Let us go then, you and I
and a book giveaway!
1. When the evening is spread out against the sky.
I’m not really a fan of T.S. Eliot, you know? I’m not really into male writers in general, especially from the Times of Olde (although, I’ll simp for Charles Bukowski despite it all, and I’ll take the hit for saying it, too). But T.S. Eliot did happen to write my favorite poem of all time, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
The funniest thing to me about The Long Song of J. Alred Prufrock is two things actually.
I read it so many times, I randomly have it a lot of it memorized just by sheer exposure.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is literally the title of a smutty romance written in 2024 and you can’t change my mind about it. Like, TS Eliot gave us the title format we in Romancelandia love and worship today and he didnt even know it. He could’ve been one of the girlies and written smut but instead he decided to be a weird Anglican/Catholic and write about…I don’t know, something boring like the meaning of human history or whatever.
Still, call me basic all you want, that poem’s a banger.
2. You know what really brings excitement to a romance writer’s newsletter? A DISCUSSION ON TS ELIOT.
So, let’s mix it up a little.
Next thing on the docket.
IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME BABY!
Last giveaway I ended up sending out a bunch of paperbacks of Airplane Games! (Although one randomly got sent back to me, so still gotta figure out what happened there.)
This time, I’m going to choose TWO PEOPLE for SIGNED HARDBACKS!
Entering is very easy.
Email me at catwynnauthor@gmail.com
Put Airplane Games in the title.
Put something in the body of the email too so it doesn’t get spammed. Say anything you want, lol. Write me a poem. Anything.
Once again, I shall pick winners at random.
To enter, you have to live in the United States or Canada and also you must be comfortable sharing a mailing address.
3. How to Eat Your Heart: Part 3 is available on my website!
Listen, if you haven’t started reading my free 2019 Millenial story about diet culture, dog walking, dating, and love, then you’re missing out! I’m posting the story Part by Part on my website www.catwynnauthor.com.
So, if you want to derail forty five minutes of your life, might I suggest you start here.
But if you’re caught up, like I said, Part 3 is now live!
4. Okay and not to be a broken record, but the Breathless audiobook is still on pre-order!
Pre-orders are really important for audiobooks apparently! So, if you’d like to support me and you love listening to monster smut on long walks on the beach or while you’re doing the dishes, or while you’re avoiding the fallout of a very personal tragedy that just happened three days ago, definitely click the image!
5. So, I won’t name The Very Bad Thing that happened to me on Sunday at approximately 5:30am.
But I will say this.
It was worth it just to have had it even if it’s gone.
It was worth it just to have given all that I could, even if I can’t give anymore.
It was worth it just to have had one day or one hour or one second of time, even if that time has passed.
It was worth it, and now I’m crying.
It was worth it, and it will never be again.
It was worth it, even if I forget it.
It was worth it, even if nothing else is.
But really. It was all worth it.
6. Also, I seriously need something to binge watch my brains out. Can you drop a girl some brain-empty recs?
I know there’s that new Adam Brody/Kristen Bell show Nobody Wants This which I would potentially really want to watch but I DESPISE nepo-baby-Zionist-extraodinaire Erin Foster who wrote and produced the show. So, I’m hesitant.
But I love Adam Brody D:
We’ll see. I might break down and binge if I’m desperate enough with grief to look for a distraction.
OR maybe I could finish the most recent season of Emily in Paris??
But the thing about that show is…the love triangle is TIRESOME and the main interest Gabriel is like…chemistry-less. He’s like the equivalent of flat 7-Up.
Also, they do way too many musical numbers. I skip all of them because if I wanted to watch Glee I’d take a time machine and warp back to 2010 and post about it on Facebook and then walk into the ocean and never come back.
I think they’ve (Emily in Paris) strayed way too far away from the source material and conflict. I don’t even know what’s going on anymore. I want low stakes. Bright Winter color pallettes. And people speaking French in French locations.
Not fake pregnancies. Relationships with no consequences. And the fakest restaurant depiction of all time.
I think in actuality what will end up happening is I’ll watch Love is Blind US Season 7 because I just googled it and it turns out the new season premiers tomorrow.
Wow, that’s really convenient for me.
I mean, my dog died…but also…new Love is Blind Season.
Sometimes, God really does take with one hand and give with the other! So #blessed.
(Kidding obviously, I don’t even know if that’s the correct idiom. And also, fuck God for killing my dog.)
7. Did I take it too far?
Oh well!
GOTTA GO CRY NOW LIKE SOMEONE DIED BECAUSE SOMEONE DID DIE OKAY BYEEE
Im so sorry for your loss! 🤍🤍🤍
Ok so the first part of Emily In Paris this season sucked but IMO, they made up for it and shook things up in the second part. I also CANNOT with the musical numbers. Skip skip skip.