a r correale
@arcology.bsky.social
Nashvillain, writer/teacher, stories in Georgia Review, Redivider and The Journal, phd, writing seventeen novels simultaneously
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@arcology.bsky.social
· Sep 29
It’s real! Someone really published my mother/daughter/divorce/moody teen/crystal lady story!
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Good moment to say: People keep telling me my novel has Widow's Bay vibes!
☑️ Eerie New England island setting
☑️ The locals have Something To Hide
☑️ Scary and funny
☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯
☑️ Eerie New England island setting
☑️ The locals have Something To Hide
☑️ Scary and funny
☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯
The Jellyfish Problem
A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in this richly imagined, wholly original ...
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September 15, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Good moment to say: People keep telling me my novel has Widow's Bay vibes!
☑️ Eerie New England island setting
☑️ The locals have Something To Hide
☑️ Scary and funny
☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯
☑️ Eerie New England island setting
☑️ The locals have Something To Hide
☑️ Scary and funny
☑️ [Redacted for spoilers] but this plot point overlap kind of blows my mind 🤯
Jfc I’m only forty, why do I feel like I’m going to die of bittersweet nostalgia? Is this the sickness that deranged the boomers?
September 14, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Jfc I’m only forty, why do I feel like I’m going to die of bittersweet nostalgia? Is this the sickness that deranged the boomers?
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The first review of 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦 is in & it is really lovely!
& don't forget--there's still plenty of time to preorder your own copy: shorturl.at/Tr4Bk!
& don't forget--there's still plenty of time to preorder your own copy: shorturl.at/Tr4Bk!
September 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
The first review of 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦 is in & it is really lovely!
& don't forget--there's still plenty of time to preorder your own copy: shorturl.at/Tr4Bk!
& don't forget--there's still plenty of time to preorder your own copy: shorturl.at/Tr4Bk!
Was reminded recently that calling Israel’s actions against Palestinians ethnic cleansing or attempted genocide will still derail a career in academia.
September 9, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Was reminded recently that calling Israel’s actions against Palestinians ethnic cleansing or attempted genocide will still derail a career in academia.
Three episodes into Furious and the most skin-crawling, horrifying thing that’s happened on-screen so far was a character massaging raw chicken with her hands and then handling her phone. I could not watch the screen.
September 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Three episodes into Furious and the most skin-crawling, horrifying thing that’s happened on-screen so far was a character massaging raw chicken with her hands and then handling her phone. I could not watch the screen.
Here I am, already cheating on this novel with the next one.
September 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Here I am, already cheating on this novel with the next one.
In college, I had a SV techbro type as a teacher once. We had to write papers but I was an English major and he loathed English, said all it did was confuse people. He went through my papers and marked me down for every sentence that wasn’t simple declarative or compound with only one clause added.
September 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
In college, I had a SV techbro type as a teacher once. We had to write papers but I was an English major and he loathed English, said all it did was confuse people. He went through my papers and marked me down for every sentence that wasn’t simple declarative or compound with only one clause added.
Su, playing Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: “I UNDERSTAND NOW! I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAD TO SACRIFICE YOUR CHILD FOR FAVORABLE WINDS”
August 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Su, playing Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: “I UNDERSTAND NOW! I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU HAD TO SACRIFICE YOUR CHILD FOR FAVORABLE WINDS”
RULE OF THREES RULE OF THREES RULE OF THREES
August 26, 2026 at 4:06 PM
RULE OF THREES RULE OF THREES RULE OF THREES
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They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded.
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August 26, 2026 at 4:02 AM
They disinvented the VCR. You might think that the reason we don't have VCRs anymore is because VCRs were supplanted by DVDs, PVRs and streaming, but that's not the case. They had it in for the VCR from the very start, and they never stopped trying to kill it. Eventually, they succeeded.
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Somehow never heard of Half-Blood Blues before, which is atrocious since it’s all my sweet spots—Weimar and jazz and the achey nostalgia of moving back and forth across vast stretches of time. Love it so far.
August 24, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Somehow never heard of Half-Blood Blues before, which is atrocious since it’s all my sweet spots—Weimar and jazz and the achey nostalgia of moving back and forth across vast stretches of time. Love it so far.
Reading Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy for the first time since my early twenties and realizing just how closely my first attempts at writing aped his style. And then revising this novel and realizing how twenty years later I’ve mastered none of the techniques that comprise that style.
August 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Reading Gibson’s Sprawl trilogy for the first time since my early twenties and realizing just how closely my first attempts at writing aped his style. And then revising this novel and realizing how twenty years later I’ve mastered none of the techniques that comprise that style.
Full first draft of first novel done.
Now I have to, like, make it good or whatever? How long could that take? A week or two? A month? Haha kidding, I’m crying preemptively.
Now I have to, like, make it good or whatever? How long could that take? A week or two? A month? Haha kidding, I’m crying preemptively.
August 14, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Full first draft of first novel done.
Now I have to, like, make it good or whatever? How long could that take? A week or two? A month? Haha kidding, I’m crying preemptively.
Now I have to, like, make it good or whatever? How long could that take? A week or two? A month? Haha kidding, I’m crying preemptively.
In n Out and Culver’s both got their recognition and broke out of their regions, but when will the nation realize it craves a drive through for hot meat and cabbage bread and finally give Runza their due?
August 13, 2026 at 3:36 PM
In n Out and Culver’s both got their recognition and broke out of their regions, but when will the nation realize it craves a drive through for hot meat and cabbage bread and finally give Runza their due?
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Is this how you do an unboxing video??
My collection 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦 doesn't officially come out until October, but you can preorder your own copy here: tinyurl.com/yvnu9as9!
My collection 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦 doesn't officially come out until October, but you can preorder your own copy here: tinyurl.com/yvnu9as9!
July 31, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Is this how you do an unboxing video??
My collection 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦 doesn't officially come out until October, but you can preorder your own copy here: tinyurl.com/yvnu9as9!
My collection 𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘦 doesn't officially come out until October, but you can preorder your own copy here: tinyurl.com/yvnu9as9!
Can’t quite explain it, but I think my fiction has aesthetic overlap with Slayyyter lol
July 28, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Can’t quite explain it, but I think my fiction has aesthetic overlap with Slayyyter lol
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THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM comes out June 2, and I would be beyond grateful if you'd preorder a copy! I spent four years writing my genre-blurring sea monster adventure. I can't wait for you to read it.
The Jellyfish Problem
Check out The Jellyfish Problem - <b>A marine biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when called to rescue the inhabitants of a small Maine island being menaced by a giant, glowing jellyfish in t...
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May 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
THE JELLYFISH PROBLEM comes out June 2, and I would be beyond grateful if you'd preorder a copy! I spent four years writing my genre-blurring sea monster adventure. I can't wait for you to read it.
Obviously we can’t rely on elephants and orcas to solve our sociopathic oligarch problem, but I say we do whatever we can to give them the opportunity.
April 24, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Obviously we can’t rely on elephants and orcas to solve our sociopathic oligarch problem, but I say we do whatever we can to give them the opportunity.
Feeling betrayed that all the potheads at the frozen-in-the-70s hippie university I did undergrad at never played Mahavishnu Orchestra for me. Now I’m afraid I’ll never be stoned enough for it.
April 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Feeling betrayed that all the potheads at the frozen-in-the-70s hippie university I did undergrad at never played Mahavishnu Orchestra for me. Now I’m afraid I’ll never be stoned enough for it.
Reading a Miles Davis bio and just remembered I got in trouble at work (gas station) for playing Bitches Brew on the stereo. Boss thought it was a prank to scare off the customers but when he made me turn it off the customer was indignant: “you can’t make him turn that off! That’s ~jazz~, man!”
April 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Reading a Miles Davis bio and just remembered I got in trouble at work (gas station) for playing Bitches Brew on the stereo. Boss thought it was a prank to scare off the customers but when he made me turn it off the customer was indignant: “you can’t make him turn that off! That’s ~jazz~, man!”
Working through etymologies so I can be sure to pick the right words for my fantasy novel, and found out the origin of ”admiral” is actually Arabic!
April 8, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Working through etymologies so I can be sure to pick the right words for my fantasy novel, and found out the origin of ”admiral” is actually Arabic!
As I get older, I’m better able to trick myself into thinking I’m not anxious, but then my body betrays me. Talked with a writer I admire today, not for the first time, but this time my legs shook so badly I could barely stand. Like, jfc, do I need therapy to keep my knees from giving out on me?
April 5, 2026 at 12:40 AM
As I get older, I’m better able to trick myself into thinking I’m not anxious, but then my body betrays me. Talked with a writer I admire today, not for the first time, but this time my legs shook so badly I could barely stand. Like, jfc, do I need therapy to keep my knees from giving out on me?
“Bomb them into the Stone Age” is what the 15 year olds in my high school (on a military base) used to scream/laugh/cry about Iraq/Afghanistan. Makes me very sad to look back and realize those guys are in charge now.
April 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
“Bomb them into the Stone Age” is what the 15 year olds in my high school (on a military base) used to scream/laugh/cry about Iraq/Afghanistan. Makes me very sad to look back and realize those guys are in charge now.
You remember those last seasons of GoT, where the writing got so bad, it was capable of surprising you again because you couldn’t tell what was misdirection and what was just thin plotting? That‘s this whole fucking war.
April 2, 2026 at 1:45 AM
You remember those last seasons of GoT, where the writing got so bad, it was capable of surprising you again because you couldn’t tell what was misdirection and what was just thin plotting? That‘s this whole fucking war.