Emily Brisse

Even when they cut you open, may love be what they find. #lovewins #valentinesday

I am one of those people who learns something new about someone and immediately thinks of a book I should recommend they read. What does this mean for my life? What should I be when I grow up?! 📚

Parents: “6:45 is probably early enough for our Christmas morning wake-up, right?”
Kid: “Fine, but if you’re not out of bed by 6:46, I’m getting my trumpet.” 🎺

Sleep tight, ya filthy animals! 🎄

Teens can't get off their phones. Here's what some schools are doing about it Teens spend much of their days on their phones — many of them during school. Here's how schools and teachers are trying to fix that.

📱 In case you’ve missed it, phones in classrooms have been a recent hot topic in education. I talked to @npr.org a bit about why here: www.npr.org/2024/12/03/g...

That Time When — Autofocus Books That time when, while your mother was shopping, you pressed yourself through the woven fabric and faux fur of the coats hanging on their carousel at JCPenny—the sudden muffled quiet of that secret inn...

Essay on those old circular department store racks and The Never Ending Story and getting lost and college frat boys and the ins-and-outs of a fear in Autofocus Lit. 🔥

autofocusbooks.com/mag/that-tim...

“In a Crowd of Thousands” Music Video | ANASTASIA The Musical YouTube video by Anastasia The Musical

Just heard this song for the first time and now I must admit to being the theater girl I was and clearly still am because I would brave a crowd of thousands for tix to this show #anastasia

m.youtube.com/watch?v=EWYp...

a woman is reading a book in front of a window with rain drops on it ALT: a woman is reading a book in front of a window with rain drops on it

It’s officially “once I’m home, I’m not coming back out” season

So helpful. Thanks!

Reminders:
1. Every human is somebody’s human.

2. You don’t have to smile at everybody, but if you’re doing okay, it diminishes nothing and possibly expands something essential to pass that doing-okay-hi-smile on.

3. If you’re not doing okay, here’s a picture of a couch in the woods, because 💡.

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Folks! I’m on the hunt for small presses that accept non-agented nonfiction manuscripts. Who can throw some names at me, especially if they’re not ones that pop up first in a Google search? 🙌🤞

Thanks for reading. ☺️

Ittybittymicro in @riverteeth.bsky.social ‘s Beautiful Things about an embodied out-of-body experience. Happy hiking. 🌾

riverteethjournal.com/beautiful-th...

Ooo! Nice. Would love to be added to this list if possible. 🌱

Edit: alllll the funny memes. ☺️

Deep Water by Emily Brisse Under my shifting feet, the dock creaks and moans. Or maybe those noises are coming from me. I’m pacing the dock’s platform, some forty feet out from shore. The water below isn’t clear—algae and se…

New story about a scared lady on a dock with some baggage up at @flashfrog.bsky.social flash-frog.com/2024/11/11/d...

Here for the writers and the writing. And maybe a few funny writing memes? 👋

Yes, please. Literally hopped on here seconds ago, and looking for people to help me not feel so lost. ☺️ Thanks!