Lauren Perruzza

Tell me I'm good. | engagement mgr. @LPGCanada; copyeditor, @ShamelessMag; opinions about the Oxford comma (& all else), aggressively mine. | she/her

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

Love emailing European publishing colleagues and getting OOO messages that are like "I'm gone this month; see you next month." North America could never.

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

My friend @a_caravan has a super-rad anthologies press @BellPressBooks, and they're funding their second season! Check 'er out: https://t.co/G4zxLmOUov

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

For a minute, I thought @fhbooks was asking where in an email to put a single exclamation point... jokes on you, put it in literally! Every! Sentence!

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

i think in semiindependent clauses; semicolon for life (sorry em dash)

[Freehand Books @fhbooks]

Tell us why in a retweet! Extra points for crafting the tweet with only one punctuation mark.

😱 Oh no!—you have use of only one punctuation mark! You choose:

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

#Heardle #18

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https://t.co/Cfr72eP8Tu

real Big Shiny Tunes 2 hours

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

I keep a bag of microwave popcorn on deck just in case the Wordle word is hard; need a snack for the hot takes

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@SS55SNR Congratulations!!

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

A school can have a quarter of its staff and students missing and our gov't is like "hmm, a smidge more absent and we'll let folks know"

[Cynthia Mulligan @CityCynthia]

BREAKING: Parents will not be notified of Covid outbreak at their child's school until there is 30% absenteeism rate among staff and students. Focus is to keep schools open by replacing sick teachers w retired and student teachers #onpoli

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@jwijey Oh totally; eye-drops were a very different (and painful) story hahaha

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

Things I learned about our cat from the vet this week:
- he is 7kg of "all muscle," to which I asked if this meant he could be medically defined as a "little buff boy"
- most cats don't like medicine in their food but ours seems to think antibiotics are some kind of zesty sauce

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@depressionista_ in exswolesis gloria

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@HeidiWaechtler Some worries, GChat, some worries.

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@SS55SNR Looks amaze 😍

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@MetaphorceX10 @TonicBlooms 😮 omg these are GORGEOUS

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@emily_kellogg And NB author Cass Khaw's NOTHING BUT BLACKENED TEETH has the scariest cover I have ever seen & is also quite good.

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@emily_kellogg I read a galley of THE LAST HOUSE ON NEEDLESS STREET by Catriona Ward and was blown away by it. (Also there is a cat narrator, you're welcome)

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

me, for years (mostly at parties), trying to tell people about the problems with canlit's fave

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

This thread makes me so pre-pandy nostalgic for my honorary book peddler days w/ the Alpine Book Peddlers 😭. Alberta, your bookstores are beautiful, and I miss them.

[Read Alberta @WeReadAB]

Ok, so you know you gotta get your books early but where should you buy them? INDIES, OF COURSE! Here's a little tour of our fave Alberta indies. https://t.co/AeK2G30AhT

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

I want James Gandolfini to come back to life and be the Mario we truly deserve

[Lauren Perruzza @laurenperruzza]

@chloefilson Oh no apologies here - I deeply appreciate your care in making sure I only get the cream of the crop of sexy teen melodrama 🙏🏻