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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I’m watching Don’t Say Good Luck. Its story of a mom with cancer is hitting a bit too close to home (both my parents are survivors), but I feel like this is gonna be cathartic.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

The BF and I are watching old episodes of Absolutely Fabulous. Has there ever been such a deliriously unhinged pair of characters in the history of TV as Edina and Patsy?

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I need to figure out a topic for my Writing Wednesday theme for my newsletter. What should I write about? A general update on projects? A particular aspect of writing? Why I love what I do? Something else? Help me, Bluesky hive-mind! I need a topic!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Calling it now (re: House of the Dragon): Mysaria will become the Shepherd in season 4.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thanks House of the Dragon for that bit of blatant homophobia there at the end. Very classy and forward thinking. 🙄

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Despite the fact that I've pivoted mostly to fiction writing and Appalachian stuff, every so often I remember that I do, in fact, have a PhD in film studies and that nothing's stopping me from writing books about movies, too.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Was gonna do the Bronx Zoo today, but it’s hot as balls in NYC. Looks like it’s gonna be the Museum of the Moving Image instead.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Who’s the most beautiful woman on TV, and why is it Hannah Waddingham.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I’ve nearly finished the new season of King of the Hill, and I still adore this show. It’s funny and sometimes surprisingly profound. It’s a most welcome addition to contemporary TV.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

So, I just read a report that Gandalf is going to be riding an oliphaunt across Rhûn in the new season of Rings of Power and, while I genuinely like this show a lot, this might be the moment when it crosses into hardcore fan fiction territory.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

In the next couple of months I'm going to be doing author events at both a romance festival and an Appalachian literary festival. As someone who's work sits at the strange confluence of queer romance and Appalachian lit, this is literally a dream come true.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Man. It’s amazing how little can happen in an hour of House of the Dragon. Lol.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I didn’t think I’d see an adaptation of The Vampire Chronicles that could butcher Rice like The Queen of the Damned, but the finale of The Vampire Lestat is giving QotD a run for its money.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I’m still torn by that last scene of this weeks Lestat. Idk. It just felt kinda cheap and silly, more True Blood than Anne Rice. I have a hard time thinking of how it will have a satisfying payoff in the finale. What do you all think?

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I’m currently watching Maximim Pleasure Guaranteed. Holy shit this show is terrific. Top notch acting, tight writing, propulsive score. Definitely one of the best shows I’ve watched this year.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I am absolutely judging you for your literary snobbery. I write and read romance, and I’m damn proud of it!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

For the record, I'm of the opinion that Sunfyre is alive.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

What’s a show set in Westeros without a beautiful psychopath. This is an Ormund Hightower subtweet.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I watch House of the Dragon for the plot: The plot:

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The Episcopal service I went to today was so lovely. I’m not one of those who usually says they felt the Spirit, but I got a little weepy during the sermon and when the rector gave me a blessing during Communion. We have such a lovely congregation, and I’m so happy to join them on Sundays.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I’ve enjoyed every Cat Sebastian book I’ve read, but I’m already 25 pages in and this one might be my fave!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Y’all are mocking Lindsey Graham’s death. Don’t you know how how many of his sugar babies are grieving today? Shame on you.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Not me getting all weepy over a Colleen Hoover movie. 😭

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If you love spice, they don’t come much spicier than my new queer Appalachian romance, Hittin’ the Right Note. It’s the perfect read for those who love loads and loads of queer joy in their MM romances (and honestly, who doesn’t?!) It’s available now on Kindle, KU, and in paperback.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I was trying to take a picture of the cat 😂

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

IMHO, House of the Dragon is at its best when it focuses on the central characters--Rhaenyra, Daemon, and Alicent--and lets the actors just let loose. Everyone else is fine, but it's these three characters who are really the central sources of narrative and emotional energy.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The second episode of House of the Dragon is quite good. Definitely some of the best we’ve seen since the first season.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

What an amazing evening at Four Seasons Books! I had a great time chatting with @hiddenpoetmusic.bsky.social, who’s even more enchanting in person than online. We talked about writing, what brought us to our work, and all things queer joy. Thank y’all for being amazing. You’re angels!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Has Andrew Rannells ever played a character who wasn’t absolutely insufferable?

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

While I really do enjoy House of the Dragon a lot, as I'm finishing my review (going live in a bit), I really realized a.) how little I care about most of these characters and b.) how really, really sloppy the writing has been from the jump.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I’ve loved his other books, so I knew this one was going to be good. Stuart has a keen eye for grim human detail, and his mastery of setting is unmatched. His books make me miss Scotland in all of its austere, breathtaking beauty.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Idk, y’all, I just really love my cat.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Felt cute. And also I still love my cute little queer Appalachian romance debut. Can you blame me, though? 😉

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Some high quality Tiggy content for you.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I know it’s not the point of Cape Fear, but I really need Patrick Wilson to ruin me. Like. Yesterday.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Cape Fear is like if they took a film noir from a Poverty Row studio and filmed it in Technicolor. It’s lurid. It’s absurd. It’s compulsively viewable.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I just started the Apple TV version of Cape Fear, and I gotta say that I love the way the show just leans all the way into the pulp of it all.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I'm back at work in the Appalachian horror novella, and I think I'm really letting my inner country boy out. One character is described as being "stubborn as old dirt," and if that isn't just the most Appalachian thing I've ever written.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I quite enjoyed the premiere of House of the Dragon, though it did remind me that this whole saga is a tremendously depressing one, a long slog through misery, death, and slaughter. Seems very apropos for our current moment, though...

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Now watching the second episode of The Vampire Lestat, and I adore how totally bonkers this show is. Just like the novel. And Sam Reid continues to be a vision.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Jared, my snarky/grumpy MC in Country Road Romance, to Charlie, his golden retriever love interest. (I still love these two messy characters, even a year after they were introduced to the world).

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I’ve once again sold out of my queer Appalachian Romantasy A Bond of Blood and Stone! I clearly need to hurry up and get the sequel done!!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I’m ashamed to say I’ve never read anything by Armistead Maupin, but I picked up Michael Tolliver Lives today, and I ADORE IT. I will definitely be reading more!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I'd have a lot more respect for the anti-DEI crusaders if they'd just be honest about what they really mean and just say, "We don't want Black people in higher ed (or anywhere else)." At least have the courage of your racist convictions!

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Someone decided that the AC doubles as a cat perch.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

The Starz show Amadeus is basically Heated Rivalry for period drama girlies.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I’m currently reading Douglas Stuart’s John of John, and not for the first time I’m struck by how much Scottish lit resonates with my Appalachian soul.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

ICYMI, I had some mixed feelings about Obsession, so I wrote about them in my review. It's a scary and thought-provoking film, but I think it gets trapped in the very contradictions of patriarchy it's trying to criticize. omnivorous.substack.com/p/film-revie...

omnivorous.substack.com

Film Review: "Obsession"

Curry Barker's remarkable film examines the horrors of patriarchy, even as it also falls prey to some of that system's own contradictions.

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Edith Pilaf @tjwest3.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I guess this is a Yorkist household (IYKYK).

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