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Writer/reader/speaker/music lover/book reviewer/freelancer/photographer/PhD/New York Times horror columnist. HOUSE OF BONE AND RAIN is up for preorder! 🇵🇷
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This announcement’s been in the making...well, half my life! Happy to report that, thanks to my magical/brilliant agent
@mad2034
, my next book is coming out next summer from
@mulhollandbooks
/
@littlebrown
. Stoked to be working with the truly amazing
@kendalljosh
. Dreams come true.
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Hey, here’s an awesome idea: leave it the fuck alone. Now is not a good time.
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Much love to every writer out there who's going to work early tomorrow morning instead of heading to a cabin or a hotel to finish a novel. We will write at night. We will write during lunch and on the weekends. We will get it done. Stay strong, fellow hustlers.
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@StephenKing
Every writer of color reading this, including me, has had to work ten times harder to get the same recognition/opportunities straight white male authors get from the start. Same goes for women, LGBTQIA writers, & other underrepresented voices. Diversity matters. It matters a lot.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Dear writers:
Please keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs you to tell the truth through your fiction.
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Remember: It’s okay to buy more books. It’s okay to get more books from the library. It’s okay to buy books you won’t read for years. It’s okay to pile books everywhere. It’s okay to get different editions of the same book. Books are awesome. Do whatever makes you happy.
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Awesome announcement time! I'm the new horror columnist for the
@nytimes
. It's a dream come true. Can't wait to bring you all the horror goodness starting in January. Long live horror.
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Bad horror movies are better and more entertaining than bad movies in any other genre.
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Back in 2009: Dreaming about being a writer. Couldn’t get published. About 250 agent rejections.
This week: The Devil Takes You Home is one of the best books of 2022 according to NPR, the Chicago Tribune, and The Guardian.
When I say “Don’t stop” I mean “DON’T FUCKING STOP.”
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Every Puerto Rican knew the numbers were wrong. Now everyone else knows. 2,753 people died in 9-11. Hurricane Maria killed 4,600, and Trump already forgot. Let that sink in. 4,600 U.S. citizens, and he went there, threw paper towels, and came back. This is what racism looks like.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but don’t fake your own death for book sales.
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Monthly reminder: It’s okay to buy more books. It’s okay to get more books from the library. It’s okay to buy books you won’t read for years. It’s okay to pile books everywhere. It’s okay to get different editions of the same book. Books are awesome. Do whatever makes you happy.
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Folks have told me encouraging tweets are “cringe” and it’s weird to tweet positive stuff to strangers. Well, fuck them. We’re in this shit together and the one or two messages a week I get telling me something I said helped someone to keep going are enough to keep me happy.
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To every poor brown, black, and white kid who hustled and ate noodles and stole toilet paper to survive and eventually got an MA, MFA or PhD, I fucking salute you. We got in because we deserved it. No one gave us shit. We fought every step of the way. Much respect to all of you.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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No book. Agent dropped her. To be honest, this whole thing is sad, but she brought it on herself. Hope the authors she tried to hurt have great releases. Anyway, be decent. Always.
We are aware of the ongoing discussion around author Cait Corrain. CROWN OF STARLIGHT is no longer on our 2024 publishing schedule.
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Read what you like. Read across genre. Read across the world. Read work in translation. Read horror and science fiction and romance and crime and fantasy and literary fiction and poetry and nonfiction and whatever makes you happy. Reading is sexy and will make you smarter. Read.
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Buy more books. Read more books. Give more books as presents. Get more books from the library. More books is always a good thing.
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THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME JUST WON THE STOKER!!!
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You know about room 237 at the Overlook Hotel, but do you know about room 118? Have you heard the story about room 324? What about those tapes found in room 221? Anthology idea: Overlook Hotel horror stories. It’s a
@StephenKing
tribute and a lot of fun. Let’s go!
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Four years ago I wrote a short guide on how to protect your mental health and stay mellow. It’s time to share it again:
1. People will say nasty things to you and about you. Thou shalt give no fucks. None of them pay your bills or do your work for you, so ignore them.
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Here we go. These two have my sword.
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The Hugos: “No one will fuck things up and anger writers more than us!”
Romance Writers of America: “Hold my beer.”
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THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME JUST WON THE SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD ALONG WITH SOPHIE WHITE FOR WHERE I END!!!
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Dear publishers:
We politely request you don’t offer book contracts to Trump, Ivanka, Don Jr, Eric, Melania, Stephen Miller, Bannon, Kayleigh McEnany, Jared Kushner, or Kellyanne Conway. They’re trash and we don’t care about anything they pay a ghostwriter to write. Seriously.
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Every time you buy a book from an indie bookstore an angel gets its wings, a store employee gets paid, an indie bookstore survives another day, a press gets some money, a writer eats, and you get a book. It’s a perfect thing.
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Yearly PSA: if you're going to wish your Spanish-speaking friends a happy new year in Spanish, remember to keep the n pressed and then pick ñ so you can write año. Otherwise you'll be wishing them a happy new anus. I guess that’s also nice, but definitely not the same thing.
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The Bram Stoker Award for Novel was first given in 1987. Here’s the list of Latino authors who have won it since it’s inception:
Gabino Iglesias
This matters to me. A lot.
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JK Rowling is trending again! Every time she makes noise, I'll say these things again:
- If you're a trans writer, I want to read and review your work
- If you're a trans writer with a book coming, I'll happily blurb it or write an intro for it
- Buy books by trans writers
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The b(l)and Lady Antebellum changed their name to Lady A last month to pretend they’re down with BLM. Now they’re suing Black blues singer Anita White, who’s been using Lady A for almost three decades. Share her photo. Share her Twitter handle:
@ladiawhite
. Screw Lady Antebellum.
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If you order Ann Coulter from Wish, they’ll send you Kelly Loeffler.
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Next time you Tweet something and realize there's a typo in there four hours later, take a deep breath and take comfort in the fact that you're not the woman who tried to explain how publishing works to Nora Roberts.
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Repeat after me:
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
Writers should get paid.
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Hand sanitizer kills 99.9% of the bacteria in your hands but a good novel will keep you 100% in your house and away from other people and their germs. You should skip the hand sanitizer and buy a bunch of novels. It's science.
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Working hard on these edits today. I’m RELENTLESS.
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Are you in your 40s? Here are two kids imagining what that’s like. Have a nice day.
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Dear
@StephenKing
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I won a Stoker last night. Today I kept thinking about the years I spent reading you and Laymon and dreaming about being a writer. Just last week I was sharing influential stuff from my old shelves back home. Anyway, if you see this, thank you.
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Yearly PSA: if you're going to wish your Spanish-speaking friends a happy new year in Spanish, remember to keep the n pressed and then pick ñ so you can write año. Otherwise you'll be wishing them a happy new anus. I guess that’s also nice, but definitely not the same thing.
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Update!
2008-2009: About 200 agent rejections (and as many unanswered queries). No one will publish me.
2022-2023: Edgar, Locus, Reading the West, and Anthony nominations. Stoker Award winner.
I mean it every time I say it: Don’t quit. Never settle. Never give up. Keep at it.
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Three things:
1. I’m not here to argue.
2. Much love to all trans folks.
3. I went back two years and couldn’t find a J.K. Rowling tweet supporting another author. Went to Stephen King’s account and he did it six days ago. There are good ways and bad ways of using your platform.
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Recommending 101 horror books for Halloween (a 🧵).
Book
#1
: Kicking things off with my favorite from the great Brian Evenson; a creepy, bloody, dark novel full of mutilation: Last Days.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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Doomsday prophet: "The blood moon will see our end on Friday! It is in the Book of Joel: "The sun will turn into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes.""
Me: The end before August rent is due and I can skip Friday cardio? Awesome!
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Everyone has a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination & Insecurity Mountain, kill the fear demons, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, & use it to slice their chest open and yank that book out.
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Again, you can show me a thousand videos of fights at Waffle House and I will still tell you the same thing: Waffle House is awesome, Waffle House is magical, Waffle House is better and cheaper than many fancier joints, and Waffle House always delivers a meal and a story.
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Let your kids read horror. It builds empathy and prepares them for life. Let them read Clive Barker, Tananarive Due, Poe, Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Stephen Graham Jones, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Bentley Little, etc. Let them read and feel and learn and grow. Long live horror.
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Everyone: "Please stay home as much as you can. Protect yourself and others. Wear a mask. Chill out. Watch a movie. Read a book. Bake a cake."
Idiots: "No! I want my freedom back! This is a fake crisis! Fire Fauci! 'Murica!"
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Writers with big publishers are writers.
Writers with small presses are writers.
Writers who self-publish are writers.
Writers who haven’t been published yet are writers.
If you write, you’re a writer. Hope that clears things up.
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Octavia Butler. Roxane Gay. Chester Himes. S.A. Cosby. Tananarive Due. Kellye Garrett. Chesya Burke. Saeed Jones. Rachel Howzell Hall. Wrath James White. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Nnedi Okorafor. Toni Morrison. James Baldwin. Danez Smith. Colson Whitehead. N.K. Jemisin. Go read. Go love.
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Here’s some Jonathan Queen art to make your Wednesday a little better.
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Dear writers:
Send that email.
Write that story.
Edit mercilessly.
Ignore the haters.
Stay humble, but be confident.
Get paid.
Read everything.
Write despite your insecurity.
Support others.
Accept helpful criticism.
Celebrate everything.
Don't panic.
Never quit.
You got this.
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This is your periodic reminder that no one is forcing you to be a writer. You do it because you have to. You do it because universes pour from your fingertips. You do it because it's the best gig ever. You do it because it's how you process pain, joy, fear, love, and hope. (1/3)
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Here’s some Alberto Salinas Molina art to make your Tuesday a little better.
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There’s a debate on Twitter about which is better, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, Applebee’s, or Cheesecake Factory. The correct answer is they’re all trash and now let’s go to any mom and pop taquería or the nearest taco truck.
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Monthly reminder: It’s okay to buy more books. It’s okay to get more books from the library. It’s okay to buy books you won’t read for years. It’s okay to pile books everywhere. It’s okay to get different editions of the same book. Books are awesome. Do whatever makes you happy.
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Let Amanda Gorman be a reminder that Black women have been writing superb books for ages. Read them. Publish them. Review them. Interview them.
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Yearly PSA: if you're going to wish your Spanish-speaking friends a happy new year in Spanish, remember to keep the n pressed and then pick ñ so you can write año. Otherwise you'll be wishing them a happy new anus. I guess that’s also nice, but definitely not the same thing.
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Fuck this. Librarians are the best. I stand with librarians and against book banning now and forever.
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Dear writers:
Send that email.
Write that story.
Edit that chapter.
Ignore the haters.
Stay humble, but be confident.
Get paid.
Read like there's no tomorrow.
Consume across genres like a voracious predator.
Support others.
Accept constructive criticism.
Don't panic.
Never quit.
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This is your yearly reminder that if you’re not in the mood or don’t have time to carve a pumpkin this year, you can put the skulls of your enemies outside and place tiny candles inside them.
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Prosecraft is no more. Why? Because writers got pissed. Because we won’t take shit and let our work be fed into machines. The fight is just starting, but we’re in this for the long haul. (Not gonna debate AI with anyone, so save your “it’s just like using a calculator” comments)
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Had to go to Walmart today. When I was leaving, there were four white people pushing carts in front of me. They exited the store undisturbed. When it was my turn, a lady stopped me, asked for my receipt, and read it while looking at my cart. Remember: Trump is just a symptom.
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I'm opening an MFA program. Here are some classes offered during the first semester:
Writers Write
The Art of Rejection
Writing Doesn't Make You Special
Poetry and Pulp
Do Some Research
Hustle or Die
Getting Fucking Used to Editing
Haters Ain't Shit
No One Made You Do This
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I’m shocked/honored/stoked to report that The Devil Takes You Home has been nominated to the Shirley Jackson Award! I read for the Shirleys twice and know the amount of quality submissions they get. Congrats to all the nominees! More when I process this…
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I hope we get much more horror in 2024. I want more queer horror, more horror from BIPOC writers, more horror mixed with whatever authors love, more cerebral horror, more horror that doesn't give a fuck about being easy to digest, and more place-specific horror. I want it all.
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Dear fellow journalists:
Words matter. Use the right words. People don't lose their lives; they are murdered. White supremacy is a choice, not a mental illness. The word is terrorist, not gunman or male suspect.
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And here’s the cover in all its glory! Shoutout to Gregg Kulick, who also did the cover for The Devil Takes You Home, for another amazing cover!
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Got home and—BAM!—it hit me for real. Stephen King. Robert McCammon. Richard Laymon. Thomas Harris. Peter Straub. Joyce Carol Oates. Neil Gaiman. Tom Piccirilli. Sarah Langan. Paul Tremblay. John Langan. Owl Goingback. Stephen Graham Jones. And me. I have something in my eye…
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Dear writers:
Your book doesn’t have an expiration date. It will always be new to those who haven’t read it. Keep talking about it.
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Struggling to finish this novel, so I went back and read the easy ten-step guide I wrote last time. It helped me, so I thought I’d share again.
A Guide to Writing Your Next Novel in 10 Easy Step (a thread):
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Not gonna tag anyone because no one needs drama, but when a movie is a book adaptation, you put “Based on the novel by...” on the movie poster.
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Remember: When you read a book, buy a book, hold a book, smell a book, get a book from the library, look at a pile of books, or talk about books, your body releases booxytocin, which makes you feel better and live longer. Get more books. They’re good for you. It’s science.
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Dear writers:
Please understand that the number of copies a book sells has nothing to do with its quality.
Please understand that Big Five & indie publishing are different worlds in terms of marketing, reviews, & distribution.
Please know your work matters.
Please keep hustling.
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Writers: you should be nice, but...
Never apologize for plugging your work.
Never apologize for sharing small victories.
Never apologize for denouncing unscrupulous publishers.
Never apologize for wanting to get paid for your work.
Never apologize for writing what moves you.
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Lots of angry people told me I sucked for that review of Stephen King’s Holly I wrote for NPR. They also told they’d stopped reading King because he was “woke” and he wouldn’t be successful without them. Anyway, here’s the NYT bestsellers list. Go woke, go…number one?
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Al Pacino can sleep at any damn award ceremony he wants. Al Pacino can sleep in your sofa. Al Pacino is Michael Corleone, Tony Montana, Frank Serpico, Frank Slade, Vincent Hanna, and Carlito Brigante, to name a few. The legend wants to nap? You let him and enjoy it.
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You know what sells books? Word of mouth. That’s why I’m always talking about books I loved and books I’m excited about. Word of mouth is amazing, and you can’t control it, so it feel awesome when it happens. Loved a book? Talk about it. It matters.
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My favorite hate mail from this week was an email that included the line “I’m a better writer than you.” Hah. If you think this is a competition, you already lost. I only want to write better than the me that wrote my previous book or story. I wanna outhustle myself. That’s it.
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Almost every great writer I know: “There are no rules. Find what works for you. It’s all good.”
Almost every mediocre writer I’ve encountered: “Listen to me! I’m gonna tell you the rules of writing! If you don’t do things my way, you suck.”
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Dear publishing:
You've been fucking up for a while. Don't fret. Here are some things you can do:
- Stop using influencers
- Instead of giving million-dollar advances, find exciting, authentic voices and give them $50k
- Remember that quality matters
- Give diversity a try
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Love a writer’s work? Tell them. Seriously. A review or an email or something on social media. Whatever works for you. Sure, some might be assholes, but most writers I know are insecure a lot of the time and hearing from readers brightens up their day.
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Love a writer’s work? Tell them. Seriously. A review or an email or something on social media. Whatever works for you. Sure, some might be assholes, but most writers I know are insecure a lot of the time and hearing from readers brightens up their day.
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