Hooray!

Spies, Love on the Margins, and “The History of Lost Things” in Hesse Phillips’ debut novel, Lightborne In their enthralling debut historical novel Lightborne, Hesse Phillips brings to life the last, dangerous days of famed Elizabethan playwright and poet, the outspoken and provocative Christopher Marlo...

Spies, conspiracies, and haunting flashes of beauty within a darkly compelling world - get to know Hesse Phillips’ debut historical novel, LIGHTBORNE! I interviewed Hesse about their enthralling reimagining of the last dangerous days of playwright Christopher Marlowe at Dead Darlings.

Omg I need to check over here a zillion times more than I’m currently doing? 💕 💃

The worst deli number but not too bad for these digs.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #887,164!

Namibia: Live stream in the Namib Desert YouTube video by NamibiaCam

someone posted this earlier and it's AMAZING

Live cam of a watering hole at a reserve in Nambia. I've watched zebras, wart hogs, oryx and other critters

It's really active right now

www.youtube.com/live/ydYDqZQ...

I ordered new ice packs, and the site started showing clips from someone who used bandages to help a wounded chicken. I’m glad that chicken has someone looking out for her!

A bad thing about car reviews is they're written by people who love cars and know a lot about them.

I need car reviews by people who hate cars and know nothing about them.

Every academic article has a corresponding author whose email address is listed on the first page. If an article is paywalled, just send a short, polite email requesting a PDF from the author. 95% of the time you’ll receive it within a day. People like knowing their work is being read!

Thinking of my fave Annie Dillard advice on Day 3 of a personal writing challenge. I’m giving myself ten weeks to take on scenes and chapters that need major overhauling or writing from the ground up. So it’s time to take big swings 🔨

So sorry political candidates texting me links, all my money has gone at last to every gofundme and mutual aid for what the government will not pay for.

Writing a scene, and recalled my main character’s formerly fall in his eyes length hair is cropped close at this point, which must impact how people respond to him, and oh god, now my character hair has an *arc*

While sporting what was essentially a bowl cut! Wild times

Literally no one reads my skeets and I may just make this a blog of my many Mondegreens from here on out, because if not for my amusement, then whomst???

This just in - I’ve been singing “you’re a champagne supernova” instead of “human supernova” for YEARS, and frankly I think my way is better 🥂 🌟

I Want More Of You In Here: A Guide to Interiority In the Personal Essay and Memoir What To Do When They Ask For More Of You

Maybe you’ve gotten this as a note before from an editor: “I want more of you in here.” It’s a frustrating note to give or to get just on its own. So I made a short guide to writing interiority into your personal essays and memoirs. open.substack.com/pub/querent/...

Happy Wednesday!

Meanwhile, earlier today at a different Ivy, the Brown encampment agreed to disperse in exchange for the University’s commitment to meet with protester reps about divestment next month and vote on divestment in the fall.

Brown’s announcement in this thread

WKCR reporting NYPD threatened to arrest Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb for attempting to make room for his students to report on the police activity.

All, please listen to/support the student journalists of WCKR, and all eyes on what's happening at Columbia right now.

They're reporting live, as it looks like police are about to raid the campus: www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/schedule

General Donation — Spectator Publishing Company

I have gotten a few questions about how to donate to student journalism outlets without supporting Columbia itself. The Columbia Spectator is an independent nonprofit with zero financial ties to the university, if you want to kick them some money.

Good morning, I'm in my happy place: revisions! And building out a list of agents to pitch.

Before I go to my usual search, are there any Black sensitivity readers for fiction: suspense On Here for hire? #writingcommunity

The AI on The Circle strategizing - and also me just trying to get through my day: “I’ll leverage anecdotes and make references only a lifelong human would know”

Tfw someone asks “How are you?” and there’s that horrible beat of silence where you’re both like “Wait, was that a real question, or…? Cause if it was, the abyss in me and the abyss in you are about to make eye contact for an uncomfortably long time and I’m not sure we’re ready.”

BBC News After spouting gibberish from 15 billion miles away for months, NASA's 46-year-old Voyager-1 probe is making sense again

it’s ok, I’m That Friend too

I have had this one on my to bake list - planning to freeze most shaped but unbaked to chase that day of vibe when I do bake them

Daughter tells me she heard today that if you wear a band T-shirt (especially as a young woman) and a man says to you “name five of their songs”, the correct response is “name five women who trust you”, so I pass this on in case any of you need it

Happy Transgender Day of Visibility and Happy Easter

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“A Rabbit as King of the Ghosts” Wallace Stevens

I used to have a Cake for Breakfast song I sang every time I had cake for breakfast. Sadly I haven’t used it in a while 🎻 🎂 Must remedy!

Brilliant read. "The money produced by art has not disappeared. ... The reality is that the people with the most money have devised, at every turn, new and more bulletproof ways for them to make and keep more money, and for the people who make things to make less."