Captain of midlisting ship.
I wrote the CRY PILOT trilogy (Ace Books), MARIGOLD BREACH audio drama (with Jameela Jamil and Manny Jacinto!), a mess of novels under various names for Harper, Doubleday, S&S, etc.
And the novel of my heart, THE RAGPICKER, is forthcoming in 2024 from Meerkat Press.
Opinions unfounded.
(Avatar is a white-and-orange robot patting a smaller bot on the head.)
I bounced off MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION, so happily assigned Moshfegh to my mental bin of 'Brilliant Young Genius Phenom Novelist Geniuses' about who I don't need to care.
Two days ago, I read her novella MCGLUE--which centers around a subject and period I find meh--and it's a breathtaking tour de force. Shockingly good. Her command of the page. There aren't enough superlatives.
I love the execs saying, "We just don't have the money to pay writers," like a restaurant saying, "We simply can't _afford_ edible ingredients."
Even if that were true it's not an excuse it's an admission.
Instead of depressing other writers by sharing excellent publishing news, I am here for my people by announcing that yet again I am in receipt of shitty book news.
Watch this space for more!
#7books other people mentioned that I also love:
Girl In Landscape, Lethem.
Gaudy Night, Sayers.
Riddlemaster of Hed, McKillip
Persuasion, Austen
Linden Hills, Naylor
Finite and Infinite Games, Carse
Jeeves & Wooster books, Wodehouse
I really want to make a list of the #7books other people love and I hate, but I'm trying to leave my more prick-ish self on the other site ...