Julie Vick

Leslie Knope from parks in rec in front of a complicated bulletin board.

Me trying to organize all my random writing ideas:

Rockets owners expand talks to buy, move Sun

Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

I’m the Elf on the Shelf, and I Could Use a Few Days Off Or maybe it’s time for my retirement?

It’s that time of the year again when I’m placed on a kitchen counter, atop a toy reindeer, or precariously balanced over a toilet bowl in some sort of “shaving cream gone awry” scene.

By @julievickwriter.bsky.social

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Pay what you can. Next Thursday!

Raccoon lying face down on the floor (AKA drunk raccoon)

Authors getting another one of those AI marketing scam emails.

Exit row plane seats are kind of wild because, on the one hand, you get some extra legroom. But on the other hand, you may need to guide panicked strangers down an inflatable slide.

The snacks I brought with me on the trip vs. the snacks at the airport.

is it too early to put up my happy honda days decorations

There is a book club organization out there emailing authors telling them the club will feature their work for a "modest fee" for "branded materials" etc. Do not fall for this nonsense. You should never, as a writer, have to pay for such things.

Thanksgiving or Perimenopause? 1. There’s a turkey neck situation. 2. Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you? 3. You love your family, but you also wish th...

5. Something that should be moist is instead very, very dry. 💀

Killed it, @julievickwriter.bsky.social.

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That was a wild ride. And deep sigh on the state of things.

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

A very good article about one fake freelancer and the grim state of journalism/the world: thelocal.to/investigatin...

Thanksgiving or Perimenopause? 1. There’s a turkey neck situation. 2. Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you? 3. You love your family, but you also wish th...

I teamed up with @janineannett.bsky.social for this perimenopause or Thanksgiving quiz up @mcsweeneys.net

Turns out there is a surprising amount of overlap.

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Thanksgiving or Perimenopause? 1. There’s a turkey neck situation. 2. Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you? 3. You love your family, but you also wish th...

- There’s a turkey neck situation.

- Is it four thousand degrees in the kitchen, or is it just you?

- You’re so bloated that you feel like a float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade.

Thank you! ❤️

❤️ Thanks for having me!

10 things that have helped me balance writing, parenting, and working (Guest Post) A guest essay by Julie Vick

I love reading about the nuts and bolts of how creative parents handle making art (writing!) + parenting. @julievickwriter.bsky.social lays it all out in her guest appearance at @thepom.bsky.social today! www.the-pom.com/p/10-things-...

My 2yo just informed me that her favorite food is gummy bears wrapped in salami. Then she held eye contact while wrapping a gummy bear in salami and eating it.

❤️

Thank you! ❤️

If 1980s Teen Movies Took Place Today Goonies Since strangers will call the police if kids in the Goon Docks wander around on their own, the boys don’t get a chance to search for One-Ey...

Soooo good.

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Thanks to @lisaborders.bsky.social for doing a funny guest rec for my most recent newsletter.

Lisa’s book Last Night at the Disco is out next week 🤩

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Mailer that reads: Molly, Seasons may change, but the need for blood is constant.

slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross

ICYMI, @lindalenhoff.bsky.social's novel, *YOUR ACTUAL LIFE MAY VARY, made a guest appearance in @julievickwriter.bsky.social's August Monthly Links Roundup! buff.ly/pLVkFso

Get *YOUR ACTUAL LIFE MAY VARY right here: bit.ly/4fQa2Oi
@susanschulman.bsky.social

@sallymiller.bsky.social and I teamed up on this one to imagine what some 1980s movies might look like today.

My personal assistant. Just need to teach her to make copies.

Guidelines for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Submissions - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency

Periodic reminder that we at @mcsweeneys.net ’s have no writing staff (save for the great @shadesofgreaves.bsky.social), and rely on unsolicited submissions for our humor & satire. We respond to each every submission within 7.39 days (but usually much sooner).
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Tips for Writing Satirical News Headlines 5 writers share their secrets (for writing satirical news)

If you are interested in writing satirical news headlines like the ones you have read in pubs like The Onion, then this post is for you.

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Mine in today’s New Yorker. Greetings from America’s High-Capacity Server Coolant Reservoirs, formerly the “Great Lakes.” Read my cartoon-filled rant about this at open.substack.com/pub/paulnoth...

My kid, after rolling down the window in the car and looking out:

"Now I know why dogs like this."