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Writer/editor/social media. Senior Ed @smokelong. She/her. 70 percent golden retriever.

One of my favorite writers, Laird Barron, is in need of some help. He is currently in the hospital with some fairly serious ongoing health issues, and has no insurance. I've donated and hope that if you can that you will too -- and please spread the word.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/laird-barron-hospital-costs-medication-costs

@jjlofflin thank you for the inspiration 😀
@jjlofflin Maybe if I got a cat I’d be able to shift the blame for my plant deaths…

How it started/how it’s going…

Okay so it’s not a very light bathroom but I can’t commit any more plant murders. Can anyone recommend a convincing fake spider plant? Even my succulent plants are growing in shapes that look a bit like some form of distress semaphore I am not good at this. #houseplants

Booking for A SmokeLong Summer 2023 begins Monday January 2!

https://www.smokelong.com/a-smokelong-summer/

A SmokeLong Summer - 2023 - SmokeLong Quarterly

From June 5 to August 27 2023, SmokeLong is going to host the superworkshop, A SmokeLong Summer for the second year. We want to spend the summer with you, the flash community. Our asynchronous workshops take place on a devoted website where you can create a profile, interact with the flash community, and take part… Continue reading A SmokeLong Summer — 2023

SmokeLong Quarterly

SmokeLong Quarterly has been a paying market for a few years now, but now we're paying even more!

https://www.smokelong.com/the-end-is-near-the-beginning-is-too/

The End is Near The Beginning is too - SmokeLong Quarterly

What a year we’ve had at SmokeLong. We conducted our first superworkshop, A SmokeLong Summer, with just under 300 participants. We’ll be doing SmokeLong Summer in 2023, registration beginning in January! We kicked off our ongoing community workshop, SmokeLong Fitness, where every single day since September 1 over 100 writers have been sharing drafts written… Continue reading The End is Near The Beginning is too

SmokeLong Quarterly
Does anyone know how to stop Alexa saying ‘okay’ after every command? Otherwise the robot wars might start earlier than expected.
Forsee my home life becoming a low-key game of Simon Says in which I persistently forget to preface commands with ‘Alexa’ and bellow fruitlessly at objects like Trump yelling at Lawnmower Kid
My end-of-2022 energy is working on the sofa in a unicorn onesie while setting up smart-plugs to automate the living room fairy lights and hoping this isn’t weaponised against me in some unforeseen way come the robot revolution.
Announcing the SmokeLong Quarterly Pushcart Prize nominations!