dark academic author of THE FEVER KING. next: A LESSON IN VENGEANCE (august 3 | random house). i literally have a ph.d in villains.
nyc . they/she/he ππ³οΈββ§οΈβ‘οΈ
Joined on 13 July, 2017
just called my 90 year old grandma and she said she couldn't understand me with "that northern accent you're puttin' on"
i-- π€
i wrote a fan letter to my favorite author last night and tonight they wrote back π₯Ί it's gonna take me a few moments to collect myself π₯Ί
I think most of us would rather pay people tweet less than pay them to tweet more.
@Pixar Pixar: what if Sicilians were mermaids?
Twitter: fish is gay and nothing else.
Pixar: Guys, could you at least wai-
Twitter: FISHGAY
Pixar: ...itβs about being dif-
Twitter: G A Y
Quoted @terryjbenton
Whatβs a fiction craft book you swear by thatβs not Truby or Save the Cat or Stephen King?
The Emotional Craft of Fiction by @DonMaass taught me so much.
Quoted @Swilua
My dissertation examined book sales and literally the only statistically significant predictor of popular books was marketing
Importantly, under-marketed characteristics included gender and race
what a great thread ππ» incredibly relevant to the current discourse, too
all the places I tried to write today during the internet outage
Replying to @Merman_Melville: kind of a bummer to have been born at the very end of the Fuck Around century just to live the rest of my life in theβ¦
twitter : mute this word?
me: yes
twitter: forever?
me: yes
twitter: from people you donβt follow
me: no ESPECIALLY from people I follow
Quoted @gelrdrgz
post a pic of yourself as the final boss
definitely the annoying kind with a surprise second health bar
post a pic of yourself as the final boss
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Iβm the one you had a whole romance arc with, only to be betrayed by the plot twist that I was the secret villain all along.
Replying to @sosaidvictoria: HELLO??????? πͺπ€ππ€Έπ»ββοΈ
oh Iβm one short. ok. also has a dad working to support his wife through med school.
5 things in my YA WIP:
remote mansion in the Catskills, reclusive eccentric professor with an agenda, codependent murder siblings, lesbian-bisexual-nonbinary-and-trans-characters
(that last is four in one but what ya gonna do about it?)
never feel bad about deleting huge chunks of text or abandoning drafts that aren't working for you. presently i'm scrolling through all my discarded words recycling them for a new story. it's πΏecoπΏ
Replying to @kareem_carr: As a non-American living in America, during a pandemic, I'm both awed and horrified by this country's reverence for work.
Replying to @kacencallender: Some thoughts on social media expectations:
i actually hate when review copies become available because my amygdala can't decide if it's excited or terrified, it's just like "SDLKDK MOTIVATIONAL SALIENCE!!!!!"
HELLO??????? πͺπ€ππ€Έπ»ββοΈ
Some thoughts on social media expectations:
As a non-American living in America, during a pandemic, I'm both awed and horrified by this country's reverence for work.
kind of a bummer to have been born at the very end of the Fuck Around century just to live the rest of my life in the Find Out century
I'm so excited to finally share with you the beautiful cover for A LESSON IN VENGEANCE, with cover art by the fabulously talented @littlepatterns! I'm deeply obsessed with this cover and hope you all are as well. π€
(cc @GetUnderlined)
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