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[mary @writing_on_fire]

@lexvranick Garth Nix's Lirael was the first depressed character I'd ever read in a book, and I was a very lonely bookworm-ey kid. I think it was very formative for me in seeking help later on in life, in terms of normalizing something very normal.

#WriteandWine

[the writer formerly known as Matthew Salesses @salesses]

What is love for Asian Americans? What is silence? What is melancholy?

I started a column for @CatapultStory about writing/teaching/reading Asian American literature. It’s called Love and Silence. The 1st essay is up today. #AAPIHM

https://t.co/Hlirh5Q677

[mary @writing_on_fire]

The steel walls of the ship, the steady hum of the vent intake drove her to #ennui. So she spent all her time staring through a porthole window into the void of space, imagining all the worlds that their children would one day see.

#vss365

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@alyg0385 🙌

[A.A.Milne @A_AMilne]

“Rabbit’s clever,” said Pooh thoughtfully.
“Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit’s clever.”
“And he has Brain.”
“Yes,” said Piglet, “Rabbit has Brain.”
There was a long silence.
“I suppose,” said Pooh, “that that’s why he never understands anything.” ~A.A.Milne

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@jamiattenberg This is amazing, great job.

[mary @writing_on_fire]

"Why's it so hard, Scottie? What's wrong with me?"
"There's nothing wrong with you, it's just the world you got born into. And nobody blames you for being born."

And then someone tipped 'em over 'cuz Scottie and Henrietta are cows. Is that what #bathos is? 😅 #vss365

[Roppotucha Greenberg @roppotucha]

Today you once again googled us into safety. "They found life in #rainwater," you said. Whole exoplanets. Grass, bears, rhinoceros. In each drop." You like rhinos, I know, also asteroids, and magnetic waves. "We'll be Ok". I nod, try to make my smile soft like the rain.
#vss365

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@sidle_by Happy belated bday darling!

[mary @writing_on_fire]

they had never promised us a better life
when we boarded the shuttle.
just the dream
carried us through deep space,
the stretches of time when it was so dark we wondered
if we still existed.

the feel of rainwater on our dried-out bodies reminded us that we did.
#vss365

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@ACortizdeLeon On the other hand, you are helping delivery people stay employed and small businesses stay in business!

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@ACortizdeLeon https://t.co/GawVRN8pJX order one of these, silly!

[mary @writing_on_fire]

So ecstatic for my friend Amanda. I'm going to have a famous author friend and her book is amazing and she deserves this x infinity!! 💙💙💙

[Amanda Helander updates 🇵🇸 @helander_amanda]

Over the moon to announce that I am now represented by Laura Rennert (@LitTraveler) at @AndreaBrownLit! Laura is such a passionate advocate for this book already, I feel so lucky to have her. I can't wait for Mona to frustrate and confound an even wider audience!

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@1STEPahed 8

[Angie Thomas @angiecthomas]

Dear writer,

The doubt never goes away, no matter how successful you are. So why not write anyway?

Signed, your future readers.

#amwriting

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@sidle_by Yay EJ I love how this story turned out!! You really brought all the elements (and spirits) together 🙏

[ej sidle @sidle_by]

Want to read about a necromancer who isn’t good at his job, and a necromancee who would much rather not be at a music festival? Well, this story has you covered! Also, I wrote it, so that's a bonus too 😂 😉😉 🎊

[mary @writing_on_fire]

It'd been a long time since anybody had seen him, truly looked past his foliage of bangs, seen that his eyes were blue. And deeper still, to see that there was smoke leading to the campsite.

He couldn't give up what was buried there, so he shook all over, #frantic. #vss365

[mary @writing_on_fire]

@JB_JeffBarker @CrackTheSpine You're a talented writer, Jeff. Great work.

[mary @writing_on_fire]

i'd rather be dreaming, she said to no one,
preferring the fantasy of having friends and companions to the reality of never leaving her house.

so every morning she awoke and forced herself to keep dreaming, despite not being sleepy, until she became the fairytale
#vss365