A doctor recently put a note in my chart that began "Tessa, who is a 32yo lady"
A doctor recently put a note in my chart that began "Tessa, who is a 32yo lady"
Kim Fu has a beautiful new novel that you should check out if you're into atmospheric spooky things!
"why did you become a writer" because no one gave a shit about my special interests growing up. now i make them everyone else's problem. next question
When your stance on immigration doubles as a warning about climate change
What if, instead of writing my own book, I spent the morning shopping for books written by other people? What THEN?
Post from Julia Fine that says, "Write the book you want to read because you will have to read it 75 times."
#writerslife
I haven't written a short story in ages. Might use this call to get back into it!
Alysa Liu with her gold medal
"I love struggling actually. It makes me feel alive." -Alysa Liu
Get out there and start falling on your ass!
this just in from new york city: we’re hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say “wow, it’s really coming down out there”
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
You're welcome
Congrats! Really cool
Me having a blast writing my awful little poems
It's so wholesome how every shark attack survivor is like, "But it's not the shark's fault! Don't blame sharks! I love sharks! My grandmother was a shark!"
Mind if I share some exciting news?
We’ve officially raised over $45 MILLION for local bookstores 🥳
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
I personally am excited to see Robert Downey Jr. play Doctor Womb in Avengers: Wombsday.
As long as he wears his comics-accurate costume with the fallopian tubes coming off his head.
Also he needs to say his catchphrase from the comics: "That's for me to know and for uterus to find out."
The only thing I really miss about Twitter
My favorite winter olympics sport is wheeling the trash cans down the icy driveway without falling on my ass
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
Feel helpless? Want to do something to help the brave folks in Minnesota? If you're a writer, teacher, book club, there are great items to bid on here: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Anyone else's feed split between FUCK ICE BURN IT ALL DOWN & people politely promoting their books
Right??
Fun fact: Your local bookstore is doing more to protect you and your neighbors than Amazon is.
As if the book scam emails weren't bad enough, I just got a PHONE CALL from an "author advisor" wanting to talk to me about royalties from my first book.
"They think if people can possess enough things they will be content to live in prison. But I will not believe that. I want the walls down. I want solidarity, human solidarity."
Update: It was very refreshing!
"Oh good, the temperature is up to 0. I can go for a walk" - a real thought I just had