Madelyn Postman – Writer – memoir, narrative nonfiction, literary fiction

Madelyn Postman

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Memoir & Chinese & European Jewish immigrants to California ✏️ @hopeprize @simonschusterau anthology ✏️ @oxford_flash anthology ✏️ @livinapress

Wow. Just wow. Never seen so many pastries and dec

Wow. Just wow. Never seen so many pastries and decadent cakes in my life.

I’d just eaten breakfast, so I only had some freshly-pressed juice and my daughter’s borscht. She had sauerkraut and mushroom pierogis and my husband had goulash, then potato pancakes with sour cream.

At Gosia’s Cafe in Teddington, west London.

For most of 2002, I took a photo every day and upl

For most of 2002, I took a photo every day and uploaded it to madomat.com (which now redirects to my author website, madelynpostman.com). You can probably see it on the Wayback Machine internet archive.

This discarded Twister box was exactly the kind of ephemera I would snap with my digital camera 📷

This is my parallel life, according to Rev.com cap

This is my parallel life, according to Rev.com captioning 😂

📣 Finally uploaded the full reading of “His B

📣 Finally uploaded the full reading of “His Bones” at the @oxford_flash anthology launch at the @bodleianlibraries of @oxford_uni

👉 Go to my Website ✏️ link in bio and scroll down on the Writing page to watch it!

🙏 Thanks so much to @parker_geppert and @christophlondon for filming it, and audio engineer @anthonypostman_mercurycalling for cleaning up the audio.

Here’s my reading of “His Bones” at the laun

Here’s my reading of “His Bones” at the launch of the @oxford_flash prize Transformations anthology in October at the @bodleianlibraries of @oxford_uni. I’ll put up the full 8 minutes or so on YouTube at some point, with the audio cleaned up by the stellar @anthonypostman_mercurycalling

#authorreading #shortstory

It snowed!! And I’ve been querying agents.

It snowed!!

And I’ve been querying agents.

Totally forgot to post this: episode 03 of The Spa

Totally forgot to post this: episode 03 of The Spark, Coffee and capybaras.

Featuring:
💬 Interview with @jessicapayne.writer
📚 Reading recommendations
✏️ Writing tips and resources
👣 Updates on my moseying

Link in bio to The Spark 💥

Available as a 🎧 podcast and 📰 newsletter.

X marks the spot.

X marks the spot.

Check out The Spark episode 04 “Snowballs in Nov

Check out The Spark episode 04 “Snowballs in November” (sorry, the image says 05!) with an interview with Alex Pickett, reading recs, writing tips, and updates on my moseying.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts (search “The Spark with Madelyn Postman”). Or read it or listen directly on Substack. Subscribe to get it straight to your inbox.

💥 The Spark link in bio.

I do A LOT of my writing at @seasons.cafe fueled b

I do A LOT of my writing at @seasons.cafe fueled by ☕️ and 🍳🍳. The feeling of bringing in their copies of the @oxford_flash anthology and @livinapress Issue 10 with my work in it was indescribable. I have just one copy of the @hopeprize anthology for now, but will give them theirs when more arrive.

❤️ My daughter @parker_geppert reading about h

❤️ My daughter @parker_geppert reading about herself in “Things My Dad Told Me,” featured in the inaugural @hopeprize anthology, Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, published by @simonschusterau! All royalties go to mental health charity @beyondblueofficial 💙

Pre-order at Website ✏️ link in bio.

Gorgeous cover by @alissadinallo

THE UNBOXING! (Part 2) 💛 My author’s copy of

THE UNBOXING! (Part 2)

💛 My author’s copy of the @hopeprize anthology, Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, published by @simonschusterau, arrived! All royalties go to mental health charity @beyondblueofficial 💙

The first story of my short story collection (which I’m querying now to literary agents), “Things My Dad Told Me,” is featured in the anthology.

Pre-order at Website ✏️ link in bio.

Gorgeous cover by @alissadinallo

THE UNBOXING! (Part 1) 💛 My author’s copy of

THE UNBOXING! (Part 1)

💛 My author’s copy of the @hopeprize anthology, Tomorrow There Will Be Sun, published by @simonschusterau, arrived! All royalties go to mental health charity @beyondblueofficial 💙

The first story of my short story collection (which I’m querying now to literary agents), “Things My Dad Told Me,” is featured in the anthology.

Pre-order at Website ✏️ link in bio.

Gorgeous cover by @alissadinallo

Drained after an intense week, I trekked to Cambri

Drained after an intense week, I trekked to Cambridge to see my goddaughter @a.hxmmer’s outstanding performance in @the_effect__corpus. Then I stayed overnight at the Barbican, London at my dear friend @_kate_hammer’s. I’m now re-energized and well-rested, ready for the week ahead. 💪

I’m back in the “query trenches” with my sho

I’m back in the “query trenches” with my short story collection! Wish me patience and luck ⏰🍀

#amquerying #shortstorycollection #memoir #narrativenonfiction #chineseamerican

✏️ After seven years of researching and writin

✏️ After seven years of researching and writing about my family, a few months querying literary agents, then a year rewriting my short story collection, I am now diving back into the “query trenches” to seek representation! 😍

#amquerying #amqueryingmemoir #shortstorycollection #narrativenonfiction #creativenonfiction #chineseamerican

Guess on which day I received my copy of Issue 10

Guess on which day I received my copy of Issue 10 (“Golden” theme) of @livinapress? 👻🎃

It features “Gold Mountain Diggers,” about a visit I had with my grandfather in Beverly Hills in 1995. It’s one of the chapters of my (as yet unpublished) short story collection that links memoir with narrative nonfiction on my Chinese American family history. Stories are set from 1895 to 2015.

#shortstories #amwritingmemoir #livinapress #chineseamerican #1995

The first story, “Things My Dad Told Me,” of m

The first story, “Things My Dad Told Me,” of my (as yet unpublished) short story collection is included in The Hope Prize anthology!

Pre-order Tomorrow There Will Be Sun at the link in bio 🖇️ Publication in December 2024!

Posted @withregram • @beyondblueofficial Tomorrow There Will Be Sun is an inspiring anthology featuring the winning and
shortlisted stories from @hopeprize, one of the world’s leading short story competitions, focussing on hope, courage and resilience in times of darkness.

Published by @simonschusterau, all royalties from the collection will be donated to Beyond Blue. Visit the link in our bio to pre order now.

The wonderful goodie bag for @oxford_flash authors

The wonderful goodie bag for @oxford_flash authors bestowed upon us by @freyajmorris at the launch last Saturday at @bodleianlibraries @oxford_uni

#shortstoryprize #flashfiction #flashfictionprize #flashfictionanthology #shortstoryanthology #oxfordflashfictionprize

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