Is anyone making themed snacks for the Tony Awards tomorrow?

Megan Whalen Turner's the Queen's Thief series (which I believe was optioned but never produced) and Jeannie Lin's Tang dynasty series

these ads are way sexier than basically all the films Hollywood put out in the 2010s combined. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaXl...

Today's #FridayFling prompt is concern. I had an appropriate passage for that...

i am beginning to grow concerned that pod is not going to save america

What if they just made an entire guy out of red flags?

Today in book scam emails, I received one today in French.

There's a radiolab about this! Return of the Flesh-Eaters share.google/h0mvbuBEDvpT...

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"AI is operating at a PhD level" oh, so it's replying 'sorry for the late response' to every email and complaining about its labor conditions?

Rubio saying, "The Florsheims fit fine, actually" is VERY funny.

I covet Geena Davis's hair in The Boroughs.

I was cleaning out the guest room today, and I discovered a book in the nightstand drawer. At first, I thought my (religious) parents might have left a Bible behind. But no, one of my children had put a copy of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry there.

We are all Helen.

In the World Book Encyclopedia, I loved P (for painting and president) and C (for cats and costume)

sincerely, I had no idea Scott Pelley had this in him, and I'm delighted to be wrong.

I wrote a very dorky (and very me) scene today in which two characters discuss their favorite encyclopedia volume. So I must ask, did you have a favorite volume, and if so, which one was it?

what a completely unpredictable outcome of corporate choices.

I haven't seen Obsession or Backrooms because I don't like horror, but I am DELIGHTED by their success, and I hope they launch a zillion innovative, original, and low-budget movies. Another genre that would be ripe for this treatment? Rom coms.

For secrets reasons, I spent the afternoon rereading Howl's Moving Castle, and it's got to be a top 10 all-time read for me.

last call for these three books of mine that have been on sale! they're all good choices for your beach reading needs.

I laughed so hard, I wept www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/co...

It's so weird to be working on book 2 in a series before book 1 is out. It's like, "Well, if anyone likes book 1, you're REALLY going to like book 2." Publishing is so odd.

true crime is one of only genres I don't read/watch/listen to. but I will make an exception for this story.

Probably my all-time favorite quote about editing is, some clueless individual asked Martin Scorsese's editor Thelma Schoonmaker how such a nice lady could edit such violent movies, and she replied "Marty's movies aren't violent until I edit them."

it is obnoxious how often I'll be struggling to write a scene before realizing I'm having difficulty is because I messed up. and to get my momentum back, I have to frog my book, basically, back to the point where I went wrong and then rewrite from there.

is anyone currently writing a thesis or dissertation on masculinity and politics? if so, is the daily onslaught of CHOICE material to write about daunting, maddening, or exciting?

ja fragt euch mal

my #FridayFling! today's prompt word is "mine."

I wouldn't voluntarily stand behind a sign that read "stupid on stilts," you know?

wait, has every single performer pulled out of the America 250 concert?

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Between you and me? If you enter this contest, your odds are GOOD. Like, REALLY GOOD. (And you don't need to do the whole song! Just part of it!)

Do you sometimes get a sympathy ache in your wrists when listening to someone play Liszt? www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jei6...

I hit 12k in the first draft of my book today. I'm 95% of the way done!

Darlings, if you write commercial fiction, draft your back cover copy when you're starting the book. You'll save yourself so much pain later on.

following the (wonderful) news about the Broadview 6, has there been any update on that raid on Louise Lucas's office? as in, were charges filed, or was that just an admitted political stunt?

wait, I have another answer to this. the summer I moved to DC, this random woman's blog went the 2004 equivalent of viral. it was a hilarious (and sort of poignant) series of reflections on the various affairs she was having, including one w/a dude who was obviously a high-level political appointee

Today is Ona Judge Day. While the United States gears up for its 250th celebration, which inevitably includes the likes of George Washington, Ona Judge made her escape on May 21, 1796. The Washington household attempted her capture several times, but she was never caught. Forever free

Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap

does anyone else have a kick off song for your WIP that you play everyday when you start writing to set the mood for the project? if so, what's yours?

because doubling zero is zero?

The most principled figure in American politics: a retiring Republican Senator thinking about their book deal

the fun thing about starting a new book is that your progress accrues Fibonacci style for a while. so your word and page counts are doubling what feels like every day for a while, and it's awesome.

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that thing where you realize you've sold a proposal for a book in which you can never spell one lead's name right on the first try. 😂

because I know that I have a lot of historian followers here, I'm doing a giveaway on Instagram with two other authors for three paperbacks about historian characters in love. www.instagram.com/p/DYe55TJGzK...

<flames on the side my face>