Alexandra Mae Jones
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making life into writing. graduate of @guelphcwmfa . author of the THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND. she/her, bi. prev reporting @CTVNews , @TorontoStar
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🚨‼️ IT'S HERE‼️🚨
the bisexual YA book I have been working on since 2015 is finally on shelves today. THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND is out in the world at last with
@AnnickPress
!
I truly poured my heart and soul (and some uglier stuff too) into Dell's story. I hope you love it.
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Crawling into a box and finding a nap so sweet you refuse to wake up until you're packaged up and flying across the country is such a mood.
“I mailed a cat!” said Jackie Lake, a Dartmouth woman who accidentally shipped her cat, Baloo, to Montreal. “I literally started bawling and screaming into the phone, ‘Did I kill my cat?’ ” 🐱📦📬😱 (She didn't, btw: Baloo is fine and headed home.)
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So I’ve got some unfortunate news to share: I am one of the journalists affected by the Bell layoffs today and am no longer with the CTV News web team. It’s tough, but I got to work with some great writers over the past five years, and I’m proud of the work I did there.
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i know that in a pandemic, entertainment news about album releases and the like are extremely low on the priority list, but i just want to say that
@NiallOfficial
's new album has literally been one of the only things powering this journalist through the stress of March.
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"I've worked hard for a long time. It's not about winning. What it's about is not giving up. If you have a dream, fight for it," Lady Gaga in her speech after accepting the Oscar for Best Original Song
#Oscars2019
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"Please help us." Protesters speak out in the public gallery during question period at Queen's Park regarding changes to the number of safe injection sites. "We are begging you to stop these cuts. People are dying."
#onpoli
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Forgot to make a tweet when this actually happened, but after two years of working at
@TorontoStar
, Wednesday was my last day! I came to the
@starradiobox
with a single byline to my name, and since then it's been a crazy ride, learning to report on crime, transit, politics, etc.
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@gabrielledrolet
An editor once struck a source of mine from an article about survivors of a mass shooting (there wasn't print space for all the interviews we did) and I've always been haunted that I made this woman describe the worst day of her life to me for no reason
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Okay...so I haven't known how to say this, but I've got some ‼️ HUGE PERSONAL NEWS ‼️ *drumroll, please* My debut queer YA novel, THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND, will be coming out next year with
@AnnickPress
!! 😱
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✨COVER REVEAL‼️‼️✨
THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND's awesome cover art by
@luneanic
is here!
in 2022, follow a messy, dramatic teen as she navigates trauma, her mom, a terrifying crush, and a ghost (⁉️) in this 🏳️🌈queer debut from
@AnnickPress
!
pre-order:
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Alexandra here! As the oldest resident radio room reporter,
@EVYSTADIUM
asked me to list five stories from this year that show some of the kind of breaking news reporting my colleagues and I do in “the box." If something happens in the city, we're often the very first to know.
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Starting off with a bomb of a story that came together due to
@biancabharti
. She found a lead, convinced editors to let her dig deeper, then lined up credible sources and paved the way for the collaborative reporting on this horrific abuse.
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if
@netflix
doesn’t renew lockwood & co. I swear I’m deleting my account, it’s easily one of the best netflix originals I’ve ever watched and i NEED season two
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see, the problem is that caramilk is the TOP TIER chocolate bar for Halloween, but aero, kitkat, and smarties are ALL head and shoulders above the mediocre other three that come with caramilk. so I understand the urge to buy the caramilk box...but no
I was at a party recently and a civil war broke out over which Halloween candy box is superior:
• Aero, Coffee Crisp, KitKat, Smarties
• Caramilk, Crispy Crunch, Mr. Big, Wunderbar
Just wanted to say if you pick the Caramilk box, you're with the terrorists
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a week ago I had never watched a raptors game before. today I arrived at a bar seven hours before the game to stake out a table
#WetheNorth
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@benedict_rs
literally no one said this, but congrats on your "i'm not like other girls" moment
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As a queer person originally from a small Ontario town, I definitely got a kick out of writing about this! Also, the town is called Emo, which was the most exciting discovery of my day.
Ontario town rejects Pride resolution, local LGBTQ group throws party anyway
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it’s time for a sappy end of the year post, and it’s going to be a sentimental one —2022 was the year I published my first book, THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND!
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do you want to see a grown woman who is allegedly smart become speechless and incoherent with excitement?
this is me opening my final author copies of THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND the other day and seeing the finished versions for the very first time!
@AnnickPress
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I’m not saying this was the most important story I worked on today, but...it’s Harry Potter, so of course it was the most important thing I worked on today! Ebook downloads of the first book are available through the library right now: via
@torontostar
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guess who just successfully defended the book she wrote for her creative writing MFA thesis? finally I can say I’m a master of something!
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"Let's all vocalize, let's all be on the right side of history." - Spike Lee, reminding the audience of the 2020 U.S election coming up. "Let's do the right thing! You know I had to get that in there!"
#Oscars2019
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guess who got her first advance reader copy of THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND in the mail yesterday??
please appreciate my high-pitched squeal lol (QOJI coming out in May with
@AnnickPress
, but up for preorder now!)
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well, my 2019 resolution to not eat an entire family-sized bag of chips every overnight shift has started off swimmingly: proud to report that there is at least half a handful of chips still left in this bag. I mean, definitely ten chips. some crumbs, for sure
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‼️🌈ARC
#giveaway
ALERT🌈‼️
giving away 2 signed ARCs of THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND — my enemies to lovers, bi coming of age YA debut!!
@AnnickPress
RT + like to enter (reply with ur fav song from the 2000s for bonus entry!)🎵
winner will be selected randomly on 3/18!
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@kendrawcandraw
@dimension20show
i don't know any of these inside jokes but i am STILL crying over the van hands shirt. extremely cursed energy
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Well this is an unexpected day-after-my-birthday present....I appear to be on this list??
The New Quarterly is excited to announce the longlist for the Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Award, now available at 📚💙
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I've gotten to work with a bunch of awesome people since I started in the radio room back in 2017! Follow the current crew to see their work:
@biancabharti
@StefanieMarotta
@marjanasadullah
@claire_floody
@RhiannaJK
@twerk_vonnegut
@jackhauen
@ilyaoverseas
and
@premila_dsa
!
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And now, for something completely different! One of my favourite stories I got to write—yes, we report a lot on crime in the box, but occasionally we get to have some fun and find out the story behind hilarious viral content like eels in a bathroom!
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my heart is full. I love slow determined porcupine and the gently chastising woman with the camera
Raelene Prieb was on her way home when she spotted a porcupine on its back and unable to get up.
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Before I go to sleep tonight after a long commute home and a super belated 2 a.m. supper, I want to actually talk about a story I wrote. It's one that I never expected to write, after a surreal experience this summer. Here's a quick thread on some extra details about this story:
Thread: Reporter Alexandra Jones was not at work when she followed the sound of screams to find a man who'd been shot. She quickly searched what to do and found nothing. So she talked to experts and wrote it herself. 1/
@TorontoStar
@TorontoStar
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In case anyone's wondering, yes, that was an un-toasted, soggy, thawed waffle I bit into. But yeah...worth it! thanks
@carlososorio
!!
A fun little animation
@AMJVisuals
and I made to illustrate a story about a
@costcocanada
newbie and pro spending $100.
@amypataki
@AlexandraMaeJ
@TorontoStar
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I'll end with an investigation from the very start of the year. In the dead of night, social media flooded with the news that there were no spaces left in shelters. Radio room did some overnight digging before
@ainscruickshank
unearthed the real answers.
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I may or may not have squealed when I got the call about this — this story took me over a year to write and means so much to me, so to actually win something with it is so exciting! Can’t wait for everyone to read it!
Presenting the winners of our 2020 writing contests! Congrats to all of this year's winners & thank you to our contest judges Garry Thomas Morse, Casey Plett & Trisha Cull!
For bios, and a sneak peek of the winning pieces, check out:
@mcnallyrobinson
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@AhmarSKhan
to anyone freaking out in the comments: they're both okay! they luckily weren't hurt, and the whale was not trying to eat them
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Hmmm, she was "behaving in a bizarre and erratic manner," huh? Almost like she was experiencing a mental health crisis and needed compassion and aid, not to be dragged through a hallway and stepped on! Who would've thought. This officer needs to be fired immediately.
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brb, heading to a copy shop to print out tiny, business card sized versions of this diploma to whip out in casual conversation at ~ Literature~ events anytime someone questions my authority
@guelphcwmfa
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@andrewphung
Hi Andrew--I'm a reporter with the Toronto Star, and I'd be super interested in talking to you about this racism you witnessed. If you're okay to speak to me, the email is edtbox
@thestar
.ca
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And it’s a moment! Nice.
⚡️ Often, our radio room reporters at
@starradiobox
are the first to hear about any
#breaking
news. Their initial work and quick news judgement is what helps us determine if larger news stories are at hand.
Top stories of 2018 from
@AlexandraMaeJ
.
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just convinced a woman hovering by the stuffed animals in shopper’s drug mart that she should “live her life!” and purchase that giant pink flamingo she was eyeing for her office cubicle, so that’s today’s good deed done
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I'm proud to be part of a newsroom that has reporters working 24/7, and I've seen how valuable it is to have the support and space to do the kind of fact-based reporting that Toronto needs. You can help us keep delivering these stories by subscribing!
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THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND is included in the April Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books‼️
“This book is a raw, poignant exploration of female teenage sexuality and how societal expectations conflate desire with shame. [...] Dell is a refreshingly prickly, unruly narrator."
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For those wondering, yes, I did eventually finish that entire coffee. My need for caffeine will always beat my desire to not look like a space alien dropped on earth, guzzling a hot fall beverage in a heat wave because I’m struggling to understand this planet’s rituals
Are you heading to Starbucks to grab a
#PumpkinSpiceLatte
on this hot summer's day?
@AlexandraMaeJ
sure did
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BREAKING: Black Lives Matter set up at Yonge and Bloor to protest the deportation of a Jamaican woman who recently had her newborn son
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Made this Twitter account right after I got a job at
@TorontoStar
, so I guess this means I've been working in journalism for 3 years now, which is WILD. Shout out to my old colleagues at the Star and my current colleagues at
@CTVNews
for putting up with me!
#MyTwitterAnniversary
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The Costco story, also known as that time I got to run around a giant shopping centre like an idiot for my job, and for once my ridiculous hot takes on salt slabs and beets were actually encouraged! Feat, a sick animation by
@carlososorio
!
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The first trade review for my queer YA debut 🌈 THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND is here! (
@AnnickPress
)
"At its core it is about two difficult girls who understand each other’s strangeness better than anyone else."
@KirkusReviews
Read the whole review here:
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Two men came close to losing their lives in an elevator one dramatic night this summer. Like the rescue attempt, this story took collaboration: as
@Jleerankin
and
@dugilbo
got the main story together, radio room chipped in with the officers' side.
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The Starbucks story (which got emailed around the office the day I left. I’m pretty okay with this being what I’m remembered for)! The one time I got to leave the box mid-shift for a story. Can’t take credit though: it was
@TanisFowler
's idea!
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I remember these archives! on my first overnight shift in the
@starradiobox
years ago,
@EmmaMci
gave us a tour of the office, including the archives. when it was my turn to start training new radio roomers, I was adamant that everyone had to see the room with all the old photos.
This is a behind the scenes video from "the archives." It was for one of the first stories I pitched to Star Trek superfan
@TonyDWong
about some mysterious set photos.
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There’s too many people to thank to shout out everyone individually, but I’m so grateful to all the editors who helped me hone my writing, and put up with me consistently filing stories that were twice as long as requested! Here’s a quick thread of some of my fav stories:
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I can't think of a better way to mark THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND's two-week anniversary of being out in the world -- internalized biphobia plagued me when I was growing up, and I knew I needed to tackle that messy journey of acceptance in my very debut YA novel 🌈
#IDAHOBIT2022
May 17th is recognized as the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.
Let's embrace love, acceptance, and diversity today and every day! Here are some books that highlight LGBTQIA2S+ stories.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤
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A great example of how a digital breaking news story changes. Some of the details that then-radio roomer
@_jennamoon
included to keep readers updated by the minute were streamlined later as the focus shifted to the human response after this mall shooting.
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yesterday, (on my birthday!) I got the news that a flash fiction piece of mine is one of three winners in a contest at a literary magazine. the very same piece had been rejected by four other publications earlier this summer. sometimes persistence pays off!
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@emdashklatt
20 tabs of research open, at least 3 of which are solely related to only 1 line in the piece that I will end up cutting because it is a wild tangent. Write everything directly into 1 document. I don't delete, I just cut n' paste into my notes app in case I need it later (I won't)
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‼️Alert the presses‼️ — it's the preorder campaign for THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND!
@AnnickPress
order it in at your library or preorder:
to get
🌈stickers
👻signed bookplate
💔mini art print
RT to boost!
send proof of preorder:
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my team sent me the interior copy for ARCs of queen of junk island the other day, and let me tell you, y'all are NOT READY. (also it's possible that seeing my own doodles integrated in illustrations in the book filled me with inexplicable emotion, nbd)
#QueenofJunkIsland
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🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY ALERT🚨
if you live in Toronto and like free queer books, be on the lookout in the YA section when visiting a bookstore — I’ve hidden art prints across the city, and two of them let you win a FREE COPY of “the queen of junk island!”
@AnnickPress
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it’s April 3. Which means it’s exactly one month until my book comes out 😳
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getting in a spot of reading with my afternoon coffee — it’s the one-year anniversary of my debut novel, THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND!
@AnnickPress
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got some super exciting mail — I commissioned
@Moosekleenex
to illustrate the titular island of trash from my YA book THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND and!!!! it looks so creepy 🤩
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@BryannAguilar
@brianjbradley
@Taniaatthestar
@EVYSTADIUM
@kngprry
@MidLampFilms
@this_is_siguy
@ChrisGorham
@brofromanother
@danielcockburn
@catherinelutes
@kingtundes
@MorganPCampbell
@tinapittaway
@ByDavidSingh
@_jennamoon
@patrick_ho_007
@JustinSmirlies
@SmithRaps
@smelchiori
@tashgrz
@simone_lai
@BraydonHolmyard
@mobocks
@TanisFowler
@garnetfraser
@JoeCallaghan84
@EmilyIFearon
@biancabharti
@fallonhewitt_
@earvs
too many people tagged me in this ohmygod
uh, currently
1. The Good Place
2. The Flash
3. Karen Page (look, we all watched Daredevil and The Punisher mostly for her, right? Right?)
4. Ru Paul’s Drag Race
5. She-ra
@RhiannaJK
@Brian_Liu_
@serwilloughby
@royinori
@clare_rayment
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I cannot believe I forgot to plug my book…which revolves around a fractured mother-daughter relationship…on Mother’s Day. truly ADHD is a curse, anyway buy THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND (on shelves now!) if ur a gay with complicated feelings about moms
#yabooks
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was walking in high park today right around the time of day when it gets hard to see and I came across the most magical thing: a woman cracking red glow stick circles and slipping them around the necks of her two off-leash chihuahuas to make sure she didn’t lose them
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Super excited to see my little bisexual coming of age book on this list with so many other cool-sounding books! If you’re looking for some new reads to get jazzed about, give it a click
#QueenofJunkIsland
#qoji
#queerya
@AnnickPress
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my thesis advisor: The changes you have made are good. The manuscript is ready and I will approve it. I look forward to your defence.
me, a millennial who uses exclamation points on every sentence in every email: do u hate it and me ?? ?
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Some thoughts on
#NationalComingOutDay
as a bisexual woman... When I was in a visibly queer relationship, coming out to a new colleague or acquaintance could be as simple as mentioning my partner's name in an anecdote, or introducing them at a party.
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Fun fact: the very first sentence on their website describing Dinner With A View’s unique dining experience is “under the sky.” A descriptor that resonates very differently for an individual who paid to escape, versus one who can’t afford a roof. My latest:
Weeks after city staff demolished a makeshift homeless camp under the Gardiner, blocks away Dinner With A View is kicking off with $99 meals in heated glass bubbles at $149 a pop. Noting the irony, a protest meal will be served for free this Friday.
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received my final round of edits for my book from our line editor and expert reader and I’m so nervous to look at them but it’s all happening!!! this book is almost in the form that readers will find when they pick it up in bookstores in a year’s time!!!! AHHHHH
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BREAKING: Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are taking home the gold🥇 in ice dancing at
#PyeongChang2018
in the final performance of their Olympic career!
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@emilyvdw
Breath of the Wild is excellent for that, but if you like platformers, Hollow Knight is a recommendation I have to echo. Has a massive, beautiful map to explore, and about five endings depending on much of the game you've completed when you encounter the final boss.
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It’s a story that I started writing in 2015, but that has been with me since I was a closeted bisexual teenager in rural Ontario, dreaming of being a writer. This year I got to see it on shelves in book stores, and I got to cut a cake emblazoned with its book cover.
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When people are able to stay home when sick or injured without fear of economic consequences, mortality goes down.
These studies are important to provide support for what workers already know. Reminder that paid sick leave is STILL scattered and inconsistent in Canada
More paid sick leave means less death overall, according to U.S. study
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Some stories you write because it's your job. Others are more personal. This is a rundown on what bystanders can do in the event of a shooting. Simple premise on the surface, but this was a story I pushed for and worked on for over a month.
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I live near a stadium with a very loud sound system. Currently trying to work on a story and this is all that's been coming out of their speakers for the last five minutes: "Richard? Richard. Richard. Richard, we've got a problem. Richard?" Rick, my dude, please go help your pal.
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i genuinely am not able to comprehend the fact that my book is out on tuesday
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@men_write_women
"her breasts CHEESES"????? not only has this man never seen a Woman, it's possible he's never seen the cheese aisle in a grocery store. there's a lot of textures dude. is this a soft brie boob or a hard cheddar boob??? make your gross metaphors specific
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Can’t believe I forgot to boost this, but if you want to hear me ramble about QOJI and why I think YA is so powerful, give this a read! 📚 🌈
"Queer YA stories feel more vital than ever"
Alexandra Mae Jones (
@AlexandraMaeJ
), author of The Queen of Junk Island (
@AnnickPress
), talks to us about the process of writing her brilliant debut—a 2000s-set queer teen story—and the unique power of YA:
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Got a new short story out in
@frondliterary
! Go give it a read!
@AlexandraMaeJ
"Sun-hat" by
@AlexandraMaeJ
is a kiss in the forest, a coming into, a leaving; it is a story between the lines, with space—underneath—to couch yourself in. It is a story that deceives itself for you, and it is—just like you—more than it appears.
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please read about people being ~ shocked ~ that their loved ones DARED to buy them cheaper versions of a ridiculously overpriced earbud because i had too much fun with this
The disappointment is real for people who got 'fake AirPods' for Christmas
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today in sweet nothings from my boyfriend: "yeah, i love you. that's why I'm in this stupid province, paying sales tax."
(he's from alberta)
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I just want to promise right now that the very first song I will sing in a public bar karaoke when all this is over is Celine Dion's "It's All Coming Back To Me Now". Yes, the seven minute long version.
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Beyond stoked to see THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND on this list — and in such good company!! 🌈🥳 excited for everyone to meet Dell and Ivy in 2022!
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fiction: January-June 2022
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(Speaking of the crime beat, I was looking back through old stories, and I forgot about this one! This was such a bizarre string of shootings - seemingly completely random! I had to get one example of a typical radio room story in here)
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@mobocks
@starradiobox
@ted_fraser
The end of the box???? does this mean the radio roomers will have to go all the way to the ~ Bathroom ~ to have a quick cry like a Staff Reporter instead of just ducking down behind their computers to hide their face from the newsroom? (Or was it just me who did that)
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My very first A1 story from way back in 2017! It was always nice to write a “feel good” type of story as a break from the crime beat (the bread and butter of the radio room).
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Imagine you not only have a chronic condition that gives you a one in five chance of dying if you catch COVID-19, but you have to transit to a hospital or medical centre three times a week during a pandemic.
That's the reality thousands of dialysis patients in Canada face.
#Dialysis
patients have a high COVID-19 mortality rate, but were left out of vaccine priority: doctors | CTV News
@AlexandraMaeJ
#kidneydisease
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also i met 2 of the new radio roomers today (
@clare_rayment
&
@claire_floody
!) and it nailed home that some of my pals really have moved on 2 new pastures, n wont be texting me every week asking why im late
@Bren_Doherty
@AlannaRizza
@annie_arnone
@FakihaBaig
I will miss you all!
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Do you use Goodreads? Do you want to support a book about a disaster bisexual (who doesn't know she's bisexual) unravelling the mystery of her family and herself in one trauma and drama-filled summer? THE QUEEN OF JUNK ISLAND is on
#goodreads
now!
#YAlit
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Thanks
@serwilloughby
for letting me take a break from breaking news to be my weird self in this Costco romp! (a thought that didn't make it in the story: Costco would be the perfect place to hide in a zombie apocalypse. Zombies can't climb metal shelves, or purchase memberships)
If you were given money to spend at Costco, what would you buy? We gave millennial newbie
@AlexandraMaeJ
and 10-year Costco pro
@amypataki
$100 to see what they could haul.
Here's what happened.
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I was going to make a tweet complaining that my boyfriend was making pasta sauce from scratch loudly in the kitchen while I was trying to work, but then I realized that it was just a humble brag about having a boyfriend who makes me pasta sauce from scratch, so,
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"We believe that 99% of the people who live here are good and hardworking and trustworthy. We believe ultimately love wins out over hate." In between Splansky's sentences, the crowd yells "Amen" in response.
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Going to be hanging out with
@RhiannaJK
in the box tonight, keeping an eye on the news! If you've got a news tip or see something going on, give us a shout at 416-869-4350!
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So
#PRIDE
starts today — and that’s something I didn’t have for a really long time, growing up fighting what felt like an ocean of internalized biphobia. It’s a struggle I put into my debut novel, and I’m so happy to be in a place now where I love who I am! 🌈
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Is it weird that I found myself becoming fond of the original crane while helping write this because it was so hated and yet so resilient? (you can probably tell I wrote the last little bit in this)
Crane atop the L Tower is finally removed. And replaced by — well, another crane. (Technically, a building maintenance unit. It will be used for window washing and exterior repairs.)
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Tag me if you spot my lil queer book in a bookstore today! (or anytime, really)
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I don’t usually remember to tweet my articles ever, but, well. This one involves eels. via
@torontostar
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