Lisa Bubert

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Writer | Public Librarian | Occasional & Very Reluctant Journalist

Recently: Texas Highways, Longreads, Catapult, Northwest Review, & more

Offering high-quality toots since about two days ago

Website:https://lisabubert.com/
Interests:#publishing #journalism #freelance #libraries #humanetech #texas #hilarity

Want to feel like you’re watching House, M.D. this Tuesday morning? Dig into @Lisabubert’s new reading list on medical mysteries!

https://longreads.com/2023/03/28/medical-mysteries-reading-list/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Paging Dr. House: A Medical Mysteries Reading List

Once upon a time, I wanted to be a doctor. Never mind my terrible grades in all things science. Never mind that I decided this in my second year of college, after deciding that the music school that I’d wanted for years wasn’t for me. It was 2006. It was the age of Dr. Gregory […]

Longreads
I am 75k words into my draft and only halfway down so this will be fun come revision time
#novelwriting #writer

Y'all should check out the hashtag #newstodon today! A bunch of publications and journalists are sharing their best work from the previous week. Follow the hashtag and the great publications that are taking part in it!

#journalism #feditips #fediverse #media #news

It's official--the HarperCollins Union in the US has ratified their new contract with Harper!!!

Among provisions:

- Baseline salary increase to $47,500 effective immediately, increasing to $48,500 in 2024 and $50k in 2025, with min salary increases for the subsequent three tiers along the same timeline.

- Guaranteed merit-based salary increases for all employees rated above "unsatisfactory."
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#Publishing #HCPOnStrike #Bookstodon #Edibuddies

@bookstodon @edibuddies

Among Harper's US union contract provisions, continued:

- A one-time $1,500 bonus for all full-time union employees.

- Work done on Sat & in excess of 35 hrs/wk paid at 1.5x the usual rate, work done on holidays paid at 1.5x + holiday pay, & work done on Sun paid at 2x--and with the updated contract, employees earning > $60k may work up to 2 overtime hrs/wk without prior approval.

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#Publishing #HCPOnStrike #Bookstodon #Edibuddies

@bookstodon @edibuddies

Among Harper's US union contract provisions, cont:

- Job title/description clarification & review.

- Increased PTO, incl adding Juneteenth & Pres Day to paid holidays.

- Implementing guidelines for reasonable accommodation requests under the Americans with Disability Act.

- Paid time to participate in the newly-est. joint labor-mngmt committee & #DEI work.

- Ability to continue to work remotely until July 1st.

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#Publishing #HCPOnStrike #Bookstodon #Edibuddies

@bookstodon @edibuddies

The amount of spreadsheets that go into #novelwriting is astounding
We’re sad to hear that Catapult is shuttering its online magazine and classes. Catapult has been a vibrant pillar of the literary community, and their outstanding publications will be greatly missed. Here’s a selection of favorite essays from our editors' picks: https://longreads.com/2023/02/14/catapult-magazine-reading-list/
A Longreads Collection of Catapult Stories

A reading list of essays we loved from Catapult magazine.

Longreads
Messy, Messy Love: A Reading List for Star-Crossed Lovers

It's complicated: A tribute to real love stories, in all their weird and chaotic glory.

Longreads

“So don’t give me any of that happy ending bullshit. Give me the complicated, the missed connections, the big gestures, the bittersweet endings. Give me the struggle, because it’s the struggle that makes it love.”

Happy heart day! Check out this reading list by @Lisabubert on messy, messy love: https://longreads.com/2023/02/14/messy-messy-love-a-reading-list-for-star-crossed-lovers/

Messy, Messy Love: A Reading List for Star-Crossed Lovers

It's complicated: A tribute to real love stories, in all their weird and chaotic glory.

Longreads