I’ve been dying to put this description somewhere for years. Now it’s the first line of my words flash over at BULL today!

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“Every misogynist joke poses a question to its female audience: Can you laugh along? Will you be chill or are you going to make a big deal out of this? Are you going to be a bitch…? Arriving in the form of a dildo, the joke that is also the question becomes a double entendre: Can you take it?”

PS- She did 😭🥹

So proud of this zombie story about mother trauma over at Okay Donkey this week! Grateful for the chance to share it!

Finished novel number three today. Sent it off to my agent. Now turning off my brain for a long as possible 😮‍💨

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Happy pride month. Don’t be a Karen.

If you’re interested in reading the first chapter of my latest novel, check it out at L’Esprit! If you’re an editor and wanna see the whole thing, I hear @irisblasi.bsky.social can hook you up!

Oh no, not 50%! 🙄

Do I..do I write absurdist literary fiction? This is an excellent discovery.

A year ago today I finished my first novel. Today, I signed a contract with my dream literary agent. I am so excited to share that my work is now represented by @irisblasi.bsky.social of Arc Literary Management. I can’t wait for all that is to come with her in my corner!

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

Less than a year after a full-throated embrace of AI, NaNoWriMo is shutting down :

Love the imagery in this one 😮‍💨

is ur child texting state secrets in a Signal chat? ily - I Leaked Yemen (attack details) smh - Secret Message Hahahaha tbh - Talkin 'Bout Houthis idk - I Doubt Korea (is in this signal chat) gtg - Gonna Text Goldberg

The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.

You spend months and months wondering when it will be your turn and then suddenly it just…is?

yesterday got away from me and I didn't post Danielle Barr's story. a shame! it's great, super fun. "None of the brown paper bags are big enough, so I bear hug it while I shimmy sideways out the front door." https://www.havehashad.com/qoo7g

I forgot to post here but.. Yesterday my little weird about a sex shop me and my best friend used to hang out in in Huntsville, Alabama went live on @havehashad.com www.havehashad.com/hadposts/at-...

NOTHINGBERGERS has.. 🍔Voice-y, distinct POVs 🍔Literary prose 🍔Rural Appalachian setting 🍔Offbeat characters with quirky names 🍔The unintended victims of powerful mens’ missteps 🍔The corrupting power of fame 🍔A shocking twist ending #questpit #a #q

Why did Cletus Berger’s mama throw herself off the water tower, + why’s the whole town so tight-lipped about it? + could country icon Law Leylow’s illicit affair w/a teen really be THAT bad (it can)? Small towns’ long memories+ loose lips can only hold these secrets so long. #questpit #q #litfic

A crazy week. After notifying agents of the results of a literary contest (announcement soon!), there was a rush of requests and a (non-offer) request for a call. I have to believe my future agent already has my manuscript in their inbox 🤞🏻

Why did Cletus Berger’s mama throw herself off the water tower, + why’s the whole town so tight-lipped about it? + could country icon Law Leylow’s illicit affair w/a teenager really be that bad? Small towns’ long memories+ loose lips can only hold these secrets so long. #p2ppit #a #litfic

Why is there a male loneliness epidemic? 👇🏻

Three fulls this week. Four last week. I’ve gotta be getting close,right? 😫

What It’s Like by Everlast x Wrong Way by Sublime A country music superstar who’s totally, definitely not into an underage fan. A lot lizard in Appalachia whose family can’t seem to catch a break. A town where everyone’s missing something- a finger, a foot, a mother. #unhingedpit #q #a

Get you a novel that can do both 💪 #unhingedpit #a #q

The good news is that NOTHINGBERGERS only has one thing in common with the incoming administration. The bad news is that it’s this 👇🏻 #unhingedpit #a #q #litfic

First rejection on a full this morning for my second novel. The request was my very first query response for this manuscript! Throwing my agents guide up in case any lit agents are here yet and interested in a literary family saga ft lots of intergenerational secrets 🧡

I’m old enough to get super nervous about new socials. In any case, I’m here! I’m a short story writer and novelist, SAHM of 4 small kids living in Appalachia. Gravel cyclist married to a former semipro road cyclist, Bama football fan and alum, fluent in Arabic, former expat. Cute babies for tax 👇🏻