Ellen's Very Southern Voice
ellenmorrisprewitt@writing.exchange
<p>Ex-lawyer, current writer. Of the American South. Words in Salvation South ("Best of 2025"), Porchlight ("12 Southern Writers to Read Alongside the Canon"), Dorothy Parker's Ashes, Exterminating Angel Press, etc. Pushcart Special Mention. Peter Taylor Fellow. Writing facilitator. WHEN WE WERE MURDEROUS TIME-TRAVELING WOMEN (Literary Wanderlust, 2026).</p><p>Avata: red hair, blue eyes<br />Header: all you need is love banner</p><p><a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/NOLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NOLA</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Memphis" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Memphis</span></a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/Mississippi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mississippi</span></a> <a href="htt
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Post #4408561
I just learned that because I was on the Rooted Magazine podcast, my book is on their page on Bookshop.org. I find that so cool! https://bookshop.org/lists/rooted-reading-list #Books #Bookstodon #Writing #Mississippi #NewOrleans #Fantasy #TimeTravel
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Post #4405681
#ScribesAndMakers What book are you currently reading, or have you finished most recently? "Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory," a mere stepping stone on the rocky path of my Reconstruction reading. The "most recently" finished book was "Black Reconstruction in America" by W. E. B. Du Bois. This is the, I don't know, 15th book I've read on Reconstruction since Christmas. Why on God's earth would I immerse myself in such a niche era? Bec...
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Post #4075624
#ScribesAndMakers What's something you feel yo've become better at with your creative work this month? I keep saying I'm going back to doing near-final editing using a printed copy of the memoir, but it's hard to wean myself off this computer. I did it this month! (It's interactive, of course: read and edit with the hard copy; make revisions on the computer; meditate on how I feel about the resulting structure; return to the hard copy.)
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Post #3828309
Dear writer, I appreciate your transparency in telling me you used AI to organize your thoughts, but I'd rather have your unorganized thoughts. Maybe you're unsure of your writing and believe AI produced a professional product for you. It didn't. This article is overly simplistic and relies on endless repetition for impact—your thoughts got lost. Please write as you will and add a new disclaimer: I chose to write this without AI, so forgive any human errors you encounter. #Writing...
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Post #3756975
#ScribesAndMakers Do you prefer when a time traveler can choose a specific time/place to go, or when they don't have control over it? I've written 2 time travel novels. In both the time-traveler was hijacked into travel. Jean Lafitte the Pirate King returned to Katrina-threatened New Orleans because Jazzy controlled his ship-in-a-bottle. In WWWMTTW, the Dauphine, his assassin, plus the 3 grannies were all brought back by Etoile's ditty. The time-travel world is at the mercy of my fe...
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Post #2468994
I feel all kinds of ways when I realize I&#39;ve fallen for one of the greatest lies of American history https://ellenmorrisprewitt.com/lies-of-history/
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Post #1459917
#SilentSunday Wave breaks over seaweed
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Post #859224
#SilentSunday
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Post #711326
#ScribesAndMakers Self-promotion Day. Shame optional. How serendipitous. I&#39;m two weeks out of the launch of my literary fantasy, When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women. Is it self-promotion if I use the words of those who wrote blurbs? Here&#39;s one: A whirlwind adventure that unfolds in enchanting New Orleans. Rest assured, expectations will be subverted. Oh, and how awesome our grannies are, especially the murderous ones. —Gordon Haynes, author of Catching Souls for Beelzeb...
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Post #706445
If you&#39;re around New Orleans, I&#39;d love to meet you IRL https://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-we-were-murderous-time-traveling-women-book-launch-tickets-1983020445534
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Post #316674
A seminary of my church has conferred the Dean’s Cross for Servant Leadership on Stephen Colbert for his work &quot;as a satirist who provokes critical thinking and inspires change.&quot; https://episcopalnewsservice.org/pressreleases/vts-awards-the-deans-cross-for-servant-leadership-to-stephen-colbert-and-evelyn-mcgee-colbert/
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Post #214147
It's just an idea, but maybe we should actually have a White History Month where all of us white folks tell the truth about our history. How Reconstruction was a moment of opportunity that we killed with violence. How lynching was the enforcement arm of Jim Crow. How convict leasing took over from slavery. How the "law and order" of the Clintons was the new Southern Strategy. How the perpetuation of white supremacy has been our ever-primary goal.
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Post #214054
#SilentSunday