Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz

she/her, essayist, adjunct professor

[Short Reads @ShortReadsOrg]

Psst ... we’re looking for original (as yet unpublished) flash nonfiction work.

Submissions should be 1,250 words max, and we can only accept 100 total nominations.

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[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

Grateful and thrilled to have my essay republished in @ShortReadsOrg today. If you haven’t already, subscribe to this lovely lit magazine. You’ll get a breath of nonfiction sent right to your inbox every Wednesday.

[Short Reads @ShortReadsOrg]

OUT TODAY: A beautiful and lyrical essay by Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz (@crbulsiewicz).

"Moon, Leaving" | Slip-sliding away.
https://t.co/WBuYggWUiC

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

@PaulCrenstorm Love this—thank you! Here’s one of mine: https://t.co/Ml9NqJOECC

[Dinty W. Moore @brevitymag]

"When I write about myself, it is not because I’m obsessed with understanding myself, it’s because I’m obsessed with understanding the rest of you." ~ Jake Little

[Lauren LeBlanc @lequincampe]

.@adalimon graciously spoke with me for @vanityfair: "Our minds are wired for the negativity bias, to feel anxious and in danger, but I’m always rebelling against that. I try to build a life where I’m vehemently finding the joy." https://t.co/Qy5ZsgCBG6

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

Excited for my piece to be up at cutbankonline, I’ve loved their journal for a long time.

[CutBank @cutbankonline]

New flash by Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz is up on our website! You can check it out at https://t.co/ccUJCRYtLp

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

Cannot wait for this!

[Literary Hub @lithub]

So we run fast, boats against the current, leaving all our longing behind us, can't carry it with us if we want to survive. https://t.co/z0cf9rtvbN

[Book Riot @BookRiot]

The audiobooks will make a bad day a little better. https://t.co/SX6mSNwZK8 #ad

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

Great thoughts in this essay about handling those difficult rejections and why we keep writing.
“Do this because your heart must be heard and your soul can do nothing else but speak.”

[Dinty W. Moore @brevitymag]

Dear Rejection Letters https://t.co/qjGAnsVDYA

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

Loved this! Super comforting and so true: “There is so much we cannot control”

[Poets & Writers @poetswritersinc]

“Publishing a book is not a race, though it can often feel like one.” @katie_raissian of @groveatlantic features in this week’s installment of Agents & Editors Recommend: https://t.co/0vFnqbFuc4

[Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams]

Our hearts are with the families of the AAPI women slain yesterday. Hatred is infectious and cumulative - it begins w pejoratives about race and evolves into acts of unspeakable violence. We must do more than condemn. Our responsibility is to protect and defend. By word and deed.

[Under the Gum Tree @undergumtree]

Attention all Under the Gum Tree Readers! Starting March 8th, we are going to have three weeks of writing prompts. From Monday to Friday, we will post a writing prompt at 11am PST. Here's what you can look forward to:

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

I resonated with this article for a lot of reasons. We need to do more to #removethestigma #Mentalhealth https://t.co/AFcQ2hBXoL

[Dinty W. Moore @brevitymag]

"To sum it all up, if you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling." ~ Ray Bradbury

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

One of the best: Brian Doyle.

[Dinty W. Moore @brevitymag]

"...and this is one of those sweet powerful holy things about writing that we do not talk enough about, I think; writing is a time machine, writing resurrects, writing gives death the finger. And so amen." ~ Brian Doyle

[Dinty W. Moore @brevitymag]

"I’m a writer, so I don’t wait for something interesting. I write. Period. And if there’s nothing interesting, I’ll make it interesting." ~ Thomas Lynch

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

2020 National Book Awards Finalists Announced https://t.co/15SmHF6T4R

[Writer's Digest @WritersDigest]

Think you can write a winning story in 1,500 words or less? Enter the 21st Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Competition for your chance to win $3,000 in cash, get published in Writer's Digest magazine, and more! #flashfiction #shortshort https://t.co/r4FVrPLJqI

[Courtney Ruttenbur Bulsiewicz @crbulsiewicz]

@labcurmudgeon79 @jameelajamil Also, it is very likely that he has speech writers writing that prepared speech. What he said during the debate were his own words, his own gut reactions, and his own truth being revealed.