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Novelist. Garden variety weirdo. Unrepentant typo queen. Books: We Lived On the Horizon (Atria, 1/14/25), Light From Other Stars, The Book of Speculation. She/her (all pronouns are fine) https://linktr.ee/erikaswyler
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My 2nd novel was written almost entirely to Pet Sounds. Brian Wilson's art reaches so far beyond any individual life. 🖀

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That was a grumbly first thing in the morning post and I've been actively trying not to be an angry panic ball on this place. So here. Mochi in her hay box, proud of the mess she's made while eating her way to the bottom.

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Truly. If every government going on about birth rates acted meaningfully on climate, social safety nets, equality, and actual care, the "need" for birthrate panic would drop dramatically. 👇

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"You write flash? How fashionably severe. I'm really more of a--what's the term, Lawrence? Ah yes, a maximalist."

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Instagram spam asking if my "pawtner" and I wanna promo a line of clothing for cats and dogs. My pet is a rabbit and she would NEVER.

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Thanks a bunch for the reminder, Drew!! My novel, The Island of Last Things, comes out on August 12 and is available for preorder...speculative lit fiction about two women who work as keepers at the world's last zoo on the island of Alcatraz 🐊 bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

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Per Drew's instruction, have WE LIVED ON THE HORIZON. It's far future. It's dystopian/utopian (they're the same, btw) but not the sort that will break you. I don't traffic in despair. It's about altruism & who is capable of it. To quote my agent, I "wrestled a monster and won." tinyurl.com/23h8vmx6

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The husband-like appendage has been home sick for two days. Which as a work-from-home means I'm pacing around, confused that he's here but it's not the weekend, and anxious about the constant need to monitor the Gatorade supply.

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Man, holding multiple serious existential concerns in your head at the same time is EXHAUSTING. Next week: No thoughts, only pudding.

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Today I start the final leg (the longest) of slowly running my way through The Lord of the Rings. My rabbit is my avatar in the app. So, Mochi and I are going to SIMPLY HOP INTO MORDOR.

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Tbf, NYT would likely tear my work to shreds, but the whole point is the visibility that way too many people never get a shot at.

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I have never been covered in the NYT. Also: I have never fabricated a memoir and shamed myself when the lies were uncovered, AND I have never "written" a novel using AI. Neither have an absolute deluge of other authors who could very much use the coverage.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

The fact that I do not have a button I can press that will immediately bubble wrap my friends and white glove deliver them out of harm's way and directly to my doorstep is a real fucking oversight.

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I just saw the phrase "gut-healthy snack bars" and I shan't recover.

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The sit-to-stand desk effectively does the sit-to-stand. The walking pad works. I no longer have to assemble a Zoom "studio" for every call, and I can move a chair over for games I can't play while walking. Now to find a Running Only treadmill to hate for the next 10 years. While yelling at deer.

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Today's to-do: •compile thoughts on friend's manuscript •set up workflow situation for new desk •SPITE GARDENING •aggressive tidying •yell at wild turkeys •write •yell at deer •do every single chore neglected during the week •yell at woodchucks •fight the man •yell at squirrels

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

Today was disappointing. I think I was perhaps hoping for spontaneous human combustion.

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