erikaswyler.bsky.social
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)
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Nono, it's just designed and cut by a company that doesn't understand human bodies 😆
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That, unfortunately, is also *very* MK 🫠
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Is the belt wrapped twice and not actually buckled in that first picture? That would feel very MK.
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Also David Byrne absolutely stole a cab from me once.
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I went to an art opening to feel something other than ~all this~
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Same
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Oh this is WONDERFUL. Spite lemons for us all! Truly, growing stuff is helping keep my head above water
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me too
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Oh, my heart ♥️
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🥹
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I need a weeping robot emoji
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Endless thanks to you for being such an advocate for it. ❤️
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Feelin' pretty lucky
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As a straddler, they're equally dismissive. I'm raising an eyebrow at everyone all the time always. 😆
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💪
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"Buttery soft" came out of that leggings MLM nightmare and has stuck around. And my god do i not want a fabric described as "buttery" anywhere near my skin.
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If you tell me something feels buttery I assume it feels greasy as hell.
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Oh, friend. I am this Pokémon. I'm so sorry. The aura can be weirder/worse than the headache. The upside is that it's a clear warning to immediately take rescue meds. 🖤
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*so good*
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My favorite memory is of talking AT THE SCREEN saying, "We shouldn't do this Booker. This is very bad," and clicking through because there was no choice but to click or stop playing. Best critique of the railed nature of gaming to date. THEN string theory!
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The instant I heard it in-game was the second I knew that game would be a wild story experience like nothing I'd played before (or since, to be honest).
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Yeah, you're in the more affordable season for sure, and April is still pretty damn sweaty 🥵🫠
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Thank you for indulging me and my ongoing series "Fish who are literary assholes."
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Happy birthday! 🎂 🥳
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Oh, she has OUTFITS but they're certainly not for a cat or dog. Perish the thought.
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🤖🫖🦿👁❤️
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In the few reviews I wrote (way back when) I tried to take "it isn't working for me" and think more "who does this work for" to get my focus in line with what the book's self really was.
And that's probably why I no longer review. I enjoy being a petty tyrant with only my own tastes in mind. 😆
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That. Sometimes the mismatch is glaring. Other times it feels like a workshop wherein the critic is telling the writer how *they'd* do it. It's unkind to both professions.
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I hate how incredibly common this error is.
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It's my worst/most reliable migraine trigger. And of course that's what's in the neurologist's office. 🫠
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The sweetest little villain. This is the correct energy: a dastardly plan to be besties.
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Okay but these kids are *going places* (each other's houses)
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I need to see a xenomorph do The Frug