Today I venture to the wild and dangerous world of... Suburban Connecticut. I'm bringing peach coffee cake as an offering, in hope that it will appease the locals' strange gods.
Erika Swyler
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
Novelist. Museum worker. Garden variety weirdo. Books: We Lived On the Horizon, Light From Other Stars, The Book of Speculation. She/her (all pronouns are fine) https://linktr.ee/erikaswyler
One day I'm going to roll up to a karaoke bar, silently slide 2 song slips to the bartender, belt out "Possum Kingdom" followed immediately by "Archbishop Harold Homes," then leave, never speaking to anyone. Yes, I will be wearing a voluminous gown.
25 miles this week and no foot pain. We are so back, baby. Middle-aged runner hype! (If you saw this with an extra hyphen, no you didn't.)
Trying to get someone to slide THE SHAMSHINE BLIND into Milei’s hands so that he’ll start funding science in the hope of Torment Nexus-ing the world into recognizing the Malvinas as Argentine
Paz Pardo@pazsays.bsky.social · 4mo agohot take: every time this website decides to do Falklands/Las Malvinas discourse the perpetrators should be forced to read my book as punishment
Huh. My publishers *didn't* make any weird claims on the split of the Anthropic settlement. Nice!
I did not correct someone for calling something Art Deco when it's famously Art Nouveau. I am awarding myself 5 points for allowing someone to be Wrong on the Internet in about something inconsequential.
lost in all the discussions of dogpiling is how in elementary school if a dude yelled "dogpile" then all the other dudes would run to the source of the sound and crash delightedly into one another, forming a heap (the "pile"). this ruled and was fun and we should bring it back
Write for musicality, edit for clarity. (I also largely agree with my copyeditors.)
Matt Bell@mdbell79.bsky.social · 4d agoOn odd comma use: Many prose writers punctuate by sound and rhythm, not grammar. Then a copyeditor comes in and edits you toward "correctness." The compromise is your published style. (Generally, I've tried to learn to give in to my wise copyeditors. No one hears the prose the way you do anyway.)
Fine. I'll go on my little mental health run. But I'm gonna complain the whole time.
The only praise that really hits: •Most stylish gay friend complimenting you outfit •Dentist saying you do a great job with flossing and brushing
Got back to the project today after some bog standard "why am I bothering" time. The only thing in the writing life that's as regular as giving up is getting back to it.
Episode 3 of AstroTextual is now up! In this ep, I talk to @eshanisurya.bsky.social, author of Ravishing (out now from Roxane Gay Books), about her sharp debut novel and how its themes of chronic illness and tech overreach (eerily) show up in her natal chart. Check it out! youtu.be/p8AePjBmXpA
AstroTextual Ep3 - Eshani Surya, author of Ravishing
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"Libraries moved the most. About 36% of Gen Zers said they found a book through a librarian, up from 15% in 2022. The surveys also found that Gen Zers who didn’t visit libraries had higher loneliness scores than those who did."
What's the most relaxing vacation/trip you've ever been on? Asking for a friend who was just ordered by a doc go on a trip.
Update! I got the scammer to give me his CashApp after he (still pretending to be me) offered to charge me $235 to promote Vladimir Nabokov's PALE FIRE. I've now filed a complaint with the FTC. That *should* eventually flag that email across states. If BrianAlvarez43 is your guy, come get him!
Erika Swyler@erikaswyler.bsky.social · last wk.Lollllllll. This person say to me, while pretending to be me.
Lollllllll. This person say to me, while pretending to be me.
My next question is: For those of you who have been impersonated by scammers, how'd you get it to stop?
Erika Swyler@erikaswyler.bsky.social · last wk.🚨 If you get a message from author.erikaswyler [at] gmail, that is very much NOT ME. What a wildly inept scammer to pretend to be me?! Lol. Reminders: •I have no book club or book club pull. •I'll never ask you for $ for some book related service or other. •I don't do marketing or publicity.
🚨 If you get a message from author.erikaswyler [at] gmail, that is very much NOT ME. What a wildly inept scammer to pretend to be me?! Lol. Reminders: •I have no book club or book club pull. •I'll never ask you for $ for some book related service or other. •I don't do marketing or publicity.
So it's been a few months since getting electric car, and it's been excellent. If you're in the market, I highly recommend a 2026 Nissan Leaf.
Old school dinner posting like back when things were fun.
I somehow missed this last month. Lovely to see WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON included. 1/2 shereads.com/adult-dystop...
Adult Dystopian Books We're Obsessed With - She Reads
The Dog Stars is coming out this summer and we [...]
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I did my morning run. But at what cost, etc. Maintaining a body is deeply annoying. Just a series of small traumas sliding into permanent fatigue and embarrassing noises.
Oh, just reading about all the variations of "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight", as you do. So. Much. Murder.
She'll agree to participate in today — provided there's an endless supply of treats.
The husband-like appendage has become obsessed with the "German Bread Cutter" and I don't know what to do about this development.
Philly, join me and @acwise.bsky.social at Main Point Books for THE NIGHT PARADE launch party on Oct. 27! Halloween games, cake, books, ghosts (?), etc! www.eventbrite.com/e/stephanie-...
Stephanie Feldman with Guest A.C. Wise
Join Stephanie Feldman as she launches her next book "The Night Parade and Other Stories"
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