My husband didn't immediately get Gracie Abrams's references to R+J in her SNL performances. Clearly I must make him rewatch it immediately.
Emma Barry
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Novelist, college lecturer, and former political staffer. Lives with her high school sweetheart and a menagerie of pets and children in Virginia, where she occasionally finds time to read and write. she/her https://emmabarry.carrd.co/
It is very unfair that the moment when an author most needs to be on social media--the weeks leading up to and immediately after a book release--are the moments when it's the worst for their mental health for them to be on social media.
dems have a unifying message going into the midterms and it’s fuck haley stevens
Sometimes, I'll read book A, and it'll give me a hankering for something similar, so I'll pick up book B. That can be a delightful experience that multiples my enjoyment of a favorite trope/setting/vibe. Or book B can suffer cruelly in comparison to book A. I'm currently enduring the second thing.
Sixty some odd trick or treaters, and not a single Dolly Parton or Tim Curry!
My husband and I were reading in the living room for an hour before he looked up and asked, "Is this the twilight soundtrack?" And friends, it was.
I adore “Monster Mash” more dearly than I can ever express, but it will never not bother me that Dracula is listed as a guest in verse 2 but at home in his coffin in verse 3.
Hey I wrote this book, and it's cheap--cheep cheep cheep--for one more day!
Danielle (TBQ)@thebookqueen.bsky.social · 2d ago$1.99 ✦ Chick Magnet by Emma Barry Grumpy/sunshine + neighbors. Social media influencer (with a flock of chickens) + veterinarian. TBQ Rec Contemporary Romance (MF) link.amazon/B05gs5vfc
Shout out to all the parents who are finishing Halloween costumes tonight.
A book cover dropped this week, and I must speak my truth: One of the character's legs look like faun legs on it, and I laugh every time I see it.
I was working barefoot at my desk when a colleague knocked on my door, and I realized my shoes were across the room. "Just don't swing around reveal your feet," I thought. "Easy." And then he asked for a book, and I had to stand up. And of course he laughed at me. Anyhow, I'm a ridiculous human.
so here's my #FridayFling selection, which does include "justify." However...
Jessie Mihalik@jessiemihalik.com · 3d agoEvery Friday, share a #FridayFling snippet from your WIP or published work. :) This week’s prompt is JUSTIFY! You don’t have to match it exactly, just go with vibes. And if it’s published, drop a link in the post or a reply so people can find it! #Romancelandia #Books
Don’t worry – things will still be scary after Halloween
this could be an entrant in a horror microfiction competition
Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 4d agoI hate it here
Writers, what do you do when someone tags you in a negative or mixed review on Instagram?
everyone is like, "attention, government teachers!" or "attention, parents!" and I'm all, "ooooh, fun coloring activity for ME for election night!"
Taniel@taniel.bsky.social · 6d agoNEW: My midterms cheat sheet features 670+ races—up and down the ballot, & why they matter. Now it's in PDF, printable form! Save it, print it, give it to your kids to color the Senate map, & use it your worksheet on election night. Find it here: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
grand juries are holding up better than any of the three branches of government tbh
southpaw@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d agoThere was a time when no bills from federal grand juries were unheard of, now there’s a certain type of prosecution where it’s more likely than not. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...
This was one of my favorite books of last year!
Danielle (TBQ)@thebookqueen.bsky.social · 5d ago$1.99 ✦ Fan Service by Rosie Danan An actor from a popular werewolf show suddenly wakes up as an actual werewolf and needs the help of a super-fan who knew all the show lore. TBQ Rec link.amazon/B07EvHa3i Bookshop bookshop.org/a/111397/978... Kobo click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=...
The amount of relief I feel when I put a bandaid on over a paper cut is out of proportion. The cut is like a millimeter deep. How come I could cry because it feels so much better?
My son calls rubber cement "adult glue." No one ever correct him.
Wrote lyke two thousande polished wordes about the Julian calendar onlye to be tolde it was not "that kynde of datinge profile."
LRT I had that exact reaction to RRR, and I was so grateful to folks for explaining it to me.
He’s super for real about the Hindutva thing and I also encourage white US viewers to be aware that we will experience this movie differently than those with more context. (See: RRR which leftist white Americans loved for anticolonialism but was also doing icky shit that was largely invisible to us)
Siddhant Adlakha@siddhantadlakha.bsky.social · last wk.Critic friends in the US attending Ramayana (Part 1) screenings: please be advised that Sony is only screening the English dub for press, which 1) is lip-synced using Gen A.I. and 2) is about 30 minutes shorter than the original Hindi version, which isn’t screening pre-release
If you are a doofus when it comes to promo, you should 100% hire @chel-c-cam.bsky.social to do a content pull for you. OMG, I am so grateful ko-fi.com/A356F63/shop...
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