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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 2d

it’s so my family can bully me about it if I haven’t done any work.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 2d

the wordcount goes in there as I work through the week!

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 2d

the trouble with phone lists is that they live inside the distraction machine so I instantly forget what I was supposed to do. paper works MUCH better for me.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 2d

Well now I feel good about myself so thank you 😅

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 2d

If I do not write out the steps for doing laundry every week and tick each one off then the laundry does not get done. Impressive is one word for it.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 2d

Another Monday, another List. This is the only way I ever get anything done.

a long to-do list stuck to a fridge with magnets. It is divided into sections: work, write, TBR, podcast, household, NB, general.

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Eight Days of Diana Wynne Jones @eightdaysofdiana.bsky.social · 4d

We're finally wrapping up S2 today with our last bonus episode for the season -- thank you all so much for the many thoughtful, interesting and insightful letters you sent in for our Q&A!

S2 Bonus Episode 3 - Q&A by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh

The first time round most of the catching-up you do is retrospective. The second time round you see it happening. In our final S2 bonus episode, we do a terrible job of not looking ahead to Hexwood a...

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 8d

catch me in person with a glass of wine and they will come flooding out

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 8d

blissful freedom

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 8d

what this leaves: cat pictures, video games, 'hey I wrote a book'. is this suboptimal social media Presence for Marketing: sure is! however it does make me considerably saner.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 8d

it's good to have boundaries about what you do and don't post about on the internet. things that are off limits for me: my family, my hater opinions (many), what I'm reading (see above, hater opinions), most personal anecdotes, most politics, nearly all stuff about the process and craft of writing.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 9d

but yeah you're right, colleges are the big Insider symbol for Oxbridge, and dark academia as an aesthetic mode is so much ABOUT insider status that omitting them feels very odd.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 9d

I think I would go so far as to say we don't need any more Oxford and Cambridge books for now. Surely it's been done to death. Give me something set at the University of Birmingham for once.

(not a random choice - I briefly lived close by and there are so many good buildings.)

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 11d

10% of profits from this special edition will be donated to Mermaids, a charity that works to support trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people in the UK. I'm very happy and excited about this one!

LitPins&Co @litpinsandco.bsky.social · 12d

Introducing our latest special edition - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh! 🖊️🐦‍🔥🗡️

Head to our Instagram or website for all the details! Pre-orders are open now 💛

litpinsandco.com/collections/...

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 11d

Thank you!

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 11d

Thank you so much! I had SO much fun with this one, I think it shows.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 11d

10% of profits from this special edition will be donated to Mermaids, a charity that works to support trans, nonbinary, and gender-diverse young people in the UK. I'm very happy and excited about this one!

LitPins&Co @litpinsandco.bsky.social · 12d

Introducing our latest special edition - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh! 🖊️🐦‍🔥🗡️

Head to our Instagram or website for all the details! Pre-orders are open now 💛

litpinsandco.com/collections/...

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LitPins&Co @litpinsandco.bsky.social · 12d

Introducing our latest special edition - The Incandescent by Emily Tesh! 🖊️🐦‍🔥🗡️

Head to our Instagram or website for all the details! Pre-orders are open now 💛

litpinsandco.com/collections/...

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 12d

We didn't talk about THE INCANDESCENT on Bar Cart Bookshelf, but if you wish to pair it with a cocktail, you can't go wrong with Saffy's favorite: a gin and tonic. Much like a magic school, the G&T is a true classic, and a classic is a classic for a reason!

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Elias Eells- Bar Cart Bookshelf @eliaseells.bsky.social · 12d

An utter delight! I gobbled up THE INCANDESCENT last week, charming & insightful, playful in the tradition of the school novel, magic both academic & uncanny, and solidly rooted in the experience of the lead character. A magic school book for grownups without feeling pandering. Read it now!

[image desc: A hardcover of THE INCANDESCENT by Emily Tesh in front of very full bookcase. A goldtone chalice sits behind the book.]

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 13d

In my heart there are only two kinds of video game: ‘optimise a spreadsheet’ and ‘git gud’. I am a demon at a spreadsheet game. I have never gotten gud in my entire life. My strategy for Hollow Knight was to fail at bosses in front of my husband so many times that he gently did them for me.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 13d

Purchased both Silksong and Hades II today. Excited to be bad at these games.

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Emily Tesh @emilytesh.net · 13d

I'm so glad you're enjoying it! I'm really proud of the work @rebeccafraimow.bsky.social and I have been doing.

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · 14d

CHOTINER: And you didn’t know this person - what did you call him again?

CELEBRIMBOR GREATEST OF THE ELVEN SMITHS: Right, his name was Annatar but

CHOTINER: And you taught him to create a ring harnessing all his malice and cruelty?

CELEBRIMBOR: Well I mean I was deceived

CHOTINER: So you’ve said

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Strahan Cadell 🇨🇦🇻🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱 @quincunctial.bsky.social · 14d

Chotiner: So you chose to kill your slavewomen as well as the suitors who had taken over your home. Why?

Odysseus: Well, I was in a frenzy understandably, plus they had probably slept with the suitors.

C: Ah. And as slaves did they do this voluntarily?

O: I didn’t ask because

C: They were dead?

Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 15d

Odysseus had his crew lash him to the mast to keep him from doing an interview with Chotiner.

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