Mo Daviau
@modaviau.bsky.social
I wrote EVERY ANXIOUS WAVE (SMP ‘16) and EPIC AND LOVELY (WVU Press '25). Bookseller. Elder Marfanoid. Indie kid forever.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
When I get depressed, I make tortillas.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When I get depressed, I make tortillas.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
Hard not to be depressed with all this shit.
For the love of Smith College, @baldwin.senate.gov, DO NOT CAVE! HOLD THE LINE! DO NOT BACK DOWN!
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
For the love of Smith College, @baldwin.senate.gov, DO NOT CAVE! HOLD THE LINE! DO NOT BACK DOWN!
Elliott Bay Books has 17 now-signed copies of Epic and Lovely for Seattle’s seasonal shopping needs!
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Elliott Bay Books has 17 now-signed copies of Epic and Lovely for Seattle’s seasonal shopping needs!
Is anyone else super enthusiastic about Death by Lightning? It’s got Roscoe Conkling AND the Oneida Colony!
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Is anyone else super enthusiastic about Death by Lightning? It’s got Roscoe Conkling AND the Oneida Colony!
I'm voting for Mamdani in my heart today.
November 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I'm voting for Mamdani in my heart today.
Should I go to AWP? It's over my 50th birthday weekend. It's expensive but I have a book to continue to promote. It's probably the same price to fly to Paris. Love/hate relationship with AWP. Birthday. Hmmpf.
November 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Should I go to AWP? It's over my 50th birthday weekend. It's expensive but I have a book to continue to promote. It's probably the same price to fly to Paris. Love/hate relationship with AWP. Birthday. Hmmpf.
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If anyone wanted to hire me to draw a thing, I'm open.
And/or you can buy some stickers.
Stop Forcing AI Into...: square.link/u/BFQkzE6U
Monetize Your Depression: square.link/u/Qhj4ckHw
Ice Go Home*: square.link/u/gsHlY5WF
VBros Tarot Cards: square.link/u/G4IONcKi
___
*backordered
And/or you can buy some stickers.
Stop Forcing AI Into...: square.link/u/BFQkzE6U
Monetize Your Depression: square.link/u/Qhj4ckHw
Ice Go Home*: square.link/u/gsHlY5WF
VBros Tarot Cards: square.link/u/G4IONcKi
___
*backordered
October 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If anyone wanted to hire me to draw a thing, I'm open.
And/or you can buy some stickers.
Stop Forcing AI Into...: square.link/u/BFQkzE6U
Monetize Your Depression: square.link/u/Qhj4ckHw
Ice Go Home*: square.link/u/gsHlY5WF
VBros Tarot Cards: square.link/u/G4IONcKi
___
*backordered
And/or you can buy some stickers.
Stop Forcing AI Into...: square.link/u/BFQkzE6U
Monetize Your Depression: square.link/u/Qhj4ckHw
Ice Go Home*: square.link/u/gsHlY5WF
VBros Tarot Cards: square.link/u/G4IONcKi
___
*backordered
OMG I have...a FAN.
Who came to my event tonight because she loved EAW and has been waiting for my second book.
OMG.
This is the best.
I hope you have a fan, too.
Who came to my event tonight because she loved EAW and has been waiting for my second book.
OMG.
This is the best.
I hope you have a fan, too.
October 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
OMG I have...a FAN.
Who came to my event tonight because she loved EAW and has been waiting for my second book.
OMG.
This is the best.
I hope you have a fan, too.
Who came to my event tonight because she loved EAW and has been waiting for my second book.
OMG.
This is the best.
I hope you have a fan, too.
Children’s literature is flooded by incidents of cute animals eating their peers. When will it stop?
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Children’s literature is flooded by incidents of cute animals eating their peers. When will it stop?
If you’re an Annie Bloom’s shopper, remember that you can donate your coupon. We use the money to buy books for kids at Neighborhood House and other housing charities.
October 27, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If you’re an Annie Bloom’s shopper, remember that you can donate your coupon. We use the money to buy books for kids at Neighborhood House and other housing charities.
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A way to have a good weekend is to go to a local bookstore this afternoons and buy something random and counterintuitive from the staff picks shelf, and spend the next two days reading it.
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A way to have a good weekend is to go to a local bookstore this afternoons and buy something random and counterintuitive from the staff picks shelf, and spend the next two days reading it.
I sold a copy of Epic and Lovely to a customer who asked for something “fucked up.”
October 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I sold a copy of Epic and Lovely to a customer who asked for something “fucked up.”
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Is there something in this?
The word "content" makes my skin crawl.
The word "content" makes my skin crawl.
October 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Is there something in this?
The word "content" makes my skin crawl.
The word "content" makes my skin crawl.
I'm giving everyone in the house an unbidden tutorial on the band Unrest!
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'm giving everyone in the house an unbidden tutorial on the band Unrest!
Last night, my coworker and I stood in front of the ARC shelf at the store and both said we were bored with the fiction that's coming out.
"If I have to read about a family fighting in Cape Cod, I will die."
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky. I'm tired.
"If I have to read about a family fighting in Cape Cod, I will die."
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky. I'm tired.
October 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Last night, my coworker and I stood in front of the ARC shelf at the store and both said we were bored with the fiction that's coming out.
"If I have to read about a family fighting in Cape Cod, I will die."
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky. I'm tired.
"If I have to read about a family fighting in Cape Cod, I will die."
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky. I'm tired.
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Just like an Armenian to bring a cheese to a pasta fight.
October 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Just like an Armenian to bring a cheese to a pasta fight.
Dyna and Swilkes are on pasta today.
YES: gemelle (found in that six pack of short pasta Costco sells), trofie (had it in Rome, the official shape for pesto), spaghetti and all types of long strands
NO: penne (stupid '80s fad pasta), penis shapes (found at a novelty store once--no)
YES: gemelle (found in that six pack of short pasta Costco sells), trofie (had it in Rome, the official shape for pesto), spaghetti and all types of long strands
NO: penne (stupid '80s fad pasta), penis shapes (found at a novelty store once--no)
What about VERY GOOD pasta shapes?
There must be some underrated treasures that are being overlooked, beyond the default penne and workaday spaghetti.
There must be some underrated treasures that are being overlooked, beyond the default penne and workaday spaghetti.
October 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Dyna and Swilkes are on pasta today.
YES: gemelle (found in that six pack of short pasta Costco sells), trofie (had it in Rome, the official shape for pesto), spaghetti and all types of long strands
NO: penne (stupid '80s fad pasta), penis shapes (found at a novelty store once--no)
YES: gemelle (found in that six pack of short pasta Costco sells), trofie (had it in Rome, the official shape for pesto), spaghetti and all types of long strands
NO: penne (stupid '80s fad pasta), penis shapes (found at a novelty store once--no)
Thanks to Rachel Saslow for recommending my event with Cari Luna on 10/28 in the latest WW!
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
Reading Roundup: Your Guide to This Fall’s Can’t-Miss Book Talks
Local authors will dive into sports history, alternative POVs and walking poetry.
www.wweek.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thanks to Rachel Saslow for recommending my event with Cari Luna on 10/28 in the latest WW!
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
www.wweek.com/culture/2025...
A lot of tattoo artists will do a basic cover-up on Nazi tattoos for free, fwiw.
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A lot of tattoo artists will do a basic cover-up on Nazi tattoos for free, fwiw.
Playing Elliott at the store today. He probably came here as a teenager. 22 years.
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Playing Elliott at the store today. He probably came here as a teenager. 22 years.
This is like when my stepdad destroyed my mother's things because they were hers and not his and he got a charge from the pain in her eyes.
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is like when my stepdad destroyed my mother's things because they were hers and not his and he got a charge from the pain in her eyes.
Was talking about Six Feet Under and remembered Ruth dies this year.
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Was talking about Six Feet Under and remembered Ruth dies this year.
Tell me the title of a novel you've read lately that has totally rocked your goddamn face off?
Small press books to the front.
Small press books to the front.
October 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Tell me the title of a novel you've read lately that has totally rocked your goddamn face off?
Small press books to the front.
Small press books to the front.