Ellen's Very Southern Voice

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Ex-lawyer, current writer. Committed swimmer. For better & worse, of the American South.
Words in Salvation South, Gulf Coast, Barrelhouse, Image, Brevity, etc. Pushcart Special Mention. Peter Taylor Fellow. Love Contemplative Writing. WHEN WE WERE MURDEROUS TIME-TRAVELING WOMEN releasing April 2026

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Websitehttps://ellenmorrisprewitt.com

43 years ago today
Talking Heads released their fifth studio album, Speaking in Tongues, June 1, 1983

It features the single "Burning Down the House," their only top ten single on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100

#talkingheads #newwave #speakingintongues #burningdownthehouse #punkrockhistory

Kind of an awesome #sunset

So, I'm being interviewed about When We Were Murderous Time-Traveling Women, and we're talking about absurdism and how my trigger warning in the front matter handles the absurdist tone of the book which has a lot of violence in it (see the title), and I'm listening to myself, and I'm thinking, Ellen, you're talking about Godzilla. In your interview on your book. Godzilla.

#Godzilla

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A trilogy of trilliums

For those struggling with English.

Don’t: Do not.

Won’t: Wo not.

#WordWeavers 31 Does your MC have any recurring nightmares?

Every night since she was very little, nightmares of killing everyone she cares about. Around puberty, she started seeing the nightmares as intrusive thoughts during the day. Those are effectively the inciting incident of the story.

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Latest withdrawal from Trump's 250 concert

The family prepare to run away...
The family prepare to run away after performing 🥹 (So Long Farewell reprise) - The Sound of Music

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We wrote an entire book on the horrors of things in and around houses, yet never came up with anything as insidious as a toy leaf blower.

#TruthIsMoreHorrificThanFiction
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