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Will Donnelly

@willdonnelly.bsky.social

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Writer/Founder of the Avid Writers' Collective/No Fun at All. Iowa MFA, Houston PhD. Words in Barrelhouse, Zone 3, Hobart, Sequestrum, etc. he/him Athens, Georgia, USA

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Nov 7

It's time to write some bannable books.

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 9d

“Their marriage had ceased to be conjugal; his body did not conjugate hers; there was no grammar between them.”

~Namwali Serpell, ‘The Old Drift’

#SundaySentence

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 10d

I’ll be sleepmaxxing this weekend.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 12d

My cat has now learned how to open doors.

When they’re closed.

My life is about to get so much more complicated.

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 13d

They should award a Nobel Prize in Medicine to whomever invented ginger ale.

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 16d

“The three o’clock bell is big over the harbor, flakes of bronze dropping slow to the water, bell in her mouth, bell in her scabbard.”

~Leni Zumas, ‘Red Clocks’

#sundaysentence

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 18d

There’s a ghost that haunts my heart, and it won’t shut up about Dubai chocolate and matcha smoothies.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 19d

Groundbreaking.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 20d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 23d

My fitted sheets always come out the dryer holding onto damp surprises.

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 25d

I'm loving Fat Bear Week, but when does Thicc Elk Week start?

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 26d

Is anyone available to pimp my ride?

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 27d

Well, I thought I was getting raptured earlier, but it turns out I was just hearing an electric BMW backing up behind me.

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 28d

Why does the Rapture have to be today??

I’ve got so many meetings. I don’t think I’m going to be able to make it, y’all.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · 28d

Beware the deepfake AI video of me ordering a cute frog-themed cake at a Kroger bakery that's been going around online.

When in doubt, remember: I never shop at Kroger.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 21

I so appreciate Aaron Parnas’s news coverage on social media, but dude’s like a one-man 24 hour cable news network. I learn just about everything from him before I get it from anyone else.

I don’t know how he does it, but it’s impressive.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 20

Me at the coffee shop this morning, accidentally sounding like Eminem while placing my order:

“And can I get a little cinnamon in it? And what’s the limit?”

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 14

Mouse (my cat) was playing so hard with one of his toys just now that he knocked over a rocking chair in my living room.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 12

The next season of White Lotus should be set at a La Quinta Inn outside Branson, Missouri.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

If you’re not familiar with the name Horst Wessel, now’s a good time to look him up.

Stay safe out there, y’all. We are waist-deep in dark territory.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

An essay might make sense, though it does trace a narrative arc. I think it's a novel in the end, but just one that resonated with me on a mostly conceptual level. The concepts are both incisive and wild, though. And terrifyingly plausible. I learned new things from it.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

I read this one a couple of years ago, and while I found it fascinating, I had mixed feelings about it in the end. I just couldn't connect very well to the characters. But again, it was fascinating in terms of concept and gave me a lot to think about.

I still think about it.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

It looks like we have this one in our library. It sounds really interesting.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

Station Eleven is one of my all-time favorites! I used to teach it. But I sort of feel like it's the most recent dystopian novel I've really loved, which is my reason for asking this question, really.

I'll check out Severance -- thanks!

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Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

I've never read his work before, but I'll look into this.

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

Thank you!

Will Donnelly @willdonnelly.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'll check this out -- thanks!

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