Bethany Chase

Writer of love stories: ONE NIGHT AT THE LAKE, THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY, RESULTS MAY VARY

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@KarmaKBrown @steenaholmes @peterson4082 It is simultaneously true that a) our shootings are grotesque and a uniquely American problem that we urgently need to solve, and also b) there are 327 million Americans who go through every day without shooting anyone.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@KarmaKBrown @steenaholmes @peterson4082 I am fully aware of how serious our problem is, and am not arguing that you should dismiss it. But perhaps you can understand how your comment that you view every single American you encounter in public as a potential gun threat might be a bit overblown.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@steenaholmes @KarmaKBrown @peterson4082 Guys, respectfully - it does not diminish the gravity of the American gun problem, or the need for a solution, to point out that you & your kids are astronomically more likely to die in a Canadian car crash than any American (or C’dian visitor) in a shooting.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@KarmaKBrown @peterson4082 I detest our gun culture for sure, but expecting every American you encounter in every city you visit to be carrying a weapon is... excessive.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

Dear madam: No.

Kisses,
Bethany

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@amypoeppel @maddiedawson1 Certainly none of these teens have sex or drink alcohol, either!

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@maddiedawson1 @amypoeppel What kills me is they are always firmly under the impression that there are other words you could have used. As if the use of swear words is simply due to failure of vocabulary.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@justjuliawhelan True story: One Brit I met was surprised I was a normal size (he thought Americans were all either Baywatch or extremely overweight) and that I had a mild accent (he expected Americans to sound like we crawled out of a gator-ridden bayou).

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

I am 50 pages into MY OXFORD YEAR by @justjuliawhelan and all of my delicious dreamy-happy-bittersweet Oxford nostalgia just got edged out when my brain decided Charlie is definitely English Steve Harrington.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@justjuliawhelan I am loving it so much! I did my junior year abroad at Oxford so I am feeling alllllll of the feels.

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

Thanks so much for having me, what an absolute treat it was!

[Random House Group @randomhouse]

Thank you to @MBethanyChase @lindaholmes @laurengershell @DomenicaMary @leighhaber for joining us to discuss summer fiction!

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@safe_as_hauses @doubledaybooks @mere215 Congratulations, cannot WAIT to read!

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

Stunning essay by @safe_as_hauses . Just stunning.

[The Paris Review @parisreview]

“To keep becoming a woman is so much self-erasing work,” writes CJ Hauser (@safe_as_hauses). “She never sleeps. She plucks out all her feathers, one by one.” https://t.co/O8bzdhICTx

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@Cortles21 Thank you so much, Courtney! So thrilled to be featured! ❤️

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

Hope to catch some of you guys at my Tall Poppy online event!

[Tall Poppy Writers @TallPoppyWriter]

Special guest @MBethanyChase will be in conversation with @SonjaYoerg in Bloom on Thursday at 2:30 EST. Join them!

https://t.co/NiUbI8oOQl

#onenightatthelake #womenwriters #newrelease #litchat

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@leighhaber @DomenicaMary @lindaholmes @swlittlefield @laurengershell *I left that G off of “meeting” by accident... I’m southern but I’m not THAT southern 😆

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@leighhaber @DomenicaMary @lindaholmes @swlittlefield @laurengershell So looking forward to meetin and talking with you all!

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@BiblioJunkies Yay so glad you enjoyed it!! 😘

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

@juliebux Hahahaha my life

[Bethany Chase @MBethanyChase]

Trying not to take my ball point’s refusal to put ink on paper as an omen