David J. Backes

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#Fiction and #nonfiction about #nature and the human #spirit. Award-winning #SigurdOlson #biographer. Current project: "Listening Point: A Novel."
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David J. BackesNov 13, 2022
poet of the fallen moon 🍉Nov 13, 2022

Hey #WritingCommunity, here is a working masterlist of lit mags and presses that are on Mastodon and will be posting submission calls. This resource will be updated periodically, so make sure you bookmark it for future reference. :)

All handles have been added with consent from the representatives. If you are an EIC or staff member, please get in touch and I'll add you to the list.

[updated 02 Jan '24]

#LitMags #SmallPress #Publishing

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VYnPZifyXwRVrzzTKU6qK6VXWUabcFJSwIlWna-e3ok/edit?usp=drivesdk

Lit Mags, Presses & Other Publishing Venues on Mastodon

Sheet1 Lit Mags & Presses on Mastodon This is a working masterlist of Mastodon pages on which submission calls and print/web issues will be shared. All handles have been added with consent from the representatives. To be added to/removed from the list, please get in touch with @wordswithnima@wri...

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Show threadDavid J. BackesNov 11, 2022
This has me so upset I can't spell "Sci-Fi!" 🤣 🤣
David J. BackesNov 11, 2022
And then there are those moviemakers who play loon sounds every time they want to create a mood of "mystery." They mercilessly exploit this beautiful bird of northern lakes and put its pristine call in all kinds of habitats: swamps, jungles, even deserts for crying out loud! And if I hear another extraterrestrial loon in a Si-Fi movie I will *riot!*
David J. BackesNov 10, 2022
Yay teachers! My wife teaches pre-school, one daughter teaches elementary school, my older son teaches high school, and my older daughter is a university professor (as I was for my career) 🙂
David J. BackesNov 10, 2022

This site feels so confessional, or confession-able, that I will finally unburden myself of a pet peeve. Although it's not about pets. Seems like any time I watch a movie or TV show set in nature, and an eagle flies by, they play the call of a *red-tailed hawk!* Because the hawk sounds fearsome, and our national bird, well....

Kills me every time. I am dying here in this lonely knowledge!!

That is all.

David J. BackesNov 8, 2022

I think I always will be haunted by the cry of gulls, and the ever-changing beauty of Lake Michigan.

#LakeMichigan #autumn #November #Wisconsin

David J. BackesNov 7, 2022
Sheril KirshenbaumNov 5, 2022

After 1 week on #Mastodon, the biggest difference I notice compared to #Twitter is the way each network makes me feel.

Twitter:
Open, scroll…
“Why are people so horrible to each other?”

Mastodon:
Open, scroll…
“Wow! There are so many interesting people in the world! I want to know more of them.”

I sense being here is changing my perspective of social media. #TwitterMigration

David J. BackesNov 7, 2022
Microecologies of the mindNov 6, 2022
Moving from the bird app to Mastodon inspired me to start a series of mini essays about ecological microhistories in real time. Check in out: https://medium.com/@felice.wyndham/a-hundred-brown-pelicans-and-a-little-quake-faf70acc2895
A hundred brown pelicans and a little quake - Felice Sea Wyndham - Medium

Last week as I approached the intersection of the winding, oak-lined rural road that leads from my forest-mountain home and Highway 1 on the California coast, I saw something that made me pull over…

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David J. BackesNov 7, 2022

Yesterday forgot to say #Introduction

I have spent a lifetime writing and teaching about #nature and the human spirit.

I've got six nonfiction books behind me, including a national award-winning #biography of #SigurdOlson, a major figure in environmentalism and a beloved nature writer. Now, though, I've turned to #fiction and love it. And now I need an agent....

#AmQuerying #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #clifi #spirituality #hope

David J. BackesNov 7, 2022
dogtraxNov 6, 2022

#silentsunday

(for new folks, this hashtag is a way to share a quiet, silent image on Sundays -- normally with no text - other than image alt-text, of course - but I wanted to make an exception today to explain the tag)