DFWSusie
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N. Texas via N. Illinois. Reader. Writer. Reader of Women Writers. 🧠 = Chicago Cubs ⚾️ Bears & Irish 🏈. Correctly labeled “mouthy” by 2nd grade teacher.
I wish when certain people were given a platform not granted to many in a woman-focused space, they remembered it's not a personal blog anymore
And if someone walks up and asks for a seat at the table, you just let them sit instead of smugly insulting them & gossiping with the cool kids club after
And if someone walks up and asks for a seat at the table, you just let them sit instead of smugly insulting them & gossiping with the cool kids club after
September 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I wish when certain people were given a platform not granted to many in a woman-focused space, they remembered it's not a personal blog anymore
And if someone walks up and asks for a seat at the table, you just let them sit instead of smugly insulting them & gossiping with the cool kids club after
And if someone walks up and asks for a seat at the table, you just let them sit instead of smugly insulting them & gossiping with the cool kids club after
It's like these ghouls looked at Kent State as
mission accomplished instead of humanitarian failure
mission accomplished instead of humanitarian failure
Kristi Noem says the administration is "going from city to city around this country and pressuring these politicians to get on board with keeping their people safe. What is going to be the story here in Washington can happen in Chicago, Boston, San Francisco ... "
August 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's like these ghouls looked at Kent State as
mission accomplished instead of humanitarian failure
mission accomplished instead of humanitarian failure
📕 ✅ One of my fav sports ARCs I received this year -
@scottmillerbbl.bsky.social “Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter (and Always Will)” - is now available
Counsell is in this one, as are all the big names in the modern game. Really solid insight into how different the job is today.
@scottmillerbbl.bsky.social “Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter (and Always Will)” - is now available
Counsell is in this one, as are all the big names in the modern game. Really solid insight into how different the job is today.
June 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
📕 ✅ One of my fav sports ARCs I received this year -
@scottmillerbbl.bsky.social “Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter (and Always Will)” - is now available
Counsell is in this one, as are all the big names in the modern game. Really solid insight into how different the job is today.
@scottmillerbbl.bsky.social “Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter (and Always Will)” - is now available
Counsell is in this one, as are all the big names in the modern game. Really solid insight into how different the job is today.
I’ll never know if the source material is better than the film because I’ll never bother with the source material.
After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel
After you watch Sinners, you should read George R.R. Martin’s excellent and underrated vampire novel
The Game of Thrones author writes more than great fantasy stories
www.polygon.com
April 20, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’ll never know if the source material is better than the film because I’ll never bother with the source material.
Yesterday would have been my dad’s 80th birthday. (He made it to 55) I went to pick up the phone to call mom because we usually wished him a HBD
Didn’t remember I couldnt do that anymore because mom is now gone too
Being without parents, grandparents, or siblings is so strange sometimes
Didn’t remember I couldnt do that anymore because mom is now gone too
Being without parents, grandparents, or siblings is so strange sometimes
April 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Yesterday would have been my dad’s 80th birthday. (He made it to 55) I went to pick up the phone to call mom because we usually wished him a HBD
Didn’t remember I couldnt do that anymore because mom is now gone too
Being without parents, grandparents, or siblings is so strange sometimes
Didn’t remember I couldnt do that anymore because mom is now gone too
Being without parents, grandparents, or siblings is so strange sometimes
Have to say, Harlequin's website is such a mess it's impressive. Still can't log in to my account. Can't see any books when I'm on mobile. When I sent a customer service note the final suggestion to an iOS person was to try using Microsoft Edge.
Do they not want people to buy books?
Do they not want people to buy books?
February 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Have to say, Harlequin's website is such a mess it's impressive. Still can't log in to my account. Can't see any books when I'm on mobile. When I sent a customer service note the final suggestion to an iOS person was to try using Microsoft Edge.
Do they not want people to buy books?
Do they not want people to buy books?
My office at ACS (aka, The Leaning Tower of Dallas) was the SW corner, down one floor from the top.
There was a conf table in that office that I slept *on* for 2.5 hrs before starting work again. Most of my memories of then were having a big title & very little sleep.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
There was a conf table in that office that I slept *on* for 2.5 hrs before starting work again. Most of my memories of then were having a big title & very little sleep.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
'It didn't fall': How 'The Leaning Tower of Dallas' happened - and captured North Texas hearts
Rising from the haze of the demolition stood a single leaning tower, the core shaft of the building. It was still standing.
www.wfaa.com
February 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My office at ACS (aka, The Leaning Tower of Dallas) was the SW corner, down one floor from the top.
There was a conf table in that office that I slept *on* for 2.5 hrs before starting work again. Most of my memories of then were having a big title & very little sleep.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
There was a conf table in that office that I slept *on* for 2.5 hrs before starting work again. Most of my memories of then were having a big title & very little sleep.
www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Wondering what kind of man would put up a Romance on NetGalley called “Make Love Great Again”? This guy.
…who would (on another writer’s book on Goodreads) come to comment bomb me on my rating of a wildly, laughably bad book.
🧵 See also: Brian Michels other titles
…who would (on another writer’s book on Goodreads) come to comment bomb me on my rating of a wildly, laughably bad book.
🧵 See also: Brian Michels other titles
February 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Wondering what kind of man would put up a Romance on NetGalley called “Make Love Great Again”? This guy.
…who would (on another writer’s book on Goodreads) come to comment bomb me on my rating of a wildly, laughably bad book.
🧵 See also: Brian Michels other titles
…who would (on another writer’s book on Goodreads) come to comment bomb me on my rating of a wildly, laughably bad book.
🧵 See also: Brian Michels other titles
No one talks about Crane Kenney’s influence. He’s a Trib years guy who it seems hasn’t changed his fiscal behaviors.
The Cubs were just blood donors keeping the LA Times & the Trib alive back then.
If they are *really* broke now, Crane is bad at his job and/or robbing Peter to pay Paul again.
The Cubs were just blood donors keeping the LA Times & the Trib alive back then.
If they are *really* broke now, Crane is bad at his job and/or robbing Peter to pay Paul again.
February 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
No one talks about Crane Kenney’s influence. He’s a Trib years guy who it seems hasn’t changed his fiscal behaviors.
The Cubs were just blood donors keeping the LA Times & the Trib alive back then.
If they are *really* broke now, Crane is bad at his job and/or robbing Peter to pay Paul again.
The Cubs were just blood donors keeping the LA Times & the Trib alive back then.
If they are *really* broke now, Crane is bad at his job and/or robbing Peter to pay Paul again.
Another example of why you cannot trust Amazon to not abandon any projects at any time if they don’t turn a max profit. This is what happens with a move fast and break things attitude.
Start crap with wild abandon. Make people who grew to rely on it repent in leisure.
Start crap with wild abandon. Make people who grew to rely on it repent in leisure.
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Another example of why you cannot trust Amazon to not abandon any projects at any time if they don’t turn a max profit. This is what happens with a move fast and break things attitude.
Start crap with wild abandon. Make people who grew to rely on it repent in leisure.
Start crap with wild abandon. Make people who grew to rely on it repent in leisure.
Get out your pilfered spectacles and go all in, it’s time to gamble everything for love and celebrate Derek Craven Day! 👓🎲❤️🔥
(And/or listen to back episodes of @fatedmates.net)
(And/or listen to back episodes of @fatedmates.net)
February 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Get out your pilfered spectacles and go all in, it’s time to gamble everything for love and celebrate Derek Craven Day! 👓🎲❤️🔥
(And/or listen to back episodes of @fatedmates.net)
(And/or listen to back episodes of @fatedmates.net)
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This bill in OK is exactly what Project 2025 threatened: to make all pornography illegal, and criminalize the people who make it, using a WILDLY broad definition of pornography, which would include any book with sex in it.
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
Deevers Introduces Slate of Legislation to Restore Moral Sanity in Oklahoma | Oklahoma Senate
OKLAHOMA CITY — Sen. Dusty Deevers, R-Elgin, announced on Tuesday a bold slate of eight legislative measures aimed at restoring moral sanity in Oklahoma.
oksenate.gov
February 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This bill in OK is exactly what Project 2025 threatened: to make all pornography illegal, and criminalize the people who make it, using a WILDLY broad definition of pornography, which would include any book with sex in it.
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
We're talking jail time for romance authors.
oksenate.gov/press-releas...
⛔️Smut is Not a Harmless Word⛔️
It isn’t cute or funny.
No one is reclaiming smut from the language of book banners. It’s weaponized now more than ever because this administration is coming for anything they see as “p*rn.”
That may start with romance but it will keep on rolling to every genre.
It isn’t cute or funny.
No one is reclaiming smut from the language of book banners. It’s weaponized now more than ever because this administration is coming for anything they see as “p*rn.”
That may start with romance but it will keep on rolling to every genre.
January 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
⛔️Smut is Not a Harmless Word⛔️
It isn’t cute or funny.
No one is reclaiming smut from the language of book banners. It’s weaponized now more than ever because this administration is coming for anything they see as “p*rn.”
That may start with romance but it will keep on rolling to every genre.
It isn’t cute or funny.
No one is reclaiming smut from the language of book banners. It’s weaponized now more than ever because this administration is coming for anything they see as “p*rn.”
That may start with romance but it will keep on rolling to every genre.
Print Run was on 🔥 this week.
And yes, sometimes you do have to run on spite.
Write the challenging, complicated, uncomfortable things.
HONEST things.
And be ready to read those honest works without shaking your finger & asking for gentle & well behaved.
Change only comes from discomfort.
And yes, sometimes you do have to run on spite.
Write the challenging, complicated, uncomfortable things.
HONEST things.
And be ready to read those honest works without shaking your finger & asking for gentle & well behaved.
Change only comes from discomfort.
***NEW EPISODE***
World feels pretty bad right now. We talked about what we're hoping to see out of art and publishing this next stretch. In other words, it's our MSWL at the end of the world:
soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
World feels pretty bad right now. We talked about what we're hoping to see out of art and publishing this next stretch. In other words, it's our MSWL at the end of the world:
soundcloud.com/printrunpodc...
Episode 173—The Manuscript Wish List at the End of the World
We don’t need to tell you that the world feels pretty dark right now. The question then becomes: as creatives, as publishing people, as writers, readers, agents, whatever–what are we looking for to ge
soundcloud.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Print Run was on 🔥 this week.
And yes, sometimes you do have to run on spite.
Write the challenging, complicated, uncomfortable things.
HONEST things.
And be ready to read those honest works without shaking your finger & asking for gentle & well behaved.
Change only comes from discomfort.
And yes, sometimes you do have to run on spite.
Write the challenging, complicated, uncomfortable things.
HONEST things.
And be ready to read those honest works without shaking your finger & asking for gentle & well behaved.
Change only comes from discomfort.
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Open letter to podcasters with research heavy podcasts: ask a librarian. You like google scholar? Wait until you hook up with a research librarian. The primary sources you’ll get. The amazing literature searches. #skybrarians
i’m very open to ChatGPT having some utility. but a few times for If Books Could Kill i’ve asked ChatGPT to aggregate existing sources of criticism for a book. what it produces are without fail almost entirely hallucinations. and not just one, i mean lists of 5-6 articles that do not exist.
i can see how you would come to this conclusion if your job didn't require you to ever be correct
January 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Open letter to podcasters with research heavy podcasts: ask a librarian. You like google scholar? Wait until you hook up with a research librarian. The primary sources you’ll get. The amazing literature searches. #skybrarians
Beyond excited and proud of my brother-in-(out)law at making that 1% of people to be accepted into this year’s WGF program! 🥂🍾 Go Colin!
deadline.com/2025/01/writ...
deadline.com/2025/01/writ...
Writers Guild Foundation Announces 2025 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program Participants
The Writers Guild Foundation has announced the 2025 Writers’ Access Support Staff Training Program participants
deadline.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Beyond excited and proud of my brother-in-(out)law at making that 1% of people to be accepted into this year’s WGF program! 🥂🍾 Go Colin!
deadline.com/2025/01/writ...
deadline.com/2025/01/writ...
I’m having one of those days where I’ve done too much heavy emotional stuff this week and I just feel brittle and exhausted.
spongebob squarepants is standing on a wooden floor with the words `` me '' written on his face .
ALT: spongebob squarepants is standing on a wooden floor with the words `` me '' written on his face .
media.tenor.com
January 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I’m having one of those days where I’ve done too much heavy emotional stuff this week and I just feel brittle and exhausted.
So excited for this. Instant add to my library. Two amazing actors here too.
My Audible Original MISDIRECTED, narrated by Nicola Coughlan and Gwilym Lee, releasing 4th Feb, available now for pre-order ❤️
www.audible.com/ac/Misdirect...
www.audible.com/ac/Misdirect...
Misdirected
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Hattie Murton never dreamed of TV stardom. A straight-from-a-fairytale encounter with a casting agent somehow landed her a part on what she’d thought would ...
www.audible.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So excited for this. Instant add to my library. Two amazing actors here too.
Can’t sleep because [gestures wildly at the world] so I’ve been up since 5am reading. And the way I laughed at *cad of the first water* damn near woke the rest of the house up.
Julie Anne Long writes such a delightful historical.
Julie Anne Long writes such a delightful historical.
January 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Can’t sleep because [gestures wildly at the world] so I’ve been up since 5am reading. And the way I laughed at *cad of the first water* damn near woke the rest of the house up.
Julie Anne Long writes such a delightful historical.
Julie Anne Long writes such a delightful historical.
Painful and accurate.
The 21st century feels like losing a war that you’re being told is not happening.
January 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Painful and accurate.
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The Three Ages Of Man
January 8, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The Three Ages Of Man
Forcing artists to infinitely promote their work means they’re marketers first, not artists.
“You’ve got to offer your content to the hellish, overstuffed, harassment-laden,uber-competitive attention economy because otherwise no one will know who you are” www.vox.com/culture/2024...
“You’ve got to offer your content to the hellish, overstuffed, harassment-laden,uber-competitive attention economy because otherwise no one will know who you are” www.vox.com/culture/2024...
Everybody has to self-promote now. Nobody wants to.
So you want to be an artist. Do you have to start a TikTok?
www.vox.com
December 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Forcing artists to infinitely promote their work means they’re marketers first, not artists.
“You’ve got to offer your content to the hellish, overstuffed, harassment-laden,uber-competitive attention economy because otherwise no one will know who you are” www.vox.com/culture/2024...
“You’ve got to offer your content to the hellish, overstuffed, harassment-laden,uber-competitive attention economy because otherwise no one will know who you are” www.vox.com/culture/2024...
The McCaskeys will never part with the Bears. It’s a 3+ billion dollar cash cow & they collectively control 80%
But this sends a message the fans are tired of being humiliated by this level of incompetence - so for their own selfish pride, maybe change comes
But this sends a message the fans are tired of being humiliated by this level of incompetence - so for their own selfish pride, maybe change comes
Bears fans sent a message to ownership during Chicago’s loss on Thursday Night Football.
🎥 jacobinfante/X
🎥 jacobinfante/X
December 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
The McCaskeys will never part with the Bears. It’s a 3+ billion dollar cash cow & they collectively control 80%
But this sends a message the fans are tired of being humiliated by this level of incompetence - so for their own selfish pride, maybe change comes
But this sends a message the fans are tired of being humiliated by this level of incompetence - so for their own selfish pride, maybe change comes