Jeannine Hall Gailey

My sixth book of poetry, Flare, Corona from @boaeditions is a finalist for the Washington State Book Award! I'm so excited and honored! Congrats to all the finalists! #poetryawards #FlareCorona #poetrybookawards

@drjenwolkin That does sound like me, but I fail the official test for ADHD. However I think the testing wasn’t built with high-achieving women in mind. Also, three hours of sleep.

We do NOT all have ADHD. If we did, ALL of us would hyperfixate on a new hobby, buy all the supplies, ghost it after 2 weeks, then spiral about being “lazy” while running on 4 hours of sleep. XO, Dr. Jen

@Katie_Dozier @mooninabucket Lucky!

My submission to The New Yorker from April 1st, 2025 has now been opened and is being considered.

@KSeattleWeather I. The fifties, the popular play (and movie) The Seven Year Itch was based on the unpleasantness of NYC in summer. I doubt it’s less unpleasant now?

Should we let them know?

@amjuster @AlaskaAir I remember it being better, but it's been a while. Paper cups of water in first class...and no screens for entertainment? Kind of a bummer. (That's aside from the food allergy concerns.)

@webbish6 @AlaskaAir Customer service @AlaskaAir has crumbled--I don't fly with them anymore.

Is @AlaskaAir trying to kill wheat allergic people? Request for gluten free food. Was served a snack loose on a plate -the flight attendant didn’t know if it had wheat but my husband said had pretzels. Sigh. Wish airlines were more careful! #foodallergies #airlinefood #dobetter

@AlaskaAir Here’s a suggestion: do not serve unlabeled unpackaged food. Peanuts were at least labeled and in a package not loose! Wheat allergy is just as serious.

@webbish6 Truly sorry to hear about this experience. Please DM your confirmation code if you would like to share your concerns. twitter.com/messages/compo…

@Alaskansinner @AlaskaAir I did! I did not request the wheat-dangerous snack.

I’m not a picky eater, I have a deadly allergy to wheat. #notpickyallergic

On the blog this week: Going Back to Ohio, Cincinnati Spring webbish6.com/going-back-to-… #cincinnatispring #goingbacktoohio

@Steven_Hyden They should not be writers. If you don't like editing, writing, revising, then don't be a writer. Definitely don't offload it to AI. That person is destroying her own creative brain.

Depressing to come on here & see pro writers/journalists talk about using AI to "streamline" the process of writing. Really shows how many players have no love for the game. The process is the whole point! Trying to figure it out, & then figuring it out, is why you write!

On the blog this week: First Day of Spring with Hawks and Cherry Blossoms, April Rituals, Poetry Month and Birthdays: webbish6.com/first-day-of-s… #cherrytree #spring #catpacked

@BeckyLTuch Absolutely not. The worst terms I've ever seen were from JAMA, but this is worse.

Portion of a contract from a literary magazine to a writer. 😮 Does this look reasonable to you? (Emphases mine.)

@BeckyLTuch One of my professors told me a story about he and his friends trying to get a poem in the New Yorker by putting the word 'gazebo' in it, and it worked for at least one of them.

Have you ever edited a poem/essay/short story with the express hope of publishing in a certain magazine? Not just trimmed word count, made a theme more overt, etc. But actually tried to match the work to the magazine? Is this something writers do (to publish in lit mags)?

On the blog this week: Apologies for being somewhat loopy, as I've had terrible insomnia for a couple of weeks, but - Surprise Snow, Aimee Mann and Daffodils in Mt Vernon, and Social Media Musings: webbish6.com/surprise-snow-… #aimeemann #socialmediawriters #sunshineandsnow

On the blog this week: Missing AWP? Me too! Celebrating wins, new glasses, and quail: webbish6.com/missing-awp-me… #missingAWP #celebratingwins #poetry #quail #newglasses #olympics

@EmmaScott @JoyceCarolOates Including women who were raped…underage…or molested by family. Put the rapists up for the death penalty not the rape victims, Tennessee.

While you weren't looking, Tennessee Republicans introduced a bill to execute women who get abortions.

@glenn_tunes Punishing women for getting raped instead of punishing rapists seems...what's the word...evil?

ONLY IN FUCKING AMERICA 🤬😤 BUT CORRUPTION TREASON AND PEDOPHILIA IS NO BIG DEAL 😤🤬

@moniza_hossain I ask this question to poets ALL the time. If you don't like reading poetry, but you want to publish poetry, I'm confused.

It’s funny how we are constantly having the “should writers have to read?” discourse, when the question should be “why are you even writing stories if you don’t like them?”What made you want to create something you’ve never enjoyed?

On the blog this week: Valentine's Day and Artist Dates, Birds in the Cold, Melancholy, AI and Voting Rights: webbish6.com/valentines-day… #valentinesday #artistdates #birdsinthecold #roqlarue #melancholy

America is quickly becoming a place where you’re more likely to be arrested and prosecuted for trying to access abortion after a rape than you would be for committing rape. There’s something deeply wrong with this. The hatred of women is on full display.