My fave reader review of my novel is "Courageous Use of Unlikeable Characters (3 stars)." Sure, some might call me a hero. A present-day Braveheart (but woman). The Amelia Earhart of the page. Smith-Stevens of Brooklyn, patron saint of the less popular. I just do what I can idk

Previous SmokeLong contributor Emma Smith-Stevens' novel The Australian is available for preorder from Dzanc Books !This will of course be killer. dzancbooks.org/all-titles/p/t…

They do not have phones 💔

“There is no way to play three-dimensional chess with bigots.” Lydia Kiesling will not speak at an anti-trans university. lithub.com/lydia-kiesling…

Stopped taking birth control and now I am a cliche.

I started smoking at 13 & became deeply addicted. I tried stopping countless times, usually caving within hours. By my late 30s I'd mostly lost hope. Today marks three years. Hypnosis works, especially if your hypnotherapist is super hot.

Try not to be shocked.

Peak here is 2018, the wake of MeToo, among the events I've been told "went too far." Fall off is when those at top of media & party back away from feminist argument...because it "went too far." What if going too far means it was ... persuasive?

This is me—before and after becoming bed bound with Long COVID and ME/CFS. Two years ago, I made videos on YouTube. I ran half-marathons. I traveled. I lived fully. Then my body collapsed. I lost my energy, my independence, and my ability to connect. I lost my life. This illness

Gen Z Fibonacci: Like the spiral arrangement of sunflower seeds, the branching of trees, & even the structure of DNA, my body count is amazing because of its simplicity & ubiquitous presence in nature and art. Each number is the sum of the two preceding ones (starting with 0 and

Emma Smith-Stevens’ THE AUSTRALIAN “follows the exploits and evolution of a young man ... over the course of a dozen years, from his time posing for tourist photos as Superman to his life in New York.” Read a Dzanc Books novel this #DisabilityPrideMonth: dzancbooks.org/all-titles/p/t…

We're getting a new dog tomorrow. Thinking of naming her Emma

I'm proud not despite my disabilities but bc of them. I write about your secrets blaring through our every hollow bone. At 24, I orchestrated the flight of bees, communed w Poe, Mesmer, Schumann, Woolf. Like you, I'm the eternal moment of a miracle. I'm sick, though--so I know it

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No I don't want to buy fake reviews of my book. I am, however, on the market for real reviews of my look.

This synopsis of my text to my brother is the only good thing AI has ever done

i just got fired from apple. my job was to make it so finder gives you zero results even when you search exact name matches and file formats