# unsolicited (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover unsolicited. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Tsunami Isn’t a Metaphor](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/a-tsunami-isnt-a-metaphor) _2026-08-19 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ When I started writing the vignettes that would eventually become my book Tsunami, I started with the day of tsunami itself. ## [MOTHER!: A Genre-Collaging Collection by a Fixed Fire Sister](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/mother-a-genre-collaging-collection) _2026-08-17 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ I might have ordered and read Summer Stewart’s MOTHER! even if the author didn’t happen to be my friend and colleague. ## [When the Ocean Leaves: LeeAnn Pickrell's Tsunami and the Stories We Carry Home](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/when-the-ocean-leaves-leeann-pickrells) _2026-08-15 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ Before the Indian Ocean rose to swallow coastlines and rewrite modern history, the day opened with an ordinary cup of coffee. ## [The Unexamined Life Is Worth Living](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/the-unexamined-life-is-worth-living) _2026-08-14 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ Yes this is a Socrates reference and yes it's relevant ## [Meet Dave: The Galaxy’s Most Oblivious “Good Boy”](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/meet-dave-the-galaxys-most-oblivious) _2026-08-12 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ Move over, chosen ones. ## [LeeAnn Pickrell Recounts the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami in Intimate New Memoir](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/leeann-pickrell-recounts-the-2004) _2026-08-11 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ PORTLAND, Ore. August 11, 2026 — On December 26, 2004, LeeAnn Pickrell was drinking coffee near the beach in Rai Leh, Thailand, when the ocean disappeared. ## [At the Far End of a Life: Robert Crooke Returns with Across the Endless Night](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/at-the-far-end-of-a-life-robert-crooke) _2026-08-05 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ What do we owe the people who have loved us when there is no longer enough time to become an entirely different person? ## [airplane thoughts](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/airplane-thoughts) _2026-08-05 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ on being so back or so gone ## [10 Ways My Daily Life is Impacted by Politics in the USA](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/10-ways-my-daily-life-is-impacted) _2026-07-31 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ When I was abroad recently, I was asked: “How does the Trump regime impact your daily life in Southern California?” I am a White, privileged, US citizen of Medicare age, so I understand why the impac… ## [What is it that you want?](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/what-is-it-that-you-want) _2026-07-31 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ How do we know if our yearnings are true ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QKwsLwFRpt6r) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [Love, Blood, and the Secrets Carried Downriver](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/love-blood-and-the-secrets-carried) _2026-07-28 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ Some towns hold their secrets tight, and then some towns surrender them to the water. ## [How to Make a Story Collection Feel Like More Than “Just a Bunch of Stories”](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/how-to-make-a-story-collection-feel) _2026-07-23 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ The structures of classics Dubliners and Winesburg, Ohio were in my mind during my first attempt at creating a story collection. ## [In Defense of the Leo](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/in-defense-of-the-leo) _2026-07-22 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ Every Leo season, the internet produces the same damn person. ## [On being constantly foreign](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/on-being-constantly-foreign) _2026-07-22 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ Living in the in-between ## [An Interview with Mick Bennett, Author of MESSES WE MADE](https://unsolicitedpress.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-mick-bennett-author) _2026-07-22 · Unsolicited Press · Unsolicited Press Newsletter_ You’ve published short fiction across five decades. ## [idgaf summer](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/idgaf-summer) _2026-07-10 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ + some postcards from Greece ## [Retired from sad, new career in business](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/retired-from-sad-new-career-in-business) _2026-07-03 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ On rituals (June's RECAP) ## [Am I out of my mind? Yes! I'm in my heart!](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/am-i-out-of-my-mind-yes-im-in-my) _2026-06-14 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ on being a difficult woman (may RECAP, journal version) ## [Books I'm reading this summer](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/books-im-reading-on-holiday) _2026-06-10 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ My TBR ## [The writing routines of Madison Huizinga and Eve Morgan](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/the-writing-routines-of-madison-huizinga) _2026-06-07 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ About two months ago I created a new series, in which I ask my favorite writers to talk about their writing routines and what makes them special. ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h0McmmOvLa5P) _2026-06-07 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [A week in my life living in Lisbon](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/a-week-in-my-life-living-in-lisbon) _2026-06-04 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ Living at the edge of the world ## [YOU WANT TO FEEL ALIVE](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/you-want-to-feel-alive) _2026-05-28 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ So what ## [There's no chemical solution to a spiritual problem](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/theres-no-chemical-solution-to-a) _2026-05-22 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ unsolicited advice 08: how to know when to stop seeing your therapist ## [Romance needs urgency](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/romance-needs-urgency) _2026-05-17 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ In case you needed a tonic ## [Magic amidst chaos](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/magic-amidst-chaos) _2026-05-11 · All Over the Place_ april RECAP ## [The writing routines of Mel Zog, Caroline Beuley, and Sudana Krasniqi](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/the-writing-routines-of-mel-zog-caroline) _2026-04-14 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ on how to fit a writing practice into your daily life ## [How to look after a heart](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/how-to-look-after-a-heart) _2026-04-14 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ What it means to tend to something + more music ofc ## [On working a retail job because there are no fucking jobs anywhere](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/on-working-a-retail-job-because-there) _2026-04-06 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ march RECAP ## [Unsolicited Advice](https://thewordresort.substack.com/p/unsolicited-advice) _2026-04-02 · Bel Hawkins · The Word Resort_ Fun to ask, fun to write, fun to receive if you're in the right state of mind ## [I was never a gifted kid, but I can be a hard working adult](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/i-was-never-a-gifted-kid-but-i-can) _2026-03-11 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ a reflection on lazyness + February RECAP ## [Every Channel. One Login. (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7TcuZx9oK1pG) _2026-03-11 · **Sponsored**_ 17,000+ live channels, movies and sports on any device. Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Women written by men](https://luisaallovertheplace.substack.com/p/women-written-by-men) _2026-03-05 · Luisa · All Over the Place_ on Industry s4