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[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

SOLASTELLA is now available from @BookPeople in downtown Austin! It’s shelved in the local section near the front entrance. I love working with indie bookstores, and they deserve your support!

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Everyone forgets English is my second language because I have a better grasp on its grammar than most monolingual English speakers…but that’s SO common for immigrants

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

@unsungmugwump I didn’t read it in full until eight years after I came out as trans. obviously I can’t relate to her perspective in many ways because I’m trans masculine (and that’s complicated by the fact that I’m also intersex), but I love her perspective on passing

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

@unsungmugwump have you read Whipping Girl by Julia Serano?

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."

Simone Weil on attention and grace https://t.co/AKFfsAhFD6

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

I was accepted to the Fiction MFA program at @EmersonCollege in 2021, but I declined my admission because I already had a novel published at that point.

No regrets!

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Plot twist: I’m currently in a MSW program

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Conducting independent research at an archive is probably the coolest academic thing I’ve done in college. It makes my eventual decision between a history MA or a creative writing MFA even more difficult.

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

My short fiction chapbook YUCCA LULLABY is out now from Bottlecap Press! I'm thrilled to share my work in a medium so close to my heart. You can get your copy from the link in my bio!

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

SOLASTELLA is now available from @ReverieBooks1 in South Austin! I’m so excited that my book has a home at this lovely queer-focused shop.

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Having kept journals consistently for fifteen years and counting, I can second the impact of writing to externalize and process unwanted emotions. And there is so much courage in fully facing what we want to avoid. It warms my heart that others share these values.

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Yesterday morning, I had the honor of attending a Zoom Q&A with Sandra Cisneros. The one sentence she spoke that won't leave my mind was her advice to struggling young people:

“Write about what you want to forget.”

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

I learned the news about Joan Didion just a few hours after telling my mom how much I liked SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM. Studying her work in undergrad made me a better writer, and that's far from the only reason I'm glad it exists.

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

I wrote the book's first draft between October 2018 and January 2019. I never would have expected the subject matter of my novel to become so relevant to current events. It's a little strange, but important to address.

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Since I get asked this question often—no, I did not write SOLASTELLA during covid!

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

I was always grateful for librarians as a reader, but I am *especially* grateful for them now as an indie author. And nothing makes me happier than building connections with other book people!

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Happy #TransDayOfVisibility
It’s been two years since my work was published for the first time in a non-profit anthology centering gender-expansive writers.
https://t.co/sMiN34quxO

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Second purchase link:
https://t.co/8iAN6qC3Kd

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

Today's the day! My debut science fantasy novel SOLASTELLA is out and in the world!

[Daria Deptuła @dariadeptula]

One of two purchase links:
https://t.co/WhpFm3jCby