san diego! next saturday! 🎉

tonight feels like we all just got stabbed in the chest with the same giant needle uma thurman got in pulp fiction

dick cheney died AGAIN???

california vote yes on prop 50 or i stg

stoked to have an extra hour to think about how bad everything is

johnny bravo had roots right

another killer empty trash in the books 🔪🩸🗑️ thank you to our incomparable readers, the semi-tropic for hosting us, and to the community without whom we wouldn’t be here! 💌

LA! this is tonight! come play with us 🤝🔪

rounded up 15 audiobooks that made me secretly wish for traffic so i could keep listening 🎧🎧🎧

rewriting the beginning of my novel for the 1,000th time

today was the last day of my fall book proposal generator, and once again i’m blown away by my students’ projects—each one vital, urgent, hilarious, heartbreaking, and everything in between and beyond

Michael’s selection of candy is pussy

the fall installment of empty trash is next week!!!!!! 🕯️ join us on the 30th for an evening of hauntingly good work from yet another terrifyingly talented lineup ✨🗑️👻 also i’m putting together a spooky ooky ooky playlist so drop your requests in the comments! 🎃

What to Expect When You’re Expecting to Adopt a Highway

san diego! see you 11/15! 🎉

self-portrait by novelist who just crossed the 100-page threshold 🫢

i haven’t bottomed in a long time, but i would for Storm in a ponytail

we’re all in agreement that welch’s fruit snacks is fruit and not candy, yes?? YES?????????????????

put those acne star patches on my face to see if this restaurant will let me order off the kids’ menu

we’re pregnant! (with our first project together)

let’s give it up for moss

in one hour! join us, bbs!!!!

licking a pedialyte popsicle in the dark bitch

her majesty herself @annanorth.bsky.social reveals her desk to me (and more!) on #ShowUsYourDesk TOMORROW, live from @therumpus.net IG account at 3pm ET/12pm PT! join us, bog brethren! 👑

overstimulated at trader joe’s

if you’re ready to start writing or revising your book proposal now—and/or can’t attend the weekly classes of an upcoming section due to scheduling conflicts—i’m offering the opportunity to do a 1:1 generator with me, on your own time and at your own pace! let’s get ur proposal did henny 💫

You're gonna want to climb out of your bog for this next installment of Show Us Your Desk with @gregmania.bsky.social and this month's guest @annanorth.bsky.social, author of BOG QUEEN (@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social). We'll see you all on Tuesday, October 14 at 3 pm ET / 12 pm PT on Instagram Live.

a packed house—the only kind you should have when celebrating such a special book 👽 loved teaming up with laura warrell and talking to @ilanaslightly.bsky.social about BEINGS at @sunnysbookshop.bsky.social, it was—i have to—out of this world 🛸

four out of five times when my eyes glaze over, it’s because i’m thinking about the opening dance scene in Climax that was shot in one take

saturday! we’re tearing up tarzana celebrating the release of @ilanaslightly.bsky.social’s stunning new novel at @sunnysbookshop.bsky.social 🛸 join us! 👽

bleach-to-root ratio nearing ideal proportions (cigarette mom in jersey)

might treat myself and go scream with some red foxes tn

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

From birth moms & other experts, I learned how complicated openness can be—even when it's part of the plan at the start. “We talk about open adoption as if it’s okay for everyone because there are no secrets,” a birth mom & advocate said. “In reality, the hurts of open adoption are just different.”

WELL I’LL BE

my memoir workshop kicks off this sunday, oct 5, and my humor workshop starts thursday, oct 9—spots are still available in both! get in touch with any questions and sign up!! 🍎

i have 25k words of my novel written which is also the same number of hairs i've pulled from my head since i started writing it

oh hello!

no tommy and i did not get married but you’ll know when we do (there will be a photo of guests showering us with tums as we exit the ceremony)

does anyone else get painfully erect nipples at the delta sky club

CUZ WE’RE GOING TO THE CHAPEL 💒

MY OTHER BRAIN CELL IS GETTING MARRIED TOMORROW 🥹😭🥹😭🥹😭🥹😭 @tarasavelo.bsky.social

me again, reminding you that i’m offering a memoir and a humor workshop in october and would love to work with you!! i’d also appreciate it to the stars and beyond if you could help me spread the word!!! 🫶🫶🫶

pissed that i got my rapture gown dry-cleaned for nothing

3,000 subscribers!!!! i have 3,000 forehead kisses to give! thank you!! 💌💌💌 pls subscribe to my silly substack!!!: saveourserotonin.substack.com 😘

the 2025 Kia Dark Night of the Soul

got to play the role of the em dash—right in front of an audience last night 🤡 thanks to katja bartholmess and heavy manners library for having me!

LA! reading here tonight! come out and let’s disassociate from The Horrors together

i’ve said it 7382833737 times before and i’ll say it again: fuck