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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 1d

I’m afraid it’s me

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

Lmaooooo

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

And I was incredibly lucky to get to work with @tlpavlich.gay AGAIN, editor extraordinaire & women’s sports enthusiast who happened to be craving an essay about ACL tears :)

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

I have a new essay out in The Offing today! It’s about playing college basketball on a torn ACL, the fucked coach-player power dynamics, inherent worth & value, our cultural attitudes towards sacrifice in order to WIN THE BIG GAME, & more. give it a read ❤️🏀

theoffingmag.com/essay/sideli...

Sidelined, or No Pain, No Gain - The Offing

Essay - The Offing Magazine

theoffingmag.com

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Théo | Boston Le'Gay FC Supporter @tlpavlich.gay · 2d

I got to edit another essay by @mcrane12.bsky.social and now you all get to read it in @theoffingmag.bsky.social. If you've followed the impact of ACLs on WoSo in recent years, it's a must read.

Sidelined, or No Pain, No Gain - The Offing

Essay - The Offing Magazine

theoffingmag.com

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

Love this, I know people do it on their own but I want to see the shift happen in the industry and culturally like normalize them as a way to consume books. Like I’d love to start a print journal that serializes novels and people receive in the mail cuz mail is fun and so is holding books

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

:(

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for letting me know

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 2d

I mean I know. But I want to do it with novels in a print format even or in a lit journal. I’m not discounting those other things

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 5d

bring back the serialized novel, we could spend all week discussing each chapter online like we do tv shows

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 8d

nice to see my novel I KEEP MY EXOSKELETONS TO MYSELF on this list of dystopian books on Scary Mommy (though wish the list were not necessary sigh)

www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/dy...

14 Dystopian Books For Those Of Us Yearning To See A Corrupt Government Crumble

If you just want to watch a horrible government crumble, then here are some excellent dystopian books for you to choose from.

www.scarymommy.com

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 11d

reframing all the pics of boys on my wall growing up as my very first Pinterest board of gender inspo

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 11d

hiiii the ebook version of A Sharp Endless Need is discounted to just $1.99 from now until 10/5!!!! get it while it’s hot 🏀🔥

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/762682...

A Sharp Endless Need by Marisa Crane: 9780593733646 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A vibrant and intimate novel about growing up, first love, and all the joy and heartbreak of competitive high school basketball, from the Lambda Literary Award–winning author of I Keep My Exoskeletons...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 16d

what it gonna take for my novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself—a very clear abolitionist text—to show up when I google literary fiction or speculative fiction about incarceration, prisons, critiquing the prison industrial complex, etc

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · 24d

my kid woke me up at 3:30 am to tell me he had a bad dream (he was on a mountaintop with his books & one fell down & he screamed)

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 10

Hi only 5 spots left!

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 2

surprise! I am teaching a 4-week, online, asynchronous class on writing sex scenes, including expanding what a sex scene can be, complicating character psychology and emotional and relational history, and beyond. it runs from Oct 4 - Nov 3. sign up below!

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Registration for 4-Week Online Class on Writing Sex Scenes

What a Sex Scene Can Do Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? What can a sex scene do? How can it achieve psychological complexity on the page? How can ...

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 9

hi! I have been unemployed since March despite my best efforts to find a job. so I am freelancing in the meantime & am open for novel manuscript consults & book coaching. email me marisacrane12(at)gmail(dot)com

www.marisacrane.org/manuscript-c...

Manuscript Consultations — Mac (Marisa) Crane

www.marisacrane.org

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 8

I would pay YOU to let me read some of your gay sex scenes

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 8

👀

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 8

Aww thanks so much! So glad to hear you are teaching that :)

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 5

Only 6 spots left!

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 2

surprise! I am teaching a 4-week, online, asynchronous class on writing sex scenes, including expanding what a sex scene can be, complicating character psychology and emotional and relational history, and beyond. it runs from Oct 4 - Nov 3. sign up below!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1YvY...

Registration for 4-Week Online Class on Writing Sex Scenes

What a Sex Scene Can Do Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? What can a sex scene do? How can it achieve psychological complexity on the page? How can ...

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 4

You are a fucking saint

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · Sep 4

oh SHIT
only 8 spots left, get it folks

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 2

surprise! I am teaching a 4-week, online, asynchronous class on writing sex scenes, including expanding what a sex scene can be, complicating character psychology and emotional and relational history, and beyond. it runs from Oct 4 - Nov 3. sign up below!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1YvY...

Registration for 4-Week Online Class on Writing Sex Scenes

What a Sex Scene Can Do Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? What can a sex scene do? How can it achieve psychological complexity on the page? How can ...

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 4

Thanks dude, love to you!!!!

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Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 4

only 8 spots left!

Mac Crane (they/them) @mcrane12.bsky.social · Sep 2

surprise! I am teaching a 4-week, online, asynchronous class on writing sex scenes, including expanding what a sex scene can be, complicating character psychology and emotional and relational history, and beyond. it runs from Oct 4 - Nov 3. sign up below!

docs.google.com/forms/d/1YvY...

Registration for 4-Week Online Class on Writing Sex Scenes

What a Sex Scene Can Do Are sex scenes really so hard to write, or are we thinking about them the wrong way? What can a sex scene do? How can it achieve psychological complexity on the page? How can ...

docs.google.com

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