Ted O'Connell

Author of the novel K.
Member of The Scarlet Locomotive, Prozac Mountain Boys, & Saloon.

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Debut Novel May 1st. https://t.co/H8kjahC0TJ

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Many moderates concede that a woman deserves the right to terminate a pregnancy in cases of incest and rape. Presumably this comes from empathy and justice. Now consider the millions of women impregnated not by choice but by forceful boyfriends or husbands.

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This being national vagina appreciation weekend, what can I possibly say? Unlike penises, vaginas never inflict pain or commit acts of violence, and the brains connected to them don’t start wars.

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@soundingline Weirdly, Twitter has that I "heart" this.

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@mag_gabbert Yes, barely. Didn't publish my novel till I was 50 though. I've been at the same CC for 22 years. I have gotten a couple sabbaticals FYI.

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@JamesTateHill I get it. Funny. But it is also true for musicians that the songs "slow down" as you get better.

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Who walks their dog on recycling morning without thinking, "That person drinks more than me"?

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Writing observation for the day: If you don't like a line in your draft now, no way in hell will you like it later. Cut, cut, cut. If you like a line now, you might like it later.

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@unefemmejames Gorgeous. My son is into knitting. Good for the brain.

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"Addiction is the hunter contained within the hunted, an enemy you can't run from because it lives inside of you." That's one of the epigraph-worthy lines from @lillydancyger's superb memoir NEGATIVE SPACE. Damn.

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Transforming a writing studio into a recording studio. Getting ready for the Prozac Mountain Boys. Books = sound buffers.

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Getting ready to go to Germany this summer and already mastering the language. Haus. Maus. Mann. Tee. Kaffee. Bier. Wien. Elefant. Hund. Katze.

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@katherineggrace Looks killer. Very nice.

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@TheMichaelByers Great story by this cat in Story magazine. Full disclosure: MB is not a personal friend, but the name sounds really familiar, cuz, well, the name, and conferences. In the piece someone dresses for Halloween as a nurse who's never been kissed.

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If he was here at #awp22 we assure you @TheMichaelByers would tell you to come by T430 right now and get the issue with his story.

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@JamesTateHill Next time just say, "Want to buy a copy? No, really, you need to buy one. I have a box of books in the car."

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@Cfeblesmsw Also in my queue. I've read 4 other JE books. Always good.

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@yuvizalkow @SFWP @WendyJeanFox @Liz_Prato Thank you, Yuvi! I've read What If We Were Somewhere Else and can vouch for its awesomeness. Hard to beat a title like Kids in America, which I'm looking forward to. Peace. @WendyJeanFox @Liz_Prato

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@SFWP @AABalaskovits So happy to be a part of that haul. Great looking stuff.

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It took the help of seven Moldavian locksmiths to get me back into a deactivated Twitter account, but I'm back! So nice to connect with friends old and new at #awp2022.

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@sean_hammond I see a lot of dudes dropping catchable balls. Please tell me they are practice squad guys not named Rodney Adams.