Morgan Richter
@morganrichter.bsky.social
Author of THE DIVIDE and THE UNDERSTUDY, both from Knopf. Gen-X pop culture maven, Duran Duran aficionado, Miami Vice expert. Failed screenwriter, retired YouTuber. https://morganrichter.net/
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Morgan Richter
@morganrichter.bsky.social
· Aug 13
This month’s Crime & Mystery column reviews new books by Victor Suthammanont, Morgan Richter, Joe Lansdale, and Randy Wayne White.
The Art of Murder
www.nytimes.com
Awfully nice to see THE UNDERSTUDY in the New York Times, and in some very good company, too.
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
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December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
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JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
JOURNALIST REQUEST: I'm writing a story about how organizing/joining resistance movements can build community and fight loneliness, particularly in the US.
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
If you or someone you know has had this experience, I'd love to hear from you! whitney dot bauck @ gmail.
Signal boosts appreciated!
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If you love an audiobook, GIRL IN THE CREEK is on sale for just $4.99 at libro.fm/audiobooks/9... !
Girl in the Creek Audiobook on Libro.fm
Girl in the Creek is a pulse-pounding story about the horrors growing all around us, perfect for fans of Jeff VanderMeer and T. Kingfisher.Buried secrets only spread.Erin's brother Bryan has been miss...
libro.fm
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you love an audiobook, GIRL IN THE CREEK is on sale for just $4.99 at libro.fm/audiobooks/9... !
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I really appreciate this piece about how AI-generated prose has a distinctive, irritating voice.
I can’t always tell if something is AI-generated. Some engines seem more annoying than others. (Grok consistently manages to sound like an asshole.) But when it’s noticeable, it’s *very* noticeable.
I can’t always tell if something is AI-generated. Some engines seem more annoying than others. (Grok consistently manages to sound like an asshole.) But when it’s noticeable, it’s *very* noticeable.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I really appreciate this piece about how AI-generated prose has a distinctive, irritating voice.
I can’t always tell if something is AI-generated. Some engines seem more annoying than others. (Grok consistently manages to sound like an asshole.) But when it’s noticeable, it’s *very* noticeable.
I can’t always tell if something is AI-generated. Some engines seem more annoying than others. (Grok consistently manages to sound like an asshole.) But when it’s noticeable, it’s *very* noticeable.
Really good NYT piece on the increasingly recognizable--and increasingly irritating--prose style of AI. Thank you to @stevendbrewer.com for the below gift link. (I, too, will cling to my em dashes to my grave.)
I may not write well, but I don't write like an AI — except maybe with respect to em-dashes. But you'll have to pry the em-dashes from my cold, unpowered keyboard. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Really good NYT piece on the increasingly recognizable--and increasingly irritating--prose style of AI. Thank you to @stevendbrewer.com for the below gift link. (I, too, will cling to my em dashes to my grave.)
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I was browsing soundtrack records on my weekend trip to PDX. Came across this gem and reminded me of @morganrichter.bsky.social When GenX Ruled the Multiplex (I miss the series dearly) I got home and noticed how poorly the head in the middle is cut into this photo. Going to rewatch it tonight
December 1, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I was browsing soundtrack records on my weekend trip to PDX. Came across this gem and reminded me of @morganrichter.bsky.social When GenX Ruled the Multiplex (I miss the series dearly) I got home and noticed how poorly the head in the middle is cut into this photo. Going to rewatch it tonight
“NO SLEEP ‘TIL BROOKLYN!” I cry, as I, a mild-mannered fifty-something lady and Gen-X pop-culture aficionado, advance on the Brooklyn Museum.
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
“NO SLEEP ‘TIL BROOKLYN!” I cry, as I, a mild-mannered fifty-something lady and Gen-X pop-culture aficionado, advance on the Brooklyn Museum.
Happy Thanksgiving. Time for my hallowed holiday tradition of posting screenshots from that sketch from E!'s Talk Soup in which I had to stick my sock-clad foot inside a still-frozen but shockingly juicy raw turkey. Would love to be able to say this all made more sense in context.
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Happy Thanksgiving. Time for my hallowed holiday tradition of posting screenshots from that sketch from E!'s Talk Soup in which I had to stick my sock-clad foot inside a still-frozen but shockingly juicy raw turkey. Would love to be able to say this all made more sense in context.
Episode to episode, those Miami Vice set designers *earned* their paychecks.
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Episode to episode, those Miami Vice set designers *earned* their paychecks.
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every week we get to friday and i think
well maybe next week will not be so weird
well maybe next week will not be so weird
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
every week we get to friday and i think
well maybe next week will not be so weird
well maybe next week will not be so weird
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Happy 40th birthday, you strange and beautiful creature.
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy 40th birthday, you strange and beautiful creature.
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Punks crash the party at the country club
- My dangerous yet glamorous job is destroying my soul
- Score by Tangerine Dream
- I’m stuck in an apocalyptic wasteland, but my hair looks great
- Body horror, but also sexy
- Punks crash the party at the country club
- My dangerous yet glamorous job is destroying my soul
- Score by Tangerine Dream
- I’m stuck in an apocalyptic wasteland, but my hair looks great
- Body horror, but also sexy
Top 5 movie genres:
- Does this robot / monster have a soul? (Yes it does)
- Sassy New York newspaper gal does not need love but finds it anyway
- I travelled in time or space. It was a mistake.
- You’re supposed to be the victim of my crime but I love you
- Being a detective is miserable but hot
- Does this robot / monster have a soul? (Yes it does)
- Sassy New York newspaper gal does not need love but finds it anyway
- I travelled in time or space. It was a mistake.
- You’re supposed to be the victim of my crime but I love you
- Being a detective is miserable but hot
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- mystery on a train
- I've committed the perfect murder, "oh for fucks sake"
- European road movie
- ennui in Hong Kong
- I've tried nothing to improve my life and crime is the only thing left
- mystery on a train
- I've committed the perfect murder, "oh for fucks sake"
- European road movie
- ennui in Hong Kong
- I've tried nothing to improve my life and crime is the only thing left
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- Punks crash the party at the country club
- My dangerous yet glamorous job is destroying my soul
- Score by Tangerine Dream
- I’m stuck in an apocalyptic wasteland, but my hair looks great
- Body horror, but also sexy
- Punks crash the party at the country club
- My dangerous yet glamorous job is destroying my soul
- Score by Tangerine Dream
- I’m stuck in an apocalyptic wasteland, but my hair looks great
- Body horror, but also sexy
Every once in a while, the Industry Relations office of my alma mater sends me job postings. Many years ago, a bright-eyed and energetic young version of me would have jumped at the chance to be Lorne Michael's Second Assistant. The current version of me felt exhausted just reading this.
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Every once in a while, the Industry Relations office of my alma mater sends me job postings. Many years ago, a bright-eyed and energetic young version of me would have jumped at the chance to be Lorne Michael's Second Assistant. The current version of me felt exhausted just reading this.
I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm much too busy this morning. You've caught me right in the middle of an important Ninja Quest™ (i.e. doing my nails).
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm much too busy this morning. You've caught me right in the middle of an important Ninja Quest™ (i.e. doing my nails).
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I genuinely think that a depressing portion of readers don’t know how to engage with a first-person narrator as anything other than an uncomplicated hero to whom we’re meant to relate
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I genuinely think that a depressing portion of readers don’t know how to engage with a first-person narrator as anything other than an uncomplicated hero to whom we’re meant to relate
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Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
Katie Wilson elected Seattle’s next mayor
www.seattletimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wilson took a 1,976-vote lead over Bruce Harrell. With a maximum of 1,320 ballots remaining, it is mathematically impossible for Harrell to catch up.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Last night's fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank was awesome! Tons of local writers came out to read, contribute books & goodies for our raffle prizes, and to donate to the food bank. We raised $1495 for the food bank while having a lot of fun and exchanging a LOT of hugs.
People are so very good.
People are so very good.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Last night's fundraiser for the Oregon Food Bank was awesome! Tons of local writers came out to read, contribute books & goodies for our raffle prizes, and to donate to the food bank. We raised $1495 for the food bank while having a lot of fun and exchanging a LOT of hugs.
People are so very good.
People are so very good.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
This is excellent writing advice from @jordanharper.bsky.social. Sometimes just doing that one single thing will be enough to open the floodgates. Not always! But sometimes. And even if that single thing is all you do in a day, it's still a big step up from doing nothing.
A genuine piece of writing advice: if you have writer's block, set the goal of doing a single thing today - just creating the document file is enough. Save that sucker. There, you did something today. The boulder has started to move. Tomorrow, do something else. A word or two. Momentum will come.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This is excellent writing advice from @jordanharper.bsky.social. Sometimes just doing that one single thing will be enough to open the floodgates. Not always! But sometimes. And even if that single thing is all you do in a day, it's still a big step up from doing nothing.
Took out the trash and accidentally dropped my mailbox key in the dumpster. Went diving for it (gross), and today's mail brought me my notice of my 2026 health insurance premium, which will be, ahem, ELEVEN TIMES what I'm currently paying. I should've left that key in the dumpster.
November 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Took out the trash and accidentally dropped my mailbox key in the dumpster. Went diving for it (gross), and today's mail brought me my notice of my 2026 health insurance premium, which will be, ahem, ELEVEN TIMES what I'm currently paying. I should've left that key in the dumpster.
You can tell the holidays are approaching, because I just got an email from the Vermont Country Store titled "Fa-la-la-lannel for everyone!"
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
You can tell the holidays are approaching, because I just got an email from the Vermont Country Store titled "Fa-la-la-lannel for everyone!"
This is a good heads up for writers. I've been approached recently by scammers claiming to represent legitimate book clubs, who say they've chosen one of my books for discussion and follow up with ways I can pay for promotion. It's gross. Just a reminder: legit book clubs *never* charge authors.
Heads up #WritingCommunity: There's a scammer claiming to be from The Paris Anglophone Book Club (a real thing, though I'd never heard of it).
The email said they're considering my book for their #bookclub. And I was even up for an award!
Very exciting for an #indieauthor!
The email said they're considering my book for their #bookclub. And I was even up for an award!
Very exciting for an #indieauthor!
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This is a good heads up for writers. I've been approached recently by scammers claiming to represent legitimate book clubs, who say they've chosen one of my books for discussion and follow up with ways I can pay for promotion. It's gross. Just a reminder: legit book clubs *never* charge authors.
I *am*, in fact, an expert on all things manly and avuncular, and this podcast was a blast. Loved being able to gab on at great length about my love of Napoleon and Illya.
OUT NOW! @morganrichter.bsky.social joins to discuss a tertiary tome, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. #2: The Doomsday Affair. In addition to being a novelist, Morgan is an expert on all things manly and avuncular, so she's full of valuable insights. Listen: shorturl.at/lDZ45
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I *am*, in fact, an expert on all things manly and avuncular, and this podcast was a blast. Loved being able to gab on at great length about my love of Napoleon and Illya.
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mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
mmmm my favorite mcdonald’s food, Dore, Caprer, and a side of Cchinges