortográfica Quito,” who roam the streets at night with one purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
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Louis Virtel@louisvirtel26 Aug 2023
I cannot believe Bob Barker lived as close to 100 as possible without going over.
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Me trying to find a way to fit the darling that I killed back into my manuscript.
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derek guy
@dieworkwear20 Jul 2023
if you're a young person, ask a middle-aged man what music they listened to in the 90s. let them talk for 30 mins. act interested and say "oh wow no way that's so cool." after that you can ask them for any favor
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“Even a musician with the most modest career in some local bar is to me more glamorous than the most glamorous writer.” —Mary Gaitskill theparisreview.org/interview…

Mary Gaitskill, The Art of Fiction No. 257

“I think that if humans are still walking around in fifty years, and still reading fiction, my work will last that long. Beyond that, I don’t know.”

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This one, combined with the rise of AI and the emergence of E*lon as the main character eroded my whole worldview. I think I may be a convert.
River Page
@river_is_nice28 Jun 2023
This is the only Mandela effect that I've never read a good explanation for. I know what I saw.
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Hell yeah!
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Logan’s Run meets Never Let Me Go meets The Matrix—#TheFerryman delivers on its premise and then some. Each commercial “twist” deepens the philosophical themes. Bravo @jccronin
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Staying away from mental health professionals.
Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist
@drjenwolkin2 Jun 2023
What are some mental health goals you’re slowly and steadily working towards?
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A 5th grader from Kauai wrote these lines using one of my poetry prompts, and I think I will think about that final line forever ❤️
No one knows the words I softly whisper. But I do. I do. I will wake today and know my purpose I will walk today and feel my worth. I will be happy in the world. Dragons, represent me, represent me, represent me. —Mianna, age 10, Kauai

ALT No one knows the words I softly whisper. But I do. I do. I will wake today and know my purpose I will walk today and feel my worth. I will be happy in the world. Dragons, represent me, represent me, represent me. —Mianna, age 10, Kauai

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Maybe I need to dedicate my life to solving this problem. TNR looks like a high school essay. Arial is a work e-mail or PP presentation. Garamond is minuscule (but you get those Lorrie Moore italics). Courier makes me suicidal. What is a writer to do?
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I think writers submit in non-standard typefaces because they want their material to look like the work they see in books and journals. If you’ve ever graded a student paper or been in a workshop, how can you not have subconscious bias against TNR? I cringe.
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If you know a strong writer who is looking to get into the non-profit or academic sector, we are looking for an Associate Director for Annual Giving for UCLA Health. It’s hybrid with 2 days per week on UCLA campus. Comp is $80K with excellent benefits. DM me for more info.
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Is it even crazier to think that’s all much easier to do in a short story?
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This is definitive proof we’re living in a simulation. Built by future tech bros.
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Ruth Hook
@ruth_hook_28 Feb 2023
it's a well-kept secret but the actual reason people get married & make fewer friends in their late 20s and early 30s because a decade of adulthood is the point where the overall narrative gets too convoluted to explain to new people
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fujoshiana@luexhughes6 May 2022
Writers be like “i’m fighting demons” and the demons is the comma
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