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jomc

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http://joannemcneil.com/
https://us.macmillan.com/author/joannemcneil
wrote a book Lurking (2020) and another one Wrong Way (2023) and writing another one

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I have no idea what to do right now other than listen to WKCR (yes, through the jazz breaks) and fume that it's the lesser of two evils party that brought us to this moment.

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truly, I wish more science fiction imagined technologies and infrastructures more like Minority Report does: Completely needless, consistently implausible, delightfully Rube Goldberg-ian (well, see, there’s a really really weird woman moaning in a bathtub with her siblings…)

jomc,
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@luis_in_brief ohh! I’ve been meaning to read that one

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🚗✨

The audiobook for WRONG WAY is currently on sale for $2.99 on Audible. No idea how long this sale will go on, but I can say the performer, Jennifer Jill Araya, did an incredible job—and biased as I am—I can't recommend her work enough.

https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Wrong-Way/dp/B0CJ3WYRTL/

https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrong-Way-Audiobook/B0CJ459RL7?qid=1714176884

jomc,
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grateful for this review on Audible https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrong-Way-Audiobook/B0CJ459RL7?qid=1714176884

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(when I lie on the couch facing the window): feeling lazy, great

(when I lie on the couch facing the wall): feeling lazy, not great

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Not a proper review or anything but what I like so far about the 3 Body Problem on Netflix is I can pay attention with the dumb and useless parts of my brain that usually otherwise have me clicking on something like Selling Sunset

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Amazon shipping shitty print-on-demand copies of my book is not even the worst of the supply chain issues I've encountered. But it's ugly and unreadable and feels symbolic of how the release of this novel has gone for me

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just typed the word "dune" into google maps because i want to watch dune like i'm an ninety year old using a smartphone for the first time in my life

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I am just barely going to file my taxes in time how the hell am I supposed to opt-out of various do-not-scrape allowances from Web 2.0 sites I haven’t logged into in seven years before various vullsjit deadlines

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San Francisco Mastodon! Come out tonight I’d love to see you!!

jomc, to random
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Internet! I have a virtual book event w/ Sarah Jaffe hosted by the internet Archive on leap day. It's an incredibly fun series and I'd love to see you there.

Tickets:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-wrong-way-tickets-824083354497

jomc,
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Portland! I am thrilled to be speaking with @courtney at Bishop and Wilde on Wednesday, February 21. Join us! 📚🚗

https://www.bishopandwilde.com/events/wrong-way-a-night-with-joanne-mcneill

jomc,
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San Francisco! We have a very fun evening planned with me, Robin Sloan, Susie Cagle, and more on Feb 23rd at Et Al books (2831a Mission Street). Would love to see and meet Mastodon friends!

https://etaletc.com/et-al-books

jomc,
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(lol one more I almost forgot)

Los Angeles!! THIS Saturday afternoon at the Edendale branch LAPL in Echo Park I'm speaking with screenwriter Lindsey Villarreal (Tales of the Walking Dead, The Purge etc)...excited for this!!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/joanne-mcneil-discusses-wrong-way-in-conversation-with-lindsey-villarreal-tickets-795664091717

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i cant seem to get people to respond to my emails and uhhhh thats depressing my ability to respond to emails to me :blobcatumm:

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finally made this small but critical change to improve my quality of life in the new year

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:blobuwu:
https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2023

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about to complete my final dayjob task for the week and work on my jazz hands ....NXT NV*L

(back to the pile of unfun tasks on the 26th but even a little bit of breaktime is something)

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this feels at once obvious and also important to reiterate: the continued deterioration of social media platforms means we need alternatives and the the most reliable alternatives are what we used to keep in touch before social media.

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goodreads would not be the drama nexus it is, if people there followed the Uber rule — give 5 stars or nuthin.

No book was written for you, personally. that's the humbling joy of reading books.

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My copy still isn't here yet but I am EXTREMELY SO PSYCHED about @jomc's WRONG WAY, which is getting top spot on my holiday-break GTR* stack

It's @EndlessBookshelf's book of the year and an excellent holiday gift contender 🎁

Coverage:

https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374610661

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a45823821/joanne-mcneil-wrong-way-interview/

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/11/wrong-way-joanne-mcneil-book-review/676028/

Powell's still has copies! https://www.powells.com/book/wrong-way-9780374610661

(* Get To Read)

jomc,
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@kissane i gave my sister toad by katherine dunn last year because the cover is so my sister

God Went Like That by Yxta Maya Murray is the book i've been recommending to everyone this year

and, if this counts as a book, (or a book-like object sold at bookstores), this is my favorite present to give friends around the holidays https://slingshotcollective.org/the-organizer/

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genuinely missing the era of robust Etsy offerings as I need a door draft stopper, want something kinda cute like an interesting fabric or dachshund-shaped bean bag, and I knowww in 2012 I wouldn't have had to wade through all the Temu/dropship stuff

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If you are on Mastodon (all of you) and in New York (some of you), and free on Monday evening (hopefully some of that some) please come out to WONDERVILLE!!! 🚦

Dec 4, 7pm 🎈

Come say hi!! 💫

https://www.wonderville.nyc/events/wrong-way-by-joanne-mcneil-ny-book-launch

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Come out and say hi Mastodon friends!! I'd love to see you!! 📚🚗✨♥️🎉

jomc,
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BTW: It's been a bit tricky to find copies in bookstores but any place that I do an event will have copies available. Harvard Book Store has a bunch right now, and there are signed copies at Skylight, where I did an event last week.

Other places you can find it include Powells in Portland. In NYC there are a few at the McNally Jackson in Soho, Book Culture and the B&N at Union Square. In SF, it's in stock at the Green Apple on Clement. In Seattle, Elliott Bay Book Company has copies in stock.

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