Chris Cocca

poems and stories. or Allentown guy.

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

If you're going bye-byes, let's connect on Substack!

https://t.co/TMGrNXEX4V

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@dt_robbins right?

[Will Musgrove @Will_Musgrove]

Front of T-shirt: "I survived my AWP envy..."

Back of T-shirt: "...and all I got was this lousy T-shirt."

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@KellyLMcCarty because for most of the MAGA elites, "faith" is just another grift.

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@Joseph_Fasano_ I also just followed you on Substack if that helps :)

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@Joseph_Fasano_ hello!

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

This experiment is going even worse than I thought it would: https://t.co/lXOfb4pxtr

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

It’s lately been observed that Billy Corgan pronounces the English word agape like the Koine word agape. That’s some high-level compression.

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@Jessicawhippl17 it's all good. one was a chapbook, so that's like 50 if we're counting. but most of us aren't math people, so I'll call it 1. :)

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@Jessicawhippl17 I did get three rejections today, too. March 2 is a vibe.

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

Hello, Respected Lit Mag. I'll see your March 2 rejection and raise you a "Now I can submit something else unless that's expressly against your rules!"

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@BeckyLTuch But...Becky. It's a labor of love (TM)!

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@MomOnFire I mean, it is March. (Mine had way more Air Supply than I expected).

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@BeckyLTuch YES!

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@BeckyLTuch time to make some literary use of my YDS degree (I don't think they care)

[Becky Tuch @BeckyLTuch]

Ugh just read a Substack article by a lit mag editor that I'm almost certain was edited with AI. The style is so common:

* short, punchy sentences
* "This, not that" construction. ("It's not a rejection; it's a sign the process is working...")
* Things in threes. ("Not a no, not a rejection, not a closed door. A window to something better...")

I cannot say it enough: writers & editors, please stop relying on AI to help you edit your stuff.
AI strips you of your own voice & makes you sound like a machine.
It's utterly depressing to read such pieces from writers and lit mag editors.

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@BeckyLTuch ugh. the cadence or accent or whatever we want to call it is so, so obvious at this point.

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

@BeckyLTuch is this the "everyone wins" call I saw all over Submittable?

[Chris Cocca @thatChrisCocca]

I want to thank @MISTERBULLBULL for publishing my flash fiction today. Thank you Ben and BULL team!

https://t.co/iCFDEreMB5