Brutal. I often wonder if my dad bailing pre-first birthday was a blessing. My narrator riffs on that concept quite a bit in my novel.
There's so much to like here, but craft-wise I just love how economical your pieces are. The Disney spot is pitch perfect: it's clear something horrible happened, and by withholding the details the reader assumes their own worst possible interpretation. Goddamned masterful, my friend.
Hey, gotta build some momentum for the Sunday supershow, right?
Deeply thankful for the craft compliments. I try to play to my strengths on that front, and I think some good style trends are finally coming together in a consistent way.
That's got to be a haunting question. It sounds like it'd have heft on the page. Life gives us very strange car crashes to compare and contrast.
Fantastic. This made me lol: “In short, we don’t offer genetic testing for domestic violence.” Also, this: “Don’t send more blood. You’ve sent enough blood.”
Not familiar with your work until now, clicked on the restack that someone posted on Notes.
I know I don't need to tell you how good it is, but I will anyway. This is brilliant writing. This is perfection.
Hearing that means everything. Thank you for it.
Alright fine, I'll give you money.
Solid food, here I come!
Brutal. I often wonder if my dad bailing pre-first birthday was a blessing. My narrator riffs on that concept quite a bit in my novel.
There's so much to like here, but craft-wise I just love how economical your pieces are. The Disney spot is pitch perfect: it's clear something horrible happened, and by withholding the details the reader assumes their own worst possible interpretation. Goddamned masterful, my friend.
Hey, gotta build some momentum for the Sunday supershow, right?
Deeply thankful for the craft compliments. I try to play to my strengths on that front, and I think some good style trends are finally coming together in a consistent way.
That's got to be a haunting question. It sounds like it'd have heft on the page. Life gives us very strange car crashes to compare and contrast.
Fantastic. This made me lol: “In short, we don’t offer genetic testing for domestic violence.” Also, this: “Don’t send more blood. You’ve sent enough blood.”
Glad that landed! I’m always very, very tempted to overdo that kind of joke.
Not sure if you were going for poignancy, but that's where this one hit for me.
Funny, yes. But heart-pinchy, too.
I appreciate that! I’m honestly just glad it worked at all.
A land mine waiting for a foot. Hehehe. Adding diversity to skin cancer. You've got some beauties.
Thank you! I leave an offering out to the one-liner gods every night.
Loved the way you tuck things under the surface here. Got Everything Abridged in my TBR pile, looking forward to getting to it soon.
That book's definitely my best volley so far. My favorite in there's "Own Goal," which I think you'll dig.