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

Madelyn Postman

the16stories

Memoir & Chinese & European Jewish immigrants to California 📙 @hopeprize @simonschusterau anthology 📗 @oxford_flash anthology 📘 @livinapress

Check out The Spark for May! Featuring: 🎙️ A

Check out The Spark for May!

Featuring:
🎙️ An interview with Tessa McWatt snagsforlife
📚 Reading recommendstions
✏️ Writing tips and resources
👣 Updates on my moseying

Listen on all podcast platforms or find me on Substack. Link in bio to 💥 The Spark

Posted @withregram • @hopeprize “Some people w

Posted @withregram • @hopeprize “Some people won’t dog-ear the pages. Others won’t place the book facedown, pages splayed. Some won’t dare make a mark in the margin… We implore you to fold, crack, and scribble on your books whenever the desire takes you.
Favorite books should be naked, faded, torn, their pages spilling out. Love them like a friend, or at least a favorite toy. Let them wrinkle and age along with you.”

― Ella Berthoud & Susan Elderkin

This copy of Tomorrow There Will Be Sun is faded and loved, just as it should be.

If you’re yet to read this heartening, hopeful, diverse collection of stories, you can purchase your copy at the link in our bio 🫶.

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Check out The Spark podcast and @substack newslett

Check out The Spark podcast and @substack newsletter for April, featuring:

🎙️ Interview with memoir and short story author @anngolang (@hopeprize shortlist)
📚 Reading recommendations
✏️ Writing tips and resources
👣 Updates on my moseying

Find it at 💥 The Spark link in bio and wherever you listen to podcasts.

🙏 Thanks as ever to @anthonypostman_mercurycalling for music and sound engineering.

The March episode of The Spark podcast & newslette

The March episode of The Spark podcast & newsletter is LIVE!

Featuring:
🎙️ Author interview with @holly_gramazio author of The Husbands
📚 Reading recommendations
✏️ Writing resources
👣 Updates on my moseying

Look for The Spark wherever you listen to podcasts 🎧

Excited to be featured on @canvasrebel! Link in bi

Excited to be featured on @canvasrebel! Link in bio.

Posted @withregram • @hopeprize It’s official,

Posted @withregram • @hopeprize It’s official, she’s beautiful inside AND out.
Our cover, designed by the talented @alissadinallo 🎨, has been longlisted for Best Literary Fiction Cover by the Australian Book Designers Association!

The February episode of The Spark podcast and news

The February episode of The Spark podcast and newsletter is LIVE!!

Featuring:
🎙️ Author interview with @jasondbuchholz of @collaborcast
📚 Reading recommendations: 1-word titles as suggested by @backstory.london
✏️ Writing tips, like @biancamarais_author Great Beta Reader Match Up and the free @thewritersworkout conference
👣 Updates on my moseying

Go to 💥 The Spark link in bio
Or look for The Spark wherever you listen to podcasts 🎧

Posted @withregram • @thewritersworkout The Writ

Posted @withregram • @thewritersworkout The Writer’s Workout Conference is just over six weeks away! Join us March 17-23

It’s free, virtual, and open worldwide!

#writerscommunity #writers #writersofinstagram

Why I love @chillsubs_official — ALMOST makes re

Why I love @chillsubs_official — ALMOST makes rejections fun 😂

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My latest news (or non-news?). #amsubmitting

My latest news (or non-news?).

#amsubmitting

Check out January’s The Spark podcast and newsle

Check out January’s The Spark podcast and newsletter 💥 (link in bio)

With an interview with @wizwharton and featuring @sunspotletters @thewritersworkout @mslexia @reedsy_hq @grainlondon @chillsubs_official @hopeprize @livinapress @oxford_flash @bookshop_org_uk @bookshop_org @substack

#tbr #readingrecs #writingresources
#readersnewsletter #newsletter #substack #writersnewsletter
#bookrecommendation #bookrec #tbr #shortstories #shortstorycollection #readersofig #readersofinsta #readersofinstagram #writersofig #writersofinsta #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #amwriting #amwritingmemoir #shortstories

Gorgeous evening light.

Gorgeous evening light.

My wall this morning.

My wall this morning.

Posted @withregram • @rachelsylvanauthor “Fift

Posted @withregram • @rachelsylvanauthor “Fifth Chinese Daughter” by Jade Snow Wong

Thank you @the16stories for the recommendation! ❤️

#memoir #classicmemoir #classicbook #classicbooks #nonfictionbooks #fifthchinesedaugher #jadesnowwong #chineseamerican #chineseamericanhistory #diversebooks #diversereads #diverseauthors #diversestories
#diversearthistory

Action shot! ❄️

Action shot! ❄️

Thank you so much @themelrobbinspodcast — this i

Thank you so much @themelrobbinspodcast — this is EXACTLY the episode I needed today. You’re a star and (as you say): I love you!

Some soggy snow!

Some soggy snow!

So excited to announce that I’m the guest judge

So excited to announce that I’m the guest judge for @thewritersworkout FICTION POTLUCK contest!

“About an Egg”
up to 5,000 words
Deadline: February 20

My tip:
Your story could be speculative, historical, humorous. The sky (or the shell?) is the limit—anything from well-observed mundane to the bizarre. Perhaps throw in an unreliable narrator for an added twist! Carefully consider your narrative arc: what’s changing over the course of the story?

PRIZES
This quarter is officially sponsored by @duotrope; the first place winner of this quarter’s challenge receives Duotrope service for free for two years (valued at $100).

Go to writersworkout.net/potluck for more info.

#writingcontest #writingcompetition #shortstorycompetition #shortstorycomp #shortstorycontest

Happy 2025! Here’s an update on my short story c

Happy 2025! Here’s an update on my short story collection submission strategy.

#amwriting #amwritingshortstories #amwritingmemoir

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