The Other Stories Podcast

Thank you to The Other Stories Podcast for having me! Link to my episode below. Episode 192 – “Backburner” by Michelle Blair Wilker

Chain Linked at Stories & Books Cafe

Come see me read from CHAIN LINKED on September 5th @ 7:30pm !

Library Naps

My newest short story which does not appear in the book is now running in Chicago’s Felix Magazine! Check it out on page 66 on first link & 131 on second link! It’s a fun silly story : ) https://indd.adobe.com/view/e3d031d1-a626-4f7e-926e-c532d239dad2 http://felixmag.co/2018/07/23/spring-issue-2018/

Chain Linked Stories: 6.19.18

The day has finally arrived when CHAIN LINKED will be let loose on the world. It’s been a long journey to publication, almost nine years of hard work and perseverance. I weathered countless rejections and cynics, took workshops, and classes, and just sat down and wrote. It’s a constant battle to pluck the prose from […]

Bootcamp Barry’s Not So Scary

Here is a link to my latest article on The Huffington Post on Barry Jay from Barry’s Bootcamp. Article also below! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-blair-wilker/bootcamp-barrys-not-so-sc_b_6139940.html How does a skinny kid from the Bronx with a passion for horror flicks and Broadway become the godfather of an international bootcamp chain? Barry Jay Stich didn’t set out to […]

Stand Up To Cancer: The Movement

Here is my latest article for The Huffington Post and the direct link to it on their site. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michelle-blair-wilker/stand-up-to-cancer-the-mo_b_5748398.html What would you do with a stage three-cancer diagnosis? Mope? Grieve? Surrender? It’s devastating and paralyzing. It quickly snuffs out hope and threatens your joy. It murders you figuratively and sometimes takes you literally. But […]