Being an author is such a strange experience.
One reader leaves a 5-star review calling it the best book they've ever read. The next leaves 1 star and says they couldn't get past page ten.
Same book. Same words. Completely different worlds.
#booksky
Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.
(image credit: WSJ reporter @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social)
Dark blue boy cover with white When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women title above blue and white street tiles of author's name: Ellen Morris Prewitt
The reviewer used the phrase “fever dream.”
“Prewitt cleverly and impressively balances multiple genres throughout the book, combining literary fiction, fantasy, and a bit of enjoyable fever dream.”
My new goal: cult classic
When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women
Oh, what a wonderful review the is! You know my favorite part? About the soul of the city.
#NewOrleans
chapter16.org/women-on-a-m...
NARRATOR: Eventually the President, unable to remember which particular action was meant to distract from what particular scandal, demanded an immediate halt to the enrichment of Melania and safe passage through the Straits of January 6th.
NEW: Saruman calls surprise press conference denying relationship with Sauron
This is so well done. 👌
Ghislaine who?
Never heard of her.
Casual acquaintance.
Not my lane.
#EpsteinFiles
Breaking: Trump orders the dismantling of the US Forest Service.
All regional offices are being shut down and the research program destroyed.
omg.
"They’re destroying more than fifty research facilities across thirty-one states, labs that house decades of irreplaceable long-term science, the kind you literally cannot restart once it’s gone."
1984 calendar meme with the lady saying "the empire is at war with Persia and the Pope" and the calendar says January 1054
Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.
“.. House ratings show Dems as substantial favorites for control, as Republicans would need to win 76% of the Toss Ups to keep their majority ..”
@cookpolitical.com
www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/hous...
The internet wasn't a mistake.
It saved lives. It's allowed community. It's one of the best advancements in modern history for information.
The mistake was normalizing rampant cruelty and dunk culture and protecting predators and harassers over victims.
For many reasons, Easter weekend feels especially heavy this year. One of those reasons, for me, is that it includes today, April 4–the anniversary of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
In this time of war and troubles of all kinds, let us remember 1/
that he stood against the triple evils of racism, poverty, and militarism. He stood for our shared humanity 2/end
What if the White House ballroom is a metaphor for Iran, tariffs, fiscal policy & the Fed.
Bulldoze a treasured national institution before making plans. Hide the rubble. Unveil a grandiose and self-aggrandizing vision. Prevaricate. Squirrel! Dither. Discover it was unconstitutional all along
A screenshot of a TikTok comment says “never seen a cybertruck at the library”
Seven-word death punch
A viral dog rescue from 2016 is now immortalized with a statue in Kazakhstan. When a dog fell into the Sayran reservoir, bystanders formed a human chain to pull him to safety. The statue is a reminder of the value of unity, solidarity and collective action. 14/10 for all
It’s so obvious that he’s manipulating the markets but maybe not to the “tRump” crowd.
I actually saw someone spell his first name “Donold.”
I wanted to walk into the sea
Novel When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women in deep blue cover propped on an orange couch.
What's that sitting sassy on an orange couch?
"We're not going to litigate whether the supposed need for this legislation that would contract voting access exists."
some day I'd love to have a conversation about the extreme gender bias in sales projections for books
Keep 'em coming
End of day, we sat on the porch, Evangeline and me. I was on the glider. She was guarding the 2nd set of steps. The sun was warm enough, the air cold. I read N.K. Jemisin. It was perfect.
Keep 'em coming
Keep 'em coming
Keep 'em coming
"Fed judge blocked key parts of RFK Jr's effort to reshape vax policy incl move to reduce # of shots recommended for children.
District Judge Brian Murphy..said health regulators acted unlawfully to carry out agenda..warned changes will reduce vax rates, harm pub health"
this was one day in, good lord
