Oona Patrick
@oonapatrick.bsky.social
Writer of essays and memoir #cnf. I get mad about books a lot. Reskeeting cheese news and good birds. Summers: Disquiet Int'l, Lisbon 🇵🇹. she/her https://linktr.ee/oonapatrick
Got in trouble for reading off-topic books in a corner of the classroom in fourth grade. Now I get paid to read books all day in a corner of a publishing house.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Got in trouble for reading off-topic books in a corner of the classroom in fourth grade. Now I get paid to read books all day in a corner of a publishing house.
Yup. Inherited that thing like a family heirloom.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Yup. Inherited that thing like a family heirloom.
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Imagine being the one who had to edit this shit. Then going back to your tiny apartment, heating up a burrito, and crying over the draft of your novel until it has returned to wood pulp.
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Imagine being the one who had to edit this shit. Then going back to your tiny apartment, heating up a burrito, and crying over the draft of your novel until it has returned to wood pulp.
Reposted by Oona Patrick
there's a lady who i wouldn't say is unhinged but is maybe only medium-hinged down there trying to coach the whale lol. just screaming at her from shore. YOU CAN DO IT!!! MOVE THAT TAIL!!! CMON WHALE!!! i'm not sure that's helping but it probably doesn't hurt either
November 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
there's a lady who i wouldn't say is unhinged but is maybe only medium-hinged down there trying to coach the whale lol. just screaming at her from shore. YOU CAN DO IT!!! MOVE THAT TAIL!!! CMON WHALE!!! i'm not sure that's helping but it probably doesn't hurt either