Kelly Seal

I know a lot is going on right now but I have to share that one of my short stories was accepted for publication in a quarterly anthology!!! ❤️📕 😭 This is my first fiction piece sent out into the universe so I’m emotional #amwriting

@meghan_daum I respectfully bow out because nothing at this point will convince me he’s the right person. On another note, I loved The Catastrophe Hour - thank you for that gift 💗

@KellySeal Trump has no recognition of his limitations. I understand the impulse to make that comparison but it doesn't go too far. Despite some superficial similarities, they're very different animals.

Question: if Spencer Pratt became LA mayor and functioned mostly as a kind of figurehead who was surrounded by a highly competent and forward-thinking team of advisors/deputies, who would be on that team? (Try to be serious, please.)

@AdelineDimond @meghan_daum @TheAtlantic This reminds me of all of the out of state money that came in for Prop 8

@AdelineDimond @meghan_daum @TheAtlantic So you are ok with pay to play

New from me in @TheAtlantic. Something for everyone to be mad about! theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/…

@AdelineDimond @meghan_daum @TheAtlantic

It’s becoming clear that these objections are simply recycled from other social media posts. Let’s address them one-by-one: 1. He can’t live in the airstream even if he wanted to because of security concerns. He was getting threats. However, even if he never bothered to put an airstream on the property, it wouldn’t matter because the county registrar has made clear that fire victims who are temporarily displaced do not lose residency. So this is a non-issue. 2. The only outlet directly reporting the alleged reality show is TMZ, the same folks who tortured the Guthrie family with fake ransom notes, likely screwing up the investigation. (Other outlets are just reporting that TMZ is reporting it). However, even if it were true, he couldn’t get paid for a reality show while mayor; if he wants to do a reality show while running for mayor - more power to him. He needs to rebuild, after all, and hasn’t been able to because of new regulations that make construction more costly, among other things. His website has his positions laid out. Those are obviously fair game, but mindlessly repeating what you’ve seen other posts say on X is a waste of everyone’s time

Spencer, I wasn’t going to do this. It’s not worth my time. Seriously. But your dinner check the other night was $682 . Hope that helps. Don’t be a dick to the service staff where you stay. I’ve got your breakfast order, and the list of made up food allergies you claim. You’re just lying; stop. @TMZ

@shannonrwatts @MurbsSox Pratt wants to put the homeless in jail as a solution, which does not work long term. He’s also been lying about living in an Airstream - TMZ reported him living in a bungalow at the Bel Air Hotel. He’s a grifter propped up by billionaires.

@MurbsSox I’m really just trying to understand the double standard. Is it because Pratt is a Republican?

I’m honestly confused. We shouldn’t hold it against a Dem candidate if they voted for Susan Collins twice and wrote demeaning things about sexual assault and racist stereotypes and used bigoted slurs in the last decade, but we should care about a comment Spencer Pratt made 17 years ago?

This Texas girl never imagined she’d like hiking in the CA mountains more than anything but here we are 💜🌿

@JessicaGraceLit It’s not a guarantee that they will buy, but it does put your book in the running 🩷

@KellySeal That is hard! But I'm glad you did revise. I had revision requests and didn't (there wasn't enough direction) and it HAUNTS me. In the future, I will always revise.

Where are the writers that have an agent, went on submission, and things didn't go as planned!? I want to be friends! #amwriting #writerscommunity

My friend Linda Burstyn wrote this incredible article for @NYMag - quite a ride. apple.news/A7byzssF8T9KFS…

@KamBrothers Sorry but she reps more than CC look it up

Culver City is a great neighborhood, with very good schools, tons of parks and very busy downtown. BK

my body does not know the difference between a mistake at work and being hunted for sport

@amykdebellis I feel this pain. It’s so disheartening to get so far and…nothing.

Spent nearly a month re-editing a novel for a Big 5 publisher after a very promising call. Weeks later finally told my agent they don't want it anyway. This is the fourth book I've gone on sub with. Never sold anything on sub. I will probably be self publishing all future novels

Congress once again totally useless and also NOT helping AMERICANS apple.news/AKEKOTvdsQRaKD…

@LaurenUnderwood Thank you for all you are doing 🙏

I am SO pumped that my bill, the three-year extension of the ACA tax credits, passed the House. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

@brianstelter @bariweiss needs to respond to this

Here's the text of Sharyn Alfonsi's memo about "corporate censorship" and a "betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism:" News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts.  I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight.  We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices.  It is factually correct.   In my view, pulling it now—after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department.   Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration’s refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones. We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn

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