i think the thing i miss most about twitter—and there is, god help me, a long list of things i miss about twitter—is the illusion of chill it afforded me. oh, this little joke? an effortless one-liner, dropped casually at a very hip party. everyone laughs as i waft from the room. this incisive political take?? an organic analysis, spoken straight from the heart. no, i did not waste valuable work hours drafting multiple versions in a word document, triple-checking for typos and perhaps googling a term i haven’t used aloud since grad school, for i am—as you can see—a very chill person.
Your gift guide is my favorite. I just went through it as carefully*, no more carefully, than the rubric for the final project assignment that's due tonight and that is only 10% done. *carefully: read once for other people, the second time for me, with Storygraph open so that I could see the covers and deposit the appropriate titles onto my TBR pile. Thank you.
Not the same as Twitter but still glad to be able to follow you here. Thanks for yet again giving me the most fun (and actually useful) gift guide of the season!
Roadside Attraction was all of the everything, amen. I loved it. The whole anthology is so good and I am usually not fully on board with time travel stuff.
On my way to PT, and this newsletter made my whole day brighter! I also mourn what we had on Twitter. We hope to see you on Mastodon eventually. Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, and other cool authors are over there.
I miss twitter as well. Mainly for the awesome book recommendations I got through it. Once I followed you, I could just read the books you said you liked and know that I would enjoy them. Also for the amazing artists I could get to know and commission from. Twitter was far from perfect, but it was really good at connecting people to each other.
Two books I would also recommend to everyone:
The oleander sword by Tasha Suri
-for the people who've read The Jasmine Throne and have been living under a rock
-if you enjoyed Lord of The Rings but thought "this would be better in a Hindi inspired world"
-when you kind of enjoy a splash of people turn into plants body horror
The witches heart by Genevieve Gornichec
-if the Thor movies were your favorite from the MCU but you kind of hated Odin
-when a story about a mother going to the end of the earth for her children is kind of your thing
-when you were reading norse mythology and thought "this, but what if it had more bi-representation"
Absolutely loved this - was laughing aloud throughout. The wit! The insight! All delivered so effortlessly. ;) Now if only I had these in tweet form...
I’d read a blog by you of thirty tweets you never got to tweet. I’m sorry you’ve lost the platform. I didn’t like it for so long, couldn’t figure it out, and now it’s hard to leave.
I’m trying to cut it out myself. Locking things down. I wish there were a safe way of going completely cold turkey with one’s handle being vulnerable.
I miss you on Twitter the most. Thank you for this. I sat in my car in the driveway to read it in peace like all mothers do, right?
OK, but S2 of Fleabag was SO GOOD!!! (So maybe I need to try the affiliated book...?)
Your gift guide is my favorite. I just went through it as carefully*, no more carefully, than the rubric for the final project assignment that's due tonight and that is only 10% done. *carefully: read once for other people, the second time for me, with Storygraph open so that I could see the covers and deposit the appropriate titles onto my TBR pile. Thank you.
Not the same as Twitter but still glad to be able to follow you here. Thanks for yet again giving me the most fun (and actually useful) gift guide of the season!
Roadside Attraction was all of the everything, amen. I loved it. The whole anthology is so good and I am usually not fully on board with time travel stuff.
What? No more fairy tale retelling novellas? Noooooooo…
On my way to PT, and this newsletter made my whole day brighter! I also mourn what we had on Twitter. We hope to see you on Mastodon eventually. Annalee Newitz, Charlie Jane Anders, and other cool authors are over there.
I miss twitter as well. Mainly for the awesome book recommendations I got through it. Once I followed you, I could just read the books you said you liked and know that I would enjoy them. Also for the amazing artists I could get to know and commission from. Twitter was far from perfect, but it was really good at connecting people to each other.
Two books I would also recommend to everyone:
The oleander sword by Tasha Suri
-for the people who've read The Jasmine Throne and have been living under a rock
-if you enjoyed Lord of The Rings but thought "this would be better in a Hindi inspired world"
-when you kind of enjoy a splash of people turn into plants body horror
The witches heart by Genevieve Gornichec
-if the Thor movies were your favorite from the MCU but you kind of hated Odin
-when a story about a mother going to the end of the earth for her children is kind of your thing
-when you were reading norse mythology and thought "this, but what if it had more bi-representation"
Absolutely loved this - was laughing aloud throughout. The wit! The insight! All delivered so effortlessly. ;) Now if only I had these in tweet form...
The Locked Tomb Series is wonderful.
I’d read a blog by you of thirty tweets you never got to tweet. I’m sorry you’ve lost the platform. I didn’t like it for so long, couldn’t figure it out, and now it’s hard to leave.
I’m trying to cut it out myself. Locking things down. I wish there were a safe way of going completely cold turkey with one’s handle being vulnerable.
Anyway. I’m glad you’re here.