Philip Eil
@phileil.bsky.social
Journalist.
Cat dad.
Rhode Islander.
Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'"
https://philipeil.com/
Cat dad.
Rhode Islander.
Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'"
https://philipeil.com/
I'm going to make this the ProJo/Taylor Swift mega-thread.
Today's addition.
Today's addition.
Taylor Swift’s Holiday House used to be much bigger. Here’s a history of her RI estate
Holiday House has a storied history that goes back long before Swift bought the estate.
www.providencejournal.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I'm going to make this the ProJo/Taylor Swift mega-thread.
Today's addition.
Today's addition.
November 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
And here is JCO's tweet about Musk, from two days ago:
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
And here is JCO's tweet about Musk, from two days ago:
The publisher that I found after 26 rejections for "Prescription for Pain" -- Steerforth Press -- was, in many ways, the perfect home for me & that book.
Perhaps that fact can offer some solace to creative folks experiencing rejection.
It was a rough ride, but I'm delighted with where it ended.
Perhaps that fact can offer some solace to creative folks experiencing rejection.
It was a rough ride, but I'm delighted with where it ended.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The publisher that I found after 26 rejections for "Prescription for Pain" -- Steerforth Press -- was, in many ways, the perfect home for me & that book.
Perhaps that fact can offer some solace to creative folks experiencing rejection.
It was a rough ride, but I'm delighted with where it ended.
Perhaps that fact can offer some solace to creative folks experiencing rejection.
It was a rough ride, but I'm delighted with where it ended.
A fact from my first book-pitching process back in 2020-2021: 26 publishers passed on the proposal that became "Prescription for Pain."
Eventually my agent and I parted ways, and I sold it without an agent.
Eventually my agent and I parted ways, and I sold it without an agent.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A fact from my first book-pitching process back in 2020-2021: 26 publishers passed on the proposal that became "Prescription for Pain."
Eventually my agent and I parted ways, and I sold it without an agent.
Eventually my agent and I parted ways, and I sold it without an agent.
In the mean time, I'll be using this pic as a Rhode Island meme template.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In the mean time, I'll be using this pic as a Rhode Island meme template.
We went on Saturday and I can confirm this!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We went on Saturday and I can confirm this!!
And of course the correspondent for this piece is Tony Dokoupil, famous for beclowning himself (and CBS, generally) in his interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates last year.
CBS News says heated Ta-Nehisi Coates interview did not meet editorial standards after criticism | CNN Business
CBS News executives said Monday that a heated morning show interview with acclaimed author Ta-Nehisi Coates, during which his new book was compared to “extremist” writings, did not meet the network’s ...
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And of course the correspondent for this piece is Tony Dokoupil, famous for beclowning himself (and CBS, generally) in his interview with Ta-Nehisi Coates last year.