! This is such a great tip (& great places to pitch to as well). Thank you!

Ahh, this is such a good reminder. I'm sure my publisher will know how to pitch the book better than I can. And also, just ... not doing things alone is much more preferable! Thank you!!

ooh, yay! absolutely yes I would!! xx

any edinburgh events on the horizon? 💙

I love this - and probably why you have as many books as you do 🫶

these are exceptionally cute 🥹

❣️❣️❣️❣️ yesss, I did need that permission and reminder. thank you!!!

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thank you! 💜

oh wow... haven't even considered this!! would be really keen to hear how it went for you <3

this is so nice of you. I can already foresee being terrible with self-care so I may take you up on this 🫠💙

thank you to Magma & the editors, Sohini Basak, & Tim Tim Cheng, for publishing this piece.

the first photo is of swimming in the pacific ocean in west coast fog.

it feels complicated to make art & wrong to share this - to create, to make good memories instead of finding new ways to hurt. but I find myself also wanting to share the raw, embarrassing feelings & the precisely crafted metaphor. both exist and guide me, overflow & strategic containment.

I feel this - there's a kind of loneliness now, a huge shift. I'm sorry too. I am glad though in this weird way, it connected us 💙

I'm so sorry for your loss. It stuns me, how deep this grief feels, how much I think it has and will change me. Thank you for replying and sharing. Sending you some care from afar.

thanks, Sam 💙