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Author of the Southern Reach series, out this summer in tenth anniversary editions. Fourth SR novel Absolution: October 22.

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Foxfeather Zenkova's avatar Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social
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Siri and Stomp like to plop down and watch me being busy cleaning and bustling about. Pretty sure I'm often some sort of entertaining human aquarium exhibit for these cutest black vulture kids (and our other birds), who seem to enjoy observing me as much as I do them.

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in case you wondered about florida summers

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Saga Press is removing a Neil Gaiman quote from digital publicity about Blackheart Man, my forthcoming novel. But the 1st run books that have it on the dust jacket were printed months ago & have been shipped. It won't be on subsequent printings. /more

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Dentist: "Oh, we don't take bone from you for an implant. We take it from cadavers." Me: "Do I get to know their names and choose one?" Dentist: "Um, no." Me: "You're gonna put someone's bone in mah mouth and I don't even know their name?! Seems wrong." Dentist: "Well..." Me: "I must know the bone!"

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I feel bad for Canada, because they put together some quality opportunities.

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Jaysus but Canada's finishing against Argentina in Copa America is... dreadful.

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Hmm. Still debating what to read from Absolution on tour....

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One thing I don't love is a famous writer blathering on about how the work itself and community make all the difference when the dude spent tons of money hiring outside publicists to boost his profile. Nothing wrong with that if you have the money, but hardly organic.

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The allegations about Neil Gaiman are disturbing and disappointing and I just wanted to say that I'm paying attention. At the very least, I think that industry events processing this information should prioritize the safety and comfort of young female attendees, presenters, panelists and volunteers.

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it is my birthday today, so be nice, weirdos

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Live funereal piano music in the Portland airport. Dirges. Kid is either oblivious to context or keenly attuned to passenger emotions.

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Sigh. If you type "suggestive bird names" for a joke Google AI suggests things like titmouse, goatsucker, and... the southern fuckbird... which definitely is not a thing.

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Live funereal piano music in the Portland airport. Dirges. Kid is either oblivious to context or keenly attuned to passenger emotions.

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Some epic hikes in Oregon and Washington the past two days: Cape Disappointment, Saddle Mountain, Cape Falcon, Cape Mears. Very happy with my level of fitness, as I blew through all but the last, Saddle, where I was too tired to get more than three-fourths of the way up.

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i know sigh... am in portland part of the fourth and the fifth... what do i do?! eeek. roast.

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Really something that the three original Southern Reach novels have sold well over a million copies in the U.S. alone--and they keep selling year after year. Thanks for loving them so much. The new Southern Reach novel Absolution is out October 22. Preorder now from your favorite bookseller!

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I put up a picture of me with a capybara on Facebook once and my friend immediately photoshopped it

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If all your first readers for a novel draft are other writers... um, no.

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If she had drawn a line across my face with her finger, it would have burned the flesh away and I would not have cared. I can only tell you how I felt, not defend it. Nothing about what I am about to tell you could bear being defended anyway. - novel in progress

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The bound, more finished advance reader copy and the one that was basically what I turned in originally. Lots of changes since then.

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It is worth noting you can get an MFA and be a shitty writer and also not realize you are a shitty writer because you got an MFA. As ever, yoo, you can be a good writer every which way. MFA, no MFA, college, no college, formal instruction, no formal instruction. Etc et al yada yada.

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I have found in some contexts MFAs to be extremely insular and snooty... while often not being very good at writing. As if told the MFA conferred magical powers. Not to generalize, but, yeah that's all kinds of wrong.

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Something that's perhaps worth considering in the "does throwing soup at paintings/ paint on Stonehenge help change minds about climate change action" discourse is that this question has been studied and we have data.

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Looks like there will be a UK tour for Absolution, if the dates work out.

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Really something that the three original Southern Reach novels have sold well over a million copies in the U.S. alone--and they keep selling year after year. Thanks for loving them so much. The new Southern Reach novel Absolution is out October 22. Preorder now from your favorite bookseller!

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Absolution printed advance copies have shown up at MCD x FSG publisher HQ! Will see them soon.

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