update my friend passed their defense and my editor said I’m grounded for being too funny so we are both thriving

need RF Kuang on Last Meals how do I make this happen

my New Year’s resolution (it’s April) is to pull back on doing bits during other people’s stories. sometimes it’s okay to just say “mhm” to show I’m listening! I don’t need to act like I’ve been possessed by the ghost of a crowdwork comedian!!

I’m in the middle of reading Out of the Loop by @katiefliesaway.com and I have a proposal of the main three’s dnd classes Amie - wizard Ziya - bard/cleric David - rogue

idk what temperature this take is but: not every group of people working together is a found family. I think sometimes they’re just coworkers!! and that’s okay!!

manuscript and dissertation have been submitted!! we celebrated with chocolate!!!

this was a threads exclusive yesterday bc they’re here on bluesky but now they won’t see this until they’re done because they should be busy formatting right now and NOT on bluesky 👀

I spend all year workshopping the bits I’m going to do at the seder table. tonight is my night

yes yes it’s very fun and cool to spend like $40 on a book with sprayed edges but consider this…special edition mass market paperbacks…

with @dimension20.dropout.tv’s City Council of Darkness the chair directly to Brennan’s left becomes the first seat at the table that has been occupied by every Intrepid Hero if you even care

KATHERINE!!! YOU SWORE!!!!

foolproof. try to get past this, scammers 😎

Baby’s fantasy debut!! More in my most recent newsletter post!!! HEIST HEIST HEIST HEIST

Epistolary would be a beautiful name for a baby girl

one of these days I’m gonna say “go piss girl” to the wrong person

just took a walk in 70 degree weather and I’m happy to announce that life is worth living

I have a tragic history of trying to/succeeding in sending my books to famous white men and then hearing nothing from them after and need to stop. that being said can anyone get a copy of Out of the Loop to Shayne Topp

🌀 vibes 🌀

Thank you to CrimeReads for letting me yap about the companions in OUT OF THE LOOP, question Nancy Drew's taste in men, and possibly invent the word "Poiri" Sorry Raymond Chandler!! crimereads.com/why-fictiona...

I'M SO EXCITED OUT OF THE LOOP @katiefliesaway.com NEW BOOK FINALLY ARRIVED, I PRE-ORDERED IT AS SOON AS IT WAS ANNOUNCED! EVERYONE SHOULD READ THEIR WORK!!!

another day of stumbling over the word “constituent” on Cory Booker’s voicemail

Tomorrow, Katie Siegel's wonderfully inventive time-loop-but-not book OUT OF THE LOOP comes out. Part mystery, part romcom, part time loop, all FUN. If you enjoyed A QUANTUM LOVE STORY, you will 100% adore this.

We're excited to see that 🗓️OUT OF THE LOOP🗓️ by @katiefliesaway.com is a Goodreads February editor pick! This wholly original and clever time loop murder mystery is out FEBRUARY 10, 2026. https://loom.ly/A97LCek

Happy Groundhog Day! May it only happen once this year 🫡 🌀🔎

it’s very exciting to have a book in hardcover for the first time (it’s also simultaneously available in trade paperback) but I just imagined OUT OF THE LOOP as a mass market paperback and omg that’s the dream

We're thrilled to see J. H. Markert's 💀DIG💀 and @katiefliesaway.com's 🗓️OUT OF THE LOOP🗓️ in this The Nerd Daily's "Fiction Book Releases To Check Out In 2026" list! https://loom.ly/CNRNhiE

I had the absolute pleasure of working with Katie on this absolutely phenomenal book and it was SUCH a good read!!

my biggest critique of the PWMOV movie is when it reminded me that we’re not getting My Lady Jane season 2

MY POST-TIME LOOP MYSTERY BOOK IS OUT IN ONE MONTH 🌀📆

I don’t actually do this a lot but almost exactly a year later I rolled to decide something by assigning 1 and 3 to no and 2 and 4 to yes. I rolled a 5. it was a d8

ICE shot a woman driving away from them in the face in broad daylight and immediately began to smear her as a perpetrator of violence and domestic terrorism. The greatest threat to Americans is our own “law and order.”

I have a habit of using too many commas in my writing but now the comma key on my keyboard keeps sticking so maybe this was the solution all along

2025 was a rebuilding year!! 2026 I am REAPING what I have SOWN!!!!

according to my dad I'm coming off as “unenthusiastic” about new years eve. I literally asked if we have prosecco??

I lived on frat row for two years in college and still never experienced such room shaking music as when the town-sponsored Santa brigade stopped on my street today. my ears are ring ting tingaling

[getting ready for a murder mystery party] you have nothing to prove, you have nothing to prove, you have nothing to prove

sharks, i come today with an opportunity for you to invest in a cask of the finest amontillado in the world. please follow me into the catacombs so you can try it for yourselves

hi @rianjohnson.bsky.social would you be interested in an advance copy of my post-time loop mystery that Publisher’s Weekly called “A well-crafted whodunit”? Excited for WUDM, I’m watching this weekend!!

making a writing playlist aka deciding what songs I’m gonna hear in my sleep for the next 3-4 months

[swirling a book I randomly got from the library under my nose] hm…female protagonist with internalized misogyny…notes of xenophobia…Facebook…this must be a 2012 vintage— [another sniff] no! 2013

hi Sam I went talent scouting for you at the Hey Riddle Riddle show and there are certainly three of them!!

My publisher is giving away FIVE (5) copies of my post-time loop mystery book on Goodreads!! I LOVE FREE STUFF www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

me when I get a mid trade review: these things are steeped in bias, honestly reviews are more about the reader’s experience than real commentary on the quality of the book even when done by a professional me when I get a good trade review: I won writing

live view from cuomo hq

I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about how donating money to food pantries is better than food, and while I’m sure that’s the case for many I asked my local pantry and they said they prefer food donations!! So it’s definitely good to ask 👍

just got razzed for this in the session recap

you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am

not sure why the Louvre heist team didn’t hit me up…

the trick to never getting the Sunday Scaries is just constantly being a generic brand of Scared