"I have won, I have lost, I have committed arson, I have dressed as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man." - hangman page

I wrote this essay about having a book pulled. I think it speaks to issues indie writers can face when working with small publishers: lack of formal protections, imbalance of emotional labor, when "crazy writers" like myself end up being more professional than the professionals in the equation.

Thank you so much @ronitplank.bsky.social for having me on Let's Talk Memoir and for all your very thoughtful questions. Episode available on all major podcast platforms. ronitplank.com/2025/09/30/l...

“I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN OVERLY FAIR. I COULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE LESS FAIR BUT I’D RATHER GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT MORE GRACE THAN MAYBE EVEN THEY DESERVE SOMETIMES.” - Gina Tron Listen here: ronitplank.com/2025/09/30/l...

I rly appreciate this review. been thinking a lot about moral panic lately, how unhinged it is that trans people are being scapegoated/demonized right now by our current admin. It's much more pathetic/harmful than targeting goths in the 90s as we have more tools and access to info at our fingertips

Wishing everyone a peaceful rapture

When did "quoting a political activist's own words and correctly describing their political positions is offensive!" become some agreed upon rule?

Focus on the family? James Dobson can now focus on being a corpse.

It's time to quote this again. We need (your) (anticorporate) literature now. Listen to Dan.

Main takeaways im getting from feedback about Suspect: Female readers: [insert comment on relatability of female friendships] Male readers: [insert snarky comment on rural 16 year old from the 90s' poor taste in music]

Anyone who’s read @ginatron.bsky.social’s work knows she can’t be trusted. She’s now eeked her way into the acknowledgments pages of my book. Please avenge me: order a copy of her memoir Suspect and write MORE HELL in all the margins. @whiskeytit.com whiskeytit.com/product/suspect/

I think Ted Cruz's human skin is starting to fall off

Memoirist @ginatron.bsky.social chats with me about craft, creativity, and life. Beautiful conversation with brilliant insights from a dedicated writer. #writing #memoir #podcast open.spotify.com/episode/7e0g...

Love talking about Suspect and the writing process in general on this podcast! If you listen long enough you'll hear a word I say get bleeped out which I was no joke delighted by.

I was over the 🌙 moon 🌙 to be a Daysies finalist! And the spacey, celestial Seven Daysies awards party was out of this world 🌝

I interviewed @ginatron.bsky.social about her memoir "Suspect," about growing up as an outsider in a small Vermont town and the bad teenage joke that led everyone to think she was planning to be a school shooter. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Gestapo taking direct aim..... at a reporter. This is a direct threat to our democracy and our constitutional freedoms. #FreedomToDissent http://dlvr.it/TLG5Zf

Just one more day to vote for the Daysies! I'm on the ballot for best author. With every vote for me, an egg gets its wings. 🥚 🪽 ballot.sevendaysvt.com/culture/best...

Who’s writing is exciting you rn?? We are trying to find the rad, weird, queer poets on this new blue platform… share this and tag yr talented friends? 🌈📚 #booksky #queerwriters #poetsky #writercommunity #writersky

Plz vote for me in this final round. Do I think I am THE best writer living in VT? No! But I hope me & my writing are real, approachable, & non-pretentious. If my work has ever made you feel seen, understood, or entertained, it would mean the world to me. Ty! ballot.sevendaysvt.com/culture/best...

Has the most magical time in Colombia

I have so many failed novel attempts that live in my Google drive. But my current novel attempt feels the most promising: the characters aren't just a a veiled version of memoir and yet they feel more real and close to me than ever

Consider nominating me for fave author. I've been writing about Vermont in my non fiction work and in my journalism for many years. ballot.sevendaysvt.com/culture/best...

The federal government is literally disappearing people. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/u...

1/ I never took DHS's scary-sounding notice that I had 7 days to leave the country too seriously, because it was obviously some kind of mistake. But what about the people the emails were actually aimed at? Let's talk a bit about immigration "parole" and what Trump is doing here

"Suspect is the well-meaning, earnest-half of a broken heart pendant; thankfully, forever separated from the narcissistic full-volume pseudo-occult straightjacket of Alex Kazemi's Millennium Boyz," according to the newest issue of the last estate

Tomorrow at 5 pm on BonMot, 2024’s open PoemCity Anthology reading. I’ll be recording PC’s 2025 live at BearPond at 4 pm! Lend an ear at WGDR.org or come read yr poem.

Being a writer can feel very isolating at times, all working in our individual silos, sometimes drowning in feelings of inadequacy and imposter syndrome. So going to AWP and AWP events was magical, getting to connect with so many other writers who get it. ❤️

Location: AC Marriott, LA, 34th Floor Music: “tv off” by Kendrick Lamar Book on my Brain: Suspect @ginatron.bsky.social Goal: Epsom Salt Footbath #AWP @sfwp.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com Banana Kill Count: 🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

The whiskey tit booth at AWP is a FUN place to be! One day left to pop by, have a shot of whiskey, and buy some book tit(les)! @whiskeytit.com

If you're at AWP, come say hi tomorrow. l'll be at this booth signing books and loitering at 1pm

Please send mic to Fitzgerald such that he can drop.

New review up on Goodreads of @ginatron.bsky.social's harrowing memoir of post-Columbine fear and smalltown paranoia, out now from our shared mother goddess @whiskeytit.com ! Go snag one at #AWP25 this weekend! www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Where can you can find me and/or my book at AWP

If you couldn't make this library event last week but are interested in watching me talk about embarrassing things and the process of writing and researching this book, you can watch it here: youtu.be/yqu7f2_4T7w?...

Reading at lit club was lit

Suspect may not have been named a finalist for a Vermont Book Award but it did receive another accolade this week: People are bickering about it in local Facebook groups 🏆

Vermont, come hear me read at Radio Bean on Wednesday

New plant wall alert

UPDATE—Mahmoud's attorney says they do NOT know where he is. They were first told he was sent to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, NJ. But when his 8-month-pregnant wife tried to visit him, she was told he's not there. They've received reports he may be sent as far away as Louisiana.

Lotta folks I admire posting resource lists of late. For anyone seeking insight into the growing threat of Christian Nationalism & the evangelical right, here’s a solid primer. Armstrong in particular is an international treasure @jasonachristian.bsky.social @whiskeytit.com @videstellae.bsky.social

Democrats even *thinking* about joining Republicans to censure Al Green for having the courage to stand up while they sat down do not deserve to be able to generate a single fundraising dollar from a person of moral character ever again.

Suspect reviewed in Seven Days!! 🙏 ❤️ m.sevendaysvt.com/arts-culture...

I am excited and honored to be a part of these readings during AWP in Los Angeles. And to be reading alongside so many badass writers I admire!! 🌴Wednesday | March 26 l Time Travel Mart 🌴Thursday | March 27 | Angel City Brewery

This is Nazi shit

Grateful for this profile on me and Suspect up at Ladygunn, which is one of the first outlets that gave my writing a chance many years ago ❤️🙏 www.ladygunn.com/culture/gina...

104. I recommend the surprisingly funny memoir SUSPECT, in which young @ginatron.bsky.social is scapegoated by an entire community as a would-be school shooter in heavily armed rural Vermont for the sin of...writing. Skeet shows my @anarchistreview.bsky.social review: bsky.app/profile/gina...

Excited to read in LA!