Grounded release day is tomorrow!
Because my younger sister is my first beta and cheerleader this book features:
🌞Summer of Spite - Sophie and Lexie training
🫂Dima - Sophie's first and most special hockey friend
https://t.co/Ukmc8NB8bD
Writing historical fiction is so benignly chaotic, like I'm in the middle of composing an intense, heartfelt, philosophical scene then suddenly I have to open a new tab for "when were towels invented"
Hockey is broken.
And those of us struggling to balance our love of the game with our own moral compasses might be breaking, too.
My column: https://t.co/NeYextbIUC
So raise Nazem up for showing impossible composure through this. But remember he could've been great either way. BIPOC players shouldn't need to check off an Overcoming Racism prerequisite to do big things.
It's not a given. It just happens to seek them out, over and over again.
Malkin on playing with Crosby and Letang: "It's amazing. They are like my two brothers, one Canadian, and one French Canadian. It's not just hockey, it's life. We spend so much time together. Sid is an amazing guy. He's my favorite player, my favorite guy."
Dracula: written in the hopes that Stoker's gay crush Henry Irving would notice him
Moby Dick: written in the hopes that Melville's gay crush Nathaniel Hawthorne would notice him
Frankenstein: written in a desperate attempt to not hang out with Lord Byron
.@domluszczyszyn has a vibe check for each playoff team as each series reaches its midway point... including the ones that have been hard to watch.
"Kudos on being tied in this series, Dallas, but I’ve hated watching most of it."
https://t.co/YOxzYBIBZV
“I like to see this side of Sid with his feelings out (for public view). That is the Sid we know, and now everyone can see him as a person, not (just) the best hockey player."
Great piece here on Crosby by @Real_RobRossi
https://t.co/NdjnBDRjdM