on snakes and tails
the best part of Knives Out (there are many best parts of Knives Out; it is a movie comprised exclusively of best-parts glued together with a southern drawl...
on romance
recently i’ve been reading two things i’ve never read before: romance and fanfiction. i’d like to think it wasn’t sheer snottiness that kept me away, but it...
of heroes
as anyone who follows me on twitter knows, i have a near-obsession with Madeline Miller’s Circe and Laini Taylor’s Strange the Dreamer books. there are a...
on starless seas
news the news section is moved to the top because my book (my book, the book that I wrote, my book) is out today. that feels momentous. or at least it feels...
of murderbots and time wars
in the last month i’ve read martha wells’ Murderbot Diaries (consisting of four separate novellas: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol,...
welcome to the written world!
a monthly-ish email reflecting on something i’ve read or seen and what makes it so great, + self-promotion.