K.W. Oxnard is querying & revising

@mmdaviesostrom True dat: we have to advocate for ourselves, even with ourselves! Cut yourself some slack & try playing around with another medium. Cooking, finger painting, singing in a choir, gardening, dancing, surfing, watching birds--anything that connects you with flow can be liberating!

@OxnardK This is such good advice. My best work always comes from a place of enjoyment...but it's been all business the past few years. It saps the fun from writing.

How do you keep writing when you realize you don't have what it takes? Not in terms of craft...but in terms of that secret sauce that lands book deals. My stories are: too soft, too slow, too character-driven, too scary, not scary enough, too weird, not weird enough...😢

@GraceLP @EB_Booksellers @LeslieAbsher Plus, I think you live near each other? If I make it to Cali this summer, I'll reach out so we can all have coffee and talk writing!

@GraceLP @EB_Booksellers Just ordered it, Grace! And might I recommend my friend @LeslieAbsher 's memoir Spy Daughter/Queer Girl? I can't wait to dive into both of them! amazon.com/dp/1957607025?…

@thejnicholas Palmetto bugs. Waking us up in the middle of the night with the unholy flickering of their thumb-sized creepy-as-shit wings.

if animals could talk, which species would be the rudest?

@jon_cronshaw Also, I LOVED "The Pedestrian" and FAHRENHEIT 451 by Ray Bradbury. I had a crippling fear of anti-intellectual fascism--also a gift from my progressive grandmother. She now seems more prescient than ever.😳

@jon_cronshaw Due to a gift from my kickass grandmother, I was WAY into Robertson Davies. So probably the Deptford Trilogy?

Don't think about it. Don't try to be cool. Tell me, what was your favourite book when you were 16?

@UnsolicitedP All of the above!

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@GinaUrso Awaiting word on a prize for which I'm a finalist, and expecting a contract for a manuscript acceptance. So, happy news no matter which way the ball bounces!

Writers what are we doing this week? Editing? Querying? Finishing chapter 6? Killing off our darlings? Praying out on sub? Tell me everything!

@esfletcher *A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole *Him Her Him Again the End of Him by Patricia Marx *The Sex Lives of Cannibals (nonfiction but a laugh riot) by J. Maarten Troost *Good Karma by Christina Kelly

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@MegStEsprit Be patient! It just takes a little time--but then you'll never have to switch glasses ever again. Heaven!

Finally caved on the bifocals/progressives after years of resisting. Any tips for adjusting? Print does look amazingly clear, but it feels odd to look down to read. I feel off kilter. Send me your best advice!

@TBQuarterly As a real estate agent, I encounter fascinating new characters for my fiction every day. As a real estate investor, I fund my writing dreams. Plus my writer friends all call me for RE advice. So, you know, win-win-win.

Become a writer! There's no way to sustain yourself doing it so become something else too!

@BeckyLTuch Oy to the vey.

I assume this is a rejection letter. But maybe it's just a status update? 🤣

@DebraLeighScott Hello Ms. Scott, may I please have an update on my short story collection submitted to the Hidden River Arts Eludia Award last February 27, 2023? I've sent messages via Submittable, email, Facebook but alas no response. Thank you, K.W. Oxnard

@pankmagazine Checking in about the status of my manuscript, the short story collection THE LEG IN QUESTION, submitted to your Big Book Contest 4/214/23. I'd welcome any updates! Thx, K.W. Oxnard

@PressFlying Checking in about the status of my manuscript, the short story collection THE LEG IN QUESTION, submitted 3/25/23. I'd welcome any updates! Thx, K.W. Oxnard

@713Books Will do--thank you!

@OxnardK Just email me at leland@713books.com and I’ll check on it. We’re behind on reading subs like everyone else. -L

Hey literary folks, does anyone have info on how to reach @713Books? I'm seeking an update on a 7-month-old MS submission, can't DM them without a followback and would welcome any and all email addresses or other leads. Thanks!

Hey @UnsolicitedP editors, might there be any news on my MS submission of April 11, 2023? Would welcome any updates on my short story collection, THE LEG IN QUESTION--thanks!

Hey @pankmagazine editors, any news on the April 14, 2023 submission of my short story collection THE LEG IN QUESTION to the PANK Big Book Contest/Fiction? Would welcome any updates--thanks so much!