Hilary Zaid
@hilaryzaid.bsky.social
Novelist. FORGET I TOLD YOU THIS. PAPER IS WHITE. Queer, Jewish, Binder, #Oaklandish
www.hilaryzaid.com
www.hilaryzaid.com
It was frustrating in the usual way but ultimately didn't matter!
January 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It was frustrating in the usual way but ultimately didn't matter!
PS My second novel, one of this past year's finalists for the Northern California Book Award, received offers from exactly 0 agents.
January 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
PS My second novel, one of this past year's finalists for the Northern California Book Award, received offers from exactly 0 agents.
Nope. No quitting! Agents are looking for dollar signs. And the majority of agents have a really tough time selling books. Submit to small presses and contests. You don't always need an agent to be published by a press that loves your work.
January 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Nope. No quitting! Agents are looking for dollar signs. And the majority of agents have a really tough time selling books. Submit to small presses and contests. You don't always need an agent to be published by a press that loves your work.
Sad to see this. We need more social cohesion, less social distance. Villifying others is how we got here, and it's how Trump and the billionaire boys' club win.
January 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Sad to see this. We need more social cohesion, less social distance. Villifying others is how we got here, and it's how Trump and the billionaire boys' club win.
Must read on this subject. Chilling: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How CoComelon Captures Our Children’s Attention
The animation juggernaut is now streamed for billions of hours each year, including on Netflix and its own YouTube channel. Should we be worried about that?
www.newyorker.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Must read on this subject. Chilling: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Maybe choose a different photo? Three kids died in that wreck, one more seriously injured, all local here to The Bay.
November 29, 2024 at 11:57 PM
Maybe choose a different photo? Three kids died in that wreck, one more seriously injured, all local here to The Bay.
Spoiler alert: It has nothing to do with the bathrooms.
November 22, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Spoiler alert: It has nothing to do with the bathrooms.