Author of Running Out and This World and the Next @MainStreetRag, Faculty @UFindlay, Editor @SlipperyElmLJ. Wittier on Strava, same handle on bsky.
Joined January 2018
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Jun 12
Calling all NW Ohio Creative Writers! We're offering a free one-day workshop for students and community members writing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, and more, on June 27th. More info: tinyurl.com/ypkknb8u Email essinger@findlay.edu to register. Please share!
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May 23
Calling all NW Ohio Creative Writers!
We're offering a free one-day workshop for students and community members writing in Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Horror, and more, on June 27th.
More info: tinyurl.com/ypkknb8u
Email essinger@findlay.edu to register.
Please share!
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Apr 22
Congratulations to the 2026 winners of the AWP Intro Journals Project! Visit our website for a list of all winners—selected by Christina Rivera, @gxldengxl, and Han VanderHart—and where their winning pieces will be published! awpwriter.org/AWP/Contests/I…
ALT Bird's-eye view of a desk with stack of journals that say AWP Intro Journals Project
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Apr 6
The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Pretty fucking savage post from the Choose Your Own Adventure brand account
#25thAmendment
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Apr 2
In a surprise twist, the Epstein files released the attorney general.
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Mar 10
OK! Who wants to come work with me? @ufindlay is hiring for someone to teach Creative Writing and Technical Communication.
findlay.wd5.myworkdayjobs.co…
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It's almost #AWP26!
I'll be presenting on "A Psalm for the Wild Teacher: Building Genre Fiction Workshops That Inspire" Thurs 10:35, signing books at @MainStreetRag T749 2:30-4 that afternoon, hanging out at @SlipperyElmLJ T839 the rest of the afternoons, and at large in B-more!
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Mar 1
1978…
Willie Nelson releases the song, “Mama’s don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys.”
18 years later in 1996…
Paula Cole releases the song, “Where have all the cowboys gone?”
I’m not blaming Willie, I’m just saying it’s weird.
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I'm looking forward to teaching this craft talk and mini-workshop on "Genre and Worldbuilding in Fiction" March 10, in Zoom for @litcleveland!
6:30-8:30pm, $35 or $25 for members, spaces still open!
litcleveland.org/classes-wor…
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LeBron never did that
BREAKING: Jordan says it shot down two Iranian ballistic missiles
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Dave Essinger retweeted
Feb 16
The leaders of America do not care about its people.
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Last call, everybody!
Here we go, last call--submissions for Slippery Elm 2026 close at midnight Eastern, tonight, Feb. 1!
ALL CATEGORIES are open again for the last 24 hours.
slipperyelm.submittable.com/…
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Jan 29
oac.ohio.gov/home/news-and-e…
Thrilled and grateful to the Ohio Arts Council for this Individual Artists support for 2026! This validation for the opening chapters of my new novel Compassion Fatigue, from people who recognize what I'm writing about, is especially meaningful.
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