olivieblake

[olivieblake]

I, the phantom existence of my dagger, and my new dramatic wallpaper return to chat in reply to asks/reviews/comments in a series of boldly shameless rambles wherein I, Olivie Blake, am not writing. Today's topics include the new Twelfth Knight paperback cover (0:18), why you can no longer have some of my unpublished works (2:20), my brief PSA to college students after reading that NY Mag article (3:20), what to do when you disapprove of a friend's relationship (4:52), how to find love (???????????) (14:14), how to decide about putting resources into self-publishing (23:04), and a VERY SPOILERY discussion about themes and narrative choices in The Atlas Series (28:33).

[ twelfth knight, the article in question ]

[olivieblake]

I'm doing a weird thing where I'm second-guessing which asks to post publicly so I'm just tagging everyone who asked a question that I answered in this week's not writing video lol: @queenjherondale @mayo-diecisiete @carolinehewittnickerson @ellie-mae-16 @stardustbornalive

[olivieblake]

so, I'm autistic with a mood disorder and was raised in a family where the adults with autism and mood disorders were only destructive to each other--and I have hated these patterns of my mind that resemble those people so much. reading alone with you in the ether didn't cure me of self-hatred exactly but it was meaningful to see those patterns play out beautifully and transformatively instead of destructively. thank you for publishing it.

oh 🥹 ohhhhhh

I'm so happy that's your takeaway, I really am. this is... a lot of people say beautiful things about this book so I keep adding them to my collection but recently someone said something like "if you relate to this book, then I hope it helps you understand yourself, and if you don't, then I hope this book helps you understand me," which was kind of the whole purpose of publishing it. and just... wow, I can never say it enough, and I can never be as coherent as I'd like to about it, but what an honor and a privilege to be in the ether with you

[olivieblake]

Can we expect a special edition or two for "Girl Dinner" this fall? 👀 Like, maybe in a book box that has a quarterly horror sub? 👀 Hypothetically, of course. 👀

oh hey so this book is really not a horror novel, and for a lot of related reasons I also didn't feel it was right for subscription boxes because it's quite philosophical/satirical etc etc and I believe is being positioned more like general fiction. anyway, I actually do not know what book box you're talking about, but also, importantly, no haha

[olivieblake]

I just heard you’re coming to Bienal do Rio! I’m beyond excited to see you there! Hope you’re ready for some serious fangirling ♥️

I am truly so excited to go!! excited to see you! overall very excited!! the whole fam is coming and we're going to EXPLORE

[olivieblake]

hi, olivie. i hope you know how much i love you for writing meredith wren, also, im crying uncontrollably. thank you for another masterpiece

oh THANK YOU so many people call these characters despicable but honestly some of them are just a girl !

[olivieblake]

So when's the Gifted & Talented movie coming out bestie? Jk, I really love the book so far though!!

hahaha this is NOT A REAL ANSWER but I do think it would more likely be tv... but that's NOTHING ok I'm not actually saying ANYTHING

[olivieblake]

official playlist for GIFTED & TALENTED:

the american dream is killing me - green day

fake a happy face! - smallpools

family of six - petey usa

4x4 - dominic fike

big shot - flor

you're on your own, kid - taylor swift

waste my life - alice merton

evergreen - pvris

one & only - oliver tree

blame - the maine

save my life - the band camino

what doesn't kill you makes you paranoid - the beaches

see the light - stephen sanchez

cold tea - new west

would you come to my funeral - crawlers

darling, the planets - the rare occasions

cannonball - michigander

always been you - clubhouse

life was easier when I only cared about me - bad suns

love to walk away - the vaccines

u come near - bby

you're gonna go far - noah kahan

fight club - giant rooks

hey, travesty - white ferrari

keep going - guster

greek tragedy - the wombats

making the bed - olivia rodrigo

scared - joywave

tough season - bendigo fletcher

america in your 20's - winnetka bowling league

til the morning - royel otis

kid again - jon bellion

everybody's different - joe p

way less sad - ajr

[olivieblake]

I, my dagger, and my bottomless pit of opinions on children's television return to chat in reply to asks/reviews/comments in a series of boldly shameless rambles wherein I, Olivie Blake, am not writing. Today's topics include revisiting MY MECHANICAL ROMANCE for Holi (0:40), a nice lil eyeful of the GIRL DINNER advance reader copies (2:36), undressing GIFTED & TALENTED for a flirty look under the cover (3:22), music, movies, and TV I've recently consumed (4:39), enjoying the wow that's happening now (instead of obsessing about your boyfriend's past relationships) (13:03), deciding which creative project to work on first (20:36), character-first secondary worldbuilding (23:15), and a few ARCs I'm looking forward to reading (28:07).

[ gifted & talented tour links, my episode of ve schwab's no write way ]

[olivieblake]

Olivie!! so first off i love you. second you tend to keep us updated on your favourite books which i love but i haven’t seen much about things like music or tv shows. what are your current favs or obsessions in those areas?

hello after one hundred years, answered in this week's not writing episode! (also available here every month)

[olivieblake]

Hi Olivie,

I’m very excited to read Gifted and Talented! I was wondering, how do you choose what story idea to work on next, when you have so many that seem interesting and you feel the same way about all of them and see potential in each one?

thank you so much and answered in this week's not writing episode!

[olivieblake]

I, my dagger, and my bottomless pit of opinions on children's television return to chat in reply to asks/reviews/comments in a series of boldly shameless rambles wherein I, Olivie Blake, am not writing. Today's topics include revisiting MY MECHANICAL ROMANCE for Holi (0:40), a nice lil eyeful of the GIRL DINNER advance reader copies (2:36), undressing GIFTED & TALENTED for a flirty look under the cover (3:22), music, movies, and TV I've recently consumed (4:39), enjoying the wow that's happening now (instead of obsessing about your boyfriend's past relationships) (13:03), deciding which creative project to work on first (20:36), character-first secondary worldbuilding (23:15), and a few ARCs I'm looking forward to reading (28:07).

[ gifted & talented tour links, my episode of ve schwab's no write way ]

[olivieblake]

seeing straight men be disgusted by booktok smut recommenders has actually radicalized me to the side of booktok smut recommenders. girls your taste may be atrocious but i will never disparage you for exposing mainstream discourse to the concept of soaking through your underwear. spent my whole life listening to men talk about penises it’s about time they get jumpscared by women talking about pussy in crude detail on social media. go forth and goon my warriors

[olivieblake]

Hi! Is "Stargazing is Necrophilia" the LA Gothic?

hello! no, KISS YOUR DEVILS IN LOS ANGELES is the LA gothic (august 2026) and STARGAZING IS NECROPHILIA is a literary romance like AWYITE (probably 2027 or later)

[olivieblake]

Mad about politics again

[olivieblake]

From The New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six comes the story of three siblings who, upon the death of their father, are forced to reckon with their long-festering rivalries, dangerous abilities, and the crushing weight of all their unrealized adolescent potential. ✨⁣ ⁣ @olivieblake's Gifted and Talented is out on 4/01!!

[olivieblake]

I was saving Januaries for election night—the plan was to disconnect and wait for morning—but I couldn’t concentrate. Then I couldn’t concentrate for a few days. I finally picked it up, though, because you always make me feel like the world is a beautiful place, and I needed that.

Anyway, I sat down with Januaries and I teared up a bit when the first story was The Wish Bridge. What a great one. I’m not sure if I made a note of it when I read it before, but this time I fully cried when Lila learned about the phases of the moon.

It was so wonderful to see some of the old favorites. I hadn’t read A Year in January since it was first published and my goodness I forgot how much I liked it. Also a large spider crawled across my page when I started The Animation Games, so that was fun and fitting.

So okay. I happened to read Monsterlove when I was sitting around waiting to hear from my friend who was in the hospital giving birth. This is actually the first time someone I love has had a kid. I know it’s a lot, intellectually, but it���s not something I can really understand. And I know she’s been afraid in that way that people with bad parents are afraid, even though her baby is so wanted and so so loved. Monsterlove was moving and powerful and intimate, and I haven’t read anything like that before. Reading that story in that moment meant so very much to me.

Preexisting Conditions is my other new favorite! That is so exactly my thing. I won’t say anything else because spoilers but I found that ending hideously satisfying.

I’ll stop rambling but I spent a week reading Januaries and it was amazing. Also, you described the audiobook somewhere and I realized I need to listen to that eventually too. For The Atlas Paradox, the whole cast was great but I was completely blown away by the Belen chapter; if that voice actor has done more work for you, then I definitely need to check it out.

Happy new year! I hope you’re doing well 💙

omg thank you so much for this, I don't even know what to say, I'm so honored my work makes you feel the world is a beautiful place. I feel like that is the goal? the point? but many people don't walk away with that feeling or don't really receive that message and then I feel like I failed in some way. so. thank you

I am ALSO thrilled that monsterlove spoke to you because I knew it might mean something to other people who had also experienced that, but wasn't sure how it would read to someone who hadn't. what a wonderful thing to hear. and YAY okay so a lot of people have expressed how much they dislike preexisting conditions (which I don't get, since it's basically exactly the same story as the animation games but told more spitefully lol) and I personally had to fight for that story to even be in the collection. I like it!! I think it's funny! SORRY!!! but anyway thank you so much. "hideously satisfying" is exactly what I was going for, you understand me

yes, the actor who voiced belen is alex palting and she read "chaos theory" and "monsterlove," which were probably the two most demanding performances in the collection. she KILLED it, I truly think she should win awards for that performance. her rendition of violeta is my favorite thing. I also find the audio version of "the audit" to be soooo funny. I've listened to it multiple times