Jessica Heather Payne

BAD ARTIST TONIGHT! I’m elated to have an essay in this anthology. Writing this feels like forever ago but also close too. Time is warped. I was thinking about planting gardens and about identity—what it means to be artist, writer. What it means to create, to be human.

We are excited to announce the upcoming release of Bad Artist: Creating in a Productivity-Obsessed World on Oct 1st! 📚✨ This collection of essays from 21 diverse writers offers a powerful antidote to the toxic productivity culture, celebrating creativity for its own sake. In a 7-day countdown, I’ll be profiling three contributors each day and summarizing their essays. Pre-order now and join the movement to redefine what it means to be an artist in today’s world. Link in bio! #BadArtistBook #Creativity #PreOrderNow

@drcasmith I wanted to chat more! Next time.

I am delighted to have met you in person and to have had the opportunity to listen to you read some of your work @afinemedley

And thanks to the talented writers I read alongside @wandawriting @NellwynLampert @AdellePurdham

I read at @AnotherStoryTO last night followed by a chill discussion on artistic rejection. Quite fun actually! I should have posted before the reading but I’m bad at Twitter. Thanks to @countrygillian @NellwynLampert @drcasmith and Pamela Oakley for putting this together.

@brooksxreynolds @NitaProse You’re welcome 😇

Just a few more days to help keep @RoomMagazine going. Please give if you can.

Cannot express how thrilled I am to Chair the CNFC over the next couple years. Thanks for electing me :) It’s a huge honour to work alongside such talented writers and thinkers.

We love this @cbcbooks list of 70 Canadian nonfiction books to check out this spring! Great reading list includes several CNFC members: @FaubertMarsha Esmerelda Cabral, Mark Abley, @KellyS_Thompson, Lyn Baldwin, @angie_abdou and Concetta Principe! www-cbc-ca.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cbc.ca…

Up now! Poem written for @rebeccaskyewood moving exhibit Alchemical Afternoon. Thank you to everyone who attended and read, observed and discussed. In partnership with @ContactPhoto hosted by CASSON 114 Geary Ave Saturdays 10-5 Sundays 11-4 Until May 28

Preparing to be a podcast host (one-day-never) by listening back to my voice notes to friends and getting comfortable with how I sound

@FaubertMarsha @m_m_lynch @CmedMoore @WriterVickyZ @LauraPratt33 @goose_lane You were wonderful, Marsha! I’m so glad I made the trip out :)

A thrill to attend the book launch for friend @FaubertMarsha’s Wanda’s War, an impressive and important book! My first live event in 3 years and so much fun to meet CNFC friends @CmedMoore and @afinemedley in person. Nice to see @WriterVickyZ. Sorry I missed you @LauraPratt33.

@FaubertMarsha Congrats on PUB day, Marsha!

@m_m_lynch @CNFCollective Me too! And thanks to @kimpittaway for giving me the nudge.

@afinemedley @CNFCollective So glad you’ve joined us, Jess!

I did a very cool adult thing last September and became a Director at Large (aka Board Member) of the @CNFCollective. I love this community. They’ve been a wonderful part of my writing life since completing my MFA. The annual conference is in beautiful Halifax this May 26-28

@FaubertMarsha @CNFCollective You’re the best! Learning so much.

@taslimjaffer @WriteEditPunch 🥹 Thanks, Taslim.

@afinemedley @WriteEditPunch Omg I LOVE this so much!! You most definitely ARE! (Both out standing and outstanding 😊)

Still thinking about and laughing at @WriteEditPunch suggestion (joke?) to put “I’m outstanding in my field” on my website while I begin to promote my services. As a gardener and farmer in a past life this is the most true statement about me — I AM OUT STANDING IN MY FIELD! 😂

Found on today’s day date.

@lillydancyger Carnal