Tyler James Russell

TO DROWN A MAN and WHEN FIRE SPLITS THE SKY @UnsolicitedP. Work in @FrictionSeries, @Asimovs_SF. Best of Net/Rhysling Nominee

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.

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Finished my first-ever half marathon this morning in a downpour. Happy to have still had at least a little bit left in the tank!

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I’m impulsively training for my first half marathon this summer. What do I need to know?

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My cardinal sin of songwriting is rhyming a word with itself.

20 years later and I'm still irrationally upset by

"I could have another you in a minute
Matter fact he'll be here in a minute"

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Easily the favorite movie I've watched this year. THE NORTHMAN felt "dug up" rather than created, which is my favorite feeling upon encountering a truly staggering piece of art

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Why was PREDATOR: BADLANDS a warm and completely charming movie about toxic masculinity and friendship? I am not a Predator person at all, but this so surprisingly delightful

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1. Yes, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is exactly as good as everyone said it was. I still think THERE WILL BE BLOOD will always be my favorite PTA, but ONE BATTLE makes a case for being the better film

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Now that the weather's nice, I'm getting outside more, but I've done a lot of treadmill running this winter/spring, which has meant finally catching up on so many movies and shows as God intended—on my tiny phone screen. Stay tuned for some high-and-low lights!

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In preparation for my first half-marathon, and hopefully a new book, I've managed 330 miles at 200,000 words so far this year!

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Trail mix oops all raisins

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Books I regularly reread, and love more every time
1. Station Eleven
2. The Road (though not since the Vanity Fair article)
3. Lord of the Rings

End of List

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Anyone know if there's a place to watch #RaisedbyWolves? HBO removed it, and I can't even find a way to purchase other than Blu-Ray

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Finally got around to BOYHOOD, which startlingly felt more like life than a movie. All of Linklater's indulgences seem to have found their fullest, ideal forms. Pretty amazing stuff!

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I’m impulsively training for my first half marathon this summer. What do I need to know?

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Rewatching Blade Runner last night (Director's Cut), it feels impossible that any actor will ever be able to match the vibe of 80s Harrison Ford

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As someone with no experience in theater but very strong opinions, I think “Leave Britney Alone” would be the ultimate audition monologue. If you can nail that, you've got the part

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Well, uh, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is awesome. Viking Hel and a thoughtful depiction of psychosis? A beautiful and terrifying piece of video game art

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What a beautiful Derek Mahon poem this morning, via Eric Zimmer via Maggie Smith.

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Once again calling on the Olympics Committee to adopt my wife's million-dollar idea: an untrained 45 year old named Dave competing as a point of reference in each event

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Super excited to have received the following book mail today, from Ryan Rickrode. A great essay collection, and he's got a novel coming out with @UnsolicitedP this April. And hey, would you look at that—my first blurb!

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Somehow, I've managed to write 45,000 words this month.

Kidding, I know exactly how: a little bit every day, and only trying to make a few of them any good. That's what second drafts are for.

Onward!