Too short, total mess, complete chaos, unreadable sentences? Yes! Interesting characters, beginning-middle-end, fun moving parts, plenty to play with in rewrites? Also yes! First draft? DEFINITELY YES! And for that I love it. 📝❤️ #firstdraft #roughdraft

How are we this late in the game and I still don't know how dressed up to get for a zoom meeting?

It's great to see a friend in their creative & professional element: another side of them, which you always know about but rarely get to see, comes out to play! This week beloved pal Ryan Ruby read from & discussed his new book CONTEXT COLLAPSE. My heart is so full & I can't wait to read it!

Reading check in! 📕 last book read: FAMILY LEXICON by Natalia Ginzburg 📗 currently reading: EVERY ARC BENDS ITS RADIAN by Sergio de la Pava 📘 most recent addition to the TBR pile: MAO II by Don DeLillo Quote with yours! 📚 #booksky #books #readinglist

Today an old man looked at my name tag and asked me my birthday. I said, "Why do you ask?" He said, "I have two friends named Claudia and they were both born on January 3rd. Were you born on January 3rd?" I said, "No, I'm a Virgo." He shook his head and said, "Ah, well. That's nice for you though."

You guys, this new Sergio de la Pava book - EVERY ARC BENDS ITS RADIAN - is so good. The detective story is really exciting & the novel-of-ideas element is so lush!

Thank you, Carrie! I'm so happy you enjoyed it! ❤️‍🔥🐎

Thank you so much! It makes me so, so happy to know that people are enjoying LUCKY RED! 🥰❤️‍🔥🐎

My Garbage First Draft is almost 40,000 words long! I can't wait to get to the end so that I can start making it good! #rewrite

When I'm roller skating, the only problems that exist are roller skating problems. I cannot tell you just how glorious that is. 🛼 #rollerskating

I never know how to start anything. So here's a picture of me making soup (broccoli cheddar, thanks for asking) with the cat.