Basil van Eck

Sure, I could have worked on my book today. But I didn’t. Sue me. #booksky #author #writing #writers

I sat with my back turned to the basement At the top of the stairs And a tingle shot itself into my spine Running its course along my flesh I don’t know what I’m afraid of But I am certain that I am afraid The sun came out briefly yesterday But fell when I decided to look at it The river froze over this morning Trapping some swans in the middle There was no sun to thaw them free I kept looking for its warmth I sat in the basement at night And felt the air you used to breathe And as the world froze to fire I made love to my fear of death

A poem I wrote at 17. #poem #poetry #writing #author

How many rejection letters from literary agents do I have to amass before I can turn it into a drinking game? #writing #author #authors #booksky #book

I wish this book would write itself. #author #writing #booksky

Home is the Sailor by Jorge Amado

Jorge Amado where have you been all my life? #booksky 📚💙

My bookshelves, organized alphabetical (for the most part). Highlights include: lots of yasunari kawabata and Vonnegut, some Stephen king left over from high school, Faulkner, Ralph Ellison, and Toni Morrison.

Also bookshelf.

The raw power I feel from organizing my bookshelves is unmatched by even the most radioactive of nuclear fallout sites. #booksky #reading #books 💙📚

Finished another round of book editing today, so naturally my reward is a shift working sound for jazz. Life is a never ending deluge of side quests, and don’t let anyone tell you differently. #writing #authors #booksky 📚💙

Why are there 368 people following me. Please go around.

Hardcover of Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck.

Picked this up for 4.99 at half price a little while ago. I’m nervous that there’s some insane malfunction with or curse placed on it. #booksky

Big fan of light switches. They’ve really been doing it for me lately.

7 books I bought today laid out on my floor.

Book haul for today. #booksky #reading 💙📚

What I should do today and what I’m going to do today are so far from converging you’d think I was a United States senator.

Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut

In other news: once I finish this book, I will have officially read every single Vonnegut novel. Whoop de doo. #booksky #reading

I am tired of editing and there is so much more editing to do. #writers #writing #booksky

Finding out Charlotte repressed its publishing in the wake of Anne’s death was infuriating. I’ve still got a bit to go but the prose has been absolutely captivating.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The vibes are vibing with this one. #booksky #reading

Depends on the vibes. If the chapter is very serious or at a critical turning point in the story, then I think wall of text is fine. But at any other point it’s usually tedious and unnecessary.

I’m reading that too rn! Loving it :)

That’s how it be sometimes.

Jon how could you

*John Williams intensifies*

Finally finished my rough draft. 58k words of gobbledygook. This calls for a thin mint. #writing #authors #writer

Best we can do is a federal government that mandates genital inspections to participate in middle school badminton.

Are you saying you prefer public servants that don’t kill indiscriminately? Ridiculous 🙄

Well said

Listen, he’s a young scrappy upstart in the industry. He’s gonna sell out a few democracies along the way. Who among us, am I right?

If only, Bill. If only.

$5 right here. I don’t care what the odds are it’s hitting.

Ancient astronaut theorists are gonna hate this one dawg.

When will white cis men learn that we don’t care what they have to say! About anything!