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Carrie Gessner

@carriegessner.bsky.social

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Writing books, rolling dice, celebrating physical media. (she/her) www.carriegessner.com https://linktr.ee/carriegessner

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · Jul 13

Another week, another opportunity to promote my books to #booksky.

Consider checking them out if you like #EpicFantasy, #HighFantasy, #FemaleMainCharacters, and more!

You might enjoy them if you enjoyed the #TheQueensThief series or #TheWheelOfTime!

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 8h

I've accumulated an alarming amount of ebooks (physical books, too, but...)...

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 21h

friend just told me I could never pull Rachel Zegler, and while it is TRUE, it feels excessively violent for having recently woken up. I have things to offer! the odds are low...

Taylor Swift hiding behind a pillar with the words: "but never zero"

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Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.social · 21h

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 1d

My hot take is we didn't need another Kylo/Ben movie

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Kate 🍄 @kateammann.bsky.social · 2d

Happy Ace Week! 🖤🩶🤍💜

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 3d

Gosh dang, I love The Hunger Games series (both the books and the movies)

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 3d

When Katniss shoots Coin instead of Snow:

a woman in a white off the shoulder top is making a funny face

Alt: Alexis from Schitt's Creek making a shocked face

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 3d

[Exit King.]

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 3d

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 4d

When I feel a past hyperfixation returning:

a close up of a man 's face with snow falling from his hair

Alt: a close up of a man 's face with snow falling from his hair. a gif of Bill Nighy from Love Actually

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 4d

Midwestern! "Ope, just gonna squeeze on past the Dark Lord here..."

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 4d

Finished this today. Suzanne Collins truly knows what she wants to say and then executes it so well

#SunriseOnTheReaping #reading

The audiobook of Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 6d

Every 90 minutes, someone is diagnosed with #ALS. In the same period of time, someone will pass away from ALS. Join me to help change these statistics by making a donation to support my #WalktoDefeatALS efforts. secure2.convio.net/alsa/site/TR...

$2 billion I'd the estimated cost to develop a drug to slow or stop progression. Join the fight against ALS today. ALS.org

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 4d

a blue and white penguin says " hooray "

Alt: a blue and white penguin says " hooray "

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 5d

Should I make friendship bracelets with the names of my books and hand them out as marketing? lol

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 5d

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 5d

When my fantasy books are turned into movies, the main characters will have American accents because the British accent has ruled over fantasy films for too long!

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 5d

a blue and white penguin says thank you

ALT: a blue and white penguin says thank you

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 6d

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 6d

I'm afraid I'm never going to figure out what to do with my life or find something I'm good at that can support me. It's taking a lot to keep my head above water right now, so any good vibes are appreciated 💙

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 6d

I'm on this golden episode of Schitt's Creek:

a man and a woman are talking in a kitchen and the woman says you fold it in

Alt: a man and a woman are talking in a kitchen and the woman says you fold it in. Schitt's Creek

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Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 9d

I'm sooooooo pumped for this!

Star Wars Holocron @swholocron.bsky.social · 10d

Author Madeleine Roux read Carrie Fisher’s books to prepare for writing the dialogue & thoughts of Leia in the book STAR WARS: LEGACY

“I felt a deep, serious kinship with the character & with Carrie Fisher writing this”

(Source: www.starwars.com/news/star-wa...)

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 10d

I'm attempting to watch It Chapter 1 tonight, so hopefully I won't have nightmares!

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 10d

"The world doesn't have to be so terrifying. That's on people, not the world."

- Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 11d

I'm nominally an adult, so I can Just Do That and I am!

Carrie Gessner @carriegessner.bsky.social · 11d

Listening to Sunrise on the Reaping has me wanting to rewatch all the Hunger Games movies