I’ve been toying with this idea of a while now, then wrote a quick rough draft, saved it because it didn’t feel right posting in the middle of protests & looting, then ultimately decided that I wanted to give myself and others a respite from the non-stop footage of burning buildings, police thuggery, and sweeping protests. And it’s with that perspective in mind that I’ve published the first—of what I hope will be many—Twitter Personal Essays called “Cloud in Trousers.”
Read MoreCultural Criticism on Social Media
I tweeted today about the role that social media plays in our own ontological dysmorphia
Read MoreThis Tweet Says it All
To the 6 literary agents reading my first 2 novels, and to the indie presses reading my other manuscripts: the answer is yes, I'm your man.
— Jackson Bliss ジャブ (@jacksonbliss) September 23, 2015Writers Gonna Write!
LB: Say something sweet.
ME: In a land of orally-fixated, sugar-crashing teenagers, you're my lollipop.
LB: You're such a writer.
— Jackson Bliss ジャブ (@jacksonbliss) May 30, 2014
The Double Meaning of Tweets
Really, you can interpret this tweet as both a description of the blustery weather outside + an unconscious desire for publication. But maybe I'm just overintellectualizing again . . .
The rain sounds like someone throwing rocks against the windows.
— Jackson Bliss ジャブ (@jacksonbliss) November 17, 2013
My Tweet Says it All
Dear literary agents/editors currently considering my manuscripts who will not be named. The answer is: yes, I'm your man.
— Jackson Bliss ジャブ (@jacksonbliss) July 2, 2013