Woke up this morning wanting to swallow your own tongue? Here, then, I wrote this for you!
I Profile Celebrities for a Living. Nothing Prepared Me for Tilly Norwood.
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Taffy Brodesser-Akner
@taffyakner.bsky.social
I cry a lot but I am so productive!
They’re real and they’re spectacular. (And available for preorder!)
I took my poor son on a work trip to figure out if we could actually go on a vacation only to discover relatively early in the game that there is no vacation when you're working, which, what a relief. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/m...
I Taught My Son Everything, Except How to Take a Vacation
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Auschwitz was liberated 81 years ago today. Last year I published a story about the remaining survivors, fewer each year, and the importance of telling and retelling their stories. I hope you'll read it if you haven't. Here's a gift link. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...
This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write
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Operation Mincemeat was sold out tonight which is I guess what they call it when you do it to yourself. :(
You must join @tomjunod.bsky.social and me at @92ndstreety.bsky.social in March for a discussion about his magnificent new genre-defying memoir! Tickets here! www.92ny.org/event/tom-ju...
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It's so funny how the look on Michael's face when I tell him I'm going again feels more CONCERN than LOVE but I will take this!
Michael Schulman@michaelschulman.bsky.social · 7mo ago“I guess there is no exorcism for someone who doesn’t really want one.” I love @taffyakner.bsky.social’s love of “Operation Mincemeat.” A story about giving yourself over to happiness and inspiration! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/m...
Congratulations @johnaugust.bsky.social and Craig Mazin! Two incredibly successful screenwriters, dozens of their colleagues, and everything you need to know about working in this industry in one book. It's out today; buy it for a screenwriter you're rooting for: bookshop.org/p/books/scri...
Rest in peace, Tom Stoppard. I saw ARCADIA at Lincoln Center in 1995 and turned around and transferred to NYU to get a degree in writing.
Asking for a former student: Are there any MFA programs geared toward YA and/or fantasy? She's very talented but we're both a little lost as to next steps for her.
It's the last day to bid on a 30-minute hang for @jaketapper.bsky.social's extremely good veterans cause!
Taffy Brodesser-Akner@taffyakner.bsky.social · 9mo agoIncredibly embarrassed to say you could bid on a zoom call with me for the very worthy cause, Homes for Our Troops. I beg you, please do not let me die at $20! www.ebay.com/itm/28692204...
Incredibly embarrassed to say you could bid on a zoom call with me for the very worthy cause, Homes for Our Troops. I beg you, please do not let me die at $20! www.ebay.com/itm/28692204...
½ Hour Zoom Call with Taffy Brodesser-Akner | eBay
She lives in New York City. The experience includes a 30-minute Zoom call on a mutually agreeable date. No age restrictions. Duration: 30 minutes.
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Outraged about this. And subscribing. And so should you. Alan is the best of us, and I am devastated. alansepinwall.ghost.io/dont-stop-be...
Don't stop believing
Some news, as they say
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[plays audiobook of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion]
the dumbest thing is how everyone in the world didn't watch MY BRILLIANT FRIEND on HBO/Max
while this is all true, not what I was texted about (actually, just got another one!) this morning
Mario Rustan@mariorustan.bsky.social · last yr."Taffy Brodesser-Akner has written the Erica Jong biopic, which is a dream...Amanda Seyfried is attached to play my mom, Rebecca Hall is going to direct it, and Steven Soderbergh is producing" Is this about it? www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/ar...
if you need to feel good about something in America tonight the Tonys is once again delivering
Well, Cole Escola winning a Tony and thanking someone from Grindr just vaulted into my ten favorite moments in Tony history. Actually, in history.