For Women of Letters, I had the great pleasure of talking with @emjsmith.bsky.social. We discuss her debut novel, her background in tech, how she navigated the transition to writing full-time, what she’s working on next, & so much more. 📚💙 womenofletters.substack.com/p/emily-j-smith

This book was a banger. I ate it up in one go!

So much fun to do this Q&A with @emjsmith.bsky.social about her new book, NOTHING SERIOUS! Women in tech, career ambitions, feminism, dating, relationships -- we hit it all! nikkisummer.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wi...

I wrote about my decade-long journey to publish a novel and what helped me keep pushing through the grueling process. open.substack.com/pub/emjsmith...

Just a cloudy Saturday, walking around Brooklyn, popping into local bookstores and.... SEEING MY DEBUT NOVEL ON DISPLAY!!!!

The past few weeks since NOTHING SERIOUS came out has been a whirlwind but I have been LIVING for messages like these from readers💕💕

"I was very interested in exploring this tension between caring for a man and also wanting to see him face consequences for his privileges." @emjsmith.bsky.social discusses the publication of Nothing Serious (@wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social) for the The First Book. ➡️ buff.ly/UZDHbZ2

4.5-STAR REVIEW⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫: NOTHING SERIOUS by Emily J. Smith @emjsmith.bsky.social @wmmorrowbooks.bsky.social @harpercollins.bsky.social 👉NOTHING SERIOUS pairs obsession with online dating for an explosive story that threatens to break the bonds of friendship. https://buff.ly/3X7PQkp #bookreview

My debut novel is out in the world!! I stopped by my local bookstore, which I lived above 11 years ago when I first moved to NY, the year I decided (at 32) to try writing. The amount of rejection btwn then and now is unfathomable, but now I have a book on their shelves and I’m so very proud of it ❤️

This was such a great interview about the process of getting an agent and publishing a book, what inspired NOTHING SERIOUS, and surprises in the writing process along the way. Thank you so much @writersdigest.bsky.social for the feature! www.writersdigest.com/write-better...

Love this review of @emjsmith.bsky.social's debut! Join us for the launch on 2/27 here at Books on the Park (details in the thread) datebook.sfchronicle.com/books/emily-...

Loved creating this list for @electriclit.bsky.social of my favorite kinds of stories!

This is one of the most personal essays I’ve written, thank you so much @literaryhub.bsky.social for publishing!

So happy to see NOTHING SERIOUS on this list of upcoming debuts! Thank you @crimereads.bsky.social!! "Nothing Serious is brutal, complex, and necessary, and joins the growing number of novels in which Silicon Valley is not an object of admiration, but of disgust." crimereads.com/the-best-deb...

So excited for this event with Rough Draft! If you’re in or around Kingston, I’d love to see you!!

finished reading @emjsmith.bsky.social’s debut novel! the cover makes it look like a romance novel but it’s not. it hits uncomfortably close to home if you’re a tech worker, the way that you sometimes poke a sore spot to feel the satisfying twinge of pain. if you’re a fiction reader, check it out

Over here crying my eyes out after just receiving the box of final hardcovers. Thinking about how ten years ago I had an insane dream of writing a book, telling a very specific story of self-discovery about a single, childless 30-something woman in tech. Feels WILD to now hold it in my hands 🥹❤️📖

So honored to be on this list from @crimereads.bsky.social and LOVE their review, which nails so much of what the book is about. Also, not my name next to Megan Abbott?? 🫠💕 crimereads.com/the-most-ant...

Baby's first "most anticipated" list!! And from one of my all-time favorite publications, @literaryhub.bsky.social, so honored! lithub.com/lit-hubs-mos...

Djuna Barnes, from her short story "Indian Summer."

My first Publishers Weekly review!!! 2.5 months from pub date and it's starting to feel real 😊 💕 If you need me, I'll be rereading this all day 🥹 www.publishersweekly.com/9780063385832

Sometimes you're at a coffee shop staring blankly at your essay-in-progress, hating yourself for what feels like a constant lack of focus, but then Fiona Apple's I Know comes on the speaker and nothing else matters.

The way Bojack captured MeToo really was outstanding. Such a great show.

I have five book events scheduled for my February release so far (NY, SF, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland)! 😮 Please tell me that counts as "tour"? I've been dreaming of referencing "my book tour" for YEARS.

GREAT Q! IMO it speaks to a core diff btwn science (driven by curiosity of the larger world) and engineering (driven by problem-solving/making). They relate and use similar skills, but attract VERY diff personalities. Successful engineers, espesh coders, can get very righteous and expect control.

Hii from your friend who is exactly THREE MONTHS from her very personal and very dark debut novel being out in the world and going a little bit insane with anxiety around the launch and also, of course, the world 👋😵‍💫🫣💃🫠 #writers #books

My debut, NOTHING SERIOUS, is out Feb 18! It explores online dating, obsession, childlessness, and more thru the lens of a 35 yr old woman in tech. It's a literary thriller of sorts, but the heart is a coming-of-age story about untangling from internalized misogyny. Pls consider checking it out!