Their Eyes Were Watching God and Sarah Lawrence Good morning cuties, angels, and lovers. I am drinking "cowboy coffee," which is when you have one cup of grounds and hot water and let the grounds float to the bottom. I think cowboy coffee is a nice reminder that things can actually be really simple. On Friday, I gave a reading at Sarah Lawrence and answered a lot of questions about Hot Literati. They were wonderful hosts and I had an amazing time. This week we're starting boo

And some thoughts on the World Wide Web Today I received my first real literary rejection, which was an email that said "I'll pass on this." I've had a very unconventional, internet forward career as a writer so far, but I'm currently shopping around a memoir titled The American Princess Diet , about some very particular instances in my life through the lens of food, media, sex, and God. I never expected to make any money from writing, which is one of the ways I stumbled into

hello cuties angels lovers and other hot literarians Today, I am on my third cup of coffee in my hot literati mug and I'm sitting in my new reading chair, typing into an old fashioned blog. I've very passionate about an old fashioned blog. I've had one since I was fourteen, even though I've developed or "reverted to draft" most of the pieces. My writing used to be disgustingly flowery because I was obsessed with Fitzgerald and Nabokov. Now, I still love both of them, but I've

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Bella's reflections on an influencer event at a big 5 publisher.

Creating respect for girlhoold & notes from book club.

Obscurity is a skill I’ve learned to both master and abuse in my time as a writer. It was born out of antipathy, necessity, chagrin.

Still pursuing feminine agency

A quick note from Hailo Now you all are going to meet Ananya. I was honestly done with the process of picking writers, but she reached...

Today, I woke up pretty sad. I miss my family so much and the monotony of the real world is beginning to feel suffocating. Especially the...

Today, I was walking around with an ice cream cone and listening to music and looking around at people and thinking. Yes, this system...