my phone reminded me that 8 years ago, I made March Shredness cupcakes for work to gain votes for my @marchxness.bsky.social essay (this remains the peak of my piping skills)
My debut novel, HIGHER MAGIC, came out last year.
If you're nominating for the Hugos and you enjoyed my magic academia (emphasis on the academia) with its disability justice plot, narration skull, and romance, your consideration would mean so much to me!
an apt description of the @marchxness.bsky.social match b/t Blowfish & 'Berries! from poet Kien Lam: "LET IT LINGER vs LET HER BE. Why must sisters fight like this 😔"
let your tears be your guide!
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These games! I am giving up the ghost on my Paula Cole essay, and want to encourage you all to go vote for @cbiondolillo.bsky.social & MAZZY STAR!!!
Been a rough 1st half for me & Collective Soul & our backs are against the wall...but in the words of Ed Roland, "you don't know what good feels like until you feel bad." We're gonna regroup at half & come out ready to go!
Plenty of time to READ & VOTE COLLECTIVE SOUL!
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"If you could choose how to spend your last year, would you pick falling in love?"
@cbiondolillo.bsky.social on Mazzy Star. on love. on everything.
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If you're in the mood for a good cry, and I mean a GOOD cry...read this essay on Mazzy Star by @cbiondolillo.bsky.social . I'd love to see it get some more votes
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Round 2 of @marchxness.bsky.social!
My essay re Collective Soul's "The World I Know" & last chances to change is up against Des'ree/Emily Podwoiski, whose excellent essay helped dispatch Goo Goo Dolls in the 1st rd.😬
CS & I got our game faces on! Let's go!
READ & VOTE!
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Will my essay on #heteronormativity & Where Have All The Cowboys Gone by #PaulaCole live to see another day? Only you can decide:
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MARCH SADNESS 90S EDITION ROUND 2 DAY 1 SCORES, 98' to play:
Celine Dion 197, REM 173
Vince Gill 74, Lisa Loeb 58
Kristin Hersh 90, Belle and Sebastian 44
Sade 89, No Doubt 47
Vote by 9am AZ time / noon eastern at marchxness.com
“One of my most steadfast beliefs is that a perfect sad song is one that does not tell you how to feel but instead lets you find your feelings—the difference between songs about sad things, perhaps, and truly sad songs.”
Thank you so much ❤️
And I love yours!
March Sadness match of the sad dad songs! (a subgenre close to my heart) with @mfitejohnson.bsky.social on "My Heart Will Go On" and Jeremy Bennett on "Country Feedback" on the
@remhq.bsky.social album's 35th anniversary. Read, listen, vote! marchxness.com/round2-dionv...
2.5 hours left to vote in @marchxness.bsky.social round 2, day 1!
come for thoughts on grief and Vince Gill’s high lonesome sound and dads. stay for a takedown of “Don’t Take the Girl,” one of the worst songs of the 90s imo.
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It’s an honor to match up with you 🫡
One more for the late crowd: My @marchxness.bsky.social essay on Kristin Hersh's "Your Ghost," up for a vote through tomorrow. <3 marchxness.com#/2ndround-be...
Also, this stunner: “This gentle memory takes it from a song of mourning to a song of celebration. The two things we hold at once at once when we grieve.”
The video at George Jones’ memorial where he’s too emotional to sing but then launches into a guitar solo and conveys himself that way — it’s gorgeous!
Oh, grief as evidence. So beautifully put ❤️
What a wild ride--my @marchxness.bsky.social essay was up, and now it's down. If you haven't voted yet, here's the link for the night owls. The REM essay is beautiful; no shame in losing to it if that's what happens. marchxness.com#/round2-dion...
that's so lovely!!
Reasons to vote for "Go Rest High On That Mountain":
- in terms of Sadness, it is quite sad, lyrically and sonically
- in terms of 90s, well, the video
- today, Vince Gill firmly and clearly said if you use AI to make art, you go to sleep knowing you did *nothing*
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It is banal to say “I love that music has that power” but also if I stop being earnest about music having that power, what is the point ❤️
And that performance was many people’s introduction I think!!
Ha!! I did not know that. And thank you!!
Thank you and truly, likewise
It will follow us down!!
Both champion-caliber essays in this Round 2 match, but @mossyair.bsky.social surprised me with this Vince Gill song, winning me over with what could be a March Sadness thesis: "Believe in your ability to grieve openly because you aren’t grieving alone." marchxness.com/2ndround-gil...
It’s tough competition for sure. Thank you so much!
