I can give you no money, but I can give you advice for a lifetime: your thumb on the blade, and strike upwards.https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mmrlfzqh6k2a@merriam-webster.com Your entry for SCRIPS includes an erroneous example. "During the four-and-a-half-month program, filmmakers develop their scrips and network with industry professionals." —Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026 Sorry to bother you. My insomnia is bad enough as it is.26 May 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmrlfzqh6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mmkuzkwhps2yI found a dollar at the bodega and handed it in to the guy at the cashier like he was a lost and found. He said "Do you want it?" I said "Yeah, I kind of do."24 May 2026 02:09 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmkuzkwhps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mm7m5pc3ac24I had to install Microsoft Authenticator on my Apple phone to get Meta Workplace working so I could use Microsoft Teams. This Future Sucks.19 May 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm7m5pc3ac24https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mm2hpqrf3k2xKafka - The Trial Baker - Cassandra at the Wedding Thackeray - Vanity Fair [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm2hpqrf3k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mlvjkhaxak2mbook haul from PEN American Lit Gala15 May 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvjkhaxak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mkvuvedlvk23Yes, I am porting my book into Scrivener on a Saturday night. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvuvedlvk23https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mkvu5majz22hScrivener makes a lot of things easier but I will never like it.03 May 2026 00:02 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvu5majz22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mjuaged2gc2iMaybe they should have stopped calling him Little Father Time.19 Apr 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjuaged2gc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mjs4lcqzpk2lI posted the third installment of my journal of taking BEAST MODE from manuscript to publication. A process I am making up as I go along. https://austingrossman.substack.com/p/publishing-a-book-part-3-the-twilight18 Apr 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs4lcqzpk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3miw3re6ajk23Rooms with no purpose, just a chair and a plant and a couple of shelves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw3re6ajk23https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mi52v4wcws2hOrigins of Beast Mode, part 2. Pitching it, writing it. https://open.substack.com/pub/austingrossman/p/secret-origins-of-beast-mode-part?r=agr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true28 Mar 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi52v4wcws2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mi4ydjnqhk2wMy view from a train passing through New London, CT. I couldn’t see where the crowd ends. #nokings28 Mar 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4ydjnqhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mi2eu2pxbk26I grew up in Massachusetts, and I only just learned our state motto is Ense Petit Placidam, Sub Libertate Quietem: "By the Sword We Seek Peace, But Peace Only Under Liberty." Explains a lot.27 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2eu2pxbk26https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mhqtalyju226I posted about the new book, and how it came about. https://open.substack.com/pub/austingrossman/p/man-in-flight-returns?r=agr&utm_medium=ios23 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqtalyju226https://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mh7wuppdqs2j@chrislkeller.com's essay on Wilco's "Via Chicago" is, well it's everything an essay about a sad 1990s song should be. Bravo. #marchxness marchxness.com#/2ndround-wi... https://bsky.app/profile/chrislkeller.com17 Mar 2026 02:36 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7wuppdqs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mh6wk3kxdc2nDone it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6wk3kxdc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mh4w4d7dgk2xI will finish this manuscript today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQdwBRJoMR815 Mar 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh4w4d7dgk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mgzwwfcfs22jI agree although it would be hard to find a video game this stupid. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Mar 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgzwwfcfs22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/grossman.bsky.social/post/3mgvusgnfmk2rReplaying this now. It holds up shockingly well. @harvey1966.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:abq2cpp5nofbtb2o7o3n64gy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgvusgnfmk2r