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Elizabeth Gonzalez James@egjames.bsky.social |
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Author of The Bullet Swallower, Mona at Sea. One time Ben Stein said he liked my hair.
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Jen Fawkes
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a wonderful review of Daughters of Chaos at Kirkus Reviews
today:
"A riot of lust, secrets, gods, and mythical creatures make this a thoroughly entertaining novel, rich in detail and lavish prose." 🔥🔥🔥
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Do you live in Boston? Want to learn how to write horror? Come learn with me: grubstreet.org/seminar/exci...
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SFWP
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Have you heard the news? @egjames.bsky.social will be teaching two One-Day Writing Classes at the Pioneer Valley Writers' Workshop! buff.ly/4cLg7u0
Treat yourself to MONA AT SEA here: buff.ly/4cArKUG
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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From last night's fireworks in my town. I celebrate this country and yet I always think of Maya Angelou's words on this day: "America: The gold of her promise has never been mined."
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Dak
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That time you saw only one set of footprints in the sand was when Jesus blocked you
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I just finished the mother trucking sixth draft of my mother trucking screenplay. Commence the celebrations 🍾🍾🍾
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Hey weirdos - I'm judging a flash fiction contest for @westtradereview.bsky.social
The prize is $704 for a story no longer than 704 words. Spread the word!
westtradereview.com/704PrizeforF...
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I'm listening to Cicely Tyson's autobiography and oh my goodness what a wealth of wisdom that woman was. I'm so glad she shared her life with us.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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An incredible play. I feel so lucky that I got to see it.
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KAFUI. 🇬🇭
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Oh god no, why?
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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It's too awful. He was always on TV when I was a kid. And was someone whose comedy I appreciated when I was little and an adult.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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We went to 3 jazz clubs in the west village tonight before we could get a seat and in every one my husband's like "Oh I was here before." Apparently he has an entire 2nd life as an NYC beatnik. I never knew.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Stuck on a train with no power for the last hour and the guy behind me is unhelpfully giving updates of how much the temperature has risen since we stopped. 75, 79, 81, 83...
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Catbus
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🌌🌠
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Somebody please send me an email requesting I do an easy task so I can stop working on my screenplay.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Your novel will be infinitely better if you chop 10-20% off your page count.
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CHOAM Nomsky 💭
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Writing is not linearly productive. You can write something no one wants and spend months or years on it; it’s not wasted time. It’s time spent learning how to do things you’ll put into practice elsewhere, so long as you don’t get discouraged and stop.
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da share z0ne
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DONT WORRY - dashare.zone ADMIN
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Oh no, this is sad news. Kinky Friedman was one of a kind - funny, irreverent, never afraid to say what was on his mind, with a heart as big as Texas.
"When God made Texas, he gave it a soul and called it Kinky Friedman."
www.audacy.com/talk1370/new...
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I literally just bought that book this week. I'm so excited to dive in.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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My Bloody Valentine recorded the greatest album of all time.
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nora 🥥
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logging on to bluesky
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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For softball I had to choose my walk up song. Gucci Gang was my 1st choice but it had too many swears so I went with Black Cat by Janet Jackson. What would your song be?
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E. Catherine Tobler
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A reminder that @thedeadlands.com is open to fiction from ONLY BIPOC writers until the end of the month. We'll be closed to submissions in July and open again to everyone in August.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Act II problems. Amirite?
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Hey weirdos - I'm judging a flash fiction contest for @westtradereview.bsky.social
The prize is $704 for a story no longer than 704 words. Spread the word!
westtradereview.com/704PrizeforF...
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Dave Housley
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At @barrelhouse.bsky.social I talked w @iamragesparkle.bsky.social about his book POP CULTURE POEMS, balancing editing/writing/publicity jobs with his real job and family life, saying No to things, and of course Michael had a good answer to The Swayze Question. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/barrelh...
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Jeez - that's terrible! Yes it's scary and confusing since we don't have a lot of details but the other parents seem to think it'll be OK so I guess it's all systems go.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Night before I'm sending my kids to sleep away camp for the first time, they send us an email telling us the owner just got arrested 🫠
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Do you ever change your opening word in Wordle? I've been using the same one every day since I started playing bc I'm too afraid to change it. But curious if some of you chaos machines use different words all the time.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Thank you!
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Finally finished this mofo. Took me a year but it turned out pretty good. Fun fact - Aran sweaters were popular w fishermen in Ireland not only bc they're warm, but each wife would actually use a proprietary cabling pattern so that if the man wearing it drowned his body could be identified 👍
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Thank you Crime Reads for including The Bullet Swallower on their list of best historical novels this year!
crimereads.com/the-best-his...
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Pedro Iniguez
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Stoker-winning author Cynthia Pelayo has glimpsed and graciously blurbed my upcoming SF poetry collection MEXICANS ON THE MOON! *jumps out of airlock in excitement* Cover reveal soon from @spacecowboybooks
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David Marshall
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I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I know that opening my current draft and then playing Spelling Bee for 15 minutes doesn't actually get words onto the page, and yet somehow hope springs eternal.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I see the appeal of being an "art monster", but if I gave over my whole life to writing I wouldn't have anything interesting to say. It's because I have a family and obligations and time pressures that I'm able to say anything of value. My writing is precious because it's hard won in little bursts.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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When I lived in Oakland there were *six* Ethiopian restaurants within a few blocks of my house. My mouth is watering now thinking of those spicy red lentils.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I heard a great line at writers group tonight - "when I take out the trash it sounds like I'm throwing away a chandelier"
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Congratulations Celtics. I take 100% credit for the w: - 2003 Syracuse wins basketball championship while I'm a student - ditto Kansas in 2008 - 2009-2021 while living in SF Bay Area Giants & Warriors win multiple championships - 2024 Celtics win I'm the good luck charm. You're welcome Boston.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Happy father's day to all the dads and dad-adjascent folks out there, but especially to my dad who apparently really needed a haircut sometime in 1985.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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First crop of roses this summer - apricot and coral drifts and one David Austin
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Jesuszilla, blessed son of Godzilla.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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Also omg Demi Moore was so kind and so wise. I felt like she'd gone through a lot of therapy and had come out a really grounded and lovely person as a result.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I watched Andrew McCarthy's Brat Pack documentary and it seemed like he was the only one who was still hung up on it. Like he blamed that label for anything bad that happened in his career but others didn't. The film felt like a big therapy session for him to be able to move past it.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I remember having an answering machine at the beginning of college but I feel like somewhere between 2000-2004 land lines started coming standard with voice mail - am I rememberling that correctly?
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Natee (they/them)
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Brontësaurus. Ink & gouache on Strathmore grey toned paper, 151 x 147mm, 2014. Because this seems to be doing the rounds again elsewhere. Perhaps the only piece of mine to have gone mildly viral, shunted uncredited like an orphan from workhouse to workhouse across the Internet over the years. 🤓
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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I love WWI history and it's mostly due to Dan Carlin's podcast series Countdown to Armageddon. Have you listened to it?
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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This would be the first time a team has blown a 3-0 lead in the NBA finals right? This is traumatizing to watch.
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Elizabeth Gonzalez James
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It's like I'm watching an entirely different Celtics team than the one from the other night.
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