Long thread ahead, captain:

Arguing on Twitter isn’t my vibe, so I don’t, but I want to say this: Take it from someone 13 months into long COVID, mental health is wealth, and protecting it is vital. We can choose to hear the most dramatized, demonizing take on a misunderstanding —a thread written specifically for querying writers who have yet to break into the profession interpreted in the context of professional writers—and take it for truth, reacting to it. No one is stopping anyone from doing so, and honestly, I don’t judge people for it. We’re all

Y'all, being an agent is a profession, not a series of value judgements. We are salespeople. We need to sell because this is how we pay rent and feed our families. That is a difference between being a writer and an agent, and I know writers hate hearing this, but it's true: 1/ writing a book is a passion, and whether or not that books succeeds is enormously personal, no doubt, but given that no one contracted you to write the book ahead of time, the success of that book does hurt your ability to buy groceries. That is not the case for agents. We 2/

As of today I ~officially~ have long COVID (as recognized by the CDC), so I wanna take a second to explain what’s happening. To set the stage: I’m 30, I’ve been an athlete my entire life, and I used to be extremely healthy, minus some pesky seasonal allergies. My resting heart 1/ rate used to be ~67, and my blood pressure used to be 120/80. I have no underlying conditions. Right now, I can maybe walk a handful of blocks before passing out. I had a really intense week of COVID with all your classic symptoms. Then they got better, and I thought I was 2/