Elisa Dominique Rivera

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A photo of a book held by one hand to the side. The book’s title is “Mother Karma” - written across the top. In the middle is an outline drawing of a child and a mother intertwined by a lotus flower in the middle. At the bottom is the author’s name, Sumitra Singham. The book background is earthy yellow.

I can’t wait to get stuck into my kawan’s first published novella-in-flash, “Mother Karma”.

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social
#motherlarma
#writers
#firstpublishedbook

Good morning! I just woke up. Will join soon. X

Oh me too. I like to go through it with everyone. Love the element of surprise. 😄

@tomljanovic.bsky.social are you almost ready for @mattkendrick.bsky.social ‘s Lyrical Writing workshops? I’m so excited to be writing with you! 💕💕💕

That was a very familiar and relatable piece, Jane. Sometimes, I wonder how we ever manage to date at all. Maybe there’s merit in arranged marriages. 😊 Love the voice and pacing of this and the narrator needs a better human. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Thanks, Jane! I’ve also just accepted their publication offer. 🙌🏾💕

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I am gobsmacked. I made it to the Bath Flash Fiction Long List!!!! Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!

@bathflashaward.bsky.social

#bathflashfictionawards

Congrats, Robert! Loved your piece. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

ADHD writing is “writing an entire story” in your head while walking the dog then suddenly realising you have no idea what street you’re in or how long you’ve been writing. 🤷🏾‍♀️😁🙌🏾

Yes! And I totally read this in Sumitra’s voice. With Cons on and her Pearl Jam concert t-shirt.

Thank you for writing it, kawan.

(Eddie gif definitely appreciated) 😍💕🥰

Another flash from my kawan, kaibigan, writing buddy who never fails to capture an entire generation’s vibe in a bite-sized story.

@pleomorphic2.bsky.social, you’re awesome for giving voice to the things my heart could only whisper.

Read for 90s nostalgia, and the… vibes. 😊😊😊😊

I can just hear Eddie’s voice wafting while this story is unfolding, kawan. He was my bias, too. Also Jeff Buckley. Because omg, isn’t the 90s the best time to be angsty?

Your flash, as usual, captures that in ways my (and all the 90s indie folks) heart can only whisper. 💕💕💕💕

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😉😆🫣

Omg, @mattkendrick.bsky.social doesn’t realise he’s got the troublemakers in the back row in his class. 🤣

And remember I was half-asleep in bed? 🤣 I also promise I will be fully awake this time. 😄 So excited to hang again. 💕

I’ll think of other Melbourne writing mates I can forward the WBTL, Matt. 😊

And guess who’s joining you in November? I can’t wait to be in the same class as you and read your words, T. 💕💕💕💕

Can’t wait! And yeah, with the Timezone difference it’s probably coffee or tea for some. Haha! Hope you’ve been well, Melissa! 💕

Too true. 😢

I miss @lumchanmfa.bsky.social ‘s flash-writing-tangent-talking sessions. Anymore coming in the near future?

Yes! Can’t wait. And I might look at the live workshops, too so I can say hi. 😊

Ah! I get excited and not read the details. Until the next one then. Thank you ou, Matt!

Maria Ressa wearing a pink blazer is behind a lectern talking about the harmful effect of social media.

The panel for the South East Asian Oration

A photo of Maria Ressa with the hosts and panel for the South East Asian Oration.

Omg, I made @mariaressa.bsky.social laugh tonight while we were in the lift! This woman who founded @rappler.bsky.social and fought a brutal dictator and is a Noble Peace Laureate laughed at my geeky tech joke.

Also, please buy her book “How to stand up to a dictator”.

I would like to tag @gretchenfilart.bsky.social for this course. She is a great poet, but I know there’s a prose in her that one of your courses, Matt, will help her write it out. 😄

P.S. @tomljanovic.bsky.social really should win it, too. 💕

Oh my heart, T. I’m so lucky to have you as a friend. You deserve this free lesson with @mattkendrick.bsky.social ! I’ve done all the WBTL courses. But probably need a refresher course or just another time with Matt and other great writers for some inspiration. I’ve been MIA with writing lately. 💕💕💕

Yes please! Thanks, Elise!

A magazine cover with an outline drawing of a human with long curly-ish hair sitting inside a house. And on top the word “Nesting” with orange font.

A table of contents list with page numbers next to tiles and writer/author/poet name below the title.

An opened magazine with the “That rainy day she made more than stew” in big words with an orange box and dark flower outline in the middle on the left page: and a story on the right page.

An opened magazine with a recipe on both pages and a name/title of the recipe called “Sinigang”,

Omg. Writing Goal #4: Get a piece published in an actual printed magazine or anthology. CHECKED!

#bowenstreetpress #nesting

P.S. This piece was born out of a #furiousfiction prompt