Kelly Q. Anderson (she/her)

*Cracks knuckles* #amquerying a gorgeous 110-page book of micro memoir in the vein of short-form writers like @KateJBaer and @BethFennelly. My bylines: @nytimes, @StanchionZine, @AtticusReview, and more. I’m also a word artist and President of @OCWW. #writerscommunity

@StanchionZine 💛💛💛

If not for the monstrous brain cancer that took him 4 years ago, my brother Greg would be 61 today. Never a reader, he subscribed to Stanchion the moment I started it, even though he didn't know what a literary magazine was. His love & support was immense, and is eternal. 💔

Catch me in the skies 💙 bsky.app/profile/kellyq…

@YvonneLiuWriter Thank you, Yvonne!

Wonderful!

I’m delighted to be performing a story ‘WHEN I WAS 18 AND AIRBORNE’ at ⁦@WritersTheatre⁩ In Glencoe on 11/19 at 7pm. Tickets are pay-what-you-can ($10 suggested). Come, come, it will be a night of creative reset and release. my.writerstheatre.org/7964/7993

@ArielDumas The hashtags really send this tweet to a new dimension

I GAVE BIRTH last YEAR it was PRETTY STANDARD, MEDICALLY but guess what - the process was STILL TRAUMATIZING and WOW DO I NOT WISH IT ON ANYONE WHO DOES NOT EXPLICITLY SIGN UP FOR IT. #gorgeousbaby #analfissuresformommy #VoteKamala

Let's go where? Germany in the 40s? To more black and brown funerals when the police get their license to kill fully reinstated? To arrest the women trying to not die from miscarriages? To round up his enemies and political opponents? Where exactly are you trying to go?

“Kamala, take my palm-a-la” @nbcsnl #LFG 🤝

@shannonrwatts Shannon, you have your holiday card

So this happened…

Happy Halloween! I love marshmallows and hate torn ligaments.

Hallmarks of great writing by @christi_clancy at another great @OCWW workshop. My Thursday 7:30 a.m. standing appointment. -Fresh and inventive, not formulaic -Immersive -Real characters -Universal truths #writers #authors #writingtips #WritingCommunity #writersoftwitter

Ready? I'm opening for manuscripts tomorrow, November 1st. All the details regarding page counts, previously published work, money, rights, et cetera, are on the site. No fees, ever. Let's make some remarkable books together next year.

Hey @svershbow, I need to know more about Simon’s modeling career with @ARITZIA 😉

@rebeccamakkai @MargaretAtwood Whaaaaat

Today it’s an anti-racist flag: Division Street gateway, an official Chicago landmark and a celebration, in steel, of the city’s Puerto Rican community.

A small pod of paddle boarding witches at Lake Harriet. 🎃

I love that @GovPritzker goes all in for Halloween.

When they said, “democracy dies in darkness,” I didn’t expect them to be the darkness

@fred_guttenberg @KamalaHarris Thank you, Fred!

This is the reason I have not been home in weeks. I am in Pennsylvania now helping to turn out the vote. I am doing this because my daughter Jaime should never have been a victim of gun violence in this country that I love. I am doing this to elect @KamalaHarris as President so that the Office of Gun Violence Prevention continues. NO EXCUSES. NO EXCEPTIONS. JUST FUCKING VOTE!!!

@HeidiStevens13 Beautiful, brave, and tender. 50 holds extraordinary promise for you Heidi.

My 30s gave me my children. My 40s gave me the setbacks and soul-searching to be worthy of them. My 40s taught me to keep starting over, as many times as I need to. Starting over is a gift. A thank you note to my 40s, which I just left behind ♥️ chicagotribune.com/2024/10/25/hei…