This Week's Monstrosity: In which everything is sourced from IG for no real reason
You can support my writing & get behind-the-scenes peeks for $1/month!
I’m sharing quarterlyish peeks at my works in progress and readerly rambles about what I’m reading and loving.
Update
Book reviewer Mother Horror offers an awesome showcase of a cover trend—eyeballs.
Anna Wintour finally relinquished her title as Vogue editor-in-chief … only to seize even more power. I respect it.
Apropos of nothing, Hitler used a bogus crisis of public order to make himself a dictator.
We’re getting cheated out of a millisecond a day during summer. I blame the pumpkin spice agenda.
BONUS: OK look I’ve been delaying sending this entire newsletter for over a week because I’ve been intending to get into a whole voicemail convo with you about word count and what makes something novel-shaped. But the reality is that work is nuts right now and I haven’t had the time or brain space.
So instead, you get this little sneak peek at the opening of my brand new work-in-progress, a fantasy western inspired by the comic book Saga x Goodbye Earl, tentatively titled No Land for Wild Souls.
PS - These bonsues are for paid subscribers, but you can join for just $1 a month or $6 a year! When you do, you help support my creative work.
How to Fight Fascism
NPR offers this guide about what you can do if you see someone being harrassed or attacked.
Got ideas and recs? Send them over.
Reading
See everything I’m reading in 2025.
PS - When you click on the cover and buy the book I’m reading, not only do we get to read along together and trade notes (@ me!), but you’re also supporting indie bookshops and my writing thanks to the Bookshop.org affiliate program!
Mood
… and I’m a pretty decent cyclist.
Thanks for reading! Check out my books here.