UPDATED: OMG, y’all. This whole post is supposed to be numbered as a list but the numbers didn’t work properly so I made sure to note that in the numbered sections but then when I published it I actually don’t see any of the numbers at all and it just looks like regular paragraphs and now even the jokes I was making about my computer fucking things up don’t make sense because my computer fucked this up. Why do I see the numbers in the draft and not on the published post? Jesus. I give up.
Just a couple of lovely little things:
- I gave away my personal arc of HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY to a librarian here because librarians are my favorite kinds of magicians and they are going through hell right now. SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY. DROWN OUT THE BOOK BANNERS. STOP BEING AFRAID OF MARGINALIZED VOICES, YOU ABSOLUTE DOORKNOBS. (Sorry…got a little mad there.) But if you want an early copy of my next book my publisher just let me know that they’re giving away 20 over on Goodreads. Yay!
- HOW TO BE OKAY made Oprah’s list of 10 Books to Help You Make Changes That Stick in 2026. This is especially lovely considering so many of the books in this category are serious books written by doctors and licensed professionals and my book has a picture of a crocheted bears head blowing off and I can’t figure out how to number things correctly. (See number 3.)
- This should be number 3 but my computer insists it’s number 1. *sigh* Aaaaaanyway, HOW TO BE OKAY WHEN NOTHING IS OKAY is starting to show up on lists that readers make of upcoming books they’re excited about or have read advanced copies of and I know there are a lot of opinions on whether authors should comment on that stuff, but generally if I see something nice I’ll “like” it because it really makes my day (for real, it helps authors so much) and if I see something that’s not as nice I just ignore it because I’m not for everyone and everyone should be able to share their thoughts without fear. Author etiquette is weird.
- If you ordered a personalized book from Nowhere Bookshop I just signed it and it’s on its way to you now! As always, if you wrote “go nuts” in the order comments I just entertained myself and here are a few examples to let you know exactly what unhinged madness you’re getting should you choose that route:
- Why are we at “1” again??? Jesus. This isn’t even a number it’s just a note to say that I apologize if you can’t read my handwriting because I do that half-print and half-cursive thing that serial killers do and I don’t know how to stop it. It’s actually even weirder in real life because I don’t write my letters in order because my brain jumps ahead and so I write the end of a word and then go backward and add the other letters and no one understands what I’m doing, including me.
- Sorry, y’all. It’s Sunday and I didn’t take my ADD meds.
- Bye.