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Thank you so much for sharing that with me! You have no idea how much that means—some days in publishing can be...brutal and your words really cheered me up.

LOPI FOREVER!!

Yes. This isn't said often enough!

Or maybe that's not Rita. Still, I stand by my original statement.

Great GIF, Penny. One Rita's worth a thousand words.

Hey Lacey!!!!! Sorry for this tardy reply—my Bluesky attendance has been spotty and chaotic this week. Okay, full disclosure, my whole life has been spotty and chaotic this week. Anyhoo, thank you for this mention!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My dad actually played a bad guy scientist in IT'S ALIVE 😆 — Andrew Duggan. He was a friend of the director/producer Larry Cohen and appeared in a few of his low budget films. Though never on the VHS cover, the Childcatcher from CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG was who haunted my child dreams.

So you're Sid Phillips in this story. Poor Steve.

And the profile photo is 🔥!

People come for the syringe but they stay for the virus and sewing needle 🤣

The plot of my novel, THE ONCE AND FUTURE ME in an emoji nutshell:
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Murphy's anti-law. When my husband wants summer done, he drags the portable AC up from the basement (where we keep it cause we're masochists), and curses the never-ending heat. Works every time.

YES PLEASE!
Corgis are the best breed for disassociating. I think it's their amazing rear end swish that gives them this power.

Same. And I might have had terrible taste in my teen crushes as well

I knew you were the author of personal fave REDSHIRTS but it was the pandemic bread baking that sealed the deal to follow you over here, wherever the hell *here* is...