Jennifer L. Post

She/her. Writer of stories, player of games, sometimes blogger (but mostly not), self-styled Book-Wyrm, and #Critter ^-^
@[email protected]

[Jennifer L. Post @JennIsWriting]

Finding the spell slots to finally get my things in order here. Not fully bailing! I'll stay until the disasteroid hits, or until security becomes a safety issue.

However, you can also follow me on Mastadon here: @[email protected] (still setting things up)

[Elizabeth Warren @ewarren]

Egg prices are skyrocketing, and the big producers’ explanations aren’t adding up. Families deserve to know whether they’re paying the price for out-of-control corporate greed. @KatiePorterOC and I are calling for answers. https://t.co/Ng8vwmhLC4

[Elizabeth Warren @SenWarren]

An analysis by @EconomicPolicy found that the spike in profit margins since the pandemic explains roughly 40% of the rise in prices since mid-2020. Meaning? While Americans were struggling with high costs, giant corporations were padding their bottom line. Outrageous.

[Tammy Duckworth @SenDuckworth]

81 years ago today, Executive Order 9066 was signed—wrongfully interning more than 120,000 innocent Japanese Americans across the country during World War II simply because of their race.

Our nation has a solemn responsibility to ensure this grave mistake never repeats itself.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

The solution to homelessness is housing, not jail.

[Jennifer L. Post @JennIsWriting]

@tehnuka Congrats! And good job hanging in there. 💚

[Cyril Mychalejko @cmychalejko]

Trump killed Obama Admin's 2015 rule change that would've required freight trains upgrade current braking technology that was developed in the 19th Century w/ state-of-the-art electronic systems. @Will_Bunch on Trump's toxic hypocrisy (& Biden Admin's inadequate response in Ohio)

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Let’s restore the Child Care Tax Credit, which gave tens of millions of parents some breathing room.

It cut child poverty in half — to the lowest point in all of American history.

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

Today is Japanese American Day of Remembrance, marking 81 years since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 and set in motion the internment. Here were our remarks at Allegiance after the show last night. I hope you’ll take a moment to watch and listen.

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

$1.5 million for 102 children laborers. That’s it. Throw the fuckers in jail for fucks sake. They can afford $14k per child. Cost of doing business. Strip the leaders, managers and whoever else okayed these “hires” of everything.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Elon Musk resorting to telling people to either pay him $8 or your account will no longer be secure is why people call him a creative genius. I’m sure no one else has ever thought of the “pay for protection” model

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

For-profit healthcare should not exist.

[Gordon B. White @GordonBWhite]

This is an important and thought-provoking thread. Also, as a semi-successful author, I also encourage you to keep your personal info personal. Shunn is out of date. Top left corner should be writing name and email the sub is from only. Editors can have more when they need more.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Today I learned about Norfolk Southern’s private police force. Scary as hell that corporations have these departments

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

This is great but I didn’t reveal anything. I just summarized the US health insurance business model.

[Jennifer L. Post @JennIsWriting]

how to properly format their stories for submission puts a lot of pressure on the people who do not have the power in this relationship.

It's not impossible, but many writers will feel they don't really have a choice but to go along with this if they want to be published. 3/3

[Jennifer L. Post @JennIsWriting]

A great thread about something I've been thinking about a lot. If you feel comfortable ignoring reqs like these, please do! But what I really hope is that more magazines will drop them, or have an explicit statement that they don't adhere to that part of the Shunn formatting. 1/3

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

Sorry for the long 🧵but I’ve had a lot of random thoughts lately. Some editors ask for submitters’ physical addresses for no reason besides that’s what’s always been done. There’s absolutely no need for that unless they want to publish you. It’s a major privacy & safety concern.

[Jennifer L. Post @JennIsWriting]

So much of submission advice is predicated on following guidelines to the letter to make sure your story is being seen for itself and not like, the terrible font you like to write in. Telling people that they should just ignore guidelines that are literally in the guide for 2/3

[The Cottage in the Wildwood @cottageinwood]

This looks like a good spot to rest my head, just for a hundred years or so 🌹

[Alan Mark Tong @alanmarktong]

Sorry for the long 🧵but I’ve had a lot of random thoughts lately. Some editors ask for submitters’ physical addresses for no reason besides that’s what’s always been done. There’s absolutely no need for that unless they want to publish you. It’s a major privacy & safety concern.