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Melissa Tyndall
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Author of spooky things, mom, Dean girl, & champagne lover ready to burst into a cauldron of bats. Rep: Ann Rose at The Tobias Literary Agency
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What would your character’s search history look like? My MC’s & her BFF’s would really reflect their grumpy/sunshine pairing. #writingcommunity
At this point, he’s just getting off on being a pseudo-intellectual, contrarian mansplainer for the social media attention.
It’s already here
I think this is right:
"We've slid into some form of authoritarianism," says Steven Levitsky, a professor of government at Harvard. "It is relatively mild compared to some others. It is certainly reversible, but we are no longer living in a liberal democracy."
www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...
MAGA is SO worried about immigrants and trans people, so let’s do some U.S. population statistics.

Unauthorized immigrants = 3% to 4%

Trans folks = 1%

People who think cilantro tastes like soap = 4-14%

Republican married men reported ever having extramarital sex = 13%
As a writer and true crime fan, I’d like to think I’d be good at cleaning up a crime scene, but I can’t get through breakfast without getting Chobani Flip yogurt on my pants.
You can now eat your salad in peace without worrying about your enemies.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 29d
Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for free speech in our nation.

More than 400 artists across our nation signed on to say: We refuse to be silenced by those in power.
3 main tactics are utilized:

✅ The “savage” enemy is portrayed as an irrational aggressor.

✅ Their brutality of innocent victims is graphically described.

✅ The government describes their hand as being “forced” to preserve peace.

Sounding familiar yet?
This is disgusting rhetoric, but it’s nothing new. I did my master’s thesis on the Bush presidencies’ wartime rhetoric in a continuation of a 1980 essay by Robert L. Ivie called “Images of Savagery in American Justifications for War.” The original paper can be found here: tinyurl.com/savageryrhet...
A friend asked me what movies scared me. But I don’t really get “scared.”

Maybe anxiety/dread over a ticking clock or going back to a killer’s house for a stuffed bunny. 🙄

Grossed out over body horror like Amy Smart in Mirrors or the kittens Brand New Cherry Flavor.

Do you get scared? Of what?
You: You, know. Because Laura is creepy and looms over the children.

Agent:
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B&N members! @barnesandnoble is having a preorder sale! If you haven't ordered #TheManyMisfortunesofEugeniaWang yet, this is a good time to do so!

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The fact this man did these sorts of things is serial killer-like behavior. It’s also alarming if everyone knew it. I’m so glad you got someone new.
This gives, “The biggest lie that they tell you is you need college. I’m way smarter than my friends who went to college and paid money for thoughts.” While no one who went to college cares if you did or not.
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The National Endowment for the Arts has officially canceled the 2026 Creative Writing Fellowship.

If you value books and authors, now is the time to buy a book, borrow it from a library, or drop an author you love a note.
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Local friends... Book Launch info below!