I'm sorry but I love bitchy Taylor.

In these times, I have very little advice except find the thing that reminds you who you are (writing for me), do favors for people, read for joy, drive like everyone out there is your friend, and get yourself a bird feeder.

Chatting with four authors from On Fire and Under Water, the hot new crime fiction anthology. open.substack.com/pub/dosomeda...

"I don’t plan my work in advance at all...the writing was an escape, fun, and there’d be no joy in it if I knew how it would develop." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @anncleeves.bsky.social on “The Killing Stones” (St Martin’s) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/10/01/t...

I pried some thoughts about his new book out of the lockbox that is @louberney.bsky.social Luckily, I like him and Crooks a lot. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/03/w...

THE SOUTHPORT LITERARY FAIR SCHEDULE IS OFFICIALLY POSTED! Scroll through to get a preview of the amazing lineup we have for you, & check all the details on our website: www.blue-house-books.com/events/32847... The Southport Literary fair is a celebration of books & stories for all ages!

"I think writing a good, original novel is always going to be hard." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @louberney.bsky.social on his new book “Crooks: A Novel About Crime and Family” (William Morrow) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/03/w...

I pried some thoughts about his new book out of the lockbox that is @louberney.bsky.social Luckily, I like him and Crooks a lot. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/09/03/w...

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

We got a lot of heavy, sloppy sandwiches in Chicago. Ask for the "wet" Italian beef if it's a throwing beef.

Oh well

Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

A police chase led to the death of an innocent bystander, my friend, probably the most decent man in my home state, a talented poet, a father of three. It's time to stop adding to the chaos.

Wow the metaphors write themselves

I am not the oldest cowgirl at this @marenmorris.bsky.social show or the Chicagoist cowgirl either. #wreckyourheart

Join us tomorrow, Tu, 8/19, 6 PM, (doors: 5:30 PM), 500 Main St., Evanston, IL for a faculty & graduate reading, cohosted by @bookedevanston.bsky.social & Brothers K Coffee! Readers: Betsy Haberl, Alexandria Haynes, Jared Spitz, Ryan Rivera, Faisal Mohyuddin billy lombardo @loriraderday.bsky.social

I will be reading with a group of writers from @nugradwriting.bsky.social tomorrow in Evanston at Brothers K Coffeeshop. Going to be a good time!

This is now right up there with the video of Tom Petty and Prince playing "My Guitar Gently Weeps" as videos I would want with me on a desert island.

An alternative title for my next book was BIG STRETCH.

"It was important to me to convey that an Asian American family, this story, is an American one." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @victorsuth.bsky.social his new book "Hollow Spaces" (@catapultbooks.bsky.social) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/08/05/t...

Check out my wonderful discussion with the amazing @loriraderday.bsky.social !

What makes Agatha Christie's work so compelling 100+ years after she wrote her books? Authors Kelly Oliver, @daphnesilver.bsky.social, and @loriraderday.bsky.social explain why the Queen of Crime still holds our attention. murder-mayhem.com/the-staying-... via Murder & Mayhem

I have been enjoying some DELICIOUS reading lately. For instance, Sandwich by Catherine Newman is so good I am reading it a second time within a week of finishing it. @librarylovefest.bsky.social

Make them grow up a little before they have to deal with the internet at all like a GenXer and they might have a chance.

I have only a few of the advance reader copies of Wreck Your Heart but since today is National Give Something Away Day (yes, really), I will draw a winner for one of them from my newsletter list. Sign up is here: loriraderday.com/signup/

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

Breaking my social media break again to hype WRECK YOUR HEART by @loriraderday.bsky.social Lori has fully embraced the bonkers aspect of her personality and meshed it perfectly with her elite writing skills. The plot is propulsive and deep and she characters are so layered and lived in.

My neighbors have one of these and I have a reason to walk past every chance I get because I have a dog. This is envy.

For a short time you can pre-order Wreck Your Heart from @barnesandnoble.com for 25% off. Dahlia Devine is a country and MIDwestern singer in Chicago—yes, Chicago—looking for her big break. What she gets is a big breakUP, a visit from her estranged mother, and murder. @minotaurbooks.bsky.social

If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄

The Royal Tenenbaums and I just tried again.

Something is broken.

Let's try some pretty pictures that DO NOT give away my home address? ARCs of Wreck Your Heart have arrived! Aren't they pretty? Tell her how pretty she is. Librarian? bookseller? reviewer?Request through Net Galley, Edelweiss, publisher. #wreckyourheart @minotaurbooks.bsky.social

Join us for an online Summer Writers Conference (@nusummerwriters.bsky.social) on Sat, Aug. 2! Faculty incl: @fulmerford.com, @loriraderday.bsky.social, billy lombardo, Gioia Diliberto, Donna Seaman, Paula Carter, & Christine Sneed More info & registration here: sps.northwestern.edu/professional...

Who gave the child across the street a MICROPHONE for his lemonade stand? I assure you he is loud enough, every year. It IS for charity, so we will go over later. Despite his pitch, which is "Fundraiser Lemonade Stand!" Over and over. How much for the microphone? How much for all your BATTERIES?

Some fine new additions to my obsession with books on writing craft and writer bios, Cooler Than Cool about Elmore Leonard, Toni at Random about Toni Morrison as an editor, and Dear Writer by @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social ... @harpercollins.bsky.social and @atriabooks.bsky.social

"Every book is an invitation." Such a thrill to talk to @meganabbott.bsky.social , one of my favorite authors. El Dorado Drive is amazing.

This year's LAA for the @necrimebakecon.bsky.social is the awesome Barbara Ross! She was one of the first people I met when I started this journey (along with the @wickedauthors.bsky.social)! Make sure to sign up NOW www.crimebake.org to honor her and our GOH @loriraderday.bsky.social #writing

"What I wanted to do in El Dorado Drive is celebrate women...who refuse to conceal or tamp down their desires." @loriraderday.bsky.social's interview with @meganabbott.bsky.social on her new book “El Dorado Drive” (Putnam Books) is out now. chireviewofbooks.com/2025/06/24/m...

Wow: ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens

Oh and I saw actual mf Muppets. And Jareth's codpiece. Thank you, New York!

Everything is terrible except many many things like friends and theatre and creating art.

So much for MAHA.

Join us on Aug 19 in Evanston, IL for a faculty & alumni reading, cohosted by @bookedevanston.bsky.social (venue is Brothers K cafe, 500 Main St.) Alumni: @betsyhaberl.bsky.social, Alexandria Haynes, Jared Spitz, Ryan Rivera, & faculty: Faisal Mohyuddin, Billy Lombardo, @loriraderday.bsky.social! ✒️

Dolly Parton Will Receive Honorary Oscar at 2025 Governors Awards

Do you wish there was a book with the vibe of THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE before the kids went into Narnia but also with murder and set at Agatha Christie's house? That book is DEATH AT GREENWAY by @loriraderday.bsky.social and it's on sale right now! www.bookbub.com/books/death-...

Fiction faculty @loriraderday.bsky.social will be participating in Thrillerfest in New York City from June 19 – 21. Her new novel, WRECK YOUR HEART (for cover reveal - click on link), will be out on January 6, 2026 from Minotaur/St. Martin’s Press! chireviewofbooks.com/2025/05/02/e...

Jefferson Park neighborhood in Chicago #nokings

He hasn’t posted here in a while but this is @filmthepolicela.bsky.social helping out LAPD with some riot control tonight. Pretty funny.

A reminder to reporters, when historians look back on this moment with the president throwing himself a military parade and the people throwing No Kings rallies across America, the media sources raving about the former and sneering at the latter are going to be quoted by name. This is your legacy!