Bryon Quertermous
@bryonquertermous.com
NYT Bestselling Author. Detroit(ish). He/Him. ADHD Survivor.
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This is great advice. I do a lot of this already but need to do more. I’m back to paper books after some time away. I LOVE the idea of using a sheet of paper as a bookmark and writing down distracting thoughts instead of immediately researching them. I also need/want to read more non-fiction.
i got tired of "how to read more" advice from people who are book critics and don't own tvs and live in monasteries with no wifi, so here is some advice from someone with a terminal case of internet brain www.shesabeast.co/how-to-read-...
how to read more
from someone who actually struggles
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November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is great advice. I do a lot of this already but need to do more. I’m back to paper books after some time away. I LOVE the idea of using a sheet of paper as a bookmark and writing down distracting thoughts instead of immediately researching them. I also need/want to read more non-fiction.
Once again the real world is providing a grade A promotional plan for the new @jordanharper.bsky.social novel.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Once again the real world is providing a grade A promotional plan for the new @jordanharper.bsky.social novel.
The last week or so has been incredibly stressful mwntally and emotionally, so I’m unwinding with Taco Bell and After The Thin Man.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The last week or so has been incredibly stressful mwntally and emotionally, so I’m unwinding with Taco Bell and After The Thin Man.
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along.
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along.
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
Know when to walk away and know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealing's done
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along.
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along.
I already read it, but everyone else should be looking forward to WRECK YOUR HEART from @loriraderday.bsky.social
Tell me what crime fiction you are looking forward to reading next year because I have to start thinking about that again
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I already read it, but everyone else should be looking forward to WRECK YOUR HEART from @loriraderday.bsky.social
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 18, 2025 at 12:54 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Peter Dinklage should be in everything, but the discussion of him taking over as the lead in POKER FACE makes me wish someone would finally get a Mongo series in production with him in it.
www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
New HBO Series For Peter Dinklage?
The second Justin Monjo scoop from If this morning (after this one) is that...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Peter Dinklage should be in everything, but the discussion of him taking over as the lead in POKER FACE makes me wish someone would finally get a Mongo series in production with him in it.
www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Rewatching Justified and this is just a perfect show. Brilliant dialogue, brilliant dialogue, brilliant dialogue, BOOM quick violence, brilliant dialogue. And the charisma between Walton Goggins and Timothy Olyphant is off the charts. Moonshine Batman and Joker.
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Rewatching Justified and this is just a perfect show. Brilliant dialogue, brilliant dialogue, brilliant dialogue, BOOM quick violence, brilliant dialogue. And the charisma between Walton Goggins and Timothy Olyphant is off the charts. Moonshine Batman and Joker.
Some days when you're writing a PI novel you need on the nose musical inspiration.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Some days when you're writing a PI novel you need on the nose musical inspiration.
Thinking about Wake Up Dead Man inspired me to catch up with a classic. It’s like Stephen Sondheim got to write a Columbo episde.
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thinking about Wake Up Dead Man inspired me to catch up with a classic. It’s like Stephen Sondheim got to write a Columbo episde.
In case you missed it in all of the Halloween hullaballoo, I launched a long form interview series in my newsletter with Michael Koryta as my first subject. Subscribe, read, comment, enjoy, etc.
I’ve wanted to do a long form interview series in the mold of the Paris Review interviews for a while, so I'm excited to finally launch the BQ&A Interview Series with fellow Paris Review interview lover @mjkoryta.bsky.social
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Debut of the BQ&A Interview w/ Michael Koryta/Scott Carson
I’ve known Michael Koryta for almost 20 years and he has read more terrible drafts of my attempts at a PI novel than anyone not related to me should ever have to read.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In case you missed it in all of the Halloween hullaballoo, I launched a long form interview series in my newsletter with Michael Koryta as my first subject. Subscribe, read, comment, enjoy, etc.
I’ve wanted to do a long form interview series in the mold of the Paris Review interviews for a while, so I'm excited to finally launch the BQ&A Interview Series with fellow Paris Review interview lover @mjkoryta.bsky.social
bryonquertermous.substack.com/p/debut-of-t...
bryonquertermous.substack.com/p/debut-of-t...
Debut of the BQ&A Interview w/ Michael Koryta/Scott Carson
I’ve known Michael Koryta for almost 20 years and he has read more terrible drafts of my attempts at a PI novel than anyone not related to me should ever have to read.
bryonquertermous.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’ve wanted to do a long form interview series in the mold of the Paris Review interviews for a while, so I'm excited to finally launch the BQ&A Interview Series with fellow Paris Review interview lover @mjkoryta.bsky.social
bryonquertermous.substack.com/p/debut-of-t...
bryonquertermous.substack.com/p/debut-of-t...
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Anyway, I'm 46 years old today, my first book was published 19 years ago. Buy em. openroadmedia.com/contributor/...
Dave White | Open Road Media
Dave White is the Derringer Award–winning author of six novels: <i>When One Man Dies</i>, <i>The Evil That Men Do</i>, <i>Not Even Past</i>, <i>An Empty Hell,</i> and <i>Blind to Sin</i> in his Jackso
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October 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Anyway, I'm 46 years old today, my first book was published 19 years ago. Buy em. openroadmedia.com/contributor/...
Just started this one and goddam if @jordanharper.bsky.social isn’t already topping the brilliance of his last one. Can’t wait to get grimy and uncomfortable as I dig in further.
October 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Just started this one and goddam if @jordanharper.bsky.social isn’t already topping the brilliance of his last one. Can’t wait to get grimy and uncomfortable as I dig in further.
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Your weekly Roundup of what went right this week: www.positive.news/society/good...
October 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Your weekly Roundup of what went right this week: www.positive.news/society/good...
Enter Sandman by Metallica. One intro that can be creepy and menacing and also pump you up is brilliant.
Greatest song intro? I’m going to go with “Pappa was a Rollin’ Stone” by the Temptations
October 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Enter Sandman by Metallica. One intro that can be creepy and menacing and also pump you up is brilliant.
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Your life and mine will get better if you use the block button instead of the quote button.
October 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Your life and mine will get better if you use the block button instead of the quote button.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
October 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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If you're as into the Louvre heist story (and all art heist stories) as I am, might I suggest my scrappy fantasy heist, The Frame-Up? Filled with history of art and heists and smooth criminals with powers and a very good dog! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713370...
The Frame-Up by Gwenda Bond: 9780593597736 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A magically gifted con artist must gather her estranged mother’s old crew for a once-in-a-lifetime heist, from the New York Times bestselling author of Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds. “Makes...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you're as into the Louvre heist story (and all art heist stories) as I am, might I suggest my scrappy fantasy heist, The Frame-Up? Filled with history of art and heists and smooth criminals with powers and a very good dog! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/713370...
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The Democratic Party is like a manager that bunts when they have a guy on first with one out and they’re down by 6.
October 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Democratic Party is like a manager that bunts when they have a guy on first with one out and they’re down by 6.
Who’s solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Who’s solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only.
Right answers only.
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I just realized that being on social media is essentially the same as interacting with NPC villagers in a video game.
--has a quest for you
--will give you directions
--will try to sell you something
--insults you
--cannot be spoken to
--has an impossible secret that requires internet research
--has a quest for you
--will give you directions
--will try to sell you something
--insults you
--cannot be spoken to
--has an impossible secret that requires internet research
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I just realized that being on social media is essentially the same as interacting with NPC villagers in a video game.
--has a quest for you
--will give you directions
--will try to sell you something
--insults you
--cannot be spoken to
--has an impossible secret that requires internet research
--has a quest for you
--will give you directions
--will try to sell you something
--insults you
--cannot be spoken to
--has an impossible secret that requires internet research
FYI, fountain pens and typewriters are distraction free without a hint of AI in them.
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 PM
FYI, fountain pens and typewriters are distraction free without a hint of AI in them.
I’ve never been happier to have a kid who knows Linux and wants to build his own computer. He’s taking career intensive courses in Cybersecurity and “ethical hacking” and getting a crash course in what garbage all of this is.
the powers that be want you to know less about your computer. they are taking away your beautiful file pathing, keyboard inputs, considered mouse clicks, and expertise of your OS. everything will soon be done by mumbling into the open air and praying it works correctly. this is a nightmare.
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
October 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’ve never been happier to have a kid who knows Linux and wants to build his own computer. He’s taking career intensive courses in Cybersecurity and “ethical hacking” and getting a crash course in what garbage all of this is.
Dammit. Now I’m angry we never got a Tim Burton version of Pirates of the Caribbean with Angela Lansbury as Jack Sparrow.
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Dammit. Now I’m angry we never got a Tim Burton version of Pirates of the Caribbean with Angela Lansbury as Jack Sparrow.