"This fucking sucks" and "all is lost" are two different sentences.

Don't say the second when you mean the first.

Why would you say such a thing? Why would you invoke it? You jinxed it and now they will make it!

Hi! Say an author is querying and receives an offer. I know that notifying other agents they've submitted to is the right thing to do, but are we supposed to name the agent who made the offer? Or only name them if asked?

Debate is a hobby.

It’s not a thing you do to understand another person.

Listening is a thing you do to understand someone.

Thank you to all you well-meaning solution-oriented people, but I did not ask how I could fix the thing.

I asked why the thing sucked. It is 2025. the thing should not suck.

Film, television, and literary critic. You finally got the holy trinity.

Looks like I got competition!
(saw it 3x)

A sad book about a gay boy committing crimes? Well, I'm sold!