Samantha Edmonds

Assistant Professor, Berry College. Fiction and CNF: @nytimes, @mcsweeneys, @the_rumpus & more. Prose Ed, @SundressPub. She/her. #binders

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

I am v serious about my work but also that work is a party.

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

Thrilled to have an installment of "If My Book" up on Monkeybicycle today, comparing my book to things you might expect: mirrors, planets, birds. And also those less expected: conspiracy theorists, adrelanine junkies, astronomy students.

[monkeybicycle @monkeybicycle]

ON THE SITE TODAY: If My Book with Samantha Edmonds and her new story collection, A PREPONDERANCE OF STARRY BEINGS, out now from TriQuarterly/Northwestern University Press.

https://t.co/dsP2R0cCvi

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

@mcflymusic @itsDannyJones @ITV Wasn’t able to be at the show, so I’m so glad y’all are doing this!

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

Delighted to announce that TALES FROM MANILA AVE by Patrick Joseph Caoile is this year's winner of the @SundressPub prose contest! I'm thrilled to play a part in bringing this wonderful book into the world--congrats, Patrick! It's a stellar manuscript

https://t.co/OPQUbTUBSB

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

Writers! Have you ever published in a journal only to see that journal close its pages afterward?

Fear not! Doubleback Review wants your orphaned pieces--prose, poetry, hybrid.

I'm the fiction ed. Feel free to mention this call in your cover letter.

https://t.co/hdXShOkfvx

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

okay but why does my dog sing better than I do

[McWhothePodcast @McWhothePodcast]

Sam’s dog Scholar is *obsessed* with Star Girl. Here he is being a very helpful editor of the Memory Lane episode. If you missed it live, no worries! It’s coming soon to a streaming platform near you.

In the meantime, turn your sound on for this one. He has perfect pitch 😂

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

some of y’all have never heard energy goes where attention flows and guess what? it shows

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

I’m doing moderator prep for an RPG panel for the @UnboundBookFest festival this Saturday and also planning my first ever D&D campaign as the DM, and truly it’s the best intersection of art & life I’ve ever experienced.

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

I'm gathering resources to include with the promotional materials for my forthcoming story collection. Anyone out there connected with journals that do book reviews?

(This is all hypothetical at the moment: I'm just gathering a list of names and places.)

[Scott Garson @garson_scott]

night shot from when @sam_edmonds122 drove us into the water during AWP KC 💥

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

Do you like gay space shit? Ever had a breakup so bad you wanted to flee the earth? Did you miss out on getting a copy of THE SPACE POET at AWP this year? (It sold out for the third year in a row!)

you can still order it online direct from SLP’s website: https://t.co/7HTqTqachi

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

@suburbanprairie @splitlippress @barrelhouse @masonjarpress @TBQuarterly Can you confirm the address? The one I’m seeing online is different from the one on the poster—is this the right place?

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

@splitlippress @barrelhouse @masonjarpress @TBQuarterly Internet says the place closes at nine—are they staying open late for the dance party?! :D

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

come see me & Mark Twain at the @Missouri_Review table from
9-11 today!! We have swag, AWP Bingo cards, and lots of information about the mizzou phd program in creative writing! Table 1232!

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

I’ve heard this before, and I agree. I tend to overwrite—the first draft of my WIP was 120k—and with each pass I make through the ms, it gets shorter (I just got it to 97k words this morning, with still more to lose) AND stronger. It’s a better book for losing the fluff.

[Kat Foxx | 🇨🇦 Literary Agent @_LiteraryKat_]

#WritingCommunity folks, I’ve been seeing quite a few queries w/ MS word counts that are way too long for traditional publication consideration. It’s so hard to sell a book to a publisher to begin with, but it’s even more challenging to sell books over 100K. Here’s why: a thread.

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

Does anyone else confuse Keanu Reeves and John Cusack or is that just me?

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

There is nothing comedic about how this show broke my heart but okay #GoodOmens #GoodOmens2

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

just sat here thinking about @ChinchillaMusic and seeing her live on @mcflymusic’s tour a few years ago and that was so cool, can we all just agree to go back??

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

and there’s a typo in the title, so this book business is off to a great start 😉☠️🙃

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

Thrilled to announce that my debut collection, A PREPONDARANCE OF STARRY BEINGS, which tells stories about outer space & our hopeful broken place in it, has been sold to @marisasaystweet with TriQuarterly Books! This is like a dream. ✨💫✨

[Samantha Edmonds @sam_edmonds122]

@ambernoelle Donna is the best companion!