@barbaraca

I once stood on a platform eye-to-eye with a lovely huge belashed lippy giraffe and I quietly fed him lettuce and he was and it was all so utterly astonishing that I burst into tears and it's all been downhill ever fucking since.

"It is not just the scale of the strikes...Israel’s liberal use of very large weapons in dense urban areas, including U.S.-made 2,000-pound bombs that can flatten an apartment tower, is surprising, some experts say."

@sassafraslowrey The best feeling!

working on the reworking/rewrite of my next queer novel based in part on feedback from a lovely publisher who is possibly interested in the book. This weekend I rebuilt the entire plot structure and pacing! I'm excited for how much better this is going to make the story flow

Maybe ease off on the dead body Halloween decorations this year.

@andevers see also: “Walkabout.” Original usage. 👀

@andevers Is she saying indigenous people who live(d) on land don’t and didn’t also walk around on that land to enjoy it, explore, etc? I’m lost.

@AAACares done

@barbaraca We are very sorry to hear about this experience. Could you please DM us your 16 digit membership number and contact info? Thank you!

Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules for writing that I think everyone should consider: ⁣ 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.⁣ ⁣ 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for.⁣ ⁣ 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.⁣ ⁣ 4. Every sentence must do one of two things—reveal character or advance the action.⁣ ⁣ 5. Start as close to the end as possible.⁣ ⁣ 6. Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them-in order that the reader may see what they are made of.⁣ ⁣ 7. Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.⁣ ⁣ 8. Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To hell with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.⁣

Mood.

"Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write." --Annie Proulx #writingcommunity #amwriting #writingquote

Job opportunity: Editor-in-Chief at The Walrus. This role is responsible for the overall editorial strategy of The Walrus, both online at thewalrus.ca and in print. More details at thewalrus.ca/careers

It's like when you have a fading battery somewhere in your house but in this case it's tiny and fuzzy and freaking ADORABLE so if you don't find it, it will continue to chirp until it DIES which will be all your fault.

Did it slip out or are we now trapped in here together? How do I find it? Will I be forever searching behind my bookcase while it's already back out and living its best life? [honest to god as I was typing this, IT STARTED CHIRPING SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE]

sounds like a philosophical quandary, but it's a literal one: what do you do when the apparent lack of a bird does not in fact indicate the absence of a bird? A wee bushtit flew into the house. I threw open windows & doors, pulled curtains, etc. & when I looked again, it was GONE

AM I TRAPPED HERE WITH IT OR IS IT TRAPPED HERE WITH ME?

Now would be a good time to give every child in your life a copy of Fahrenheit 451, Lord of the Flies, 1984, The Handmaid’s Tale, and To Kill a Mockingbird

@apantazi This is beautiful. Best wishes to you both and your sweet family as you move forward.

Our love is reborn as friendship. Past marital struggles now make sense, and we're more in sync than ever. We’re eager to support each other's journeys. Our care for one another deepens as friends. We are both happy to love each other in a new way.

Life update: I’m getting divorced. After 9 years married, Lauren has accepted she's queer & not attracted to men. We remain best friends and co-parents, even as we start dating others. I'm awed by her newfound happiness. Burdens that we didn't know existed have lifted for her.

Come be my colleague! Our editorial director and senior editor need a new EA. groveatlantic.com/careers

Hunter Biden indicted. Wow, that would be so bad for him if he was running for president. Imagine running for president and getting indicted. Just imagine.

@The_Rumpus is open for fiction submissions until September 15th! Been reading some great stories and am excited to read more. Here's a note from fiction editor @liwendyxu about what she's looking for: