Days like this I feel like maybe we just don't deserve to survive, as a species...

Why Writers Should Use Fewer Swear Words Giving less f*cks will make you a more effective writer

Trust me, the less you swear, the harder it'll land...

NASA Plans to Start a Fire on the Moon in First-of-Its-Kind Experiment As humanity prepares to land on the moon in future Artemis missions, NASA's combustion tests will be critical to assuring astronaut safety.

Yes. Everything is so dumb right now that lighting the moon on fire feels like a natural next step. Let's do this.

She's Black. She's a woman. And she believes in science? You know Trump is getting desperate because he hates at least two of those things.

I don't know how long this discount is going to last (only $2.99 for the ebook) so get in there before it's too late.

Hey this was a fun piece to write, but I'm also real grateful when @writersdigest.bsky.social puts my articles in magazines with handsome authors on the cover because I just assume that means more people will end up reading it...

Assassins 2 is marked down, Assassins 3 is coming soon Time to turn on the promo machine

Assassin stuff! Spread the word!

Yay I love this!

Book club spam e-mails are bad enough but there's nothing as gutting as getting a "personal invitation" from the co-chair to the PEN America gala, feeling a surge of recognition, and finding that it's not real.

Just a fun reminder that you're screaming into a void and losing your voice.

Trump has definitely blown at least one (1) dude over the course of his too-long and heinous life.

GET THEE TO A @barnesandnoble.com AND GET THIS NOW!

Three Hitmen and a Baby: An Assassins Anonymous Novel by Rob Hart Hart’s excellent third nail-biter focused on Mark, a former assassin known as Pale Horse (after The Medusa Protocol), nimbly bal...

"Hart’s ability to generate sympathy for characters with so much blood on their hands remains impressive, as does his ability to match laughs with gasps. This killer series continues to balance thrills and heart like few others."

Another *starred* review from Publishers Weekly!

That'd be awesome! Want to try and get somethign on the schedule for closer to release?

Gearing up to promote the third Assassins Anonymous book, THREE HITMEN AND A BABY, releasing June 16, so I'll be making the rounds. If you've a blog or a podcast or something and you wanna talk to me about stuff—hit me up!

Pre-order @robwhart.bsky.social's next Assassins Anonymous novel, Three Hitmen and a Baby." I can't wait for this one. #writingcommunity #writerslift #writers #booksky #bluesky

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On Dialogue Tags: Why Anything Besides 'Said' And 'Asked' Is Lazy Writing No one should ever, ever chortle

Bringing back some of my columns from the LitReactor archive!

Does anyone know someone who could translate some English into Thai? The fourth Assassins book is set in Bangkok, and I like writing the original language with English translation underneath. Google Translate sucks for this—need someone who can give me conversational, phonetic spellings. Will pay.

Co-sign. No legitimate writer uses AI because if you use AI you don't give a damn about the craft and therefore you are not a legitimate writer.

The implication we should coddle people who voted for Trump over and over despite MOUNTAINS of evidence that he is a dangerous idiot criminal is *bullshit*.

They came around because the cruelty hit *their* doorstep, and we're supposed to thank them for realizing what they should have known? Nope!

JK Rowling, the new Harry Potter show, and separating art from the artist Is it even possible at this point?

Let's start Monday off with a shot across the bow.

#252 – The Paradox Hotel by Rob Hart (with Kate Hergott of Bookwild) Podcast Episode · 2 Cents Critic · March 25 · 1h 31m

Here’s this week’s episode of 2 Cents Critic! Kate Hergott from the podcast Bookwild is back to cover The Paradox Hotel, the 2022 sci-fi book by @robwhart.bsky.social that dives into grief, capitalistic corporations and governments, dinosaur action, and more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2...

It’s #FridayReads time! Let’s share books and boost all signals. Repost this and let us know what to repost for you. This beauty is 51% off! Need more reasons?
- Stoker/Locus nominee
- Great NYT and NPR reviews
- Finally some adaptation interest(?!)
- Magic!
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Mar-a-Lago is the dumbest name for a place I’ve ever heard. I’ve hated it since the first time I heard it and I hate that I have to hear it all the time.

MAGA idiot picks a fight with *this dude* then gets his ass kicked and goes running to the cops. It'd be funnier if it weren't so on-brand. I'll never get over the fact that the Republican party is supposed to be the party for "tough guys."

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QOTD 💬

Each chapter of #AssassinsAnonymous by @robwhart.bsky.social opens with a quote from someone famous.

Chapter 9: “A man’s friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.” – Charles Darwin

Read more at our 🔗 link in the comments.
#qotd #quotes #getnotified #booksky

Love love love this piece about the way people engage with art, and defensiveness versus openness.

I never for the live of me understood it, other than an utter lack of media literacy. Chuck Norris was not a cool guy!

How We Met: A Guest Post by Rob Hart and Jeff Rake - B&N Reads Rob Hart (Assassins Anonymous) and Jeff Rake recount the road that led to Detour in an exclusive essay, down below. JEFF When I was first inspired to write the book series Detour, I didn’t even know i...

Want to know how me and Jeff Rake got together to write DETOUR? We talked about it over at @barnesandnoble.com!

It's always sad when someone dies but let none of us forget Chuck Norris campaigned for Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz, was pro-gun, anti-abortion, and once said Obama's re-election would herald 1,000 years of darkness.

Also a good example of why meme culture is dumb.

Got copies of the KING OF ASHES paperback coming soon to a bookstore near you