Michael Jortner

Author of the gay coming-of-age memoir WHEN WILL I BE LOVED. Currently seeking literary representation. ✍️📚🏳️‍🌈✡️

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I just submitted to The Los Angeles Review https://t.co/7PUcilTe6a via @LAReview

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Public media stations have already announced closures. More will follow unless Congress restores local station funding. Speak up now to #SaveOurStations. https://t.co/DrsyzPuJGI

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😍 Earlier this year I made a commitment to developing as a writer. That's why I signed up for this @Narratively workshop with @cerothstein on digging deep to come up with raw and personal essays. So far I'm loving it. #essaywriting #writing #nonfiction #publishing #stories

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😮 I'm plotting a murder mystery, y'all, so I attended this @WritersDigest webinar taught by the wonderful Jennifer Dornbush. What does happen at a crime scene? Who decides if it's murder? So many questions #mysterybooks #crimefiction #fiction #booksbooksbooks #authorsofinstagram

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October is one of @parisreview's open submission months so it was my pleasure to send them my work. If published, it will be my first piece in a literary journal 😮 #nonfiction #literarymagazine #authorsofinstagram #publishing #writerlife

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🔥 I find Tessa Hadley's writing amazing. For instance, this sentence from her short story "Funny Little Snake" #fiction #shortstory #booksbooksbooks #writingcommunity #stories

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The Letter Review 🔥 is dedicated to publishing new writing. Which is why I just submitted a personal essay to their quarterly contest for consideration #essaywriting #authors #publishing #nonfiction #writinglife

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😍 I've written an essay about how I responded to homophobic bullying in high school. It feels gratifying to submit it to prestigious literary journals like @NwEnglandReview #literarymagazine #nonfiction #essaywriting #publishing #writingcommunity

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🔥 Just submitted my new essay about how I handled homophobic bullying in high school to @pshares -- such an esteemed publication, would be awesome to get into their pages #publishing #authors #booksbooksbooks #nonfiction #essaywriting

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Visit her website to learn more and buy her books: https://t.co/IS8eGSia9X

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In her new book As A Jew, Sarah Hurwitz writes eloquently about the importance of knowing about Jewish history and Judaism's rich traditions. Can't recommend it highly enough during these troubled times ❤️ #jewishpride #jewishhistory #judaism #booksbooksbooks #publishing

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@JCRCofGMJF I just read Sarah's book and it is wonderful #jewishpride

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🔥 So excited to submit my new essay "What Do We Do with Bullies?" to @yalereview. I really enjoy their content and it would be an honor to be published by them. #literarymagazine #yale #nonfiction #publishing #essaywriting

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😍 Here I go again! Just submitted my essay on confronting homophobic bullying in high school to the amazing @GrantaMaga49520. September is one of their open submission months! #writingcommunity #authorsofinstagram #nonfiction #essaywriting #publishing

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@SarahKSilverman Always love how Sarah shares from the heart and makes her message land #jewishpride

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Finally did it. Submitted an #essay to @HuffPost Personal -- about the time I confronted homophobic bullying in high school back in the day 😘 #nonfiction #personalessay #writingcommunity #publishing #HuffPost

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@kenyonreview Awesome! I submitted a personal essay! #Writing

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The best part of The Dazzling Paget Sisters is the first section when the twins are young and have only each other to confide in. Later in the book, despite affairs with notables like Albert Camus and George Orwell, well, I just didn't care all that much. I didn't finish.

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@WritingWorkshps Looks fantastic! I just applied

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@WritingWorkshps is doing their NYC Publishing Workshop in April and I just applied with pages of my gay coming-of-age memoir WHEN WILL I BE LOVED - would be so awesome to get in! 😘 #publishing #writingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #networking #authorlife