Claire Hopple
@clairehopple
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Author of six books. Fiction editor at XRAY. Stories in Wigleaf, Peach Mag, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Forever Mag, HAD, etc.
Asheville, NC
Joined December 2010
Just like the planet you’re getting hotter every year but at what cost.
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Husband snapped this because he ‘liked the wood in the background’ but did he accidentally take a professional headshot while we were on vacation y/n?
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I adore this movie but The Bell Jar is only 240 pages
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Dear Algorithm,. Please go back to ignoring me. If you cannot fulfill this request, choose some of my pretend-clever tweets without human faces attached to them. Or buy my books with your fancy robot income from Google. Best,. Person.
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A very kind agent just confirmed my fears by saying he loved my writing and wants to see my next one but nobody takes novels under 30,000 words. Will the industry ever catch up to readers’ attention spans? Or am I the only one who loves short books?.
Calling people who think short books are unmarketable “page-ists”.
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What’s the worst lyric ever? . “The heat was hot” maybe?.
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Gonna start a lit mag on the back of a CVS receipt and call it Gateway Drug.
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She died from overexposure to encouraging rejections from the top literary journals of her time.
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The difference between writers and non-writers is that non-writers take rejection as a sign to quit and writers take rejection as a sign to continue.
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Ran into my husband at the store and he caught me buying cake for lunch.
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Every publisher wants “bold” books but what about quirky, concise books made of carefully constructed sentences that try to get people to relate to each other?.
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So THIS is why you write novels. You don’t care about your Submittable queue AND you get invested in these strange characters. Huh. Why did I wait so long?.
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In 8th grade we went to the computer lab to practice searching on the internet.
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The Coen brothers called asking to do my book trailer. But I told them: Step aside, boys. Keep your peepers open for a cover reveal later today.
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Only like five people will prob see this but I finished writing a novel several months ago about a fake industry, the mafia, wolves, and Jeopardy. Taking recs on where to send it, please and thanks.
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Writers are like “[#] preorders!” or “sold out the first print run!” and I’m like 🤞 please someone other than my mom read this🤞.
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Any mid-life crisis tips? I should only have one of these so I wanna make it count.
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I’ve worn this Forever 21 shirt for 16 years. Take that, fast fashion.
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🚨COVER REVEAL🚨. Thank you to Stalking Horse Press for publishing my novel, TAKE IT PERSONALLY. You can preorder it here:
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SOME NEWS
hi, we have more good news! we’re so thrilled to announce the 4th book in our 2021 chapbook series will be. IT’S HARD TO SAY by @clairehopple. we were blown away by its inventive structure and the complete uniqueness of its voice. we can’t wait to share it with you.
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You can call yourself an “Olympic hopeful” and nobody can stop you.
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Pictured: Unsuspecting woman drives to work in funky sunglasses and returns home to find author copies!!!
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Oh hey, look! My book cover from @dw_wannabe is here!. Stories originally found in @hobartpulp @xraylitmag @JellyfishReview @HeavyFeatherRev @wohelit @LastExitLit @five2onemag @aptmag @lostballoonmag and others!
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Agents and publishers peeping my novel better watch out ‘cause this hot new press called Potential Spam won’t quit calling.
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Thanks to @FourWayReview for publishing this story about a science fair volcano and friendship.
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This bumpkin has never even been to New York City before. What a way to visit. Come through 🤠
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A potion that makes me feel like I’m at the Scholastic Book Fair.
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Being on the @Wigleaf long list for my @vol1brooklyn excerpt means a great deal because 1) I’m never on lists 2) haven’t published much in the past two years. Thank you!.
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Thanks to @crowjonah for sending me a secret @havehadhavehad message then publishing my story about a lake monster and a pizza delivery boy 🍕🧌.
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Be careful hiking right now. ONE strategic sting from a yellowjacket made me lose mobility in my hand this week (except fingertips). They apparently live underground and get aggressive this time of year. I didn’t even see it. And to my knowledge I’m not allergic.
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An MFA that’s just one course called Patiently Waiting for Submission Responses.
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You know a slim novel and a 70% dark chocolate bar hate to see me comin’.
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attention! we'd like to invite @clairehopple to the front of the class. a soon-to-be hattrick-having xray contributor, she's come over to our side of the queue to read + edit your subs. so go, follow her, buy + read her great books, beg for her favor, your future's in her hands.
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What’s that? Did you say you wanted some good news in the next 24-48 hrs?
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The face of someone who got the dental hygienist to admit that every 6 months is BS
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Preorders are now available from @PressTrident! . Stories and excerpts have appeared in @NewWorldWriting @havehadhavehad @xraylitmag @TheRuptureMag @peachmgzn @ExpatLitJ @Wigleaf @forevermagnyc @outlooksprings etc. 👉
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Penguin Random House implies the existence of Penguin Intentional House.
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I’m 34 today. All I wanna do is go to a restaurant with a giant paper tablecloth so I can scribble all over it with crayons, then spill food all over the scribbles. Watch the grease splotches morph it into a new cartography. I put on real pants instead 🤷🏽♀️
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Baby’s 1st Pushcart nom!!. And for my first attempt at nonfiction. How about that. Thank you, @Aaron__Burch and @WASquarterly !
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Happy Fourth to a nation that feels less historic and more histrionic every year
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If you read anything of mine, read this. Exerpts appeared in @SOFTCARTEL , @hobartpulp , @RealityHands .
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Love hanging with friends who have toddlers because I too must eat at 5:30 and be in PJs by 8
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Stayed up uncharacteristically late (aka past 10:30) to finish my first novel 👀
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As of today, I’ve read every @DorothyProject book in existence. Ready for a commemorative t-shirt.
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Calling people who think short books are unmarketable “page-ists”.
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Hey, you! If you’re still on here, please read my lil story. Very honored that CRB published this puppy. Thank you!.
"Right when the building is reduced to rubble, I’m tying my shoes. I miss the best part. What a waste of waste.". fiction by @clairehopple .
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I have outrun a tornado in my rearview mirror, felt a lightning bolt graze my arm, and slept through a couple minor earthquakes, but nothing compares to what’s happening outside right now
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Don’t you love it when establishments just give up and post “art” of objects that belong in each room e.g. toilet painting in bathroom and this
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Still can’t believe I was interviewed by @formermissNJ for @thecreativeindp. I talk about my obsession with @DorothyProject books and one of many secret theories 👀.
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I wrote this story a little over a week ago but thanks to edits from @KeersteeMack and @alantenhoeve it’s ready for @frwell_trans prime time, bay-bee 💌.
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Going to my first estate sale not to buy anything but to snoop through a stranger’s house.
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This story about a sentient grocery bag is gonna be tough to place.
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Every State St across the country should be renamed something like this
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Here’s a story about a sentient plastic bag up at the only place for such a thing: @havehadhavehad. Thank you, @lexicola, for rescuing it!.
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A @havehadhavehad freshie for you. Thanks to @Aaron__Burch for putting the skull shine on it.
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It’s still rough here in Asheville and we won’t have potable water for the foreseeable future but we all need a break from grieving so here’s a bear eating cat food on my nextdoor neighbor’s front porch
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This was written in the 60s and there are technical maneuvers in here I’ve never seen before or since
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This vintage Fiorucci shirt was sitting in a warehouse for 40 years
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Every time debris appears on my floor I’m shocked, assuming that last sweep was for keeps.
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Welcome to Asheville we don’t have running water but we do have pumpkins with eyebrow piercings
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Happy almost summer to everyone whose schedule looks exactly the same year round
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Anybody else remember a song about committing grotesque acts on your baby bumblebee, of which your mommy was supposedly proud?.
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She spent her life entering passwords and verification codes.
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On April 4th, in peak pandemic panic, I ordered a five-pound bag of chocolate chips. Today, I finished strong.
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Nothing makes me hate my novel more than having to describe it to someone. Nothing makes me love it more than actually writing it.
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A rancher but it’s just a guy who’s really into ranch dressing.
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Reply unto emails even while others do not reply unto you.
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It’s BOOK RELEASE DAY and all you got was this lousy tweet. 📚⬇️. ⭐️⬇️.
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Them: You’d better not be ascribing meaning to meaningless events. Me:
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The first time @hobartpulp accepted one of my stories (thanks @saderotica ) I actually crumpled to the floor. The second time I swore to @Bud_Smith he could take my firstborn child. Anyway, here’s this story/2nd chapter of novel:
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What’s that? You wanted some fresh fiction to read? Maybe this will do.
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Gonna reincorporate “big whoop” into convos and if all goes well sprinkle in “don’t go there”.
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Today is January 50th. Only 127 days until the end of the month.
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Let’s start using “exhaustion” as a medical excuse like a 1940s celebrity.
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Local aging woman insists on wearing crop top to Beach House show
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