Exodus Oktavia Brownlow

We're writing spec flash tomorrow in my workshop! Thanks so much for this terrific resource, @mynachang.bsky.social 💙

Is it some kinda rule of the universe that all folks named “Hannah” are some of the nicest, most decent folks you’ll ever met? 🧐I have never known a MEAN Hannah!

At that age where I NEED to eat a little something before I take my daily supplements or else nausea ensues… 🫠

I got ya back, rosebud! 🤗💚

Now, that sounds like a Will piece in itself—a dazzling writer whose best work is tragically only written as emails and read by coworkers!

Getting around to picking my piece to read! ☺️See you soon, Hannah-Bear! 💚✨💚

Was about to say something about second breakfast but I see fellow LOTR lovers beat me to it already! 😅

TONIGHT!

Join us for the virtual book launch of @writesloud.bsky.social collection: FIRST KICKING, THEN NOT (@stanchion.bsky.social)

Readers include: @coocoo4afropuffs.bsky.social, @toddedillard.bsky.social, @mrswhitehouse74.bsky.social, and me!

Register here:

www.eventbrite.com/e/hannah-gri...

Our submissions are now ✨ open✨ again, so here's a reminder of what we're looking for:

✨ Voice-driven writing

✨ Fresh, authentic, & unpublished work

✨ Compelling voices

Congratulations, Stephanie! ☺️💚✨

I am TICKLED! 😂

Jackson, Mississippi, a primarily black city and the state’s capital, hasn’t had a proper running water treatment facility since late August of 2022.

Feeling very thankful to all of the amazing writers who have responded with a beautiful “Yes!” when I’ve asked for arcs to review their work. 💚It’s quite a privilege, and I feel so honored that folks trust me to adore their books with as many wonderful words as necessary. ✨

My Black Vamps Only (as in Black vampire characters exclusively) Movie Birthday Party is coming up soon, and I’m finding it obscenely hard to focus on anything else. 😅I feel like a kid. I haven’t had a birthday party since I was about 14! I’m excited! Hehe 🤭🤭🤭

My plum-cherry wine is FINISHED, ya’ll! Look at the COLOR on my pretty boozy baby! 🥰😍🥰She’s a whole Backwoods Blackhawk Brewer Babe! 🤭🤭🤭

That is the correct answer, dear! 😉

Y’all reading, writing, or relaxing today? Or a lil of all three? 😇

Thank you for your love and generosity, my sweet! I treasure you, always! 🥰

I’m having a 🧛🏾🧛🏿🧛🏼‍♂️Movie Party for my birthday this year, and decided to bring out these beautiful crystal shot glasses that my beloved bat babe @kcmeadbrewer.com gifted me years ago!

They have clovers on them for luck which—considering how strong I make my drinks?—might be what the guests need! 🤭🤭🤭

Can’t wait to see the next installment! 🤭🤭🤭

Baby, I just know some artist’a throw a $12k price tag on this for sale in somebody’s gallery. 😅

🌸COVER REVEAL🌸 for MORE FLOWERS & it’s a beauty! I’m grateful to so many: @triohousepress.org, @krisbigalk.bsky.social, @natashakane.bsky.social & to @fascicles.bsky.social, @kcbrattpfotenhauer.bsky.social, & @cynthiamhoffman.bsky.social for their kind, generous words!

Pre-order link in comments!

My latest arc: “Patchwork a Sewist’s Diary” by Maddie Ballard publishing with Tin House on October 21st, 2025!
THIS sewist and baby fashion designer cannot WAIT to get into this beauty!
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Review coming soon!
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Yay!

Peep my story in the TOC

A tale about a fraught and complex mother-daughter relationship, a genius scientist who uses math to open up the cosmos, and using love to navigate unbearable grief.

Excited to share it later this week.

And the other stories here? Incredible.

Seriously you guys, with a late surge before Tuesday's publication day, there's a chance to push @writesloud.bsky.social Hannah Grieco's First Kicking, Then Not into an unprecedented 4th printing! That'll get Hannah another $350 and 15 more author copies! If you want this book (& you should) do it!

Took like a 3-hour nap after SEVERAL nights of the worst insomnia I’ve ever had. Then ate a bonkers big bowl of popcorn AND a brown sugar poptart.

Baby, I don’t even know. 🤪

Fresh from the UPS—ARC of Nikesha Elise Williams’ debut novel “The Seven Daughters of Dupree” dropping on January 27th, 2026!
I can’t get enough of this COVER!
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Reading and book review in-progress!
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The 2025 Best of the Net Anthology is now live! Read work from this year's winners and see the full list of finalists here! bestofthenetanthology.com

I am writing the most challenging work of my life, thus far, and all I can do is giggle and journal about it. 😅

Space Unicorn!

PLEASE REPOST! WRITERS! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Short Story Submissions from August 25 to September 8! Uncanny Magazine will be open to Poetry Submissions from August 9 to August 26. WE WANT TO SEE YOUR SHINY WORDS! buff.ly/9AyStcb