jillchristman.bsky.social
Author of THE HEART FOLDS EARLY (U Nebraska Press March 1 2026). Editor at RIVER TEETH (riverteethjournal.com) & BEAUTIFUL THINGS: @riverteeth.bsky.social! NEA Prose Fellow. Ball State Professor. Raised by hippies. Kind of witchy. jillchristman.com
👤 Joined on 26 July 2023
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@jillchristman.bsky.socialWe're saying congratulations on ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🙌 Contributor @lesliepwriter.bsky.social's "Hyenas" won @adroitjournal.bsky.social's 2026 Editor’s Prize in Fiction 🥳 buff.ly/nIrN0FZ
Show PostHand-sold a few books today!
Show PostKid was asking some pointed questions about how babies are born which led to me drawing the best picture I’ve drawn in my life
Show PostAs both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.
Show PostThis summer, I sold a novel, wrote a nonfiction book, outlined a revision plan for the next novel, and just yesterday wrote a synopsis for another. Also hiked across Portugal and Spain, taught in Greece, visited my family in Michigan, and read so, so many books. Good enough! Back to school tomorrow!
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