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Sasha's first gig as America's Drag Superstar. February 15th 2023 @ 3 Dollar Bill nightclub in Brooklyn, NY.

Photos by AJ Jordan

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#foreshadowing???

ALL AMERICAN 6.02 "Public Service Announcement"

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WIFEY. | EPISODE FIVE (5.1) (PT 2)

two week time skip: ✅

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(transcript below)

[MONTAGE #2]

(ROSE): You know I’m not doing anything tomorrow night…I could just stay over again.

(MAX): You could…but I’m working late so maybe another time?

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(SMITHFIELD): Luis is still my client, and as you have no legal precedent here, I will not allow you to threaten information out of me!

(LENA): Don’t be a prick Smithfield.

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[VOICEMAIL]

(DANIELLE): Grow up and stop with this silent treatment shite. You think you invented grief? Don’t make me come down to that shitty little flat of yours and smack you.

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(RENI): I’ve still heard nothing back about those two names Lee. I’m sorry but you’ll have to give me more time.

(LENA): So the one thing I haven’t got then?

(AJ): Allow it man, she’s doing her best and you know that.

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(MAX):  [Mocking] You’re late. It’s disrespectful.

(LENA): I didn’t even say it like that!

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(JORDAN): I feel like I haven’t seen you for ages bitch, where’ve you been hiding?

(MAX): Life’s been life-ing babe. What can I say?

(JORDAN): So nothing to do with the girl I clocked leaving your flat the other day then?

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(AJ): Lena I’m not tryna fight you, but you need to take a break from this shit. It’s not good for you. 

(LENA): Why are you always trying to tell me what to do AJ?! I can handle this shit on my own, you’re not my fucking keeper!

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the way i’m so right.

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October 2023 Book Deals

Adult Fiction Sunday Times-bestselling author of A MARVELLOUS LIGHT Freya Marske‘s SWORDCROSSED, pitched as Ellen Kushner’s SWORDSPOINT meets LEGENDS & LATTES; a second novel pitched as Grey’s Anatomy meets A DEADLY EDUCATION; an untitled novel; and an untitled novella, to Ruoxi Chen at Tor, in a six-figure deal, in a four-book deal, for publication in fall 2024, by Diana Fox at Fox…

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lin-manuel miranda was also in the sopranos. as a random hotel bellhop. he's like the third funniest "person who was in the sopranos for like 2 seconds before they were famous" cameo after "teenage lady gaga" and "preteen michael b. jordan"

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been noticing the Packers boys like to wear shirts that define their tiddies…can you show us your top 5 packers players with the best tiddies? Plz and thank you

okay I don't have a top five, I found three great shots

AJ Dillion

Tucker Kraft

Jordan Love

and uhhhh Matt for good measure

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Sasha Colby photographed by AJ Jordan in her hotel room after her crowning as America's Drag Superstar.

February 14th 2023, NYC.

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Reading update

Best Men by Sidney Karger - 3.5/5 stars

Man. When I started reading this, I was positive I was going to rate it 5 stars. The first third or so was hysterical, often to the point of me not being able to breathe because I was laughing so hard. Ultimately though, the romance fell extremely flat. There wasn't really enough development for it, and I don't think it boils down to a marketing issue—the romance is too big of a focus to say, "Oh, this was just general fiction they wanted to market as a romcom." It really was an issue with the romance just not being very well written. Another issue I had was that at times, the writing was very...cringey. Like, I couldn't tell if the author was trying to keep Max's voice (which was funny) or if he just can't write genuinely heartfelt scenes. The big, romantic sex scene could probably be added to that one post with the collection of horribly written sex scenes.

There were also some weird inaccuracies about Midwesterners that of course bugged me as a Midwesterner. We call soda "Coke?" No we don't. It's pop. Maybe there's some southern creep into the Midwest but I've N E V E R heard anyone say Coke when they meant pop generally. Also, Midwesterners like pools? I mean I guess, but we learn to swim in lakes (as opposed to the ocean).

In case you're wondering, I knocked an entire star off for the Midwest inaccuracies.

Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North Carolina, edited by Randy Russell and Janet Barnett - 3.5/5 stars

I picked this up at one of the visitor centers in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on our trip there last fall. Most of these are more like folk stories than ghost stories.

Timberdark by Darren Charlton - 5/5 stars

What if the real dystopia isn't the zombie apocalypse, but "normal" life?

I was going to leave it at that but NO, I have more to say. Why aren't these books more popular? Why isn't everyone screaming about how gorgeous they are and how this is what YA should be? Why do they not have a US publisher? Why are they not all over freaking BookTok tables at bookstores?

I honestly don't even want to say that much about the Wranglestone duology because I want everyone to read them and experience them. Wranglestone and Timberdark are genuinely a couple of the most gorgeous books I've ever read, Timberdark in particular.

Road of Bones by Christopher Golden - 3.25/5

Immaculate vibes and incredible setting. Not much more to it than that.

Ravensong by Carla Fay - DNF

At 4 pages in. I hated everything about this book immediately and I don't have a good reason.

Maelstrom by Jordan L Hawk - 4.5/5 stars

BODY SWAP.

A Pocketful of Lies: Collected Stories by KJ Charles - 5/5 stars

5/5 stars for Masters in This Hall alone.

If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robby Couch - 4.25/5 stars

Considering this is billed and marketed as a romance, there was surprisingly little romance in it. It was good, though. Robby Couch is one of my favorite queer YA romance writers.

Eleventh Hour by Elin Gregory - 3.75/5 stars

OMG they were mission partners! Interwar period gay spies in London, hard to go wrong.

Out in the Open by AJ Truman - 3.75/5 stars

Truman has this habit of describing sex scenes in bizarre and not particularly sexy ways ("I sucked his cock a thousand times harder than a vacuum cleaner" is an actual real comparison from this book), but his books are funny with endearing characters, so I give him a pass. I also think it MIGHT be something he does when he's writing younger characters, because the other time it was really pronounced was in The Barkeep and the Bro, where one of the characters was in his mid 20s (Out in the Open is a college romance).

Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell - 5/5 stars (reread)

This book was as good, if not better, the second time around. Kiem is so funny and lovable and Jainan's history made me even more sad. I really love how well Maxwell handles the fact that Jainan was in an abusive marriage for five years while still writing a slow burn romance that doesn't span multiple books. This book is an inspiration to me and is pretty much my perfect book—gay and sci-fi. On this reread I could really see its influence on my own writing, haha. Which is cool to know that I can still be influenced in a major way even this far into my writing life!

Anyway if you haven't read this book, I honestly don't know what you're waiting for. Read it read it reeeeead ittttt.

A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey - DNF

DNF at 15 pages. The main character was annoying and the author took 'show don't tell' a little too far. Everything was described in flowery, overwrought purple prose. Seriously, it's a road. You can just say it's a road. Also I never want to see 'Artemis' shortened to 'Temi' ever again. Please just no.

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Michael Jordan (1991)