CJ
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book.
SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
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I just pioneered using "overstated" as a speech tag. As in, "'I've got it all figured out,' she overstated."
I love it! Very applicable in academia…
“That’s not bad”, Natalie complimented, considering other possible qualitative judgements of speech that can be used in this manner.
Any excuse to drop my favorite Ring Lardner quote: “‘Shut up,’ he explained.”
CJ
Charlie Jane "Lessons in Magic and Disaster" Anders 🏳️⚧
@charliejane.bsky.social
Author of Lessons in Magic and Disaster (Tor Books, 2025), about a woman who teaches her mother how to do magic — and uncovers a queer scandal hidden in a 300 year old book.
SFF book critic @WashingtonPost.com. Co-host @ouropinions.bsky.social.
15.6k followers7.5k following4.9k posts