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noam@libranet.de
Noam writes

My writers' group reviewed the seventh and last of the #stories in my 'story cycle', a set of stories in what I describe as a low-magic #fantasy world (which became increasingly #queer as I went). It's a chunky one, much longer than the previous six. Most of them wanted me to write more, possibly turning this story into a novel. I don't think so. The stories all together are meant to form a novella.

Still, it's good to be appreciated and receive constructive feedback, and I was congratulated on finishing this project, even if there's still a fair amount of editing to do. It feels good. After all, I wrote the first story more than ten years ago, when two friends and I formed a small writing group. I picked the up the writing during lockdown and it's finally getting there.

#WIP #WritingCommunity #writers #amwriting

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kennychaffin@diasp.org
Kenny Chaffin

“Like the dead‑seeming, cold rocks, I have memories within that came out of the material that went to make me. Time and place have had their say.” So begins with an intense, undeniable beauty the memoir of one of America’s great writers, Zora Neale Hurston. I read her 1942 autobiography, Dust Tracks on a Road, for the first time years ago, shortly after I got sober, when a black‑haired Irish opera student turned movie ticket-taker and occasional junkie pulled it and a Tom Waits CD out of her torn army‑surplus knapsack and pressed them into my hands for safekeeping.

https://lithub.com/understanding-zora-neale-hurstons-loneliness

#literature #writing #writers #books

Understanding Zora Neale Hurston’s Loneliness

“Like the dead‑seeming, cold rocks, I have memories within that came out of the material that went to make me. Time and place have had their say.” So begins with an intense, undeniable beauty the m…

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psych@diasp.org
Michael

GOOD NEWS!

The Screen Writers’ ( #WGA ) strike is over!! Just in time to impose some sanity and comic relief on all the Congressional and Court fun ahead, with a return of late-night comedy/talk!

We sure do need the ‘context & perspective’ of Colbert, Seth, Kimmel, SNL, et al… Dense-packed Truth! With a smile & laugh or two.
And much gratitude for the writers and the performers/presenters of their material. I can't wait!

Meanwhile, for those observing Yom Kippur, "Easy fast" and a prayer for some of our "representatives" to atone, &/or go to prison!

#WritersStrike #Writers #ScreenWriters #media #strike #LateNite #television

The Historic Writers Strike Will Soon Be Over

It has been nearly five months since thousands of film and TV writers went on strike over more equitable pay and working conditions in the streaming era.

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libramoon@diaspora.glasswings.com
libramoon

https://speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/the-slf-working-class-grant/

The Working Class #Writers #Grant
OPEN SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Award: $1,000 USD.
Winner announced: November 15, 2023.

..."Grant Eligibility
We mean to cast a wide net for this grant, so if you think you might be eligible, you probably are.
While we are based in America, and some of our language below reflects that perspective, this grant is available to international writers; please assess your own situation as appropriate for your home country.

You would potentially be eligible for this grant if any of the following apply:

you qualify for government assistance (food stamps, Medicaid, tax credits, free school lunch) for a significant period of time
you live paycheck-to-paycheck
your parents did not go to college
you rely on payday loans
you’re currently being raised in a single parent household
you’re supporting yourself and paying your own way through college
you’ve lived at or below 200% of the poverty line for your state for at least one year
you’ve experienced stretches of time when food was not readily and easily available
Grant Application Process
Complete the Application Form. The application form for the Working Class Writers Grant is only active during the open submission period 12:00AM September 1, 2023 – 11:59PM September 30, 2023 (All times UTC -4). Required materials include:" https://speculativeliterature.org/grants-3/the-slf-working-class-grant/

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prplcdclnw@diasp.eu
David

160,000 SAG-AFTRA Members to Strike with 11,000 of the Writers Guild for 1st Time in 60 Years

https://paydayreport.com/160000-sag-aftra-members-to-strike-with-11000-of-the-writers-guild-for-1st-time-in-60-years/

A new coalition called The Union Solidarity Coalition (TUSC) was launched by various Hollywood workers and stars, including Ben Stiller, Boots Riley. Lula Wang, Jay Roach, Daniel Kwan, and Natasha Lyonne.\
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TUSC hopes to inspire workers not just in Hollywood to take action but around the country. The group launches its effort during the “Summer of Strikes,” with massive nationwide strikes looming of over 340,000 Teamsters at UPS and 150,000 UAW Members employed by the “Big Three” automakers as well as elsewhere. Strikes elsewhere, in particular, a series of roving hotel workers strike throughout Southern California, including near Disneyland, have helped Hollywood workers to think about how they can expand their solidarity to help other unions.\
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“Watching people honor our picket lines touched and inspired us, and presented us with a model for unity in action,” said the TUSC in a statement. “Though the [Writers’ Guild] strike is the catalyst for creating TUSC, we feel this is just the beginning of a larger, urgent movement of solidarity between all of the industry unions, and also our coworkers who aren’t part of a union. We want to think big about how we can support each other in the face of a national labor crisis.”

#labour #labor #labor-union #labour-union #strike #strikes #hollywood #radio #tv #television #writers #performers #ups #sag #aftra #tusc #writers-guild #teamsters #hotel-workers

160,000 SAG-AFTRA Members to Strike with 11,000 of the Writers...

Today, over 160,000 SAG-AFTRA members in TV and film went on strike, joining the 11,000 Writers Guild members, who have already been on strike for nearly 3 months. The strike marks the first time the two unions have been on strike together in...

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noam@libranet.de
Noam writes

I performed at a #spokenword event last night for the first time in a long while. I was really nervous, but it was good. The theme was World War III Literary #Cabaret.

My #story, #Balls, is below. It's a performance piece, not sure how it'll come off reading it from a screen. So just picture me turning to stage right, waving my fist and shouting "Plonkers!" at the right moment.
#WritingCommunity #writers #WorldWar3

BALLS

My grandparents grew up in caves. Granddad says it wasn’t safe to go outside most of the time. Some people who did got sick, some even died.
My parents remember it too from their childhood: they were taken to shelter in the big underground spaces when the burning rain came, or the choking clouds that often followed it.
They say it was because of the wars. World Wars, they call them. They say there were three of them.
But they were all over long before even Granddad was born. There are stories, but I think nobody really knows what happened in the before times.
It all sounds scary, but really – people causing burning rain? It doesn’t seem very likely, does it?

What I do know, is that we’re doing better now. Better than when I was a child, and even better than when the elders were. We’re growing more food and we’ve recovered lots of machines and books and stuff from the before times.
There are a lot more people in our valley than when I was a kid, both from growing families and from strangers who have come to join us. We’ve explored more of the ruins and fixed up homes. It seems to be the same all over the land. We’re in a period of prosperity.

Now, even though we understand some of the old technology, there are still lots of machines we find that we can’t get to work. Mum says they need something called electrisss— something...
She’s in the science team, so she should know. They make a little electrisss in big boxes called batch-reez. Apparently they used to have lots of it, judging my all the machines. No idea what they needed so many machines for.
I think that was one of their ages, in the before time. They had a stone age, and a bronze age, and a plastic age. Maybe also an electrisss age. I wonder what that makes us now.

But even though we’ve figured out so much, it’s not all good news. Since there are more of us, the land is getting crowded. There’s only so much wood to gather, so many animals to hunt. The people in the next valley are getting jealous of us. Plonkers!
There have been some fights over the past couple of years, and it’s getting worse. There were some bad clashes, and a few people were killed just last week.
We’ve had no choice but to build up our defences. We do have some weapons, even some guns from the before times, although the powder is hard to make.

I heard some of the elders talking, saying there were tensions all over the land, with clans grouping together. One of them said it would lead to war. She thinks people are just built that way. We’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
I think she’s wrong. I’ll tell you why.

We’ve recently recovered a... carrnon? Conan? Cannon. A cannon.
A big old metal thing. Our weapons team got it to work. It shoots big metal balls. It’s not the most accurate thing.
Apparently they found it in a museum. Maybe in the before times they didn’t know how to use it properly. But some of our fighters worked it out. You load it with these big metal balls filled with the fire powder and use more of the powder to send it flying. Something like that.

The cannon balls explode when they land or hit something.
I watched a few days ago. They tested it out on an old building. The devastation!! The whole house collapsed, rubble and dust flying everywhere. And the noise of the explosion!
Imagine – if these cannon balls were fired on people. We could annihilate each other. Surely that fear will cause all civilised people to recoil in horror and end all fighting. Surely with these cannons, there can never be another war!

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