10 Threaded Spouts
I just started a reread of the anthology, released January 2023, which contains my first published fiction
I took a writing workshop with Lawrence Block in 2020, and in 2021 he asked me to submit a short story "in any genre or none" about a game
The writers with whom I share a cover are humbling
I took a writing workshop with Lawrence Block in 2020, and in 2021 he asked me to submit a short story "in any genre or none" about a game
The writers with whom I share a cover are humbling
11:39 AM - Jul 16, 2023
08:21 PM - Apr 28, 2024
Frantic end to the match as Louisville take the lead after a fast counter and scramble 5 minutes into an added 10
Then Lavelle, making her Gotham debut as a sub, guided home the equalizer on 98
There were more chances before the whistle
Would have been incomprehensible to lose this one
#NWSL
Then Lavelle, making her Gotham debut as a sub, guided home the equalizer on 98
There were more chances before the whistle
Would have been incomprehensible to lose this one
#NWSL
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Avri @nycavri0 - 0 at halftime between #GothamFC and #RacingLoisville and it's been all Gotham06:04 PM - Apr 28, 2024
The visitors have had to withstand waves of pressure, but to date have got a boot on every goal bound shot (including what looked like from my seat a clearance off the line)
Action is in front of me 2nd half
#NWSL
08:13 PM - Apr 28, 2024
0 - 0 at halftime between #GothamFC and #RacingLoisville and it's been all Gotham
The visitors have had to withstand waves of pressure, but to date have got a boot on every goal bound shot (including what looked like from my seat a clearance off the line)
Action is in front of me 2nd half
#NWSL
The visitors have had to withstand waves of pressure, but to date have got a boot on every goal bound shot (including what looked like from my seat a clearance off the line)
Action is in front of me 2nd half
#NWSL
06:04 PM - Apr 28, 2024
Changed out of my Tottenham Hotspur jersey and into my Gotham FC jersey, and now I'm on my way to Red Bull Arena to cheer on the Bats versus Racing Louisville
#NWSL #GothamFC #RacingLouisville
#NWSL #GothamFC #RacingLouisville
02:56 PM - Apr 28, 2024
Just finished reading Blood of my Blood by @mcgarrygirl78
An effortlessly entertaining read. The reader is thrown into an almost familiar world and simply has to keep moving or be left behind. The action is plentiful but it is the complex relationships that stick with you after the last page.
An effortlessly entertaining read. The reader is thrown into an almost familiar world and simply has to keep moving or be left behind. The action is plentiful but it is the complex relationships that stick with you after the last page.
07:16 AM - Apr 28, 2024
Date night selfie
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Avri @nycavriIt's not high art (see Merrilly We Roll Along) or important (see How to Dance in Ohio) but Back to the Future on Broadway is *fun*
Also, always exciting to see one of my wife's students excel - today it was Will Banner covering George McFly (and inviting us back / onstage after)
#LiveTheater08:18 PM - Apr 27, 2024![Back to the Future Playbill and drop, just before curtain]()
09:30 PM - Apr 27, 2024
Every now & then a high school teacher finds me & asks permission to mount my play "A Rustle of Wings" (a metaphor for embracing your inner beauty-queerness-specialness). Here is a photo one sent me from Salem HS, NH a year ago today.
08:26 PM - Apr 27, 2024
9 Threaded Spouts
Formula 1 update -
#F1
Although the next GP is still a week away, there have been some updates off-track that I think is worth discussing.
The first bit of news was about Adrian Newey, chief designer of Red Bull Racing, looking to leave the team. The news first broke on Thursday.
#F1
Although the next GP is still a week away, there have been some updates off-track that I think is worth discussing.
The first bit of news was about Adrian Newey, chief designer of Red Bull Racing, looking to leave the team. The news first broke on Thursday.
09:06 PM - Apr 26, 2024
It's not high art (see Merrilly We Roll Along) or important (see How to Dance in Ohio) but Back to the Future on Broadway is *fun*
Also, always exciting to see one of my wife's students excel - today it was Will Banner covering George McFly (and inviting us back / onstage after)
#LiveTheater
Also, always exciting to see one of my wife's students excel - today it was Will Banner covering George McFly (and inviting us back / onstage after)
#LiveTheater
08:18 PM - Apr 27, 2024
01:32 PM - Apr 26, 2024
Any documentary filmmakers looking for a project?
"We've got hundreds of hours of footage that could be whittled into a very cool documentary but obviously I'd never be the right person to do it. Any documentarians who might be, feel free to drop me a message to chat about it"
#IndieFilms #Horror
"We've got hundreds of hours of footage that could be whittled into a very cool documentary but obviously I'd never be the right person to do it. Any documentarians who might be, feel free to drop me a message to chat about it"
#IndieFilms #Horror
11:07 AM - Apr 26, 2024
Today’s #Spoutories prompt is #cringe (word or inspiration)
Make a new post including the two hashtags. Write a one-spout story for the prompt.
Keep it clean as per Spoutible rules.
There are no time limits on previous prompts; use or re-use as you like.
Have fun!
Make a new post including the two hashtags. Write a one-spout story for the prompt.
Keep it clean as per Spoutible rules.
There are no time limits on previous prompts; use or re-use as you like.
Have fun!
08:29 AM - Apr 26, 2024
09:26 AM - Apr 26, 2024
Most commentary I see about the conflict in Israel and responses in the US makes me itch. I haven't read all the news, nor do I know all the answers. But I've read enough to know complications and nuance are just lost on some people, and that makes me worried, not just for Nov., but generally.
05:21 PM - Apr 25, 2024
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09:30 AM - Apr 25, 2024
It's going to sound off, but start with Volume 4, Season of Mists
The first volumes have growing pains, like the fact that DC tried to tie it into the superhero continuity that was current at the time
(I was handed Season of Mists in 1992, devoured it in a night, ended up working in comics retail)
The first volumes have growing pains, like the fact that DC tried to tie it into the superhero continuity that was current at the time
(I was handed Season of Mists in 1992, devoured it in a night, ended up working in comics retail)
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Cheryl Harrington @cheryl_cchNo. I've got Neil Gaiman's Sandman on my list but never seem to get around to it. #SpoutAbout #Books09:27 PM - Apr 24, 2024
10:47 PM - Apr 24, 2024
I re-read as much as I read new. If I've fallen in love with characters and a place, I want to re-visit because I really miss them.
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveQ3: Do you re-read books for enjoyment, or are you done when you've finished a book? #SpoutAbout #Books09:47 PM - Apr 24, 2024
10:35 PM - Apr 24, 2024
It strikes me on a far too regular basis that I'll never read every book that I want to
Was a defining moment in my life when it first occurred to me
#SpoutAbout #Books
Was a defining moment in my life when it first occurred to me
#SpoutAbout #Books
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveSo many books, so many on repeat.10:13 PM - Apr 24, 2024
Story of my life.
10:19 PM - Apr 24, 2024
I've never had that experience
I've occasionally had a book I want to copy edit for grammar and logic errors
But more often I read a book that has a phrase that's so well written it makes me angry (I'm looking at you, Mike Carey)
#SpoutAbout #Books
I've occasionally had a book I want to copy edit for grammar and logic errors
But more often I read a book that has a phrase that's so well written it makes me angry (I'm looking at you, Mike Carey)
#SpoutAbout #Books
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveQ4: Writers, or want to be writers, or not writers but with an opinion - have you ever read a book you wanted to rewrite for any reason? #SpoutAbout #Books09:55 PM - Apr 24, 2024
10:14 PM - Apr 24, 2024
I'm a rereader
I have hundreds of new books in my nook and on my shelves, and yet I have books I reread regularly, and am currently midway through several series rereads
It's a terrible business model, but I can think of at least one great series that only works on rereading
#SpoutAbout #Books
I have hundreds of new books in my nook and on my shelves, and yet I have books I reread regularly, and am currently midway through several series rereads
It's a terrible business model, but I can think of at least one great series that only works on rereading
#SpoutAbout #Books
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveQ3: Do you re-read books for enjoyment, or are you done when you've finished a book? #SpoutAbout #Books09:47 PM - Apr 24, 2024
10:11 PM - Apr 24, 2024
It's never been either / or for me
I love my nook (the eReader was about the only tech I was an early adopter on) for the fact that I can travel with a library of hundreds
But I still love the feel of dead tree (and keeping local bookstores in business)
#SpoutAbout #Books
I love my nook (the eReader was about the only tech I was an early adopter on) for the fact that I can travel with a library of hundreds
But I still love the feel of dead tree (and keeping local bookstores in business)
#SpoutAbout #Books
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveQ2: Reader, paperback, hard cover, or all of the above.09:34 PM - Apr 24, 2024
When you choose what to read what is your favourite format? #SpoutAbout #Books
10:09 PM - Apr 24, 2024
6 Threaded Spouts
My first job out of university was at a comic book store in Brighton
My first job back in NYC was managing the legendary St. Mark's Comics in the East Village
My favorite is Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo's The Enigma
(The *best* however? That's Terry Moore's Motor Girl)
#SpoutAbout #Books
My first job back in NYC was managing the legendary St. Mark's Comics in the East Village
My favorite is Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo's The Enigma
(The *best* however? That's Terry Moore's Motor Girl)
#SpoutAbout #Books
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveQ1: Do you read graphic novels or comic books? Tell us about your favourite. #SpoutAbout #Books09:18 PM - Apr 24, 2024
09:59 PM - Apr 24, 2024
Hello Folks,
It's 8pm CT and time for the last #SpoutAbout on the theme of #Books for April.
Follow the # and please quote spout or use the hashtags in replies so I can find your words of wisdom. Same format, 1 Icebreaker, 4Q's. I'm live until 9:00 pm CT, but you can answer anytime.
It's 8pm CT and time for the last #SpoutAbout on the theme of #Books for April.
Follow the # and please quote spout or use the hashtags in replies so I can find your words of wisdom. Same format, 1 Icebreaker, 4Q's. I'm live until 9:00 pm CT, but you can answer anytime.
09:03 PM - Apr 24, 2024
(Edited)
Slight spoiler alert for the next question, but I've always wanted to meet the immortal Hob Gadling from Neil Gaiman's The Sandman
#SpoutAbout #Books
#SpoutAbout #Books
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Drea @DreaVilleneuveIceBreaker: What character from a book would you want to meet in real life? #SpoutAbout #Books09:03 PM - Apr 24, 2024
09:53 PM - Apr 24, 2024
It's just absurd
Everyone watching on TV can see how random the home plate ump calls are
It's like goal line technology in soccer - the tech already exists and is in use
Why are we guessing?
"Tradition?"
Stop it
#MLB
Everyone watching on TV can see how random the home plate ump calls are
It's like goal line technology in soccer - the tech already exists and is in use
Why are we guessing?
"Tradition?"
Stop it
#MLB
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Avri @nycavriWatching the Yankees on Prime and . . .07:21 PM - Apr 24, 2024
Why don't we have automated ball and strike calls yet?
#MLB #NYY
08:10 PM - Apr 24, 2024
