Author, A TIP FOR THE HANGMAN + LET THE DEAD BURY THE DEAD + OUR ROTTEN HEARTS (2/25). Three puns in a trenchcoat. Rep: @bredalot. she/they.
Aug 24, 2022 • 14 tweets • 3 min read
a series of dirty writing tricks and brain hacks I learned in my MFA program that save my life on a weekly basis, because I have lots of thoughts about the usefulness of the workshop model but these things were objectively helpful: 🧵
1. accountability is your best friend, and it doesn't matter how you get it. I have a weekly email where I send friends my current word count. I tell people when I'm doing a 25-minute writing sprint and invite them to join. I ask others to set me deadlines.
Apr 23, 2022 • 40 tweets • 7 min read
It's Shakespeare's birthday today, which means it's time for my yearly tradition of explaining why the "Marlowe wrote the plays of Shakespeare" conspiracy theory is elitist garbage dressed up in wishful thinking! A 🧵
(no honestly, friends, mute me for the rest of the day if you want nothing to do with this)
May 12, 2020 • 14 tweets • 5 min read
Because my timeline is full of Aragorn / Legolas takes, I present:
Which Lord of the Rings character are you really, based on your horoscope?
Aries (3/21-4/19): Boromir
- Brave, passionate, tenacious
- I'm sorry, why are we not talking about Gondor, and by Gondor I mean me
- Inherently good guy who will nevertheless punch a tree for no reason other than it is Tuesday
