restorationstate.bsky.social
A novelist's notes from the daily grind. My recovery story begins today. So can yours. Abstinence is about the morning after, not the night before.
👤 Joined on 11 September 2026
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@restorationstate.bsky.social“You are infringing on the time and brainpower of people by pushing "your" content that little/no of your brainpower went into” is such a banger
Show Post"... extraordinary, a toweringly ambitious novel that, despite its flaws, restores its readers’ faith in the messy business of literature that strives to last'. Among the most incisive reviews I've read. I'm delighted he likes least the parts I like most. His 'flaws' are my 'defining qualities'!
Show PostThis is a very thoughtful and thumpingly supportive review from Eric Bies at The Metropolitan Review. The parts Eric liked least are the parts a number of others have liked most . . . if there's one thing my work doesn't engender, it's consensus. #booksky www.metropolitanreview.org/p/beauty-ter...
Show PostDave Egger’s Werwulf (A McSweeney’s Joint)
Show Post"I don’t see him anymore, not in the flesh, there’s just a cutout of him now." Absolutely love this wonderful story of a vanished town and its cutout citizens. A haunting new one by @stillsquirrel.bsky.social that we are so stoked to have up on @hexliterary.bsky.social! Go read it!!
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