VQR should be deeeeeply humiliated for publishing this *checks notes* interview with ChatGPT πππππ
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VQR should be deeeeeply humiliated for publishing this *checks notes* interview with ChatGPT πππππ
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someone send me all the gossip from awp please
Hi thanks for recommending A Sharp Endless Need. Just wanted to emphasize that itβs not a romance β itβs literary fiction with a romantic element. If people go into it believing itβs a romance, theyβre bound to be disappointed.
Wnba fans + queer book fans! you donβt wanna miss my virtual event with Phoenix Mercury sharpshooter Sami Whitcomb today (Feb 22, 10 am PT/ 1 pm ET) to celebrate the paperback of my novel A SHARP ENDLESS NEEDβregister below, come hang with us!
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Heated Rivalry fans, wnba fans, queer bookish people, & sluts! the third installment of my rivals to lovers queer college basketball story is officially live π and if you donβt know what Iβm talking about then I guess you have some catching up to do
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Iβm #CurrentlyReading A Sharp Endless Need by Mac (Marisa) Crane. @mcrane12.bsky.social #books π
Thank you!
if you live in California & have a soul, sign this petition I made to oppose Rady Childrenβs Hospitalβs decision to end gender affirming care for trans youth
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Surprise! I have the first installment of a fun little queer college basketball smut story on my substack today π₯π₯π₯πππ
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TikTokβs autogenerated captions changed my novel I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself to I Keep My Exβs Skeletons to Myself & Iβm going to need someone to write that queer horror novel asap
I love children because these two year olds at the park are having a joyous dance party to atrocious hold music I have on speaker
HELLO! If you want a signed copy of my forthcoming short story collection PERVERTS, preorder it here:
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Gah thank you!!!
A Sharp Endless Need by Marisa Crane. Picked this up at an author event for @mcrane12.bsky.social in May and am finally getting around to reading it. Yeah this is the real shit. A rare coalescence of sport and literary fiction layered with the palpable tensions of queer adolescent love. #BookSky
I am so excited about this monthβs book club: we are reading A SHARP ENDLESS NEED by @mcrane12.bsky.social & Mac will be joining the discussion! If you loved Heated Rivalry, this sapphic basketball novel (with v πΆοΈ sex scenes) should be your next read. www.thefrankiedlc.news/p/ooyl-book-...
last chance to sign up for my 4 week asynchronous online sex scene writing class! it starts Sunday Jan 4, donβt miss out!
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hey hey Iβm back teaching an entirely virtual asynchronous (no zoom meetings) class about writing sex scenes (and everything they can do!) read more and sign up below, starting Jan 4. new year new sexy words
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absolutely thrilled to see A Sharp Endless Need on @them list of best LGBTQ books of 2025
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Dorian Grayβs portrait but itβs a bookβs star rating slowly going down with each immoral decision the protagonist makes
Hey friends! Iβm teaching a brand new Tin House craft class on defamiliarization, associative leaps, and injecting surprise into your prose. Iβm soooo excited to teach it and talk shop. Come join me!
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if my Spotify daylist (correctly) calls me fragile ONE MORE TIME ππΌ
Iβve been unemployed for 7 months & am unable to find workβplease hire me to edit your work, provide a MS consult, be your book coach/dom ππΌ
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Thank you!
Powerful essay by @mcrane12.bsky.social in this collection. Provided me with a perspective that Iβll not ever fully understand. Thank you for sharing your words & experience with us, Mac.
nice to see my first book, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself, on this list about the grief
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Iβm afraid itβs me
Lmaooooo
And I was incredibly lucky to get to work with @tlpavlich.gay AGAIN, editor extraordinaire & womenβs sports enthusiast who happened to be craving an essay about ACL tears :)
I have a new essay out in The Offing today! Itβs about playing college basketball on a torn ACL, the fucked coach-player power dynamics, inherent worth & value, our cultural attitudes towards sacrifice in order to WIN THE BIG GAME, & more. give it a read β€οΈπ
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