Amal El-Mohtar
@amalelmohtar.com
Wrote half of This Is How You Lose the Time War & all of The River Has Roots. Next book: Seasons of Glass & Iron, March 24, 2026. I have a newsletter you can sign up for at amalelmohtar.com
Ahh that’s neat to know! I love all the behind-the-scenes peeks at process
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ahh that’s neat to know! I love all the behind-the-scenes peeks at process
Right?? The satisfaction of that one slightly unusual clue clicking into place
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Right?? The satisfaction of that one slightly unusual clue clicking into place
evil men across the world steepling their fingers while accepting this challenge
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
evil men across the world steepling their fingers while accepting this challenge
ME NEITHER but my hack is to click & unclick the clue because the professions in question light up / dim so you can count them more easily (just double check the profession on the clue itself)
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ME NEITHER but my hack is to click & unclick the clue because the professions in question light up / dim so you can count them more easily (just double check the profession on the clue itself)
I think I am just getting pretty practiced at this one specific one haha
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think I am just getting pretty practiced at this one specific one haha
Not sure how long we’ve been sat on the tarmac without leaving, I have been falling into & out of sleep, I’m sure they de-iced some hours ago but what do I know, perhaps the plane also needs a new coat of paint
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Not sure how long we’ve been sat on the tarmac without leaving, I have been falling into & out of sleep, I’m sure they de-iced some hours ago but what do I know, perhaps the plane also needs a new coat of paint
I am never checking bags again (i will almost certainly check bags again)
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I am never checking bags again (i will almost certainly check bags again)
I am still not home & have now spent fully as long stuck in YUL as I spent in the air en route to YUL
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I am still not home & have now spent fully as long stuck in YUL as I spent in the air en route to YUL
Ahh not yet! Looking forward to it though!
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Ahh not yet! Looking forward to it though!
[regretfully drawing blade] I adore it but I love other songs on the album better (“Perfume & Milk” & “The Old Religion” especially)
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
[regretfully drawing blade] I adore it but I love other songs on the album better (“Perfume & Milk” & “The Old Religion” especially)
Also highly recommend pairing it with Florence + the Machine’s new album which articulates some key thematics & aesthetics appropriately disquieting eeriness
November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Also highly recommend pairing it with Florence + the Machine’s new album which articulates some key thematics & aesthetics appropriately disquieting eeriness