Matt Burris
@mattburris.bsky.social
Coworker bringing their author friend in but they sent me a message to pull suggestions for them (by white guys specifically) that are “inventive and nonformulaic” weird and sci-fi and fiction.
Side-eyeing this project already and I don’t even go in for a few hours.
Talking to an Osage kid about KotFM last night and meeting celebs, I told him about the story (lie) that DiCaprio came in the store “10 times” while he was around downtown. I feel we would’ve noticed even if he was masked/hatted and sunglasses. The kid said if nothing else you’d have smelled him.
Hope it’s fixed soon. Ours was out for a week last year from a similar storm.
NBC’s man on the street interview actually got a sensible guy. “This is how it’s supposed to work.”
Love to be enjoying a nice first day of my long weekend only to suddenly get the bill from the surprise hospital visit a couple weeks ago.
For sure. First arc to me from our new rep, they started strong.
Finished and already passed the arc along to another excited bookseller
Between the offsite author event and the tornado watch tonight is aiming to be a pretty slow night at the bookstore.
Only one call to see if we’re postponing the event (no) so far.
One of those fun days where I misread the schedule and stroll in for an opening shift when I’m actually closing.
At least I didn’t pay for parking.
Everyone’s going to say the Children series but I think you’d probably like the Final Architects a lot.
Back to work after a solid week of medical absence and there’s so many little things that fell through the cracks.
Also forgot all the Hanson fans are in town.
I would enjoy this game a little more if the Thunder players were making any of their layups.
If my bicycle being stolen on camera and the cops that showed up a week later to tell me I’d probably never get it back are any indication.
Found it myself 8mo later.
The ones that live in the storm drain in front of my house never let me get a picture either.
Made it through surgery and now I’m home barely awake on so many painkillers. But hooray that’s over.
I got new chucks last week and I was so tempted. Enjoy, I went plain.
The fact that paying the bill at check in for an operation could save me 10% really say a lot about our medical system.
Sold more than half of the release party tickets for the new fourth wing book less than 3 minutes after they went in sale. And 2 away from a sellout in 10min.
People are funny.
When the sit-n-sign author event hires a professional photographer.
After last year’s car-flattening spring storm I can’t say I really enjoy these late night tornadic storms so much.
As usual, celebrating Independent Bookstore day by enjoying my day off instead.
Love to be reading an Icelandic novel and things are all nice, but weirdly lyrical and dreamy, then all the sudden the main character gets sexually assaulted or a truck drives over a puppy.
I’m not but there’s one who is also a popcorn fiend. I will hunt tomorrow.
@soundingline.bsky.social Probably tired of hearing about it, but every Thursday I face out The Warden and every Sunday we’re sold out. Next order is going bigger.
Becky’s teen nephew, who never texts her, just send her a thing about Tebow “coming to” (read streaming in) their church and a link to see it. Going to be fun to see how this plays out.
SF but I also wasn’t allowed to buy “fantasy” so it isn’t really a fair sample.
fwiw the coworker with the brother recovering from heroin addiction describes it pretty much exactly like the book does. - She’s decided to skip this one.